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2015 SAFF Championship
2015 SAFF Suzuki Cup
File:2015SAFFSuzukiCuplogo.png
2015 SAFF Championship official logo
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates23 December 2015 – 3 January 2016
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of India.svg India (7th title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored44 (3.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)Afghanistan Khaibar Amani (4 goals)
Best player(s)India Sunil Chhetri
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The 2015 SAFF Championship (officially known as the SAFF Suzuki Cup 2015[1] for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th edition of the SAFF Championship, the biennial international men's football championship of South Asia organized by SAFF. It was held in India from 23 December 2015 to 3 January 2016.[2] Heading into the tournament, Afghanistan were the defending champions of the tournament, with it also being the last time they can officially take part, as they have become members of the newly formed Central Asian Football Association.[3] Originally scheduled to take place in July 2015, monsoon season and schedule congestion led to the tournament being postponed to late December.[2] The tournament saw no participation from Pakistan, who withdrew from the tournament in November 2015 due a dispute within the nation's football federation.[4] India was chosen as the host nation on 10 September 2013 with the host venue to be decided between Delhi and Kerala.[5] In July 2015, it was announced that matches during the tournament would be held at the Trivandrum International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.[2] This is the third time in which India has hosted the tournament, when it was known as the Gold Cup in 1999 and under the current name in 2011.

Participating nations

Apart from hosts India, six other South Asian nations participated in the tournament, with Pakistan being the only nation not participating. There was no reason cited by the PFF but issues with the federation's elections have forced the courts to prohibit any activities.[6]

File:2015 SAFF Championship participating countries.PNG
Participating nations The participating nations (Pakistan did not participate).
Country Appearance Previous best performance FIFA ranking
Dec 2015
File:Flag of India.svg India (Host) 11th Champions (1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2011) 166
File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan 8th Champions (2013) 150
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 10th Champions (2003) 182
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 7th Semi-finals (2008) 188
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 9th Champions (2008) 160
File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 11th Third-place (1993) 192
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 11th Champions (1995) 194

Venue

On 2 July 2015, it was announced that the matches during the tournament would take place at the newly constructed Greenfield Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.[2][7]

Thiruvananthapuram
Trivandrum International Stadium
Capacity: 50,000
File:Greenfield Stadium.jpg

Squads

Main article: 2015 SAFF Championship squads

Broadcasting

The tournament was broadcast live in India on STAR Sports 4, Kantipur Television Network in Nepal, Lemar TV and Tolo TV in Afghanistan. Gazi TV in Bangladesh, Bhutan Broadcasting Service in Bhutan and Television Maldives in Maldives. Every match was broadcast live on YouTube.[8]

Group stage

All times are local, IST (UTC+5:30).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1 File:Flag of India.svg India (H) 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Qualified for semi-finals
2 File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
3 File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Source: soccerway.com
(H) Hosts
Nepal   File:Flag of Nepal.svg0–1File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
Report Rifnas File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+5'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Jameel Juma Abdulhusain (Bahrain)
Sri Lanka File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg0–2File:Flag of India.svg India
Report Singh File:Soccerball shade.svg 51', 73'
Attendance: 6,417
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
India File:Flag of India.svg4–1File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal
Borges File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'
Chhetri File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'
Chhangte File:Soccerball shade.svg 81', 90'		 Report Magar File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'
Attendance: 8,093
Referee: Jameel Juma Abdulhusain (Bahrain)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1 File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Qualified for semi-finals
2 File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
3 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4 File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: soccerway.com
Maldives File:Flag of Maldives.svg3–1File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
Imaz File:Soccerball shade.svg 9'
Abdulla File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'
Ashfaq File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'		 Report Dorji File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Sudish Pandey (Nepal)
Afghanistan File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg4–0File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
Saighani File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'
Shayesteh File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'
Amiri File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'
Amani File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'		 Report
Attendance: 150
Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg1–3File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
Biswas File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' Report Ashfaq File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' (pen.)
Hassan File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'
Nashid File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+5'
Attendance: 3,654
Bhutan File:Flag of Bhutan.svg0–3File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan
Report Amani File:Soccerball shade.svg 14', 51'
Saighani File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'
Attendance: 1,817
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Bhutan File:Flag of Bhutan.svg0–3File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
Report Barman File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'
Rony File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' (pen.), 67'
Attendance: 218
Afghanistan File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg4–1File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
Shayesteh File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'
Popalzay File:Soccerball shade.svg 34', 54'
Hatifi File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'		 Report Fasir File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'
Attendance: 1,751
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

Knockout phase

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 Dec – Thiruvananthapuram
 
 
File:Flag of India.svg India3
 
3 Jan – Thiruvananthapuram
 
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives2
 
File:Flag of India.svg India (a.e.t.)2
 
31 Dec – Thiruvananthapuram
 
File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan1
 
File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan5
 
 
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka0
 

Semi-finals

India File:Flag of India.svg3–2File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
Chhetri File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'
Lalpekhlua File:Soccerball shade.svg 34', 66'		 Report Nashid File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+2'
Amdhan Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'
Attendance: 31,716
Afghanistan File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg5–0File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
Hashemi File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1'
Taher File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'
Amani File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' (pen.)
Hatifi File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'
Shayesteh File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'		 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Sudhish Pandey (Nepal)

Final

Main article: 2015 SAFF Championship Final
India File:Flag of India.svg2–1 (a.e.t.)File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan
Lalpekhlua File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'
Chhetri File:Soccerball shade.svg 101'		 Report Amiri File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'
Attendance: 40,500
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Champion

 SAFF Championship 2015 
File:Flag of India.svg
India
Seventh title

Awards

The following awards were given for the 2015 SAFF Championship.[9]

Fair Play Award Most Valuable Player Golden Boot Award
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives India Sunil Chhetri Afghanistan Khaibar Amani

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Final
1 File:Flag of India.svg India 4 4 0 0 11 4 +7 12
2 File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan 5 4 0 1 17 3 +14 12
Semi-finals
3 File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 4 2 0 2 9 9 0 6
4 File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2 1 7 -6 3
Eliminated in the group stage
5 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
6 File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
7 File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0

Source:[10]

Controversies

During the first match of the tournament, both Sri Lanka and Nepal were wearing the same dark red jersey in the first half before Nepal changed into their blue second-kit for the second half.

Sponsorship

On 14 September 2015 it was announced that Suzuki would be the title sponsor of the SAFF Championship for 2015.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Suzuki Motor Corporation to sponsor SAFF Football Championship 2015". Times of India. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chaudhuri, Arunava (2 July 2015). "Trivandrum will host upcoming SAFF Cup in December 2015/January 2016". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Afghanistan FA Secretary General Sayed Alireza Aghazada: This is our last Participation in SAFF Championship". GoalNepal. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Pakistan Withdraw From SAFF Cup Football in Kerala". NDTV Sports. 23 November 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "India to host 2015 SAFF Cup". Times of India. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Pak withdraw from SAFF". NDTV Sports. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  7. ↑ India win 2015 SAFF Championship title thedailystar.net. Retrieved 22 August 2021
  8. ↑ "TV Channels Broadcasting SAFF Championship 2015 Live Coverage". SportsCola. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Video of the award presentation". YouTube. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "South Asian Championship 2015/16 (Trivandrum)". Retrieved 11 December 2021.

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