2021–22 BFF U-18 Football League

1st professional season of the top-flight youth football league in Bangladesh

Football league season

BFF U-18 Football League

Season	2021–22
Dates	15 September–24 October 2022
Champions	Sheikh Jamal U-18 (1 title)
Matches played	55
Goals scored	160 (2.91 per match)
Best Player	Mr. Joy Dash Sheikh Jamal U-18
Top goalscorer	11 goals Naymul Talukdar (Muktijoddha SKC U-18)
Highest scoring	Bashundhara Kings U-18 7–1 Swadhinata KS U-18 (15 September 2022)
Longest winning run	6 matches (Sheikh Jamal DC U-18)
Longest unbeaten run	7 matches (Sheikh Jamal DC U-18)
Longest winless run	9 matches (Swadhinata KS U-18)
Longest losing run	9 matches (Swadhinata KS U-18)
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The 2021–22 BFF U-18 Football League is the inaugural edition of BFF U-18 Football League, replacing the BFF U-18 Football Tournament.^[1]^[2] Youth teams of 10 BPL clubs competing in the league.^[3] Uttar Baridhara withdrew themselves two days before kicking off the league citing financial crisis, while Saif SC didn't participate as they closed their football department.^[4]^[5]

Sheikh Jamal DC U-18 is the defending champion having won 2021–22 season title.^[6]

Format

The teams would entirely feature U-18 players. The eleven team will play ten matches again each other in a single round basis. A total of 55 matches will be played. The teams occupying league table positions 1, 2 & 3 will be awarded Champions, Runner-up & Third place prize money. The league does not have a relegation system as of the first season.

Venues

All matches are playing following two ground.

Dhaka	Dhaka	Dhaka
Sheikh Jamal DC Football Ground		Govt. Physical Education College Ground

Teams

Team	Head Coach	Captain
Bangladesh Police FC U-18
Bashundhara Kings U-18	Mahabub Hossain Roksy
Chittagong Abahani U-18	Shaidul Alam Bulbul
Dhaka Abahani U-18	Pranotosh Kumar Das
Dhaka Mohammedan U-18	Alfaz Ahmed
Lt.Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited U-18	Faraz Hossain
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC U-18	Raja Isa
Rahmatganj MFS U-18	Kamal Ahmed Babu
Sheikh Russel KC U-18	Abdul Baten Komol
Swadhinata KS U-18	Masud Alam Jahangir
Uttar Baridhara U-18	None

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheikh Jamal DC U-18 (C)	10	8	1	1	24	6	+18	25	Champions
2	Bashundhara Kings U-18 (R)	10	6	3	1	25	6	+19	21	Runner-up
3	Muktijoddha Sangsad U-18	10	7	0	3	18	15	+3	21
4	Rahmatganj MFS U-18	10	6	1	3	20	16	+4	19
5	Dhaka Abahani U-18	10	5	2	3	15	6	+9	17
6	Dhaka Mohammedan U-18	10	5	2	3	13	10	+3	17
7	Sheikh Russel KC U-18	10	4	4	2	12	9	+3	16
8	Chittagong Abahani U-18	10	3	1	6	16	15	+1	10
9	Bangladesh Police FC U-18	10	3	0	7	9	20	−11	9
10	Swadhinata KS U-18	10	1	0	9	8	27	−19	3
11	Uttar Baridhara U-18^[a]	10	0	0	10	0	30	−30	0

Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: BFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up

Uttar Baridhara U-18 withdrew themselves before the league begun.

Results

No Home \ No Away	BPFC U-18	BK U-18	CAL U-18	DAL U-18	MSC U-18	SJDC U-18	MUK U-18	RAH U-18	SRKC U-18	SKS U-18	UBC U-18^{[note 1]}
Police U-18	—	2–4	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–0	1–2	0–4	0–1	1–0	3–0
Kings U-18	4–2	—	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	7–1	3–0
Chittagong Abahani U-18	2–0	0–1	—	0–2	0–1	1–3	3–4	2–3	1–1	4–0	3–0
Dhaka Abahani U-18	4–0	0–0	2–0	—	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–0
Mohammedan U-18	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	—	0–3	0–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	3–0
Sheikh Jamal U-18	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	—	1–0	3–0	3–1	5–2	3–0
Muktijoddha U-18	2–1	0–4	4–3	2–1	1–0	0–1	—	1–3	2–1	3–1	3–0
Rahmatganj U-18	4–0	0–4	3–2	0–2	3–2	0–3	3–1	—	2–2	2–0	3–0
Sheikh Russel U-18	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–2	2–2	—	1–0	3–0
Swadhinata U-18	0–1	1–7	0–4	0–2	1–2	2–5	1–3	0–2	0–1	—	3–0
Uttar Baridhara U-18^{[note 1]}	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: BFF
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Season statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 160 goals scored in 55 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match (as of 23 October 2022).

