2013 SAFF Championship

June 2024 2013 SAFF Championship 2013 SAFF Championship logo.svg 150px 2013 SAFF Championship official logo Nepal 31 August – 11 September 8 2 1 Afghanistan 2013 1 India 15 51 MDV Ali Ashfaq (10 goals) AFG 2013 Mansur Faqiryar AFG 2013 Mansur Faqiryar (MVP)NEP Rabin Shrestha (Best Player from host country) 2011 2015 The 2013 South Asian Football Federation Championship, commonly referred to as 2013 SAFF Championship, was the 10th SAFF Championship for men's national football teams organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament took place from 31 August to 11 September 2013, and was hosted by Nepal for the second time, with the previous being in 1997.https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saffgold97.html South Asian Gold Cup 1997 (Kathmandu, Nepal) Host selection Nepal were selected as hosts in September 2012 during the 2012 SAFF Women's Championship in Sri Lanka.March 2025 Broadcasting The tournament was broadcast live in Nepal on Kantipur Television Network, Tolo TV in Afghanistan and Television Maldives in Maldives. Every match was broadcast live on YouTube. Participating nations Along with the hosts, the other seven nations from the South Asian region participated in the tournament. India came into the tournament as the reigning champions from the 2011 edition.https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/news/india_retain_saff_title.html India retain SAFF title: AFC.com 10 December 2021https://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 2011 TeamAppearances in the SAFF ChampionshipPrevious best performanceFIFA Ranking at start of event NEP 10th Third-Place (1993) 170 AFG 2004 6th Runners-up (2011) 139 BAN 9th Champions (2003) 158 BHU 6th Semi-finals (2008) 207 IND 10th Champions (1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2011) 145 MDV 8th Champions (2008, 2018) 153 PAK 10th Third-Place (1997) 167 SRI 10th Champions (1995) 170 Group draw The draw ceremony took place on 30 July 2013 at Kathmandu's Soaltee Crowne Plaza was attended by a host of dignitaries including All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) Chairman Ganesh Thapa, SAFF President Kazi Salahuddin, Secretary Alberto Colaco and National Sports Council Member-Secretary Yubaraj Lama.Kathmandu: SAFF Champ'ship 2013 Draw Held http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=15105 Goal Nepal 27 August 2013 29 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130829034619/http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=15105 dead Group AGroup BBAN IND NEP PAKAFG 2004 BHU MDV SRI Venues Kathmandu Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Halchowk Stadium Capacity: 25,000Championship Venues http://www.saffchampionship.org/venues.php SAFF Championship 27 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130903070601/http://www.saffchampionship.org/venues.php 3 September 2013 dead Capacity: 3,500200px200px Nepal right 350 Nepal 27.7 85.333333 Kathmandu top Squads 2013 SAFF Championship squads Match officials On 22 August 2013, SAFF announced the 15 referees for the tournament.AFC announced officials for SAFF 2013 Championship http://www.cricturf.com/football/6211-afc-announced-officials-for-saff-2013-championship.html CricTurf 27 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130827233231/http://www.cricturf.com/football/6211-afc-announced-officials-for-saff-2013-championship.html 27 August 2013 dead Referees 22em BAN Tayeb Shamsuzzaman IND Pratap Singh JOR Adham Makhadmeh NEP Sudish Pandey KSA Saleh Al Hethlol SRI Hettikamkanamge Perera Assistant referees 22em AFG 2013 Shirzad Alimaqa BHU Ugyen Dorji JOR Ahmad Al Roalle JOR Issa Al Amawe MDV Ahmed Ameez NEP Naniram Thapa Magar PAK Murad Waheed KSA Abdulaziz Al Asmari KSA Khalid Al Doghairi Group stage SAFF confirmed the groups and schedule on 30 July 2013.SAFF-2013: Nepal drawn in tough group 'A' http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=SAFF-2013%3A+Nepal+drawn+in+tough+group+'A'&NewsID=385571 The Himalayan Times 27 August 2013 30 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130730073109/http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=SAFF-2013%3A+Nepal+drawn+in+tough+group+%27A%27&NewsID=385571 dead All times listed are Nepali Standard Time. Key to colors in group tablesTeams that advance to the semi-finals Group winners Group runners-up Group A main WDL Q Group A n NEP NEP IND IND PAK PAK BAN BAN 2 1 0 5 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 1 2 2 5 #ccffcc A A complete http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html RSSSF 31 August 2013 18:30 NEP 2–0 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html BAN Gurung 18Khawas 31 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) 1 September 2013 18:30 IND 1–0 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html PAK Ishaq 14 o.g. Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka) 3 September 2013 15:30 BAN 1–1 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html IND Meshu 82 Chhetri 90+5 Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka) 3 September 2013 18:30 PAK 1–1 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html NEP Bashir 14 Magar 90+2 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Saleh Al Hethlol (Saudi Arabia) 5 September 2013 15:30 IND 1–2 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html NEP Nabi 90+2 Gurung 70 Rai 81 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) 5 September 2013 15:30 BAN 1–2 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html PAK Ameli 30 Ishaq 36 Kaleemullah 90+2 Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu Saleh Al Hethlol (Saudi Arabia) Group B main WDL Q Group B n MDV MDV AFG AFG 2013 SRI SRI BHU BHU 2 1 0 18 2 2 1 0 6 1 1 0 2 6 15 0 0 3 4 16 #ccffcc A A complete http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html RSSSF 2 September 2013 15:30 AFG 2013 3–0 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html BHU Amiri 37Azadzoy 76Barakzai 88 Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu Sudish Pandey (Nepal) 2 September 2013 18:30 MDV 10–0 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html SRI Abdulla 5Ashfaq 21 pen. 45+1 pen. 51 53 58 87Adhuham 76Fasir 83Umar 86 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Pratap Singh (India) 4 September 2013 15:30 SRI 1–3 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html AFG 2013 Fazaluzzaman 36 Rafi 62Amiri 76Barakzai 87 Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu Sudish Pandey (Nepal) 4 September 2013 18:30 BHU 2–8 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html MDV P. Tshering 25C. Gyeltshen 35 Fasir 16 69Umair 45+3Ashfaq 48 51 76 79Umar 82 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) 6 September 2013 15:30 AFG 2013 0–0 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html MDV Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) 6 September 2013 15:30 SRI 5–2 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html BHU Izzadeen 19 26 50 90+3P. Dorji 32 o.g. P. Tshering 45Tenzin 58 Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu Pratap Singh (India) Knockout stage Bracket N4 white-space:nowrap yes high no yes Semi-finals Final 8 September – Dasarath Rangasala NEP 0 AFG 2013 1 9 September – Dasarath Rangasala MDV 0 IND 1 11 September – Dasarath Rangasala AFG 2013 2 IND 0 Semi-finals 8 September 2013 18:30 NEP 0−1 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html AFG 2013 Ahmadi 11 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Saleh Al Hethlol (Saudi Arabia) 9 September 2013 18:30 MDV 0−1 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html IND Mondal 86 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) Final 2013 SAFF Championship Final 11 September 2013 18:30 AFG 2013 2–0 http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saffgold2013.html IND Azadzoy 9Ahmadi 62 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) Champion fb SAFF Championship 2013 Afghanistan First 2013 Awards The following awards were given for the 2013 SAFF Championship.SAFF Championship – Better Than the Rest- Best Players and Teams http://givemegoal.com/np/2013/09/11/saff-championship-better-than-the-rest-best-players-and-teams/ Give Me Goal 11 September 2013 11 September 2013http://www.saffsuzukicup.com/news/legends-of-saff-suzuki-cup Legends of SAFF Suzuki Cup 19 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160523160913/http://www.saffsuzukicup.com/news/legends-of-saff-suzuki-cup 23 May 2016 dead Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iykGixjukrI NIVIA Top 10 Goals: SAFF Championship 2013 YouTube FIFA Fair Play Award Hero MotoCorp MVP of host nation Award MVP of the Tournament Golden Boot Award Golden Glove Award NIVIA Best goal of the tournamentNEPNEP Rabin ShresthaAFG 2013 Mansur FaqiryarMDV Ali AshfaqAFG 2013 Mansur FaqiryarAFG 2013 Zohib Islam Amiri Prize money The prize money given to the top four teams:About the SAFF Championship http://www.saffchampionship.org/about.php SAFF Championship 25 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130923162830/http://www.saffchampionship.org/about.php 23 September 2013 dead Final placingPrize money (US Dollars)Champions 50,000Runner-up 25,000Semi-Finalists 10,000 Goalscorers 10 goals MDV Ali Ashfaq 4 goals SRI Mohamed Izzadeen 3 goals MDV Ali Fasir 2 goals 22em AFG 2013 Sandjar Ahmadi AFG 2013 Zohib Islam Amiri AFG 2013 Mustafa Azadzoy AFG 2013 Hashmatullah Barakzai BHU Passang Tshering MDV Ali Umar NEP Anil Gurung 1 goal 22em AFG 2013 Mohammad Rafi Barakzai BAN Jahid Hasan Ameli BAN Atiqur Rahman Meshu BHU Chencho Gyeltshen BHU Sonam Tenzin IND Sunil Chhetri IND Arnab Mondal IND Syed Nabi MDV Assadhulla Abdulla MDV Hassan Adhuham MDV Mohammad Umair NEP Bharat Khawas NEP Bimal Magar NEP Ju Manu Rai PAK Hassan Bashir PAK Samar Ishaq PAK Kalim Ullah SRI Mohamed Fazaluzzaman 1 own goal 22em BHU Pema Dorji (playing against Sri Lanka) PAK Samar Ishaq (playing against India) References External links Official website Official Youtube Channel 2013 Category:2013 in Asian men's international football Category:2013–14 in Nepalese football 2013 Category:August 2013 sports events in Asia Category:September 2013 sports events in Asia 2013