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	1 GK	Ishaq Easa	(1974-08-13)13 August 1974 (aged 31)	0	0	Hurriyya
18	1 GK	Imran Mohamed	(1980-12-18)18 December 1980 (aged 24)	28	0	Victory
3	2 DF	Mohamed Sifan	(1983-03-08)8 March 1983 (aged 22)	0	0	New Radiant
4	2 DF	Mohamed Nasir	(1981-04-16)16 April 1981 (aged 24)	5	0	New Radiant
8	2 DF	Mohamed Jameel	(1975-10-04)4 October 1975 (aged 30)	22	1	New Radiant
13	2 DF	Assad Abdul Ghanee (captain)	(1976-01-02)2 January 1976 (aged 29)	21	1	Valencia
20	2 DF	Fareedh Mohamed	(1982-08-29)29 August 1982 (aged 23)	3	0	Victory
21	2 DF	Sabah Mohamed	(1980-04-18)18 April 1980 (aged 25)	15	0	New Radiant
24	2 DF	Mohamed Nimal			?
5	3 MF	Ibrahim Fazeel	(1980-10-09)9 October 1980 (aged 25)	29	5	New Radiant
6	3 MF	Mohamed Arif	(1985-08-11)11 August 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	Island
11	3 MF	Shamweel Qasim	(1982-06-20)20 June 1982 (aged 23)	0	0	Island
12	3 MF	Hussain Habeeb	(1980-04-06)6 April 1980 (aged 25)	11	0	Valencia
14	3 MF	Ahmed Saeed	(1980-05-04)4 May 1980 (aged 25)	1	0	Victory
17	3 MF	Ashraf Luthfy	(1973-06-16)16 June 1973 (aged 32)	1	0	Victory
7	4 FW	Ali Ashfaq	(1985-09-06)6 September 1985 (aged 20)	7	6	Valencia
9	4 FW	Ahmed Thoriq	(1980-10-04)4 October 1980 (aged 25)	7	3	New Radiant
10	4 FW	Ali Umar	(1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 25)	24	8	Valencia
16	4 FW	Ismail Mohamed	(1980-03-16)16 March 1980 (aged 25)	5	0	Victory
19	4 FW	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	1 GK	Jaffar Khan (captain)	(1981-02-10)10 February 1981 (aged 24)	19	0	Pakistan Army
25	1 GK	Muhammad Imran			?
5	2 DF	Tanveer Ahmed	(1976-04-15)15 April 1976 (aged 29)	15	1	WAPDA
2	2 DF	Naveed Akram	(1984-05-16)16 May 1984 (aged 21)	3	0	Pakistan Army
21	2 DF	Yasir Afridi	(1988-07-27)27 July 1988 (aged 17)		?
3	2 DF	Mehmood Khan	(1983-01-06)6 January 1983 (aged 22)	8	0	NBP
14	2 DF	Muhammad Imran	(1986-11-15)15 November 1986 (aged 19)	3	0	Pakistan Army
18	2 DF	Samar Ishaq	(1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 19)	0	0	Panther Faisalabad
19	2 DF	Arif Masih	(1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 16)	4	0	PTCL Islamabad
4	2 DF	Zesh Rehman	(1983-10-14)14 October 1983 (aged 22)	0	0	Fulham
6	3 MF	Zahid Hameed	(1985-08-01)1 August 1985 (aged 20)	5	0	WAPDA
13	3 MF	Farooq Shah	(1985-10-19)19 October 1985 (aged 20)	3	0	NBP
8	3 MF	Adeel Ahmed	(1983-11-25)25 November 1983 (aged 22)	9	0	PTCL Islamabad
7	3 MF	Abdul Aziz	(1986-01-11)11 January 1986 (aged 19)	3	0	NBP
17	3 MF	Mudassar Saeed	(1987-07-03)3 July 1987 (aged 18)	0	0	Khan Research Laboratories
23	3 MF	Imran Niazi	(1985-11-17)17 November 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	WAPDA
10	4 FW	Muhammad Essa	(1983-11-20)20 November 1983 (aged 22)	11	2	Afghan FC Chaman
9	4 FW	Imran Hussain	(1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 24)	2	0	Pakistan Army
12	4 FW	Arif Mehmood	(1983-06-21)21 June 1983 (aged 22)	5	1	WAPDA
26	4 FW	Farhan Abdul Qadir			?

