2011 SAFF Championship final

The 2011 SAFF Championship final was the final match of the 2011 SAFF Championship which took place in India on 11 December 2011. The final match took place between India and Afghanistan. India entered the final as defending champions after winning their fifth title in 2009. While for Afghanistan this was their first final.[1][2][3]

2011 SAFF Championship final
Event2011 SAFF Championship
Date11 December 2011 (2011-12-11)
VenueJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
RefereeSukhbir Singh (Singapore)
Attendance30,000
2009
2013

Venue edit

It was originally scheduled to take place in Orissa, India,[4] but was switched to New Delhi by the executive committee of the All India Football Federation on 22 September.[5]

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi was the main venue for the tournament. It is also the home stadium for the India national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Route to the final edit

India Round Afghanistan
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
  Afghanistan 1–1 Match 1   India 1–1
  Bhutan 5–0 Match 2   Sri Lanka 3–1
  Sri Lanka 3–0 Match 3   Bhutan 8–1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Afghanistan 3 2 1 0 12 3 +9 7
  India 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7
  Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
  Bhutan 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
Final standing
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Afghanistan 3 2 1 0 12 3 +9 7
  India 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7
  Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
  Bhutan 3 0 0 3 1 16 -15 0
Opponent Result Knockout phase Opponent Result
  Maldives 3–1 Semi-finals     Nepal 1–0 a e.t

Match edit

India  4–0  Afghanistan
Chhetri   71' (pen.)
Miranda   79'
Lalpekhlua   80'
S. Singh   90+5'
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
India
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Afghanistan
Mahesh Gawli
Climax Lawrence
Syed Rahim Nabi
Gouramangi Singh
Clifford Miranda   93'
Sunil Chhetri   84'
Anthony Pereira   74'
Rocus Lamare
Jeje Lalpekhlua
Karanjit Singh
Nirmal Chettri
Substitutes:
Steven Dias   74'
Sushil Kumar Singh   84'
Lalrindika Ralte   93'
Manager:
Savio Medeira
Djelaludin Sharityar
Ata Yamrali
Zohib Islam Amiri
Hamidullah Yousafzai   64'
Israfeel Kohistani
Faisal Sakhizada
Muqadar Qazizadah
Mohammad Mashriqi
Balal Arezou
Ghulam Hazrat Niazi   68'
Sandjar Ahmadi   77'
Substitutes:
Bashir Darman   68'
Sayed Maqsood Hashemi   77'
Manager:
Mohammad Yousef Kargar


Match rules

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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "India thrash Afghanistan 4-0". Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. ^ Basu, Tomojit (8 December 2011). "India Pump in three to enter last four". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  3. ^ "India retain SAFF title: AFC.com". Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  4. ^ "AIFF Executive committee meeting". The-AIFF.com. All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Exe. Committee enthusiastic about AIFF-FIFA Dev. Prog". The-AIFF. All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.