The residential training camp of Bangladesh National Football team begins Tuesday (May 17) at 4 pm at the Bashundhara Sports Complex here.

Bangladesh national team will play the FIFA Tier-1 International Friendly match against Indonesia on June 1 and will compete in the qualifying round of the AFC Asian Cup in Malaysia from June 8-14.

Twenty national booters out of the initially selected 21, reported to Team Manager Iqbal Hossain today (Monday) evening at the Radisson Blue Water Garden Hotel in Dhaka to join the national residential training camp.

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Veteran national goalkeeper Shahidul Alam Sohel of Dhaka Abahani failed to report on the day due to injury.

Earlier on last Saturday, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) picked up 21 footballers to join the phase-1 national training camp for the AFC Asian Cup’2023 and for the FIFA Tier-1 International Friendly Football match.

Maximum five players were taken from Dhaka Abahani Limited, four players each from Saif SC and Sheikh Russel KC and three booters from Sheikh Jamal DC.

Players of the league champions Bashundhara Kings, now in Kolkata to compete in the AFC Cup Football, were not included in the squad.

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Selected players are : Tutul Hossain Badsha, Sahidul Alam Sohel, Rakib Hossain, Nabib Newaz Jibon, Abu Sayed (Dhaka Abahani), Ruyadul Hasan, Jamal Bhuyan, Maraz Hossain, Foysal Ahmed Fahim (Saif SC), Rahmat Mia, Saaduddin, Hemanta Vincent Biswas, Ashraful Islam Rana (Sheikh Russel KC), Mohammad Nayeem, Mitul Marma, Rayhan Hasan (Sheikh Jamak SC), Jafar Iqbal (Mohammedan SC), Isa Faysal,(Police FC), Sohel Rana (Ctg Abahani) and Papon Singh (Uttar Barishara).

Asif Hasan of BFF Elite Academy was included in the team only for training purposes.