Bhutan Football Federation

The Bhutan Football Federation (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྐང་རིལ་ཚོགས་སྡེ།) is the governing body of football in Bhutan, controlling Bhutan national football team, Bhutan women's national football team and Bhutan national futsal team. It is also responsible for organising Bhutan Premier League, BPL Qualifiers, wonen's league and qualifiers, Dzongkhag (District) leagues, Women's National League, National Futsal – Minifootball league, as well as various youth and recreational tournaments.

Bhutan Football Federation

AFC
Short name	BFF
Founded	1983; 41 years ago (1983)
Headquarters	Changlimithang Stadium
Location	Thimphu
FIFA affiliation	2000
AFC affiliation	1993
SAFF affiliation	2000
President	Dasho Ugyen Tsechup Dorji
Website	bhutanfootball.org

History

The Bhutan Football Federation was founded in 1983 as part of the Bhutan Olympic Committee. It has been a member of FIFA since 2000 and the Asian Football Confederation since 1993.

The Bhutan national football team was considered "the worst football team" up until 2015 when it won a World Cup qualifying game against Sri Lanka.^[1]

In 2016, the BFF introduced Club Licensing Regulation to bring basic standards to the football economy of the country.^[2]

In July 2017, the BFF Disciplinary Committee suspended Druk Pol F.C. for two years after a player disobeyed a referee during a match.^[3]

Name	Position	Source
Dasho Ugyen Tsechup Dorji	President	[4][5]
Pema Dorji	Vice-president	[4][5]
Ugyen Wangchhuk	General secretary	[4][5]
B. T. Dorji	Treasurer	[4]
Mehmet F. Kale	Technical director	[4][5]
	Team coach (men's)
Karma Choden	Team coach (women's)	[4]
Phuntsho Wangdi	Media/communications manager
	Futsal coordinator
Uygen Dorji	Referee coordinator	[4]

Prizes

• 2016: AFC aspiring member association of the year^[6]

References

1. Candida Beveridge, Bhutan: Formerly the worst football team in the world Archived 2017-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, Bbc.com, 29 August 2015
2. Illegal transfer of players hampers growth of football Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, Kuenselonline.com, 21 February 2017
3. BFF suspends Drukpol FC for two years Archived 2019-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, Kuenselonline.com, 1 July 2017
4. "Member Association – Bhutan – FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
5. "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
6. Bhutan wins AFC award for most aspiring federation Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, Kuenselonline.com, 3 December 2016

External links

• Official website
• Bhutan at FIFA site
• Bhutan at AFC site