2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup

2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host country Pakistan
Dates 7 December – 17 December
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  India (4th title)
Runners-up  Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 39 (2.6 per match)
Top scorer(s) Maldives Ibrahim Fazeel (3 goals)
Maldives Ali Ashfaq (3 goals)
Maldives Ahmed Thariq (3 goals)

The 2005 South Asian Football Federation Cup was hosted in Islamabad, jinnah sports stadium Pakistan from December 7 to December 17.

Bangladesh and India played out the final in a repeat of the 1999 final. Just as in the 1999 final, India beat Bangladesh 2-0 with goals from Mehraj Din Wadoo and Baichung Bhutia. Bhutia was also had scored the second goal in the 1999 final. It was India's fourth title win. Ali Ashfaq, Ibrahim Fazeel and Ahmed Thariq all from the Maldives ended joint top scorers.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Maldives 73210111+10
 Pakistan 7321020+2
 Afghanistan 33102311-8
 Sri Lanka 0300315-4

December 7, 2005
Pakistan  1 - 0  Sri Lanka
Imran Hussain 38

December 7, 2005
Maldives  9 - 1  Afghanistan
Umar Ali 11
Ibrahim Fazeel 27, 45+2, 60
Ali Ashfaq 32, 88
Ahmed Thariq 45+3, 46, 86
Sayed Maqsood 39

December 9, 2005
Maldives  2 - 0  Sri Lanka
Ali Ashfaq 15
Umar Ali 83

December 9, 2005
Pakistan  1 - 0  Afghanistan
Muhammad Essa 55

December 11, 2005
Sri Lanka  1 - 2  Afghanistan
G.P.C. Karunarathne 85 Hafizullah Qadami 35
Abdul Maroof Gullestani 41

December 11, 2005
Pakistan  0 - 0  Maldives

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Bangladesh 7321061+5
 India 7321062+4
   Nepal 3310245-1
 Bhutan 0300319-8

December 8, 2005
Bangladesh  3 - 0  Bhutan
Ariful Kabir Farhad 42, 58
Jahid Hasan Ameli 85

December 8, 2005
India  2 - 1    Nepal
Mehtab Hossain 6, 28 Basanta Thapa 35

December 10, 2005
Bangladesh  2 - 0    Nepal
Rokonuzzaman Kanchan 27, 87

December 10, 2005
India  3 - 0  Bhutan
Baichung Bhutia 45
Mahesh Gawli 51
Abdul Hakim 64

December 12, 2005
Nepal    3 - 1  Bhutan
Surendra Tamang 10
Basanta Thapa 16
Bijaya Gurung 29
Bikash Pradhan 47

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

December 14, 2005
Maldives  0 - 1  India
Nanjangud Shivananju Manju 38

December 14, 2005
Bangladesh  1 - 0  Pakistan

Final

Champion

 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup 2005 

India
Fourth title
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