2005 SAFF Gold Cup squads

The 2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup was an international football tournament held in Pakistan from 7 to 17 December 2005. The 8 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. The age listed for each player is on 7 December 2005, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of the tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team.

Group A

Maldives

Coach: Yordan Stoykov^[1][2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ishaq Easa	(1974-08-13)13 August 1974 (aged 31)	0	0	Hurriyya
18	1GK	Imran Mohamed	(1980-12-18)18 December 1980 (aged 24)	28	0	Victory
3	2DF	Mohamed Sifan	(1983-03-08)8 March 1983 (aged 22)	0	0	New Radiant
4	2DF	Mohamed Nasir	(1981-04-16)16 April 1981 (aged 24)	5	0	New Radiant
8	2DF	Mohamed Jameel	(1975-10-04)4 October 1975 (aged 30)	22	1	New Radiant
13	2DF	Assad Abdul Ghanee (captain)	(1976-01-02)2 January 1976 (aged 29)	21	1	Valencia
20	2DF	Fareedh Mohamed	(1982-08-29)29 August 1982 (aged 23)	3	0	Victory
21	2DF	Sabah Mohamed	(1980-04-18)18 April 1980 (aged 25)	15	0	New Radiant
24	2DF	Mohamed Nimal			?
5	3MF	Ibrahim Fazeel	(1980-10-09)9 October 1980 (aged 25)	29	5	New Radiant
6	3MF	Mohamed Arif	(1985-08-11)11 August 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	Island
11	3MF	Shamweel Qasim	(1982-06-20)20 June 1982 (aged 23)	0	0	Island
12	3MF	Hussain Habeeb	(1980-04-06)6 April 1980 (aged 25)	11	0	Valencia
14	3MF	Ahmed Saeed	(1980-05-04)4 May 1980 (aged 25)	1	0	Victory
17	3MF	Ashraf Luthfy	(1973-06-16)16 June 1973 (aged 32)	1	0	Victory
7	4FW	Ali Ashfaq	(1985-09-06)6 September 1985 (aged 20)	7	6	Valencia
9	4FW	Ahmed Thoriq	(1980-10-04)4 October 1980 (aged 25)	7	3	New Radiant
10	4FW	Ali Umar	(1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 25)	24	8	Valencia
16	4FW	Ismail Mohamed	(1980-03-16)16 March 1980 (aged 25)	5	0	Victory
19	4FW	Shinaz Hilmy	(1984-01-11)11 January 1984 (aged 21)	0	0	Hurriyya

Pakistan

Coach: Salman Sharida^[1][3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jaffar Khan (captain)	(1981-02-10)10 February 1981 (aged 24)	19	0	Pakistan Army
25	1GK	Muhammad Imran			?
5	2DF	Tanveer Ahmed	(1976-04-15)15 April 1976 (aged 29)	15	1	WAPDA
2	2DF	Naveed Akram	(1984-05-16)16 May 1984 (aged 21)	3	0	Pakistan Army
21	2DF	Yasir Afridi	(1988-07-27)27 July 1988 (aged 17)		?
3	2DF	Mehmood Khan	(1983-01-06)6 January 1983 (aged 22)	8	0	NBP
14	2DF	Muhammad Imran	(1986-11-15)15 November 1986 (aged 19)	3	0	Pakistan Army
18	2DF	Samar Ishaq	(1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 19)	0	0	Panther Faisalabad
19	2DF	Arif Masih	(1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 16)	4	0	PTCL Islamabad
4	2DF	Zesh Rehman	(1983-10-14)14 October 1983 (aged 22)	0	0	Fulham
6	3MF	Zahid Hameed	(1985-08-01)1 August 1985 (aged 20)	5	0	WAPDA
13	3MF	Farooq Shah	(1985-10-19)19 October 1985 (aged 20)	3	0	NBP
8	3MF	Adeel Ahmed	(1983-11-25)25 November 1983 (aged 22)	9	0	PTCL Islamabad
7	3MF	Abdul Aziz	(1986-01-11)11 January 1986 (aged 19)	3	0	NBP
17	3MF	Mudassar Saeed	(1987-07-03)3 July 1987 (aged 18)	0	0	Khan Research Laboratories
23	3MF	Imran Niazi	(1985-11-17)17 November 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	WAPDA
10	4FW	Muhammad Essa	(1983-11-20)20 November 1983 (aged 22)	11	2	Afghan FC Chaman
9	4FW	Imran Hussain	(1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 24)	2	0	Pakistan Army
12	4FW	Arif Mehmood	(1983-06-21)21 June 1983 (aged 22)	5	1	WAPDA
26	4FW	Farhan Abdul Qadir			?

