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{{short description|Football tournament between SAFF member states}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = 2015 SAFF Championship
| other_titles = 2015 SAFF Suzuki Cup
| image = 2015SAFFSuzukiCuplogo.png
| size = 200px
| caption = 2015 SAFF Championship official logo
| country = India
| dates = {{nowrap|23 December 2015 – 3 January 2016}}
| num_teams = 7
|confederations= 1
| venues = 1
| champion = IND
| count = 7
| second = AFG
| second-flagvar = 2013
| cities = 1
| matches = 12
| goals = 44
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|AFG|2013}} [[Khaibar Amani]] (4 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sunil Chhetri]]
| young_player =
| goalkeeper =
| fair_play =
| prevseason = [[2013 SAFF Championship|2013]]
| nextseason = [[2018 SAFF Championship|2018]]
}}
The '''2015 SAFF Championship''' (officially known as the '''SAFF [[Suzuki]] Cup 2015'''<ref name="Sponsorships" /> for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th edition of the [[SAFF Championship]], the biennial international men's [[association football|football]] championship of [[South Asia]] organized by [[South Asian Football Federation|SAFF]]. It was held in [[India]] from 23 December 2015 to 3 January 2016.<ref name="SAFF Cup Dates">{{cite news|last1=Chaudhuri|first1=Arunava|title=Trivandrum will host upcoming SAFF Cup in December 2015/January 2016|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/trivandrum-will-host-upcoming-saff-cup-in-december-2015january-2016|access-date=22 December 2015|work=SportsKeeda|date=2 July 2015}}</ref>

Heading into the tournament, [[Afghanistan national football team|Afghanistan]] were the defending champions of the tournament, with it also being the last time they can officially take part, as they have become members of the newly formed [[Central Asian Football Association]].<ref name="Afghanistan Last Tournament">{{cite news|title=Afghanistan FA Secretary General Sayed Alireza Aghazada: This is our last Participation in SAFF Championship|url=http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=23372/|access-date=22 December 2015|work=GoalNepal|date=23 February 2015}}</ref>

Originally scheduled to take place in July 2015, [[2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season|monsoon]] season and schedule congestion led to the tournament being postponed to late December.<ref name="SAFF Cup Dates"/> The tournament saw no participation from [[Pakistan national football team|Pakistan]], who withdrew from the tournament in November 2015 due a dispute within the nation's [[Pakistan Football Federation|football federation]].<ref name="Pakistan Withdraw">{{cite news|title=Pakistan Withdraw From SAFF Cup Football in Kerala|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/252155-pakistan-withdraw-from-saff-cup-football-in-kerala|access-date=22 December 2015|work=NDTV Sports|date=23 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208062100/http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/252155-pakistan-withdraw-from-saff-cup-football-in-kerala|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

India was chosen as the host nation on 10 September 2013 with the host venue to be decided between [[Delhi]] and [[Kerala]].<ref name="Host nation">{{cite news|title=India to host 2015 SAFF Cup|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/India-to-host-2015-SAFF-Cup/articleshow/22464172.cms|access-date=22 December 2015|work=Times of India|date=10 September 2013}}</ref> In July 2015, it was announced that matches during the tournament would be held at the [[Trivandrum International Stadium]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]].<ref name="SAFF Cup Dates"/> This is the third time in which India has hosted the tournament, when it was known as the Gold Cup in [[1999 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup|1999]] and under the current name in [[2011 SAFF Championship|2011]].

