2023 SAFF Championship squads

The 2023 SAFF Championship was the 14th edition of the SAFF Championship, the international men's football championship of South Asia organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament was held in Bengaluru, India from 21 June to 4 July 2023.

The age listed for each player is on 21 June 2023. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team.

The following squads were announced by the respective national federations. Each team was permitted to register a maximum of 23 players for the tournament.

Group A

India

Coach: Croatia Igor Štimac

India named their squad for the tournament.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IND Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
2 DF  IND Subhasish Bose
3 DF  IND Pritam Kotal
4 DF  IND Sandesh Jhingan
5 DF  IND Anwar Ali
6 MF  IND Liston Colaco
7 MF  IND Ashique Kuruniyan
8 MF  IND Suresh Singh Wangjam
9 FW  IND Sunil Chhetri (Captain)
10 MF  IND Rohit Kumar
11 MF  IND Udanta Singh
12 DF  IND Akash Mishra
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK  IND Amrinder Singh
14 MF  IND Anirudh Thapa
15 MF  IND Naorem Mahesh Singh
16 MF  IND Nikhil Poojary
17 MF  IND Jeakson Singh
18 MF  IND Sahal Abdul Samad
19 FW  IND Rahim Ali
20 MF  IND Lalengmawia Ralte
21 MF  IND Lallianzuala Chhangte
22 MF  IND Rowllin Borges
23 GK  IND Gurmeet Singh
— DF  IND Mehtab Singh
— DF  IND Rahul Bheke
— MF  IND Nandha Kumar Sekar

Kuwait

Coach: Portugal Rui Bento

Kuwait named their squad for the tournament.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  KUW Sulaiman Abdulghafour
2 DF  KUW Hassan Al-Enezi
3 DF  KUW Khalid El Ebrahim
4 DF  KUW Abdullah Ammar
5 DF  KUW Hamad Al-Qallaf
6 MF  KUW Sultan Al-Enezi
7 MF  KUW Hamad Al-Harbi
8 MF  KUW Redha Hani
9 FW  KUW Shabaib Al-Khaldi
10 MF  KUW Fawaz Ayedh
11 MF  KUW Ahmed Al-Dhefiri
12 DF  KUW Mahdi Dashti
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK  KUW Bader Al-Saanoun
14 MF  KUW Abdullah Ghanim
15 MF  KUW Mobarak Al-Faneeni
16 MF  KUW Athbi Saleh
17 MF  KUW Mohammad Daham
18 MF  KUW Eid Al-Rashidi
19 MF  KUW Ali Khalaf
23 GK  KUW Abdulrahman Kameel

Nepal

Coach: Italy Vincenzo Alberto Annese

Nepal named their squad for the tournament.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  NEP Kiran Chemjong (Captain)
2 DF  NEP Bimal Panday
3 DF  NEP Sanish Shrestha
4 DF  NEP Ananta Tamang
5 DF  NEP Devendra Tamang
6 MF  NEP Pujan Uperkoti
7 MF  NEP Arik Bista
8 MF  NEP Nabin Lama
9 FW  NEP Ayush Ghalan
10 FW  NEP Nawayug Shrestha
11 FW  NEP Dipak Raj Singh Thakuri
12 DF  NEP Nishant Khadka
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK  NEP Deep Karki
14 MF  NEP Mani Kumar Lama
15 MF  NEP Laken Limbu
16 MF  NEP Avas Lamichhane
17 FW  NEP Anjan Bista
18 FW  NEP Manish Dangi
19 FW  NEP Aashish Chaudhary
20 FW  NEP Bimal Gharti Magar
21 DF  NEP Rohit Chand
22 DF  NEP Simanta Thapa
23 GK  NEP Bishal Shrestha

Pakistan

Coach: Shahzad Anwar

Pakistan named their squad for the tournament.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  PAK Saqib Hanif
2 DF  PAK Muhammad Umar Hayat
3 DF  PAK Ali Khan Niazi
4 DF  PAK Muhammad Sufyan
5 DF  PAK Muhammad Umer Saeed
6 MF  PAK Alamgir Ali Khan Ghazi
7 MF  PAK Ali Uzair Mahmood
8 MF  PAK Moin Ahmed
9 FW  PAK Abdul Samad Shahzad
10 FW  PAK Otis Jan Mohammad Khan
11 FW  PAK Hassan Naweed Bashir
12 DF  PAK Mamoon Moosa Khan
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK  PAK Salman ul Haq
14 MF  PAK Shayak Dost
15 MF  PAK Muhammad Waleed Khan
16 MF  PAK Rahis Nabi
17 MF  PAK Harun Arrashid Faheem Hamid
18 FW  PAK Muhammad Waheed
19 DF  PAK Syed Abdullah Shah
20 DF  PAK Haseeb Ahmed Khan
21 DF  PAK Sardar Wali
22 DF  PAK Sohail
23 GK  PAK Abdul Basit
— GK  PAK Yousaf Ijaz Butt
— DF  PAK Easah Suliman
— DF  PAK Abdullah Iqbal
— MF  PAK Umair Ali
— MF  PAK Muhammad Adnan Yaqoob

