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 winner. India defeated Afghanistan 2–1 in the extra time to win their seventh title after the match ended 1–1 in regular time.

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. Thiruvananthapuram Trivandrum International Stadium Capacity: 50,000

Route to the final Heading into the tournament, Afghanistan were the defending champions of the tournament, with it also being the last time they can officially take part, as they have become members of the newly formed Central Asian Football Association. In the group stage matches they defeated Bangladesh 4–0, Bhutan 3–0 and Maldives 4–1. In the semi-final Afghans demolished Sri Lanka 5–0 to enter their third consecutive final.

On the other hand, hosts India defeated the Lankans 2–0, followed by a 4–1 win over Nepal. They went on to play the semi-final against Maldives and defeated them 3–2. AfghanistanRoundIndiaOpponentResult Group stageOpponentResult4–0Match 12–03–0Match 24–14–1Match 3Team3300111+109320176+16310246−33300319−80Final standingTeam220061+56200112–13200215−40OpponentResultKnockout phaseOpponentResult5–0Semi-finals3–2

Match

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Augustin Fernandes Arnab Mondal Pritam Kotal Bikash Jairu Rowllin Borges Eugeneson Lyngdoh Narayan Das Halicharan Narzary Jeje Lalpekhlua Sunil ChhetriSubstitutes: Aiborlang Khongjee Sanju Pradhan Pronay Halder Karanjit Singh Subrata Pal Koushik Sarkar Lalchhuanmawia Lallianzuala ChhangteManager: Stephen Constantine Ovays Azizi Abassin Alikhil Hassan Amin Kanischka Taher Faysal Shayesteh Sayed Mohammad Hashemi Mustafa Zazai Masih Saighani Zubayr Amiri Norlla Amiri Mustafa HadidSubstitutes:Omid Popalzay Ahmad Hatifi Khaibar Amani Fardeen KohistaniHamidullah WakilyRoholla IqbalzadehOmid HomauoniAnoush DastgirFardin HakimiManager: 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

External links

SAFF Official website