Afghanistan

Coach: Klaus Stärk ^{[1] [4]}

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Shamsuddin Amiri	(1985-02-12)12 February 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	Kabul Bank
20	1 GK	Hamidullah Yousafzai	(1981-12-02)2 December 1981 (aged 24)	0	0
2	2 DF	Ali Ahmadi	(1988-08-12)12 August 1988 (aged 17)	1	0
3	2 DF	Bashir Ahmad Saadat	(1981-12-27)27 December 1981 (aged 23)	5	0	Maiwand Kabul
4	2 DF	Qudratullah Hussaini	(1984-03-11)11 March 1984 (aged 21)	0	0
5	2 DF	Abdul Maroof Gullestani	(1986-06-08)8 June 1986 (aged 19)	2	0
8	2 DF	Ali Yarzada	(1985-10-15)15 October 1985 (aged 20)	0	0
14	2 DF	Manochehr Azizi	(1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 21)	0	0
19	2 DF	Zohib Islam Amiri	(1990-02-15)15 February 1990 (aged 15)	0	0	Shoa
6	3 MF	Israfeel Kohistani	(1987-06-05)5 June 1987 (aged 18)	0	0	Ordu Kabul
7	3 MF	Sayed Maqsood Hashemi	(1986-03-05)5 March 1986 (aged 19)	0	0
12	3 MF	Farhad Reza Khan	(1986-05-16)16 May 1986 (aged 19)		?
13	3 MF	Raza Mahmoudi	(1984-05-12)12 May 1984 (aged 21)	2	0
15	3 MF	Ahmed Wahid Abbasi	(1984-08-20)20 August 1984 (aged 21)	0	0	Maiwand Kabul
17	3 MF	Sayed Qasim Sharifi			?
18	3 MF	Sayed Bashir Azimi	(1984-05-27)27 May 1984 (aged 21)	0	0
9	4 FW	Hafizullah Qadami	(1985-02-20)20 February 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	Kabul Bank
10	4 FW	Muhammad Jalal Afshar	(1986-04-13)13 April 1986 (aged 19)	0	0
11	4 FW	Souraj Akhwan	(1983-08-15)15 August 1983 (aged 22)	0	0
16	4 FW	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	1 GK	S. D. Thilakaratne	(1977-10-06)6 October 1977 (aged 28)	14	0	Ratnam
22	1 GK	M. A. M Azwar	(1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 22)	1	0	Java Lane
25	1 GK	Saman Dayawansa			?
2	2 DF	V. Dimudu Hettiarachchige	(1983-05-09)9 May 1983 (aged 22)	0	0
5	2 DF	Nalin Nanda Kumara	(1974-11-09)9 November 1974 (aged 31)	13	0	Negombo Youth
23	2 DF	Dudley Lincoln Steinwall (captain)	(1974-11-09)9 November 1974 (aged 31)	37	3	Negombo Youth
6	2 DF	Mohamed Izzadeen	(1981-01-17)17 January 1981 (aged 24)	3	0	Ratnam
3	2 DF	K. Fuard	(1979-08-12)12 August 1979 (aged 26)	31	0	Negombo Youth
17	3 MF	N. C. Abeysekara	(1979-06-22)22 June 1979 (aged 26)	8	1	Renown
8	3 MF	B. A. Rajitha Jayavilal	(1979-07-22)22 July 1979 (aged 26)	4	0	Sri Lanka Police
4	3 MF	K. N. Cristeen Fernando	(1982-08-07)7 August 1982 (aged 23)	4	0	Jupiters
16	3 MF	M. M. A. I. K. Perera	(1976-01-11)11 January 1976 (aged 29)	23	2	Saunders
14	3 MF	Rawmy Mohideen	(1979-06-05)5 June 1979 (aged 26)	4	0	Ratnam
7	3 MF	Tharusha Rangana	(1980-11-22)22 November 1980 (aged 25)	0	0
10	4 FW	Channa Ediri Bandanage	(1978-09-22)22 September 1978 (aged 27)	35	10	Victory
9	4 FW	G. P. C. Karunarathne	(1972-01-29)29 January 1972 (aged 33)	5	1	Negombo Youth
18	4 FW	Sanjaya Pradeep Kumara	(1982-08-08)8 August 1982 (aged 23)	3	1	Sri Lanka Police
15	4 FW	R. M. G. D. Rathnayake	(1977-08-25)25 August 1977 (aged 28)	7	1
12	4 FW	Mohammed Nazar Hameed	(1981-08-14)14 August 1981 (aged 24)	9	2	Ratnam
