The following is a list of Bangladesh national football team managers, first established in 1972 with the appointment of Sheikh Shaheb Ali.
[1] After the Independence of Bangladesh, a de facto national team coached by Sheikh Shaheb Ali, called Dhaka XI, was active from May 1972 to August 1972.
In July 1973, the official Bangladesh national football team, coached by Shaheb Ali, participated in the Merdeka Tournament.
[5] Anwar Hossain is the first and only coach to date who helped Bangladesh qualify for the AFC Asian Cup in 1980, while Abdur Rahim is the first and only coach to have managed the team in the main tournament.
[8] Bangladesh won its first South Asian Games gold medal under Iraqi coach Samir Shaker in 1999[9] and secured its first SAFF Championship title under Austrian coach György Kottán in 2003.