This article is about the men tournament. For the women's tournament, see SAFF Women's Championship.
Football tournament
SAFF Championship
Original SAFF Championship trophy
Organising body
SAFF
Founded
1993; 31 years ago (1993) (as SAARC Gold Cup)
Region
South Asia
Number of teams
7
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Current champions
India (9th title)
Most successful team(s)
India (9 titles)
Website
saffederation.org
2023 SAFF Championship
Tournaments
1993
1995
1997
1999
2003
2005
2008
2009
2011
2013
2015
2018
2021
2023
The South Asian Football Federation Championship (erstwhile South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup and South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup), is the main subcontinental international association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). All seven teams are eligible to compete in tournament.
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2008 SAFFChampionship where they beat the most successful team India in the final 1–0. They won their second local title in 2018 SAFFChampionship, once...
Cup, Asia's top football championship and finished as runners-up in 1964. India also participates in the SAFFChampionship, the top regional football...
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Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. In 2013, Afghanistan won the 2013 SAFFChampionship and earned the "FIFA Fair Play Award". Afghanistan has never qualified...
Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup (the first edition of the SAFFChampionship). The Nepali football came across a forgettable two years from 2001...
squad for SAFFChampionship". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 October 2022. "India beat Maldivies to lift SAFF Cup". Retrieved 2 October 2022. "SAFF Championship...
"Bangladesh in the SAFFChampionship final". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021. "SAFF Gold Cup 2005"...
start a new tournament for association football club sides, the SAFF Club Championship, with the inaugural edition to be held in Bangladesh from 1–15 September...
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brace) in India's 3–1 semi-final win over the Maldives in the 2011 SAFFChampionship to take his tally to 31, thus becoming his country's all-time leading...
2009, and 2012 Nehru Cup, as well as the 2011, 2015, 2021 and 2023 SAFFChampionship. He also led India to victory in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup, which...
football team had managed to qualify for the semi-finals of the 2015 SAFFChampionship. Football was introduced to Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon) by the...
Bhutan 3-0 to reach semifinals of SAFF Cup". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. "SAFFChampionship 2018 Semi Final - India beat Pakistan...
Football Federation and the regional body the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The national football team of Bhutan play their home games at the national...
The 2008 SAFFChampionship was held in Malé, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka between 3 and 14 June 2008. Initially, the tournament was due to be held...
its permanent possession of the stadium. The stadium has hosted the SAFFChampionship three times to date. First during the 2003 edition when Bangladesh...