South Asian Football Federation
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Strength in Unity |
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1997 |
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8 member associations |
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 Kazi Salahuddin |
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), founded in 1997, is an association of the football playing nations in South Asia. Its founding members are Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Bhutan joined the federation in 2000 and Afghanistan in 2005. [1]. The current champion of SAFF is India after they defeated Afghanistan 4-0.
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It runs the SAFF Championship, also called the South Asian Football Federation Cup (previously South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup), is a football competition of mainly South Asian countries and territories. It is held every two years. Previous names have included the South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup in 1993 and South Asian Gold Cup 95 in 1995.[citation needed]
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Kazi Salahuddin
India 1997
Maldives 1997
Nepal 1997
Pakistan 1997
Sri Lanka 1997
Bhutan 2000
Afghanistan 2005
Ganesh Thapa
