Victorious Bangladesh women’s football team returned home today (Wednesday) from Nepal with head high after winning the maiden title of 6th edition of SAFF Women’s Championship.
A Bangladesh Biman Flight carrying the women’s football team, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 1.45 pm.
State Minister for Youth and Sports Mohammad Zahid Ahsan Russel,MP, Youth and Sports Secretary Mesbah Uddin, along with BFF’s executive committee members received the Bangladesh women’s team at the airport.
Thousand of football supporters also gathered around the airport to welcome the girls in red and green, who made history by claiming the South Asian football’s supremacy winning the SAFF title beating host Nepal by 3-1 goals in the final held on Monday last evening.
Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC), the government’s transport agency and Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) have prepared an open-top bus for the homecoming women’s football team. The bus will be taking the champions from the Airport to Bangladesh Football Federation Bhaban.
The bus will be arriving at BFF Bhaban after passing through from Airport to Kakali, Jahangir Gate, PM Office, Tejgaon, Mouchak, Kakrail via BFF Bhaban where the girls will be welcomed again.
The BFF president Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin will welcome the women’s booters at the BFF House after a photo session with the women’s football team.
India had won the title in all the last five editions of the SAFF. This time, the football tournament of the South Asian region saw new champions through the girls of Bangladesh.
The girls who made the nation proud by winning the SAFF title started the SAFF tournament campaign with high hopes as they blanked the Maldives by 3-0 in their group opening match and thrashed Pakistan 6-0 in their second match.
Bangladesh then defeated five times SAFF Champions India by 3-0 goals to book their spot in the semifinal as the group A champions.
The girls in red and green confirmed their spot in the final after crushing Bhutan by 8-0 goals in the first semifinal.
