SAFF Championship History

Championship History

Year	Host	Final
		Champion	Score	Runner-up
1993	Pakistan	India	2 - 0	Sri Lanka
1995	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1 - 0	India
1997	Nepal	India	5 - 1	Maldives
1999	India	India	2 - 0	Bangladesh
2003	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	1 - 1 5 - 3 (pens)	Maldives
2005	Pakistan	India	2 - 0	Bangladesh
2008	Maldives and  Sri Lanka	Maldives	1 - 0	India
2009	Bangladesh	India	0 - 0 3 - 1 (pens)	Maldives
2011	India	India	4 - 0	Afghanistan

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SAFF Championship 2013: Schedule

Schedule

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SAFF Championship 2013: Venues

Championship Venues

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal
Stadium Capacity: 18,000
Address: Kantipath Road, Tripureshwor, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.

Armed Forces Stadium

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SAFF Championship 2013: Info

Background

The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship kicked off in Kathmandu in 1997, evolving out of its Forerunner, the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Gold Cup.

Since its Inception, the biennial competition has developed into South Asia's premier football tournament, promoting the regional development of the game and providing plenty of exciting action and wonderful skills for fans to savour in one of the most populous areas of the world.

All eight SAFF members - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will take part in the 10th Edition of this event which will take place in Kathmandu from 31st Aug - 11th Sep 2013.

Roll of Honour

Year Winner
2011 India
2009 India
2008 Maldives
2005 India
2003 Bangladesh
1999 India
1997 India
1995 Sri Lanka
1993 India

Event Format

The 2013 edition of the SAFF Championship will see 8 teams divided into two (2) groups of four (4) for single round-robin play, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the semi-finals.

All matches will be played in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Event Date

31st Aug - 11th September 2013

Hosts

All Nepal Football Federation (ANFA) and South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)

Prize Money

Champions: US$50,000

Runner-up: US$25,000
Third/Fourth: US$10,000 each

Entries

Afghanistan

Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka

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SAFF Championship 2013: Nepal National Team Final Squad Announced

ANFA announced 20-member Nepal National team final squad for SAFF Championship which is starting from August 31.

Head coach Jack Stefanowski and his assistant Richard Orlowski selected the players for the championship.

Nepal is grouped with India, Bangladesh and Pakistan in the mega SAARC event.

Final Squad:

Goalkeepers: Kiran Chemjong, Ritesh Thapa, Bishal Shrestha.

Defenders: Sagar Thapa, Biraj Maharjan, Rabin Shrestha, Sabindra Shrestha, Sandip Rai, Rohit Chand.

Midfielders: Bhola Silwal, Raju Tamang, Bikram Lama, Jagjeet Shrestha, Tanka Basnet, Prakash

Forwards: Anil Gurung, Jumanu Rai, Santosh Sahukhala, Bharat Khawas, Bimal Gharti Magar .

Nirajan Khadka, Bijaya Dhimal, Ananta Tamang, Tek Budhathoki and Bijaya Gurung couldn't make it to the final squad.

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ACC Emerging Teams Cup, Group A: India Under-23s v Nepal at Singapore, Aug 20, 2013

India Under-23s 268/5 (50 ov)
Nepal 184/8 (50.0 ov)

India Under-23s won by 84 runs

Bowling and batting display of Nepal...

It was an easy win for India U-23s, Opened with the spinner, runs were dried up, Nepal batsman couldn't score freely, they kept on loosing wickets at regular intervals, for India U-23s Ankeet Bawne gave the crutial break troughs with his off break, other bowlers also chipped in with few wicklets, from here on for Nepal its very tough to qualify for the knock outs

Surya Kumar Yadav has been announced the Man of the Match for his all round performance with the bat and bowl, In the other match its bit close UAE need 59 of 33 balls looks like a nail biter.

Points table:

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Nepal Football: Friendly Match: Second String Nepal National Team Hammers Al- Arabi SC

Second string Nepal National Team overpowered Al-Arabai 8-2 in a friendly match played in Al- Arabi Stadium, Mansouriya, Kuwait.

Bimal Gharti Magar scored a hat trick while Santosh Sahukhala scored a brace.

Nirajan Khadka, Bijaya Gurung and tek Budhathoki contributed one each for the winning side.

Nepal conceded two goals, one through own goal and another through spot kick.

Nepal XI: Bishal, Rohit, Ananta, Bijay, Sabindra, Bikram, Tek, Nirajan, Bijay, Santosh, Bimal. Bijay Gurung is the skipper of the team.

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