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{{Infobox football match
| title = 2015 SAFF Championship Final
| image = [[File:Greenfield Stadium.jpg|200px]]
| caption = [[Greenfield International Stadium|Greenfield Stadium]] hosted the final
| event = [[2015 SAFF Championship]]
| team1 = [[India national football team|India]]
| team1association = {{flagdeco|IND|size=30px}}
| team1score = 2
| team2 = [[Afghanistan national football team|Afghanistan]]
| team2association = {{flagicon|AFG|2013|size=30px}}
| team2score = 1
| details = After [[extra time]]
| date = {{start date|2016|1|3|df=y}}
| stadium = [[Trivandrum International Stadium]]
| city = [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| man_of_the_match1a =
| referee =
| attendance =
| weather =
| previous = [[2013 SAFF Championship Final|2013]]
| next = [[2018 SAFF Championship Final|2018]]
}}
{{main|2015 SAFF Championship}}
The '''2015 SAFF Championship Final''' was a [[association football|football]] match that took place on 3 January 2016 at the [[Trivandrum International Stadium]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[India]], to determine the [[2015 SAFF Championship]] champion.<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|accessdate=22 December 2015|work=SportsKeeda|date=2 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/football/india-win-2015-saff-championship-title-196444|title=India win 2015 SAFF Championship title|access-date=28 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/slideshow/football-2015-saff-championship-final-india-2-1-afghanistan-5-talking-points|title=2015 SAFF Championship final: India 2-1 Afghanistan - 5 Talking Points|access-date=28 July 2022}}</ref>

==Venue==
On 2 July 2015, it was announced that the matches during the tournament, including the final, would take place at the newly constructed Trivandrum International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, [[Kerala]].<ref name="SAFF Cup Dates"/>

==Route to the final==
{| style="width:100%;text-align:center"
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#9cf"
!colspan=2 style="width:1*"|Afghanistan
!Round
!colspan=2 style="width:1*"|India
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#c1e0ff"
|Opponent
|Result
|| [[2015 SAFF Championship#Group stage|Group stage]]
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|{{fb|BAN}}
|4–0
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 1
|{{fb|SRI}}
|2–0
|-
|{{fb|BHU}}
|3–0
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 2
|{{fb|NEP}}
|4–1
|-
|{{fb|MDV}}
|4–1
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 3
|
|
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|'''{{fb|AFG|2013}}'''
|3||3||0||0||11||1||+10||'''9'''
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|{{fb|MDV}}
|3||2||0||1||7||6||+1||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|BAN}}
|3||1||0||2||4||6||−3||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|BHU}}
|3||0||0||3||1||9||−8||'''0'''
|}
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Final standing
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|'''{{fb|IND}}'''
|2||2||0||0||6||1||+5||'''6'''
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|{{fb|SRI}}
|2||0||0||1||1||2||–1||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|NEP}}
|2||0||0||2||1||5||−4||'''0'''
|}
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#c1e0ff"
|Opponent
|Result
||[[2015 SAFF Championship#Knockout phase|Knockout phase]]
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|{{fb|SRI}}
|5–0<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/news/saff_cship_semi-final_afghanistan_5-0_sri_lanka.html|title=SAFF C'ship Semi-final: Afghanistan 5-0 Sri Lanka; AFC.com|access-date=28 July 2022}}</ref>
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|[[2015 SAFF Championship#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
|{{fb|MDV}}
|3–2<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/news/saff_championship_semi-final_india_3-2_maldives.html|title=SAFF Championship Semi-final: India 3-2 Maldives; AFC.com|access-date=28 July 2022}}</ref>
|}

==Match==
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2016|1|3|df=y}}
|time=18:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|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] <br> [https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/14426/India_Afghanistan.html Report] <br />
|team2= {{Fb|AFG|2013}}
|goals1= [[Jeje Lalpekhlua|Lalpekhlua]] {{goal|72}}<br/>[[Sunil Chhetri|Chhetri]] {{goal|101}}
|goals2= [[Zubayr Amiri|Amiri]] {{goal|70}}
|stadium=[[Trivandrum International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|attendance=40,500<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/freundschaft-2016-januar-indien-afghanistan/|title=India 2–1 Afghanistan: Worldfootball.net|access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref>
|referee= {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroyuki Kimura
}}

