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SAFF Women's Championship
The SAFF Women's Championship, also called the ''South Asian Football Federation Women's Cup'', is a competition for women's national football teams governed by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). All seven members are eligible to participate in the tournament. History The current SAFF members are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Formerly, eight members used to compete against each other until Afghanistan departs from SAFF. It is held in every two years. India won first 5 edition so far, beating Nepal four times and Bangladesh once in the final. Winning their second title consecutively, Bangladesh are the current champion defeating Nepal by 2–1 goals on 30 October 2024 in the final. Results Statistics Performance by nation :Bold = ''Hosts'' :* = ''Not part of SAFF anymore'' Participating nations ;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – Semifinals *GS – Group stage *dq – Disqualifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Asian Football Federation
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) is an association of the football playing nations in South Asia. Incorporated in 1997, it is a regional subsidiary of Asian Football Confederation. The members of the association are Bangladesh, Bhutan, All India Football Federation, India, Football Association of Maldives, Maldives, All Nepal Football Association, Nepal, Pakistan Football Federation, Pakistan and Football Federation of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka. History The SAFF was founded in 1997, with Bangladesh national football team, Bangladesh, India national football team, India, Maldives national football team, Maldives, Nepal national football team, Nepal, Pakistan national football team, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka national football team, Sri Lanka. In 2000, they expanded to 7 members, adding Bhutan national football team, Bhutan. Afghanistan national football team, Afghanistan joined in 2005, but left in 2015, to join then newly formed Central Asian Football Association. Presidents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 SAFF Women's Championship
The 2019 SAFF Women's Championship was the 5th edition of the SAFF Women's Championship, the biennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). Initially, scheduled from 17 to 26 December 2018 in Sri Lanka, the competition was rescheduled, as Sri Lanka withdrew as hosts. Afterwards, it was scheduled to be held in 2019 from 12 to 22 March and to be hosted by Nepal. India is the current champions having defeated Nepal by 3–1 goals on 22 March 2019 in the final. Participating teams Defending champions India and Bangladesh were pitted in Group B and Group A respectively. In Group A, Nepal who finished second in the first three editions of the tournament were drawn with 2016 runners-up Bangladesh, Bhutan and Pakistan and in Group B, along with India, Maldives and Sri Lanka are placed. Afghanistan did not participate in this edition, though they played in the 2016 edition despite changing their sub-con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deki Lhazom
Deki Lhazom is a Bhutanese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for the Bhutan women's national football team, Bhutan women's national team. She is the joint highest goal scorer of Bhutan's senior national team with 3 goals. Club career Lhazom began playing football at age eight. She was noticed by a district coach while playing for her school club. She was then invited to the 2017 Milo Cup before entering into the women's academy in Gelephu. After impressing in senior international friendlies against Saudi Arabia women's national football team, Saudi Arabia, she was offered a contract with Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah, women), Al-Ittihad of the Saudi Women's Premier League. By joining the club, she became the first female Bhutanese player in history to play abroad. The Bhutan Football Federation reported that it was initially a one-year contract worth $3000 US Dollar, USD or about Bhutanese ngultrum, Nu. 240,000 per mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajana Rana
Sajana Rana (born 13 June 1987) is a Nepalese women's footballer who currently is part of the Nepal women's national football team and plays as a futsal midfielder for New Radiant's women's team having previously played for the APF Club. Club career In 2013 Rana won the most valuable player award at the 15th edition of the women's Ncell Cup. As a prize she was gifted one Yamaha scooter. In 2015 it was announced that Rana would be moving to the Maldives to play futsal for New Radiant from March to April. In doing so Rana becomes the first ever Nepali women's footballer to play abroad. In the second game for her new club Rana scored twice to book her team's place in the regional tournaments quarter final. "I am enjoying it her in Malé. I scored two goals in our second match and I am determined to score goals un our very important match lining up," Rana told the press after the game. International career Rana made her debut for Nepal in the 2010 SAFF Women's Championship. In a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamala Devi (footballer)
Yumnam Kamala Devi (born 4 March 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and an occasional striker for the Indian Women's League club Nita FA. She also played for Eastern Sporting Union in the Indian Women's League and represented the India women's national football team. Career International career Kamala Devi was a part of the Indian team that won the SAFF Women's Championship 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016-17 and the South Asian Games in 2010, 2016. At the 2012 tournament, she was awarded the Best Player of the Final. She finished the tournament scoring seven goals, also scoring in the final against Nepal, in the 83rd minute. At the 2014 Asian Games, she scored five goals in India's first match against Maldives. She scored five goals and was the top-scorer at the 2016 South Asian Games. This included a brace in the final against Nepal that helped her win the gold medal. Club career In 2016, Devi was signed by Eastern Sporting Union to play in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamuna Gurung (footballer)
