1997 SAFF Gold Cup

March 2025 1997 Nepal 4–13 September 6 1 1 IND 2 MDV PAK SRI 10 29 IND IM Vijayan (6 goals) 1995 1999 The 1997 SAFF Gold Cup was held in Kathmandu, Nepal between 4 and 13 September.SAFF Official Website India won the championship after defeating the Maldives 5–1 in the final.https://globalsportsarchive.com/competition/soccer/saff-gold-cup-1997-nepal/semi-finals/17367/ 1997 SAFF Championship; global sport archive.com 24 May 2021https://www.sport-olympic.gr/sp/index.php/football-competitions-4/asian-competitions-in-football-2/afc-national-competitions-2/saff-championship-2/10343-1997-nepal-saff-championship 1997 SAFF Championship; Olympics.org 24 May 2021https://www.11v11.com/competitions/south-asian-football-federation-(saff)-championship/1997/finals/ 1997 South Asian Championship;11v11.com 24 May 2021 Venues Kathmandu Nepal right 350 Nepal 27.7 85.333333 Kathmandu top Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Capacity: 25,000200px Group stage Group A main WDL Q n y SRI SRI PAK PAK NEP NEP 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 H #ccffcc Q Q complete http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold97.html RSSSF 4 September 1997 NEP 0–2 https://www.11v11.com/matches/nepal-v-pakistan-04-september-1997-265455/ PAK Nauman 28 Ejaz 68 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 6 September 1997 SRI 2–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/sri-lanka-v-pakistan-06-september-1997-250900/ PAK Perera 54 Amanulla 86 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 8 September 1997 NEP 1–3 https://www.11v11.com/matches/nepal-v-sri-lanka-08-september-1997-264489/ SRI Amayta 72 Perera 15 70 86 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Group B main WDL Q n y IND IND MDV MDV BAN BAN 1 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 1 1 1 4 #ccffcc Q Q complete http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold97.html RSSSF 5 September 1997 MDV 1–1 https://www.11v11.com/matches/maldives-v-bangladesh-05-september-1997-250901/ BAN Saeed Nakib 53 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 7 September 1997 IND 3–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/india-v-bangladesh-07-september-1997-264488/ BAN Vijayan 74 76 Bhutia 88 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 9 September 1997 IND 2–2 https://www.11v11.com/matches/maldives-v-india-09-september-1997-264490/ MDV Bhutia 30 Ancheri 55 Rasheed 65 Nizam 83 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Knockout phase Bracket Semi-finals Final 3rd Place A1 SRI 1 B2 MDV 2 B1 IND 2 A2 PAK 0 B2 MDV 1 B1 IND 5 A1 SRI 0 A2 PAK 1 Semi-finals 10 September 1997 SRI 1–2 https://www.11v11.com/matches/maldives-v-india-09-september-1997-264490/ MDV Kabeer 21 Ismail 19 Nizam 89 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 11 September 1997 IND 2–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/india-v-pakistan-11-september-1997-264493/ PAK Vijayan 42 76 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Third-place match 13 September 1997 PAK 1–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-13-september-1997-264495/ SRI Haseemdeen 76 o.g. Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Final 13 September 1997https://www.11v11.com/matches/india-v-maldives-13-september-1997-264494/ India v Maldives, 13 September 1997 2 November 2023 IND 5–1 Report MDV Ancheri 9 Bhutia 15 Vijayan 20 53 Das 49 Lateef 43 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Statistics Goalscorers 29 10 IND IM Vijayan SRI Roshan Perera IND Bhaichung Bhutia IND Jo Paul Ancheri MDV Mohamed Nizam PAK Muhammad Nauman Khan PAK Mohammed Ijaz MDV Mohamed Amanulla NEP Deepak Amayta MDV Lirugam Saeed BAN Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib MDV Ibrahim Rasheed MDV Adam Abdul Lateef MDV Ismail SRI KM Kabeer IND Amit Das SRI Hasemdeen (against Pakistan) Champion fb SAFF Gold Cup 1997 India Second References https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saffgold97.html South Asian Gold Cup 1997 (Kathmandu, Nepal) RSSSF 2020-12-28 1997 Category:1997 in Asian men's international football Category:1997 in Nepalese sport 1997 Category:20th century in Kathmandu