South_Asian_Football_Federation_Gold_Cup_2005

2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Pakistan
Dates	7–17 December
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	India (4th title)
Runners-up	Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	38 (2.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ibrahim Fazeel; Ali Ashfaq; Ahmed Thariq; (3 goals each)
	← 2003 2008 → All statistics correct as of 30 March 2019.

2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup

International football competition

The 2005 South Asian Football Federation Cup was the sixth edition of South Asian Football Federation Cup. It was the second time the competition was held in Pakistan. The tournament was played in two cities, Islamabad and Karachi with People's Football Stadium in Karachi hosting group-stages and Jinnah Sports Stadium in Islamabad hosting knock-out rounds and the finals. The tournament started on 7 December and ended on 17 December.^[1]

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India won their fourth title after defeating Bangladesh 2–0 in the finals. Both sides contested the finals in the 1999 edition with India coming out victorious with the same result and Bhaichung Bhutia scored in that finals as well.

Ahmed Thariq, Ali Ashfaq and Ibrahim Fazeel of Maldives were the top-scorers of the tournament, all scoring three goals each.^[2]

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"SAFF Gold Cup 2005". South Asian Football Federation. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

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Country	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA ranking Dec 2005
Pakistan (Host)	6th	Third-place 1997	168
Afghanistan	2nd	Group stage (2003)	198
Bangladesh	5th	Champions (2003)	170
Bhutan	2nd	Group stage (2003)	189
India	6th	Champions (1993, 1997, 1999)	135
Maldives	4th	Runners-up (1997, 2003)	147
Nepal	6th	Third-place (1993)	181
Sri Lanka	6th	Champions (1995)	144

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maldives	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	Pakistan (H)	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advance to knockout phase
3	Afghanistan	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bangladesh	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	India	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to knockout phase
3	Nepal	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Bhutan	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Semi-finals		Final

14 Dec – Islamabad

Maldives	0
		17 Dec – Islamabad
India	1
		India	2
14 Dec – Islamabad
		Bangladesh	0
Bangladesh	1

Pakistan	0

South_Asian_Football_Federation_Gold_Cup_2005

2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup

Participating teams

Squads

Venue

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout phase

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Other statistics

References

External links

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Islamabad	Islamabad Karachi
Jinnah Sports Stadium
Capacity: 48,820