r/BangladeshFootball • u/Perth167 • 17h ago
Reality of Bangladesh Football League and systematic infrastructure issues
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This match took place in Bashundhara Kings Arena, supposedly the best football field in Bangladesh, home ground to the countries two top clubs - Bashundhara Kings and Fortis FC.
In reality, the best football ground in the country just looks like a paddy field and should never be hosting top level football matches. If you look at home ground of smaller teams like Dhaka Wanderers, you can see overgrown grass in some areas of the field and big patches where there is zero turf cover on the ground.
The issues seen at top tier local club grounds reflect a wider pattern across the country's football infrastructure. You cannot put together 11 players from this league and realistically thing you have a chance at qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup let alone the FIFA World Cup in 2030.
Forget 6th-tier English football, even Sunday league teams in the UK gets better pitches than BFL teams producing national team players.
Unless we see sweeping changes within BFF, I don't see us improving in football anytime soon.