BFF picks 21 BPL booters for U-18, U-19 training

Dhaka – Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has selected 21 footballers from the just-concluded Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) for the ongoing residential training camp of Bangladesh Under-18 and Under-19 teams at BFF Fortis Football Academy in Beraid area of the capital.

They will join the camp which began on April 4 last with some other 60 promising footballers picked up by BFF under its countrywide talent hunt programme.

The SAFF U-18 Championship will be held in Nepal on September 20-19 while the AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers is scheduled for Bahrain November 6-10 this year.

Selected booters have been asked to reports to assistant coach of both teams Rashed Ahmed Pappu at the Academy on Sunday at with their kits.

Chosen players are: Rakibul Islam (Bashundhara Kings), Mohammad Ridoy, Dipok Roy, Ariful Islam (Dhaka Abahani ), Shanto Kumer Roy, Yeasin Arafat, Foysal Ahmed Fahim, Jabed Ahmed, Sabbir Hossain, Maraz Hossain, Tanbir Hossain, Ahmed Abid (Saif SC), Mohammad Jewel (Arambagh KS), Mahmud Fahim (Muktijudha SKC), Bappy (Mohammedan SC), Samrat Ahmed Roy (Rahmatganj MFS), Mohiuddin Ranu, Uttam Chndra Roy, Naiyem Hossain (Brothers Union) Mohammad Fahim and Jamir Uddin (NoFel SC) .UNB