2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup

2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Pakistan
Dates	7 December – 17 December
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	India (4th title)
Runners-up	Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	39 (2.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ibrahim Fazeel (3 goals) Ali Ashfaq (3 goals) Ahmed Thariq (3 goals)

The 2005 South Asian Football Federation Cup was hosted in Islamabad, jinnah sports stadium Pakistan from December 7 to December 17.

Bangladesh and India played out the final in a repeat of the 1999 final. Just as in the 1999 final, India beat Bangladesh 2-0 with goals from Mehraj Din Wadoo and Baichung Bhutia. Bhutia was also had scored the second goal in the 1999 final. It was India's fourth title win. Ali Ashfaq, Ibrahim Fazeel and Ahmed Thariq all from the Maldives ended joint top scorers.

1 Group stage
- 1.1 Group A
- 1.2 Group B
2 Knockout phase
- 2.1 Semi-finals
- 2.2 Final
3 Champion

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Maldives	7	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10
Pakistan	7	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2
Afghanistan	3	3	1	0	2	3	11	-8
Sri Lanka	0	3	0	0	3	1	5	-4

December 7, 2005

Pakistan	1 - 0	Sri Lanka
Imran Hussain 38

December 7, 2005

Maldives	9 - 1	Afghanistan
Umar Ali 11 Ibrahim Fazeel 27, 45+2, 60 Ali Ashfaq 32, 88 Ahmed Thariq 45+3, 46, 86		Sayed Maqsood 39

December 9, 2005

	1 - 0	Afghanistan
Muhammad Essa 55

December 11, 2005

	1 - 2	Afghanistan
G.P.C. Karunarathne 85		Hafizullah Qadami 35 Abdul Maroof Gullestani 41

December 11, 2005

	0 - 0	Maldives

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bangladesh	7	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5
India	7	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
Nepal	3	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1
Bhutan	0	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8

December 8, 2005

	3 - 0	Bhutan
Ariful Kabir Farhad 42, 58 Jahid Hasan Ameli 85

Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi

December 8, 2005

	2 - 1	Nepal
Mehtab Hossain 6, 28		Basanta Thapa 35

Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi

December 10, 2005

	2 - 0	Nepal
Rokonuzzaman Kanchan 27, 87

Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi

December 10, 2005

	3 - 0	Bhutan
Baichung Bhutia 45 Mahesh Gawli 51 Abdul Hakim 64

Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi

December 12, 2005

	3 - 1	Bhutan
Surendra Tamang 10 Basanta Thapa 16 Bijaya Gurung 29		Bikash Pradhan 47

Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi

December 12, 2005

	1- 1	India
Zahid Hasan Ameli 77		Climax Lawrence 17

Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

December 14, 2005

	0 - 1	India
		Nanjangud Shivananju Manju 38

December 14, 2005

	1 - 0	Pakistan

Final

December 17, 2005

	2 - 0	Bangladesh
Mehrajuddin Wadoo Baichung Bhutia

Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad

Champion

South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup 2005
India Fourth title

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