Bangladesh men's national field hockey team

Bangladesh

Association	Bangladesh Hockey Federation
Confederation	AHF (Asia)
Head Coach	Mamun Ur Rashid
Assistant coach(es)	Moshiur Rahman Biplob
Manager	Syed Bayazid Haider
Captain	Puskar Khisa
Most caps	Puskar Khisa (83)
Top scorer	Puskar Khisa (39)
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	29 (19 August 2025)[1]
Highest	6 (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007)
Lowest	40 (2011, 2012)
First international
Thailand  2–2   (Bangkok, Thailand; 10 December 1978)
Biggest win
13–0  Thailand (2007)
Biggest defeat
Pakistan 17–0   (Bangkok, Thailand; 15 December 1978)
Asian Games
Appearances	11 (first in 1978)
Best result	6th (1978, 2018)
Asia Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1982)
Best result	5th (1982)
Medal record Men's AHF Cup 2008 Singapore 2012 Bangkok 2016 Hong Kong 2022 Jakarta 2025 Jakarta South Asian Games 1995 Madras 2010 Dhaka 2016 Guwahati Team

The Bangladesh men's national field hockey team represents Bangladesh in men's international field hockey, and has won the bronze medal three times in the South Asian Games. It is administered by the Bangladesh Hockey Federation.

Hockey was introduced in Bengal during the British period. The game was introduced in Dhaka around 1905 under the patronage of Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah (1866–1915), when it was confined to the Nawab's family circle. At that time, football was more popular in Bengal. The game made great progress due to the efforts of some sports patrons and organizers. During World War II, a team of the hockey wizard Dhyan Chand, a member of the Gurkha Regiment, played an exhibition match at Armanitola in Dhaka.

With the Partition of Bengal in 1947, the growth of hockey was impeded. Many of the people who played and loved hockey migrated to India. As a result, hockey in East Pakistan turned into a seasonal game. Hockey was played only for two or three months in the year also due to the inadequacy of grounds and unfavorable weather conditions in other months of the year. The East Pakistan hockey team took part in a number of tournaments including the All Pakistan National Hockey Championship. In 1969, Dhaka successfully hosted the final round of the Pakistan National Hockey Championship.

The Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) was founded in 1972. The federation acquired full membership of the International Hockey Federation and of the Asian Hockey Federation in 1975. In 1987, a hockey stadium was built in Dhaka, which is now known as the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium. Since then it has been the home of hockey in Bangladesh and the office of the BHF. The Federation arranges hockey leagues, tournaments, and the National Youth and Senior Championships. At the home level, hockey matches including Premier Division Hockey League, First Division Hockey League, Second Division Hockey League, National Hockey League, National Youth Hockey League, Independence Day Hockey Tournament, National Hockey Championship, National Youth Hockey Championship, Victory Day Hockey Tournament, and School Tournaments. Bangladesh has hosted various international tournaments with distinction.

Bangladesh started taking part in international hockey tournaments by participating in the 1st Junior World Cup for Asia/Oceania zone qualifying round in Kuala Lumpur in 1977. The country also played in the Asian Games in Bangkok in 1978. Bangladesh took part in the 1st Asia Cup in Karachi in 1982. In 1985, Dhaka hosted the Second Asia Hockey Cup, when captained by Chaklader, Bangladesh performed superbly in front of large crowds. India, Pakistan, Korea, Malaysia, China, Japan, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Iran, and Bangladesh took part in this tournament. Bangladesh also hosted an international invitational hockey tournament in 1997, when India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka were the participants.

• Men's AHF Cup:
  • Champions: 2008, 2012, 2016, 2022
  • Third Place: 2025
• South Asian Games:
  • Bronze Medal: 1995, 2010, 2016

The following players were named for the 2025 Men's AHF Cup.

