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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]

Saif SC Youth Team

Full name	Saif sporting club limited Youth Team
Founded	August 2016; 6 years ago (August 2016)
Ground	BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity	25,000
Owner	Saif Powertec Limited
Managing Director	Sheikh Maruf Hasan
Head coach	Saifur Rahman Moni
League	Bangladesh Premier League
2021–22	TBD
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

They made their professional league debut by taking part in the 2021–22 Dhaka Second Division Football League, becoming the first youth team from a Bangladesh Football Premier League club to take part in the league. The team will also take part in the BFF U-18 Football Tournament.[3]

History

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] In 2018 the U16 team qualified for the 2nd division from 3rd division.[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.

Professional league era

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 played their first professional game, as they defeated Alamgir Somaj Kollayan 2-1, captain Noor Alam Siddik scored the opener, while Mahmadul added the second goal.[15][16]

Personnel

Current technical staff

As of June 2022.[3]

Position	Name
Team manager	Shahedul Alam Shahed
Head coach	Saifur Rahman Moni
Goalkeeping coach	Arifur Rahman Pannu
Technical director	Md. Maruf Hasan

Competitive record

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	Did not participate									Group Stage	—	—	—
2019	Did not participate									Runners-up	—	Sakib Bepari Sujon Mahat	3
2021–22	Dhaka Second Division Football League	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	TBD	TBD	—	—	—

References

External links

• Saif Sporting Club on Mycujoo
• Saif Sporting Club on Facebook

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