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Tuesday | November 03, 2026 | Dhaka

Bhutan Football team in Dhaka

 Sports Reporter
 Published: 12:03 AM, 03 November 2026  Updated: 10:40 PM, 02 November 2026

The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship will start from November 5. Bangladesh will take on Bhutan in their opening Group-A match.

Bhutan, the opponent team of Bangladesh in the first Group-A match, arrived in the city on Monday.

Apart from hosts Bangladesh, Bhutan are the first team, which reached in the city as first participating team of SAFF Championship 2026.

A total of six teams splitting into two groups are taking part in this year’s SAFF Championship 2026. Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka are in Group-A, while India, Pakistan and Maldives are in Group-B.

Nepal could not take part in the SAFF Championship 2026 as they are banned by FIFA, the highest governing body of world football.

The SAFF Championship 2026 will start on November 5 between the match of India and Pakistan. The match will kick-off at 3:30pm.

India football team and Pakistan football team are scheduled to reach Dhaka today. Maldives and Sri Lanka will arrive in the city tomorrow.

Though Bhutan team reached on Monday, but they would not practice yesterday. They will start their practice at the National Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday.

The National Stadium is the match-venue of SAFF Championship 2026. Bangladesh football team took part in the training session at the match-venue in the evening under flood-lit. Bangladesh will participate in their training session at Bashundhara Kings Arena today.

Bangladesh played against Bhutan last year. Before taking part in the Asian Cup qualification match against Singapore on June 10 at the home match, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) invited Bhutan to play an warm-up match against Bangladesh. Bangladesh defeated Bhutan by two goals to nil in that match.

Expatriate star player Hamza Choudhury made his debut for Bangladesh in that match. It may be mentioned that Hamza Choudhury scored a goal against Bhutan in that match.