Caps updated as of 27 April 2025, after the match against  Kazakhstan.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Abu Sayed Nikson	(1994-11-15) 15 November 1994	39	Walton Dhaka
22	GK	Biplob Kujur	(2001-01-22) 22 January 2001	4	Mohammedan SC
2	DF	Ashraful Islam	(1999-01-05) 5 January 1999	23	Walton Dhaka
3	DF	Farhad Shetul	(1995-12-09) 9 December 1995	44	ACME Chattogram
13	DF	Rezaul Karim Babu	(1997-11-24) 24 November 1997	?	ACME Chattogram
21	DF	Shohanur Sobuj	(2000-10-02) 2 October 2000	46	Rupayan Group Cumilla
6	MF	Roman Sarkar	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998	62	Metro Express Barishal
7	MF	Naim Uddin	(1999-04-22) 22 April 1999	25	Abahani Limited Dhaka
8	MF	Fazla Rabby (Vice-Captain)	(1999-04-06) 6 April 1999	18	Metro Express Barishal
9	MF	Al Nahian Shuvo	—	6	Monarch Mart Padma
15	MF	Amirul Islam	—	7	Mohammedan SC
17	MF	Huzaifa Hossain	—	20	Walton Dhaka
20	MF	Abed Uddin	—	21	Walton Dhaka
10	FW	Puskar Khisa (Captain)	(1993-06-30) 30 June 1993	83	Rupayan Group Cumilla
11	FW	Rakibul Hasan	(2004-09-02) 2 September 2004	1	Monarch Mart Padma
14	FW	Mahbub Hossain	(1999-04-22) 22 April 1999	9	Metro Express Barishal
16	FW	Obaidul Hossain Joy	(2002-09-14) 14 September 2002	5	Rupayan Group Cumilla
19	FW	Arshad Hossain	(2001-07-01) 1 July 2001	46	ACME Chattogram

Position	Name
Head coach	Mamun Ur Rashid
Assistant coaches	Moshiur Rahman Biplob
Trainer	Alamgir Islam
Manager	Syed Bayazid Haider
Assistant manager	Kazi Abu Zafar Tapan
Team physio	Saifuddin Ahmed
Video analyst	Taposh Barman

Hockey World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1971	Part of  Pakistan
1973	Did not qualify
1975
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2023
2026	To be determined
Total	0/15	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0

Asian Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1958 to 1970	Part of  Pakistan
1974	Did not participate
1978	Preliminary Round	6th place	3	1	0	2	2	24
1982	Preliminary Round	9th place	4	1	0	3	4	23
1986	Preliminary Round	7th place	3	1	0	2	3	11
1990	Did not participate
1994	Preliminary Round	7th place	4	1	0	3	2	13
1998	Preliminary Round	9th place	5	1	1	3	4	27
2002	Preliminary Round	7th place	5	1	0	4	7	26
2006	Preliminary Round	7th place	6	2	0	4	13	29
2010	Preliminary Round	8th place	6	1	0	5	5	24
2014	Preliminary Round	8th place	5	1	0	4	5	24
2018	Preliminary Round	6th place	6	3	0	3	11	22
2022	Preliminary Round	8th place	6	2	0	4	18	33
Total	11/12	0 Titles	53	14	2	37	74	256

Asia Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1982	Preliminary Round	5th place	6	2	0	4	8	22
1985	Group stage	6th place	4	1	2	1	6	5
1989	Group stage	7th place	3	0	0	3	1	19
1994	Group stage	6th place	4	1	1	2	4	8
1999	Group stage	6th place	4	1	1	2	2	8
2003	Group stage	8th place	3	0	0	3	0	26
2007	Group stage	7th place	5	2	0	3	16	22
2009	Group stage	7th place	3	0	0	3	1	21
2013	Group stage	7th place	3	0	0	3	3	22
2017	Group stage	6th place	3	0	0	3	1	17
2022	Group stage	6th place	3	1	0	2	4	15
2025	Qualified
Total	11/11	0 Titles	41	8	4	29	46	185

