BFF U-18 Football Tournament

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BFF U-18 Football Tournament
Official logo of BFF U-18 Football Tournament 2018-19.jpg
Founded2014
Abolished2019
Number of teams12
Last champions NoFeL Sporting Club
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) Dhaka Abahani
Dhaka Mohammedan
NoFeL Sporting Club
Soccerball current event.svg 2019

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

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History

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

YearFinal
ChampionScoreRunner 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

YearsPlayersClubsGoals
2014 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Masud Rana Sheikh Russel KC U-18 3
2018 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Apon Chandra
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Abu Raihan
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Shakil Ahmed		 Dhaka Abahani U-18
Brothers Union U-18
Arambagh KS U-18 		3
2019

Flag of Bangladesh.svg Rahul
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Jamal
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Iqbal
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Mohammed Sabbir
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 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

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

References

  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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