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2015 SAFF U-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
Dates9–18 August 2015
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Sylhet District Stadium (in Sylhet host cities)
Final positions
Champions Bangladesh (1st title)
Runners-up India
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored28 (3.11 per match)
Attendance96,646 (10,738 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Saurabh Meher (3 goals)
Best player(s)Bangladesh Sarwar Zaman Nipu
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International football competition

The 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship was the 3rd edition of the SAFF U-16 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-16 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Bangladesh from 9–18 of August, 2015 at Sylhet District Stadium. Six teams from the region were taking part, divided into two groups. Bangladesh U16 beat India U16 in the final and claimed the title for the first time.

Host selection

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Eligible teams

Participating teams

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-16 Championship
Previous best performance
 Afghanistan 2nd Fourth place (2013)
 Bangladesh (Host) 3rd Third place (2013)
 India 3rd Champions (2013)
 Maldives 2nd Group Stage
   Nepal 3rd Runners-up (2013)
 Sri Lanka 3rd Group Stage

Group draw

Group A Group B

 India
 Bangladesh
 Sri Lanka

   Nepal
 Maldives
 Afghanistan

Venues

Sylhet 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship is located in BangladeshSylhetSylhet
Sylhet District Stadium
Capacity: 18,000

Match officials

Referees
  • Bangladesh Rahman Dali
  • Bangladesh Md. Anisur Rahman
  • India L. Priyobrata Singh
  • Nepal Nabindra Maharajan
Assistant referees
  • Bangladesh Md Salim Miah
  • Bangladesh Bitu Raj Barua
  • Bangladesh Rahman Dali (Fourth Official)
  • Nepal Nabindra Maharajan (Fourth Official)
  • Maldives Ahmed Giyas
  • Afghanistan Mohd Sharif Sarwari
  • India L. Priyobrata Singh (Fourth Official)
Match Commissioner
  • Nepal Gokul Thapa
Referee Assessor
  • India Purushothaman Basker
General Coordinator
  • Bangladesh Md Mohebul Kabir Rony

Squads

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Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
 India 2 1 0 1 6 2 +4 3
 Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0

India 5–0 Sri Lanka
Saurabh Meher 31', 49', 74'
Mohammed Afran 46' (o.g.)
Mohammed Shahjahan 66'
Report
Sylhet District StadiumAttendance: 9146Referee: Nabindra Maharajan (Nepal)
Bangladesh 4–0 Sri Lanka
Md. Sarower Zaman Nipu 5', 87'
M.M. Abedin Rakib 61'
Mohamed Atikuzzaman 77'
Report
Sylhet District StadiumAttendance: 12000Referee: L. Priyobrata Singh (India)
India 1–2 Bangladesh
Rahim Ali 49' Report Mohammed Shawon 31'
Mohamed Atikuzzaman 85' (pen.)
Sylhet District StadiumAttendance: 18000Referee: Nabindra Maharajan (Nepal)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
   Nepal 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
 Afghanistan 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
 Maldives 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7 0
Nepal   5–0 Maldives
Laxman Pariyar 3'
Prezen Tamang 18', 50'
Suman Aryal 21', 90+5'
Report
Sylhet District StadiumAttendance: 2500Referee: Rahman Dali (Bangladesh)
Afghanistan 4–2 Maldives
Shayeq Hakeme 12'
Abdul Naser Amini 48', 54'
Sher Ahmed Hamidi 76'
Report Yanish Adil 62'
Ismail Zaan Amir 86' (pen.)
Sylhet District StadiumAttendance: 3000Referee: Md. Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Nepal   1–0 Afghanistan
Kshitiz Raj G.T 47' Report
Sylhet District StadiumAttendance: 2000Referee: Rahman Dali (Bangladesh)

Knockout stage

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
 16 August – Sylhet District Stadium
 
  Bangladesh1
 18 August – Sylhet District Stadium
  Afghanistan0
  Bangladesh 1 (4)
 16 August – Sylhet District Stadium
  India 1 (2)
  India1
 
    Nepal0
 

Semi-finals

Bangladesh 1–0 Afghanistan
Saad 56' Report
Sylhet District StadiumAttendance: 20000Referee: L. Priyobrata Singh (India)
India 1–0   Nepal
Rahim Ali 22' Report
Sylhet District StadiumAttendance: 8000Referee: Md. Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Final

Bangladesh 1–1 India
Fahim Murshed 46' Report Amay Avinash Morajkar 63'
Penalties
Fahim Murshed soccer ball with check mark
Jahangir Alam Sajeeb soccer ball with check mark
Mohamed Atikuzzaman soccer ball with check mark
Md Saad Uddin soccer ball with check mark
4–2 soccer ball with check mark Saurabh Meher
soccer ball with check mark Mohammed Rakib
soccer ball with red X Abhijit Sarkar
soccer ball with red X Saqlain Khan
Sylhet District StadiumAttendance: 22000Referee: Nabindra Maharajan (Nepal)

Winner

 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship 

Bangladesh
First title

Awards

The following awards were given for the 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship.

FIFA Fair Play Award Man of the Final Man of the Tournament Golden Boot Award
   Nepal Bangladesh Shawon Hossain Bangladesh Sarwar Zaman Nipu India Saurabh Meher

Goalscorers

3 goals

  • India Saurabh Meher

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Sri Lanka Mohammed Afran (against India)

References

  1. Qadiri, Faizan. "U-16 SAFF Championships: India lose to Bangladesh in the final group game". www.sportskeeda.com.
  2. "Not 'sold out' yet". The Daily Star. 5 February 2015.
  3. "CHAMPIONS". The Daily Star. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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