The championships includes South Asian countries. With India being the top seeds of the tournament despite their 166th rank in the world, their performance has been most impressive. SAFF Football Championships were started in 1993 with every 2-year calendar plan and with some gaps Nepal is hosting the 11th edition. After 2016 edition, India has won 7 times, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, and Afghanistan have won once each.
India record in South Asian Federation Football Championships
SAFF Championship: History of All Teams
Match Results of Every Edition
1993: First SAFF Championship India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan (Based on Positions)
- 1. India 2-0 Maldives
2. Pakistan 1-1 Nepal
3. Pakistan 0-4 Sri Lanka
4. Sri Lanka 0-0 Nepal
5. India 1-0 Nepal
6. India 1-1 Pakistan
1995: Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan (Based on Positions)
- Group A
1. Pakistan 1-0 Bangladesh
2. Nepal 0-2 Bangladesh
3. Nepal 2-0 Pakistan
Group B
4.Sri Lanka 2-2 India
5. Semifinal: India 4-2 Bangladesh (Penalties after 0-0)
6. Semifinal: Sri Lanka 2-1 Nepal
7. Final: Sri Lanka 1-0 India (in extra time)
1997: India, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal (Based on Positions)
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Group A
1. Pakistan 2-0 Nepal
2. Sri Lanka 2-0 Pakistan
3. Sri Lanka 3-1 Nepal
Group B
4. Maldives 1-1 Bangladesh
5. India 3-0 Bangladesh
6. India 2-2 Maldives
7. SF: Sri Lanka 1-2 Maldives
8. SF: India 2-0 Pakistan
9. 3rd Place: Pakistan 1-0 Sri Lanka
10. Final: India 5-1 Maldives
1999: India, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan (Based on Positions)
- Group A
1. India 0-0 Bangladesh
2. Bangladesh 4-0 Pakistan
3. India 2-0 Pakistan
Group B
4. Sri Lanka 0-0 Maldives
5. Sri Lanka 2-3 Nepal
6. Maldives 3-2 Nepal
7. SF1: Bangladesh 2-1 Nepal
8. SF2: India 2-1 Maldives
9. 3rd Place: Maldives 2-0 Nepal
10. Final: India 2-0 Bangladesh
2003: Bangladesh, Maldives, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bhutan (Based on Positions)
- Group A
1. Pakistan 1-0 India
2. Sri Lanka 1-0 Afghanistan
3. Pakistan 2-1 Sri Lanka
4. India 4-0 Afghanistan
5. Pakistan 1-0 Afghanistan
6. India 1-1 Sri Lanka
Group B
7. Maldives 6-0 Bhutan
8. Bangladesh 1-0 Nepal
9. Nepal 2-0 Bhutan
10. Bangladesh 1-0 Maldives
11. Maldives 3-2 Nepal
12. Bangladesh 3-0 Bhutan
13. SF1: Bangladesh 2-1 India
14. SF2: Maldives 1-0 Pakistan
15. 3rd Place: India 2-1 Pakistan
16. Final: Bangladesh 5-3 (1-1) Maldives on penalties
2005: India, Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan (Based on Positions)
- Group A
1. Pakistan 1-0 Sri Lanka
2. Maldives 9-1 Afghanistan
3. Maldives 2-0 Sri Lanka
4. Pakistan 1-0 Afghanistan
5. Afghanistan 2-1 Sri Lanka
6. Pakistan 0-0 Maldives
Group B
7. Bangladesh 3-0 Bhutan
8. India 2-1 Nepal
9. Bangladesh 2-0 Nepal
10. India 3-0 Bhutan
11. Nepal 3-1 Bhutan
12. Bangladesh 1-1 India
13. SF1: India 1-0 Maldives
14. SF2: Bangladesh 1-0 Pakistan
15. Final: India 2-0 Bangladesh
