2009 SAFF Championship

Tournament details
Host country| Bangladesh
Dates| 4–13 December
Teams| 8
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  India (5th title)
Runners-up|  Maldives
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 15
Goals scored| 42 (2.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Enamul Haque
Ahmed Thariq
Channa Ediri Bandanage
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)|  Arindam Bhattacharya

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All statistics correct as of 30 March 2019.

International football competition

The 2009 South Asian Football Federation Championship was hosted by Bangladesh from 4 to 13 December 2009. Bangladesh was awarded to host the tournament after the withdrawal of original hosts India.[1][2][3]

After India's reluctance to host the tournament, in May 2009, at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Kazi Salahuddin on his return from the AFC Congress informed that although India were still retaining their status as hosts of the championship, Bangladesh and Nepal had turned in fresh bids in anticipation of staging this prestigious eight-nation meet.

A decision was taken at the FIFA Congress in Bahamas in the first week of June[4] but no announcement was officially made. In July, with the tournament drawing ever closer, media reports once again suggested that the tournament would be moved once again to Bangladesh, as Pakistan would struggle to obtain visas if the tournament is hosted in India.[5]

On 31 August 2009, it was reported that the tournament would be held in Bangladesh, after the Indian football association (AIFF) had its annual congress at the end of August. This was formally confirmed by the AFC on 10 September through a press release.[6]

## Venue

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The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka was the only venue for the tournament. It is also home venue for Bangladesh national football team.

Dhaka

Bangabandhu National Stadium
Capacity: 36,000

## Squads

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Main article: 2009 SAFF Championship squads

## Draw

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The draw for the tournament was made on 3 October 2009.[7] India took part with their U-23 team[8]

Group A  | Group B

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Afghanistan (unseeded)
India U23 (1st seed)
Maldives (2nd seed)
Nepal (unseeded)

Bangladesh (1st seed)
Bhutan (unseeded)
Pakistan (unseeded)
Sri Lanka (2nd seed)

## Group stage

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### Group A

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Maldives | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 6  | 2  | +4  | 7
India U23 | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 6
Nepal | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 2  | +2  | 4
Afghanistan | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 7  | −6  | 0

Source: RSSSF

5 December 2009

16:00

Maldives | 1–1|  Nepal

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Thariq 61' | Report | J.M. Rai 68'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

5 December 2009

18:00

India U23 | 1–0|  Afghanistan

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Lalpekhlua 86' | Report |

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

* * *

7 December 2009

16:00

Maldives | 3–1|  Afghanistan

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Thariq 52'
Ashfaq 69', 89' | Report | Barakzai 30'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

7 December 2009

18:00

India U23 | 1–0|  Nepal

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Sushil 18' | Report |

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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9 December 2009

16:00

Afghanistan | 0–3|  Nepal

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| Report | A. Gurung 55', 73'
B. Gurung 56'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

9 December 2009

18:00

Maldives | 2–0|  India U23

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Thariq 15'
Fazeel 82' | Report |

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Bangladesh | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 6  | 2  | +4  | 7
Sri Lanka | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 8  | 2  | +6  | 6
Pakistan | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 7  | 1  | +6  | 4
Bhutan | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 17  | −16  | 0

Source: RSSSF

4 December 2009

16:00

Sri Lanka | 1–0|  Pakistan

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Gunarathne 23' | Report |

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

4 December 2009

18:00

Bangladesh | 4–1|  Bhutan

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Pranotosh 11'
Enamul 22', 51'
Ameli 72' | Report | Dendup 42' (pen.)

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

* * *

6 December 2009

16:00

Sri Lanka | 6–0|  Bhutan

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Channa 7', 25'
Kasun 39', 66', 78'
Gunarathne 90' | Report |

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

6 December 2009

18:00

Bangladesh | 0–0|  Pakistan

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| Report |

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

* * *

8 December 2009

16:00

Pakistan | 7–0|  Bhutan

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Essa 21', 54'
Ashraf 23'
Mehmood 28', 35', 66'
S. Khan 45' | Report |

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

8 December 2009

18:00

Bangladesh | 2–1|  Sri Lanka

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Enamul 8', 64' | Report | Channa 42'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

## Knockout stage

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 11 Dec – Dhaka| |

|  Maldives| 5

| 13 Dec – Dhaka

|  Sri Lanka| 1 |

|  Maldives | 0 (1)

| 11 Dec – Dhaka

| |  India U23| 0 (3)

|  Bangladesh| 0

|  India U23| 1 |

### Semi-finals

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11 December 2009

16:00

Maldives | 5–1|  Sri Lanka

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Thariq 21'
Fazeel 63', 85' (pen.)
Ashfaq 76'
Ashad 87' | Report | Channa 62'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

11 December 2009

19:30

Bangladesh | 0–1|  India U23

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| Report | Sushil 63'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

### Final

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13 December 2009

19:00

Maldives | 0–0 (a.e.t.)|  India U23

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| Report |
Penalties
Fazeel
Thariq
Mukhthar
Ashfaq | 1–3 |  Jibon
Denzil
Nirmal
Subodh

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

## Champion

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SAFF Championship 2009

India
Fifth title

## Goalscorers

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4 goals

* Enamul Haque
* Ahmed Thariq
* Channa Ediri Bandalage

3 goals

* Ali Ashfaq
* Ibrahim Fazeel
* Arif Mehmood
* Kasun Jayasuriya

2 goals

* Sushil Kumar Singh
* Anil Gurung
* Muhammad Essa
* Chathura Gunarathne

1 goal

* Hashmatullah Barakzai
* Jahid Hasan Ameli
* Prantosh Kumar Das
* Nawang Dendup
* Jeje Lalpekhlua
* Assad Ali
* Bijaya Gurung
* Ju Manu Rai
* Reis Ashraf
* Shabir Khan

## References

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1. ^ "20-member squad for SAFF Championship". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
2. ^ "India beat Maldivies to lift SAFF Cup". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
3. ^ "SAFF Championship 2009 Bangladesh Group Stage". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
4. ^ "BFF bids for SAFF meet". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. 12 May 2009.
5. ^ http://www.indianfootball.com/en/news/articleId/1267 | SAFF Cup 2009 to be shifted?
6. ^ "Bangladesh to host SAFF Championship". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
7. ^ "Hosts avoid India". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. 4 October 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
8. ^ "Indian Football". Archived from the original on 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2009-11-02.

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