2017 SAFF U-15 Championship

2017 SAFF U-15 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Nepal
Dates	18–27 August
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in Lalitpur and Kathmandu host cities)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of India.svg India (2nd title)
Runners-up	File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal
Third place	File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
Fourth place	File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	51 (5.1 per match)
Attendance	23,053 (2,305 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bangladesh Foysal Ahmed Fahim (6 goals)
Best player(s)	India Vikram Pratap Singh
Fair play award	File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
	← 2015 2018 → All statistics correct as of 30 March 2019.

The 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship was the 4th edition of the SAFF U-15 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-15 national teams organized by SAFF. Since most teams use to send their U-15 team keeping in mind 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification it has been officially changed to U-15 tournament. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from 18 to 27 of August, 2017 at ANFA Complex, Satdobato and Halchowk Stadium. Six teams from the region took part, divided into two groups.^[1]

Host selection

On July 10, 2017, a tournament draw ceremony was held in the conference room of the Bangladesh Football Federation. SAFF general secretary Anwarul Haque Helal and BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag were among those present.^[2]

Eligible teams

Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Participating teams

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-16 Championship	Previous best performance
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh	4th	Champions (2015)
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan	2nd	Group Stage
File:Flag of India.svg India	4th	Champions (2013,2017)
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives	3rd	Group Stage
File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal (Host)	4th	Runners-up (2013)
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka	4th	Group Stage

Venues

Lalitpur	Kathmandu
ANFA Complex, Satdobato	Halchowk Stadium
Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 3,500

Match officials

Referees

Assistant referees

Group stage

All matches were played in Lalitpur, Nepal.
Times listed are UTC+05:45.

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh	2	2	0	7	0	+7	6	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan	2	1	1	6	3	+3	3	Qualified for Knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0	10	−10	0

Source: GoalNepal

18 August 2017

15:00 UTC+5:45

Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg	4–0	File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
Foysal Ahmed Fahim File:Soccerball shade.svg 28', 32', 74' (pen.) Nazmul Biswas File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Report

ANFA Complex, Satdobato

Attendance: 1794

Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)

20 August 2017

15:00 UTC+5:45

Bhutan File:Flag of Bhutan.svg	6–0	File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
Khando File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 24' Kinga Wangchuk File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Kelzang Jigmi File:Soccerball shade.svg 43', 45+1' Siddharth Gurung File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report

ANFA Complex, Satdobato

Attendance: 1105

Referee: Abdulla Shathir (Maldives)

22 August 2017

15:00 UTC+5:45

Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg	3–0	File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
Foysal Ahmed Fahim File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Miraj Molla File:Soccerball shade.svg 52', 81'	Report

ANFA Complex, Satdobato

Attendance: 1631

Referee: Tanmoy Dhar (India)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	File:Flag of India.svg India	2	2	0	11	1	+10	6	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal (H)	2	1	1	7	2	+5	3	Qualified for Knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives	2	0	2	0	15	−15	0

Source: GoalNepal
(H) Hosts

19 August 2017

15:00 UTC+5:45

India File:Flag of India.svg	9–0	File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
Ravi Bahadur Rana File:Soccerball shade.svg 20', 26', 48' Ibrahim Anoof File:Soccerball shade.svg 22', 89' (o.g.) Thoiba Singh Moirangthem File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Vikram Pratap Singh File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Ricky Shabong File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Lalrokima File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report

ANFA Complex, Satdobato

Attendance: 1481

Referee: Golam Mourshed Choudhary (Bangladesh)

21 August 2017

15:00 UTC+5:45

Nepal File:Flag of Nepal.svg	6–0	File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
Brijesh Chaudhary File:Soccerball shade.svg 14', 73' Darshan Gurung File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Roshan Rana Magar File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' (pen.) Akash Budha File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1', 47'	Report

ANFA Complex, Satdobato

Attendance: 2706

Referee: D.D.Indika Sendanayake (Sri Lanka)

