Bhutan national football team

Bhutan

Nickname(s)	Dragon Boys
Association	Bhutan Football Federation
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach	Atsushi Nakamura
Captain	Chencho Gyeltshen
Most caps	Chencho Gyeltshen (46)
Top scorer	Chencho Gyeltshen (13)
Home stadium	Changlimithang Stadium
FIFA code	BHU
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	182 2 (24 October 2024)[1]
Highest	159 (June 2015)
Lowest	209 (November 2014 – March 2015)
First international
Unofficial:    Nepal 3–1 Bhutan  (Kathmandu, Nepal; 1 April 1982) Official:  Bhutan 0–3 Nepal    (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 2 February 2000)
Biggest win
Bhutan 6–0 Guam  (Thimphu, Bhutan; 23 April 2003)
Biggest defeat
Kuwait 20–0 Bhutan  (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 14 February 2000)
SAFF Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 2003)
Best result	Semi-finals (2008)
AFC Challenge Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2006)
Best result	Group stage (2006)
The Other Final
Appearances	1 (first in 2002)
Best result	Champions (2002)

The Bhutan national football team (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་གི་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་རྐང་རྩེད་སྡེ་ཚན) represents Bhutan in men's international football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Bhutan, the Bhutan Football Federation, which is a member of the Asian Football Federation and the regional body the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The national football team of Bhutan plays its home games at the national stadium, Changlimithang.

The side has consistently been ranked as one of the worst national teams in the world on both the official FIFA rankings and the Elo rating system. As of the end of November 2017, they have only won six competitive fixtures and have a goal difference of −279. The team have never qualified for the finals of a major tournament and, beyond friendlies and qualifying matches, their only participation in an official competition has been in the regional South Asian Games and the South Asian Football Federation Cup.