The 2025 SAFF U-17 Championship was the 10th edition of the SAFF U-17 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-17 national teams organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament was played from 15 to 27 September 2025 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
India are the defending champions, who won their seventh title by defeating Bangladesh (4)2–2(1) goals penalty shootout in the final on 27 September 2025.
Venue All matches were played at the Colombo Racecourse Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Colombo Colombo Racecourse Stadium Capacity: 10,000
Participating teams The following seven teams are participated in the tournament. Team Appearances Previous best performance (Host)
Draw The draw ceremony of the tournament was held in Hotel InterContinental, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 20 July 2025. The seven participants was divided into two groups which Group A consist three teams & followed by Group B four teams.
Draw pot Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 (Host)
Draw result +Group ATeamA1A2A3+Group BTeamB1B2B3B4
Squads
All the teams announced their squads before the tournament began.
Match officials The following officials were chosen for the competition by SAFF tournament committee. Referees
Md Alamgir Sarker (†) Pema Tshewang (†) Ashwin Kumar (†) Afsheen Naseer (†) Shyam Lal Danuwar (†) Kasun L. Weerkakkody (†)
Assistant Referees
SM Junayed Sharif Hem Kumar Sunwar P Muralitharan Harish Karki Dilawar Khan Lahiru M Jayaneththi
Match Commissioner
Sudhir M Chembazhi De Silva Jayasooriya
Referee Assessor
Mohamed Ameez
(†): working as both referee and assistant
Players eligibility Players born on or after 1 January 2009 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to register a squad of minimum 16 players and maximum 23 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers.
Group stage Times listed are UTC+5:30 Sri Lanka Standard Time (SLST). 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 yellows, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); Drawing of lots.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Winner
Statistics Goalscorers
Hat trick Player Against Result Date Ref4–05–24–0
Awards Fair Play AwardBest GoalkeeperHighest GoalscorerMost Valuable Player Md Alif Rahman Muhammad Abdullah Nazmul Huda Faysal
Broadcasting TerritoryBroadcaster(s)Reference No restricted territory Sportzworkz(YouTube channel)
See also
References
External links Official website 2025 SAFF U-17 Championship at GSA