The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) continues its support for global exchanges and increased collaboration by teaming up with the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) through signing a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Sunday.

SAFF President Yasser Al  Misehal and BFF President Kazi Md Salahuddin signed a MOU at "Saudi House" in Doha, Qatar Sunday (December 18) afternoon ahead of the FIFA World Cup final, said a BFF media release Sunday evening,  

Apart from two presidents, BFF Vice President Ataur Rahman Bhuyan Manik, FIFA council member and chairman of the BFF women's football commitee Mahfuza Akhter Kiron. BFF general secretray Abu Nayeem Shohag  and SAFF general secretary Ibrahim S Alkassim were also present on the occasion.    

The MoU will see the two  Asian federations collaborate on areas such as women’s football, technical development, football management, talent identification and refereeing as well as to arrange Bangladesh team's football training camps in Saudi Arabia and to open the oppourtinty to play friendly matches.

The partnership with the BFF is part of Saudi Arabia’s strong  football  drive commitment to

strengthen its existing ties with its Asian football family and  support the development of the

game. Key areas of the partnership will be centred around both Youth and Women football.

Women’s football in Bangladesh is undergoing a transformation across all levels of the game,

from grass roots development to refereeing and coaching. 

The Bangladesh women’s team recently made history by clinching the first-ever South Asian Football Federation Women’s title denying the long domination of India. 

“Bangladesh is an important partner to Saudi Arabia, and all of us could see during this FIFA

World Cup the unbelievable passion they share for football. We hope  to help transform that

passion into further development opportunities to make football  across our nations more

competitive and played by more and more youth” said SAFF president Yasser Al Misehal.  

Kazi  Md  Salahuddin said, “We  are  delighted to be a partner with SAFF, and  we  salute Saudi

Arabia’s recent  progress and  constant drive to improve football and  sports in general,  as

evidenced by their win against mighty Argentina during the FIFA World Cup. We hope to benefit

from  this partnership and offer a stronger platform for  boys and  girls to fulfil their football

potential.”