2015 Bangabandhu Cup
The 2015 Bangabandhu Cup or 2015 Bangabandhu Gold Cup is an international association football tournament organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation as a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This was the 3rd edition of the Bangabandhu Cup, after a hiatus of 16 years. It was finally given the go ahead to be played in early 2015 with six nations participating.
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka fielded senior national sides in the competition, while the others participants sent their Olympic/U-23 teams. Malaysia U-23 won the third edition, after beating Bangladesh in the final. This was also the first time the host reached the final of this tournament.
Format
In the group stage, six teams were divided into two groups of three teams, playing a single round-robin, with the teams finishing first and second in each group qualifying to the semi-finals.Venues
Nine matches were played at two different venues in Dhaka and Sylhet. The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, and Sylhet District Stadium in Sylhet.All matches were played at the following two grounds:
Officials
Eleven referees and 2 match commissioner were appointed by the FIFA for this tournament.Referees
- Ferdour Ahmed
- Jalal Uddin
- Jasim Uddin
- Mijanur Rahman
- Mohammad Nuruzzaman
- Nahid
- Tayeb Shamsuzzaman
- Hsu Min-Yu
- Mooud Bonyadifar
- Khamis Al-Marri
Match Commissioner
- Monirul Islam
- Goutam Kar
Broadcaster
Group stage
- All times are local, Bangladesh Standard Time
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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- Jahid Hasan Ameli
- Nasiruddin Chowdhury
- Hemanta Vincent Biswas
- Yeasin Khan
- Faizat Ghazli
- Nazirul Naim
- Ridzuan Abdunloh
- Syahrul Azwari
- Syazwan Andik
- Iqram Rifqi
- Taufik Suparno
- Adisak Sansomiad
- Chayawat Srinawong
- Jaturong Pimkoon
- Saleh