2013 SAFF Championship
2013 SAFF Championship official logo
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
Dates31 August – 11 September
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Afghanistan (1st title)
Runners-up India
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored51 (3.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Maldives Ali Ashfaq (10 goals)
Best player(s)Afghanistan Mansur Faqiryar (MVP)
Nepal Rabin Shrestha (Best Player from host country)
Best goalkeeperAfghanistan Mansur Faqiryar

The 2013 South Asian Football Federation Championship, commonly referred to as 2013 SAFF Championship, was the 10th SAFF Championship for men's national football teams organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament took place from 31 August to 11 September 2013, and was hosted by Nepal for the second time, with the previous being in 1997.[1]

Host selection

Nepal were selected as hosts in September 2012 during the 2012 SAFF Women's Championship in Sri Lanka.[1]

Broadcasting

The tournament was broadcast live in Nepal on Kantipur Television Network, Tolo TV in Afghanistan and Television Maldives in Maldives. Every match was broadcast live on YouTube.

Participating nations

Along with the hosts, the other seven nations from the South Asian region participated in the tournament.[1] India came into the tournament as the reigning champions from the 2011 edition.[1]

Team Appearances
in the SAFF Championship		 Previous best performance FIFA Ranking
at start of event
   Nepal 10th Third-Place (1993) 170
 Afghanistan 6th Runners-up (2011) 139
 Bangladesh 9th Champions (2003) 158
 Bhutan 6th Semi-finals (2008) 207
 India 10th Champions (1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2011) 145
 Maldives 8th Champions (2008, 2018) 153
 Pakistan 10th Third-Place (1997) 167
 Sri Lanka 10th Champions (1995) 170

Group Draw

The draw ceremony took place on 30 July 2013 at Kathmandu's Soaltee Crowne Plaza was attended by a host of dignitaries including All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) Chairman Ganesh Thapa, SAFF President Kazi Salahuddin, Secretary Alberto Colaco and National Sports Council Member-Secretary Yubaraj Lama.[2]

Group A Group B

 Bangladesh
 India
   Nepal
 Pakistan

 Afghanistan
 Bhutan
 Maldives
 Sri Lanka

Venues

Kathmandu
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Halchowk Stadium
Capacity: 25,000[3] Capacity: 3,500

Squads

Match officials

On 22 August 2013, SAFF announced the 15 referees for the tournament.[4]

Referees
Assistant referees
  • Afghanistan Shirzad Alimaqa
  • Bhutan Ugyen Dorji
  • Jordan Ahmad Al Roalle
  • Jordan Issa Al Amawe
  • Maldives Ahmed Ameez
  • Nepal Naniram Thapa Magar
  • Pakistan Murad Waheed
  • Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al Asmari
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al Doghairi

Group stage

SAFF confirmed the groups and schedule on 30 July 2013.[5]

All times listed are Nepali Standard Time.

Key to colors in group tables
Teams that advance to the semi-finals
  • Group winners
  • Group runners-up

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
   Nepal 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 India 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Pakistan 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Bangladesh 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: RSSSF
Nepal   2–0 Bangladesh
Gurung 18'
Khawas 31'		 Report
Bangladesh 1–1 India
Meshu 82' Report Chhetri 90+5'
Pakistan 1–1   Nepal
Bashir 14' Report Magar 90+2'
Referee: Saleh Al Hethlol (Saudi Arabia)
India 1–2   Nepal
Nabi 90+2' Report Gurung 70'
Rai 81'
Bangladesh 1–2 Pakistan
Ameli 30' Report Ishaq 36'
Kalim 90+2'
Referee: Saleh Al Hethlol (Saudi Arabia)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Maldives 3 2 1 0 18 2 +16 7
 Afghanistan 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2 6 15 −9 3
 Bhutan 3 0 0 3 4 16 −12 0
Source: RSSSF
Afghanistan 3–0 Bhutan
Amiri 37'
Azadzoy 76'
Barakzai 88'		 Report
Referee: Sudish Pandey (Nepal)
Maldives 10–0 Sri Lanka
Abdulla 5'
Ashfaq 21' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.), 51', 53', 58', 87'
Adhuham 76'
Fasir 83'
Umar 86'		 Report
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Sri Lanka 1–3 Afghanistan
Mohamed Fazaluzzaman 36' Report Rafi 62'
Amiri 76'
Barakzai 87'
Referee: Sudish Pandey (Nepal)
Bhutan 2–8 Maldives
P. Tshering 25'
C. Gyeltshen 35'		 Report Fasir 16', 69'
Umair 45+3'
Ashfaq 48', 51', 76', 79'
Umar 82'
Sri Lanka 5–2 Bhutan
Izzadeen 19', 26', 50', 90+3'
P. Dorji 32' (o.g.)		 Report P. Tshering 45'
Tenzin 58'
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
8 September – Dasarath Rangasala
 
 
   Nepal0
 
11 September – Dasarath Rangasala
 
 Afghanistan1
 
 Afghanistan2
 
9 September – Dasarath Rangasala
 
 India0
 
 Maldives0
 
 
 India1
 

Semi-finals

Nepal   0−1 Afghanistan
Report Ahmadi 11'
Referee: Saleh Al Hethlol (Saudi Arabia)

Final

Champion

 SAFF Championship 2013 

Afghanistan
First title

Awards

The following awards were given for the 2013 SAFF Championship.[6][7][8]

FIFA Fair Play Award Hero MotoCorp MVP of host nation Award MVP of the Tournament Golden Boot Award Golden Glove Award NIVIA Best goal of the tournament
   Nepal Nepal Rabin Shrestha Afghanistan Mansur Faqiryar Maldives Ali Ashfaq Afghanistan Mansur Faqiryar Afghanistan Zohib Islam Amiri

Team of the tournament

The team was appointed by Sportskeeda:[9][10]

Sportskeeda Team of the tournament
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Strikers

Afghanistan Mansur Faqiryar

Afghanistan Mustafa Hadid
Afghanistan Zohib Islam Amiri
Pakistan Zesh Rehman
Nepal Rabin Shrestha

India Francis Fernandes
Afghanistan Rafi Barekzai
Maldives Mohamed Arif
Nepal Bharat Khawas

Afghanistan Sandjar Ahmadi
Maldives Ali Ashfaq

Prize money

The prize money given to the top four teams:[11]

Final placing Prize money (US Dollars)
Champions50,000
Runner-up25,000
Semi-Finalists10,000

Goalscorers

10 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Punnakkattu Daniel, Chris. "Nepal to host the SAFF Championship 2013". Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Kathmandu: SAFF Champ'ship 2013 Draw Held". Goal Nepal. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Championship Venues". SAFF Championship. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "AFC announced officials for SAFF 2013 Championship". CricTurf. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "SAFF-2013: Nepal drawn in tough group 'A'". The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "SAFF Championship – Better Than the Rest- Best Players and Teams". Give Me Goal. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Legends of SAFF Suzuki Cup". Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "NIVIA Top 10 Goals: SAFF Championship 2013". YouTube.
  9. ↑ "SAFF Championship 2013: Team of the tournament". 12 September 2013.
  10. ↑ "SAFF Championship 2013: Team of the tournament". 12 September 2013.
  11. ↑ "About the SAFF Championship". SAFF Championship. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
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