==Participating nations==
Apart from hosts [[India national football team|India]], six other South Asian nations participated in the tournament, with [[Pakistan national football team|Pakistan]] being the only nation not participating. There was no reason cited by the PFF but issues with the federation's elections have forced the courts to prohibit any activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/252155-pakistan-withdraw-from-saff-cup-football-in-kerala|title=Pak withdraw from SAFF|website=NDTV Sports|access-date=3 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208062100/http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/252155-pakistan-withdraw-from-saff-cup-football-in-kerala|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[Image:2015 SAFF Championship participating countries.PNG|thumb|Participating nations The participating nations (Pakistan did not participate).]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! style="width:160px;"|Country
! style="width:100px;"|Appearance
! style="width:300px;"|Previous best performance
! [[FIFA World Rankings|FIFA ranking]] Dec 2015
|-
| {{fb|IND}} (Host) ||align=center|11th || '''Champions''' ([[1993 South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup|1993]], [[1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup|1997]], [[1999 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup|1999]], [[2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup|2005]], [[2009 SAFF Championship|2009]], [[2011 SAFF Championship|2011]])||align=center|166
|-
| {{fb|AFG|2013}} ||align=center|8th || '''Champions''' ([[2013 SAFF Championship|2013]]) ||align=center|150
|-
| {{fb|BAN}} ||align=center|10th || '''Champions''' ([[2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup|2003]]) ||align=center|182
|-
| {{fb|BHU}} ||align=center|7th || Semi-finals ([[2008 SAFF Championship|2008]]) ||align=center|188
|-
| {{fb|MDV}} ||align=center|9th || '''Champions''' ([[2008 SAFF Championship|2008]]) ||align=center|160
|-
| {{fb|NEP}} ||align=center|11th || Third-place ([[1993 South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup|1993]]) ||align=center|192
|-
| {{fb|SRI}} ||align=center|11th || '''Champions''' ([[1995 South Asian Gold Cup|1995]]) ||align=center|194
|}

==Venue==
On 2 July 2015, it was announced that the matches during the tournament would take place at the newly constructed [[Trivandrum International Stadium|Greenfield Stadium]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]].<ref name="SAFF Cup Dates"/><ref>[https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/football/india-win-2015-saff-championship-title-196444 India win 2015 SAFF Championship title] ''thedailystar.net''. Retrieved 22 August 2021</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center"
|-
! [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|rowspan="4"| {{location map+|India|float=center|width=250|caption=|places=
{{location map~|India|lat=8.566667|long=76.883333|label='''[[Thiruvananthapuram]]'''|position=top}}
}}
|-
| [[Trivandrum International Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''55,000'''
|-
| [[File:Greenfield Stadium.jpg|200px]]
|}

==Squads==
{{main|2015 SAFF Championship squads}}



==Broadcasting==
The tournament was broadcast live in India on [[STAR Sports 4]], [[Kantipur Television Network]] in [[Nepal]], [[Lemar TV]] and [[Tolo TV]] in [[Afghanistan]]. [[Gazi Television|Gazi TV]] in [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan Broadcasting Service]] in [[Bhutan]] and [[Television Maldives]] in [[Maldives]]. Every match was broadcast live on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Channels Broadcasting SAFF Championship 2015 Live Coverage|url=http://www.sportscola.com/tv-channels-broadcasting-saff-championship-2015-live-coverage/|access-date=22 December 2015|work=SportsCola|date=5 December 2015}}</ref>

==Group stage==
All times are local, [[India Standard Time|IST]] ([[UTC+05:30|UTC+5:30]]).

===Group A===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group A
|teamwidth = 180

|update=complete
|source=[https://int.soccerway.com/international/asia/south-asian-football-federation-championship/2015-india/group-stage/group-a/g8931/ soccerway.com]


|team1=IND |team3=NEP |team2=SRI
|result1=KO |result2=KO

|win_IND=2 |draw_IND=0 |loss_IND=0 |gf_IND=6 |ga_IND=1 |status_IND=H
|win_NEP=0 |draw_NEP=0 |loss_NEP=2 |gf_NEP=1 |ga_NEP=5
|win_SRI=1 |draw_SRI=0 |loss_SRI=1 |gf_SRI=1 |ga_SRI=2

