The 2019 SAFF U-15 Championship was the sixth edition of the SAFF U-15 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-15 national teams organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament was hosted by India at Kalyani Stadium from August 21 to August 31, 2019. Five teams from the region took part in the tournament.
Bangladesh is the defending champion. They have won previous season title by beating Pakistan 1(3)−1(2) penalties shoot out on 3 November 2018.
Squads Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers.
Participating teams Pakistan had sent their entry for the meet. However, due to some internal problems in their federation, they have withdrawn. A letter to reconfirm their entry was sent by SAFF, Pakistan said they would not be able to participate. TeamAppearancesin the SAFF U-15 ChampionshipPrevious best performance 6th Champions (2015), (2018) 4th Fourth Place (Host) 6th Champions (2013, 2017) 6th Runners-up (2013, 2017) 5thGroup Stage
Officials
Referees Bhubon Tarafder (Bangladesh) Nabindra Maharjan (Nepal) Ugyen Penjor (Bhutan) Sanjaya Chathuranga (Sri Lanka) Vinay Suvarna (India)
Assistant Referees Khorshed Alam (Bangladesh) Madhav Khatri (Nepal) Pema Pema (Bhutan) Riyazy Salam (Sri Lanka) Ujjal Halder (India)
Venues Kalyani Kalyani Stadium Capacity: 20,000 seats
Round Robin All the five teams will play each other in a round robin phase and the top two teams will play the final.
All matches are played in Kalyani, India. Times listed are UTC+05:30. Key to colours in group tablesAdvance to Final
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Final
Winner
Goalscorers
Broadcasting rights CountryBroadcaster (host) MYCUJOO.TVSouth Asian CountriesSouth-East Asian Countries
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