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2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Pakistan
Dates	7–17 December
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	India (4th title)
Runners-up	Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	38 (2.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ibrahim Fazeel Ali Ashfaq Ahmed Thariq (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Bhaichung Bhutia
Fair play award	Bhutan
← 2003 2008 → All statistics correct as of 30 March 2019.

The 2005 South Asian Football Federation Cup was the sixth edition of South Asian Football Federation 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
Pakistan (Host)	6th	Third-place 1997	168
Afghanistan	2nd	Group stage (2003)	198
Bangladesh	5th	Champions (2003)	170
Bhutan	2nd	Group stage (2003)	189
India	6th	Champions (1993, 1997, 1999)	135
Maldives	4th	Runners-up (1997, 2003)	147
Nepal	6th	Third-place (1993)	181
Sri Lanka	6th	Champions (1995)	144

Squads

Venue

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

Karachi	Karachi
People's Football Stadium
Capacity: 40,000

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maldives	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	Pakistan (H)	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
3	Afghanistan	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Pakistan	1–0	Sri Lanka
Hussain 38'	Report

Maldives	9–1	Afghanistan
Ali 11' Fazeel 27', 45+2', 60' Ashfaq 32', 88' Thariq 45+3', 46', 86'	Report	Maqsood 39'

Maldives	2–0	Sri Lanka
Ashfaq 15' Ali 83'	Report

Pakistan	1–0	Afghanistan
Essa 55'	Report

Sri Lanka	1–2	Afghanistan
Karunarathne 85'	Report	Qadami 35' Gullestani 41'

Pakistan	0–0	Maldives
	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bangladesh	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	India	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Nepal	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Bhutan	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Bangladesh	3–0	Bhutan
Farhad 42', 58' Ameli 85'	Report

India	2–1	Nepal
Hossain 6', 28'	Report	Thapa 35'

Bangladesh	2–0	Nepal
Kanchan 27', 87'	Report

India	3–0	Bhutan
Bhutia 45' Gawli 51' Hakim 64'	Report

Nepal	3–1	Bhutan
Tamang 10' Thapa 16' Gurung 29'	Report	Pradhan 47'

Bangladesh	1–1	India
Ameli 77'	Report	Lawrence 17'

Knockout phase

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 Dec – Islamabad
	Maldives	0
					17 Dec – Islamabad
	India	1
					India	2
	14 Dec – Islamabad
					Bangladesh	0
	Bangladesh	1
	Pakistan	0

Semi-finals

Maldives	0–1	India
	Report	Manju 38'

Bangladesh	1–0	Pakistan
Sujan 44' (pen.)	Report

Final

India	2–0	Bangladesh
Wadoo 33' Bhutia 81'	Report

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Ali Ashfaq
• Ahmed Thariq
• Ibrahim Fazeel

2 goals

• Ariful Kabir Farhad
• Jahid Hasan Ameli
• Rokonuzzaman Kanchan
• Bhaichung Bhutia
• Mehtab Hossain
• Umar Ali
• Basanta Thapa

1 goal

• Sayed Maqsood
• Hafizullah Qadami
• Abdul Maroof Gullestani
• Mohammed Sujan
• Bikash Pradhan
• Abdul Hakim
• Climax Lawrence
• Mahesh Gawli
• Mehrajuddin Wadoo
• N.S. Manju
• Bijaya Gurung
• Surendra Tamang
• Imran Hussain
• Muhammad Essa
• G.P.C. Karunarathne

Awards

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorers	Fair Play
Bhaichung Bhutia	Ibrahim Fazeel Ali Ashfaq Ahmed Thariq (3 goals)	Bhutan

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 ( 6')

References

1. ^ "India beat B'desh to win SAFF Cup". The Times of India. 18 December 2005. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
2. ^ "India win SAFF title". Rediff. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
3. Zlotkowski, Andre (6 March 2008). "South Asian Gold Cup 2005 (Karachi, Pakistan)". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
4. "SAFF Gold Cup 2005". South Asian Football Federation. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

External links

• 2005 SAFF Championship RSSSF

• 2005 in Asian football
• SAFF Championship
• International association football competitions hosted by Pakistan
• 2005–06 in Pakistani football
• 2005–06 in Sri Lankan football
• 2005–06 in Indian football
• 2005 in Maldivian football
• 2005 in Bhutanese football
• 2005 in Afghan football
• 2005 in Nepalese sport