performance ever in the 2018 Asian Games, where the team shocked by a 1–0 win over powerhouse Qatar and a draw to Thailand to reach the round of sixteen for the first time ever, which began to revive the past poupularity of football in Bangladesh. The team performed well in the 2018 SAFF Championship, Jamie Day was to keep his duty, where he coached Bangladesh U-23 team to have an acceptable third-place finish in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification, even though the team could not qualify, Bangladesh played good and only fell by minimal goal to Palestine and Bahrain. Under Day's guidance, Bangladesh reached the third Round of 2023 AFC qualifiers, as the one of the three best fifth-position teams. Day integrated a "long-ball" style of play into the team, and although it was effective against lower ranked sides, the team struggled to maintain possession against better opposition. However, Day's tactics helped Bangladesh earn hard fought draws against India and Afghanistan during the 2023 AFC Asian Cup and 2022 World Cup joint qualifiers Day was placed on leave soon after the qualifiers. In 2020 Jamie Day led the Bangladesh national team in qualifying to the next round of the Asian cup. In September 2021, Bangladesh took part in the 2021 Three Nations Cup (Kyrgyzstan), the team lost all 3 games, conceding a total of 9 goals and only managing to score 3. These results led to Day being "put on leave" just before the 2021 SAFF Championship, held in Maldives To date, Day is the longest serving Bangladesh national team head coach. Return to England On 23 June 2022, Day was appointed assistant coach of League Two club Swindon Town. In January 2023, Day followed manager Scott Lindsey to join Crawley Town. Managerial statistics Honours Welling United Conference South league winners: 2012-13 BangladeshSouth Asian Games Bronze medalist: 2019 Mujib Borsho FIFA International Football Series Winner: 2020 2021 Three Nations Cup''' Runner-up: 2021 References External links 1979 births Living people Footballers from Bexley English footballers Association football midfielders Arsenal F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Crawley Town F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Dover Athletic F.C. players Eastbourne Borough F.C. players Havant & Waterlooville F.C. players Dartford F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players Cray Valley Paper Mills F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players English football managers Welling United F.C. managers Ebbsfleet United