11 goals

Naymul Talukdar (Muktijoddha SKC U-18)

9 goals

Sabbir Hossain (Bashundhara Kings U-18)

6 goals

Arko Hassan Apurbo (Bashundhara Kings U-18)
Nabidul Islam (Rahmatganj MFS U-18)
Shahadat Hossain (Chittagong Abahani U-18)

5 goals

Asif (Sheikh Jamal DC U-18)
Tanim Hassan (Sheikh Jamal DC U-18)

4 goals

Mohammad Rofikul (Bashundhara Kings U-18)
Mohin (Sheikh Jamal DC U-18)
Md Nurul Islam (Dhaka Mohammedan U-18)
Kagozi Saifullah Bin Hasan (Dhaka Mohammedan U-18)

3 goals

Mohamed Sayeed (Dhaka Abahani U-18)
Sajjat Howot (Rahmatganj MFS U-18)
Rahim Hasan Bilto (Muktijoddha SKC U-18)
Golam Rabbi Khan (Sheikh Jamal DC U-18)
Ali Akbar (Bangladesh Police FC U-18)

2 goals

1 goal

Mashrafee (Bashundhara Kings U-18)
Rajin (Swadhinata KS U-18)
Devjit Karmakar (Muktijoddha SKC U-18)
Md Shahadat Hossain (Dhaka Abahani U-18)
Aminul Islam Rakib (Rahmatganj MFS U-18)
Sheikh Sangram (Rahmatganj MFS U-18)
Md Noyon (Sheikh Jamal DC U-18)
Abrar Hossain (Dhaka Abahani U-18)
Alif Mahmud (Rahmatganj MFS U-18)
Sabbir Hossain (Chittagong Abahani U-18)
Abdul Nur Alam Apu (Chittagong Abahani U-18)
Mashrafi (Dhaka Abahani U-18)
Irfan (Sheikh Russel KC U-18)
Ramjan (Bashundhara Kings U-18)
Raju (Bashundhara Kings U-18)
Tasnim (Bangladesh Police FC U-18)
Apon (Sheikh Russel KC U-18)
Monir (Swadhinata KS U-18)
Rafikul (Sheikh Russel KC U-18)
Md Ratul Hawladar (Dhaka Mohammedan U-18)
Akash (Bangladesh Police FC U-18)
Rafiul (Sheikh Russel KC U-18)
Atik (Dhaka Abahani U-18)
Alauddin (Dhaka Abahani U-18)
Rakibul Islam Rocky (Chittagong Abahani U-18)
Saiful (Sheikh Russel KC U-18)
Forhad (Bangladesh Police FC U-18)
Tahmid (Sheikh Russel KC U-18)
Mahi Azom (Rahmatganj MFS U-18)
Md Sajib Hossain (Dhaka Mohammedan U-18)
Sabel (Sheikh Russel KC U-18)
Swapon (Sheikh Jamal DC U-18)
Nahid (Swadhinata KS U-18)
Soykat Chakma (Chittagong Abahani U-18)
Sajjad Hossain Mijan (Chittagong Abahani U-18)

Source: BFF

Unknown Goalscorers

Sheikh Russel KC U-18 2-2 Rahmatganj MFS U-18 match of 4 goals scorers players name unknown.

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Sabbir Hossain	Bashundhara Kings U-18	Swadhinata U-18	7–1	15 September 2022
Shahadat Hossain	Chittagong Abahani U-18	Swadhinata U-18	4–0	16 October 2022
Naymul Talukdar ⁴	Muktijoddha SKC U-18	Chittagong Abahani U-18	4–3	23 October 2022

Notes

^ Opposition were given a Walkover in all games, as Uttar Baridhara U-18 withdrew before the league had begun.

References

^ "বয়সভিত্তিক ফুটবলের ২ আয়োজন নিয়ে আসছে বাফুফে". dhakapost.com.
^ বৃদ্ধি পেলো বাফুফের বয়সভিত্তিক টুর্ণামেন্টের খেলোয়াড় নিবন্ধন কার্যক্রম. Offside Bangladesh (in Bengali). August 27, 2022.
^ "সূচি ঘোষণার পর সরে গেল বারিধারা". Daily Dhaka Post (in Bengali). 13 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ "Baridhara pull out from BPL U-18 League". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
^ "Age-verification process dents BFF's youth league prospects". The Daily Star. August 31, 2022.
^ "প্রথম' চ্যাম্পিয়ন শেখ জামাল". Daily Dhaka Post (in Bengali). 19 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.