Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) President Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin was re-elected as the chief of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) for the fourth time in a row Saturday. He was elected president unopposed for a consecutive fourth term till 2026 during the SAFF Ordinary Congress 2022 held at a Dhaka hotel today as no other candidate filed a nomination to run against him. The congress also re-elected Ugyen Wangchhuk, general secretary of the Bhutan Football Federation, as the SAFF executive committee member till 2026. Jaswar Umar, president of the Sri Lanka Football Federation, was elected the Asian Football Confederation executive committee member to represent SAFF till 2023. Both candidates were also elected unopposed. Also Read: BPL Football: Bashundhara manage 1-1 draw against Mohammedan The SAFF electoral committee said there are four vacant positions in the executive committee – two vice-presidents, one male and one female executive committee members will be elected in the next SAFF Congress in 2023. Earlier, a SAFF executive committee meeting was held before the congress. It decided to hold the SAFF Women's Championship 2022 in Nepal from August 29 to September 10. The Sri Lanka Football Federation reiterated its commitment to hold the SAFF U-17 Championship during September 5-16. The committee also decided to review the proposal put forward by marketing company Sports Partner for the sponsorship of the SAFF Men's Championship. The SAFF Disciplinary, Ethics Code and SAFF Code of Conduct were also approved by the executive committee. Speaking after his re-election as president, Salahuddin thanked all the member associations for the trust they had placed in him and urged all to work as a family for the betterment of football in the region. "We are not the best footballing region in the world but we have to work as a family, as brothers, to uplift the standard of the game in the region," he added. "When I was elected as the president in 2009, we just had the SAFF Men's Championship, but after that, we organised 27 competitions. This shows how much progress we have made over the years," Salahuddin said. The 27 different SAFF competitions that have been arranged since 2009 are the SAFF Championships (six times), SAFF Women's Championships (five times), SAFF U-15 Men's Championship (six times), SAFF U-15 Women's Championship (three times), U-17/U-18 Men's Championships (four times) and SAFF U-18/19 Women's Championship (three times).

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) President Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin reached Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek Thursday to encourage the Bangladesh national football team. The BFF president, Mahfuza Akhter Kiron – FIFA council member, BFF and AFC member – and BFF General Secretary Abu Nayem Sohag landed in Kyrgyzstan at 1:10pm Bangladesh time. The national team is now Bishkek to play the "Tri-nation Cup 2021" with Palestine and hosts Kyrgyzstan. Jamie Day's Bangladesh team will face Palestine on September 5 before taking on hosts Kyrgyzstan on September 7 in the tri-nation cup. Read: Expatriate booters Rahbar, Tahmid join practice session in Kyrgyzstan The touring Bangladesh team will also play a friendly match against hosts Kyrgyzstan U23 side on September 9 as part of their preparation for the SAFF Championship in the Maldives next October. Earlier, the Bangladesh team started their practice session in Kyrgyzstan last Sunday at the Sports City Field in Kant city. However, two new Bangladeshi-origin players of the team – forward Rahbar Wahed Khan from Canada and midfielder Nayb Md Tahmidul Islam from France – reached Bishkek last Monday and joined the national team's practice session.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has sought speedy and complete recovery of BFF President Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin, who tested positive for Covid-19 on November 25.

The long serving president Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin, the leader of electoral platform Sommillito Parishad, earned a landslide victory in the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Election ’20 to achieve a rare feat of electing BFF president for the 4th consecutive terms on Saturday, maintaining his all-win record in the federation election since 2008.

Celebrated footballer Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin, who has ruled the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) for the last twelve years as president, will face competition from his fellow former national footballer Shafiqul Islam Manik for the hotly anticipated BFF Election 2020, billed for October 3. 

All the 49 candidates, who collected nomination papers during three-day distribution process from Sept 5 to 7 for the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Election' 20 billed for October 3, duly filled their nominations as per schedule on Tuesday.

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Election'20, billed for October 3,  turned into an exciting one as two former national footballers Badal Roy and Shafiqul Islam Manik challenged long serving Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin in the hot seat of BFF president.

President of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin wants to start the fitness training of the national team by this month appointing a trainer as the booters out of the game for long time due to Coronavirus pandemic. 

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Vice-president Badal Roy has announced that he might vie for the BFF president post if there is no other candidate against present president Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin.

In a surprise move, renowned sports organiser Tarafder M Ruhul Amin has decided not to compete for the hot seat of president of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).,