Afghanistan

Coach: Klaus Stärk^[1][4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Shamsuddin Amiri	(1985-02-12)12 February 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	Kabul Bank
20	1GK	Hamidullah Yousafzai	(1981-12-02)2 December 1981 (aged 24)	0	0
2	2DF	Ali Ahmadi	(1988-08-12)12 August 1988 (aged 17)	1	0
3	2DF	Bashir Ahmad Saadat	(1981-12-27)27 December 1981 (aged 23)	5	0	Maiwand Kabul
4	2DF	Qudratullah Hussaini	(1984-03-11)11 March 1984 (aged 21)	0	0
5	2DF	Abdul Maroof Gullestani	(1986-06-08)8 June 1986 (aged 19)	2	0
8	2DF	Ali Yarzada	(1985-10-15)15 October 1985 (aged 20)	0	0
14	2DF	Manochehr Azizi	(1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 21)	0	0
19	2DF	Zohib Islam Amiri	(1990-02-15)15 February 1990 (aged 15)	0	0	Shoa
6	3MF	Israfeel Kohistani	(1987-06-05)5 June 1987 (aged 18)	0	0	Ordu Kabul
7	3MF	Sayed Maqsood Hashemi	(1986-03-05)5 March 1986 (aged 19)	0	0
12	3MF	Farhad Reza Khan	(1986-05-16)16 May 1986 (aged 19)		?
13	3MF	Raza Mahmoudi	(1984-05-12)12 May 1984 (aged 21)	2	0
15	3MF	Ahmed Wahid Abbasi	(1984-08-20)20 August 1984 (aged 21)	0	0	Maiwand Kabul
17	3MF	Sayed Qasim Sharifi			?
18	3MF	Sayed Bashir Azimi	(1984-05-27)27 May 1984 (aged 21)	0	0
9	4FW	Hafizullah Qadami	(1985-02-20)20 February 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	Kabul Bank
10	4FW	Muhammad Jalal Afshar	(1986-04-13)13 April 1986 (aged 19)	0	0
11	4FW	Souraj Akhwan	(1983-08-15)15 August 1983 (aged 22)	0	0
16	4FW	Mustafa Bayat	(1984-11-30)30 November 1984 (aged 21)	0	0

