South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) is an association of the football playing nations in South Asia which is a regional subsidiary of Asian Football Confederation, incorporated in 1997. The members of the association are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

History

The SAFF was founded in 1997, with Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In 2000, they expanded to 7 members, adding Bhutan. Afghanistan joined in 2005, but left in 2015, to join then newly formed Central Asian Football Association.

Presidents

Member associations

Former member

Competitions

The South Asian Football Federation runs several competitions on subcontinental level.

National team

Men's

Women's

Club

The South Asian Football Federation announced in April 2011 that they had decided to start a new tournament for association football club sides, the SAFF Club Championship, with the inaugural edition to be held in Bangladesh from 1–15 September of the same year. The competition was postponed and desires to revive the competition were again announced in July 2013 but the competition has still not started with accusations that India, the prime nation in the competition, were not altogether interested in participating. Sri Lanka was supposed to host the first edition in August 2014. A new possible start was set for December 2016 but later announced that 2017 would see the first edition. This again was changed and announced that 2018 would be the start of the tournament. But the Club Championship was never a reality and only remained as a plan on paper. The 2024 SAFF Club Championship will be the inaugural edition of the SAFF Club Championship, the biennial international men's club football championship of South Asia organised by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).

Current title holders

Titles by nation

Note: (†) Member from 2005 till 2015 , (††) The Russian Under-17 team was invited to the Under-17 tournament

Medals (1993-2024)

Last Update: 2024 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship (Total: 44 Editions) Exclude Football at the South Asian Games and SAFF Club Championship.

SAFF teams at continental and global tournaments

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Senior

Men's

FIFA World Cup

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Challenge Cup

AFC Solidarity Cup

Asian Games men's football tournament

Women's

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Asian Games Women's football tournament

Junior

Men's U-20

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Men's U-17

FIFA U-17 World Cup

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

Women's U-20

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

Women's U-17

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

Rankings

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

Men's national teams

Leading men's team:

Women's national teams

Leading women's team:

Individual statistics

Top goalscorer in men's football

By number of goals

(Players with at least 20 goals)

By country

(only highest goalscorers from each country)

Top goalscorer in women's football

By number of goals

(Players with at least 30 goals)

By country

(only highest goalscorers from each country)