# 2013 SAFF Championship

The 2013 South Asian Football Federation Championship, commonly referred to as 2013 SAFF Championship, was the 10th SAFF Championship for men's national football teams organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament took place from 31 August to 11 September 2013, and was hosted by Nepal for the second time, with the previous being in 1997.

## Host selection

Nepal were selected as hosts in September 2012 during the 2012 SAFF Women's Championship in Sri Lanka.

## Broadcasting

The tournament was broadcast live in Nepal on Kantipur Television Network, Tolo TV in Afghanistan and Television Maldives in Maldives. Every match was broadcast live on YouTube.

## Participating nations

Along with the hosts, the other seven nations from the South Asian region participated in the tournament. India came into the tournament as the reigning champions from the 2011 edition.
| Team | Appearances in the SAFF Championship | Previous best performance | FIFA Ranking at start of event |
| Nepal | 10th | Third-Place (1993) | 170 |
| Afghanistan | 6th | Runners-up (2011) | 139 |
| Bangladesh | 9th | Champions (2003) | 158 |
| Bhutan | 6th | Semi-finals (2008) | 207 |
| India | 10th | Champions (1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2011) | 145 |
| Maldives | 8th | Champions (2008, 2018) | 153 |
| Pakistan | 10th | Third-Place (1997) | 167 |
| Sri Lanka | 10th | Champions (1995) | 170 |

### Group Draw

The draw ceremony took place on 30 July 2013 at Kathmandu's Soaltee Crowne Plaza was attended by a host of dignitaries including All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) Chairman Ganesh Thapa, SAFF President Kazi Salahuddin, Secretary Alberto Colaco and National Sports Council Member-Secretary Yubaraj Lama.
| Group A | Group B |
| Bangladesh  India  Nepal  Pakistan | Afghanistan  Bhutan  Maldives  Sri Lanka |

## Venues

Kathmandu :
| Dasarath Rangasala Stadium | Halchowk Stadium |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 3,500 |
| Kathmandu ||

## Match officials

On 22 August 2013, SAFF announced the 15 referees for the tournament.

### Referees

* Tayeb Shamsuzzaman
* Pratap Singh
* Adham Makhadmeh
* Sudish Pandey
* Saleh Al Hethlol
* Hettikamkanamge Perera

### Assistant referees

* Shirzad Alimaqa
* Ugyen Dorji
* Ahmad Al Roalle
* Issa Al Amawe
* Ahmed Ameez
* Naniram Thapa Magar
* Murad Waheed
* Abdulaziz Al Asmari
* Khalid Al Doghairi

## Group stage

SAFF confirmed the groups and schedule on 30 July 2013.
All times listed are Nepali Standard Time.
Key to colors in group tables :
* Teams that advance to the semi-finals
* Group winners
* Group runners-up

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Nepal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
| India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Maldives | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 7 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 |
| Bhutan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 0 |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 8 September – Dasarath Rangasala | 8 September – Dasarath Rangasala |
| Nepal | 0 |
| Nepal | 0 | 11 September – Dasarath Rangasala | 11 September – Dasarath Rangasala |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 11 September – Dasarath Rangasala | 11 September – Dasarath Rangasala |
| Afghanistan | 1 | Afghanistan | 2 |
| 9 September – Dasarath Rangasala | 9 September – Dasarath Rangasala | | Afghanistan | 2 |
| 9 September – Dasarath Rangasala | 9 September – Dasarath Rangasala | India | 0 |
| Maldives | 0 | India | 0 |
| India | 1 | | |

### Final
## Champion

* SAFF Championship 2013
* Afghanistan First title

## Awards

The following awards were given for the 2013 SAFF Championship.
| FIFA Fair Play Award | FIFA Fair Play Award | FIFA Fair Play Award | Hero MotoCorp MVP of host nation Award | Hero MotoCorp MVP of host nation Award | Hero MotoCorp MVP of host nation Award | MVP of the Tournament | MVP of the Tournament | MVP of the Tournament | Golden Boot Award | Golden Boot Award | Golden Boot Award | Golden Glove Award | Golden Glove Award | Golden Glove Award | NIVIA Best goal of the tournament | NIVIA Best goal of the tournament | NIVIA Best goal of the tournament |
| Nepal | Nepal | Nepal | Rabin Shrestha | Rabin Shrestha | Rabin Shrestha | Mansur Faqiryar | Mansur Faqiryar | Mansur Faqiryar | Ali Ashfaq | Ali Ashfaq | Ali Ashfaq | Mansur Faqiryar | Mansur Faqiryar | Mansur Faqiryar | Zohib Islam Amiri | Zohib Islam Amiri | Zohib Islam Amiri |

## Prize money

The prize money given to the top four teams:
| Final placing | Prize money (US Dollars) |
| Champions | 50,000 |
| Runner-up | 25,000 |
| Semi-Finalists | 10,000 |

## Goalscorers
### 10 goals

* Ali Ashfaq

### 4 goals

* Mohamed Izzadeen

### 3 goals

* Ali Fasir

### 2 goals

* Sandjar Ahmadi
* Zohib Islam Amiri
* Mustafa Azadzoy
* Hashmatullah Barakzai
* Passang Tshering
* Ali Umar
* Anil Gurung

### 1 goal

* Mohammad Rafi Barakzai
* Jahid Hasan Ameli
* Atiqur Rahman Meshu
* Chencho Gyeltshen
* Sonam Tenzin
* Sunil Chhetri
* Arnab Mondal
* Syed Nabi
* Assadhulla Abdulla
* Hassan Adhuham
* Mohammad Umair
* Bharat Khawas
* Bimal Magar
* Ju Manu Rai
* Hassan Bashir
* Samar Ishaq
* Kalim Ullah
* Mohamed Fazaluzzaman

### 1 own goal

* Pema Dorji (playing against Sri Lanka)
* Samar Ishaq (playing against India)