Bangladesh National Football team will fly for Melbourne on Friday (Nov 10) to play the group stage qualification round-2 match of the FIFA World Cup' 2026.
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Bangladesh will play their 2nd round Group I away match against the World Cup playing stronger Australia in Melbourne on Nov 16.
Soon after returning from Australia, Bangladesh team will play their home match against Lebanon on November 21 at Bashundhara Kings Arena in Dhaka.
Earlier, Bangladesh earned the rights to play in the six-match home and away basis Group I matches of the FIFA World Cup's Asian qualifiers with Australia, Lebanon and Palestine eliminating the Maldives in the round 1 match last month.
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Meanwhile, the Spanish Head Coach Bangladesh team Javier Cabrera on Sunday announced a 30 -member preliminary squad of Bangladesh for the two matches against Australia and Lebanon.
Members of Bangladesh squad:
Goalkeepers: Mitul Marma, Mehdi Hassan Srabon, Pappu Hossain and Mahfuz Hassan Pritom;.
Defenders: Bishwanath Ghosh, Hasan Murad, Tareq Raihan Kazi, Rahmat Mia, Alomgir Mollah, Isa Faysal, Shakil Hossain, Saad Uddin andvRiadul Hassan;
Midfielders: Sohel Rana, Shekh Morsalin, Mohammad Ridoy, Md Sohel Rana, Mojibor Rahman Jony, Rabiul Hasan, Chandan Roy, Jamal Bhuyan and Jayed Ahmed;
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Forwards: Rakib Hossain, Sumon Reza, Rahim Uddin, Foysal Ahmed Fahim, Dipok Roy, Arman Foysal Akash, Rafiqul Islam and Mohammad Ibrahim.
Selected players, except the booters of Bashundhara Kings, have been asked to report to team manager Amer Khan on Monday (Nov 6) at 11.30 am at the Hotel Amari in the capital to join the residential camp