Banshundhara Kings champion’s five-time in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football in a row. Bashundhara Kings also won three trophies in one season. Unstoppable in the domestic competition, the Kings are always the favorites in the AFC tournament.
Since 2019, the AFC Champions League Kings have never made it past the group stage. Kings continued their streak of failure in the AFC tournament by losing four goals to East Bengal in Bhutan on Tuesday. Zahid Hasan, the former captain of the national team, analyzed the failure of Emily's Kings in this way, 'Basundhara Kings fought with Abahani for the first two seasons after coming to Premier Football. Then Abahani can't fight like that against the Kings. The Kings don't face that kind of competition at home. As a result, there is a pattern between the game and the players in the international arena that affects the results.
In the last two-three seasons, the title of Bashundhara Kings would have been confirmed at the end of the first leg. The only rival Abahani was 10-12 points behind. As a result, Kings' league title was confirmed three-four matches earlier.
The Kings have been eliminated twice in the AFC tournament by controversial refereeing decisions. The culture of domestic football is also responsible for this. Many of the referees in Bangladesh avoid minor issues. At the international level, Kings have been victims of penalties, fouls and cards. In the recently concluded season, the foreign footballers of Bashundhara Kings did not see the card even though they argued with the referee and the opponents and raised their hands.
Many referees also gave harsh decisions against the Kings. Kings authorities requested the federation not to assign those referees to the match again. Kings also wrote letters about the best team and the referee. The Federation took note of that request for various reasons. Bashundhara Kings brought in Romanian coach Valeri Tite to make the AFC tournament a success. The current league champion of Bangladesh failed despite the arrival of a specialized coach.
Brothers Union manager and former footballer Amer Khan said about Kings' failure, 'Basundhara Kings have lost by four goals against Indian clubs before. Despite the change of coach, four goals lost. I think there is a problem elsewhere that Bashundhara Kings authorities should specifically look into. It is sad for Bangladesh football that a club is not getting results at the international level despite so much investment and effort.
Bashundhara Kings was coached by Spanish Oscar Brujon for six years. He is now the coach of East Bengal. The Kings manager pointed to Wasim in his post-match press conference after yesterday's four-goal thrashing of the Kings in Thimphu, Bhutan. Due to the deterioration of the relationship with the manager, the contract between the Kings and Oscars was not renewed. Bashundhara Kings president Imrul Hasan has a lot of confidence in manager Wasim.
After breaking up with Oscar King, Kings took to social media to advise the president to stay away from some people. He basically meant Wasim. The influence of the Kings' domestic coaching staff has also changed after the arrival of new coach Villeri Tee. Technical director Bayezid Zobair Nipu, who dominated the Oscars, has lost his involvement with the country's AFC Pro licensee Asif Mahmud's team.
In the recently concluded season, the foreign footballers of Bashundhara Kings did not see the card even though they argued with the referee and the opponents and raised their hands. Many referees also gave harsh decisions against the Kings. Kings authorities requested the federation not to assign those referees to the match again. Kings also wrote letters about the best team and the referee. The Federation took note of that request for various reasons.
Maruful Haque is one of the best coaches in the country. His relationship with Bashundhara Kings is not pleasant from the beginning. The two sides were involved in an argument over the exclusion of players from the U-20 football team. Maruful Haque Bashundhara did not express any official comment or reaction on this failure of Kings. However, he posted a post on social media with football fans' thoughts about the Kings. In that post, Maruf explained that everything is fine, the culture needs to change, if the culture changes, there will be success.
Every time the Kings are eliminated from the AFC tournament, the domestic structure, the various dominance of the Kings, is discussed. Even if there is discussion and criticism for some days, it remains in the previous circle. As a result, the next season has the same result!