2011 SAFF Championship final

The 2011 SAFF Championship final was the final match of the 2011 SAFF Championship which took place in India on 11 December 2011. The final match took place between India and Afghanistan. India entered the final as defending champions after winning their fifth title in 2009. While for Afghanistan this was their first final.^[1][2][3]

2011 SAFF Championship final

Event	2011 SAFF Championship
India Afghanistan 4 0
Date	11 December 2011 (2011-12-11)
Venue	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Referee	Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
Attendance	30,000
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Venue

It was originally scheduled to take place in Orissa, India,^[4] but was switched to New Delhi by the executive committee of the All India Football Federation on 22 September.^[5]

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi was the main venue for the tournament. It is also the home stadium for the India national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Route to the final

India		Round	Afghanistan
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Afghanistan	1–1	Match 1	India	1–1
Bhutan	5–0	Match 2	Sri Lanka	3–1
Sri Lanka	3–0	Match 3	Bhutan	8–1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Afghanistan 3 2 1 0 12 3 +9 7  India 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7  Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3  Bhutan 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0		Final standing	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Afghanistan 3 2 1 0 12 3 +9 7  India 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7  Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3  Bhutan 3 0 0 3 1 16 -15 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout phase	Opponent	Result
Maldives	3–1	Semi-finals	Nepal	1–0 a e.t

Match

India	4–0	Afghanistan
Chhetri 71' (pen.) Miranda 79' Lalpekhlua 80' S. Singh 90+5'	Report

11 December 2011

18:00 IST

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

India

Afghanistan

Mahesh Gawli Climax Lawrence Syed Rahim Nabi Gouramangi Singh Clifford Miranda  93' Sunil Chhetri  84' Anthony Pereira  74' Rocus Lamare Jeje Lalpekhlua Karanjit Singh Nirmal Chettri Substitutes: Steven Dias  74' Sushil Kumar Singh  84' Lalrindika Ralte  93' Manager: Savio Medeira

Djelaludin Sharityar Ata Yamrali Zohib Islam Amiri Hamidullah Yousafzai  64' Israfeel Kohistani Faisal Sakhizada Muqadar Qazizadah Mohammad Mashriqi Balal Arezou Ghulam Hazrat Niazi  68' Sandjar Ahmadi  77' Substitutes: Bashir Darman  68' Sayed Maqsood Hashemi  77' Manager: Mohammad Yousef Kargar

Match rules

• 90 minutes.
• 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
• Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
• Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

• 2011 SAFF Championship

References

1. "India thrash Afghanistan 4-0". 12 December 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
2. Basu, Tomojit (8 December 2011). "India Pump in three to enter last four". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
3. "India retain SAFF title: AFC.com". Retrieved 10 December 2021.
4. "AIFF Executive committee meeting". The-AIFF.com. All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
5. "Exe. Committee enthusiastic about AIFF-FIFA Dev. Prog". The-AIFF. All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.