# 2008 SAFF Championship squads

The 2008 SAFF Championship was an international football tournament held in Sri Lanka and Maldives from 3 to 14 June 2008. The national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 players. The position listed for each player is per the squad list in the official match reports by the SAFF.

## Bangladesh

Coach: Abu Yusuf
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Aminul Haque | (1980-10-05)5 October 1980 (aged 27) | Mohammedan |
| 20 | 1GK | Biplob Bhattacharjee | (1981-01-07)7 January 1981 (aged 27) | Dhaka Abahani |
| 2 | 2DF | Arup Kumar Baidya | (1987-09-02)2 September 1987 (aged 20) | Farashganj |
| 3 | 2DF | Wali Faisal | (1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 23) | Dhaka Abahani |
| 4 | 2DF | Rajani Kanta Barman | (1976-05-12)12 May 1976 (aged 32) | Mohammedan |
| 19 | 2DF | Mofazzal Hossain Shaikat | (1986-06-20)20 June 1986 (aged 21) | Mohammedan |
| | 2DF | Ariful Islam | (1987-12-20)20 December 1987 (aged 20) | Mohammedan |
| 5 | 2DF | Nazrul Islam | (1978-10-16)16 October 1978 (aged 29) | Dhaka Abahani |
| 6 | 2DF | Hassan Al-Mamun | (1978-12-16)16 December 1978 (aged 29) | Muktijoddha Sangsad |
| | 2DF | Atiqur Rahman Meshu | (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 19) | Brothers Union |
| 7 | 3MF | Arman Aziz | (1984-05-10)10 May 1984 (aged 24) | Mohammedan |
| 8 | 3MF | Anamul Haque Sharif | (1985-12-09)9 December 1985 (aged 22) | Mohammedan |
| 9 | 3MF | Mamunul Islam | (1988-12-12)12 December 1988 (aged 19) | Dhaka Abahani |
| 13 | 3MF | Arif Khan Joy (captain) | (1971-11-20)20 November 1971 (aged 36) | Dhaka Abahani |
| 16 | 3MF | Mohamed Abul Hossain | (1983-07-29)29 July 1983 (aged 24) | Brothers Union |
| | 3MF | Faisal Mahmud | (1983-01-16)16 January 1983 (aged 25) | Brothers Union |
| | 3MF | Zahid Parvez Chowdhury | (1987-12-29)29 December 1987 (aged 20) | Dhaka Abahani |
| 10 | 4FW | Zahid Hasan Ameli | (1987-12-25)25 December 1987 (aged 20) | Dhaka Abahani |
| 12 | 4FW | Mehedi Hasan Ujjal | (1985-04-26)26 April 1985 (aged 23) | Dhaka Abahani |
| 20 | 4FW | Abdul Baten Mojumdar Komol | (1987-08-02)2 August 1987 (aged 20) | Mohammedan |

## India

Coach: Bob Houghton
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1GK | Subhasish Roy Chowdhury | (1986-09-27)27 September 1986 (aged 21) | Mahindra United |
| 1GK | Subrata Pal | (1986-12-24)24 December 1986 (aged 21) | East Bengal |
| 2DF | Mahesh Gawli | (1980-01-23)23 January 1980 (aged 28) | Mahindra United |
| 2DF | N.S. Manju | (1987-05-09)9 May 1987 (aged 21) | Mahindra United |
| 2DF | Mehrajuddin Wadoo | (1984-02-12)12 February 1984 (aged 24) | Mohun Bagan |
| 2DF | Anwar Ali | (1984-09-24)24 September 1984 (aged 23) | JCT |
| 2DF | Samir Subash Naik | (1979-08-08)8 August 1979 (aged 28) | Dempo |
| 2DF | Deepak Mondal | (1979-10-12)12 October 1979 (aged 28) | Mohun Bagan |
| 2DF | Gouramangi Singh | (1986-01-25)25 January 1986 (aged 22) | Churchill Brothers |
| 3MF | Pappachen Pradeep | (1983-04-28)28 April 1983 (aged 25) | Mahindra United |
| 3MF | Steven Dias | (1983-12-25)25 December 1983 (aged 24) | Mahindra United |
| 3MF | Climax Lawrence | (1979-01-16)16 January 1979 (aged 29) | Dempo |
| 3MF | Renedy Singh | (1979-06-20)20 June 1979 (aged 28) | JCT |
| 3MF | Sampath Kuttymani | (1986-09-28)28 September 1986 (aged 21) | Mumbai |
| 3MF | Bungo Thomchok Singh | (1983-03-02)2 March 1983 (aged 25) | Pune |
| 4FW | Bhaichung Bhutia (captain) | (1976-12-15)15 December 1976 (aged 31) | East Bengal |
| 4FW | Manjit Singh | (1986-01-25)25 January 1986 (aged 22) | Mahindra United |
| 4FW | Abhishek Yadav | (1980-06-10)10 June 1980 (aged 27) | Mumbai |
| 4FW | Sushil Kumar Singh | (1981-04-01)1 April 1981 (aged 27) | Mahindra United |
| 4FW | Sunil Chhetri | (1984-08-03)3 August 1984 (aged 23) | East Bengal |

## Pakistan

Coach: Akhtar Mohiuddin
* Bilal Rafiq
* Syed Sultan Rahi
* Samar Ishaq
* Muhammad Ahmed
* Naveed Akram
* Muhammad Imran
* Zesh Rehman
* Muhammad Irfan
* Nasrullah Khan
* Farooq Shah
* Abdul Aziz
* Adnan Ahmed
* Atif Bashir
* Jadid Khan Pathan
* Imran Niazi
* Zahid Hameed
* Kashif Siddiqi
* Arif Mehmood
* Muhammad Qasim
* Asif Mehmood

## Nepal

Coach: Thomas Flath
* Nirajan Rayamajhi
* Sagar Thapa
* Rakesh Shrestha
* Bikash Malla
* Lok Bandhu Gurung
* K.C. Anjan
* Bijay Gurung
* Ju Manu Rai
* Bishan Gauchan
* Chun Bahadur Thapa
* Sandeep Rai
* Ananta Raj Thapa
* Parbat Pandey
* Raju Tamang
* Ramesh Budhathoki
* Bikash Singh Chhetri
* Suman Subedi
* Niranjan Khadka

## Maldives

Coach: Jozef Jankech
* Ahmed Thoriq
* Mohamed Imran
* Mohamed Ismail
* Ibrahim Fazeel
* Assad Abdul Ghanee
* Ahmed Ammaty Saeed
* Mohamed Jameel
* Ali Ashfaq
* Mukhthar Naseer
* Mohamed Shifan
* Mohamed Sobah
* Ali Umar
* Shamveel Qasim
* Mohamed Bakka Arif