Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan football team ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ক্রীড়া শিক্ষা প্রতিষ্ঠান ফুটবল দল) is a football team from

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, which represents the national sports academy,

Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ক্রীড়া শিক্ষা প্রতিষ্ঠান, Bangladesh Institute of Sports Education) is the national sports institute of Bangladesh. It is res ...

, and began playing

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in Bangladesh by taking part in the 2018–19 Dhaka Second Division Football League, which is the fourth tier in

. The team consists of players under the age of 18, and has produced many professional footballers that have went onto play for the

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and youth national teams.

History

BKSP's football a activities started from 1986 with only 30 trainees and 2 coaches. In 2016, BKSP's Football Trainee Admission Program started, and the institution has setup training centers in

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and

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. Former national team captains Mamunul Islam and Hassan Al-Mamun, along with many other notable football players have spent their youth careers at the institution. Some of the institutions early success was found through the BKSP U-14 team, which won the Dana Cup in Denmark in 1990 and also the

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in Sweden. During the 2013 Bangladesh Games, BKSP were crowned champions in football, after defeating Barisal District 2-1 in the final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Both goals came from forward Rohit Sarkar, who was later called up for the Bangladesh U20 team. In 2016, BKSP U14 team won the Subroto Cup sub-junior football tournament, and two years later they won the U-17 football tournament, both of which were held in

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. BKSP were crowned champions of the 2017 Walton U-18 National Football Championship, defeating Dhaka District team on penalties. In 2020, BKSP achieved one of their most notable victories by defeating

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in the services-zone final of the 2020 Bangabandhu National Football Championship.

Professional league era

In 2019, BKSP football team decided to take part in the 2018–19 Dhaka Second Division Football League, which was the first time the team participated in a professional league. In 2022, BKSP decided to again partake in the

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, which started after a two year gap. On 10 August 2022, BKSP defeated

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2-1, in the first game of the 2021–22 Dhaka Second Division Football League season. Muhammad Imon and Al-Mirad scored the goals for the team.

Competitive record

BKSP has started their professional football campaign from 2019. Here is their professional league history as of 10 August 2022.

Honours

Youth tournaments

* U-14 Gothia Cup **Winner (1): 1990 *U-14 Dana Cup **Winner (1): 1990 *U-18 National Football Championship **Winner (1): 2017 *

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**Winner (1): 2013 * U-17 Subroto Cup **Winner (1): 2018 **Runners-up (1): 2019 * U-14 Subroto Cup **Winner (1): 2016 **Runners-up (2): 2008, 2003

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