Yupia, May 7 -- Bibiano Fernandes, one of the most successful coaches in Indian men's youth teams' history, having qualified the Blue Colts to three successive AFC U16/17 Asian Cups from 2018 to 2023, is now set to begin a new cycle with a new batch of players. It all starts with the SAFF U19 Championship that will kick off on May 9 in Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh, as per the official website of AIFF.

Fernandes has a 100 per cent record at SAFF age-group championships, winning all three tournaments he has led India in (U15 in 2017 and 2019, and U17 in 2022). The 48-year-old now not only targets his fourth, but also looks forward to nurturing a strong squad for next year's AFC U20 Asian Cup Qualifiers.

"We all know that the AFC (U20) Qualifi...