2011 SAFF Championship Final

The 2011 SAFF Championship Final was the final match of the 2011 SAFF Championship which took place in India on December 11, 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
India Afghanistan
4 0
Date11 December 2011 (2011-12-11)
VenueJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Venue

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 Indian national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Route to the final
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 3210123+97
 India 321091+87
 Sri Lanka 310246−23
 Bhutan 3003116−150
 Final standing
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Afghanistan 3210123+97
 India 321091+87
 Sri Lanka 310246−23
 Bhutan 3003116-150
Opponent Result Knockout phase Opponent Result
 Maldives 3–1 Semi-finals    Nepal 1–0 a e.t

Match
India 4–0 Afghanistan
Chhetri 71' (pen.)
Miranda 79'
Lalpekhlua 80'
S. Singh 90+5'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
1Mahesh Gawli
2Climax Lawrence
3Syed Rahim Nabi
4Gouramangi Singh
5Clifford Miranda  93'
6Sunil Chhetri  84'
7Anthony Pereira  74'
8Rocus Lamare
9Jeje Lalpekhlua
10Karanjit Singh
11Nirmal Chettri
Substitutes:
Steven Dias  74'
Sushil Kumar Singh  84'
Lalrindika Ralte  93'
Manager:
Armando Colaco
1Djelaludin Sharityar
2Ata Yamrali
3Zohib Islam Amiri
4Hamidullah Yosufzai  64' 
5Israfeel Kohistani
6Faisal Sakhizada
7Muqadar Qazizadah
8Mohammad Mashriqi
9Balal Arezou
10Ghulam Hazrat Niazi  68'
11Sandjar 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.
  • Eight named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

References
  1. "India thrash Afghanistan 4-0". Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  2. "India Pump in three to enter last four". Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  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 2011-07-16. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  5. "Exe. Committee enthusiastic about AIFF-FIFA Dev. Prog". The-AIFF. All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-09-25. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
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