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(Top) 1 History 2 Presidents 3 Member associations 3.1 Former member 4 Competitions 4.1 National team 4.1.1 Men's 4.1.2 Women's 4.2 Club 4.3 Current title holders 4.4 Titles by nation 5 Medals (1993-2024) 6 SAFF teams at continental and global tournaments 6.1 Senior 6.1.1 Men's 6.1.1.1 FIFA World Cup 6.1.1.2 AFC Asian Cup 6.1.1.3 AFC Challenge Cup 6.1.1.4 AFC Solidarity Cup 6.2 Asian Games men's football tournament 6.2.1 Women's 6.2.1.1 AFC Women's Asian Cup 6.3 Asian Games Women's football tournament 6.4 Junior 6.4.1 Men's U-20 6.4.1.1 AFC U-20 Asian Cup 6.4.2 Men's U-17 6.4.2.1 FIFA U-17 World Cup 6.4.2.2 AFC U-17 Asian Cup 6.4.3 Women's U-20 6.4.3.1 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup 6.4.4 Women's U-17 6.4.4.1 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 6.4.4.2 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup 7 Rankings 7.1 Men's national teams 7.2 Women's national teams 8 Individual statistics 8.1 Top goalscorer in men's football 8.1.1 By number of goals 8.1.2 By country 8.2 Top goalscorer in women's football 8.2.1 By number of goals 8.2.2 By country 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

South Asian Football Federation

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South Asian Football Federation
Emblem of the SAFF
Location of members in Asia
Abbreviation	SAFF
Formation	1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region served	South Asia
Membership	7 member associations
Official language	English
President	Kazi Salahuddin
General Secretary	Anwarul Haq Helal
Parent organization	AFC
Website	saffederation.org

South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) is an association of the football playing nations in South Asia which is a regional subsidiary of Asian Football Confederation, incorporated in 1997. The members of the association are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

History[edit]

The SAFF was founded in 1997, with Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In 2000, they expanded to 7 members, adding Bhutan. Afghanistan joined in 2005, but left in 2015, to join then newly formed Central Asian Football Association.^[1]

Presidents[edit]

President	Years
P. P. Lakshmanan	1997–2001^[2]^[3]
Ganesh Thapa	2001–2009^[4]^[3]
Kazi Salahuddin	2009–2016^[5]^[3]
Ranjith Rodrigo	2016*
Kazi Salahuddin	2016–present^[5]^[3]

*Due to health issues in 2016,

Ranjith Rodrigo replaced Salahuddin as acting president for two months.^[6]

Member associations[edit]

FIFA Code	Association	Founded	SAFF affiliation	Top tier league (men's)	Top tier league (women's)	National team
BAN	Bangladesh	1972	1997	Bangladesh Premier League	Bangladesh Women's Football League	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17
BHU	Bhutan	1983	2000	Bhutan Premier League	Women's National League	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17
IND	India	1937	1997	Indian Super League	Indian Women's League	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17
MDV	Maldives	1982	1997	Dhivehi Premier League		Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17
NEP	Nepal	1951	1997	Martyr's Memorial A-Division League	National Women's league	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17
PAK	Pakistan	1947	1997	Pakistan Premier League	National Women Football Championship	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17
SRI	Sri Lanka	1939	1997	Sri Lanka Super League		Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17

Former member[edit]

Association	SAFF membership duration	Notes
Afghanistan	2005–2015	Afghanistan joined SAFF in 2005, later left in 2015 to become a founding member of Central Asian Football Association (CAFA).

Competitions[edit]

The South Asian Football Federation runs several competitions on subcontinental level.

National team[edit]

Men's[edit]

Women's[edit]

Club[edit]

The South Asian Football Federation announced in April 2011 that they had decided to start a new tournament for association football club sides, the SAFF Club Championship, with the inaugural edition to be held in Bangladesh from 1–15 September of the same year.^[7] The competition was postponed and desires to revive the competition were again announced in July 2013 but the competition has still not started with accusations that India, the prime nation in the competition, were not altogether interested in participating.^[8]

Sri Lanka was supposed to host the first edition in August 2014.^[9]

A new possible start was set for December 2016 but later announced that 2017 would see the first edition.^[10]^[11] This again was changed and announced that 2018 would be the start of the tournament.^[12] But the Club Championship was never a reality and only remained as a plan on paper.

