Bangladesh women's football team coach Peter Butler took full responsibility for the 1-0 defeat to Malaysia in the opening match of the Tri-Nation Series at the National Stadium on Wednesday, while also pointing to internal and external disruptions within the squad.
The match will kick off at 5:00pm (Bangladesh time) at the 72nd Anniversary Stadium (Bang Mod), Bangkok.
Bangladesh suffered a 3-0 defeat against Thailand in the first of their two FIFA friendly matches at the Bangkok Thonburi University Football Training Centre on Friday.
Three members of the coaching staff – assistant coach Joya Chakma, goalkeeping coach Imon, and team manager Mirona Khatun – were unable to travel with the squad due to visa complications.
The Bangladesh women’s football team’s proposed tour of Japan in November, intended as preparation for next year’s Asian Cup in Australia, has been cancelled due to the hosts’ inability to accommodate the team during the specific window..In late August, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF)
A 29-member squad comprising senior and under-20 women's team players, along with a seven-member coaching staff led by Peter Butler, departed for Chattogram on Saturday evening for a 20-day residential camp.
Both the senior and U-20 teams will begin a joint camp in mid-September under the supervision of head coach Peter Butler, who is expected to arrive in Dhaka around the same time following a much-deserved vacation.
Tk 2.25 lakh was allegedly stolen from the house of national women’s footballer Mosammat Sagorika at Bolidara Rangatungi village in Ranishankoil upazila of Thakurgaon early Friday.
The Thakurgaon native, once active in various sports, entered football in 2017 and did not look back ever since, rising through the age groups to become a composed, versatile midfielder whose game sense belies her years.
Both the senior and U-20 teams will begin a joint camp in mid-September under the supervision of head coach Peter Butler, who is expected to arrive in Dhaka around the same time following a much-deserved vacation.
Tk 2.25 lakh was allegedly stolen from the house of national women’s footballer Mosammat Sagorika at Bolidara Rangatungi village in Ranishankoil upazila of Thakurgaon early Friday.
The Thakurgaon native, once active in various sports, entered football in 2017 and did not look back ever since, rising through the age groups to become a composed, versatile midfielder whose game sense belies her years.
Butler's reflections after latest campaign struck a balance between pride and pragmatism.
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Women’s Committee chairman Mahfuza Akhter Kiron has dismissed social media claims that the federation provides substandard diets to women’s footballers.
At the Laos National Stadium, Peter Butler’s side dominated proceedings.
If entertainment value and visibility are benchmarks for attracting sponsors and club interest, then our women footballers have already made a strong case.
Representatives of North Korea, Iran, Japan and the Philippines were also absent in the draw ceremony, held in Sydney.
Peter Butler, the successful coach of Bangladesh women's football team, bared all in a freewheeling interview with The Daily Star's Atique Anam. The former West Ham United midfielder spoke about his football methodology, plans for the future, the shortcomings of the federation, men's football, and the controversies he has found himself in.
In a freewheeling interview with The Daily Star's Atique Anam at the team hotel in Dhaka, the former West Ham United midfielder opened up about his football methodology, plans for the future, the shortcomings of the federation, men's football, and the controversies he has found himself in.
