SAFF U-17 Championship

SAFF U-17 Championship

Founded	2011
Region	SAFF
Number of teams	7
Current champions	India (6th title)
Most successful team(s)	India (6 titles)
2025 SAFF U-17 Championship

The SAFF U-15/U-16/U-17 Championship is an annual international football competition contested by the national teams of the members of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The first edition was held as SAFF U-16 Championship, where most teams sent their U-15 team, keeping in mind AFC U-17 Asian Cup hold every following years to SAFF U-16 Championship. In the 2017 edition, it was held as SAFF U-15 Championship and the subsequent 2022 edition, the SAFF U-17 Championship was introduced. The first edition of the tournament took place in Nepal in August 2011. The competition was launched under the leadership of SAFF President Kazi Salahuddin who was elected in 2009. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Results

Ed.	Year	Category	Host		Final				Third place playoff				No. of teams
					Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	2011	U16	Nepal		Pakistan	2–1	India		Nepal	2–1	Bangladesh		6
2	2013		Nepal		India	1–0	Nepal		Bangladesh	1–0	Afghanistan		7
3	2015		Bangladesh		Bangladesh	1–1 (4–2 p)	India		Afghanistan and     Nepal				6
4	2017	U15	Nepal		India	2–1	Nepal		Bangladesh	8–0	Bhutan		6
5	2018		Nepal		Bangladesh	1–1 (3–2 p)	Pakistan		India	1–0	Nepal		6
6	2019		India		India	7–0	Nepal		Bangladesh	RR	Sri Lanka		5
7	2022	U17	Sri Lanka		India	4–0	Nepal		Bangladesh and   Sri Lanka				6
8	2023	U16	Bhutan		India	2–0	Bangladesh		Pakistan and   Maldives				6
9	2024	U17	Bhutan		India	2–0	Bangladesh		Nepal and   Pakistan				7
10	2025		Sri Lanka										7

Participating nations

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• SF – Semifinals
• GS – Group stage
• q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•    — Hosts
•  ×  – Did not enter
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  ×  – Withdrew before qualification
•   — Withdrew/Disqualified after qualification
•   — Not part of SAFF

Team	2011	2013	2015	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total
Bangladesh	4th	3rd	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	SF	2nd	2nd		9
Bhutan	×	GS	×	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS		7
India	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st		9
Maldives	GS	×	GS	GS	GS	×	GS	3rd	GS		7
Nepal	3rd	2nd	SF	2nd	4th	2nd	2nd	GS	3rd		9
Pakistan	1st	GS	×	×	2nd	×	×	3rd	3rd		5
Sri Lanka	GS	GS	GS	GS	×	GS	SF	×	GS		8
Former member
Afghanistan	×	4th	SF	Not part of SAFF							2

Performance by nation

• Bold: Indicates host.

Nation	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Semi-finalists
India	6 (2013, 2017, 2019 , 2022, 2023, 2024)	2 (2011, 2015)	1 (2018)	—	—
Bangladesh	2 ( 2015 , 2018)	2 (2023, 2024)	1 (2013, 2017, 2019)	1 (2011)	1 (2022)
Pakistan	1 (2011)	1 (2018	2 (2023, 2024)	—	—
Nepal	—	4 ( 2013 , 2017 , 2019, 2022)	3 ( 2011 , 2024)	1 ( 2018 )	1 (2015)
Afghanistan	—	—	—	1 (2013)	1 (2015)
Bhutan	—	—	—	1 (2017)	—
Sri Lanka	—	—	—	—	1 ( 2022 )

Awards

Year	Top scorer(s)	Goals	Best player	Fair play award
2011	Mohammad Bilal	4	Mansoor Khan	Not awarded
2013	Bimal Magar	6	Krishna Pandit
2015	Saurabh Meher	3	Sarwan Zaman Nipu	Nepal
2017	Foysal Ahmed Fahim	6	Vikram Pratap Singh	Bangladesh
2018	Nihat Jaman Ucchash	4	Haseeb Khan	Bangladesh
2019	Himanshu Jangra	7	Himanshu Jangra	Bangladesh
2022	Mirajul Islam Thanglalsoun Gangte Unesh Budhathoki	4	Not awarded	Not awarded
2023	Md Arbash	3	Md Arbash	Pakistan
2024	Sujan Dangol	4	Md Arbash	Bhutan
2025

See also

• SAFF Championship
• SAFF U-20 Championship
• SAFF Women's Championship
• SAFF U-20 Women's Championship
• SAFF U-17 Women's Championship

References

1. "MEN (SAFF U17)" . Retrieved 9 September 2023.
2. "SAFF U-17 Championship: India reinforce regional dominance with fourth crown" . Retrieved 9 September 2023.
3. "SAFF U-17 Championship: India win title, defeat Nepal 4-0 in final" . Retrieved 9 September 2023.