2011 SAFF Championship

The 2011 South Asian Football Federation Championship, sponsored by Karbonn Mobiles and officially named Karbonn SAFF Championship 2011, was the 9th tournament of the SAFF Championship, which held in New Delhi, India.

Venue
It was originally scheduled to take place in Orissa, India, but was switched to New Delhi by the executive committee of the All India Football Federation on 22 September.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi was the main venue for the tournament. It is also the home stadium for India national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Draw
The draw ceremony took place on 2 November 2011 at New Delhi's Le Meridien Hotel was attended by a host of dignitaries including AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, SAFF General Secretary Alberto Colaco and Maldives Football Association General Secretary Shah Ismail.

(The FIFA rankings of the teams at the start of the tournament are given in brackets in the table)

Group stage
All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+5:30

Goalscorers

 * 7 goals
 * 🇮🇳 Sunil Chhetri


 * 6 goals
 * 🇦🇫 Balal Arezou


 * 3 goals
 * 🇮🇳 Clifford Miranda


 * 2 goals


 * 🇦🇫 Sandjar Ahmadi
 * 🇦🇫 Ata Yamrali
 * 🇮🇳 Syed Rahim Nabi
 * 🇮🇳 Jeje Lalpekhlua
 * 🇲🇻 Ali Ashfaq
 * 🇲🇻 Ahmed Thariq
 * Nipuna Bandara
 * Mohamed Zain


 * 1 goal


 * 🇦🇫 Zohib Islam Amiri
 * 🇦🇫 Mohammad Mashriqi
 * 🇦🇫 Djelaludin Sharityar
 * Shahedul Alam Shahed
 * Chencho Gyeltshen
 * 🇮🇳 Sushil Kumar Singh
 * 🇲🇻 Shamweel Qasim
 * Bharat Khawas
 * Sandip Rai
 * Sagar Thapa
 * 🇵🇰 Samar Ishaq


 * Own goal
 * Bandara Warakagoda (against India)

Other statistics
2. 🇵🇰 Pakistan vs 🇲🇻 Maldives 0-0
 * Most wins 🇮🇳 India 4 wins
 * Most Losses Bhutan 3 loss
 * Most Draws 🇵🇰 Pakistan 3 draws
 * First goal of the tournament Ali Ashfaq for 🇲🇻 Maldives vs Nepal
 * Most goals scored in a match 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 8 Goals vs Bhutan
 * Lowest scores in a match 1. Bangladesh vs 🇵🇰 Pakistan 0-0
 * Most Goals in a match by one player Balal Arezou for 🇦🇫 afghanistan vs 4 Goals
 * Fastest Goal of the tournament Ata Yamrali for 🇦🇫 afghanistan vs in 4 Minutes
 * Best Defender Djelaludin Sharityar of 🇦🇫 afghanistan
 * Best match of the tournament 🇦🇫 afghanistan vs 1-0

YouTube Live
In a deal with World Sport Group and SAFF's exclusive marketing and media partner, all matches were shown live on YouTube. The live matches are accessible globally through SAFF Youtube Channel except in India, where they were available on a delayed basis the following day.

Television
1 Only Afghan matches 2 Only Indian matches