Bangladesh Football Federation received the bronze award in the Grassroots Football category of the AFC President鈥檚 Recognition Awards at the King Fahad Cultural Center in Riyadh on Friday.
The United Arab Emirates Football Association secured the gold in this category, while the Football Association of Malaysia took home silver.
The BFF was recognised for its dedication to organising more local tournaments, with the number of events nearly doubling from 13 in the previous year to 24 from June 2024 to May 2025.
聽Alongside their collaboration with youth academies to develop educational programmes, and foster a passion for the sport.
The ceremony highlighted the outstanding and relentless efforts of the AFC鈥檚 member associations in cultivating a lifelong passion for the beautiful game through innovative, safe, and engaging initiatives.
During this period, more than 30,000 participants actively engaged in BFF鈥檚 events, an increase of nearly five times from the previous year, as stated in an AFC media release.
The BFF鈥檚 initiatives have focused strongly on education, child safeguarding, and social inclusion, with programmes such as 鈥楨mpowering Hill Women to Pursue Football Careers鈥�, the Amputee Football Asian Championship, the Veterans Football Festivals, and the Street Children Festival, among other diverse and dynamic activities aimed at ensuring greater accessibility for people of all backgrounds and abilities.聽
