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At 8:20 pm, Chief Elections Commissioner Mezbah Uddin Ahmed declared Salauddin the winner. The former star footballer was elected in the fourth round with 94 votes.
135 of the 139 councilors cast their vote in Saturday’s elections at a hotel in the capital. 4 people were missing. Chittagong Councilor Abahani Tarafdar Ruhul Amin and Faridpur District Football Association (DFA) President Nazrul Islam Khandaker, Sheikh Councilor Jamal Dhanmondi, Safwan Sobhan Tajbir, and Sheikh Russell Sports Club Councilor Mohammad Maksudur Rahman, voted at the AGM.
Salauddin’s closest rival, Badal Roy, got 40 votes. Another presidential candidate, Manik, got 1 vote. In this election, there were initially three candidates for the presidency. Between them, Badal Roy stepped aside. However, Badal’s name was on the ballot as the deadline for withdrawing the nominations had expired.
Salauddin was elected for the third term with 63 votes. He got 33 more votes than his opponent last time. This time he got 54 votes more than his closest rival.
In 2006, Salauddin became president of BFF for the first time. The forward of the Bengali independent soccer team became the head of the country’s governing body for soccer for a second term in 2012 and for a third term in 2016.
The country’s soccer legend, Salauddin, spent the golden age of his club career in the traditional Abahani Limited; Muktijoddha Sangsad also played in the sports cycle.
Salauddin is also known as an organizer at home and abroad. He was also vice president of BFF before serving as president for three terms. President of the South Asian Football Federation for the third time in a row (currently in charge).
Salauddin’s best achievement in the last three terms is keeping football on the field regularly. The Super Cup worth millions of rupees, the organization of the Bangabandhu International Gold Cup, the arrival of Lionel Messi to Argentina at the Bangabandhu International Stadium, the success of girls in soccer by age are important in these three terms.
There are many failures at this time. Salauddin’s committee failed to follow the national time correctly. The national team was unable to reach Peru in all four rounds of the SAF Championship. Although the academy was established in Sylhet, it was eventually closed, Bangladesh’s current position in the FIFA rankings is 17.
Abdus Salam Murshedy, of the ‘Sammilita Parishad’ led by Salauddin, was re-elected with 91 votes to the position of senior vice president. Sheikh Mohammad Aslam of rival “Coordination Council” obtained 44 votes.
Imrul Hasan, Kazi Nabil Ahmed and Ataur Rahman Manik, from the Salauddin-led council, have been elected as the three vice-chairs. As the votes for Tabitha Awal and Mohiuddin Ahmed were equal, the head coach said the new vote will take place on October 31.
Zakir Hossain Chowdhury (6 votes), Abdul Wadud Pintu (6), Bijan Barua (65), Arif Hossain (Moon) (65), Nurul Islam Nuru (64), Mohi Uddin Ahmed Selim (64) have been elected as 15 members . Tipu Sultan (61), Satyajit Das Rupu (7), Md. Ilias Hossain (65), Imtiaz Hamid Sabuj (64), Mahfuza Akter Kiran (60), Harunur Rashid (60), Amer Khan (69), Saiful Islam ( 69) and Mahidur Rahman Miraj (6).
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) approved last year’s income and expenditure report and next year’s budget without objection.
Salauddin’s panel’s 36-point statement to bring Bangladesh closer to 150 in the FIFA rankings in the next four years, formulate a ‘precise calendar’ of national football, change teams on time, organize district football leagues on time, participate in the first, second and third division leagues. The teams have been promised licenses and tournaments based on age.
There is also a commitment to take the necessary measures to maintain the continuity of the women’s league, which started with a six-year break, and win the title in the SAF Championship and SA Games.
The manifesto also calls for increasing the number of standard international stadiums, organizing international soccer competitions in four stadiums across the country, renovating lawns, ensuring the necessary facilities for national soccer team headquarters, and building standard international gyms.
Bangladesh won the last SAF Championship title in 2003. The last South African Games crown was won in 2010. The team, currently ranked 16th in the FIFA rankings, has been eliminated from the group stage of the last four editions of the SAF. Despite the absence of India and Pakistan, the team failed to reach the final of the last SA Games.
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