|name_IND={{fb|IND}}
|name_NEP={{fb|NEP}}
|name_SRI={{fb|SRI}}

|res_col_header=Status
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Qualified for [[#Semi-finals|semi-finals]]
}}</onlyinclude>
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2015|12|23|df=y}}
|time=18:30
|team1={{fb-rt|NEP}}
|score=0–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063028/http://www.saffsuzukicup.com/news/match-report-nepal-0-1-sri-lanka Report]
|team2={{fb|SRI}}
|goals1=
|goals2= [[Mohamed Rifnas|Rifnas]] {{goal|90+5}}
|stadium=[[Trivandrum International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|attendance=200
|referee= Jameel Juma Abdulhusain ([[Bahrain Football Association|Bahrain]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2015|12|25|df=y}}
|time=18:30
|team1={{fb-rt|SRI}}
|score=0–2
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062943/http://www.saffsuzukicup.com/news/match-report-sri-lanka-0-2-india Report]
|team2={{fb|IND}}
|goals1=
|goals2= [[Robin Singh (footballer)|Singh]] {{goal|51||73}}
|stadium=[[Trivandrum International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|attendance=6,417
|referee= Hiroyuki Kimura ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2015|12|27|df=y}}
|time=18:30
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}
|score=4–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160312071027/http://www.saffsuzukicup.com/news/match-report-india-4-1-nepal Report]
|team2={{fb|NEP}}
|goals1=[[Rowllin Borges|Borges]] {{goal|26}} [[Sunil Chhetri|Chhetri]] {{goal|68}} [[Lallianzuala Chhangte|Chhangte]] {{goal|81||90}}
|goals2=[[Bimal Magar|Magar]] {{goal|3}}
|stadium=[[Trivandrum International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|attendance=8,093
|referee= Jameel Juma Abdulhusain ([[Bahrain Football Association|Bahrain]])
}}

===Group B===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group B
|teamwidth = 180

|update=complete
|source=[https://int.soccerway.com/international/asia/south-asian-football-federation-championship/2015-india/group-stage/group-b/g8932/ soccerway.com]

|team1=AFG |team2=MDV |team3=BAN |team4=BHU
|result1=KO |result2=KO

|win_AFG=3 |draw_AFG=0 |loss_AFG=0 |gf_AFG=11|ga_AFG=1
|win_MDV=2 |draw_MDV=0 |loss_MDV=1 |gf_MDV=7 |ga_MDV=6
|win_BHU=0 |draw_BHU=0 |loss_BHU=3 |gf_BHU=1 |ga_BHU=9
|win_BAN=1 |draw_BAN=0 |loss_BAN=2 |gf_BAN=4 |ga_BAN=7

|name_AFG={{fb|AFG|2013}}
|name_MDV={{fb|MDV}}
|name_BAN={{fb|BAN}}
|name_BHU={{fb|BHU}}

|res_col_header=Status
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Qualified for [[#Semi-finals|semi-finals]]
}}</onlyinclude>
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2015|12|24|df=y}}
|time=15:30
|team1={{fb-rt|MDV}}
|score=3–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062956/http://www.saffsuzukicup.com/news/match-report-maldives-3-1-bhutan Report]
|team2={{fb|BHU}}
|goals1=[[Ahmed Imaz|Imaz]] {{goal|9}} [[Asadhulla Abdulla|Abdulla]] {{goal|31}} [[Ali Ashfaq|Ashfaq]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2=[[Tshering Dorji|Dorji]] {{goal|20}}
|stadium=[[Trivandrum International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|attendance=4,000
|referee= Sudish Pandey ([[All Nepal Football Association|Nepal]])
}}
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2015|12|24|df=y}}
|time=18:30
|team1={{fb-rt|AFG|2013}}
|score=4–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063034/http://www.saffsuzukicup.com/news/match-report-afghanistan-4-0-bangladesh Report]
|team2={{fb|BAN}}
|goals1=[[Masih Saighani|Saighani]] {{goal|30}} [[Faysal Shayesteh|Shayesteh]] {{goal|32}} [[Zubayr Amiri|Amiri]] {{goal|40}} [[Khaibar Amani|Amani]] {{goal|69}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Trivandrum International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|attendance=150
|referee=[[Pranjal Banerjee]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2015|12|26|df=y}}
|time=15:30
|team1={{fb-rt|BAN}}
|score=1–3
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001954/http://www.saffsuzukicup.com/news/match-report-bangladesh-1-3-maldives Report]
|team2={{fb|MDV}}
|goals1=[[Hemanta Vincent Biswas|Biswas]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2=[[Ali Ashfaq|Ashfaq]] {{goal|42|pen.}} [[Naiz Hassan|Hassan]] {{goal|90}} [[Ahmed Nashid|Nashid]] {{goal|90+5}}
|stadium=[[Trivandrum International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|attendance=3,654
|referee=[[Võ Minh Trí]] ([[Vietnam Football Federation|Vietnam]])
}}
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2015|12|26|df=y}}
|time=18:30
|team1={{fb-rt|BHU}}
|score= 0–3
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002559/http://www.saffsuzukicup.com/news/report-bhutan-0-3-afghanistan Report]
|team2={{fb|AFG|2013}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Khaibar Amani|Amani]] {{goal|14||51}} [[Masih Saighani|Saighani]] {{goal|42}}
|stadium=[[Trivandrum International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|attendance=1,817
|referee= Nivon Robesh Gamini ([[Football Federation of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2015|12|28|df=y}}
|time=15:30
|team1={{fb-rt|BHU}}
|score=0–3
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063015/http://www.saffsuzukicup.com/news/match-report-bhutan-0-3-bangladesh Report]
|team2={{fb|BAN}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Topu Barman|Barman]] {{goal|8}} [[Shakhawat Hossain Rony|Rony]] {{goal|24|pen.|67}}
|stadium=[[Trivandrum International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|attendance=218
|referee=[[Pranjal Banerjee]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
}}
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2015|12|28|df=y}}
|time=18:30
|team1={{fb-rt|AFG|2013}}
|score=4–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160317000132/http://www.saffsuzukicup.com/news/report-afghanistan-4-1-maldives Report]
|team2={{fb|MDV}}
|goals1=[[Faysal Shayesteh|Shayesteh]] {{goal|20}} [[Omid Popalzay|Popalzay]] {{goal|34||54}} [[Ahmad Arash Hatifi|Hatifi]] {{goal|51}}
|goals2=[[Ali Fasir|Fasir]] {{goal|32}}
|goals3=
|stadium=[[Trivandrum International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|attendance=1,751
|referee= Nivon Robesh Gamini ([[Football Federation of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]])
}}

==Knockout phase==

===Bracket===

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=2|bold_winner=high
|31 Dec – [[Trivandrum International Stadium|Thiruvananthapuram]]|{{fb|IND}}|3|{{fb|MDV}}|2
|31 Dec – [[Trivandrum International Stadium|Thiruvananthapuram]]|{{fb|AFG|2013}}|5|{{fb|SRI}}|0
|3 Jan – [[Trivandrum International Stadium|Thiruvananthapuram]]|{{fb|IND}} {{aet}}|2|{{fb|AFG|2013}}|1
}}

===Semi-finals===
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2015|12|31|df=y}}
|time=15:30
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}
|score=3–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063009/http://www.saffsuzukicup.com/news/match-report-india-3-2-maldives Report]
|team2={{fb|MDV}}
|goals1=[[Sunil Chhetri|Chhetri]] {{goal|25}} [[Jeje Lalpekhlua|Lalpekhlua]] {{goal|34||66}}
|goals2=[[Ahmed Nashid|Nashid]] {{goal|45+2}} [[Amdhan Ali]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium=[[Trivandrum International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|attendance=31,716
|referee=[[Võ Minh Trí]] ([[Vietnam Football Federation|Vietnam]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2015|12|31|df=y}}
|time=18:30
|team1={{fb-rt|AFG|2013}}
|score=5–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003143/http://www.saffsuzukicup.com/news/match-report-afghanistan-5-0-sri-lanka Report]
|team2={{fb|SRI}}
|goals1=[[Sayed Mohammad Hashemi|Hashemi]] {{goal|45+1}} [[Kanischka Taher|Taher]] {{goal|50}} [[Khaibar Amani|Amani]] {{goal|56|pen.}} [[Ahmad Arash Hatifi|Hatifi]] {{goal|78}} [[Faysal Shayesteh|Shayesteh]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Trivandrum International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|attendance= 300
|referee=Sudhish Pandey ([[All Nepal Football Association|Nepal]])
}}

===Final===
{{main|2015 SAFF Championship Final}}

{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2016|1|3|df=y}}
|time=18:30
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}
|score=2–1
|aet=yes
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001617/http://www.saffsuzukicup.com/news/match-report-india-2-1-afghanistan Report]
|team2={{fb|AFG|2013}}
|goals1= [[Jeje Lalpekhlua|Lalpekhlua]] {{goal|72}} [[Sunil Chhetri|Chhetri]] {{goal|101}}
|goals2= [[Zubayr Amiri|Amiri]] {{goal|70}}
|stadium=[[Trivandrum International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|attendance=40,500
|referee= Hiroyuki Kimura ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
}}

