{"id":8555,"date":"2026-09-10T22:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/?p=8555"},"modified":"2026-09-10T22:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:39:08","slug":"bangladesh-to-kick-off-fifa-asean-cup-campaign-against-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/?p=8555","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh to Kick Off FIFA ASEAN Cup Campaign Against Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSports Desk \/\/<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">File photo. The inaugural FIFA ASEAN Cup is set to begin on September 24 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Bangladesh will launch its campaign in the tournament the following day, September 25, with a match against Malaysia. The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) released the full group-stage schedule for Bangladesh on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The match between Bangladesh and Malaysia will take place at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta at 3:00 PM (Bangladesh time). Subsequently, Jamal Bhuyan\u2019s team will face Singapore at the same venue and time on September 28.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh is set to play a total of three matches in the group stage. The team, featuring players like Hamza Choudhury and Jamal Bhuyan, will conclude the group stage on October 1 against hosts Indonesia at the same stadium. That match is scheduled to kick off at 6:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this inaugural FIFA ASEAN Cup, Bangladesh has been drawn into Group A of the Premier Division alongside Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Group B comprises Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additionally, six other teams will participate in the Challenge Division. Alongside 11 Southeast Asian nations, China, India, and Hong Kong were invited to the competition; however, following the withdrawal of India and China, Bangladesh and Pakistan secured spots in the tournament in their place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bangladesh team has already begun preparations for the upcoming tournament. The national team&#8217;s training camp is currently underway at the Bashundhara Kings Arena under the guidance of head coach Thomas Dooley.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read the news and share your thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports Desk \/\/ File photo. The inaugural FIFA ASEAN Cup is set to begin on September 24 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Bangladesh will launch its campaign in the tournament the following day, September 25, with a match against Malaysia. The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) released the full group-stage schedule for Bangladesh on Wednesday. The match between Bangladesh and Malaysia will take place at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta at 3:00 PM (Bangladesh time). Subsequently, Jamal Bhuyan\u2019s team will face Singapore at the same venue and time on September 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8557,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8555\/revisions\/8557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}