2013 SAFF Championship final

March 2025 2013 SAFF Championship final 2013 SAFF Championship File:Hamid Karimi.jpg Hamid Karimi holding the SAFF Title. Afghanistan AFG 30px 2013 2 India IND 30px 0 11 September 2013 Dasarath Rangasala Kathmandu Mansur Faqiryar (Afghanistan) Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) 6,500+ 2011 2015 The 2013 SAFF Championship final was the final match of the 2013 SAFF Championship which took place in Nepal on 11 September 2013, and was officiated by Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman of Bangladesh. It was the 10th installment of the tournament since its inception in 1993.https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/how-afghanistan-beat-india-to-win-2013-saff-championships-their-first-international-title How Afghanistan beat India to win 2013 SAFF Championships, their first international title 20 May 2023 This was the first time in the SAFF Championship that the finalists were the same in two consecutive finals, as in the 2011 SAFF Championship India had thrashed Afghanistan 4–0 in India.https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/football/story/india-beat-afghanistan-4-0-to-clinch-their-sixth-saff-title-148477-2011-12-12 India thrash Afghanistan 4-0 12 December 2011 2021-02-16https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/india-pump-in-three-to-enter-last-four/story-yOa3Kx5Ut44rx6YnH9pmeL.html India Pump in three to enter last four 2022-07-17 Hindustan Times Tomojit Basu 8 December 2011https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/news/india_retain_saff_title.html India retain SAFF title: AFC.com 10 December 2021 However, in this final it was Afghanistan who thrashed India 2–0, with goals coming from Mustafa Azadzoy and Sandjar Ahmadi in the 9th and 62nd minute respectively. This was Afghanistan's first SAFF Championship win.SAFF Championship 2013 http://www.saffchampionship.org/matches.php SAFF Championship 5 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20150107231614/http://www.saffchampionship.org/matches.php 7 January 2015 dead dmy-all Road to the final India entered the 2013 SAFF Championship as the reigning champion after defeating Afghanistan in the 2011 SAFF Championship. Afghanistan's best record previous was runners-up in the 2011 SAFF Championship.https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/saff-championship-why-indias-overwhelming-domination-is-underproductive SAFF Championship: Why India’s overwhelming domination is underproductive 20 May 2023 To the final, India struggled through and scraped by the group stage through head-to-edge edging out Pakistan from an own-goal by Samar Ishaq in a 1–0 win to the Indians.https://sports.ndtv.com/football/saff-championship-india-edge-pakistan-1-0-in-opener-1530988 SAFF Championship: India edge Pakistan 1-0 in opener Later in the semi-finals, against Maldives, it took India until the 86th minute when Arnab Mondal opened the scoring to leave it a 1–0 win to proceed to the final.https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/news/saff_c%E2%80%99ship_2013_maldives_0-1_india.html SAFF C’ship 2013: Maldives 0-1 India Afghanistan, on the other hand, breezed by both Sri Lanka and Bhutan in the group stage with comfortable wins and a 0–0 stalemate with Maldives.https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/8718/Sri_Lanka_Afghanistan.html Sri Lanka 1-3 Afghanistanhttps://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/8731/Afghanistan_Maldives.html Afghanistan 0-0 Maldives To proceed to the final, Afghanistan won convincingly in a 1–0 win against the hosts Nepal with the lone goal coming from Sandjar Ahmadi in the 11th minute.https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/news/saff_cship_2013_nepal_0-1_afghanistan__1.html SAFF C'ship 2013: Nepal 0-1 Afghanistan AfghanistanRoundIndiaOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultBHU3–0Match 1PAK1–0SRI3–1Match 2BAN1–1MDV0–0Match 3NEP1–2Group B AFGFinal StandingsGroup A INDOpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResultNEP1–0Semi-finalsMDV1–0 Squads During the tournament, Afghanistan had the most diverse squad. While most other nations had almost all players playing for their domestic league, Afghanistan had five