Bhutan Football

For the tender documents please visit Bhutan Football Federation office at Changlimithang Stadium from 9th – 15th December and 18th -21st December, 2022. THE LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION OF THE TENDER DOCUMENT IS ON 22ND DECEMCER, 2022.

The FIFA/Bhutan Football Federation Women’s Coaches Fitness Workshop kicked off on 21st November and ended on 24th November, 2022 which was held at Changjiji Football Ground. A three-day workshop is led by the FIFA consultant Mark Arnot. The workshop is part of the coach capacity building support from FIFA under the League Development project in their women’s development programs under the LD Project for building the capacity of coaches. A total of 23 participants attended the workshop who were the head coaches of the women’s clubs in the country and academy coaches of Thimphu and Gelephu. The workshop focused on women’s health, attitude, the importance of player profiling and long term athlete development. This workshop also laid the foundation for the coaches to further explore various fitness training specific to football in the country. “Fitness is an important competent and likewise it would benefit our coaches in taking the women’s game further ahead. Overall, the workshop was really great. It was very thorough for a 3-day workshop. We learned so much but also had fun.”- Physiotherapist, Gelephu Girl’s Academy “It was an absolute privilege to work with the Bhutanese coaches over the last 3 days at theFIFA workshop. We focused on some key areas, including player profiling, women’s health and the ltad model. The coaches passion for women’s football was evident in their questioning and commitment to the workshop.” – Mark Arnot, FIFA Consultant “In collaboration with the Coach of Education division, we felt that our coaches could benefit immensely from gaining insights into fitness training specific to football.We are very content with the knowledge we gained from the workshop. We must now make sure that we implement what we have gained from the workshop. I was really proud and happy to see our male counterparts take immense interest in the women’s health topic. If I am not wrong, this workshop was the first time the topic was ever discussed in coach education. It was nice to see they were very comfortable discussing the topic.” – Pema C. Tshering This workshop is the first time ever in Bhutan that the coaches were introduced to Women’s Health and its relation to athlete’s performance of which this new knowledge and understanding can only help improve the women’s game. The workshop ended with the distribution of certificates and most of the participants looking forward to a similar workshop in the future.

The Bhutan Football Federation (BFF) has embarked on a very ambitious social responsibility program ”Bridging the gap ”. BFF is reaching out to 5 most remote school Lingzi LSS, Soe ECR , Nimtola PS, Gatena PS and Barshong ECR in the country with disadvantaged youths and schools deprived of windows of opportunity and cohesion of developed competitiveness. Some schools do not have access to road and they have to walk for almost 1 days from the nearest road point to reach the school. And then to reach the capital where the program will be hosted, it will take almost 5 to 6 days of journey by bus and other means of travel. BFF believe that it is part of our core mission to utilize our role in society and, through football, change the lives of disadvantaged groups in society for the better. The main objective of the program are integration, education and development, experience , motivation and fun learning. To help disadvantaged children increase their football and communications skills in a safe and fun environment that is tailored to their special needs. Bhutan Football Federation  will be working closely with 5 most remote school in the country where we tie up with individual school to organize football coaching, grass root program, tailored made football tournaments and support with logistic, football equipment’s and planned events. This will be first of its kind program ever to be conducted by the Bhutan Football Federation, crossing the boundary to reach out to those young talented players. #bhutanff #bffsocialresponsibility #HomeOfHappiness

The Bhutan Football Federation in collaboration with NCWC and UNICEF Bhutan marked the world children’s day at Changlimithang Stadium today. The program was graced by the Hon’ble Health Minister and vice chairman of the National Commission for Women and Children Dasho Dechen Wangmo, His Excellency the Prime Minister Dasho Dr. Lotay, UNICEF Bhutan Representative Ms. Marie-Consolée Mukangendo, Officials from UN agencies, government partners, National football players, children’s and parents. Her Excellency stated that we must protect our children but at the same time we must take the responsibility to create an environment for them, so that they can thrive and reach their highest potential and each one of us, as a nation should take that responsibility very seriously. This year the World Children’s Day coincides with the ongoing Campaign to End Violence Against Children and the World Cup, which will kick off today, providing a unique opportunity to advocate about inclusion and to end violence against children. An exhibition match was played to celebrate the World Children’s Day lead by His Excellency the Prime Minister Dasho Dr. Lotay and Chencho Gyeltshen of Paro FC which included young players and women in their team.