2025 SAFF Women's Club Championship

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2025 SAFF Women's Club Championship
SAFF Women's Club Championship 2025.png
Tournament details
Host country Nepal
City Kathmandu
Dates5 – 20 December
Teams5 (from 5 associations)
Venue1
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored8 (2 per match)
2027
All statistics correct as of 8 December 2025.

The 2025 SAFF Women's Club Championship, known as the Vatsalya SAFF Women's Club Championship Nepal 2025 due to sponsorship reasons, is the inaugural edition of the SAFF Women's Club Championship, an international women's club football competition featuring leading clubs from South Asia. It is organised by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). Five teams from the region are scheduled to competing in Kathmandu from 5 to 20 December 2025. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Association team allocation

Ranking for AFC Women's Club Competitions are calculated with 70% of AFC club points and 30% of national team points as per FIFA rankings. [7]

SAFF Women's Club Championship
Participating
Not participating
Rank Member associationPointsSlots
SAFFAFC
111 Flag of India.svg India 30.7371
219 Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal 19.8311
328 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 16.3621
433 Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 14.3821
534 Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 14.2411
635 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 14.228
738 Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 13.837
TotalParticipating associations: 55

Teams

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APF
Locations of SAFF Women's Club Championship teams

The following teams will participate in the tournament. [8] [9]

Participants
TeamQualifying method
Flag of India.svg East Bengal 2024–25 Indian Women's League champions
Flag of Nepal.svg APF 2024 ANFA Women's League champions
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Nasrin 2023–24 Bangladesh Women's Football League champions
Flag of Bhutan.svg Transport United 2024 Bhutan Women's National League runners-up
Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi City 2024 National Women Football Championship winners

Venue

The tournament being played at Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu. [10] [11] [12]

Kathmandu
Dasharath Rangasala
Capacity: 15,000
Dasarath Stadium during 2022 SAFF Women's Championship Final match.jpg

Schedule

StageRoundDates
Group stageMatchday 15 December
Matchday 28 December
Matchday 311 December
Matchday 414 December
Matchday 517 December
Final match20 December

Match officials

The following officials were chosen for the competition by SAFF tournament committee.

Referees
Assistant Referees
Match Commissioners
Referee Accessors

Round robin

Tiebreakers

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Nepal.svg APF Flag of India.svg EAB Flag of Pakistan.svg KAC Flag of Bhutan.svg TRU Flag of Bangladesh.svg NAS
1 Flag of Nepal.svg APF (H)110040+43Advance to final 14 Dec 11 Dec
2 Flag of India.svg East Bengal 110040+43 17 Dec 11 Dec
3 Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi City 20200002 0–0 0–0
4 Flag of Bhutan.svg Transport United 20110441 0–4 17 Dec
5 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Nasrin 20110441 0–4 14 Dec
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2025. Source: Sofascore
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Matches

Match 1
Karachi City Flag of Pakistan.svg 0–0 Flag of Bhutan.svg Transport United
Report
Dasharath Rangasala , Kathmandu
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)
Player of the Match: Zeeyana Jivraj (Karachi City)

Match 2
Nasrin Flag of Bangladesh.svg 0–4 Flag of Nepal.svg APF
Report
  • Ghising Soccerball shade.svg38', 80'
  • Deuba Soccerball shade.svg70', 90+2'
Dasharath Rangasala , Kathmandu
Referee: Keomany Phengmeuagkhoun (Laos)
Player of the Match: Rashmi Kumari Ghising (APF)

Match 3
Transport United Flag of Bhutan.svg 0–4 Flag of India.svg East Bengal
Report
Dasharath Rangasala , Kathmandu
Referee: Zin Mar Oo (Myanmar)
Player of the Match: Fazila Ikwaput (East Bengal)

Match 4
Karachi City Flag of Pakistan.svg 0–0 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Nasrin
Report
Dasharath Rangasala , Kathmandu
Referee: Yapa A Pabasara Minisarani (Sri Lanka)
Player of the Match: Maria Khan (Karachi City)

Match 5
East Bengal Flag of India.svg v Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi City
Report
Dasharath Rangasala , Kathmandu

Match 6
APF Flag of Nepal.svg v Flag of Bhutan.svg Transport United
Report
Dasharath Rangasala , Kathmandu

Match 7
APF Flag of Nepal.svg v Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi City
Report
Dasharath Rangasala , Kathmandu

Match 8
Nasrin Flag of Bangladesh.svg v Flag of India.svg East Bengal
Report
Dasharath Rangasala , Kathmandu

Match 9
Transport United Flag of Bhutan.svg v Flag of Bangladesh.svg Nasrin
Report
Dasharath Rangasala , Kathmandu

Match 10
East Bengal Flag of India.svg v Flag of Nepal.svg APF
Report
Dasharath Rangasala , Kathmandu

Final

Match 11
1st placed team Flag of None.svgv Flag of None.svg 2nd placed team
Dasharath Rangasala , Kathmandu

Top scorers

  Team eliminated for this round.
  Team didn't have a match in this round.
RankPlayerTeamMD1MD2MD3MD4MD5FTotal
1 Flag of Nepal.svg Rashmi Ghising Flag of Nepal.svg APF 22
Flag of Nepal.svg Mina Deuba 22
Flag of Uganda.svg Fazila Ikwaput Flag of India.svg East Bengal 22
4 Flag of India.svg Sulanjana Raul 11
Flag of Uganda.svg Resty Nanziri 11

Broadcasting rights

CountryTVStreaming
Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal Himalaya TV RONB (YouTube)
Worldwide MSM Video

See also

References

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  2. "SAFF executive committee announce inaugural SAFF club championship". Khel Now. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  3. "Women's SAFF Club Championship to begin from this year". Daily Sun.
  4. "June's SAFF Championship to feature home-and-away fixtures". thedailystar.net.
  5. "SAFF 2025 to be held on home and away format". www.newagebd.net. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
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  7. "AFC Women's Club Competitions Ranking 2024/25" (PDF). the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  8. "Five Clubs to Compete in Inaugural SAFF Women's Club Championship – SAFF". saffederation.org. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  9. "SAFF Women's Club Championship announced; inaugural edition to be held in December". Khel Now. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  10. "SAFF Congress elects first female Executive Committee member". saffederation.org. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  11. "SAFF charts ambitious roadmap to uplift regional football". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  12. "SAFF launches futsal, club and women's tournaments to boost football in region". Khel Now. Retrieved 25 May 2025.