players playing outside of Asia with four in Europe and the rest in either India's I-League or its domestic league the Afghan Premier League. The average age of the Lions of Khorasan was 26 years of age with goalkeeper Hamidullah Yousafzai the oldest at 31 and youngest being Sidiq Walizada at 21.https://www.national-football-teams.com/country/1/2013/Afghanistan.html Afghanistan 2013 India had all its players playing in its domestic I-League with four players being free agents. The average age of the Blue Tigers was 26 years of age, as well, with goalkeeper Sandip Nandy the oldest at 38 and Sandesh Jhingan the youngest at 20.https://www.national-football-teams.com/country/86/2013/India.html India 2013http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=5151 20-member squad for 2013 SAFF Championship named All India Football Federation 2013-08-26 2013-09-01 Match Officials Tayeb Shamsuzzaman of the Bangladesh was appointed the referee of the final and was assisted by Pakistani Moaid Al Sayeg and Issa Mahmoud Ahmad Al Amawi of Jordan. The fourth official was Adham Makhadmeh, also from Jordan. Shamsuzzaman was listed as a FIFA referee in 1999. Since then, he had experience as a referee in the World Cup Qualifiers, AFC Challenge Cup, AFC Cup, AFC Champions League, WAFF Championship, AFF Suzuki Cup and the FIFA. "Bangladesh: Referees". Retrieved 27 April 2013.FIFA. "Match Report - Cambodia - China PR 0:4 (0:2)". 6 May 2001. Retrieved 27 April 2013. 2010FIFA. "Match Report - Chinese Taipei - Uzbekistan 0:2 (0:0)". 28 October 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2013. and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiersFIFA. "Match Report - Laos - China PR 1:6 (0:2)". 28 July 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2013. Prior to the final, he refereed for five other games in the 2013 SAFF Championship. He was referee in Afghanistan-Bhutan and Bhutan-Maldives matches in Group A before moving to the Group B match India-Nepal. Then finishing the group stage by being the referee for Afghanistan-Maldives and the semi-final of Maldives-India. In the games that Shamsuzzaman was the referee, he showed no more than two yellow cards in every game with that being Bhutan-Maldives and Afghanistan-Maldives.https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/8719/Bhutan_Maldives.html Bhutan 2-8 Maldiveshttps://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/8731/Afghanistan_Maldives.html Afghanistan 0-0 Maldives He gave the red card in the group-stage match between Bhutan and Maldives and giving the Bhutan goalkeeper Leki Dukpa a red card for tripping Ali Ashfaq just outside the penalty box after rushing to a one-on-one.https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/8719/Bhutan_Maldives.html Bhutan vs Maldives 2013 Details 2013 09 11 y 08:45 IST AFG 2013 IND 2–0 Azadzoy 9Ahmadi 62 Dasarath Rangasala, Kathmandu 6,500+ Tayeb Hasan (Bangladesh) Report _den10h _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _den10h _adidaswhite _3_stripes_white DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 Afghanistan _india1314h _india1314h _india1314h _india1314h 0033FF 0033FF 0033FF 0000FF 0000FF India GK 1 Mansur Faqiryar 86 CB 6 Mohammad Rafi CB 3 Zohib Islam (c) CB 14 Farzad Ghulam RM 25 Mustafa Hadid CM 17 Marouf Mohammadi 71 CM 9 Mohammad Mashriqi 41 90+2 LM 27 Mujtaba Faiz RF 11 Sandjar Ahmadi 76 CF 10 Balal Arezou LF 7 Mustafa Azadzoy Substitutions: FW 12 Hashmat Ullah 71 MF 18 Ahmad Arash 76 MF 30 Waheed Nadeem 90+5 90+2Manager:Yousef Kargar GK 1 Subrata Pal RB 4 Nirmal Chettri 86 CB 19 Gouramangi Singh (c) CB 5 Arnab Mondal 58 LB 22 Syed Rahim Nabi RM 8 Francis Fernandes CM 7 Mehtab Hossain CM 6 Lenny Rodrigues LM 23 Robin Singh AM 14 Arata Izumi CF 10 Jeje Lalpekhlua 60Substitutions: FW 11 Sunil Chhetri 60 DF 28 Dawson Fernandes 86Manager:NED Wim Koevermans Man of the Match:Mansur Faqiryar (Afghanistan) Assistant referees: Moaid Al Sayeg (Pakistan) Issa Al Amawi (Jordan) Fourth official: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)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. References Category:SAFF Championship finals 1 2013 2013 Category:Afghanistan at the 2013 SAFF Championship SAFF Category:September 2013 sports events in Asia 2013