2013 SAFF Championship squads

Below are the squads for the 2013 South Asian Football Federation Cup, hosted by Nepal, which will take place between 1 and 11 September 2013. The player's total caps, their club teams and age are given below.

Group A

Nepal

Coach: Jack Stefanowski^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ritesh Thapa	(1984-10-02)2 October 1984 (aged 28)	Nepal Police
2	2DF	Rabin Shrestha	(1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 22)	Nepal Police
3	2DF	Biraj Maharjan	(1987-10-03)3 October 1987 (aged 25)	Three Star
5	2DF	Sabindra Shrestha	(1992-01-05)5 January 1992 (aged 21)	Three Star
8	3MF	Jagjit Shrestha	(1992-08-10)10 August 1992 (aged 21)	Three Star
9	4FW	Santosh Sahukhala	(1988-06-06)6 June 1988 (aged 25)	Three Star
10	4FW	Anil Gurung	(1988-09-23)23 September 1988 (aged 24)	Manang Marshyangdi
11	4FW	Ju Manu Rai	(1983-03-01)1 March 1983 (aged 30)	Nepal Police
12	3MF	Bikram Lama	(1989-08-29)29 August 1989 (aged 24)	Three Star
13	2DF	Sandip Rai	(1988-09-25)25 September 1988 (aged 24)	Three Star
14	3MF	Prakash Budhathoki
15	3MF	Raju Tamang	(1985-10-27)27 October 1985 (aged 27)	Nepal Army
16	1GK	Kiran Chemjong	(1990-03-20)20 March 1990 (aged 23)	Three Star
17	3MF	Bhola Silwal	(1987-01-04)4 January 1987 (aged 26)	Nepal Police
19	2DF	Sagar Thapa (c)	(1984-01-19)19 January 1984 (aged 29)	Manang Marshyangdi Club
21	4FW	Bharat Khawas	(1992-04-16)16 April 1992 (aged 21)	Nepal Army Club
22	1GK	Bishal Shrestha	(1992-09-12)12 September 1992 (aged 20)	Manang Marshyangdi Club
25	4FW	Bimal Magar	(1997-09-18)18 September 1997 (aged 15)	A.N.F.A Academy
28	3MF	Tanka Basnet	(1990-12-12)12 December 1990 (aged 22)	Nepal Army
32	2DF	Rohit Chand	(1992-03-01)1 March 1992 (aged 21)	Persija Jakarta

Bangladesh

Coach: Lodewijk de Kruif^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Biplob Bhattacharjee	(1981-07-01)1 July 1981 (aged 32)	Sheikh Russel KC
2	2DF	Ashraf Mahmud Linkon	(1990-06-06)6 June 1990 (aged 23)	Sheikh Russel KC
3	2DF	Mohammed Waly Faisal	(1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 28)	Dhaka Abahani
4	2DF	Nasiruddin Chowdhury	(1989-12-03)3 December 1989 (aged 23)	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
5	2DF	Mohammed Ariful Islam	(1987-12-20)20 December 1987 (aged 25)	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
6	2DF	Atiqur Rahman Meshu	(1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 25)	Dhaka Abahani
7	3MF	Mohamed Zahid Hossain	(1988-06-15)15 June 1988 (aged 25)	Sheikh Russel KC
8	3MF	Mamunul Islam (c)	(1988-12-12)12 December 1988 (aged 24)	Sheikh Russel KC
9	4FW	Mithun Chowdhury Mithun	(1989-02-10)10 February 1989 (aged 24)	Sheikh Russel KC
10	4FW	Jahid Hasan Ameli	(1987-12-25)25 December 1987 (aged 25)	Sheikh Russel KC
11	4FW	Toklis Ahmed	(1990-09-14)14 September 1990 (aged 22)	Team BJMC
12	3MF	Mobarak Hossain Bhuyan	(1990-12-12)12 December 1990 (aged 22)	Mohammedan SC
14	3MF	Omar Faruque Babu	(1987-08-04)4 August 1987 (aged 26)	Team BJMC
15	3MF	Jamal Bhuyan	(1990-04-10)10 April 1990 (aged 23)	Hellerup IK
16	2DF	Raihan Hasan	(1987-09-02)2 September 1987 (aged 25)	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
17	3MF	Sohel Rana	(1987-12-29)29 December 1987 (aged 25)	Mohammedan SC
20	4FW	Shakhawat Hossain Rony	(1985-11-01)1 November 1985 (aged 27)	Dhaka Abahani
21	4FW	Wahed Ahmed	(1989-09-24)24 September 1989 (aged 23)	Mohammedan SC
22	1GK	Mamun Khan	(1985-12-20)20 December 1985 (aged 27)	Mohammedan SC
25	1GK	Ziaur Rahman Zia	(1985-04-05)5 April 1985 (aged 28)