The 2024 SAFF Club Championship will be the inaugural edition of the SAFF Club Championship, the biennial international men's club football championship of South Asia organised by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).^[13]

Current title holders[edit]

National teams
Competition	Current	Champions	Details	Runners-up	Next
SAFF Championship	2023	India	Final	Kuwait	2025
South Asian Games	2019	Nepal	Final	Bhutan	2024
U-19 Championship	2023	India	Final	Pakistan	2024
U-16 Championship	2023	India	Final	Bangladesh	2024
Women's national teams
SAFF Women's Championship	2022	Bangladesh	Final	Nepal	2024
South Asian Games	2019	India	Final	Nepal	2024
U-19 Women's Championship	2024	Bangladesh India	Final	No runners-up	2025
U-16 Women's Championship	2024	Bangladesh	Final	India	2025
Club teams
SAFF Club Championship	2024	—	—	—	2025

Titles by nation[edit]

Nation	National team (men's)				National team (women's)				Club	Total
Nation	SAFF	SAG	U18/U19/U20	U15/U16/U17	SAFF	SAG	U18/U19/U20	U15/U16/U17	SCC	Total
India	9	3	3	5	5	3	2	2	–	32
Bangladesh	1	2	0	2	1	0	4	2	–	12
Nepal	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	–	8
Pakistan	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	5
Maldives	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	2
Sri Lanka	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	1
Bhutan	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	–	0
Former member
Afghanistan†	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	1
Invited guest
Russia††	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1
Kuwait	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
Lebanon	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
Total	14	13	5	8	6	3	6	7	–	61

Note: (†) Member from 2005 till 2015 , (††) The Russian Under-17 team was invited to the Under-17 tournament

Medals (1993-2024)[edit]

Last Update: 2024 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship (Total: 44 Editions)

Exclude Football at the South Asian Games and SAFF Club Championship.

SAFF Championship (1993-2023) - 14 Editions
SAFF Women's Championship (2010-2022) - 6 Editions
SAFF U-20 Championship (2015-2023) - 5 Editions
SAFF U-20 Women's Championship (2018-2024) - 5 Editions
SAFF U-17 Championship (2011-2023) - 8 Editions
SAFF U-17 Women's Championship (2017-2023) - 6 Editions

Without Semifinal Losers
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India (IND)	25	10	6	41
2	Bangladesh (BAN)	10	12	4	26
3	Nepal (NEP)	4	12	8	24
4	Maldives (MDV)	2	3	2	7
5	Pakistan (PAK)	1	2	1	4
6	Afghanistan (AFG)	1	2	0	3
7	Sri Lanka (SRI)	1	1	0	2
8	Russia (RUS)	1	0	0	1
9	Kuwait (KUW)	0	1	0	1
10	Bhutan (BHU)	0	0	3	3
Totals (10 entries)		45	43	24	112

With Semifinal Losers
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India (IND)	25	10	7	42
2	Bangladesh (BAN)	10	12	12	34
3	Nepal (NEP)	4	12	15	31
4	Maldives (MDV)	2	3	8	13
5	Pakistan (PAK)	1	2	5	8
6	Afghanistan (AFG)	1	2	2	5
7	Sri Lanka (SRI)	1	1	7	9
8	Russia (RUS)	1	0	0	1
9	Kuwait (KUW)	0	1	0	1
10	Bhutan (BHU)	0	0	6	6
11	Lebanon (LBN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		45	43	63	151

Note: Bangladesh and India shared gold in 2024 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship.

SAFF teams at continental and global tournaments[edit]

Legend

1st – Champion

2nd – Runner-up

3rd – Third place

4th – Fourth place

QF – Quarterfinals

R16 – Round of 16

GS – Group stage

1S – First knockout stage

• — Did not qualify

•• — Qualified but withdrew

× — Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified

‡ — Tournament was unavailable for the nation that year

— Hosts

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Senior[edit]

Men's[edit]

FIFA World Cup[edit]

FIFA World Cup record
Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	2030 (48)	Years	Attempts
Bangladesh	Did not exist									Not a FIFA member		×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	0	11
Bhutan	Did not exist												Not a FIFA member				×	×	×	×	•	•	•	TBD	0	3
India	Not a FIFA member			••	‡	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	0	11
Maldives	Did not exist												Not a FIFA member	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	0	8
Nepal	Did not exist				Not a FIFA member					×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	0	9
Pakistan	Did not exist			×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	0	9
Sri Lanka	Did not exist			‡	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	0	9
Former member
Afghanistan	Not a FIFA member			Not a SAFF member														•	•	•	Not a SAFF member				0	3

AFC Asian Cup[edit]

