2019 SAFF U-15 Championship

The 2019 SAFF U-15 Championship was the sixth edition of the SAFF U-15 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-15 national teams organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament was hosted by India at Kalyani Stadium from August 21 to August 31, 2019. Five teams from the region took part in the tournament.^[1][2]

2019 SAFF U-15 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	21–31 August
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in Kalyani host cities)
Final positions
Champions	India (3rd title)
Runners-up	Nepal
Third place	Bangladesh
Fourth place	Sri Lanka
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	60 (5.45 per match)
Attendance	35,690 (3,245 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Himanshu Jangra (7 Goals)
Best player(s)	Himanshu Jangra
Fair play award	Bangladesh
← 2018 2022 →

Bangladesh is the defending champion. They have won previous season title by beating Pakistan 1(3)−1(2) penalties shoot out on 3 November 2018.^[3]

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers.

Participating teams

Pakistan had sent their entry for the meet. However, due to some internal problems in their federation, they have withdrawn. A letter to reconfirm their entry was sent by SAFF, Pakistan said they would not be able to participate.^[4]

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-15 Championship	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	6th	Champions (2015), (2018)
Bhutan	4th	Fourth Place
India (Host)	6th	Champions (2013, 2017)
Nepal	6th	Runners-up (2013, 2017)
Sri Lanka	5th	Group Stage

Officials

Referees[5] Bhubon Tarafder (Bangladesh) Nabindra Maharjan (Nepal) Ugyen Penjor (Bhutan) Sanjaya Chathuranga (Sri Lanka) Vinay Suvarna (India)

Assistant Referees Khorshed Alam (Bangladesh) Madhav Khatri (Nepal) Pema Pema (Bhutan) Riyazy Salam (Sri Lanka) Ujjal Halder (India)

Venues

Kalyani	Kalyani
Kalyani Stadium
22°52′59″N 88°45′34.07″E
Capacity: 20,000 seats

Round Robin

All the five teams will play each other in a round robin phase and the top two teams will play the final.

• All matches are played in Kalyani, India.
• Times listed are UTC+05:30.

Key to colours in group tables
	Advance to Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	India (H, C)	4	4	0	0	21	0	+21	12	Advance to Final
2	Nepal	4	3	0	1	12	6	+6	9
3	Bangladesh	4	2	0	2	13	11	+2	6
4	Sri Lanka	4	1	0	3	4	16	−12	3
5	Bhutan	4	0	0	4	4	20	−16	0

Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored;
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

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Nepal	0−5	India
	Report	Tongbram 6' Paul 24' Mazumder 41' Loitongbam 50' Nongmeikapam 56'

21 August 2019

12:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Attendance: 5,600

Referee: K.L.S. Chaturanga (Sri Lanka)

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Sri Lanka	3–2	Bhutan
Jayalath 52' Neil 73' Shakeel 90+2'	Report	Tenzin 7' Chozang 47'

21 August 2019

15:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Attendance: 1,840

Referee: Bhubon Tarafder (Bangladesh)

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Bhutan	2−5	Bangladesh
Dorji 17' Chozang 32'	Report	Mirad 15', 83' Rahman 21' Sarkar 45' Raju 90+7'

23 August 2019

12:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Attendance: 2,890 y

Referee: Nabindra Maharjan (Nepal)

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Nepal	2−0	Sri Lanka
Bohora 46' Rai 83'	Report

23 August 2019

15:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Attendance: 3,210

Referee: Vinay Suvarna (India)

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Bangladesh	7−1	Sri Lanka
Rahman 32', 44', 60', 71' Islam 42' Mirad 48' Rabbi 67'	Report	Shakeel 50'

25 August 2019

12:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Ugyen Penjor (Bhutan)

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India	7−0	Bhutan
Loitongbam 1', 57' Nongmeikapam 9', 25' Singson 22' Zomuanpuia 86' Yumnam 89'	Report

25 August 2019

15:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Attendance: 3,450

Referee: Bhubon Tarafder (Bangladesh)

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India	5–0	Sri Lanka
Jangra 32', 42', 60' Tongbram 38' Paul 45+4'	Report

27 August 2019

12:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Nabindra Maharjan (Nepal)

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Bangladesh	1–4	Nepal
Mia 79'	Report	Yadav 45+2', 88' Jimee 52' Lamsal 84'

27 August 2019

15:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: Vinay Suvarna (India)

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Bhutan	0–6	Nepal
	Report	Lamsal 5', 48' Khatri 9' Rai 75' Sapkota 85' Jimee 94'

29 August 2019

12:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Attendance: 3,600

Referee: Vinay Suvarna (India)

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Bangladesh	0–4	India
	Report	Jangra 29', 74', 79' Paul 89'

29 August 2019

15:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Attendance: 3000

Referee: K.L.S. Chaturanga (Sri Lanka)

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Final

India	7−0	Nepal
Tongbram 15' Amandeep 42' Leimapokam 45+3' Nongmeikapam 51', 76', 80' Jangra 65'	Report

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)

15:00 UTC+5:30

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Attendance: 4,800

Referee: Bhubon Tarafder (Bangladesh)

Winner

2019 SAFF U-15 Championship
India Third title

Goalscorers

There were 60 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 5.45 goals per match.

7 goals

• Himanshu Jangra

6 goals

• Sridarth Nongmeikapam

5 goals

• Al Amin Rahman

3 goals

• Al Mirad
• Shubho Paul
• Taison Singh Loitongbam
• Pradip Lamsal
• Maheson Singh Tongbram

2 goals

• Sonam Jugdrul Chozang
• Krisna Adhikari Yadav
• Ashim Rai
• Muhammed Shakeel

1 goal

• Md. Badsha Mia
• Golam Rabbi
• Rakibul Islam
• Arifur Rahman Raju
• Shuvo Sarkar
• Phub Dorji
• Kinzang Tenzin
• Renedy Meitei Yumnam
• Isaac Zomuanpuia
• Paogoumang Singson
• Anish Mazumder
• Amandeep
• Sibajit Singh Leimapokam
• Sasank Bohora
• Sugan Jimee
• Kris Sapkota
• Nirajan Khatri
• Fernando Derick Neil
• Tushmika Jayalath

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Broadcasting rights

Country	Broadcaster
India (host)	MYCUJOO.TV
South Asian Countries
South-East Asian Countries