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.[1]

2015 Bangabandhu Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
Dates29 January – 8 February
Teams6 (from AFC confederations)
Venue(s)2
Final positions
Champions Malaysia (2nd title)
Runners-up Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored19 (2.11 per match)
Top scorer(s)Malaysia Kumaahran Sathasivam
Thailand Pakorn Prempak
(2 goals)
Best player(s)Bangladesh Jamal Bhuyan

Malaysia U-23 won the third edition, after beating Bangladesh U-23 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:

Dhaka Sylhet
Bangabandhu National Stadium Sylhet District Stadium
Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 18,000

Officials

Eleven referees and 2 match commissioner were appointed by the FIFA for this tournament.

Referees
  • Bangladesh Ferdour Ahmed
  • Bangladesh Jalal Uddin
  • Bangladesh Jasim Uddin
  • Bangladesh Mijanur Rahman
  • Bangladesh Mohammad Nuruzzaman
  • Bangladesh Nahid
  • Bangladesh Tayeb Shamsuzzaman
  • Chinese Taipei Hsu Min-Yu
  • Iran Mooud Bonyadifar
  • Qatar Khamis Al-Marri

Match Commissioner

  • Bangladesh Monirul Islam
  • India Goutam Kar

Broadcaster

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Malaysia 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
 Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
 Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source:
Bangladesh 0–1 Malaysia
Syazwan 51'
Attendance: 20,000
Malaysia 2–0 Sri Lanka
Syahrul 45+4'
Ridzuan 60'
Attendance: 8,000
Bangladesh 1–0 Sri Lanka
Hemanta 41'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 6
 Singapore 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
 Bahrain 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1
Source:
Singapore 2–3 Thailand
Iqram 49'
Taufik 53'		 Adisak 7'
Chayawat 31'
Pakorn 80'
Attendance: 8,000
Bahrain 0–0 Singapore
Attendance: 800
Thailand 3–0 Bahrain
Saleh 35' (o.g.)
Pakorn 51' (pen.)
Jaturong 56'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 February – Sylhet
 
 
 Singapore0
 
8 February – Dhaka
 
 Malaysia1
 
 Malaysia3
 
6 February – Dhaka
 
 Bangladesh2
 
 Bangladesh1
 
 
 Thailand0
 

Semi-finals
Singapore 0–1 Malaysia
Kumaahran 50'
Attendance: 12,000
Bangladesh 1–0 Thailand
Chowdhury 38'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

Final
Bangladesh 2–3 Malaysia
Ameli 49'
Yeasin 55'		 Nazirul 31'
Kumaahran 40'
Faizat 90+2'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

Goalscorers
2 goals
  • Malaysia Kumaahran Sathasivam
  • Thailand Pakorn Prempak
1 goal
  • Bangladesh Jahid Hasan Ameli
  • Bangladesh Nasiruddin Chowdhury
  • Bangladesh Hemanta Vincent Biswas
  • Bangladesh Yeasin Khan
  • Malaysia Faizat Ghazli
  • Malaysia Nazirul Naim
  • Malaysia Ridzuan Abdunloh
  • Malaysia Syahrul Azwari
  • Malaysia Syazwan Andik
  • Singapore Iqram Rifqi
  • Singapore Taufik Suparno
  • Thailand Adisak Sansomiad
  • Thailand Chayawat Srinawong
  • Thailand Jaturong Pimkoon
Own goal
  • Bahrain Saleh

References
  1. "SL confirmed as sixth team". The Daily Star. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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