2015 SAFF Championship final

2015 SAFF Championship Final

Greenfield Stadium hosted the final
Event	2015 SAFF Championship
India Afghanistan 2 1
After extra time
Date	3 January 2016 (2016-01-03)
Venue	Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Main article: 2015 SAFF Championship

The 2015 SAFF Championship Final was a football match that took place on 3 January 2016 at the Trivandrum International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, India, to determine the 2015 SAFF Championship champion.^[1][2][3]

Venue

On 2 July 2015, it was announced that the matches during the tournament, including the final, would take place at the newly constructed Trivandrum International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.^[1]

Route to the final

Afghanistan		Round	India
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Bangladesh	4–0	Match 1	Sri Lanka	2–0
Bhutan	3–0	Match 2	Nepal	4–1
Maldives	4–1	Match 3
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Afghanistan 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9  Maldives 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6  Bangladesh 3 1 0 2 4 6 −3 3  Bhutan 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0		Final standing	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  India 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6  Sri Lanka 2 0 0 1 1 2 –1 3    Nepal 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout phase	Opponent	Result
Sri Lanka	5–0[4]	Semi-finals	Maldives	3–2[5]

Match

3 January 2016 (2016-01-03)

18:30 IST

India	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Afghanistan
Lalpekhlua 72' Chhetri 101'	Report Report	Amiri 70'

Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Attendance: 40,500^[6]

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

India

Afghanistan

Augustin Fernandes Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Arnab Mondal  117' Pritam Kotal Bikash Jairu  120' Rowllin Borges Eugeneson Lyngdoh  93'  96' Narayan Das  77' Halicharan Narzary Jeje Lalpekhlua  32' Sunil Chhetri Substitutes: Aiborlang Khongjee  118'  117' Sanju Pradhan  120' Pronay Halder  96' Karanjit Singh Subrata Pal Koushik Sarkar Lalchhuanmawia Lallianzuala Chhangte Manager: Stephen Constantine

Ovays Azizi Abassin Alikhil Hassan Amin  86' Kanischka Taher  45' Faysal Shayesteh Sayed Mohammad Hashemi Mustafa Zazai  91' Masih Saighani Zubayr Amiri  106' Norlla Amiri  84' Mustafa Hadid Substitutes: Omid Popalzay  84' Ahmad Hatifi  120'  106' Khaibar Amani  91' Fardeen Kohistani Hamidullah Wakily Roholla Iqbalzadeh Omid Homauoni Anoush Dastgir Fardin Hakimi Manager: Petar Segrt

Match rules

• 90 minutes.
• 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
• Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
• Eight named substitutes.
• Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

• 2015 SAFF Championship

References

1. Chaudhuri, Arunava (2 July 2015). "Trivandrum will host upcoming SAFF Cup in December 2015/January 2016". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
2. "India win 2015 SAFF Championship title". Retrieved 28 July 2022.
3. "2015 SAFF Championship final: India 2-1 Afghanistan - 5 Talking Points". Retrieved 28 July 2022.
4. "SAFF C'ship Semi-final: Afghanistan 5-0 Sri Lanka; AFC.com". Retrieved 28 July 2022.
5. "SAFF Championship Semi-final: India 3-2 Maldives; AFC.com". Retrieved 28 July 2022.
6. "India 2–1 Afghanistan: Worldfootball.net". Retrieved 16 November 2021.

External links

• SAFF Official website