2003 SAFF Gold Cup

September 2018 SAFF Gold Cup 2003 Bangladesh 10–20 January 1 1 BAN 1 MDV IND PAK 16 39 PAK Sarfraz Rasool (4 goals) BAN Rajani Kanta Barmanhttps://www.thedailystar.net/news/new-saff-kings New SAFF kings 15 January 2024 21 January 2003 The Daily Star 24 March 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240324140449/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/new-saff-kings live 1999 2005 The 2003 SAFF Gold Cup was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh between 10 January 2003 and 20 January 2003. All matches were played at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Originally scheduled to be held between 26 January 2002 and 5 February 2002, the tournament was postponed due to the suspension of Bangladesh Football Federation by FIFA. Afghanistan were not in the draw, but were included in the tournament following an AFC recommendation to do so. It was also Bhutan's first tournament.https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saffgold02.html SAFF Championship 2003 16 April 2023 RSSSF 24 March 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240324140707/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saffgold02.html live The final was contested by Bangladesh and the Maldives. Ali Umar had levelled in the second half after Kanchan had given Bangladesh the lead. The match went to penalties and Asraf Lufty had missed from the spot for the Maldives. Mohammed Sujan kept his nerve to score the final penalty giving Bangladesh a 5–3 victory, and with it, their first SAFF Cup championship. Pakistan's Safraz Rasool was top goal scorer. Venue The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka was the only venue for the tournament. It is also the home venue for Bangladesh national football team. Dhaka Bangladesh center 250 Bangladesh 23.777176 90.399452 Dhaka top Bangabandhu National Stadium Capacity: 36,000 200px Squads 2003 SAFF Gold Cup squads Group stage Group A main WDL Q n y PAK PAK IND IND SRI SRI AFG AFG 2002 3 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 3 0 6 #ccffcc Q Q complete RSSSF 10 January 2003 IND 0–1 https://www.11v11.com/matches/pakistan-v-india-10-january-2003-250948/ PAK Rasool 50 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka Tayeb Hossain (Bangladesh) 10 January 2003 SRI 1–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/sri-lanka-v-afghanistan-10-january-2003-250949/ AFG 2002 Steinwall 41 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka Budhi Bahadur Gurung (Nepal) 12 January 2003 PAK 2–1 https://www.11v11.com/matches/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-12-january-2003-250950/ SRI Niaz 50 Rasool 86 Weersinghe 89 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka Ram Krishna Ghosh (Bangladesh) 12 January 2003 IND 4–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/afghanistan-v-india-12-january-2003-250951/ AFG 2002 Biswas 30 63 D'Cunha 77 86 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka Budhi Bahadur Gurung (Nepal) 14 January 2003 PAK 1–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/afghanistan-v-pakistan-14-january-2003-250963/ AFG 2002 Rasool 9 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka Ram Krishna Ghosh (Bangladesh) 14 January 2003 IND 1–1 https://www.11v11.com/competitions/south-asian-football-federation-(saff)-championship/2003/finals/#google_vignette SRI Biswas 88 Abeysekera 90 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka Hasan (Bangladesh) Group B main WDL Q n y BAN BAN MDV MDV NEP NEP BHU BHU 3 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 9 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 0 3 0 11 #ccffcc Q Q complete RSSSF 11 January 2003 MDV 6–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/maldives-v-bhutan-11-january-2003-250952/ BHU Nizam 2 Luffy 11 Shiham 24 25 67 Umar 77 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka AD Silva (Sri Lanka) 11 January 2003 BAN 1–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/bangladesh-v-nepal-11-january-2003-250953/ NEP Alfaz 30 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 55,000 Kunsuta Chaiwat (Thailand) 13 January 2003 NEP 2–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/nepal-v-bhutan-13-january-2003-250954/ BHU Rayamajhi 14 Thapa 87 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 25,000 Balu Sundar Raj (India) 13 January 2003 BAN 1–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/bangladesh-v-maldives-13-january-2003-250955/ MDV Joy 90 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 20,000 AD Silva (Sri Lanka) 15 January 2003 NEP 2–3 https://www.11v11.com/matches/nepal-v-maldives-15-january-2003-250965/ MDV Rayamajhi 56 Chaudhary 90 pen. Nizam 63 Lutfy 75 Umar 85 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 15,000 Kunsuta Chaiwat (Thailand) 15 January 2003 BAN 3–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/bangladesh-v-bhutan-15-january-2003-250966/ BHU Farhad 3 54 Kanchan 78 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 15,000 Balu Sundar Raj (India) Knockout phase Bracket N4 white-space:nowrap yes high yes yes Semi-finals Final Third place play-off 18 January BAN 2 IND 1 18 January MDV 1 PAK 0 20 January BAN 1 (5) MDV 1 (3) 20 January IND 2 PAK 1 Semi-finals 18 January 2003 BAN 2–1 (a.s.d.e.t.) https://www.11v11.com/matches/bangladesh-v-india-18-january-2003-250968/ IND Kanchan 77 Munna 98https://www.newagebd.net/article/105749/ill-cherish-the-golden-goal-in-all-of-my-life I’ll cherish the golden goal in all of my life en New Age 2020-05-05 2023-12-13 2023-12-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20231213170814/https://www.newagebd.net/article/105749/ill-cherish-the-golden-goal-in-all-of-my-life live D'Cunha 81 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka Kunsuta Chaiwat (Thailand) 18 January 2003 MDV 1–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/pakistan-v-maldives-18-january-2003-250967/ PAK Fazeel 12 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka Budhi Bahadur Gurung (Nepal) Third-place match 20 January 2003 IND 2–1 (a.s.d.e.t.) https://www.11v11.com/matches/india-v-pakistan-20-january-2003-250969/ PAK Vijayan 56 Yadav 99 Rasool 66 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka Tayeb Hasan (Bangladesh) Final 20 January 2003 BAN 1–1 https://www.11v11.com/matches/bangladesh-v-maldives-20-january-2003-250970/ MDV Kanchan 13 Umar 57 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 46,000 AD Silva (Sri Lanka) Nazrul Farhad Al-Mamun Hasan Sujan 5–3 Naaz Lutfy Naseem Fazeel Champion fb SAFF Gold Cup 2003 BAN First Goalscorers 4 goals PAK Sarfraz Rasool 3 goals 18em BAN Rokonuzzaman Kanchan IND Ashim Biswas IND Alvito D'Cunha MDV Ali Shiyam MDV Ali Umar 2 goals 18em NEP Nirajan Rayamajhi BAN Ariful Kabir Farhad MDV Ashraf Luthfy MDV Mohamed Nizam 1 goal 18em BAN Alfaz Ahmed NEP Kumar Thapa MDV Ibrahim Fazeel BAN Arif Khan Joy NEP Dev Narayan Chaudhary PAK Zahid Niaz BAN Motiur Rahman Munna IND I.M. Vijayan IND Abhishek Yadav References External links RSSSF 2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2003 Category:2003 in Asian men's international football Category:2003 in Bangladeshi football 2003 Category:January 2003 sports events in Asia Category:January 2003 in Bangladesh Category:2003 in Dhaka