Wikipedia - Fortis FC Reserves and Academy
Fortis FC Reserves and Academy are the reserve team and youth system of the Dhaka based Bangladesh Premier League club Fortis FC. The youth team consists of an under-18 men's team that currently competes in the BFF U18 Football League, the highest level of youth football in Bangladesh organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation. A combination of the youth and reserve team players compete in the country's second-tier professional league, the Bangladesh Championship League, under the name Fortis Football Academy.
History
History
On July 29 2022, Fortis FC posted on social media that they will select players from three categories (U-16, 18 & 20) for their academy through open trials. The post with the headlines "ফুটবলার হতে চাও?" (lit. 'Want to be a footballer?') got massive responses from all over the country. The first trials in Dhaka, were held for three days straight starting from 5 August 2022. About 6,000 players from all over the country participated at the trials, from which 250 people were initially selected, a number which was further reduced by the selection committee consisting of former Bangladesh national team players Mamunul Islam and Atiqur Rahman Meshu. It was also reported that numerous players who travelled to the capital in order to partake in the trial spent the night at railway stations. The trial's at the M. A. Aziz Stadium in Chittagong later on that month, saw another 160 players from 4,000 participants being selected. After witnessing the success of the countrywide trial, the club president Shahin Hassan expressed his desire to have their Academy and Reserve players take part in the second tier, the Bangladesh Championship League.
On 30 November 2022, it was confirmed that the Fortis Football Academy will take part in the 2022–23 Bangladesh Championship League, making Fortis FC only the second top-tier club after Saif Sporting Club (Youth Team) to have their Academy and Reserve team play in a professional football league.
Fortis FC Academy je jedným z najúspešnejších klubov v Bangladéši, keď vyhral Bangladéšsku futbalovú Premier League štyrikrát, Bangladéšsky futbalový pohár trikrát a Bangladéšsky superpohár raz. Klub tiež reprezentoval Bangladéš na viacerých medzinárodných súťažiach, vrátane Pohára AFC a Pohára južnej Ázie.
Medzi najznámejších hráčov, ktorí hrali za Fortis FC Academy, patria:
* Jamal Bhuyan
* Mamunul Islam
* Topu Barman
* Rubel Miya
* Saad Uddin
Fortis FC Academy je známa svojím útočným štýlom hry a silným záväzkom k rozvoju mládeže. Klub má rozsiahlu akadémiu, ktorá produkuje niektorých z najlepších mladých talentov v Bangladéši.
V roku 2020 sa Fortis FC Academy stala prvým bangladéšskym klubom, ktorý postúpil do skupinovej fázy Pohára AFC, druhej najvyššej klubovej súťaže Ázijskej futbalovej konfederácie. Klub vo svojej skupine obsadil druhé miesto, ale do vyraďovacej fázy nepostúpil.