Jamuna Gurung () is a Nepalese footballer. She is the former captain of the Nepalese women's national football team. With 21 international goals and 35 in the domestic league Gurung is the most successful and prolific Nepalese women's footballer. Coach Kumar Katuwal says "Gurung is a valuable asset to our team. her clinical finishing is our lethal weapon. She is so humble and decent and she understands her job very well. I am very proud to have her captain of the team." See also *Nepal women's national football team *All Nepal Football Association The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) (Nepali language, Nepali: अखिल नेपाल फुटबल संघ (एन्फा)) is the governing body of football in Nepal. It is responsible for the Nepal national football team, men's ... References Living people People from Morang District Sportspeople from Koshi Province Nepalese women's footballers Nepal women's international footballers Nepalese Buddhists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabitra Bhandari
Sabitra Bhandari (), popularly known as Samba, is a Nepalese professional football player who plays as a forward for Première Ligue club En Avant Guingamp and Nepal women's national team. She is the all-time highest goal scorer in Nepalese football history and broke record as the highest woman goal scorer in South Asia with 53 goals. She made history by being the first Nepalese player to play and score in European league. Career At club level, Bhandari plays for APF Club. Bhandari made the Nepal team for the 2014 South Asian Football Federation Championship and made her international debut against Bhutan, coming off the bench and sealing an 8–0 victory as a 17-year-old. In February 2017 she was invited to play the Maldives women's league. She became the highest scoring women striker of south Asia at the age of 20. Sethu FC She joined Indian Women's League side Sethu FC for the 2018-19 Indian Women's League season. In her debut match she scored 4 goals for the clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anu Lama
Anu Lama (Nepali:अनु लामा) (born 3 October 1987) is a Nepalese women's footballer who currently is the captain for the Nepal women's national football team and a forward for APF Club. Lama is currently the second highest international goal-scorer in Nepal, with 35 total international goals to her name. Personal life Besides being a footballer Lama is also a member of the Armed Police Force. She along with Bhagwati Thapa, Laxmi Poudel and Usha Bhandari missed the first weeks of training for the 2014 SAFF Women's Championship because they had to go through the mandatory quarantine for the Ebola virus disease as the four had served in the U.N. mission in Liberia. International career Anu Lama made her debut for Nepal U-23 during the 2010 South Asian Games women's football tournament against Bangladesh. Lama performed well landing Nepal a silver medal overall after scoring against Sri Lanka (1-0), and a hat-trick against Pakistan (1-0, 4-0, 6-0). During the sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabina Khatun
Sabina Khatun (; born 25 October 1993) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a forward. She is a member of the Bangladesh national football team, and the former captains. She also represented Bashundhara Kings. She holds the record of most international goals for Bangladesh (38), male or female. She is also the all-time top goalscorer (male or female) in Bangladeshi club football, with 333 goals. Early years Khatun was born at Satkhira in Khulna Division. She is the fourth child of Md. Syed Ghazi and Mumtaz Begum. Khatun's relationship with football started back in 2007 when she was in class eight. She was introduced to football by the Satkhira district football coach Akbar. She was called up to the Bangladesh women's national football team after finding success at the school, inter-school and inter-district levels. International career In 2009, Khatun received her first call-up to the Bangladesh national team, which she captained from 2015 to 2024. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngangom Bala Devi
Ngangom Bala Devi (born 2 February 1990) is an Indian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for the Indian Women's League club Sreebhumi FC, Sreebhumi and the India women's national football team, India national team. Club career Born in Irengbam village, Bishnupur district in Manipur, Bala Devi grew up playing the game with mainly boys. She was a part of the Manipur U-19 team that took part in the Under-19 Women's Championship in Assam in 2002. After the tournament she was declared the best player of the tournament. She was awarded the same title the next year in 2003. She also earned top-scorer awards at the under-17 level for her state. Eventually, Devi went on to represent the Manipur Senior Women's Football Team in the Senior Women's National Football Championship. She was very influential in her state, winning the women's football championship in 2014, scoring a brace as Manipur women's football team, Manipur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAFF
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) is an association of the Association football, football playing nations in South Asia. Incorporated in 1997, it is a regional subsidiary of Asian Football Confederation. The members of the association are Bangladesh Football Federation, Bangladesh, Bhutan Football Federation, Bhutan, All India Football Federation, India, Football Association of Maldives, Maldives, All Nepal Football Association, Nepal, Pakistan Football Federation, Pakistan and Football Federation of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka. History The SAFF was founded in 1997, with Bangladesh national football team, Bangladesh, India national football team, India, Maldives national football team, Maldives, Nepal national football team, Nepal, Pakistan national football team, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka national football team, Sri Lanka. In 2000, they expanded to 7 members, adding Bhutan national football team, Bhutan. Afghanistan national football team, Afghanistan joined in 2005, but left in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |