2015 SAFF Championship

The 2015 SAFF Championship (officially known as the SAFF Suzuki Cup 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th edition of the SAFF Championship, the biennial international men's football championship of South Asia organized by SAFF. It is being held in India from 23 December 2015 to 3 January 2016.

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.

Originally scheduled to take place in July 2015, monsoon season and schedule congestion led to the tournament being postponed to late December. The tournament saw no participation from Pakistan, who withdrew from the tournament in November 2015 due a dispute within the nation's football federation.

India was chosen as the host nation on 10 September 2013 with the host venue to be decided between Delhi and Kerala. In July 2015, it was announced that matches during the tournament would be held at the Trivandrum International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. This is the third time in which India has hosted the tournament, when it was known as the Gold Cup in 1999 and under the current name in 2011.

2009 SAFF Championship

The 2009 South Asian Football Federation Championship was hosted by Bangladesh from 4 to 13 December 2009. Bangladesh was awarded to host the tournament after the withdrawal of original hosts India.

After India's reluctance to host the tournament, in May 2009, at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Kazi Salahuddin on his return from the AFC Congress informed that although India were still retaining their status as hosts of the championship, Bangladesh and Nepal had turned in fresh bids in anticipation of staging this prestigious eight-nation meet.

A decision was taken at the FIFA Congress in Bahamas in the first week of June but no announcement was officially made. In July, with the tournament drawing ever closer, media reports once again suggested that the tournament would be moved once again to Bangladesh, as Pakistan would struggle to obtain visas if the tournament is hosted in India.

2008 SAFF Championship

The 2008 SAFF Championship was held in Malé, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka between June 3 and June 14, 2008. (All times GMT+05).

Initially, the tournament was due to be held in 2007 but was postponed to 2008.

Group stage

Group A

India  v    Nepal

Maldives  v  Pakistan

India  v  Pakistan

Maldives  v    Nepal

Pakistan  v    Nepal

Maldives  v  India

Group B

Bangladesh  v  Bhutan

Sri Lanka  v  Afghanistan

Bangladesh  v  Afghanistan

Sri Lanka  v  Bhutan

Afghanistan  v  Bhutan

Sri Lanka  v  Bangladesh

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

India  v  Bhutan

Sri Lanka  v  Maldives

Final

India  v  Maldives

Champion

Statistics

Goalscorers

H.A. Habib

Ibrahim Fazeel

Chathura Gunarathna

Ju Manu Rai

Yeshey Gyeltshen

Ismail Mohamed

N.P. Pradeep

Sunil Chetri

Gouramangi Singh

Ahmed Thoriq

Nima Sangay

Kinley Dorji

Yeshey Dorji

Mukhthar Naseer

Mustafa Hadid

Raju Tamang

Niranjan Rayajhi

Vishad Gouchan

Steven Dias

Baichung Bhutia

Sushil Kumar Singh

Mohamed Shifan

Arup Kumar Baidya

Ameli

Mamun

Adnan Farooq Ahmed