India

Coach: Wim Koevermans^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Karanjit Singh	(1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 27)	Salgaocar
3	2DF	Raju Gaikwad	(1990-09-25)25 September 1990 (aged 22)	East Bengal
4	2DF	Nirmal Chettri	(1990-10-21)21 October 1990 (aged 22)	Free Agent
5	2DF	Arnab Mondal	(1989-09-25)25 September 1989 (aged 23)	East Bengal
6	3MF	Lenny Rodrigues	(1987-05-10)10 May 1987 (aged 26)	Churchill Brothers
7	3MF	Mehtab Hossain	(1985-09-05)5 September 1985 (aged 27)	East Bengal
8	3MF	Francis Fernandes	(1985-11-25)25 November 1985 (aged 27)	Salgaocar
9	3MF	Alwyn George	(1992-03-01)1 March 1992 (aged 21)	Pailan Arrows
10	4FW	Jeje Lalpekhlua	(1991-01-07)7 January 1991 (aged 22)	Dempo
11	4FW	Sunil Chhetri (c)	(1984-08-03)3 August 1984 (aged 29)	Bengaluru FC
12	2DF	Nallappan Mohanraj	(1989-08-28)28 August 1989 (aged 24)	Pune
13	2DF	Sandesh Jhingan	(1993-07-21)21 July 1993 (aged 20)	Pailan Arrows
14	3MF	Arata Izumi	(1982-07-31)31 July 1982 (aged 31)	Pune FC
16	1GK	Subrata Pal	(1986-11-24)24 November 1986 (aged 26)	Free Agent
17	3MF	Jewel Raja Shaikh	(1990-01-19)19 January 1990 (aged 23)	Dempo
19	2DF	Gouramangi Singh	(1986-01-25)25 January 1986 (aged 27)	Free Agent
22	3MF	Syed Rahim Nabi	(1985-12-14)14 December 1985 (aged 27)	Free Agent
23	4FW	Robin Singh	(1990-05-09)9 May 1990 (aged 23)	Bengaluru FC
28	4FW	Dawson Fernandes	(1990-07-27)27 July 1990 (aged 23)	Sporing Goa
34	1GK	Sandip Nandy	(1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 38)	Mohun Bagan

Pakistan

Coach: Shahzad Anwar

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Muzammil Hussain	(1993-09-06)6 September 1993 (aged 19)	WAPDA
3	2DF	Mohammad Ahmed	(1988-01-03)3 January 1988 (aged 25)	WAPDA
4	2DF	Kamran Khan	(1985-09-03)3 September 1985 (aged 27)	Khan Research Laboratories
5	2DF	Samar Ishaq	(1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 27)	Khan Research Laboratories
6	3MF	Zia Us-Salam	(1990-04-02)2 April 1990 (aged 23)	Khan Research Laboratories
8	3MF	Adnan Ahmed	(1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 29)	Droylsden
10	3MF	Kalim Ullah	(1992-08-09)9 August 1992 (aged 21)	Khan Research Laboratories
11	4FW	Hassan Bashir	(1987-01-07)7 January 1987 (aged 26)	Fremad Amager
13	2DF	Ahsan Ullah	(1992-12-13)13 December 1992 (aged 20)	Khan Research Laboratories
14	2DF	Muhammad Hameed	(1988-09-07)7 September 1988 (aged 24)	Khan Research Laboratories
15	3MF	Naveed Ahmed	(1984-11-12)12 November 1984 (aged 28)	Pakistan Air Force
16	3MF	Muhammad Mujahid	(1989-07-20)20 July 1989 (aged 24)	Pakistan Air Force
17	4FW	Saddam Hussain	(1993-10-04)4 October 1993 (aged 19)	Pakistan Airlines
19	2DF	Yaqoob Butt	(1988-09-09)9 September 1988 (aged 24)	Skovshoved IF
20	3MF	Muhammad Riaz	(1995-03-10)10 March 1995 (aged 18)	K-Electric
21	3MF	Muhammad Adil	(1992-07-09)9 July 1992 (aged 21)	Khan Research Laboratories
22	1GK	Yousuf Butt	(1989-10-18)18 October 1989 (aged 23)	Glostrup FK
23	2DF	Faisal Iqbal	(1981-12-30)30 December 1981 (aged 31)	National Bank
25	2DF	Zesh Rehman	(1983-10-14)14 October 1983 (aged 29)	Kitchee SC
27	1GK	Saqib Hanif	(1994-04-04)4 April 1994 (aged 19)	Khan Research Laboratories