11	4 FW	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	1 GK	Aminul Haque	(1980-10-05)5 October 1980 (aged 25)	21	0	Brothers Union
20	1 GK	Biplob Bhattacharjee	(1981-01-07)7 January 1981 (aged 24)	7	0	Mohammedan
3	2 DF	Abu Ahmed Faysal	(1972-06-11)11 June 1972 (aged 33)	11	1	Farashganj SC
19	2 DF	Mohammed Sujan	(1982-06-01)1 June 1982 (aged 23)	14	2	Brothers Union
4	2 DF	Rajani Kanta Barman	(1976-05-12)12 May 1976 (aged 29)	21	0	Muktijoddha Sangsad
14	2 DF	Anwar Parvez	(1982-02-25)25 February 1982 (aged 23)	12	0	Brothers Union
2	2 DF	Firoz Mahmud Titu	(1974-07-08)8 July 1974 (aged 31)	18	1	Muktijoddha Sangsad
5	2 DF	Nazrul Islam	(1978-10-16)16 October 1978 (aged 27)	18	0	Mohammedan
6	2 DF	Hassan Al-Mamun	(1978-12-16)16 December 1978 (aged 26)	23	0	Muktijoddha Sangsad
13	3 MF	Arif Khan Joy (captain)	(1971-11-20)20 November 1971 (aged 34)	10	1	Abahani Limited Dhaka
15	3 MF	Arman Aziz	(1984-05-10)10 May 1984 (aged 21)	0	0	Mohammedan
8	3 MF	Arman Mia	(1977-10-10)10 October 1977 (aged 28)	12	0	Muktijoddha Sangsad
7	3 MF	Motiur Rahman Munna	(1979-09-01)1 September 1979 (aged 26)	24	2	Mohammedan
16	3 MF	Mohamed Abul Hossain	(1983-07-29)29 July 1983 (aged 22)	0	0	Brothers Union
10	4 FW	Alfaz Ahmed	(1973-06-06)6 June 1973 (aged 32)	32	9	Mohammedan
17	4 FW	Mehedi Hasan Ujjal	(1985-04-26)26 April 1985 (aged 20)	2	0	Abahani Limited Dhaka
9	4 FW	Ariful Kabir Farhad	(1980-03-12)12 March 1980 (aged 25)	7	3	Mohammedan
12	4 FW	Shahajuddin Tipu	(1974-01-16)16 January 1974 (aged 31)	4	1	Abahani Limited Dhaka
11	4 FW	Rokonuzzaman Kanchan	(1982-06-22)22 June 1982 (aged 23)	18	4	Muktijoddha Sangsad
21	4 FW	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	1 GK	Sandip Nandy	(1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 30)	2	0	Mahindra United
22	1 GK	Kalyan Chaubey	(1976-12-16)16 December 1976 (aged 28)	0	0	JCT
21	1 GK	Felix D'Souza	(1980-03-25)25 March 1980 (aged 25)	0	0	Sporting Goa
17	2 DF	Irungbam Surkumar Singh	(1983-03-21)21 March 1983 (aged 22)	11	1	Mahindra United
14	2 DF	Mahesh Gawli	(1980-01-23)23 January 1980 (aged 25)	27	0	Mahindra United
3	2 DF	N.S. Manju	(1987-05-09)9 May 1987 (aged 18)	3	0	Mahindra United
2	2 DF	Muttath Suresh	(1978-05-19)19 May 1978 (aged 27)	11	0	East Bengal
11	2 DF	Rajib Ahmed		0	0	Mohun Bagan
5	2 DF	Pappachen Pradeep	(1983-04-28)28 April 1983 (aged 22)	2	0	SBT
4	2 DF	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	(1984-02-12)12 February 1984 (aged 21)	0	0	Mohun Bagan
6	3 MF	Shanmugam Venkatesh	(1978-11-23)23 November 1978 (aged 27)	30	0	Mahindra United
12	3 MF	Steven Dias	(1983-12-25)25 December 1983 (aged 21)	1	0	Mahindra United
16	3 MF	James Lukram Singh	(1981-03-01)1 March 1981 (aged 24)	2	0	Mahindra United
18	3 MF	Krishnan Nair Ajayan	(1979-05-30)30 May 1979 (aged 26)	1	0	Mahindra United
7	3 MF	Mehtab Hossain	(1985-09-05)5 September 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	Mohun Bagan
8	3 MF	Climax Lawrence	(1979-01-16)16 January 1979 (aged 26)	18	1	Dempo
15	4 FW	Bhaichung Bhutia (captain)	(1976-12-15)15 December 1976 (aged 28)	35	11	East Bengal
