The 2011

South Asian Football Federation Championship The South Asian Football Federation Championship, commonly known as SAFF Championship (previously known as ''South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup'' and ''South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup''), is the main international ...

, sponsored by

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and officially named Karbonn SAFF Championship 2011, was the 9th tournament of the SAFF Championship, which held in

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Venue

It was originally scheduled to take place in

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, but was switched to New Delhi by the executive committee of the

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on 22 September. The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi was the main venue for the tournament. It is also the home stadium for

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and hosted the

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Squads

Draw

The draw ceremony took place on 2 November 2011 at New Delhi's Le Meridien Hotel was attended by a host of dignitaries including

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General Secretary Kushal Das,

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General Secretary Alberto Colaco and Maldives Football Association General Secretary Shah Ismail. (The

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of the teams at the start of the tournament are given in brackets in the table)

Group stage

All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+5:30

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Champion

Awards

Statistics

Goalscorers

;7 goals *

Sunil Chhetri Sunil Chhetri (born 3 August 1984) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both Indian Super League club Bengaluru and the India national team. Widely regarded as the greatest Indian footballer of all time, h ...

;6 goals *

Balal Arezou Balal Arezou (also Belal or Bilal; born 28 December 1988) is an Afghan footballer who plays as a forward and is currently playing for Norwegian club IF Trauma. He is currently the all-time top scorer of the Afghanistan national football team ...

;3 goals *

Clifford Miranda Clifford Rayes Miranda (born 11 July 1982) is an Indian professional football manager and former player who is the interim head coach of Indian Super League club Odisha. Miranda was an attacking midfielder who spent most of his career with Dem ...

;2 goals *

Sandjar Ahmadi Sandjar Ahmadi ( prs, سنجر احمدی) is a footballer from Afghanistan who currently plays for Hamm United FC and Afghanistan national football team. He scored two goals against Sri Lanka in 2011 SAFF Championship which helped the nation ...

Ata Yamrali Ata Yamrali (born 5 July 1982) is a German-Afghan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for German lower-league club SC Alstertal/Langenhorn. Between 2007 and 2013 he made 12 appearances for Afghanistan national team scoring 3 goals ...

* Syed Rahim Nabi *

Jeje Lalpekhlua Jeje Lalpekhlua Fanai (born 7 January 1991) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker, and last appeared with Indian Super League club East Bengal. Between 2011 and 2019, he scored 23 goals in 56 international matches represe ...

* Ali Ashfaq * Ahmed Thariq * Nipuna Bandara * Mohamed Zain ;1 goal *

Zohib Islam Amiri Zohib Islam Amiri ( prs, ذهیب اسلام امیری; born 15 February 1990) is a professional footballer from Afghanistan who plays as a centre-back for A.S. Blainville and the Afghanistan national team. Early life Amiri was born on 15 Fe ...

Mohammad Mashriqi Mohammad Yusef Mashriqi (born 7 July 1987) is an American-born Afghan professional soccer player who represented the Afghanistan national team. Early life Mashriqi's soccer lineage started with his father, Tahir, a former member of the Afgha ...

Djelaludin Sharityar Djelaludin Sharityar ( fa, جلال‌الدین شریعت‌یار) is an Afghan footballer defender and was the captain of the Afghanistan national football team. His career started in 1998 in Germany when as a youth he played for VfL Wo ...

* Shahedul Alam Shahed *

Chencho Gyeltshen Chencho Gyeltshen (born 10 May 1996) is a Bhutanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for I-League club RoundGlass Punjab and captains the Bhutan national team. Gyeltshen is the all-time leading international goalscorer for Bhutan ...

* Sushil Kumar Singh *

Shamweel Qasim Shamweel Qasim (sometimes rendered Shamweel) is a Maldivian footballer nicknamed "Bonda", who plays as midfielder for New Radiant SC. He is a member of the Maldives national football team. He is from the island of Hithadhoo, Addu Atoll. Persona ...

Bharat Khawas Captain Bharat Khawas ( ne, भरत खवास) (born 22 July 1991) is Nepalese footballer & Army Officer. He plays for club Tribhuvan Army Club in Martyr's Memorial A-Division League as a striker and currently ranked in captain position of ...

* Sandip Rai *

Sagar Thapa Sagar Thapa (born 21 November 1985) is a association football, footballer from Nepal, and was until October 2015 the captain of the national team. He made his first appearance for the Nepal national football team in 2003. Since then, Thapa has re ...

Samar Ishaq Samar Ishaq (born January 1, 1986) is a Pakistani former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the current defending coach of his life-long club Khan Research Laboratories. Club career Panther Club Ishaq made his professiona ...

;Own goal * Bandara Warakagoda (against

)

Other statistics

* Most wins

4 wins * Most Losses

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous ...

3 loss * Most Draws

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3 draws * First goal of the tournament Ali Ashfaq for

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

* Most goals scored in a match

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

8 Goals vs

* Lowest scores in a match 1.

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0-0 2.

0-0 * Most Goals in a match by one player

for vs 4 Goals * Fastest Goal of the tournament

for vs in 4 Minutes * Best Defender

of * Best match of the tournament vs 1-0

Broadcasting

YouTube Live

In a deal with

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and SAFF's exclusive marketing and media partner, all matches were shown live on YouTube. The live matches are accessible globally throug
SAFF Youtube Channel
except in India, where they were available on a delayed basis the following day.

Television

¹ Only

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matches ² Only

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matches

References

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