Sri Lanka

Coach: Sampath Perera^[1][5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	S. D. Thilakaratne	(1977-10-06)6 October 1977 (aged 28)	14	0	Ratnam
22	1GK	M. A. M Azwar	(1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 22)	1	0	Java Lane
25	1GK	Saman Dayawansa			?
2	2DF	V. Dimudu Hettiarachchige	(1983-05-09)9 May 1983 (aged 22)	0	0
5	2DF	Nalin Nanda Kumara	(1974-11-09)9 November 1974 (aged 31)	13	0	Negombo Youth
23	2DF	Dudley Lincoln Steinwall (captain)	(1974-11-09)9 November 1974 (aged 31)	37	3	Negombo Youth
6	2DF	Mohamed Izzadeen	(1981-01-17)17 January 1981 (aged 24)	3	0	Ratnam
3	2DF	K. Fuard	(1979-08-12)12 August 1979 (aged 26)	31	0	Negombo Youth
17	3MF	N. C. Abeysekara	(1979-06-22)22 June 1979 (aged 26)	8	1	Renown
8	3MF	B. A. Rajitha Jayavilal	(1979-07-22)22 July 1979 (aged 26)	4	0	Sri Lanka Police
4	3MF	K. N. Cristeen Fernando	(1982-08-07)7 August 1982 (aged 23)	4	0	Jupiters
16	3MF	M. M. A. I. K. Perera	(1976-01-11)11 January 1976 (aged 29)	23	2	Saunders
14	3MF	Rawmy Mohideen	(1979-06-05)5 June 1979 (aged 26)	4	0	Ratnam
7	3MF	Tharusha Rangana	(1980-11-22)22 November 1980 (aged 25)	0	0
10	4FW	Channa Ediri Bandanage	(1978-09-22)22 September 1978 (aged 27)	35	10	Victory
9	4FW	G. P. C. Karunarathne	(1972-01-29)29 January 1972 (aged 33)	5	1	Negombo Youth
18	4FW	Sanjaya Pradeep Kumara	(1982-08-08)8 August 1982 (aged 23)	3	1	Sri Lanka Police
15	4FW	R. M. G. D. Rathnayake	(1977-08-25)25 August 1977 (aged 28)	7	1
12	4FW	Mohammed Nazar Hameed	(1981-08-14)14 August 1981 (aged 24)	9	2	Ratnam
11	4FW	Kasun Jayasuriya	(1980-03-25)25 March 1980 (aged 25)	33	10	Dempo

Group B

Bangladesh

Coach: Andrés Cruciani^[1][6][7]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Aminul Haque	(1980-10-05)5 October 1980 (aged 25)	21	0	Brothers Union
20	1GK	Biplob Bhattacharjee	(1981-01-07)7 January 1981 (aged 24)	7	0	Mohammedan
3	2DF	Abu Ahmed Faysal	(1972-06-11)11 June 1972 (aged 33)	11	1	Farashganj SC
19	2DF	Mohammed Sujan	(1982-06-01)1 June 1982 (aged 23)	14	2	Brothers Union
4	2DF	Rajani Kanta Barman	(1976-05-12)12 May 1976 (aged 29)	21	0	Muktijoddha Sangsad
14	2DF	Anwar Parvez	(1982-02-25)25 February 1982 (aged 23)	12	0	Brothers Union
2	2DF	Firoz Mahmud Titu	(1974-07-08)8 July 1974 (aged 31)	18	1	Muktijoddha Sangsad
5	2DF	Nazrul Islam	(1978-10-16)16 October 1978 (aged 27)	18	0	Mohammedan
6	2DF	Hassan Al-Mamun	(1974-11-16)16 November 1974 (aged 31)	23	0	Muktijoddha Sangsad
13	3MF	Arif Khan Joy (captain)	(1971-11-20)20 November 1971 (aged 34)	10	1	Abahani Limited Dhaka
15	3MF	Arman Aziz	(1984-05-10)10 May 1984 (aged 21)	0	0	Mohammedan
8	3MF	Arman Mia	(1977-10-10)10 October 1977 (aged 28)	12	0	Muktijoddha Sangsad
7	3MF	Motiur Rahman Munna	(1979-09-01)1 September 1979 (aged 26)	24	2	Mohammedan
16	3MF	Mohamed Abul Hossain	(1983-07-29)29 July 1983 (aged 22)	0	0	Brothers Union
10	4FW	Alfaz Ahmed	(1973-06-06)6 June 1973 (aged 32)	32	9	Mohammedan
17	4FW	Mehedi Hasan Ujjal	(1985-04-26)26 April 1985 (aged 20)	2	0	Abahani Limited Dhaka
9	4FW	Ariful Kabir Farhad	(1980-03-12)12 March 1980 (aged 25)	7	3	Mohammedan
12	4FW	Shahajuddin Tipu	(1974-01-16)16 January 1974 (aged 31)	4	1	Abahani Limited Dhaka
11	4FW	Rokonuzzaman Kanchan	(1982-06-22)22 June 1982 (aged 23)	18	4	Muktijoddha Sangsad
21	4FW	Zahid Hasan Ameli	(1987-12-25)25 December 1987 (aged 17)	0	0	Brothers Union

India

Coach: Syed Nayeemuddin^[1][8]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Sandip Nandy	(1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 30)	2	0	Mahindra United
22	1GK	Kalyan Chaubey	(1976-12-16)16 December 1976 (aged 28)	0	0	JCT
21	1GK	Felix D'Souza	(1980-03-25)25 March 1980 (aged 25)	0	0	Sporting Goa
17	2DF	Irungbam Surkumar Singh	(1983-03-21)21 March 1983 (aged 22)	11	1	Mahindra United
14	2DF	Mahesh Gawli	(1980-01-23)23 January 1980 (aged 25)	27	0	Mahindra United
3	2DF	N.S. Manju	(1987-05-09)9 May 1987 (aged 18)	3	0	Mahindra United
2	2DF	Muttath Suresh	(1978-05-19)19 May 1978 (aged 27)	11	0	East Bengal
11	2DF	Rajib Ahmed		0	0	Mohun Bagan
5	2DF	Pappachen Pradeep	(1983-04-28)28 April 1983 (aged 22)	2	0	SBT
4	2DF	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	(1984-02-12)12 February 1984 (aged 21)	0	0	Mohun Bagan
6	3MF	Shanmugam Venkatesh	(1978-11-23)23 November 1978 (aged 27)	30	0	Mahindra United
12	3MF	Steven Dias	(1983-12-25)25 December 1983 (aged 21)	1	0	Mahindra United
16	3MF	James Lukram Singh	(1981-03-01)1 March 1981 (aged 24)	2	0	Mahindra United
18	3MF	Krishnan Nair Ajayan	(1979-05-30)30 May 1979 (aged 26)	1	0	Mahindra United
7	3MF	Mehtab Hossain	(1985-09-05)5 September 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	Mohun Bagan
8	3MF	Climax Lawrence	(1979-01-16)16 January 1979 (aged 26)	18	1	Dempo
15	4FW	Bhaichung Bhutia (captain)	(1976-12-15)15 December 1976 (aged 28)	35	11	East Bengal
10	4FW	Syed Rahim Nabi	(1985-12-14)14 December 1985 (aged 19)	5	0	East Bengal
19	4FW	Abdul Hakkim	(1977-04-05)5 April 1977 (aged 28)	4	2	SBT
9	4FW	Alvito D'Cunha	(1978-07-12)12 July 1978 (aged 27)	16	3	East Bengal

