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Bhutan national football team
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| Bhutan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Yellow Dragons, The Druk XI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Association | Bhutan Football Federation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Khare B. Basnet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Wangyel Dorji (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Changlimithang Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | BHU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 187 (December 2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 202 (May 2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 223 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Nepal 3 - 1 Bhutan  (Nepal; April 1, 1982) |
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Biggest win Bhutan 6 - 0 Guam  (Thimphu, Bhutan; April 23, 2003) |
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Biggest defeat Kuwait 20 - 0 Bhutan (Kuwait City, Kuwait; February 14, 2000) |
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The Bhutan national football team is the national team of Bhutan and is controlled by the Bhutan Football Federation. The team was founded in 1983 and joined FIFA in the year 2000. As of late 2004 they had only won two games.
On June 30, 2002, the day of the final match of the 2002 World Cup, Bhutan, then the second-lowest ranked team in the world, won their first game ever. They played against the lowest ranked team, Montserrat, in a friendly match known jokingly as The Other Final, winning 4-0 at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan.
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- 1993 to 1999 - Did not enter
- 2003 to 2005 - Finalist
- 2006 - Round 1
