Dhaka, June 13: Bangladesh U-22 national football team flies to Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday morning to take part in the qualifiers of the inaugural AFC U-22 Championship. 

Bangladesh were placed in Group D qualifiers along with Uzbekistan, Jordan, Yemen and hosts Nepal as top two teams will advance to the next round. 

"Uzbekistan and Jordan are better sides than us on ranking and rest of two are equal compared to us. From that point of view, our target is to win two matches against Nepal and Yemen, then try to snatch points against Uzbekistan and Jordan in an attempt to qualify for the finals,” said coach Syed Golam Jilani. 

Bangladesh U-22  squad: Shahidul Alam Sohel, Shahedul Alam Shahed-1, Shawkhat Hossain Rony, Touhidul Alam, Yeasin Khan, Sohel Rana-1, Shariful Islam, Wahed Ahmed, Mamun Mia, 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-2.
 
 Fixtures:
 
June    16        Bangladesh vs Nepal
 
June    18        Bangladesh vs Uzbekistan
 
June    22        Bangladesh vs Jordan
 
June    24        Bangladesh vs Yemen