BFF U-18 Football Tournament

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BFF U-18 Football Tournament
Founded2014
Number of teams12
Current championsNoFeL Sporting Club
(1st title)
Most successful team(s)Dhaka Abahani
Dhaka Mohammedan
NoFeL Sporting Club
2019

The BFF U-18 Football Tournament is a youth club football tournament in Bangladesh founded in 2014 that are managed, organized and controlled by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). [1]

History[edit]

The tournament was established in 2014, in order for Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) clubs to develop young players. With each team playing in the BPL during that specific season fielded their U18 players.[2] The first three editions saw clubs split into a group of four, while the top two out of the three teams in the group advancing to the Quarter-Finals. After the first edition of the league in 2014, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) did not arrange the tournament again until 2018.[3]

Tournament's summaries[edit]

Year Final
Champion Score Runner Up
2014 BFF U-18 Football Tournament Dhaka Mohammedan[4] 2–0 Brothers Union
2018 BFF U-18 Football Tournament Dhaka Abahani[5] 1–0 Farashganj SC
2019 BFF U-18 Football Tournament NoFeL Sporting Club

[6]

1–0 Saif Sporting Club

Top goalscorers by edition[edit]

Years Players Clubs Goals
2014 Bangladesh Masud Rana Sheikh Russel KC U-18 3
2018 Bangladesh Apon Chandra
Bangladesh Abu Raihan
Bangladesh Shakil Ahmed 		Dhaka Abahani U-18
Brothers Union U-18
Arambagh KS U-18 		3
2019

Bangladesh Rahul
Bangladesh Jamal
Bangladesh Iqbal
Bangladesh Mohammed Sabbir
Bangladesh Arman Hossain Abir

Arambagh KS U-18
Chittagong Abahani U-18
Dhaka Abahani U-18
Bashundhara Kings U-18
NoFeL Sporting Club U-18

3

Controversies[edit]

During the 2019 BFF U-18 Football Tournament, Saidu Alias Ramiz from Chittagong Abahani Limited U-18 team w was found guilty of age fraud, his team was therefore disqualified. Age fraud has been a constant issue during the tenure of the tournament, the federation thus made it mandatory for clubs to provide MRI test results before participating.[7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Walton BFF U-18 Football: Abahani, MSC, Kings in group of death". DhakaTribune.com.
  2. ^ "Airtel U-18 football tournament 2014". archive.bff.com.bd.
  3. ^ "বয়সভিত্তিক ফুটবলের ২ আয়োজন নিয়ে আসছে বাফুফে". dhakapost.com.
  4. ^ "এয়ারটেল অনূর্ধ্ব-১৮ ফুটবলের শিরোপা মোহামেডানের". priyo.com.
  5. ^ "যুব ফুটবলের শিরোপা আবাহনীর". protidinerkatha.com. Archived from the original on 2019-09-01. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  6. ^ "Underdog NoFeL beat favorite Saif to lift title". Dhaka Tribune.
  7. ^ Anam, Atique (October 4, 2019). "An age-old issue". The Daily Star.
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