Tabith Awal elected as Bangladesh Football Federation president

Businessman and politician Tabith Awal has been elected as the new president of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) beating AFM Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, a grassroot level organiser cum coach from Dinajpur District, by 23-5 votes in the BFF Election 2024, reports UNB.

The election was held at a hotel in Dhaka on Saturday.

Tabith Awal, also a former footballer, who was elected BFF vice president in 2012 and in 2016, ended the long 16-year four-term tenure of Kazi M Salahuddin, who quit the election this time.

Earlier, Bashundhara Kings president Imrul Hasan, was elected senior vice president (SVP) unopposed after his rival businessman and sports organiser Tarafder Md Ruhul Amin withdrew his candidature in the dying moment.

He will replace long-serving BFF senior vice president, national booter, and former parliament member Abdus Salam Murshedy.

Earlier, the annual general meeting of BFF was held at the same venue on Saturday morning with outgoing president Kazi Md Salahuddin in the chair.

A total of 128 councillors out of 133 exercised their voting rights from 2 pm to 6 pm to elect the 21-member BFF executive committee, including one president, one senior vice president, four vice presidents, and 15 executive committee members, among the 46 intending candidates.

Six candidates competed in the four vice president posts, while 37 competed in the 15 executive committee members.

Counting for the post of four vice presidents and 15 EC members was in progress till filing this report.