Saif Sporting Club Youth Team

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| fullname = Saif sporting club limited Youth Team

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| founded = {{Start date and age|August 2016}}

| ground = BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium

| capacity = 25,000

| owntitle = Owner

| owner = Saif Powertec Limited

| chrtitle = Managing Director

| chairman = {{flagicon|BAN}} Sheikh Maruf Hasan

| mgrtitle = Head coach

| manager = {{flagicon|BAN}} Saifur Rahman Moni

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| current = 2021–22 Dhaka Second Division Football League

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deshrupantor.com/sports/2022/08/08/374404|title=ফুটবলে ফিরছে সাইফ স্পোর্টিং ক্লাব|website=দেশ রূপান্তর}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.shomoyeralo.com/details.php?id=190208|title=দ্বিতীয় বিভাগ লিগ খেলবে সাইফ|website=www.shomoyeralo.com}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://ucsports24.com/%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%9b%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%87-%e0%a6%95%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%af%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%b0%e0%a6%ae%e0%a7%87-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%a8%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%a4%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%b7%e0%a7%8d/|title=বাছাই কার্যক্রমে সন্তুষ্ট সাইফ স্পোর্টিং ক্লাবের ব্যবস্থাপনা পরিচালক মারুফ হাসান UC SPORTS 24|date=15 June 2022}}

History

in 2016, Saif Sporting Club tied up with BKSP and selected twenty players for two years training.{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/sports/football/saif-global-tie-bksp-1311130?amp|title=Saif Global to tie up with BKSP|date=8 November 2016|work=The Daily Star|access-date=25 August 2019}}{{cite news |url=http://m.dailynayadiganta.com/?/detail/news/237982?m=0|script-title=bn:২ বছরের জন্য সাইফ স্পোর্টিংয়ে বিকেএসপির ২০ ফুটবলার |work=The Daily Nayadiganta|language=bn|access-date=25 August 2019}}

On August 3, 2017, the club announced the name of Spanish coach Andrés Vargas Fuentes as their U18 head coach.{{cite news |url=http://www.ittefaq.com.bd/print-edition/sports-news/2017/08/04/213646.html|script-title=bn:এবার স্প্যানিশ কোচ আনল সাইফ স্পোর্টিং ক্লাব – খেলার খবর |newspaper=The Daily Ittefaq |language=bn}}

On August 24, 2017, the club announced the name of local renowned coach Kamal Babu as their U16 head coach.{{Cite web|url=http://www.somoynews.tv/|title=Somoy TV | Bangla News | Video | Photo | Live TV | Exclusive|website=Somoynews.tv|access-date=25 August 2019}}

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.{{cite news |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/post/262581/Football-tourney-held-in-memory-of-Sheikh-Russel|title=Football tourney held in memory of Sheikh Russel |work=Daily Sun |access-date=12 November 2018}}

=Domestic league era=

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/sport/football/2018/04/23/saif-sporting-u16s-qualify-2nd-division|title=Saif Sporting U-16 qualify for 2nd Division|date=23 April 2018 |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=12 November 2018}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/sports/football/news/nofel-upset-saif-1808665|title=Nofel-upset-saif|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=2019-10-03}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyjanakantha.com/sports/news/656538|title=সাইফ স্পোর্টিং ক্লাবের জুনিয়র ফুটবলার বাছাই কার্যক্রম সম্পন্ন|first=দৈনিক|last=জনকণ্ঠ|website=দৈনিক জনকণ্ঠ || Daily Janakantha}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakapost.com/sports/football/120693|title=সেই আলোচিত কোচ মনির ভাবনায় এখন সাইফ যুব দল|website=dhakapost.com}} 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.

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel24bd.tv/sports/article/115888/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97-%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%93-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%93-|title=প্রিমিয়ার লিগ থেকে সরলেও দ্বিতীয় বিভাগে খেলবে সাইফের যুবদল (ভিডিও)|website=Channel 24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/football/d0r64z266u|title=দ্বিতীয় বিভাগ ফুটবলে খেলবে সাইফ স্পোর্টিং|first=ক্রীড়া|last=প্রতিবেদক|website=Prothomalo}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.footballbangladesh.com/2022/08/20/9711/|title=দ্বিতীয় বিভাগ ফুটবল লিগে সাইফ স্পোর্টিং ও কদমতলা সংসদ জিতেছে}}{{Cite web|url=https://vinnobarta.com/news/102456|title=সাইফ যুব দলের আবারো জয়|first=ফরহাদ|last=হোসেন|date=25 August 2022}}

Personnel

= Current technical staff =

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Position !Name
Team manager \|{{flagicon\|BAN}} Shahedul Alam Shahed
Head coach \| {{flagicon\|BGD}} Saifur Rahman Moni
Goalkeeping coach \|{{flagicon\|BGD}} Arifur Rahman Pannu
Technical director \|{{flagicon\|BAN}} Md. Maruf Hasan

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Position

!Name

Team manager

|{{flagicon|BAN}} Shahedul Alam Shahed

Head coach

| {{flagicon|BGD}} Saifur Rahman Moni

Goalkeeping coach

|{{flagicon|BGD}} Arifur Rahman Pannu

Technical director

|{{flagicon|BAN}} Md. Maruf Hasan

Competitive record

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rowspan="2" \|Season ! rowspan="2" \|Division ! colspan="8" \| League ! rowspan="2" \|BFF U-18 Football Tournament ! rowspan="2" \|Other ! colspan="2" \|Top league scorer(s)
{{tooltip\|P\|Games played}} !{{tooltip\|W\|Games won}} !{{tooltip\|D\|Games drawn}} !{{tooltip\|L\|Games lossed}} !{{tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !{{tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !{{tooltip\|Pts\|Points}} !{{tooltip\|Position\|Position}} !Player !Goals
2018 \| Dhaka Third Division League \|? \|? \|? \|? \|? \|? \|? \| bgcolor="green" align="center" \|4th (Promoted through play-off) \| Group Stage \|— \|— \|—
2019 \| colspan=9\| Second Division Not Held \| bgcolor="silver" align="center" \|Runners-up \|— \|{{flagicon\|BAN}} Sakib Bepari {{flagicon\|BAN}} Sujon Mahat \|3
2021–22 \| Dhaka Second Division League \| 1 \| 1 \| 0 \| 0 \| 2 \| 1 \| 3 \| TBD \| TBD \|— \|— \|—

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rowspan="2" |Season

! rowspan="2" |Division

! colspan="8" | League

! rowspan="2" |BFF U-18 Football Tournament

! rowspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Top league scorer(s)

!{{tooltip|W|Games won}}

!{{tooltip|D|Games drawn}}

!{{tooltip|L|Games lossed}}

!{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

!{{tooltip|Position|Position}}

!Player

!Goals

2018

| Dhaka Third Division League

| bgcolor="green" align="center" |4th (Promoted through play-off)

| Group Stage

|—

2019

| colspan=9| Second Division Not Held

| bgcolor="silver" align="center" |Runners-up

|—

|{{flagicon|BAN}} Sakib Bepari
{{flagicon|BAN}} Sujon Mahat

2021–22

| Dhaka Second Division League

| 1

| 0

| 2

| 1

| 3

| TBD

|—

References

External links

[https://mycujoo.tv/team/saif-sporting-club-ltd-cjrn5ptmo00190iufyrxhkvjm Saif Sporting Club] on Mycujoo
[https://www.facebook.com/SaifSportingClubltd/ Saif Sporting Club] on Facebook

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