Twenty teams will battle it out for the All Island under 18 division 1 Boys Schools Football Championship 2023, sponsored by Renown Football Academy, organised and conducted by the Sri-Lanka Schools Football Association, under the guidance and supervision of the Ministry of Education.
Renown Football Academy, founded by Robert Peiris is sponsoring this tournament for the 8th consecutive year. They are also sponsoring the Girls under 18 tournament and the Boys under 18 division 2 tournament as well, where nearly more than 30 plus Girls schools and 100 plus Boys schools are expected to participate.
The 20 teams, who are eligible to play in the division one tournament are divided into four groups and the matches will be played on a league basis. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarter finals.
Muslim Central College Kalutara, St. Joseph’s College Colombo, De Mazenod College Kandana, Dharmadutha College Badulla and St. Sebastian’s College Katuneriya are drawn in group “ A “, Hameed Al Husseinie College Colombo, St. Benedict’s College Kotahena, Royal College Colombo, Maris Stella College Negombo and Maliyadeva Model School Kurunegala are drawn in group “ B “, Wesley College Colombo, Zahira College Colombo, St. Henry’s College Jaffna, Maliyadeva College Kurunegala and Lumbini College Colombo are drawn in group “ C “, Jaffna Central College, Al Aqsa National School Kinniya, St. Patrick’s College Jaffna, Al Hikma College Colombo and St. Mary’s College Negombo are drawn in group “ D “.
The teams will be captained by P.Dineth Vishmitha (St. Joseph’s College Colombo), A.M. Athiq (Dharmadutha College Badulla), M. Adeesha Dewthilina Dias (De Mazenod College Kandana), W.M. Kavisha Nethmal Fernando (St. Sebastian’s College Katuneriya), Rufan Akmal (Muslim Central College Kalutara), Mohamed Fazlan (Hameed Al Husseinie College Colombo), Nichol Aaron De Croos (Maris Stella College Negombo), Inuka Nonis (Royal College Colombo), Magage Tharindra Adithya Perera (St. Benedict’s College Colombo), D.M. Onija Wathsuka (Malyadeva Model School Kurunegala), F.R. Fareeq Ahamed (Zahira College Colombo), Akeesha Rashmika (Lumbini College Colombo), Abdul Haadi (Wesley College Colombo), Sri Muralitharan Johanan (St. Henry’s College Jaffna), Nimna Sandew Karunasinghe (Maliyadeva College Kurunegala), Uvanthirarasa Yalarasan (Jaffna Central College), Calistus Siyam (St. Patrick’s College Jaffna), Kaveen Lashan (St. Mary’s College Negombo), Mohamed Shahid (Al Hikma College Colombo), Mohamed Sammi (Al Aqsa National School Kinniya).
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