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2003 SAFF Gold Cup

Field	Value
tourney_name	SAFF Gold Cup
year	2003
country	Bangladesh
dates	10–20 January
venues	1
cities	1
champion	BAN
count	1
second	MDV
third	IND
fourth	PAK
matches	16
goals	39
top_scorer	PAK Sarfraz Rasool (4 goals)
player	BAN Rajani Kanta Barman
prevseason	[1999](1999-saff-gold-cup)
nextseason	[2005](2005-saff-gold-cup)

The 2003 SAFF Gold Cup was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh between 10 January 2003 and 20 January 2003. All matches were played at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Originally scheduled to be held between 26 January 2002 and 5 February 2002, the tournament was postponed due to the suspension of Bangladesh Football Federation by FIFA. Afghanistan were not in the draw, but were included in the tournament following an AFC recommendation to do so. It was also Bhutan's first tournament.

The final was contested by Bangladesh and the Maldives. Ali Umar had levelled in the second half after Kanchan had given Bangladesh the lead. The match went to penalties and Asraf Lufty had missed from the spot for the Maldives. Mohammed Sujan kept his nerve to score the final penalty giving Bangladesh a 5–3 victory, and with it, their first SAFF Cup championship. Pakistan's Safraz Rasool was top goal scorer.

Venue

The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka was the only venue for the tournament. It is also the home venue for Bangladesh national football team.

Dhaka
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Bangabandhu National Stadium
Capacity: 36,000
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Squads

Main article: 2003 SAFF Gold Cup squads

Group stage

Group A

Rasool

D'Cunha

Group B

Luffy Shiham Umar

Thapa

Chaudhary Lutfy Umar

Kanchan

Knockout phase

Bracket

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Semi-finals

Munna

Third-place match

Yadav

Final

Farhad Al-Mamun Hasan Sujan Lutfy Naseem Fazeel

Champion

Goalscorers

;4 goals

PAK Sarfraz Rasool

;3 goals

BAN Rokonuzzaman Kanchan
IND Ashim Biswas
IND Alvito D'Cunha
MDV Ali Shiyam
MDV Ali Umar ;2 goals
NEP Nirajan Rayamajhi
BAN Ariful Kabir Farhad
MDV Ashraf Luthfy
MDV Mohamed Nizam ;1 goal
BAN Alfaz Ahmed
NEP Kumar Thapa
MDV Ibrahim Fazeel
BAN Arif Khan Joy
NEP Dev Narayan Chaudhary
PAK Zahid Niaz
BAN Motiur Rahman Munna
IND I.M. Vijayan
IND Abhishek Yadav

References

(21 January 2003). "New SAFF kings".
"SAFF Championship 2003".
(2020-05-05). "I’ll cherish the golden goal in all of my life".

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