South Asian Football Federation

South Asian Football Federation

SAFF logo

SAFF members
Motto Strength in Unity
Formation 1997
Type Sports organization
Membership 8 member associations
President 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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Member Associations

Presidents

President Years
Ganesh Thapa 1999 - October 2009 [2]
Kazi Salahuddin October 2009 -

South Asian Football Federation Cup

It runs the South Asian Football Federation Cup, also called the SAFF 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.

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