Hosts Bangladesh will begin their SAFF Championship campaign taking on Bhutan in one of two opening day matches on December 4 as the South Asian Football Federation yesterday revealed the fixtures of the sixth edition of the regional football meet.
All 15 matches including the semifinals and final will be played at the Bangabandhu National Stadium with two matches of the group stage to be played each day from December 4 to 9.
Both semifinals are scheduled for December 11 while the final will take pace on December 13.
Bangladesh had earlier been drawn in Group B along with Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bhutan while Group A included holders Maldives, runners-up India, Afghanistan and Nepal. Top two teams from each group will qualify for the semifinals.
Bangladesh, who were eliminated from the group stage in the fifth edition in Colombo in 2008 after a 1-1 draw against Bhutan, a 2-2 draw against Afghanistan before going 1-0 down to Sri Lanka, will play the second match against Pakistan on December 6.
The hosts’ third and group final match against Sri Lanka will be held on December 8.
November 24th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
maldives will be saff champions this time also, the reasion is defending runners up india takes under 23 squad for this competition…and bangladhesh can’t beat king of saff MALDIVES……WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF SAFF..
December 3rd, 2009 at 3:47 am
Bangladesh will win this prestigiuos tournament this year because they hosting this tournament and they have enough fire power to beat others..
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:59 am
This could be the best turn for Maldives, because they prepared well beating senior Malaysian national team 1-0 and crushed under 23 National team 4-1 in a friendly. Also dont forget that super star Ali Ashfaaq is on top form too, scoring 4 goals in Malaysia. There is no one in south asia who can match with his superior quality, and definitely, this could be the second turn for him to become best player in the tournment.
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:34 am
NEPAL IS RISING WITH SETUP DEFENCE AND STRIKING. PLEASE WATCH OUT THE MAGIC/
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:40 am
NEVER BEFORE HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF NEPAL, THIS TIME THE BOYS WILL PROVE IT.
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:51 am
NEVER HAS HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL, THIS TIME THEY WILL CHANGE THE ENTIRE GAME. THEY KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE GAMES ARE…..
December 3rd, 2009 at 11:03 pm
from nepal
nepal is going to be a new king of saff.our main competitive team is maldives.bt other team is nothing.
December 4th, 2009 at 3:10 am
this time nepal will be the favourite one in saff championship to lift the cup…becoz of perfectly balanced team..along with star players to be watched like anil gurung who had just return from england and jumanu rai the perfect striker…so its NEPAL this time….
December 4th, 2009 at 6:23 am
ya hopefully we will make it this time also….
December 4th, 2009 at 8:35 am
nepal is the ultimate winner this time…players to watch anil gurung & jumanu rai…
December 4th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
how can i see saff football live on internet from us
December 4th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Cheers for NEPAL!!!
December 4th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
good luck nepal
December 4th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
ravin ani jesh ji internet ma saff football live kasari herne ho thaha bhayama site ko naam diyara sahayog garnu paryo….
December 4th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
i am also trying to search the live streaming Keshar ji , i am in Canada and i am dying to see the match but forget about live streaming i couldn’t able find the site for live score update also that sucks
December 4th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
go bangladesh…
December 4th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
http://www.maradhu.net/media/tvml2.html
December 5th, 2009 at 1:44 am
jesh nd keshar ji,live score update chahi tala ko link ma herna sakincha:
http://soccerinnepal.blogspot.com/
ok all the best for nepali team
December 5th, 2009 at 3:19 am
nepal will win. we are the argentina of south asia with our entertaining total football. good luck nepal and fuck india
December 5th, 2009 at 5:29 am
the only saff champion this time it’s NEPAL…….
December 5th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Till now nepal has played well and hope that nepal will win this match and this tournament also,and special thanks to our coach Mr Thapa,All the best Nepali Team.and today our team captain is also Thapa so he also have to prove this …………… ALL THE BEST>
Saman
December 5th, 2009 at 6:13 am
jesh you can watch game here..
as i am in Canada as well..
which province you are living?
December 5th, 2009 at 10:58 am
BRAVO!!! NEPAL !!! got a good chance to win but still a good game BRAVO !!!
December 6th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Bangladesh win this championship because we are Bangladeshi and also tiger don’t forgot again dear neighbors
December 6th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
WE R WAITING THE FINAL GAME WITH INDIA THAN NO MATTER WHATSOEVER THE CUPS WILL BE RETURN TO KATHMANDU… VIJAY BHAWA:
December 6th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
nepal r d champs
india (dhoti) ko dhoti udcha aaj
December 7th, 2009 at 1:45 am
aja nepal le jitnai parcha dhoti haru lai dekhaunai parcha
ALL THE BEST TO NEPAL
December 7th, 2009 at 2:52 am
nepal thrans by india 4_1.i hope nepal will be champ still campion.jumanu is hiro of this team.come on jumanu we want to win this match god always help u.
December 7th, 2009 at 2:54 am
ALL THE BEST NEPALI TEAM N MR THAPA WHO COACH OF THIS NEPALI TEAM.
