Bhutan U-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Druk Eleven[1]
Druk Yul[2]
Dragon Boys[3]
AssociationBhutan Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
FIFA codeBHU
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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.

History

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 September 2022 (2022-09-10) 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification Bhutan  2–0    Nepal Arad, Bahrain
18:00
  • Chozang 33'
  • Jamtsho 47'
 Report Stadium: Al Muharraq Stadium
Attendance: 50
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
12 September 2022 (2022-09-12) 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification Bhutan  1–2  Bangladesh Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad
18:00
Report
Attendance: 635
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)
14 September 2022 (2022-09-14) 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification Qatar  6–0  Bhutan Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad
18:00
Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)
16 September 2022 (2022-09-16) 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification Bahrain  2–1  Bhutan Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad
21:00
  • Mu. Mohamed 20' (pen.)
  • Isa 60'
 Report
Attendance: 205
Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

Competitive record

SAFF U-20 Championship

SAFF U-20 Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Nepal 2015 Group stage 3rd
(Group A)		 2 0 0 2 1 5
Bhutan 2017 Round-robin 4th 4 2 0 2 2 5
Nepal 2019 Third place match 4th 4 1 1 2 3 5
India 2022 Did not participate
Total 10 3 1 6 6 15

References

  1. ^ Wangdi, Kencho (28 June 2002). "World Cup 2002: The other final – Bhutan met Montserrat". raonline.ch. RA Online / Kuensel. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Bhutan". national-football-teams.com. national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. ^ Tshedup, Younten (21 August 2015). "Bhutan loses to Cambodia 2–0". kuenselonline.com. Kuensel. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Nepal Under 19 3–1 Bhutan Under 19". goalnepal.com. Goal Nepal. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. ^ "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.
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