Nepal

Coach: Toshihiko Shiozawa^[1][9]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Upendra Man Singh (captain)	(1973-07-27)27 July 1973 (aged 32)	28	0	Three Star
25	1GK	Ritesh Thapa	(1984-04-02)2 April 1984 (aged 21)	2	0	Nepal Police
20	1GK	Bikash Malla	(1986-08-15)15 August 1986 (aged 19)	0	0	Manang Marshyangdi
3	2DF	Rakesh Shrestha	(1977-01-14)14 January 1977 (aged 28)	20	0	Nepal Police
4	2DF	Janak Singh	(1985-03-28)28 March 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	Three Star
14	2DF	Tashi Tsering	(1973-04-22)22 April 1973 (aged 32)	0	0	Manang Marshyangdi
19	2DF	Sagar Thapa	(1985-11-21)21 November 1985 (aged 20)	3	0	Manang Marshyangdi
6	2DF	Lok Bandhu Gurung	(1985-08-29)29 August 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	Three Star
5	2DF	Anjan KC	(1986-12-10)10 December 1986 (aged 18)	0	0	Friends
16	3MF	Nabin Neupane	(1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 23)	6	0	Manang Marshyangdi
8	3MF	Rajesh Khadagi	(1980-01-31)31 January 1980 (aged 25)	8	0	Three Star
17	3MF	Pradeep Maharjan	(1986-10-11)11 October 1986 (aged 19)	0	0	Three Star
13	3MF	Vishad Gauchan	(1984-05-11)11 May 1984 (aged 21)	0	0	Three Star
23	3MF	Bijaya Gurung	(1985-10-11)11 October 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	Three Star
9	3MF	Raju Tamang	(1985-10-27)27 October 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	Nepal Army Club
21	3MF	Pralaya Raj Bhandari	(1986-11-12)12 November 1986 (aged 19)	0	0
11	4FW	Hari Khadka	(1976-11-26)26 November 1976 (aged 29)	32	13	Nepal Police
7	4FW	Surendra Tamang	(1981-02-23)23 February 1981 (aged 24)	2	0	Three Star
12	4FW	Ramesh Budhathoki	(1978-04-11)11 April 1978 (aged 27)	6	0	Three Star
10	4FW	Basanta Thapa	(1977-04-10)10 April 1977 (aged 28)	20	4	Manang Marshyangdi

Bhutan

Coach: Khare Basnet^[1][10]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jigme Singye	(1981-06-08)8 June 1981 (aged 24)	10	0	Transport United
20	1GK	Karma Thinley		0	0
4	2DF	Pema Dorji	(1985-07-05)5 July 1985 (aged 20)	11	0	Transport United
3	2DF	Tandin Tshering	(1986-06-30)30 June 1986 (aged 19)	0	0
2	2DF	Sangay Khandu	(1985-09-07)7 September 1985 (aged 20)	4	0	Transport United
15	2DF	Ugyen Dorji	(1985-07-06)6 July 1985 (aged 20)	2	0	Thimphu
13	2DF	Sonam Tenzin	(1986-10-20)20 October 1986 (aged 19)	6	0	Buddhist Blue Stars
6	2DF	Kinley Wangchuk	(1984-03-01)1 March 1984 (aged 21)	0	0
5	3MF	Passang Tshering	(1983-07-16)16 July 1983 (aged 22)	11	1	Transport United
16	3MF	Nawang Dhendup	(1983-12-07)7 December 1983 (aged 22)	8	0	Transport United
7	3MF	Kinley Dorji	(1986-08-30)30 August 1986 (aged 19)	12	0	Thimphu
10	3MF	Wangay Dorji	(1974-01-09)9 January 1974 (aged 31)	5	5	Drukpol
11	3MF	Ugyen Wangchuk	(1974-10-10)10 October 1974 (aged 31)	5	0
21	3MF	Subash Mongar			?
18	3MF	Wangay Dorji			?
17	3MF	Ugyen Tsheten		0	0	Drukpol
12	4FW	Pema Chophel	(1981-08-06)6 August 1981 (aged 24)	9	1	Drukpol
9	4FW	Bikash Pradhan	(1981-02-07)7 February 1981 (aged 24)	0	0	Thimphu
8	4FW	Novin Gurung			?
19	4FW	Sonam Penjor		0	0

External links

• RSSSF

References

1. "South Asian Gold Cup 2005 (Karachi, Pakistan)". RSSSF.
2. "Maldives". National Football Teams.
3. "Pakistan". National Football Teams.
4. "Afghanistan". National Football Teams.
5. "Sri Lanka". National Football Team.
6. "Bangladesh". National Football Teams.
7. "Three new faces in SAFF squad". The Daily Star. 3 December 2005. Archived from the original on 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
8. "India". National Football Teams.
9. "Nepal". National Football Teams.
10. "Bhutan". National Football Teams.