Bangladeshi team concedes 146 goals in five international school football tournament matches
The BFF media department believes the team may have been formed from students studying at various institutions in China and entered under Bangladesh's name.
TBS Report
25 October, 2026, 01:40 pm
Last modified: 25 October, 2026, 01:45 pm
A team of Bangladeshis has conceded 146 goals in five matches at the ongoing International School Sport Federation (ISF) Under-18 School World Cup in Suzhou, China, without scoring a single goal, according to media reports.
The tournament, organised by the ISF rather than Fifa, features 51 teams from 31 countries and regions.
A team listed under Bangladesh is among the participants, although the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) says it did not send any team to the event. Sadman Sakib, BFF media manager, told Kalbela that the federation has no information about the team participating in the tournament.
"Usually, an organisation from the country officially informs the BFF before participating in an international competition and receives technical support. That has not happened in this case," he said.
The BFF media department believes the team may have been formed from students studying at various institutions in China and entered under Bangladesh's name.
The team competed in Group C against the Czech Republic, Germany and Morocco. It lost 27-0 to the Czech Republic, 35-0 to Germany and 33-0 to Morocco, conceding 95 goals in three group-stage matches, according to media reports.
In the round of 32, the team suffered a 40-0 defeat to Algeria. It then lost 11-0 to Haiti in the play-offs for positions 32 to 25.
The five defeats left the team with 146 goals conceded, an average of 29.2 per match.
India also drew attention after conceding 27 goals against Benin in the same tournament. However, the team listed under Bangladesh conceded 40 goals against Algeria alone.
The ISF's official bulletin lists Bangladesh as a delegation with a boys' team, indicating that someone registered the country for the competition despite the BFF being unaware of its participation.
A girls' team was also listed under Bangladesh at the tournament's inaugural edition in 2024.
However, the ISF records do not clarify whether that team was registered without the federation's knowledge.
Established in 1972, the ISF is a global school sports organisation recognised by the International Olympic Committee. It generally organises competitions for athletes under 18. Although the tournament follows the ISF's regulations, matches are played under Fifa rules.