The Bangladesh national football team left for Thailand on Monday for the final preparation phase before facing against Laos in a FIFA friendly match scheduled to be held on March 27 at Lao National Stadium, Vientiane.
It will be the first international match for the boys in red and green since their shocking 1-3 goal defeat against Bhutan in the Asian Cup playoffs in October, 2016.
The booters have been in preparation since early February and have already passed two phases –BKSP and Qatar — ahead of the final phase in Thailand where they will play two warm-up matches against Ratchaburi Mitr Phol FC and Bangkok Glass FC on March 21 and 23 respectively before heading to Laos for the FIFA friendly match.
Head coach of the team Andrew Ord picked his 23-member squad after Sunday’s training session.
Bangladesh squad:
Ashraful Islam Rana, Sahidul Alam , Faisal Mahmood, Mamunul Islam Mamun, Jamal Bhuiyan, Abdullah, Topu Barman, Jafar Iqbal, Mahbubur Rahman, Tawhidul Alam Sabuz, Mamun Miah, Mohammad Nabib Newaz Ziban, Saad Uddin, Rahmat Miah, Mohammad Nasir Uddin Chowdhury, Masuk Miah Zoni, Uttam Kumar Bonik, Biplob Ahamed, Mohammad Ali Hossain, Waly Faisal, Anisur Rahman, Bishwanath Ghosh and Tutul Hossain Badsha.
Officials- Satyajit Das Rupu (team manager), Andrew Ord (head coach), Jason Roy Brown (goal keeper coach), Mahabub Hossain Roksy (assistant coach), Mario Licinio Guerreiro Lemos (fitness coach), Oishik Rahman Siddiqi (interpreter), Shazib Shams Bakshi (physio) and M Mohsin (team attendant).