Team	1956 (4)	1960 (4)	1964 (4)	1968 (5)	1972 (6)	1976 (6)	1980 (10)	1984 (10)	1988 (10)	1992 (8)	1996 (12)	2000 (12)	2004 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (16)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2027 (24)	Total
Bangladesh	Part of Pakistan				×	×	GS	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	1
India	×	•	2nd	•	×	×	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	GS	TBD	5

AFC Challenge Cup[edit]

Teams	2006 (16)	2008 (8)	2010 (8)	2012 (8)	2014 (8)	Total
Bangladesh	QF	•	GS	•	•	2
Bhutan	GS	•	•	•	•	1
India	QF	1st	GS	GS	•	4
Maldives	‡	‡	•	GS	3rd	2
Nepal	SF	GS	•	GS	•	3
Pakistan	GS	•	•	•	•	1
Sri Lanka	2nd	GS	GS	•	•	3
Former member
Afghanistan	GS	GS	×	•	4th	3

AFC Solidarity Cup[edit]

Teams	2016 (7)	Total
Bangladesh	×	0
Bhutan	‡	0
Nepal	1st	1
Pakistan	×	0
Sri Lanka	GS	1

Asian Games men's football tournament[edit]

Football at the Asian Games was a senior tournament until 1998.

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.

Nation	1951 (6)	1954 (12)	1958 (14)	1962 (8)	1966 (11)	1970 (10)	1974 (15)	1978 (14)	1982 (16)	1986 (18)	1990 (14)	1994 (19)	1998 (23)	2002 (24)	2006 (28)	2010 (24)	2014 (29)	2018 (25)	2022 (23)	Years
Bangladesh	Did not exist							13th	12th	14th	13th		DQ	20th	24th	24th	20th	15th	20th	10
India	1st	8th	4th	1st	8th	3rd	13th	8th	6th	16th	DQ	DQ	16th	10th	14th	14th	26th		9th	16
Maldives	Did not exist												20th	22nd	20th	17th	21st			5
Nepal									16th	18th		18th	17th				29th	22nd		6
Pakistan		6th	9th				11th			17th	14th			23rd	21st	22nd	24th	17th		10
Former member
Afghanistan	Not a SAFF member																25th	Not a SAFF member		1

Women's[edit]

AFC Women's Asian Cup[edit]

Team	1975 (6)	1977 (6)	1980 (6)	1981 (8)	1983 (6)	1986 (7)	1989 (8)	1991 (9)	1993 (8)	1995 (11)	1997 (11)	1999 (15)	2001 (14)	2003 (14)	2006 (9)	2008 (8)	2010 (8)	2014 (8)	2018 (8)	2022 (12)	2026 (12)	2029 (12)	Total
India	×	×	2nd	3rd	2nd	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	••^[a]	TBD	TBD	9
Nepal	×	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	×	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	TBD	TBD	3

^ India failed to name the required 13 players and were unable to play their match of the group stage against Chinese Taipei due to them having only fewer than 13 players left with the remaining team members testing positive for COVID-19. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them were considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.^[14]

Asian Games Women's football tournament[edit]

Nation	1998 (8)	2006 (8)	2014 (11)	2018 (11)	2022 (16)	Years
Bangladesh					12th	1
India	8th		9th		13th	3
Maldives		DQ	11th	10th		2
Nepal					11th	1

Junior[edit]

Men's U-20[edit]

AFC U-20 Asian Cup[edit]

Nation	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1980	1982
Bangladesh	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	GS	GS	5th	×
India	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	GS	×	×	QF	GS	GS	1st	GS	GS	QF	GS	•	•
Nepal	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	×	GS	×	×	×	×	•	•
Pakistan	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	•
Sri Lanka	8th	×	GS	×	GS	×	×	GS	QF	×	GS	GS	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	GS	×	×

Nation	1985	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2023	2025	Total
Bangladesh	•	×	•	•	•	×	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	6
India	•	GS	×	GS	GS	×	GS	GS	•	QF	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	22
Nepal	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	TBD	4
Pakistan	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	TBD	3
Sri Lanka	×	GS	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	TBD	10

Men's U-17[edit]

FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

Team	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (48)	2026 (48)	Total
India	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	TBD	TBD	1

AFC U-17 Asian Cup[edit]

Nation	1985	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2023	2025	Total
Bangladesh	×	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	GS	×	GS	GS	DQ	•	•	×	•	•	•	TBD	6
India	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	QF	GS	•	GS	•	GS	•	GS	QF	GS	TBD	9
Nepal	•	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	GS	×	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	×	•	•	TBD	3
Pakistan	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	GS	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	TBD	1

Women's U-20[edit]

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup[edit]

