2008 SAFF Championship

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2008 SAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesMaldives
Sri Lanka
Dates3 – 14 June
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Maldives (1st title)
Runners-up India
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored43 (2.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)Afghanistan H. A. Habib (4 goals)[1]
Best player(s)Maldives Ali Ashfaq
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2009 →
All statistics correct as of 30 March 2019.

The 2008 SAFF Championship was held in Malé, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka between 3 and 14 June 2008.

Initially, the tournament was due to be held in 2007 but was postponed to 2008.

Venues[]

Stadiums
Colombo Malé
Sugathadasa Stadium Rasmee Dhandu Stadium
Capacity:25,000[2] Capacity:11,850[3]
Sugatadasa Stadium.jpg Galolhu Dhandu.jpg
Host city of Sri Lanka Host city of Maldives

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 India 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
 Maldives 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
   Nepal 3 1 0 2 5 9 −4 3
 Pakistan 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: SAFF
India 4–0   Nepal
Pradeep Goal 26'
Bhutia Goal 34'
Chetri Goal 67'
S. K. Singh Goal 83'		 Report
Report
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Maldives 3–0 Pakistan
Shifan Goal 45+2'
Thoriq Goal 47'
Akram Goal 90+' (o.g.)		 Report
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 15,000
India 2–1 Pakistan
Pradeep Goal 25'
Dias Goal 45+1'		 Report
Report		 Adnan Ahmed Goal 88'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Maldives 4–1   Nepal
Ismail Mohamed Goal 9', 46'
Fazeel Goal 50', 62'		 Report Vishad Gouchan Goal 10'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 8,000
Pakistan 1–4   Nepal
Ishaq Goal 52' Report
Report		 Tamang Goal 3'
Rayamajhi Goal 5'
Rai Goal 67', 86'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Maldives 0–1 India
Report Gouramangi Singh Goal 14'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 10,000

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Bhutan 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Bangladesh 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
 Afghanistan 3 0 2 1 5 7 −2 2
Source: SAFF
Bangladesh 1–1 Bhutan
Arup Kumar Baidya Goal 27' Report Nima Sangay Goal 79'
Sri Lanka 2–2 Afghanistan
Chathura Gunarathna Goal 8'
Channa Ediri Goal 75' (pen.)		 Report H. A. Habib Goal 8', 49'
Bangladesh 2–2 Afghanistan
Ameli Goal 51' (pen.)
Mamun Goal 75'		 Report H. A. Habib Goal 9'
Mustafa Hadid Goal 22'[4]
Sri Lanka 2–0 Bhutan
Gunarathna Goal 25', 37' Report
Afghanistan 1–3 Bhutan
H. A. Habib Goal 88' Report Yeshey Dorji Goal 13'
Yeshey Gyeltshen Goal 31', 80'
Sri Lanka 1–0 Bangladesh
Mohamed Rawme Mohideen Goal 71' Report

Knockout phase[]

Semi-finals[]

India 2–1 (a.e.t.) Bhutan
Chetri Goal 30'
Gouramangi Goal 120'		 Report
Report		 Dorji Goal 18'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 12,000
Sri Lanka 0–1 Maldives
Report Fazeel Goal 70'
Attendance: 12,000

Final[]

India 0–1 Maldives
Report Mukhthar Naseer Goal 87'
Attendance: ~20,000

Champion[]

 South Asian Football Federation Cup 2008 

Maldives
First title

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

4 goals
  • Afghanistan H.A. Habib
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Other statistics[]

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=2011 Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine India 0 – 1 Maldives: New champions
  2. ^ http://www.worldstadiums.com/asia/countries/sri_lanka.shtml
  3. ^ "Maldiven - New Radiant SC - Resultaten, programma's, selectie, foto's, videos en nieuws - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Sri Lanka bags first win, Bangladesh hits another blow".

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