2019 FAM Youth Championship

FAM Youth Championship
Tournament details
Country	Maldives
Dates	4 – 19 February 2019
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Eagles (4th title)
Runner-up	TC Sports
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 FAM Youth Championship was the 8th season of the FAM Youth Championship.

Teams

9 teams participated in this year's Youth Championship. New Radiant prepared for the championship but they were unable to take part since they were suspended from all football activities due to financial reasons. On 30 January 2019, United Victory participated in the championship with New Radiant U21 players.^[1]

Personnel

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head Coach	Captain
Club Eagles U21s	Hassan Raif Ahmed	Ahmed Nimad
Club Eydhafushi U21s	Unais Zubair	Afiu Mohamed Hamid
Club Green Streets U21s	Abdulla Yaameen	Ashraf Luthfy
Da Grande U21s	Zaidhaan Ahmed	Ahmed Nashid
Foakaidhoo U21s	Mohamed Jailam	Hamdhulla Fernando
Maziya U21s	Hussain Shareef	Ahmed Suzayr
TC Sports Club U21s	Mohamed Arash Assad	Yoosuf Azeem
United Victory U21s	Yusuf Jaisham Nafiz	Muaviyath Ilham
Victory U21s	Maahy Abdulla	Fareed Mohamed

Group stage

From each group, the top two teams will be advanced for the Semi-finals.

All times listed are Maldives Standard Time. UTC+05:00

Key to colors in group tables
	Teams that advance to the semi-finals Group winners Group runners-up

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
TC Sports Club U21s	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
Da Grande U21s	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
Victory U21s	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
Foakaidhoo U21s	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

4 February 2019	TC Sports Club U21s	3–2	Foakaidhoo U21s	National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00	Nisham Mohamed Rasheed 45+1' 81' Azzam Abdulla 55' (pen.) 80' Mohamed Juman Ahmed 57', 86'	Report	3', 45+2' (pen.) 79' Hassan Nazeem 18' Abdussadaad Adam	Referee: Adam Fazeel (Maldives)

4 February 2019	Victory U21s	0–0	Da Grande U21s	National Football Stadium, Malé
20:30	Hussain Naafiu 90+4'	Report	90+5' Mohamed Sayam Saeed	Referee: Ahmed Aslam (Maldives)

6 February 2019	Foakaidhoo U21s	0–2	Da Grande U21s	National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00		Report	11', 90+3' Ahmed Husaam 90+2' Yoosuf Sidhaam Ali	Referee: Jaufar Rasheed (Maldives)

6 February 2019	TC Sports Club U21s	1–1	Victory U21s	National Football Stadium, Malé
20:30	Akmal Mohamed 22' Mohamed Zayan Ahmed 75'	Report	52' Mohamed Shaaheen Basheer 64' Ahmed Zawl Nazim	Referee: Ahmed Afsah (Maldives)

8 February 2019	TC Sports Club U21s	4–1	Da Grande U21s	National Football Stadium, Malé
20:30	Zayan Naseer 19' Akmal Mohamed 27', 37', 54'	Report	45+2' Aiman Thaufeeq	Referee: Hussain Sinan (Maldives)

10 February 2019	Foakaidhoo U21s	0–0	Victory U21s	National Football Stadium, Malé
20:30				Referee: Jaufar Rasheed (Maldives)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Club Eagles U21s	4	4	0	11	2	+9	12
Club Green Streets U21s	4	2	2	7	4	+3	6
Club Eydhafushi U21s	4	2	2	5	8	−3	6
Maziya U21s	4	1	3	2	4	−2	3
United Victory U21s	4	1	3	3	10	−7	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

5 February 2019	Maziya U21s	1–0	Club Green Streets U21s	National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00	Mohamed Sahil 21' Ibrahim Imraah 32' Mohammmadh Shazaan 82'	Report		Referee: Hussain Sinan (Maldives)

5 February 2019	Club Eydhafushi U21s	1–3	Club Eagles U21s	National Football Stadium, Malé
20:30	Ahmed Aiham 15' 70'	Report	23' Hussain Ahusam Moosa 65' Ismail Vifaaq 83' Haisham Hassan 88' Hassan Raif Ahmed	Referee: Abdulla Shathir (Maldives)

7 February 2019	Maziya U21s	1–2	United Victory U21s	National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00	Yaamin Ali 90+2'	Report	31' Ahmed Haamy Najaah 83' Yusuf Jaisham Nafiz	Referee: Abdulla Shathir (Maldives)

7 February 2019	Club Green Streets U21s	4–1	Club Eydhafushi U21s	National Football Stadium, Malé
20:30	Hussain Shareef 20' (o.g.) Ahmed Bassam Mohamed Naeem 53' Abdulla Yaameen 55' Ahmed Tholal 77'	Report	72' Muhammadh Abaan Ali 90' Aimaan Habeeb	Referee: Zaeem Ali (Maldives)

9 February 2019	Maziya U21s	0–1	Club Eydhafushi U21s	National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00	Mohamed Azhan Hamid 68' Ashfaq Ahmed 70'	Report	35' Ismail Shareef	Referee: Ahmed Abdulla (Maldives)

9 February 2019	Club Eagles U21s	5–0	United Victory U21s	National Football Stadium, Malé
20:30	Hassan Raif Ahmed 1', 13', 51' 55' Mohamed Azumoon 17', 54' Hussain Affash 29'	Report	47' Ahmed Haamy Najaah	Referee: Adam Fazeel (Maldives)

11 February 2019	Club Green Streets U21s	2–0	United Victory U21s	National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00	Hussain Aik 32' Abdulla Yaameen 53', 90' (pen.)	Report	89' Afuzal Waheed	Referee: Zaeem Ali (Maldives)

11 February 2019	Maziya U21s	0–1	Club Eagles U21s	National Football Stadium, Malé
20:30		Report	74' Mohamed Azumoon	Referee: Ahmed Aslam (Maldives)

13 February 2019	Club Green Streets U21s	1–2	Club Eagles U21s	National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00	Abdulla Yaameen 45+2'	Report	15' Musannif Mohamed 45+1' Hussain Ahusam Moosa 87' Adam Fahumaan	Referee: Hussain Sinan (Maldives)

13 February 2019	Club Eydhafushi U21s	2–1	United Victory U21s	National Football Stadium, Malé
20:30	Hussain Hanaan 29' Ismail Shareef 30' Ali Naseem 53'	Report	17' Hussain Shafee 45+1' Ali Azumee 77' Hassan Rasheed 85' Yooh Naseer	Referee: Adam Fazeel (Maldives)

Knockout phase

The semi-finals were scheduled to play on 15 February and the final on 18 February 2020. Due to a cricket series – India-Maldives Friendship Cricket Series, organized by Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Community Empowerment, Cricket Board of Maldives and India Embassy in Maldives, scheduled to start on 15 February, in which Cabinet of the Maldives participates, Football Association of Maldives announced that the semi-finals will be played on 16 February and the final match will be played on 19 February 2019.^[2]

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

16 February - 16:00

TC Sports Club U21s	2
		19 February - 20:30
Club Green Streets U21s	1
		TC Sports Club U21s	0
16 February - 20:30
		Club Eagles U21s	1
Club Eagles U21s	3

Da Grande U21s	1