The BFF U-18 Football Tournament was a youth club football tournament in

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

which was managed, organized and controlled by the

Bangladesh Football Federation Bangladesh Football Federation (, ''Bānglādesh fūṭbôl fēḍārēshôn'') is the governing body that administers the sport of association football in Bangladesh. It is in charge of running the country's men's and women's national teams, ...

(BFF).

History

The tournament was established in 2014, in order for

Bangladesh Premier League Bangladesh Premier League (), also known as Dutch-Bangla Bank BPL for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). It was formed in 2011 by the BCB, after the su ...

(BPL) clubs to develop young players. With each team playing in the BPL during that specific season fielded their U18 players. 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

(BFF) did not arrange the tournament again until 2018.

Tournament's summaries

Top goalscorers by edition

Controversies

During the

2019 BFF U-18 Football Tournament The 2019 BFF U-18 Football Tournament (also known as Walton Group, Walton U-18 Football Tournament for sponsorship reason), It was the 3rd edition of BFF U-18 Football Tournament, a youth club football tournament in Bangladesh hosted by the Bangl ...

, 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

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test results before participating.

References

{{Football in Bangladesh Football cup competitions in Bangladesh Youth football in Bangladesh Recurring sporting events established in 2014 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2019

History

Tournament's summaries

Top goalscorers by edition

Controversies

See also

References