The 2008

SAFF Championship The SAFF Championship (erstwhile SAARC Gold Cup and SAFF Gold Cup), is the primary association football competition contested by the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the South Asian Football Fede ...

was held in

Malé Malé is the capital and most populous city of the Maldives. With a population of 211,908 in 2022 within its administrative area and coterminous geographical area of , Malé is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The city i ...

Maldives The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in South Asia located in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India, abou ...

and

Colombo Colombo, ( ; , ; , ), is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. The Colombo metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 within the municipal limits. It is the ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

between 3 and 14 June 2008. Initially, the tournament was due to be held in 2007 but was postponed to 2008.

Venues

Squads

Group stage

Group A

---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Group B

---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Knockout phase

Bracket

Semi-finals

----

Final

Champion

Statistics

Goalscorers

;4 goals *

H. A. Habib Harez Arian Habib (; born 20 February 1982, in Kabul) is an Afghan footballer who plays as a midfielder for KSV Klein-Karben. Club career stats Last update: 10 September 2011 International career Habib plays in midfield and scored his first ...

;3 goals *

Ibrahim Fazeel Ibrahim Fazeel (born 9 October 1980) is a Maldivian footballer nicknamed "Oppo". He can play both as a midfielder and as a forward currently who plays for Llangefni Town FC. He started his career while he was a student in Majeediyya School i ...

* Chathura Gunarathna ;2 goals *

Ju Manu Rai Ju Manu Rai (Nepali: जुमानु राई; born 24 January 1984) is a Nepalese footballer, who played for Nepal Police Club and the national side. Career Born in Sarlahi District, Nepal he used to play the local tournaments of football ...

Yeshey Gyeltshen Yeshey Gyeltshen (born 11 February 1983) is a Bhutanese former footballer, who played for Druk Star. He made his first appearance for the Bhutan national football team The Bhutan national football team () represents Bhutan in men's internati ...

* Ismail Mohamed *

Pappachen Pradeep Naduparambil Pappachen Pradeep (born 28 April 1983), commonly known as NP Pradeep, is an Indian retired professional footballer who played as a attacking midfielder. He is India's all-time most goalscoring midfielder. Pradeep hails from Moolam ...

Sunil Chhetri Sunil Chhetri (, born 3 August 1984) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club Bengaluru and captains the India national team. He is the all-time top scorer in Indian Super League history. He is ...

Gouramangi Singh Gouramangi Singh Moirangthem (born 25 January 1986) is an Indian former professional footballer. He is currently the assistant coach of Indian Super League club Goa. Club career A product of the Tata Football Academy, he has plied his trade w ...

;1 goal * Ahmed Thoriq * Nima Sangay *

Kinley Dorji ''Dasho'' Kinley Dorji (Dzongkha: ཀུན་ལེགས་རྡོ་རྗེ་; Wylie: ''Kun-legs Rdo-rje'') was Bhutan's first trained journalist who became founder, then managing director and editor in chief of ''Kuensel,'' Bhutan's nat ...

Yeshey Dorji Yeshey Dorji (born 2 January 1989), commonly known as "Bumlay", is a Bhutanese former international footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are ...

* Mukhthar Naseer *

Mustafa Hadid Mustafa Hadid (; born 25 August 1988) is an Afghan former footballer who played as a right-back or forward. Hadid also played for the Afghanistan national team. Club career Born in Kabul, Hadid moved to Hamburg with his family in 2016, escapin ...

* Raju Tamang *

Nirajan Rayamajhi Nirajan Rayamajhi (; born 29 January 1980) is a Nepalese former professional footballer who played as a striker for the Nepal national football team and New Road Team (NRT). Rayamajhi is best known for his performance with the national team. He s ...

* Vishad Gouchan *

Steven Dias Steven Benedic Dias (born 25 December 1983) is an Indian former professional footballer who is currently the head coach of Jamshedpur B. An attacking midfielder who played on the wings, he was known for his long range shooting, crosses and pas ...

Bhaichung Bhutia Bhaichung Bhutia (born 15 December 1976), also spelled as Baichung Bhutia, is an Indian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Bhutia is considered as the torchbearer of Indian football in the international arena. He is often ...

Sushil Kumar Singh Chongtham Sushil Kumar Singh is an Indian football player. He is currently playing for NEROCA F.C. in Manipur's local statewide league. Club career Mahindra United Singh started his footballing career at Mahindra United in the I-League and ...

* Mohamed Shifan *

Arup Kumar Baidya Arup Kumar Baidya (; born 7 September 1987) is a retired Bangladeshi footballer who played as either a left back or left midfielder. He represented the Bangladesh national team in 2008. International goals Bangladesh national team Honours A ...

Jahid Hasan Ameli Zahid Hasan Ameli (; born 25 December 1987) is a retired Bangladeshi footballer who played as a striker for the Bangladesh national team from 2005 to 2014. He is the current second highest goalscorer Bangladesh in international football and al ...

* Mamunul Islam Mamun *

Adnan Ahmed Adnan Farooq Ahmed (Urdu: ; born 7 June 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in England, he represented the Pakistan national team. He had an 11-year career in football, including a six-year international ...

* Samar Ishaq * Channa Ediri Bandanage ;1 own goal * Naveed Akram

Other statistics

*Most goals scored by:

and

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

(9 goals) *Fewest goals scored by:

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

(2 goals) *Most goals conceded by:

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

and

(9 goals) *Fewest goals conceded by:

(2 goals) *Fastest goal by: Raju Tamang for

against

()

Notes and references

External links

Watch Live Streaming of All Asian FootballOfficial Website of SAFF Cup 2008Independent report of the tournament's early games
{{DEFAULTSORT:SAFF Championship, 2008

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2008 SAFF Championship

2007–08 in Sri Lankan football 2008 in Maldivian football 2008 in Asian football 2007–08 in Pakistani football 2008 in Nepalese sport 2008 in Bhutanese football 2008 in Bangladeshi football 2008 in Afghan football 2007–08 in Indian football