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Saif SC Youth Team
Full nameSaif sporting club limited Youth Team
FoundedAugust 2016; 8 years ago (August 2016)
GroundBSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity25,000
OwnerSaif Powertec Limited
Managing DirectorBangladesh Sheikh Maruf Hasan
Head coachBangladesh Saifur Rahman Moni
Websitehttp://saifsportingclubltd.com/
Current season

Saif Sporting Club Youth Team is the under-19 team of Bangladeshi football club Saif Sporting Club. It currently competes in the Dhaka Second Division Football League, the fourth-tier of Bangladeshi football. The team plays all their league games at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, in Dhaka.[1][2]

They made their domestic league debut by taking part in the 2017–18 Dhaka Third Division League. The team will also participate in the BFF U-18 Football Tournament.[3]

History

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in 2016, Saif Sporting Club tied up with BKSP and selected twenty players for two years training.[4][5] On August 3, 2017, the club announced the name of Spanish coach Andrés Vargas Fuentes as their U18 head coach.[6] On August 24, 2017, the club announced the name of local renowned coach Kamal Babu as their U16 head coach.[7]

On 18 October 2017, Vargas and Co. clinched the title of One Day Football Festival Tournament in memory of Sheikh Russel, beating Kashaituli Samaj Kalyan Parishad in a penalty shoot-out by 4–3 goals.[8]

Domestic league era

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In 2018, the U16 team qualified for the Dhaka Second Division League after winning their Dhaka Third Division League play-off game against Jatrabari Jhatika Sangsad.[9]

Saif Sporting Club U18 took part in the 2019 BFF U-18 Football Tournament, after topping their group, Saif faced Sheikh Jamal DC U-18 in the quarter-final, winning 2–1. In the semi-final the U18 team trashed Dhaka Abahani U-18 5–0. However, in the finals NoFeL SC U-18 caused a major upset, defeating Saif by a solitary goal.[10] The teams joint top goal scorers during the tournament were Sakib Bepari and Sujon Mahat, with three goals.

In June 2022, Saif Sporting Club held a talent hunt in order to select players for the 2021–22 Dhaka Second Division Football League, about 150 footballers participated, and a total of 37 players including 4 goalkeepers were initially selected as the preliminary squad, but was later shorten down to 30 players due to league laws.[11][12] The players who were not selected were sent to the Saif Sporting Club Academy, as the club would also be participating in the BFF U-18 Football Tournament. Former Bangladesh national football team duo Saifur Rahman Moni and Shahedul Alam Shahed were appointed as head coach and senior team manager respectively.[3]

Although Saif Sporting Club decided not to take part in the 2022-23 domestic football season, Saif SC Youth Team was permitted by the Bangladesh Football Federation and the Metropolitan Football League to take part in the Dhaka Second Division Football League.[3][13][14] On 19 August 2022, Saif Youth Team opened the league season by defeating Alamgir Somaj Kollayan 2–1, captain Noor Alam Siddik scored the opener, while Mahmadul added the second goal.[15][16]

Personnel

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Current technical staff

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As of June 2022.[3]
Position Name
Team manager Bangladesh Shahedul Alam Shahed
Head coach Bangladesh Saifur Rahman Moni
Goalkeeping coach Bangladesh Arifur Rahman Pannu
Technical director Bangladesh Md. Maruf Hasan

Competitive record

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As of 19 August 2022.
Season Division League BFF U-18 Football Tournament Other Top league scorer(s)
P W D L GF GA Pts Position Player Goals
2018 Dhaka Third Division League ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 4th (Promoted through play-off) Group Stage — — —
2019 Second Division Not Held Runners-up — Bangladesh Sakib Bepari
Bangladesh Sujon Mahat 		3
2021–22 Dhaka Second Division League 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 TBD TBD — — —

References

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  2. ^ "দ্বিতীয় বিভাগ লিগ খেলবে সাইফ". www.shomoyeralo.com.
  3. ^ a b c d "বাছাই কার্যক্রমে সন্তুষ্ট সাইফ স্পোর্টিং ক্লাবের ব্যবস্থাপনা পরিচালক মারুফ হাসান UC SPORTS 24". 15 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Saif Global to tie up with BKSP". The Daily Star. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  5. ^ ২ বছরের জন্য সাইফ স্পোর্টিংয়ে বিকেএসপির ২০ ফুটবলার. The Daily Nayadiganta (in Bengali). Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  6. ^ এবার স্প্যানিশ কোচ আনল সাইফ স্পোর্টিং ক্লাব – খেলার খবর. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali).
  7. ^ "Somoy TV | Bangla News | Video | Photo | Live TV | Exclusive". Somoynews.tv. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Football tourney held in memory of Sheikh Russel". Daily Sun. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Saif Sporting U-16 qualify for 2nd Division". Dhaka Tribune. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Nofel-upset-saif". The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  11. ^ জনকণ্ঠ, দৈনিক. "সাইফ স্পোর্টিং ক্লাবের জুনিয়র ফুটবলার বাছাই কার্যক্রম সম্পন্ন". দৈনিক জনকণ্ঠ || Daily Janakantha.
  12. ^ "সেই আলোচিত কোচ মনির ভাবনায় এখন সাইফ যুব দল". dhakapost.com.
  13. ^ "প্রিমিয়ার লিগ থেকে সরলেও দ্বিতীয় বিভাগে খেলবে সাইফের যুবদল (ভিডিও)". Channel 24.
  14. ^ প্রতিবেদক, ক্রীড়া. "দ্বিতীয় বিভাগ ফুটবলে খেলবে সাইফ স্পোর্টিং". Prothomalo.
  15. ^ "দ্বিতীয় বিভাগ ফুটবল লিগে সাইফ স্পোর্টিং ও কদমতলা সংসদ জিতেছে".
  16. ^ হোসেন, ফরহাদ (25 August 2022). "সাইফ যুব দলের আবারো জয়".
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