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|-
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|pattern_sh = _orangestripes
|pattern_so =
|leftarm = 0000FF
|body = 0000FF
|rightarm = 0000FF
|shorts = 0000FF
|socks = 0000FF
| title = {{nowrap|India}}
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|{{Football kit
| pattern_la = _AFG14h
| pattern_b = _AFG14h
| pattern_ra = _AFG14h
| pattern_so =
| leftarm = DD0000
| body = DD0000
| rightarm = DD0000
| shorts = FF0000
| socks = FF0000
| title = {{nowrap|Afghanistan}}
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|}
{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"| !!width="200"| !!
|-
| |||| [[Augustin Fernandes]]
|-
| || || [[Gurpreet Singh Sandhu]]
|-
| || || [[Arnab Mondal]] {{suboff|117}}
|-
| || || [[Pritam Kotal]]
|-
| || || [[Bikash Jairu]] {{suboff|120}}
|-
| || || [[Rowllin Borges]]
|-
| || || [[Eugeneson Lyngdoh]] {{yel|93}} {{suboff|96}}
|-
| || || [[Narayan Das (footballer)|Narayan Das]] {{yel|77}}
|-
| || || [[Halicharan Narzary]]
|-
| |||| [[Jeje Lalpekhlua]] {{yel|32}}
|-
| |||| [[Sunil Chhetri]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
| ||||[[Aiborlang Khongjee]] {{yel|118}} {{subon|117}}
|-
| ||||[[Sanju Pradhan]] {{subon|120}}
|-
| ||||[[Pronay Halder]] {{subon|96}}
|-
| ||||[[Karanjit Singh]]
|-
| ||||[[Subrata Pal]]
|-
| ||||[[Koushik Sarkar]]
|-
| ||||[[Lalchhuanmawia]]
|-
| ||||[[Lallianzuala Chhangte]]
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stephen Constantine]]
|}
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"| !!width="200"| !!
|-
| || || [[Ovays Azizi]]
|-
| || || [[Abassin Alikhil]]
|-
| || || [[Hassan Amin (footballer)|Hassan Amin]] {{yel|86}}
|-
| || || [[Kanischka Taher]] {{yel|45}}
|-
| || || [[Faysal Shayesteh]]
|-
| || || [[Sayed Mohammad Hashemi]]
|-
| || || [[Mustafa Zazai]] {{suboff|91}}
|-
| || || [[Masih Saighani]]
|-
| || || [[Zubayr Amiri]] {{suboff|106}}
|-
| |||| [[Norlla Amiri]] {{suboff|84}}
|-
| |||| [[Mustafa Hadid]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|||||[[Omid Popalzay]] {{subon|84}}
|-
|||||[[Ahmad Hatifi]] {{yel|120}} {{subon|106}}
|-
|||||[[Khaibar Amani]] {{subon|91}}
|-
|||||Fardeen Kohistani
|-
|||||[[Hamidullah Wakily]]
|-
|||||[[Roholla Iqbalzadeh]]
|-
|||||Omid Homauoni
|-
|||||[[Anoush Dastgir]]
|-
|||||[[Fardin Hakimi]]
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"| {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Petar Segrt]]
|}
|}

'''Match rules'''
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
*Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
*Eight named substitutes.
*Maximum of three substitutions.

==See also==
* [[2015 SAFF Championship]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308122009/http://www.saffsuzukicup.com/2015/index.html SAFF Official website]

{{SAFF Championship}}
{{Afghanistan national football team}}
{{India national football team}}

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[[Category:2015 SAFF Championship]]
[[Category:2015–16 in Indian football|Champions League Final]]
[[Category:India national football team matches]]
[[Category:Afghanistan national football team matches]]
[[Category:SAFF Championship finals]]
[[Category:January 2016 sports events in Asia]]

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