10	4 FW	Syed Rahim Nabi	(1985-12-14)14 December 1985 (aged 19)	5	0	East Bengal
19	4 FW	Abdul Hakkim	(1977-04-05)5 April 1977 (aged 28)	4	2	SBT
9	4 FW	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	1 GK	Upendra Man Singh (captain)	(1973-07-27)27 July 1973 (aged 32)	28	0	Three Star
25	1 GK	Ritesh Thapa	(1984-04-02)2 April 1984 (aged 21)	2	0	Nepal Police
20	1 GK	Bikash Malla	(1986-08-15)15 August 1986 (aged 19)	0	0	Manang Marshyangdi
3	2 DF	Rakesh Shrestha	(1977-01-14)14 January 1977 (aged 28)	20	0	Nepal Police
4	2 DF	Janak Singh	(1985-03-28)28 March 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	Three Star
14	2 DF	Tashi Tsering	(1973-04-22)22 April 1973 (aged 32)	0	0	Manang Marshyangdi
19	2 DF	Sagar Thapa	(1985-11-21)21 November 1985 (aged 20)	3	0	Manang Marshyangdi
6	2 DF	Lok Bandhu Gurung	(1985-08-29)29 August 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	Three Star
5	2 DF	Anjan KC	(1986-12-10)10 December 1986 (aged 18)	0	0	Friends
16	3 MF	Nabin Neupane	(1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 23)	6	0	Manang Marshyangdi
8	3 MF	Rajesh Khadagi	(1980-01-31)31 January 1980 (aged 25)	8	0	Three Star
17	3 MF	Pradeep Maharjan	(1986-10-11)11 October 1986 (aged 19)	0	0	Three Star
13	3 MF	Vishad Gauchan	(1984-05-11)11 May 1984 (aged 21)	0	0	Three Star
23	3 MF	Bijaya Gurung	(1985-10-11)11 October 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	Three Star
9	3 MF	Raju Tamang	(1985-10-27)27 October 1985 (aged 20)	0	0	Nepal Army Club
21	3 MF	Pralaya Raj Bhandari	(1986-11-12)12 November 1986 (aged 19)	0	0
11	4 FW	Hari Khadka	(1976-11-26)26 November 1976 (aged 29)	32	13	Nepal Police
7	4 FW	Surendra Tamang	(1981-02-23)23 February 1981 (aged 24)	2	0	Three Star
12	4 FW	Ramesh Budhathoki	(1978-04-11)11 April 1978 (aged 27)	6	0	Three Star
10	4 FW	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	1 GK	Jigme Singye	(1981-06-08)8 June 1981 (aged 24)	10	0	Transport United
20	1 GK	Karma Thinley		0	0
4	2 DF	Pema Dorji	(1985-07-05)5 July 1985 (aged 20)	11	0	Transport United
3	2 DF	Tandin Tshering	(1986-06-30)30 June 1986 (aged 19)	0	0
2	2 DF	Sangay Khandu	(1985-09-07)7 September 1985 (aged 20)	4	0	Transport United
15	2 DF	Ugyen Dorji	(1985-07-06)6 July 1985 (aged 20)	2	0	Thimphu
13	2 DF	Sonam Tenzin	(1986-10-20)20 October 1986 (aged 19)	6	0	Buddhist Blue Stars
6	2 DF	Kinley Wangchuk	(1984-03-01)1 March 1984 (aged 21)	0	0
5	3 MF	Passang Tshering	(1983-07-16)16 July 1983 (aged 22)	11	1	Transport United
16	3 MF	Nawang Dhendup	(1983-12-07)7 December 1983 (aged 22)	8	0	Transport United
7	3 MF	Kinley Dorji	(1986-08-30)30 August 1986 (aged 19)	12	0	Thimphu
10	3 MF	Wangay Dorji	(1974-01-09)9 January 1974 (aged 31)	5	5	Drukpol
11	3 MF	Ugyen Wangchuk	(1974-10-10)10 October 1974 (aged 31)	5	0
21	3 MF	Subash Mongar			?
18	3 MF	Wangay Dorji			?
17	3 MF	Ugyen Tsheten		0	0	Drukpol
12	4 FW	Pema Chophel	(1981-08-06)6 August 1981 (aged 24)	9	1	Drukpol
9	4 FW	Bikash Pradhan	(1981-02-07)7 February 1981 (aged 24)	0	0	Thimphu
8	4 FW	Novin Gurung			?
19	4 FW	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.