2008 SAFF Championship

2008 SAFF Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	Maldives Sri Lanka
Dates	3–14 June
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Maldives (1st title)
Runners-up	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	43 (2.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)	H. A. Habib (4 goals)[1]
Best player(s)	Ali Ashfaq
← 2005 2009 → All statistics correct as of 30 March 2019.

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

Stadiums
Colombo	Malé
Sugathadasa Stadium	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium
Capacity:25,000[2]	Capacity:11,850[3]
Host city of Sri Lanka	Host city of Maldives
Colombo	Malé

Squads

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

3 June 2008

16:00

India	4–0	Nepal
Pradeep 26' Bhutia 34' Chhetri 67' S. K. Singh 83'	Report Report

Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé

3 June 2008

21:00

Maldives	3–0	Pakistan
Shifan 45+2' Thoriq 47' Akram 90+' (o.g.)	Report

Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 15,000

5 June 2008

16:00

India	2–1	Pakistan
Pradeep 25' Dias 45+1'	Report Report	Adnan Ahmed 88'

Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé

5 June 2008

21:00

Maldives	4–1	Nepal
Mohamed 9', 46' Fazeel 50', 62'	Report	Gouchan 10'

Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 8,000

7 June 2008

16:00

Pakistan	1–4	Nepal
Ishaq 52'	Report Report	Tamang 3' Rayamajhi 5' Rai 67', 86'

Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé

7 June 2008

21:00

Maldives	0–1	India
	Report	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

4 June 2008

16:30

Bangladesh	1–1	Bhutan
Baidya 27'	Report	Sangay 79'

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

4 June 2008

19:00

Sri Lanka	2–2	Afghanistan
Gunarathna 8' Ediri 75' (pen.)	Report	H. A. Habib 8', 49'

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

6 June 2008

16:30

Bangladesh	2–2	Afghanistan
Ameli 51' (pen.) Mamunul 75'	Report	H. A. Habib 9' Hadid 22'[4]

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

6 June 2008

19:00

Sri Lanka	2–0	Bhutan
Gunarathna 25', 37'	Report

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

8 June 2008

17:00

Afghanistan	1–3	Bhutan
H. A. Habib 88'	Report	Dorji 13' Gyeltshen 31', 80'

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

8 June 2008

19:30

Sri Lanka	1–0	Bangladesh
Mohideen 71'	Report

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Knockout phase

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 Jun – Malé
	India	2
					14 Jun – Colombo
	Bhutan	1
					India	0
	11 Jun – Colombo
					Maldives	1
	Maldives	1
	Sri Lanka	0

Semi-finals

11 June 2008

16:00

India	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Bhutan
Chhetri 30' Gouramangi 120'	Report Report	Dorji 18'

Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 12,000

11 June 2008

19:00

Sri Lanka	0–1	Maldives
	Report	Fazeel 70'

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Attendance: 12,000

Final

14 June 2008

19:00

India	0–1	Maldives
	Report	Naseer 87'

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Attendance: ~20,000

Champion

SAFF Championship 2008
Maldives First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals

• H. A. Habib

3 goals

• Ibrahim Fazeel^[1]
• Chathura Gunarathna

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Other statistics

• 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

External links

• Watch Live Streaming of All Asian Football
• Official Website of SAFF Cup 2008
• Independent report of the tournament's early games

This page was last edited on 20 October 2023, at 03:00