2015 SAFF Championship final

Football match

2015 SAFF Championship Final

Greenfield Stadium hosted the final

Event| 2015 SAFF Championship
| India | Afghanistan

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2 | 1
After extra time
Date| 3 January 2016 (2016-01-03)
Venue| Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

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Main article: 2015 SAFF Championship

The 2015 SAFF Championship Final was a football match that took place on 3 January 2016 at the Trivandrum International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, India, to determine the 2015 SAFF Championship champion.[1][2][3]

## Venue

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On 2 July 2015, it was announced that the matches during the tournament, including the final, would take place at the newly constructed Trivandrum International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.[1]

## Route to the final

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Afghanistan  | Round  | India

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Opponent  | Result  | Group stage | Opponent  | Result
Bangladesh | 4–0  | Match 1  |  Sri Lanka | 2–0
Bhutan | 3–0  | Match 2  |  Nepal | 4–1
Maldives | 4–1  | Match 3  |  |
| Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Afghanistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9
Maldives | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6
Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −3 | 3
Bhutan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0
Final standing  |  | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6
Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 3
Nepal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0
Opponent  | Result  | Knockout phase | Opponent  | Result
Sri Lanka | 5–0[4] | Semi-finals |  Maldives | 3–2[5]

## Match

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3 January 2016 (2016-01-03)

18:30 IST

India | 2–1 (a.e.t.)|  Afghanistan

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Lalpekhlua 72'
Chhetri 101' | Report
Report | Amiri 70'

Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Attendance: 40,500[6]

Referee:  Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

India

Afghanistan

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|  | Augustin Fernandes
|  | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
|  | Arnab Mondal 117'
|  | Pritam Kotal
|  | Bikash Jairu 120'
|  | Rowllin Borges
|  | Eugeneson Lyngdoh 93' 96'
|  | Narayan Das 77'
|  | Halicharan Narzary
|  | Jeje Lalpekhlua 32'
|  | Sunil Chhetri
Substitutes:
|  | Aiborlang Khongjee 118' 117'
|  | Sanju Pradhan 120'
|  | Pronay Halder 96'
|  | Karanjit Singh
|  | Subrata Pal
|  | Koushik Sarkar
|  | Lalchhuanmawia
|  | Lallianzuala Chhangte
Manager:
Stephen Constantine

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|  | Ovays Azizi
|  | Abassin Alikhil
|  | Hassan Amin 86'
|  | Kanischka Taher 45'
|  | Faysal Shayesteh
|  | Sayed Mohammad Hashemi
|  | Mustafa Zazai 91'
|  | Masih Saighani
|  | Zubayr Amiri 106'
|  | Norlla Amiri 84'
|  | Mustafa Hadid
Substitutes:
|  | Omid Popalzay 84'
|  | Ahmad Hatifi 120' 106'
|  | Khaibar Amani 91'
|  | Fardeen Kohistani
|  | Hamidullah Wakily
|  | Roholla Iqbalzadeh
|  | Omid Homauoni
|  | Anoush Dastgir
|  | Fardin Hakimi
Manager:
Petar Segrt

Match rules

* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
* Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
* Eight named substitutes.
* Maximum of three substitutions.

## See also

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* 2015 SAFF Championship

## References

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1. ^ a b Chaudhuri, Arunava (2 July 2015). "Trivandrum will host upcoming SAFF Cup in December 2015/January 2016". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
2. ^ "India win 2015 SAFF Championship title". Retrieved 28 July 2022.
3. ^ "2015 SAFF Championship final: India 2-1 Afghanistan - 5 Talking Points". Retrieved 28 July 2022.
4. ^ "SAFF C'ship Semi-final: Afghanistan 5-0 Sri Lanka; AFC.com". Retrieved 28 July 2022.
5. ^ "SAFF Championship Semi-final: India 3-2 Maldives; AFC.com". Retrieved 28 July 2022.
6. ^ "India 2–1 Afghanistan: Worldfootball.net". Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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