2014 FAM Youth Championship explained

FAM Youth Championship
Dates:	25 January – 20 February^[1]
Venues:	1
Num Teams:	13
Prev Season:	2013
Next Season:	2015

The 2014 FAM Youth Championship, known as the eLL Mobile FAM Youth Championship^[2] for sponsorship reasons, is the 4th season of the FAM Youth Championship, which includes the youth teams of all the 2014 Dhivehi League teams and 5 other teams from any part of the Maldives who want to participate (Vaikaradhoo Football Club, Veyru Cports Club, Kelaa Naalhi Sports, Eydhafushi Zuvaanunge Club and Club Green Street). The age group of this tournament is Under-21. This tournament is supported by the Japan Football Association.^[3]

Participated Teams

It was planned to participate 12 teams in the competition but, the Football Association of Maldives decided to give permission for all the 14 teams who wants to participate, in order to create more young stars.^[4] Later, out of the 14 teams, Vilimale' United withdrew from the competition due to an unknown reason.^{[1] [5]}

Group 1

• Club Valencia
• Club Eagles
• Mahibadhoo Sports Club
• Victory Sports Club
• Club Green Street

Group 2

• New Radiant Sports Club
• Maziya Sports & Recreation Club
• Vaikaradhoo Football Club
• Veyru Sports Club

Group 3

• B.G. Sports Club
• Kelaa Naalhi Sports
• Club All Youth Linkage
• Eydhafushi Zuvaanunge Club

Personnel

Venue

All the matches of this edition of Youth Championship is decided to be played at the due to the renovation work going on in the Galolhu National Stadium for the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup.^{[3] [7]}

Group stage

Times are Indian Ocean, Maldives (UTC+5).

Group 1

width=175	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Eagles	1	1	0	0	10	0	+10	3
Mahibadhoo	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
Green Street	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Victory	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
Valencia	1	0	0	1	0	10	-10	0

Group 2

width=175	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Radiant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maziya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vaikaradhoo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Veyru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group 3

width=175	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
All Youth Linkage	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Eydhafushi Zuvaanunge Club	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
Kelaa Naalhi	2	1	0	1	1	2	-1	3
BG Sports Club	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	1

Third placed teams

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
TBD	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Season statistics

Goal scorers

4 goals

• (Eagles) Ahmed Rizuvan

3 goals

• (Eagles) Ansar Ibrahim

1 goal

• (Eagles) Ahmed Naufal
• (Eagles) Ibrahim Mubeen Ahmed Rasheed
• (Eagles) Mohamed Muslih
• (Mahibadhoo) Gasim Samaam

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
^4	Eagles	Valencia	10–0^[8]
	Eagles	Valencia	10–0

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

Player

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Nihad Nasir	Eagles	1
	Ibrahim Arushadh	Mahibadhoo

Club

• Most clean sheets: 1
  • Eagles
  • Mahibadhoo
• Fewest clean sheets: 1
  • Valencia
  • Victory

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 1
  • Riham Abdul Ganee (Eagles)
  • Hussain Afsal (Victory)
• Most red cards: 0

Club

• Most yellow cards: 1
  • Eagles
  • Victory
• Most red cards: 0

Notes

1. Web site: Valencia and Eagles to play in the opening match . Divehi. Sun Online . 19 January 2014 . 19 January 2014.
2. Web site: eLL Mobile sponsors the Youth Championship . Divehi. Sun Online . 19 January 2014 . 24 January 2014.
3. Web site: Youth Championship matches to be played at the No. 1 Turf . Divehi. Sun Online . 18 January 2014 . 24 January 2014.
4. Web site: 14 teams in the youth championship . Divehi . Haveeru Online . 9 January 2014 . 20 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140112064618/http://www.haveeru.com.mv/dhivehi/sports/148706 . 12 January 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
5. Web site: Youth championship to kick off on Saturday . maldivesoccer . 21 January 2014 . 24 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201213102/http://maldivesoccer.com/s/Youth-championship-to-kick-off-on-Saturday-5285 . 1 February 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
6. Web site: Ted will lead Blues youth team . New Radiant . 16 January 2014 . 26 January 2014.
7. Web site: Eydhafushi Team departs for the Youth Championship . Divehi. Eydhafushi Times . 25 January 2014 . 25 January 2014.
8. News: Eagles scores nearly a dozen against Valencia . Divehi . 25 January 2014 . Haveeru Online . 26 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140127014012/http://www.haveeru.com.mv/dhivehi/sports/149343 . 2014-01-27 . dead .

External links

• FAM Youth Championship at Facebook
• FAM Youth Championship at Haveeru Online (Dhivehi)