==Champion==
{{winners|fb|SAFF Championship 2015|India|Seventh}}

==Awards==
The following awards were given for the 2015 SAFF Championship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Video of the award presentation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIKy5G1fwUs#t=3h4m10s|work=YouTube|access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
!colspan="3"| Fair Play Award
!colspan="3"| [[Most Valuable Player]]
!colspan="3"| Golden Boot Award
|-
|colspan="3" align="center"|{{fb|MDV}}
|colspan="3" align="center"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sunil Chhetri]]
|colspan="3" align="center"|{{flagicon|AFG|2013}} [[Khaibar Amani]]
|}

==Goalscorers==
; 4 goals
* {{flagicon|AFG|2013}} [[Khaibar Amani]]
; 3 goals
* {{flagicon|AFG|2013}} [[Faysal Shayesteh]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Jeje Lalpekhlua]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sunil Chhetri]]
; 2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagicon|AFG|2013}} [[Masih Saighani]]
* {{flagicon|AFG|2013}} [[Omid Popalzay]]
* {{flagicon|AFG|2013}} [[Ahmad Hatifi]]
* {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Shakhawat Hossain Rony]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Lallianzuala Chhangte]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Robin Singh (footballer)|Robin Singh]]
* {{flagicon|MDV}} [[Ali Ashfaq]]
* {{flagicon|MDV}} [[Ahmed Nashid]]
{{div col end}}
; 1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagicon|AFG|2013}} [[Zubayr Amiri]]
* {{flagicon|AFG|2013}} [[Sayed Mohammad Hashemi]]
* {{flagicon|AFG|2013}} [[Kanischka Taher]]
* {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Hemanta Vincent Biswas]]
* {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Topu Barman]]
* {{flagicon|BHU}} [[Tshering Dorji]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rowllin Borges]]
* {{flagicon|NEP}} [[Bimal Magar]]
* {{flagicon|MDV}} [[Ahmed Imaz]]
* {{flagicon|MDV}} [[Asadhulla Abdulla]]
* {{flagicon|MDV}} [[Amdhan Ali]]
* {{flagicon|MDV}} [[Naiz Hassan]]
* {{flagicon|SRI}} [[Mohamed Rifnas]]
{{div col end}}

== Team statistics ==
This table shows all team performance.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
!width="165"|Team
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|-
|colspan=10|'''Final'''
|-style="background:#FFD700;"
|1||align=left|{{fb|IND}}
|4||4||0||0||11||4||+7||12
|-style="background:#C0C0C0;"
|2||align=left|{{fb|AFG|2013}}
|5||4||0||1||17||3||+14||12
|-
|colspan=10|'''Semi-finals'''
|-
|3||align=left|{{fb|MDV}}
|4||2||0||2||9||9||0||6
|-
|4||align=left|{{fb|SRI}}
|3||1||0||2||1||7||-6||3
|-
|colspan=10|'''Eliminated in the group stage'''
|-
|5||align=left|{{fb|BAN}}
|3||1||0||2||4||7||−3||3
|-
|6||align=left|{{fb|NEP}}
|2||0||0||2||1||5||−4||0
|-
|7||align=left|{{fb|BHU}}
|3||0||0||3||1||9||−8||0
|-
|}
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saffgold2015.html|title=South Asian Championship 2015/16 (Trivandrum)|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref>

==Controversies==
During the first match of the tournament, both [[Sri Lanka national football team|Sri Lanka]] and [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]] were wearing the same dark red jersey in the first half before Nepal changed into their blue second-kit for the second half.

==Sponsorship==
On 14 September 2015 it was announced that [[Suzuki]] would be the title sponsor of the SAFF Championship for 2015.<ref name=Sponsorships>{{cite news|title=Suzuki Motor Corporation to sponsor SAFF Football Championship 2015|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Suzuki-Motor-Corporation-to-sponsor-SAFF-Football-Championship-2015/articleshow/48956242.cms|access-date=22 December 2015|work=Times of India|date=14 September 2015}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://saffsuzukicup.com Official Site]

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