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2005 SAFF Gold Cup

Field	Value
tourney_name	SAFF Gold Cup
year	2005
country	Pakistan
dates	7–17 December
venues	1
cities	1
champion	IND
count	4
second	BAN
matches	15
goals	38
top_scorer	Maldives Ibrahim Fazeel
Maldives Ali Ashfaq
Maldives Ahmed Thariq
(3 goals each)
player	IND Bhaichung Bhutia
prevseason	[2003](2003-saff-gold-cup)
nextseason	[2008](2008-saff-championship)
fair_play

Maldives Ali Ashfaq Maldives Ahmed Thariq (3 goals each)

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. The tournament started on 7 December and ended on 17 December.

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.

Participating teams

Country	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA ranking
Dec 2005
(Host)	6th	Third-place [1997](1997-saff-gold-cup)	168
	2nd	Group stage ([2003](2003-saff-gold-cup))	198
	5th	Champions ([2003](2003-saff-gold-cup))	170
	2nd	Group stage ([2003](2003-saff-gold-cup))	189
	6th	Champions ([1993](1993-saarc-gold-cup), [1997](1997-saff-gold-cup), [1999](1999-saff-gold-cup))	135
	4th	Runners-up ([1997](1997-saff-gold-cup), [2003](2003-saff-gold-cup))	147
	6th	Third-place ([1993](1993-saarc-gold-cup))	181
	6th	Champions ([1995](1995-saarc-gold-cup))	144

Squads

Main article: 2005 SAFF Gold Cup squads

Venue

The tournament was held at the People's Football Stadium in Karachi.

Karachi

People's Football Stadium
Capacity: 40,000
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Group stage

Group A

Fazeel Ashfaq Thariq

Ali

Gullestani

Group B

Ameli

Gawli Hakim

Thapa Gurung

Knockout phase

Bracket

|14 Dec – Islamabad||0||1 |14 Dec – Islamabad||1||0 |17 Dec – Islamabad| |2||0

Semi-finals

Final

Bhutia

Statistics

Goalscorers

;3 goals

MDV Ali Ashfaq
MDV Ahmed Thariq
MDV Ibrahim Fazeel ;2 goals
BAN Ariful Kabir Farhad
BAN Jahid Hasan Ameli
BAN Rokonuzzaman Kanchan
IND Bhaichung Bhutia
IND Mehtab Hossain
MDV Umar Ali
NEP Basanta Thapa ;1 goal
AFG Sayed Maqsood
AFG Hafizullah Qadami
AFG 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 Player	Top Scorers	Fair Play
Bhaichung Bhutia	Maldives Ibrahim Fazeel

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 ()

References

(2005-12-18). "India beat B'desh to win SAFF Cup". The Times of India.
"India win SAFF title".
Zlotkowski, Andre. (6 March 2008). "South Asian Gold Cup 2005 (Karachi, Pakistan)".
"SAFF Gold Cup 2005". South Asian Football Federation.

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