December 7th, 2009 at 4:15 am
EAST OR WEST NEPAL IS THE BEST. IF NEPAL GOT A CHANCE THEN I M SURE THEY WILL WIN. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!INDIANS ARE CHEATERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 7th, 2009 at 4:18 am
How do u watch live on NET DUDES??
December 7th, 2009 at 11:22 am
best wishes for sri lanka and we hope sri lanka will go final
December 8th, 2009 at 12:28 am
hey this time is ours(maldives) so all others pls dont think abt saff championship. go back and stay safe.
December 8th, 2009 at 3:57 am
the teams that might win are bangladesh or maldives….india is not going to win cuz they realize that they r retards…..
As for Pakistan….too much politics…they dont send better players from makran and lyari….
December 8th, 2009 at 4:59 am
I Promise Everyone That We Will Be Playing Fair And I Am 100% Sure That Maldives Will Win The S.A.A.F Championship This Year
:Ashfaq
December 8th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
What happened to nepal? Dhoti lai jitna sakena kya bore bhayo.. aafule chai nepal ko game bhanera cable television wala lai bangladesh tv lagauna layera hereko … no way to go semi final…. badluk
December 8th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Get latest SAFF updates from http://saffchampionship.com/ – Official Bangladesh match coverage, Live stream, Live coverage, Etc…
December 9th, 2009 at 3:21 am
What time is the match today? How can we watch live??
December 9th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Surely Maldives will win the SAFF championship 2009.
“Aharemenge Ummeedhu”
December 9th, 2009 at 10:10 am
aww…god nepal is in terrible condition plz God INdia sud win maldives today or else nepal has no chance ..how unlucky …..
December 9th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
India got into the semifinal by fluke. Nepal deserved the semi final place, but bad luck follows. Maldives is the best team in this group. On other group, I think Pakistan was better than SriLanka, but they didnt have the scorer…well…Pakistan should not depend on their English 2nd division footballers either. Bangladesh deserves the group winner in this group as they played all-out against SriLanka. My bet Bangladesh and Maldives will be in the final, and there Bangladesh has huge home team advantage…lets see
December 10th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
MALDIP NEPAL suck how thy think fr chamipoship thy need to knw many things still!
go for BD n INDIA
December 11th, 2009 at 12:19 am
“”"”"”"”Maldives Champion again 2009″”"”"”"”"”"”
India Bangladesh need 100 more years to come level of maldives. maldives has the ability to do to win they have individual talented stars like Asfaq + Toriq + Arif + Fazeel + Muhkthaar + they are most wanted most dangerous players in this saac so wining against maldives is not that easy ,,,
– the most brilliant 23 years number one striker in the saac IRON MAN(DAGANDEY) ALI ASFAG Is more than enough to beat any country in this saac thats why he is the most valuable player 2008 —– GudLuCk MaLdIvEs.
December 11th, 2009 at 5:02 am
hey u guys…Bhutan is d best team in Asia……………we r little scared tats y we lost…………..otherwise noone can cum near us…..we r d Brazil of SOUTH ASIA….n one day will win the WORLDCUP…..this SAFF is like a piece of stool hanging on our butt……….
December 11th, 2009 at 6:38 am
lol.. maldives will this time.. We beat srilanka 5 goals to 1
December 11th, 2009 at 8:34 am
I’m egerly waiting 4 da final result.Bangladesh have to win this cup.In fact this tournament is cause of Dido’s departure.Don’t forget forget dat India and Maldives have sent a weak team ,so we have defeat them.Good luck………
December 11th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Hey guys! Maldives on the final. And india too.. .oooops but not bangladhesh. hehehe. .
Better luck nexttime
December 11th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
hurray! Maldives will win this time too! Sorry Bangladhesh but u have sent “the weak”team!!
Gud luck next time!!!
December 11th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
jst a lucky win by india in a neck to neck game….nyways we’r d host n we’r going to maintain our curtisy…. Coz having a successful torney iz itself a winning for us..
December 12th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Wish Maldives all the best for tomorrow’s match.
Maldives will always will beat so called brazil in south asia. And dorji we dont keep stoool hanging in our butt like Bhutan (Buttan) we through it.
December 12th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
east the west nepal is the best
December 13th, 2009 at 12:59 am
Nevermind the neplese football gonna surely rock oneday keep it up guyz you did the best of urs.all da best for india and maldives for the finals.
December 13th, 2009 at 1:17 am
MIFAHARU VES MEE AHAREMENGE FAHARU……..WE WILL WIN…..GO MALDIVES….AHAREMENGE UMMEEDHU….MALDIVES WILL WIN…..SCORE IS 5-0…. =D =D =D =D =D =D
December 25th, 2009 at 2:13 am
bongladesh saff champaion footal video kun addresh ma harne sakencha please sait ko nam botaidinus na la malie 1 deami herna mon lagakao cha maila dharai site ma taray gera tara nepalko khal dekhne payana please
January 9th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
if you want to see real bangladeshi footballers are in london! and those are the people that can take you places!! and win!!! put a better names for us!