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South Asian Football Federation

The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) is an association of the football playing nations in South Asia. Incorporated in 1997, it is a regional subsidiary of the Asian Football Confederation. The members of the association are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

History

The SAFF was founded in 1997, with Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In 2000, they expanded to 7 members, adding Bhutan. Afghanistan joined in 2005, but left in 2015, to join then newly formed Central Asian Football Association.

Presidents

Member associations

Former member

Competitions

The South Asian Football Federation runs several competitions on subcontinental level.

National teams

Men
Women

Clubs

Men
Women

The South Asian Football Federation announced in April 2011 that they had decided to start a new tournament for association football club sides, the SAFF Club Championship, with the inaugural edition to be held in Bangladesh from 1–15 September of the same year. The competition was postponed and desires to revive the competition were again announced in July 2013 but the competition has still not started with accusations that India, the prime nation in the competition, were not altogether interested in participating.

Sri Lanka was supposed to host the first edition in August 2014.

A new possible start was set for December 2016 but later announced that 2017 would see the first edition. This again was changed and announced that 2018 would be the start of the tournament.

In January 2025, SAFF announced three new competitions: SAFF Club Championship, SAFF Women's Club Championship and the SAFF U-23 Championship. SAFF struck a deal with marketing partner Sportfive to fund the Men’s, Women’s, Under-23 and Club Championship.

Current title holders

Titles by nation

As of 1 June 2025

Note: (†) Member from 2005 till 2015 , (††) The Russian Under-17 team was invited to the Under-17 tournament

Medals (1993–2025)

Last Update: 2025 SAFF U-19 Championship

Exclude Football at the South Asian Games and SAFF Club Championship.

SAFF teams at continental and global tournaments

Legend
  • – Champion
  • – Runner-up
  • – Third place
  • – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R16 – Round of 16
  • GS – Group stage
  • 1S – First knockout stage
  • — Did not qualify
  • — Qualified but withdrew
  • — Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified
  •  Ã¢Â€Â” Hosts

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Senior

Men's

FIFA World Cup
AFC Asian Cup
AFC Challenge Cup
AFC Solidarity Cup
Asian Games men's football tournament
Football at the Asian Games was a senior tournament until 1998.
Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.

Women's

AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games Women's football tournament

Junior

Men's U-20

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Men's U-17

FIFA U-17 World Cup
AFC U-17 Asian Cup

Women's U-20

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

Women's U-17

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

Rankings

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

Men's national teams

  • Last updated: 19 January 2026

Leading men's team:

Women's national teams

  • Last updated: 11 December 2025

Leading women's team:

Men's Futsal national teams

  • Last updated: 12 December 2025

Women's Futsal national teams

  • Last updated: 12 December 2025

Individual statistics

Top goalscorer in men's football

By number of goals

By country

Players in bold are active international players.

Top goalscorer in women's football

By number of goals

By country

Players in bold are active international players.

See also

References

External links