Group B

Afghanistan

Coach: Mohammad Yousef Kargar

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Mansur Faqiryar	(1986-01-03)3 January 1986 (aged 27)	VfB Oldenburg
2	2DF	Muqadar Qazizadah	(1988-09-11)11 September 1988 (aged 24)	Shaheen Asmayee
3	2DF	Zohib Islam Amiri	(1987-05-02)2 May 1987 (aged 26)	Mumbai FC
5	2DF	Ali Ahmad Yarzada	(1985-10-15)15 October 1985 (aged 27)	Toofaan Harirod
6	2DF	Mohammad Rafi Barakzai		Ansari Herat FC
7	3MF	Mustafa Azadzoy	(1992-07-24)24 July 1992 (aged 21)	TB Uphusen
9	3MF	Mohammad Mashriqi	(1987-07-07)7 July 1987 (aged 26)	Bhawanipore
10	4FW	Balal Arezou	(1988-12-28)28 December 1988 (aged 24)	Churchill Brothers
11	3MF	Sandjar Ahmadi	(1992-02-10)10 February 1992 (aged 21)	SC Vier- und Marschlande
12	4FW	Hashmatullah Barakzai	(1987-06-04)4 June 1987 (aged 26)	Firozi Kabul
13	4FW	Hamidullah Karimi		Toofaan Harirod
14	2DF	Farzad Ghulam		Toofaan Harirod
17	3MF	Maruf Mohammadi		Toofaan Harirod
18	3MF	Ahmad Arash Hatifi	(1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 27)	Bay Area Ambassadors
19	4FW	Sediq Walizada	(1993-09-25)25 September 1993 (aged 19)	NBSVV
22	1GK	Hamidullah Yosufzai	(1981-12-02)2 December 1981 (aged 31)	Shaheen Asmayee
24	4FW	Amrudin Sharifi		Esteghlal Kabul
25	4FW	Mustafa Hadid	(1987-08-25)25 August 1987 (aged 26)	Altona 93
27	2DF	Mujtaba Faiz	(1989-11-21)21 November 1989 (aged 23)	Shaheen Asmayee
30	3MF	Waheed Nadeem	(1989-06-02)2 June 1989 (aged 24)	Toofaan Harirod

Maldives

Coach: István Urbányi^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Mohamed Imran	(1988-05-25)25 May 1988 (aged 25)	Maziya
2	2DF	Ahmed Abdulla	(1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 26)	New Radiant
3	2DF	Mohamed Shifan	(1983-03-08)8 March 1983 (aged 30)	New Radiant
5	3MF	Ahmed Niyaz	(1979-03-17)17 March 1979 (aged 34)	New Radiant
6	3MF	Mohamed Arif	(1985-08-11)11 August 1985 (aged 28)	Maziya
7	4FW	Ali Ashfaq (c)	(1985-09-05)5 September 1985 (aged 27)	New Radiant
8	2DF	Rilwan Waheed	(1991-02-14)14 February 1991 (aged 22)	New Radiant
9	4FW	Assadhulla Abdulla	(1990-09-19)19 September 1990 (aged 22)	Maziya
10	3MF	Ali Umar	(1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 33)	New Radiant
11	3MF	Ali Fasir	(1988-09-04)4 September 1988 (aged 24)	New Radiant
12	3MF	Ahmed Rasheed	(1988-07-08)8 July 1988 (aged 25)	Maziya
13	2DF	Akram Abdul Ghanee	(1987-03-19)19 March 1987 (aged 26)	New Radiant
15	3MF	Ismail Easa	(1989-12-19)19 December 1989 (aged 23)	New Radiant
17	2DF	Shafiu Ahmed	(1988-11-13)13 November 1988 (aged 24)	Maziya
18	1GK	Ibrahim Irfah Arif		B.G. Sports Club
19	3MF	Mohamed Rasheed	(1985-04-15)15 April 1985 (aged 28)	Club Valencia
21	4FW	Hassan Adhuham	(1990-01-08)8 January 1990 (aged 23)	B.G. Sports Club
25	1GK	Imran Mohamed	(1980-12-18)18 December 1980 (aged 32)	New Radiant
30	3MF	Ahmed Imaaz	(1992-04-12)12 April 1992 (aged 21)	Club Eagles
37	3MF	Mohamed Umair	(1988-07-03)3 July 1988 (aged 25)	New Radiant

