Abahani Limited Dhaka, also referred as Dhaka Abahani or Abahani Limited, is a Bangladeshi professional football club based in the Dhanmondi area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League, the top flight of Bangladeshi Football.
Ashrafuddin Ahmed Chunnu was a vital player for the club from 1975 to 1988.
Abahani's starting XI at the 2018 Bangladesh Federation Cup final
Abahani Limited field
Bangabandhu National Stadium, is where the club has played most of its matches since inception.
Football is currently the second-most popular sport in Bangladesh, after cricket, and is governed by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). An interest in cricket resulting from the nation's success in Test cricket and participation in the Cricket World Cup overshadowed the past fame in the nation's football legacy. However, more football tournaments are being organized in and outside Dhaka than in any other sport, and football fever grips the nation during every FIFA World Cup as well as the Copa America and UEFA European Championship. Federation officials and experts are still hopeful about the development of football in the country within the next ten years, despite huge financial obstacles, inadequate technical adaptation, and a lack of professionalism.
Rural children playing football in a Bangladeshi village
DSA captain Pakhi Sen and Islington Corinthas captain P Clark shake hands just before the match, as referee Khaza Azmal looks on in 1937.
Image: Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Image: M. A. Aziz Stadium 02