South Asian Football Federation
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), founded in 1997, is an association of the football playing nations in South Asia and is part of the larger Asian Football Confederation. The current members are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. History. The SAFF was founded in 1997, with Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In 2000, they expanded to 7 members, adding Bhutan. In 2005, Afghanistan joined too, but later, left in 2015, to join then newly formed Central Asian Football Association. Presidents. Because of health issues in 2016, Rodrigo Ranjith replaced  Salahuddin as acting president for two months. Salahuddin was voted to resume presidency in March 2016. Next SAFF election will be held in April, 2022. Member associations. Former members. Afghanistan, who had joined the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) in the 2005 expansion 2 phase, left the association in 2015 to become a founding member of Central Asian Football Association (CAFA). Competitions. The South Asian Football Federation runs several competitions on subcontinental level. Club. 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. However 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, are not altogether interested in participating. Sri Lanka was supposed to host first edition in August 2014. That however did not happen. 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. But the Club Championship was never a reality and only remained as a plan on paper. Rankings. Rankings are calculated by FIFA. Men's National Teams. Leading Men's Team: Women's National Teams. Leading Women's team: Top goalscorer in men's football. , the players with most goals scored in career from South Asia (SAFF) are: Top goalscorer in women's football. , the players with most goals scored in career from South Asia (SAFF) are: