2005 SAFF Gold Cup

September 2018 SAFF Gold Cup 2005 Pakistan 7–17 December 1 1 IND 4 BAN 15 38 Maldives Ibrahim FazeelMaldives Ali AshfaqMaldives Ahmed Thariq(3 goals each) IND Bhaichung Bhutia 2003 2008 BHU The 2005 SAFF Gold Cup was the sixth edition of SAFF Gold Cup. It was the second time the competition was held in Pakistan. All matches were held at the People's Football Stadium in Karachi.2005-12-18 India beat B'desh to win SAFF Cup https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/india-beat-bdesh-to-win-saff-cup/articleshow/1336032.cms 2024-12-21 The Times of India 0971-8257India win SAFF title https://m.rediff.com/sports/2005/dec/17saff1.htm 2024-12-21 Rediff en The tournament started on 7 December and ended on 17 December.https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saffgold05.html South Asian Gold Cup 2005 (Karachi, Pakistan) Zlotkowski Andre 6 March 2008 RSSSF 6 January 2019 India won their fourth title after defeating Bangladesh 2–0 in the finals. Both sides contested the finals in the 1999 edition with India coming out victorious with the same result and Bhaichung Bhutia scored in that finals as well. Ahmed Thariq, Ali Ashfaq and Ibrahim Fazeel of Maldives were the top-scorers of the tournament, all scoring three goals each.https://saffederation.org/saff-gold-cup-2005/ SAFF Gold Cup 2005 South Asian Football Federation 26 December 2020 18 September 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210918095659/https://saffederation.org/saff-gold-cup-2005/ dead Participating teams CountryAppearancePrevious best performance FIFA rankingDec 2005 PAK (Host) 6th Third-place 1997 168 AFG 2002 2nd Group stage (2003) 198 BAN 5th Champions (2003) 170 BHU 2nd Group stage (2003) 189 IND 6th Champions (1993, 1997, 1999)135 MDV 4th Runners-up (1997, 2003) 147 NEP 6th Third-place (1993) 181 SRI 6th Champions (1995) 144 Squads 2005 SAFF Gold Cup squads Venue The tournament was held at the People's Football Stadium in Karachi. KarachiPakistan Pakistan location map.svg center 250 Pakistan 24.85 67.00 Karachi leftPeople's Football StadiumCapacity: 40,00080x80px Group stage Group A main WDL complete RSSSF MAL PAK AFG SRI KO KO 2 1 0 11 1 2 1 0 2 0 H 1 0 2 3 11 0 0 3 1 5 Maldives PAK AFG 2004 SRI Q green1 Advance to knockout phase 7 December 2005 PAK 1–0 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold05.html SRI Hussain 38 Peoples Football Stadium Karachi 7 December 2005 Maldives 9–1 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold05.html AFG 2004 *Umar 11 Fazeel 27 45+2 60 Ashfaq 32 88 Thariq 45+3 46 86 *Maqsood 39 Peoples Football Stadium Karachi 9 December 2005 Maldives 2–0 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold05.html SRI *Ashfaq 15 Umar 83 Peoples Football Stadium Karachi 9 December 2005 PAK 1–0 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold05.html AFG 2004 Essa 55 Peoples Football Stadium Karachi 11 December 2005 SRI 1–2 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold05.html AFG 2004 Karunarathne 85 Qadami 35 Gullestani 41 Peoples Football Stadium Karachi 11 December 2005 PAK 0–0 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold05.html Maldives Peoples Football Stadium Karachi Group B main WDL complete RSSSF BAN IND NEP BHU KO KO 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 2 4 5 0 0 3 1 9 BAN IND NEP BHU Q green1 Advance to knockout phase 8 December 2005 BAN 3–0 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold05.html BHU Farhad 42 58 Ameli 85 Peoples Football Stadium Karachi 8 December 2005 IND 2–1 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold05.html NEP Hossain 6 28 Thapa 35 Peoples Football Stadium Karachi 10 December 2005 BAN 2–0 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold05.html NEP Kanchan 27 87 Peoples Football Stadium Karachi 10 December 2005 IND 3–0 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold05.html BHU Bhutia 45 Gawli 51 Hakim 64 Peoples Football Stadium Karachi 12 December 2005 NEP 3–1 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold05.html BHU Tamang 10 Thapa 16 Gurung 29 Pradhan 47 Peoples Football Stadium Karachi 12 December 2005 BAN 1–1 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold05.html IND Ameli 77 Lawrence 17 Peoples Football Stadium Karachi Knockout phase Bracket N4 white-space:nowrap yes high no yes Semi-finals Final 14 Dec – Islamabad MDV 0 IND 1 14 Dec – Islamabad BAN 1 PAK 0 17 Dec – Islamabad IND 2 BAN 0 Semi-finals 14 December 2005 Maldives 0–1 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold05.html IND Manju 38 Peoples Football Stadium Karachi 14 December 2005 BAN 1–0 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold05.html PAK Sujan 44 pen. Peoples Football Stadium Karachi Final 17 December 2005 IND 2–0 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold05.html BAN Wadoo 33 Bhutia 81 Peoples Football Stadium Karachi Statistics Goalscorers 3 goals MDV Ali Ashfaq MDV Ahmed Thariq MDV Ibrahim Fazeel 2 goals 22em BAN Ariful Kabir Farhad BAN Jahid Hasan Ameli BAN Rokonuzzaman Kanchan IND Bhaichung Bhutia IND Mehtab Hossain MDV Ali Umar NEP Basanta Thapa 1 goal 22em AFG 2004 Sayed Maqsood AFG 2004 Hafizullah Qadami AFG 2004 Abdul Maroof Gullestani BAN Mohammed Sujan BHU Bikash Pradhan IND Abdul Hakim IND Climax Lawrence IND Mahesh Gawli IND Mehrajuddin Wadoo IND N.S. Manju NEP Bijaya Gurung NEP Surendra Tamang PAK Imran Hussain PAK Muhammad Essa SRI G.P.C. Karunarathne Awards Most Valuable PlayerTop ScorersFair PlayIND Bhaichung BhutiaMaldives Ibrahim Fazeel Maldives Ali Ashfaq Maldives Ahmed Thariq (3 goals)BHU Other statistics Most goals scored by: Maldives (11 goals) Fewest goals scored by: Bhutan and Sri Lanka (1 goal) Most goals conceded by: Afghanistan (11 goals) Fewest goals conceded by: India and Maldives (2 goals) Fastest goal by: Mehtab Hossain for India against Nepal (6) References External links 2005 SAFF Championship RSSSF 2005 Category:2005 in Asian men's international football Category:2005–06 in Pakistani football 2005 Category:December 2005 sports events in Asia Category:December 2005 in Pakistan