23 August 2017

15:00 UTC+5:45

Nepal File:Flag of Nepal.svg	1–2	File:Flag of India.svg India
Roshan Rana Magar File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' (pen.)	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Vikram Pratap Singh File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Ravi Bahadur Rana

ANFA Complex, Satdobato

Attendance: 2018

Referee: Ugyen Dorji (Bhutan)

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

25 August – ANFA Complex

File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh	2
		27 August – ANFA Complex
File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal	4
		File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal	1
25 August – Halchowk Stadium
		File:Flag of India.svg India	2
File:Flag of India.svg India	3

File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan	0
		Third Place

		27 August – Halchowk Stadium

		File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh	8

		File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan	0

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

25 August 2017

15:00 UTC+5:45

Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg	2–4	File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal
Foysal Ahmed Fahim File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' Habibur Rahman	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 64' Aakash Budha Magar File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' (o.g.) Nazmul Biswas File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+6' Brijesh Choudhary

ANFA Complex, Satdobato

Attendance: 2865

Referee: D.D. Indika Sendanayake (Sri Lanka)

25 August 2017

15:00 UTC+5:45

India File:Flag of India.svg	3–0	File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
Vikram Pratap Singh File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Harpreet Singh File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' Ridge Melvin D'Mello File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'	Report

Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 2346

Referee: Golam Mourshed Choudhary (Bangladesh)

Third place

27 August 2017

14:00

Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg	8–0	File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
Foysal Ahmed Fahim File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Raja Sheikh File:Soccerball shade.svg 20', 46' Miraj Molla File:Soccerball shade.svg 29', 58' Md Akash File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Yeasin Arafat File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Arif Hossen File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report

Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 2017

Referee: Abdulla Suneed (Maldives)

Final

27 August 2017

15:00

Nepal File:Flag of Nepal.svg	1–2	File:Flag of India.svg India
Birjesh Chaudhary File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' (pen.)	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Lalrokima File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Vikram Pratap Singh

ANFA Complex, Satdobato

Attendance: 5000

Referee: Golam Mourshed Choudhary (Bangladesh)

Winner

2017 SAFF U-15 Championship
File:Flag of India.svg India Second title

Awards

The following awards were given for the 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship.

FIFA Fair Play Award		Player of the Tournament		Golden Boot Award
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh		India Vikram Pratap Singh		Bangladesh Foysal Ahmed Fahim

Goalscorers

6 Goals

Bangladesh Foysal Ahmed Fahim

5 Goals

India Vikram Pratap Singh

4 Goals

Nepal Akash Budha Magar
Nepal Brijesh Chaudhary
Bangladesh Miraj Molla

3 Goals

India Ravi Bahadur Rana

2 Goals

Bhutan Dorji Khando
Bhutan Kelzang Jigmi
Nepal Roshan Rana Magar
India Lalrokima
Bangladesh Raja Sheikh

1 Goal

Bangladesh Nazmul Biswas
Bangladesh Habibur Rahman
India Thoiba Singh Moirangthem
India Ricky Shabong
Bhutan Kinga Wangchuk
Bhutan Siddharth Gurung
Nepal Darshan Gurung
India Harpreet Singh
India Ridge Melvin D'Mello
Bangladesh Md Akash
Bangladesh Yeasin Arafat
Bangladesh Arif Hossen

2 Own Goals

Maldives Ibrahim Anoof (playing against File:Flag of India.svg India)

Own Goal

Bangladesh Nazmul Biswas (playing against File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal)

References

↑ "SAFF U15 Championship". Goal Nepal.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
↑ "SAFF U15 Draw held". Daily Sun.

[1] "SAFF U15 Championship". Goal Nepal.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[daily-sun-2] "SAFF U15 Draw held". Daily Sun.

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Contents

Host selection

Eligible teams

Player eligibility

Participating teams

Venues

Match officials

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Bracket

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third place

Final

Winner

Awards

Goalscorers

References

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