Men's Asian Champions Trophy record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Did not participate
2012
2013
2016
2018
2021	Preliminary Round	5th-place	4	0	0	4	4	23
2023	Did not participate
2024
Total	1/8	0 Titles	4	0	0	4	4	23

Men's FIH Hockey World League record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2012–13	Second Round	19th place	5	3	0	2	18	17
2014–15	Second Round	28th place	6	2	0	4	14	17
2016–17	Second Round	27th place	6	3	0	3	20	15
Total	3/3	0 Titles	17	8	0	9	52	49

Men's AHF Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2008	Champion	1st	5	4	1	0	26	9
2012	Champion	1st	5	5	0	0	28	9
2016	Champion	1st	3	3	0	0	28	4
2022	Champion	1st	6	6	0	0	32	8
2025	Third place	3rd	6	5	0	1	21	9
Total	5/7	4 Titles	25	23	1	1	128	39

No	Year	Host	Position
1	1995	Madras, India	3rd
2	2004	Colombo, Sri Lanka	4th
3	2010	Dhaka, Bangladesh	3rd
4	2016	Guwahati, India	3rd
5	2025	Lahore, Pakistan	To be determined

Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium

Shaheed Smriti Stadium

Locations of stadiums which have hosted international field hockey matches in Bangladesh

2025 AHF Cup

  v  Kazakhstan

18 April 2025 2025 Men's AHF Cup Pool B		4–1	Kazakhstan	Jakarta, Indonesia
18:00 BST (UTC+6)	Islam  24' Uddin  38' Hasan  39' Sobuj  44'	Report	Duisengazy  30'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex

Indonesia  v  

20 April 2025 2025 Men's AHF Cup Pool B	Indonesia	2–3		Jakarta, Indonesia
18:00 BST (UTC+6)	Prastyo  30' Akmal  34'	Report	Joy  25' Sobuj  28' Rabby  60'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex

  v  Thailand

22 April 2025 2025 Men's AHF Cup Pool B		2–1	Thailand	Jakarta, Indonesia
16:00 BST (UTC+6)	Islam  23' Arshad  34'	Report	Thawichat  29'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex

Sri Lanka  v  

23 April 2025 2025 Men's AHF Cup Pool B	Sri Lanka	0–5		Jakarta, Indonesia
16:00 BST (UTC+6)		Report	Hasan  39', 42' Rabby  43' Arshad  49' Uddin  50'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex

  v  Oman

25 April 2025 2025 Men's AHF Cup Semi-finals		4–5	Oman	Jakarta, Indonesia
18:00 BST (UTC+6)	Sobuj  13', 54' Islam  24' Joy  38'	Report	Al-Noufali  8', 31' Al-Fazari  27', 44' Al-Lawati  30'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex

Kazakhstan  v  

27 April 2025 2025 Men's AHF Cup Third place match	Kazakhstan	0–3
13:30 BST (UTC+6)		Report	Hossain  3' Islam  37' Hasan  47'

2023 Asian games

  v Japan 

24 September 2023 Pool stage		2-7	Japan	Hangzhou,China
		Report		Stadium: Gonshu canal sports park

Pakistan  v  

26 September 2023 Pool stage	Pakistan	5-2		Hangzhou,China
		Report		Stadium: Gonshu canal sports park

  v Singapore 

28 September 2023 Pool stage		7-3	Singapore	Hangzhou,China
		Report		Stadium: Gonshu canal sports park

  v Uzbekistan 

30 September 2023 Pool stage		4-2	Uzbekistan	Hangzhou,China
		Report		Stadium: Gonshu canal sports park

India  v  

2 October 2023 Pool stage	India	12-0		Hangzhou,China
		Report		Stadium: Gonshu canal sports park

Oman  v  

2 October 2023 Seventh Place	Oman	4-3		Hangzhou,China
		Report		Stadium: Gonshu canal sports park

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