The 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship was the 4th edition of the SAFF U-15 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-15 national teams organized by

SAFF South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), founded in 1997, is an association of the football playing nations in South Asia and is part of the larger Asian Football Confederation. The members of the association are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Mald ...

. Since most teams use to send their U-15 team keeping in mind

2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification was an international men's under-16 association football, football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship. A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the fina ...

it has been officially changed to U-15 tournament. The tournament was hosted by

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

from 18–27 of August, 2017 at ANFA Complex, Satdobato and

Halchowk Stadium Halchowk Stadium (also known as APF Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Kathmandu in Bagmati Province of Nepal. The stadium holds 3,500 people. It is mainly used for soccer matches and has a grass playing surface. The last major tournament ho ...

. Six teams from the region took part, divided into two groups.

Host selection

A draw for tournament ceremony was held on 10 July 2017 at conference room of Bangladesh Football Federation. SAFF general secretary Anwarul Haque Helal and BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag, were among others present on the occasion.

Eligible teams

* * * * (Host) * *

Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Participating teams

Venues

Match officials

;Referees * Kabin Byanjankar * Golam Mourshed Choidhary *

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* D.D.Indika Sendanayake * Tanmoy Dhar *

Ugyen Dorji Ugyen Dorji ( dz, ཨོ་རྒྱན་རྡོ་རྗེ་, , 1855–1916) was a member of the elite Dorji family and an influential Bhutanese politician. He served as the closest adviser to Ugyen Wangchuck, the hereditary 12th Penlop of ...

;Assistant referees * Nani Ram Thapa *

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* K.L.S.Chathuranga *

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Phurpa Wangchuk The ''phurba'' (; alternate transliterations: ''phurpa'', ''phurbu'', ''purbha'', or ''phurpu'') or ''kīla'' (Sanskrit Devanagari: कील; IAST: kīla) is a three-sided peg, stake, knife, or nail-like ritual implement traditionally associate ...

Group stage

*All matches were played in

Lalitpur, Nepal Lalitpur Metropolitan City, historically Patan ( sa, पाटन ''Pāṭana'', Nepal bhasa : '' Yela'', ), is the fourth most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, Pokhara and Bharatpur, and it is located in the south-central part of Kat ...

. *Times listed are UTC+05:45.

Group A

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Group B

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Bracket

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place

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Final

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Winner

Awards

The following awards were given for the 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship.

Goalscorers

; 6 Goals *

Foysal Ahmed Fahim Mohammed Foysal Ahmed Fahim ( bn, মোহাম্মদ ফয়সাল আহমেদ ফাহিম; born 24 February 2002), known as Fahim, is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a left winger. He currently plays for Bang ...

; 5 Goals *

Vikram Pratap Singh Vikram Partap Singh Sandhu ( pa, ਵਿਕਰਮ ਪ੍ਤਾਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੰਧੂ; born 16 January 2002) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club Mumbai City. Club career Earlier career ...

; 4 Goals * Akash Budha Magar * Brijesh Chaudhary * Miraj Molla ; 3 Goals *

Ravi Bahadur Rana Ravi Bahadur Rana (born 15 October 2002), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for ATK Mohun Bagan in the Indian Super League The Indian Super League (ISL) is an Indian professional league for men's ass ...

; 2 Goals * Dorji Khando * Kelzang Jigmi * Roshan Rana Magar * Lalrokima * Raja Sheikh ; 1 Goal * Nazmul Biswas * Habibur Rahman *

Thoiba Singh Moirangthem Moirangthem Thoiba Singh (born 12 December 2002) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Indian Super League club Odisha. He became the youngest player to make a first team debut in Indian football League ...

Ricky Shabong Ricky John Shabong (born 29 December 2002) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Indian Super League club Punjab. Career From Royal Wahingdoh FC, he has selected to the Indian national U-14 team in 2016. H ...

* Kinga Wangchuk * Siddharth Gurung * Darshan Gurung * Harpreet Singh * Ridge Melvin D'Mello * Md Akash * Yeasin Arafat * Arif Hossen ; 2 Own Goals * Ibrahim Anoof (playing against ) ; Own Goal * Nazmul Biswas (playing against )

References

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