Bhutan national futsal team
| Nickname(s) | Druk Eleven Druk Yul Dragon Boys |
|---|---|
| Association | Bhutan Football Federation |
| Confederation | AFC |
| Captain | Karun Gurung |
| Most caps | Passang Tshering (6) |
| Top scorer | Passang Tshering (3) |
| Home stadium | Futsal pitch, Changjiji |
| FIFA code | BHU |
| FIFA ranking | Unranked |
| First international | |
 Iran 27-2 Bhutan  (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 23 May 2005) |
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| Biggest win | |
| None | |
| Biggest defeat | |
 Thailand 29-1 Bhutan (Incheon, South Korea, 26 June 2013) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | None |
| AFC Futsal Championship | |
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2005) |
| Best result | Plate competition (4th in group) |
The Bhutan national futsal team represents Bhutan in men's international futsal. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Bhutan, the Bhutan Football Federation, which is currently a member of the Asian Football Federation and the regional body the South Asian Football Federation. Futsal is very much in an embryonic stage of development in Bhutan, with the team only having played eight competitive matches in their history, losing all of them. The country currently lacks anything like the level of facilities found in other nations where the game is more developed, with competitions being held in the car park of Changlimithang. A national team was selected at very short notice for the fourth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Incheon, South Korea in 2013. In their first game, they were soundly beaten 29-1 by Thailand, despite scoring through Dawa Dhendup in the first minute. The team is currently ranked 150th and last in the world futsal rankings, although this is a provisional ranking as the team have not played the minimum ten matches required for a formal ranking.
Bhutan first entered an international futsal competition in 2005 when they took part in the 2005 AFC Futsal Championship preliminary round. Travelling to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, they were drawn in Group C for the preliminary round along with Iran, Kuwait and Lebanon. They suffered three heavy defeats, opening with a 27-2 loss to Iran, following that up with a 14-2 loss to Lebanon and ending with a 13-1 loss to Kuwait to finish bottom of their group with no points and a -49 goal difference from their three games.
The team then progressed to the plate competition, where they were drawn against Iraq, Vietnam and the Philippines. Although they were again beaten in all three matches, they performed more creditably. A narrow 3-1 loss to the Philippines was followed by a 6-3 loss to hosts Vietnam before their final match, a 10-4 defeat by Iraq. Finishing bottom of the group again with no points, but this time only a -11 goal difference, they did not qualify for the plate knock-out rounds. Although no placing matches were contested, Bhutan were the best performing of all the fourth-placed teams, all of whom suffered three defeats, finishing with a better goal difference than Guam, Macau and the Maldives.
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