BFF U-18 Football Tournament

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]

BFF U-18 Football Tournament

Founded	2014
Abolished	2019
Number of teams	12
Last champions	NoFeL Sporting Club (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Dhaka Abahani Dhaka Mohammedan NoFeL Sporting Club
2019

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

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

Years	Players	Clubs	Goals
2014	Masud Rana	Sheikh Russel KC U-18	3
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

• BFF U-18 Football League