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2008 SAFF Championship

FieldValue
year2008
countryMaldives
country2Sri Lanka
dates3–14 June
venues2
cities2
championMaldives
count1
secondIndia
matches15
goals43
top_scorerAFG H. A. Habib (4 goals)
playerMDV Ali Ashfaq
prevseason[2005](2005-saff-gold-cup)
nextseason[2009](2009-saff-championship)

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

StadiumsColomboMaléHost city of Sri LankaHost city of Maldives{{location map+Sri Lankafloat=centerwidth=200caption=places={{location map+Maldivesfloat=centerwidth=100caption=places=
Sugathadasa StadiumRasmee Dhandu Stadium
Capacity:**25,000**Capacity:**11,850**
[[File:Sugatadasa Stadium.jpg200px]][[File:Galolhu_Dhandu.jpg200px]]

Squads

Main article: 2008 SAFF Championship squads

Group stage

Group A

Report Bhutia Chhetri
S. K. Singh

Thoriq Akram

Report Dias

Fazeel

Report Rayamajhi Rai

Group B

Ediri

Mamunul Hadid

Gyeltshen

Knockout phase

Bracket

|11 Jun – Malé||2||1 |11 Jun – Colombo ||1||0 |14 Jun – Colombo | |0||1

Semi-finals

Report Gouramangi

Final

Champion

Statistics

Goalscorers

;4 goals

  • AFG H. A. Habib ;3 goals
  • MDV Ibrahim Fazeel
  • SRI Chathura Gunarathna ;2 goals
  • NEP Ju Manu Rai
  • BHU Yeshey Gyeltshen
  • MDV Ismail Mohamed
  • IND Pappachen Pradeep
  • IND Sunil Chhetri
  • IND Gouramangi Singh ;1 goal
  • MDV Ahmed Thoriq
  • BHU Nima Sangay
  • BHU Kinley Dorji
  • BHU Yeshey Dorji
  • MDV Mukhthar Naseer
  • AFG Mustafa Hadid
  • NEP Raju Tamang
  • NEP Nirajan Rayamajhi
  • NEP Vishad Gouchan
  • IND Steven Dias
  • IND Bhaichung Bhutia
  • IND Sushil Kumar Singh
  • MDV Mohamed Shifan
  • BAN Arup Kumar Baidya
  • BAN Jahid Hasan Ameli
  • BAN Mamunul Islam Mamun
  • PAK Adnan Ahmed
  • PAK Samar Ishaq
  • SRI Channa Ediri Bandanage ;1 own goal
  • PAK Naveed Akram

Other statistics

  • Most goals scored by: Maldives and India (9 goals)
  • Fewest goals scored by: Pakistan (2 goals)
  • Most goals conceded by: Nepal and Pakistan (9 goals)
  • Fewest goals conceded by: Maldives (2 goals)
  • Fastest goal by: Raju Tamang for Nepal against Pakistan ()

References

  1. link. (7 March 2012 India 0 – 1 Maldives: New champions)
  2. "World Stadiums - Stadiums in Sri Lanka".
  3. "Maldiven - New Radiant SC - Resultaten, programma's, selectie, foto's, videos en nieuws - Soccerway". soccerway.com.
  4. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120213115302/http://www.maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=1981 "Sri Lanka bags first win, Bangladesh hits another blow"].
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