Also the history tells us why football is an amazing and most popular game in Bangladesh. During liberation war in 1971, football was being played by Swadhin Bangla Football Team to raise international awareness for the war of independence. During that time the Swadhin Bangla Football Team played 16 matches and raised awareness for Bangladesh’s independence. The time before the 90′s saw national soccer fever in league football specifically in the Dhaka League, which possessed club teams famous home and abroad. There were also a number of premier football clubs in Dhaka, in the 40s, most prominent among them were Dhaka Wanderers, Victoria SC,Wari Club, Mohammedan SC, EP Gymkhana, Railways, and Fire service. The first Dhaka League was won by Bangladeshi Victoria SC in 1948, three years prior to the Mother Language Movement when still under Pakistani rule. Despite the oppression of Pakistanis, Football was still being played in the domestic leagues and abroad. Bangladeshi clubs such as BKSP and Bangladesh Red played with success in international football tournaments like Aga Khan Gold Cup, President Gold Cup, Dana Cup and Gothia Cup. BKSP won the later two in 1990 while Bangladesh Red were runners-up in the first President Gold Cup in 1981 and won it in 1989. Except that, Bangladeshi clubs bagged three more titles abroad: Quaid-E-Azam Trophy of Pakistan in 1985, Four-nation invitational tournament of Myanmar in 1995 and Jigme Dorji Wangchuk Memorial Football of Bhutan in 2003.
