Bhutan national under-20 football team
The Bhutan national under-20 football team represents Bhutan in men's international under-20 football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Bhutan, the Bhutan Football Federation, which is a member of the Asian Football Confederation and the South Asian Football Federation.
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| Nickname(s) | Druk Eleven[1] Druk Yul[2] Dragon Boys[3] | ||
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| Association | Bhutan Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | SAFF (South Asia) | ||
| FIFA code | BHU | ||
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History edit
The team made their competitive debut in 2015 at the 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship. Their debut match was a 3–1 loss to Nepal. Club Brugge youth player Bimal Magar opened the scoring after ten minutes for the hosts, but Bhutan equalised straightaway through defender Sonam Tobgay.[4] They were unable to capitalise on this however as Magar, despite missing a penalty, went on to complete his hat-trick to seal victory for Nepal.[4] Bhutan manager Nawang Dendup said that the loss was due to his team defending too deep and not being able to match the speed of their opponents.[5]
Recent fixtures and results edit
Win Draw Loss
| 10 September 2022 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification | Bhutan  | 2–0 |  Nepal | Arad, Bahrain |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium: Al Muharraq Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines) |
| 12 September 2022 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification | Bhutan | 1–2 |  Bangladesh | Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad |
| 18:00 |
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Report | Attendance: 635 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan) |
| 14 September 2022 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification | Qatar  | 6–0 | Bhutan | Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad |
| 18:00 |
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Report | Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan) |
| 16 September 2022 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification | Bahrain  | 2–1 | Bhutan | Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad |
| 21:00 |
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Report |
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Attendance: 205 Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia) |
Competitive record edit
SAFF U-20 Championship edit
| SAFF U-20 Championship record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2015 |
Group stage | 3rd (Group A) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 |
Round-robin | 4th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 |
Third place match | 4th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
 2022 |
Did not participate | |||||||
| Total | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | ||
References edit
- ^ Wangdi, Kencho (28 June 2002). "World Cup 2002: The other final – Bhutan met Montserrat". raonline.ch. RA Online / Kuensel. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "Bhutan". national-football-teams.com. national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ Tshedup, Younten (21 August 2015). "Bhutan loses to Cambodia 2–0". kuenselonline.com. Kuensel. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Nepal Under 19 3–1 Bhutan Under 19". goalnepal.com. Goal Nepal. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Bhutan U19 Coach Nawang Dendup: We Lost The Match Because My Players Played Too Deep". goalnepal.com. Goal Nepal. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.