 Greenfield Stadium hosted the final | |||||||
| Event | 2015 SAFF Championship | ||||||
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| After extra time | |||||||
| Date | 3 January 2016 | ||||||
| Venue | Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram | ||||||
The 2015 SAFF Championship Final was a football match that took place on 3 January 2016 at the Trivandrum International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, India, to determine the 2015 SAFF Championship champion. [1] [2] [3]
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. [1]
| Afghanistan | Round | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Bangladesh | 4–0 | Match 1 |  Sri Lanka | 2–0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Bhutan | 3–0 | Match 2 |  Nepal | 4–1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Maldives | 4–1 | Match 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opponent | Result | Knockout phase | Opponent | Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 5–0 [4] | Semi-finals | Maldives | 3–2 [5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
India  | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |  Afghanistan |
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Lalpekhlua  72'Chhetri 101' | Report Report | Amiri 70' |
         India |    Afghanistan |
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The India national football team represents India in international football and is governed by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA. It is governed in Asia by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and in South Asia by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), both of which were co-founded by the Indian team's supervising body, the AIFF.
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Results of India national football team from 2010-2019.
Results of India national football team from 1990–1999.
