Feni Soccer Club once again kept faith with youth for the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League as they signed up 17 players including a Liberian booter yesterday at the Bangladesh Football Federation.
Unherald Feni Soccer had wowed the Dhaka-based clubs in their first appearance in the professional football league after claiming fourth place in the 13-team league ahead of traditional powerhouses like Muktijoddha Sangsad and Brothers Union.
But the following seasons proved much tougher, as Feni struggled to match their high point of the debut season. Two ninth place finishes were compounded last season, when the club nearly found themselves relegated but finished just outside the two bottom spots.
“Like in the previous seasons, we have formed a youthful squad but this time our squad is better than the squad last season,” said Feni Soccer joint secretary Shakhwat Hossain Bhuiyan Shaheen. “Last season we suffered problem in midfield and striking zone but we have strengthened those departments through roping in some good players and hope they will produce better results than last season.”
Feni Soccer retained the services of last season’s six players and signed up Rony Islam of Team BJMC, Shimul and Zahid from Rahmatganj MFS, Towhid from Brothers Union, goalkeeper Al Amin from Sheikh Russel KC, Ridon and Arafat Rony from Farashganj and Sajib and Krishna Kumar from BKSP.
After being appointed head coach, Mahmudul Haque Liton had three days training with the boys and believes the better results would depend on the good collection of the foreign players.
“I can’t say anything about the squad at the moment because I have just been appointed a couple of days ago, but it is clear that better result will depend on the collection of foreign players,” said Liton over the phone.
Joint secretary Shaheen informed that they were trying to rope in foreign players from Cameroon and Nigerian and Liberian Marcos Max has already been signed up.
-With The Daily Star input
