Bangladesh, which was placed in Group E with Jordan, Bhutan and hosts Bahrain, will play Jordan on November 8 and Bhutan on November 10 at the same venue.

In a pre-match press conference in Manama on Tuesday, Bangladesh Head Coach Andrew Peter Turner said Bangladesh booters are well-prepared for the tournament.

“We are well-prepared for the tournament. We have done well in the SAFF competition and now looking forward to the AFC qualifiers. We want to play good football because the best team will be qualified for the final round,” Andrew said.

Earlier, a 30-member Bangladesh team -22 booters and eight officials-- reached Bahrain capital Manama on Monday afternoon to play the qualification round.

Bangladesh finished runners-up in the five-team SAFF U-18 Championship’2019 conceding a 1-2 goals defeat against India in the nerve shattering final on September in Nepal.

After the SAFF campaign, Bangladesh U-19 team played in a Tri-nation International Friendly Football in Qatar involving hosts Qatar U-19 team and Kuwait U-19 team in last October as a part of their preparations for the AFC qualifiers.

Bangladesh U-19 Football team: Mohammad Mohiuddin, Mitul Marma, Shanto Kumer Ray, Yeasin Arafat, Uttam Chandra Roy, Sadekujaman Fahim, Kazi Rahad Mia, Rakibul Islam, Tanbir Hossain, Nazmul Hossain Akond, Mohammad Ridoy, Fahim Morshed, Emon Ali, Sagor Hossain, Dipok Roy, Jamir Uddin, Foysal Ahmed Fahim, Omar Faruq Mithu, Samrat Ahmed, Nayem Hossain, Nihat Jaman Ucchash, Maraz Hossain and Amir Khan Bappi and Emon Khan.