{{short description|International football tournament}} {{Other uses|Bangabandhu Cup (kabaddi)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox football tournament | logo = Bangabandhu_Gold_Cup_logo.png | organiser = [[Bangladesh Football Federation]] | related comps = | founded = {{start date and age|1996}} | abolished = {{end date and age|2022}} | region = International | number of teams = 8 (final stage) | current champions = {{fb|PLE}} (2nd title) | most successful team = {{fb|Palestine}}<br/>{{flagdeco|MAS}} [[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia]]<br/>(2 titles) }}
The '''Bangabandhu Cup''', also known as the '''Bangabandhu Gold Cup''', was an international [[association football|football]] tournament organised by the [[Bangladesh Football Federation]] ('''BFF''') as a tribute to [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] who is the [[List of national founders|founding father]] of [[Bangladesh]]. It has been played sporadically since 1996, and was resurrected in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangabandhu Gold Cup coming to life |date=8 March 2015 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangabandhu-gold-cup-coming-to-life-49187 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=28 January 2015 |archive-date=28 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128232508/http://www.thedailystar.net/bangabandhu-gold-cup-coming-to-life-49187 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Up to the 2016 edition, most of the participating countries in the tournament sent their youth national teams, their second teams or club sides. In the 2018 edition, all participating nations sent their first team except the Philippines.<ref name="firstteams">{{cite news |title=First teams add fire |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/football/news/first-teams-add-fire-1640899 |date=1 October 2018 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=1 October 2018 |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809011500/https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/football/news/first-teams-add-fire-1640899 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[Palestine national football team|Palestine]] is the champion, after defeating [[Tajikistan national football team|Tajikistan]] in the 2018 tournament and defended its trophy against [[Burundi national football team|Burundi]] in 2020.
==Results==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 50%; text-align: center;" |- !rowspan=2 width=5%|Year !colspan=3|Final |- !width=10%|Champions !width=5%|Score !width=10%|Runners–up
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;" |1996–97 <br /> ''[[1996–97 Bangabandhu Cup|Details]]'' |{{flagicon|Malaysia}} <br /> '''[[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia]]''' |'''2–1''' |{{flagicon|Indonesia}} <br /> [[PSM Makassar]] |- |1999 <br /> ''[[1999 Bangabandhu Cup|Details]]'' |{{flagicon|JPN}} <br /> '''[[Japan Football League|Japan]]''' |'''3–2''' |{{flagicon|Ghana}} <br /> [[Ghana national under-23 football team|Ghana]] |- style="background: #D0E6FF;" |2015 <br /> ''[[2015 Bangabandhu Cup|Details]]'' |{{flagicon|Malaysia}} <br /> '''[[Harimau Muda B|Malaysia]]''' |'''3–2''' |{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} <br /> [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh]] |- |2016 <br /> ''[[2016 Bangabandhu Cup|Details]]'' | {{flagicon|Nepal}} <br /> '''[[Nepal national football team|Nepal]]''' |'''3–0''' |{{flagicon|Bahrain}} <br /> [[Bahrain national under-23 football team|Bahrain]] |- style="background: #D0E6FF;" |2018 <br /> ''[[2018 Bangabandhu Cup|Details]]'' | {{flagicon|Palestine}} <br /> '''[[Palestine national football team|Palestine]]''' |'''0–0''' {{aet}}<br />(4–3 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|PSO]]) | {{flagicon|Tajikistan}} <br /> [[Tajikistan national football team|Tajikistan]] |- |2020 <br /> ''[[2020 Bangabandhu Cup|Details]]'' | {{flagicon|Palestine}} <br /> '''[[Palestine national football team|Palestine]]''' |'''3–1''' | {{flagicon|Burundi}} <br /> [[Burundi national football team|Burundi]] |}
==Tournament summary==
{|class="wikitable" ! width="20%" | Team ! width="15%" style="background:gold" | Champions ! width="15%" style="background:silver" | Runners–up |- |{{flagdeco|MAS}} [[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia U-23]] | 2 ([[1996–97 Bangabandhu Cup|1996/97]], [[2015 Bangabandhu Cup|2015]]) | 0 |- |{{fb|PLE}} |2 ([[2018 Bangabandhu Cup|2018]], [[2020 Bangabandhu Cup|2020]]) | 0 |- |{{fb|NEP}} | 1 ([[2016 Bangabandhu Cup|2016]]) | 0 |- |{{fb|JPN}} | 1 ([[1999 Bangabandhu Cup|1999]]) | 0 |- |{{fb|TJK}} | 0 |1 ([[2018 Bangabandhu Cup|2018]]) |- |{{flagdeco|BHR}} [[Bahrain national under-23 football team|Bahrain U-23]] |0 |1 ([[2016 Bangabandhu Cup|2016]]) |- |{{fb|BAN}} |0 |1 ([[2015 Bangabandhu Cup|2015]]) |- |{{flagdeco|GHA}} [[Ghana national under-23 football team|Ghana U-23]] |0 |1 ([[1999 Bangabandhu Cup|1999]]) |- |{{fbaicon|IDN}} [[PSM Makassar]] |0 |1 ([[1996–97 Bangabandhu Cup|1996–97]]) |- |{{fb|BDI}} |0 |1 ([[2020 Bangabandhu Cup|2020]]) |}
==Top goalscorers==
===Top goalscorers by edition=== {| class=wikitable !Years !Player(s) !Goals |- |[[1996–97 Bangabandhu Cup|1996–97]] | style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|Indonesia}} Izaak Fatari<br> {{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} Musa Kallon |– |- |[[1999 Bangabandhu Cup|1999]] | style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Lee Chun-soo]] |7 |- |[[2015 Bangabandhu Cup|2015]] | style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Kumaahran Sathasivam]]<br />{{flagicon|THA}} [[Pakorn Prempak]] |2 |- |[[2016 Bangabandhu Cup|2016]] | style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Nawayug Shrestha]] |4 |- |[[2018 Bangabandhu Cup|2018]] | style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|Tajikistan}} [[Komron Tursunov]] |2 |- |[[2020 Bangabandhu Cup|2020]] | style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|Burundi}} [[Jospin Nshimirimana]] |7 |}
==Venues== * [[Bangabandhu National Stadium]] * [[Sylhet District Stadium]] * [[Bangladesh Army Stadium]] * [[M. A. Aziz Stadium]] * [[Cox's Bazar Stadium]]
==References== <references/>
==External links== * [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bangabandhu.html Tournament overview] at [[RSSSF]]
{{Football in Bangladesh}} {{Friendly association football tournaments in Asia}}
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