The Bangladesh national football team, led by Mamunul Islam Mamun, will leave here for Malaysia at the early hours of Thursday en-route to Perth, Australia to play in the FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers/AFC Cup Qualifiers 2018 against World 61 ranked Asian champions Australia.
The crucial match is scheduled to be played on September 3.
Before depart for Perth on Sunday (August 30), the boys in red and green will play a FIFA International friendly match against Malaysian national team on Saturday (August 29) at the Shah Alam Stadium in Kuala Lumpur as a part of their preparation of the Perth match against Australia.
After returning from Australia on Sept 4, Bangladesh will play their home match against another Asian giant Jordan on September 8 in Dhaka.
Earlier, Bangladesh grouped with Australia, Jordan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to play home and away basis qualifying round matches.
Bangladesh team: Mamunul Islam Mamun (captain), Shahidul Alam, Rasel Mahmud, Ashraful Islam Rana, Rayhan Hasan, Nasirul Islam Nasir, Tapu Barman, Yeasin Khan, Yeamin Ahmed Chowdhury Munna, Atiqur Rahman Meshu Mohammad Linkon, Sohel Rana, Hemonta Vinsent Biswas, Jamal Bhuyan, Monaem Khan Raju, Emon Mahmud, Abdul Baten Majumder Komal, Taklis Ahmed, Aminur Rahman Sajib, Zahid Hossain, Jahid Hasan Ameli, Jewel Rana and Enamul Haque.
Team officials : team leader- Iqbal Hossain, team manager-Amirul Islam Babu, head coach- Lodewijk De Kruif, coach – Saiful Bari Titu, goalkeeper coach- Christian Schweichler, assistant coach- Masud Parvez Kaiser, media manager -Ahsan Ahmed Amit, team doctor- Sheikh Shahinur Hossain, physio –
Shahjib Shams Bakshi and attendant-Mohammad Mohsin.
