Dhaka, June 13 (UNB) - Bangladesh Under-22 Football team leaves here for the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, tomorrow (Thursday) morning to participate in the qualifying round of the inaugural AFC U-22 Championship.

Bangladesh has been placed in Group D of the qualifying round along with Uzbekistan, Jordan, Yemen, and hosts Nepal. Later, two top teams of the group will qualify for the next round.

Bangladesh will play hosts Nepal in the inaugural match on June 16 at the Dashrath Stadium in Kathmandu.

In the remaining group matches at the same venue, Bangladesh will play Uzbekistan on June 18, meet Jordan on June 22, and Yemen on June 24.

Bangladesh coach Syed Golam Jilani said Uzbekistan and Jordan are “better sides than us” as per the ranking.

“The remaining two teams are equal compared to us. From that point of view, our target is to win the two matches against Nepal and Yemen… we’ll try to snatch points against Uzbekistan and Jordan to qualify for the finals,” he added.

Bangladesh U-22 squad - Shahidul Alam Sohel, Shahedul Alam Shahed, Shawkhat Hossain Rony, Touhidul Alam, Yasin Khan, Sohel Rana-1, Shariful Islam, Wahed Ahmed, Mamun Miah, Saidul Haque, Shawkat Russel, Raihan Hasan, Sohel Rana-2, Sohel Rana-3, Sabuj Das Raghu, Jamal Hossain, Rafi Rahman, Yeamin Ahmed Munna, Uttam Kumar Banik, Emon Mahmud Babu and Shahedul Alam.