Bangladesh
Bangladesh have never won a FIFA World Cup or AFC Asian Cup.
Asia (AFC) · No major trophy yet
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Bangladesh have never won a FIFA World Cup or AFC Asian Cup.
Asia (AFC) · No major trophy yet
Bangladesh are one of 160 national teams who have never won a FIFA World Cup or their confederation's continental championship — the same two-tier standard tracked for every team on this site. Bangladesh have never reached the World Cup finals, but they played at the 1980 AFC Asian Cup and exited in the group stage. They also won the 2003 SAFF Championship on home soil. That regional title remains the clearest senior men's landmark in the country's modern football history.
| Confederation | Asia (AFC) |
|---|---|
| Continental title tracked | AFC Asian Cup |
| Best documented result | Bangladesh have never reached the World Cup finals, but they played at the 1980 AFC Asian Cup and exited in the group stage. They also won the 2003 SAFF Championship on home soil. That regional title remains the clearest senior men's landmark in the country's modern football history. |
To join the 51 nations already tracked here, Bangladesh would need to win either the FIFA World Cup or the AFC Asian Cup — the top continental honor in the Asia (AFC) region. Both remain fully open: there's no ranking or seeding that rules a team out permanently, only qualification and results on the pitch.
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Bangladesh
BangladeshNo. Bangladesh have never won a FIFA World Cup or the AFC Asian Cup. Bangladesh have never reached the World Cup finals, but they played at the 1980 AFC Asian Cup and exited in the group stage. They also won the 2003 SAFF Championship on home soil. That regional title remains the clearest senior men's landmark in the country's modern football history.
Bangladesh have never reached the World Cup finals, but they played at the 1980 AFC Asian Cup and exited in the group stage. They also won the 2003 SAFF Championship on home soil. That regional title remains the clearest senior men's landmark in the country's modern football history.
The FIFA World Cup and the AFC Asian Cup are the two competitions tracked on this site — both remain open to Bangladesh.
Bangladesh competes in Asia (AFC). Its main continental championship is the AFC Asian Cup.
We track the FIFA World Cup and each team's top senior men's continental championship. Regional, youth and club competitions are not included in this main ranking.
Trophy dates are checked against official competition information and the relevant football confederation.
