2008 SAFF Championship

The 2008 SAFF Championship was held in Malé, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka between 3 and 14 June 2008. (All times GMT+05).

2008 SAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesMaldives
Sri Lanka
Dates3 – 14 June
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Maldives (1st title)
Runners-up India
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored43 (2.87 per match)
Top scorer(s) H. A. Habib (4 goals)[1]
Best player(s) Ali Ashfaq

Initially, the tournament was due to be held in 2007 but was postponed to 2008.

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 India 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
 Maldives 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
   Nepal 3 1 0 2 5 9 −4 3
 Pakistan 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source:
India 4–0   Nepal
Pradeep  26'
Bhutia  34'
Chetri  67'
S. K. Singh  83'		 Report
Report
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Maldives 3–0 Pakistan
Shifan  45+2'
Thoriq  47'
Akram  90+' (o.g.)		 Report
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 15,000
India 2–1 Pakistan
Pradeep  25'
Dias  45+1'		 Report
Report		 Adnan Ahmed  88'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Maldives 4–1   Nepal
Ismail Mohamed  9',  46'
Fazeel  50', 62'		 Report Gouchan  10'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 8,000
Pakistan 1–4   Nepal
Ishaq  52' Report
Report		 Tamang  3'
Rayamajhi  5'
Rai  67', 86'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Maldives 0–1 India
Report Gouramangi Singh  14'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 10,000

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Bhutan 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Bangladesh 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
 Afghanistan 3 0 2 1 5 7 −2 2
Source:
Bangladesh 1–1 Bhutan
Arup Kumar Baidya  27' Report Nima Sangay  79'
Sri Lanka 2–2 Afghanistan
Chathura Gunarathna  8'
Channa Ediri  75' (pen)		 Report H. A. Habib  8',  49'
Bangladesh 2–2 Afghanistan
Ameli  51'(pen)
Mamun  75'		 Report H. A. Habib  9'
Mustafa Hadid  22'[2]
Sri Lanka 2–0 Bhutan
Gunarathna  25',  37' Report
Afghanistan 1–3 Bhutan
H. A. Habib  88' Report Yeshey Dorji  13'
Yeshey Gyeltshen  31',  80'
Sri Lanka 1–0 Bangladesh
Mohideen  71' Report

Knockout phase

Semi-finals
India 2–1 (aet) Bhutan
Chetri  30'
Gouramangi  120'		 Report
Report		 Dorji  18'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 12,000
Sri Lanka 0–1 Maldives
Report Fazeel  70'
Attendance: 12,000

Final
India 0–1 Maldives
Report Mukhthar Naseer  87'
Attendance: ~20,000

Champion
 South Asian Football Federation Cup 2008 

Maldives
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers
4 goals
  • H.A. Habib
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Other statistics

Notes and references
  1. http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=2011 Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine India 0 – 1 Maldives: New champions
  2. "Sri Lanka bags first win, Bangladesh hits another blow".
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