Team	2002 (12)	2004 (15)	2006 (8)	2007 (8)	2009 (8)	2011 (6)	2013 (6)	2015 (8)	2017 (8)	2019 (8)	2024 (8)	Total
India	GS	QF	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Nepal	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1

Women's U-17[edit]

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup[edit]

Team	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)	2024 (16)	Total
India	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	1

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup[edit]

Team	2005 (11)	2007 (6)	2009 (8)	2011 (6)	2013 (12)	2015 (8)	2017 (8)	2019 (8)	2024 (8)	Total
Bangladesh	GS	×	×	×	×	•	GS	GS	•	3
India	GS	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1

Rankings[edit]

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

Men's national teams[edit]

AFC	FIFA	Country	Points	Highest	Lowest
22	124	India	1139.39	94	173
33	161	Maldives	1003.48	124	183
36	175	Nepal	935.93	124	196
38	183	Bhutan	904.1	159	209
37	185	Bangladesh	896.67	110	197
43	197	Pakistan	842.59	141	205
45	205	Sri Lanka	820.32	122	207

Last updated: 21 June 2024^[15]

Leading men's team:

Women's national teams[edit]

AFC	FIFA	Country	Points	Highest	Lowest
13	67	India	1389.02	49	67
19	98	Nepal	1208.42	91	119
30	140	Bangladesh	1068.16	100	147
32	157	Sri Lanka	955.21	101	157
33	158	Pakistan	949.54	106	161
35	161	Maldives	938.55	91	162
38	173	Bhutan	853.48	113	178

Last updated: 14 June 2024 ^[16]

Leading women's team:

Individual statistics[edit]

Top goalscorer in men's football[edit]

As of 10 November 2023

By number of goals[edit]

(Players with at least 20 goals)

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Avg/Game
1	Sunil Chhetri (list)	2005–2024	94	151	0.62
2	Ali Ashfaq (list)	2003–2023	58	98	0.59
3	Inivalappil Mani Vijayan (list)	1992–2004	29	70	0.41
4	Kasun Jayasuriya (list)	2000–2009	27	55	0.49
4	Baichung Bhutia (list)	1995–2011	27	82	0.33
6	Jeje Lalpekhlua (list)	2009–2019	23	54	0.41
6	Shabbir Ali	1974–1984	23	66	0.35

By country[edit]

(only highest goalscorers from each country)

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Avg/Game
1	Sunil Chhetri (list)	2005–2024	94	151	0.62
2	Ali Ashfaq (list)	2003–2023	58	98	0.59
3	Kasun Jayasuriya (list)	2000–2009	27	55	0.49
4	Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu (list)	1975–1985	17	50	0.34
5	Nirajan Rayamajhi (list)	2002–2010	13	21	0.63
	Hari Khadka (list)	1995-2006	13	39	0.33
	Anjan Bista (list)	2014-Present	13	65	0.2
6	Chencho Gyeltshen (list)	2011–present	13	44	0.3
7	Muhammad Essa (list)	2000–2009	11	37	0.3

Players in bold are active international players.

Top goalscorer in women's football[edit]

As of 20 June 2024

By number of goals[edit]

(Players with at least 30 goals)

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Avg/Game
1	Sabitra Bhandari	2014–present	53	46	1.15
2	Bala Devi	2007–2023	52	64	0.81
3	Sasmita Malik	2007–2017	40	38	1.05
4	Sabina Khatun	2009–present	34	53	0.64
5	Yumnam Kamala Devi	2011–2022	33	51	0.65

By country[edit]

(only highest goalscorers from each country)

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Avg/Game
1	Sabitra Bhandari	2014–present	53	46	1.15
2	Bala Devi	2007–2023	52	64	0.81
3	Sabina Khatun	2009–present	34	53	0.64

Players in bold are active international players.

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External links[edit]

South Asian Football Federation CupatRSSSF
South Asia Football – SAFF website (archived)

SAFF Championship

Tournaments

Squads

Finals

v t e South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
International competitions	SAFF Championship South Asian Games Women's Championship SAFF Club Championship
Youth competitions	U-20 Championship U-17 Championship U-18 Women's Championship U-15 Women's Championship
Member associations	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
Football in South Asian countries	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
National teams	Bangladesh M W Bhutan M W India M W Maldives M W Nepal M W Pakistan M W Sri Lanka M W
Domestic leagues	Bangladesh M W Bhutan M India M W Maldives M Nepal M W Pakistan M W Sri Lanka M
SAFF FIFA AFC

v t e National men's football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Defunct	Malaya Manchukuo North Vietnam South Vietnam South Yemen
Former	Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA

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