2008 SAFF Championship squads

The 2008 SAFF Championship was an international football tournament held in Sri Lanka and Maldives from 3 to 14 June 2008. The 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. ^{[1] [2]}

Bangladesh

Coach: Abu Yusuf ^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Aminul Haque	(1980-10-05)5 October 1980 (aged 27)			Mohammedan
20	1 GK	Biplob Bhattacharjee	(1981-01-07)7 January 1981 (aged 27)			Dhaka Abahani
2	2 DF	Arup Kumar Baidya	(1987-09-02)2 September 1987 (aged 20)			Farashganj
3	2 DF	Wali Faisal	(1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 23)			Dhaka Abahani
4	2 DF	Rajani Kanta Barman	(1976-05-12)12 May 1976 (aged 32)			Mohammedan
19	2 DF	Mofazzal Hossain Shaikat	(1986-06-20)20 June 1986 (aged 21)			Mohammedan
	2 DF	Ariful Islam	(1987-12-20)20 December 1987 (aged 20)			Mohammedan
5	2 DF	Nazrul Islam	(1978-10-16)16 October 1978 (aged 29)			Dhaka Abahani
6	2 DF	Hassan Al-Mamun	(1974-11-16)16 November 1974 (aged 33)			Muktijoddha Sangsad
	2 DF	Atiqur Rahman Meshu	(1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 19)			Brothers Union
7	3 MF	Arman Aziz	(1984-05-10)10 May 1984 (aged 24)			Mohammedan
8	3 MF	Anamul Haque Sharif	(1985-12-09)9 December 1985 (aged 22)			Mohammedan
9	3 MF	Mamunul Islam	(1988-12-12)12 December 1988 (aged 19)			Dhaka Abahani
13	3 MF	Arif Khan Joy (captain)	(1971-11-20)20 November 1971 (aged 36)			Dhaka Abahani
16	3 MF	Mohamed Abul Hossain	(1983-07-29)29 July 1983 (aged 24)			Brothers Union
	3 MF	Faisal Mahmud	(1983-01-16)16 January 1983 (aged 25)			Brothers Union
	3 MF	Zahid Parvez Chowdhury	(1987-12-29)29 December 1987 (aged 20)			Dhaka Abahani
10	4 FW	Zahid Hasan Ameli	(1987-12-25)25 December 1987 (aged 20)			Dhaka Abahani
12	4 FW	Mehedi Hasan Ujjal	(1985-04-26)26 April 1985 (aged 23)			Dhaka Abahani
20	4 FW	Abdul Baten Mojumdar Komol	(1987-08-02)2 August 1987 (aged 20)			Mohammedan

India

Coach: Bob Houghton ^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Subhasish Roy Chowdhury	(1986-09-27)27 September 1986 (aged 21)			Mahindra United
	1 GK	Subrata Pal	(1986-12-24)24 December 1986 (aged 21)			East Bengal
	2 DF	Mahesh Gawli	(1980-01-23)23 January 1980 (aged 28)			Mahindra United
	2 DF	N.S. Manju	(1987-05-09)9 May 1987 (aged 21)			Mahindra United
	2 DF	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	(1984-02-12)12 February 1984 (aged 24)			Mohun Bagan
	2 DF	Anwar Ali	(1984-09-24)24 September 1984 (aged 23)			JCT
	2 DF	Samir Subash Naik	(1979-08-08)8 August 1979 (aged 28)			Dempo
	2 DF	Deepak Mondal	(1979-10-12)12 October 1979 (aged 28)			Mohun Bagan
	2 DF	Gouramangi Singh	(1986-01-25)25 January 1986 (aged 22)			Churchill Brothers
	3 MF	Pappachen Pradeep	(1983-04-28)28 April 1983 (aged 25)			Mahindra United
	3 MF	Steven Dias	(1983-12-25)25 December 1983 (aged 24)			Mahindra United
	3 MF	Climax Lawrence	(1979-01-16)16 January 1979 (aged 29)			Dempo
	3 MF	Renedy Singh	(1979-06-20)20 June 1979 (aged 28)			JCT
	3 MF	Sampath Kuttymani	(1986-09-28)28 September 1986 (aged 21)			Mumbai
	3 MF	Bungo Thomchok Singh	(1983-03-02)2 March 1983 (aged 25)			Pune
	4 FW	Bhaichung Bhutia (captain)	(1976-12-15)15 December 1976 (aged 31)			East Bengal
	4 FW	Manjit Singh	(1986-01-25)25 January 1986 (aged 22)			Mahindra United
	4 FW	Abhishek Yadav	(1980-06-10)10 June 1980 (aged 27)			Mumbai
	4 FW	Sushil Kumar Singh	(1981-04-01)1 April 1981 (aged 27)			Mahindra United
	4 FW	Sunil Chhetri	(1984-08-03)3 August 1984 (aged 23)			East Bengal

Pakistan

Coach: Akhtar Mohiuddin ^[5]

• Bilal Rafiq
• Syed Sultan Rahi
• Samar Ishaq
• Muhammad Ahmed
• Naveed Akram
• Muhammad Imran
• Zesh Rehman
• Muhammad Irfan
• Nasrullah Khan
• Farooq Shah
• Abdul Aziz
• Adnan Ahmed
• Atif Bashir
• Jadid Khan Pathan
• Imran Niazi
• Zahid Hameed
• Kashif Siddiqi
• Arif Mehmood
• Muhammad Qasim
• Asif Mehmood

Nepal

Coach: Thomas Flath ^[6]

• Nirajan Rayamajhi
• Sagar Thapa
• Rakesh Shrestha
• Bikash Malla
• Lok Bandhu Gurung
• K.C. Anjan
• Bijay Gurung
• Ju Manu Rai
• Bishan Gauchan
• Chun Bahadur Thapa
• Sandeep Rai
• Ananta Raj Thapa
• Parbat Pandey
• Raju Tamang
• Ramesh Budhathoki
• Bikash Singh Chhetri
• Suman Subedi
• Niranjan Khadka

Maldives

Coach: Jozef Jankech ^[7]

• Ahmed Thoriq
• Mohamed Imran
• Mohamed Ismail
• Ibrahim Fazeel
• Assad Abdul Ghanee
• Ahmed Ammaty Saeed
• Mohamed Jameel
• Ali Ashfaq
• Mukhthar Naseer
• Mohamed Shifan
• Mohamed Sobah
• Ali Umar
• Shamveel Qasim
• Mohamed Bakka Arif

References

1. "India vs Nepal: National-football teams.com" . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "National football teams.com" . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
3. "Booters leave for Bangkok for SAFF Championship preparation". bdnews24.com. 26 May 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
4. "India vs Pakistan Squads" . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
5. "Pakistan to include four overseas players for SAFF championship". DAWN.COM. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
6. "Nepal Squad" . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
7. "Maldives Squad" . Retrieved 13 November 2021.