2008: Maldives, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Based on Positions)
- Group A
1. Ind 4-0 Nepal
2. Maldives 3-0 Pakistan
3. India 2-1 Pakistan
4. Maldives 4-1 Nepal
5. Nepal 4-1 Pakistan
6. India 1-0 Maldives
Group B
7. Bangladesh 1-1 Bhutan
8. Sri Lanka 2-2 Afghanistan
9. Bangladesh 2-2 Afghanistan
10. Sri Lanka 2-0 Bhutan
11. Bhutan 3-1 Afghanistan
12. Sri Lanka 1-0 Bangladesh
13. SF1: India 2-1 Bhutan
14. SF2: Maldives 1-0 Sri Lanka
16. Final: Maldives 1-0 India
2009: India, Maldives, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bhutan (Based on Positions)
- Group A
1. Maldives 1-1 Nepal
2. India 1-0 Afghanistan
3. Maldives 3-1 Afghanistan
4. India 1-0 Nepal
5. Nepal 3-0 Afghanistan
6. Maldives 2-0 India
Group B
7. Sri Lanka 1-0 Pakistan
8. Bangladesh 4-1 Bhutan
9. Sri Lanka 6-0 Bhutan
10. Bangladesh 0-0 Pakistan
11. Pakistan 7-0 Bhutan
12. Bangladesh 2-1 Sri Lanka
13. SF1: Maldives 5-1 Sri Lanka
14. SF2: India 1-0 Bangladesh
15. Final: India 3-0 (0-0) Maldives (Penalties)
2011: India, Afghanistan, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan (Based on Positions)
- Group A
1. India 1-1 Afghanistan
2. Sri Lanka 3-0 Bhutan
3. Afghanistan 3-1 Sri Lanka
4. India 5-0 Bhutan
5. Afghanistan 8-1 Bhutan
6. India 3-0 Sri Lanka
Group B
7. Pakistan 0-0 Bangladesh
8. Maldives 1-1 Nepal
9. Nepal 1-0 Bangladesh
10. Pakistan 0-0 Maldives
11. Pakistan 1-1 Nepal
12. Maldives 3-1 Bangladesh
13. SF1: India 3-1 Maldives
14. SF2: Afghanistan 1-0 Nepal
15. Final: India 4-0 Afghanistan
2013: Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan
- Group A
1. Nepal 2-0 Bangladesh
2. India 1-0 Pakistan
3. India 1-1 Bangladesh
4. Pakistan 1-1 Nepal
5. Nepal 2-1 India
6. Pakistan 2-1 Bangladesh
Group B
7. Afghanistan 3-0 Bhutan
8. Maldives 10-0 Sri Lanka
9. Sri Lanka 1-3 Afghanistan
10. Maldives 8-2 Bhutan
11. Afghanistan 0-0 Maldives
12. Sri Lanka 5-2 Bhutan
13. SF1: Afghanistan 1-0 Nepal
14. SF2: India 1-0 Maldives
15. Final: Afghanistan 2-0 India
2016: Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Maldives, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan
- Group A
1. Sri Lanka def Nepal 1-0 (Rifnas)
2. India def Sri Lanka 2-0 (Robin Singh 2)
3. India def Nepal 4-1 (Ind: Chhangte 2, 1: Borges, Chhetri, Nepal: Magar)
Group B
4. Maldives def Bhutan 3-1 (Mal: Imaz, Abdulla, Ashfaq, Bhutan: Dorji)
5. Afghanistan def Bangladesh 4-0 (Saighani, Shayesteh, Amiri, Amani)
6. Maldives def Bangladesh 3-1 (Maldives: Ashfaq, Hassan, Nashid, Ban: Biswas)
7. Afghanistan def Bhutan 3-0 (2: Amani, 1; Saighani)
8. Bangladesh def Bhutan 3-0 (2: Rony, 1: Barman)
9. Afghanistan def Maldives 4-1 (2: Popalzay, 1: Shayesteh, hatifi, Mal: Fasir)
Finals
10. India def Maldives 3-2 (Indi: 2 Lalpekhlua, 1: Chheteri, Mal: Nashid, Amdhan Ali) Semifinal 1
11. Afghanistan def Sri Lanka 5-0 (Hashemi, Taher, Amani, Hatifi, Shayesteh) Semifinal 2
12. India def Afghanistan 2-1 (extra time) (FINAL) (Ind: 1: Lalpekhlua, Chheteri, Afg: Zubair)
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