2008 SAFF Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | Maldives Sri Lanka |
| Dates | 3–14 June |
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Maldives (1st title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of India.svg India |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 43 (2.87 per match) |
| Top scorer | Afghanistan H. A. Habib (4 goals)[1] |
| Best player | Ali Ashfaq |
← 2005 2009 → | |
The 2008 SAFF Championship was held in Malé, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka between 3 and 14 June 2008.
Initially, the tournament was due to be held in 2007 but was postponed to 2008.
Venues
[edit | edit source]| Stadiums | |
|---|---|
| Colombo | Malé |
| Sugathadasa Stadium | Rasmee Dhandu Stadium |
| Capacity:25,000[2] | Capacity:11,850[3] |
| File:Sugatadasa Stadium.jpg | File:Galolhu Dhandu.jpg |
| Host city of Sri Lanka | Host city of Maldives |
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Squads
[edit | edit source]Group stage
[edit | edit source]Group A
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of India.svg India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
| Maldives
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
| India File:Flag of India.svg | 4–0 | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal |
|---|---|---|
Pradeep  26'Bhutia 34'Chhetri 67'S. K. Singh 83' |
Report Report |
| Maldives | 3–0 | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| Shifan 45+2' Thoriq 47'Akram 90+' (o.g.) |
Report |
Attendance: 15,000
| India File:Flag of India.svg | 2–1 | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| Pradeep 25' Dias 45+1' |
Report Report |
Adnan Ahmed 88' |
| Maldives | 4–1 | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal |
|---|---|---|
| Mohamed 9', 46' Fazeel 50', 62' |
Report | Gouchan 10' |
Attendance: 8,000
| Pakistan File:Flag of Pakistan.svg | 1–4 | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal |
|---|---|---|
| Ishaq 52' |
Report Report |
Tamang 3' Rayamajhi 5'Rai 67', 86' |
| Maldives | 0–1 | File:Flag of India.svg India |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Singh 14' |
Attendance: 10,000
Group B
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 |
Source: RSSSF
| Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg | 1–1 | File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan |
|---|---|---|
| Baidya 27' |
Report | Sangay 79' |
| Sri Lanka File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg | 2–2 | File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg Afghanistan |
|---|---|---|
| Gunarathna 8' Ediri 75' (pen.) |
Report | H. A. Habib 8', 49' |
| Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg | 2–2 | File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg Afghanistan |
|---|---|---|
| Ameli 51' (pen.) Mamunul 75' |
Report | H. A. Habib 9' Hadid 22'[4] |
| Afghanistan File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg | 1–3 | File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan |
|---|---|---|
| H. A. Habib 88' |
Report | Dorji 13' Gyeltshen 31', 80' |
Knockout phase
[edit | edit source]Bracket
[edit | edit source]| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 11 Jun – Malé | ||||||
| File:Flag of India.svg India | 2 | |||||
| 14 Jun – Colombo | ||||||
| File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan | 1 | |||||
| File:Flag of India.svg India | 0 | |||||
| 11 Jun – Colombo | ||||||
| Maldives | 1 | |||||
| Maldives | 1 | |||||
| File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
[edit | edit source]| India File:Flag of India.svg | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan |
|---|---|---|
| Chhetri 30' Gouramangi 120' |
Report Report |
Dorji 18' |
Attendance: 12,000
| Sri Lanka File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg | 0–1 | Maldives |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Fazeel 70' |
Attendance: 12,000
Final
[edit | edit source]| India File:Flag of India.svg | 0–1 | Maldives |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Naseer 87' |
Attendance: ~20,000
Champion
[edit | edit source]| SAFF Championship 2008 |
|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: Maldives First title |
Statistics
[edit | edit source]Goalscorers
[edit | edit source]- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Ahmed Thoriq
- Bhutan Nima Sangay
- Bhutan Kinley Dorji
- Bhutan Yeshey Dorji
- Mukhthar Naseer
- Afghanistan Mustafa Hadid
- Nepal Raju Tamang
- Nepal Nirajan Rayamajhi
- Nepal Vishad Gouchan
- India Steven Dias
- India Bhaichung Bhutia
- India Sushil Kumar Singh
- Mohamed Shifan
- Bangladesh Arup Kumar Baidya
- Bangladesh Jahid Hasan Ameli
- Bangladesh Mamunul Islam Mamun
- Pakistan Adnan Ahmed
- Pakistan Samar Ishaq
- Sri Lanka Channa Ediri Bandanage
- 1 own goal
Other statistics
[edit | edit source]- Most goals scored by: Maldives and India (9 goals)
- Fewest goals scored by: Pakistan (2 goals)
- Most goals conceded by: Nepal and Pakistan (9 goals)
- Fewest goals conceded by: Maldives (2 goals)
- Fastest goal by: Raju Tamang for Nepal against Pakistan ( 3')
Notes and references
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=2011 Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine India 0 – 1 Maldives: New champions
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ "Sri Lanka bags first win, Bangladesh hits another blow".
External links
[edit | edit source]Categories:
- 2008 SAFF Championship
- SAFF Championship tournaments
- 2008 in Asian men's international football
- 2008 in Maldivian football
- 2007–08 in Sri Lankan football
- International association football competitions hosted by Sri Lanka
- International association football competitions hosted by the Maldives
- June 2008 sports events in Asia