2025 SAFF U-19 Championship

The 2025 SAFF U-19 Championship was the 7th edition of the SAFF U-19 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-19 national teams from South Asia region, organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament was played in Yupia, India from 9–18 May 2025.

On 18 May 2025, India won their fourth title by beating Bangladesh 4–3 on penalty in the final after a 1–1 draw at the end of the regular time.

Venue All matches were played at Golden Jubilee Stadium in Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh, India. YupiaGolden Jubilee Stadium Capacity: 15,000

Participants teams The following six national teams participated in the tournament. TeamAppearancesin the SAFF U-19 ChampionshipPrevious best performance 7th 6th (Host) 7th 7th 7th 4th Group stage (2019, 2022)

Players eligibility Each team had to register a squad of minimum 16 and maximum 23 players. Players born on or after 1 January 2007 were eligible to compete in the tournament (as per FIFA eligibility rules of underage competitions).

Squads

Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives NepalGoalkeepers

Md Nahidul Islam Raj Chowdury

Defenders Ashikur Rahman Md Mithu Chowdhury Md Sifat Sahariar Md Abdul Riyad Fahim Salah Uddin Sahed Md Delwar Sani Das

Midfielders Md Kamal Merdha Nazmul Huda Faysal Md Siya Omit Md Ratul Hasan Samuel Raksam

Forwards Abdul Kadir Farzad Syed Aftab Md Mursed Ali Md Joy Ahamed Sree Sumon Soren Md Manik Md Rifat Kazi Ashik

Head coach Golam Robbani ChotonGoalkeepers Tenzi Dorji Kalchan Moktan Dorji Tandin Penjor

Defenders Ugyen Dorji Ngawag Yonten Kuenzang D Wangchuk Chogyel S Sherab Kencho Wangdi Thinley Wangchuk Tandin Tshewang Ronit Rai Tshering Dorji

Midfielders Rinzin Dorji Sonam Dorji Thinley Yezer Tandin Phuntsho Kelden Dorjee Chaya Dev Sharma Pema Tshering Rinchen Cheda

Forwards

Lham Tenzin Kinley Dorji

Head coach Sonam DhendupGoalkeepers Aarush Hari Aheibam Suraj Singh Ramesh

Defenders Ashik Adhikari Takhellambam Bungson Singh Jodric Abranches Malemngamba Singh Thokchom Mohammed Kaif

Sohum Utreja Roshan Singh Thangjam

Midfielders Danny Meitei Laishram Gurnaj Singh Grewal Md Arbash Ningthoukhongjam Rishi Singh Singamayum Shami

Forwards Ahongshangbam Samson Bharat Lairenjam Chaphamayum Rohen Singh Omang Dodum Prashant Jajo Hemneichung Lunkim Yohaan Benjamin

Head coach Bibiano FernandesGoalkeepers Hussain Nihaal Mohamed Xahran Hassan Ziyad Mohamed Yais

Defenders Ahmed Athoof Rasheed Mohamed Ravaau Eydhan Ahmed Moosa Hassan Haisham Hamid Ahmed Mikyal Mueen

Shahudhaan Abdul Ghani Ahmed Hamees Areef

Midfielders Naail Yoosuf Ahzam Rasheed Alson Ibrahim Mohamed Shamhaan Ahmed Hamdhaan Azleen

Forwards Yoosuf Ayaan Amir Aidh Mohamed Jaweez Nassah Ibrahim Nasir Ethan Ibrahim Zaki Mohamed Izaan Ali Ashham Ibrahim Mohamed Anoof Abdulla

Head coach Ahmed ShakirGoalkeepers Bhakta Bahadur Pariyar Upendra Lwagun Bishesh Baniya

Defenders Roshan Tamang Rohan Moktan Prashant Moktan Kushahang Nembang Madan Paudel Ram Thapa Bijay Urba Siddhant Khadka

Midfielders Krishna Bahadur Ale Krish Thapa Magar Saroj Darlami Lachhu Thapa

Ranjeet Lama Subash Bam Bigyan Khadka

Forwards Pawan Pakhrin Dharbendra Kunwar Sujan Dangol Prasun Tamang

Head coach Urjan ShresthaGoalkeepers Dassanayake Anuk Shahil Nadal Aaron Senapala Mohamed Rikas Muhammed

Defenders Zawahir Ayman Riyas Edirisinghe Omith Mohamed Ramlan Abdul Rahman Abdul Hameed Mohammed Irfan Mohamed Shiras Mohamed Shahid Mohamed Rizwan Mohamed Aashif Suthakar Roisan Bright

Midfielders Vijayaratnam Haris Mohamed Hafeef Akram Aidan Francis Perera

Mohamed Faris Umar Nassim Abdallah Faiz Zafarullah Zakariyya

Forwards Luckman Rashad Shihab Kalinga Anupa Pabasara Silmy Mohamed Hussain Mohammadu Hussain Abdullah Krawege Hirun Mirasha Kaleelullah Mohamed Katheem

Head coach Imran Mohamed

Draw The draw ceremony of the tournament was held on 11 March 2025. Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3 (hosts)

Draw result +Group ATeamA1A2A3+Group BTeamB1B2B3

Match officials Referees

SM Jashim Akhter Harish Kundu (†) Zaheer Hussain (†) Nabindra Maharjan (†) Md Jafran Athambawa (†) Ugyen Penjor (†)

Assistant Referees & Fourth Official

Shohrab Hossain Sourav Sarker Tshering Phuntsho Raeef Rauf Prakash Bhujel L. Dhanushka Sampath (†): Also performed as assistant referee in some matches.

Group stage Times listed are UTC+05:30 Indian Standard Time (IST). Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals Tiebreakers Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group; Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); Drawing of lots.

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

Winners

Statistics Goalscorers

Hat-tricks No. Player For Against Result Date Ref1. 8–0 Note: Bold indicates the winning team.

Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: Fair Play Award Best goalkeeper Top scorer(s) Most valuable player Suraj Singh Aheibam Danny Meitei Mohammed Arbas

Broadcasting TerritoryBroadcaster(s)Reference No restricted territory Sportzworkz(YouTube channel)

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