South Asian Football Federation

South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) is an association of the football playing nations in South Asia which is a regional subsidiary of Asian Football Confederation, incorporated in 1997. The members of the association are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

History
The SAFF was founded in 1997, with Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In 2000, they expanded to 7 members, adding Bhutan. Afghanistan joined in 2005, but left in 2015, to join then newly formed Central Asian Football Association.

Presidents

 * *Due to health issues in 2016, Ranjith Rodrigo replaced Salahuddin as acting president for two months.

Competitions
The South Asian Football Federation runs several competitions on subcontinental level.

Men's

 * SAFF Championship
 * South Asian Games Men's football tournament
 * SAFF U-20 Championship
 * SAFF U-17 Championship

Women's

 * SAFF Women's Championship
 * South Asian Games Women's football tournament
 * SAFF U-20 Women's Championship
 * SAFF U-17 Women's Championship

Club

 * SAFF Club Championship

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. 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, were not altogether interested in participating.

Sri Lanka was supposed to host the first edition in August 2014.

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.

The 2024 SAFF Club Championship will be the inaugural edition of the SAFF Club Championship, the biennial international men's club football championship of South Asia organised by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).

Titles by nation
Note: (†) Member from 2005 till 2015 , (††) The Russian Under-17 team was invited to the Under-17 tournament

Medals (1993-2024)
Last Update: 2024 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship (Total: 44 Editions)

Exclude Football at the South Asian Games and SAFF Club Championship.


 * 1) SAFF Championship (1993-2023) - 14 Editions
 * 2) SAFF Women's Championship (2010-2022) - 6 Editions
 * 3) SAFF U-20 Championship (2015-2023) - 5 Editions
 * 4) SAFF U-20 Women's Championship (2018-2024) - 5 Editions
 * 5) SAFF U-17 Championship (2011-2023) - 8 Editions
 * 6) SAFF U-17 Women's Championship (2017-2023) - 6 Editions


 * Note: and  shared gold in 2024 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship.

SAFF teams at continental and global tournaments

 * Legend


 *  – Champion
 *  – Runner-up
 *  – Third place
 *  – Fourth place
 * QF – Quarterfinals
 * R16 – Round of 16
 * GS – Group stage
 * 1S – First knockout stage
 * — Did not qualify
 * — Qualified but withdrew
 * — Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified
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 * — Hosts

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Asian Games men's football tournament

 * Football at the Asian Games was a senior tournament until 1998.
 * Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.

Rankings
Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

Men's national teams

 * Last updated: 21 June 2024

Leading men's team:

Women's national teams

 * Last updated: 14 June 2024

Leading women's team:

By number of goals
(Players with at least 20 goals)

By country
(only highest goalscorers from each country)


 * Players in bold are active international players.

By number of goals
(Players with at least 30 goals)

By country
(only highest goalscorers from each country)


 * Players in bold are active international players.