Sri Lanka

Coach: Claudio Roberto^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Dasun Paranavithana	(1991-11-10)10 November 1991 (aged 21)	Air Force SC
3	2DF	Sanka Danushka	(1984-12-28)28 December 1984 (aged 28)	Army
5	2DF	Mohamed Sameer	(1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 22)	Renown
6	4FW	Mohamed Izzadeen	(1981-06-08)8 June 1981 (aged 32)	Army
7	3MF	Tuwan Rizni	(1990-06-16)16 June 1990 (aged 23)	Colombo FC
8	2DF	Lahiru Tharaka	(1989-04-20)20 April 1989 (aged 24)	Ratnam
9	3MF	Mohamed Fazal		Renown
10	3MF	Chathura Gunaratne	(1982-09-08)8 September 1982 (aged 30)	Renown
11	3MF	Nipuna Bandara	(1991-06-17)17 June 1991 (aged 22)	Air Force SC
12	4FW	Mohamed Nafeer		Renown
13	4FW	Chathuranga Sanjeewa	(1991-06-07)7 June 1991 (aged 22)	Navy SC
14	3MF	Raumy Mohideen	(1979-06-05)5 June 1979 (aged 34)	Colombo FC
16	2DF	Bandara Warakagoda	(1986-10-13)13 October 1986 (aged 26)	Renown
17	2DF	Suranda Bandara	(1988-05-28)28 May 1988 (aged 25)	Solid SC
19	4FW	Sudarshana Gunasinghe		Navy SC
21	3MF	Sanoj Sameera	(1989-09-03)3 September 1989 (aged 23)	Saunders SC
22	1GK	Mohamed Imran		Renown
23	2DF	Tharindu Eranga	(1990-05-30)30 May 1990 (aged 23)	Ratnam
25	1GK	Sujan Perera	(1989-07-18)18 July 1989 (aged 24)	Army
30	3MF	H.D.M. de Silva		Army

Bhutan

Coach: Kazunori Ohara

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Leki Dukpa	(1989-12-09)9 December 1989 (aged 23)	Drukpol
2	3MF	Diwash Subba		Yeedzin
3	2DF	Dawa Gyeltshen	(1986-06-07)7 June 1986 (aged 27)	Yeedzin
4	2DF	Pema Dorji	(1985-07-05)5 July 1985 (aged 28)	Yeedzin
5	3MF	Passang Tshering (C)	(1983-07-16)16 July 1983 (aged 30)	Thimphu City
6	4FW	Sonam Tenzin	(1986-10-20)20 October 1986 (aged 26)	Drukpol
7	4FW	Chencho Gyeltshen	(1990-12-15)15 December 1990 (aged 22)	Yeedzin
8	2DF	Nima Sangay	(1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 29)	Drukpol
9	3MF	Ugyen Dorji	(1992-12-23)23 December 1992 (aged 20)	Thimphu City
10	3MF	Sonam Yoezer	(1994-10-24)24 October 1994 (aged 18)	Yeedzin
11	3MF	Chencho Nio	(1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 27)	Yeedzin
13	4FW	Tshering Wangdi		Yeedzin
15	4FW	Yeshey Dorji	(1989-01-02)2 January 1989 (aged 24)	Yeedzin
16	3MF	Tshering Dorji	(1993-09-10)10 September 1993 (aged 19)	Thimphu City
17	2DF	Pema Rinchen	(1986-02-20)20 February 1986 (aged 27)	Dzongree
18	3MF	Biren Basnet	(1994-10-20)20 October 1994 (aged 18)	Thimphu City
19	2DF	Man Bahadur Gurung		Druk Star
21	1GK	Migma Tshering		Thimphu City
22	1GK	Hemlal Bhattrai	(1990-11-01)1 November 1990 (aged 22)	Druk Stars
23	2DF	Karun Gurung	(1986-06-09)9 June 1986 (aged 27)	Thimphu City

References

^ "SAFF Championship 2013: Nepal national team final squad announced". Goal Nepal. 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
^ "Mamunul's race against time". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. 2013-08-30. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
^ "20-member squad for 2013 SAFF Championship named". All India Football Federation. 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
^ "Urbanyi selects his final squad for SAFF C'ship". Maldive Soccer. 2013-08-30. Archived from the original on 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
^ "Sri Lanka bring in the old bones". Ceylon Today. 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2013-09-01.

[1] "SAFF Championship 2013: Nepal national team final squad announced". Goal Nepal. 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2013-08-31.

[2] "Mamunul's race against time". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. 2013-08-30. Retrieved 2013-08-31.

[3] "20-member squad for 2013 SAFF Championship named". All India Football Federation. 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2013-09-01.

[4] "Urbanyi selects his final squad for SAFF C'ship". Maldive Soccer. 2013-08-30. Archived from the original on 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2013-08-31.

[5] "Sri Lanka bring in the old bones". Ceylon Today. 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2013-09-01.

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