BFF U-18 Football Tournament explained

Founded:2014
Number Of Teams:12
Current Champions:NoFeL Sporting Club
(1st title)
Most Successful Team:Dhaka Abahani
Dhaka Mohammedan
NoFeL Sporting Club
Current: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

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

YearFinalwidth=1% rowspan=14 bgcolor=ffffff
width=15%Championwidth=10%Scorewidth=15%Runner Up
2014 BFF U-18 Football TournamentDhaka Mohammedan[4] 2–0Brothers Union
2018 BFF U-18 Football TournamentDhaka Abahani[5] 1–0Farashganj SC
2019 BFF U-18 Football TournamentNoFeL Sporting Club[6] 1–0Saif Sporting Club

Top goalscorers by edition

YearsPlayersClubsGoals
2014 Masud RanaSheikh Russel KC U-183
2018 Apon Chandra
Abu Raihan
Shakil Ahmed
Dhaka Abahani U-18
Brothers Union U-18
Arambagh KS U-18
3
2019 Rahul
Jamal
Iqbal
Mohammed Sabbir
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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walton BFF U-18 Football: Abahani, MSC, Kings in group of death. DhakaTribune.com.
  2. Web site: Airtel U-18 football tournament 2014. archive.bff.com.bd.
  3. Web site: বয়সভিত্তিক ফুটবলের ২ আয়োজন নিয়ে আসছে বাফুফে. dhakapost.com.
  4. Web site: এয়ারটেল অনূর্ধ্ব-১৮ ফুটবলের শিরোপা মোহামেডানের. priyo.com.
  5. Web site: যুব ফুটবলের শিরোপা আবাহনীর. protidinerkatha.com. 2019-09-01. 2019-09-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20190901130440/https://www.protidinerkatha.com.bd/3552/. dead.
  6. Web site: Underdog NoFeL beat favorite Saif to lift title. Dhaka Tribune.
  7. Web site: An age-old issue. Atique. Anam. October 4, 2019. The Daily Star.