Group B

Bangladesh

Coach: Spain Javier Cabrera

Bangladesh announced their final squad on 9 June 2023.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BAN Anisur Rahman Zico
2 DF  BAN Topu Barman
3 DF  BAN Rahmat Mia
4 DF  BAN Tariq Raihan Kazi
5 DF  BAN Mehedi Hasan
6 MF  BAN Jamal Bhuiyan (Captain)
7 MF  BAN Sohel Rana
8 MF  BAN Rabiul Hasan
9 FW  BAN Suman Reza
10 FW  BAN Aminur Rahman Sojib
11 FW  BAN Foysal Ahmed Fahim
12 DF  BAN Bishwanath Ghosh
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK  BAN Shahidul Alam Sohel
14 MF  BAN Mohammad Ridoy
15 DF  BAN Alomgir Molla
16 DF  BAN Isa Faysal
17 MF  BAN Sohel Rana Jr.
18 FW  BAN Rafiqul Islam
19 FW  BAN Mohammad Ibrahim
20 FW  BAN Rakib Hossain
21 MF  BAN Mojibor Rahman Jony
22 MF  BAN Sheikh Morsalin
23 GK  BAN Mitul Marma

Lebanon

Coach: Serbia Aleksandar Ilić

Lebanon announced their final squad on 6 June 2023.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Mehdi Khalil (1991-09-19)19 September 1991 (aged 31) 50 0 Jordan Football Association Al-Faisaly
2 2DF Abdul Razzak Dakramanji (2001-02-22)22 February 2001 (aged 22) 0 0 Lebanese Football Association Tripoli
3 2DF Maxime Aoun (2001-03-04)4 March 2001 (aged 22) 1 0 Lebanese Football Association Ansar
4 2DF Mohammad El Hayek (2000-02-19)19 February 2000 (aged 23) 5 0 Lebanese Football Association Tadamon Sour
5 3MF Mahdi Zein (2000-05-23)23 May 2000 (aged 23) 9 0 Lebanese Football Association Nejmeh
6 2DF Hussein Zein (1995-01-27)27 January 1995 (aged 28) 22 0 Lebanese Football Association Ahed
7 4FW Hassan Maatouk (captain) (1987-08-10)10 August 1987 (aged 35) 105 21 Lebanese Football Association Ansar
8 4FW Mohamad Omar Sadek (2003-10-25)25 October 2003 (aged 19) 1 0 Lebanese Football Association Nejmeh
9 4FW Karim Darwich (1998-11-02)2 November 1998 (aged 24) 12 1 Lebanese Football Association Ahed
10 4FW Ali Al Haj (2001-02-02)2 February 2001 (aged 22) 5 0 Lebanese Football Association Ahed
11 4FW Ali Markabawi (2000-12-19)19 December 2000 (aged 22) 3 0 Lebanese Football Association Bourj
12 3MF Hasan Srour (2001-12-18)18 December 2001 (aged 21) 2 0 Lebanese Football Association Ahed
13 3MF George Felix Melki (1994-07-23)23 July 1994 (aged 28) 27 1 Lebanese Football Association Ahed
14 3MF Nader Matar (1992-05-12)12 May 1992 (aged 31) 60 3 Lebanese Football Association Ansar
15 3MF Mouhammed-Ali Dhaini (1994-03-01)1 March 1994 (aged 29) 21 0 Swedish Football Association Trelleborg
16 3MF Walid Shour (1996-06-10)10 June 1996 (aged 27) 10 0 Lebanese Football Association Ahed
17 4FW Khalil Bader (1999-07-27)27 July 1999 (aged 23) 6 0 Lebanese Football Association Nejmeh
18 3MF Ali Shaitou (2002-10-05)5 October 2002 (aged 20) 0 0 Lebanese Football Association Bourj
19 4FW Zein Farran (1999-07-21)21 July 1999 (aged 23) 7 0 Lebanese Football Association Ahed
20 3MF Hassan Kourani (1995-01-22)22 January 1995 (aged 28) 5 1 Lebanese Football Association Nejmeh
21 1GK Ali Sabeh (1994-06-24)24 June 1994 (aged 28) 6 0 Lebanese Football Association Nejmeh
22 3MF Ali Tneich (1992-07-16)16 July 1992 (aged 30) 6 0 Lebanese Football Association Ansar
23 1GK Antoine Al Douaihy (1999-03-18)18 March 1999 (aged 24) 0 0 Lebanese Football Association Salam Zgharta

Maldives

Coach: Italy Francesco Moriero

Maldives named their squad for the tournament.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MDV Mohamed Faisal
2 DF  MDV Ahmed Nooman
3 DF  MDV Hussain Sifau Yoosuf
4 DF  MDV Haisham Hassan
5 DF  MDV Akram Abdul Ghanee
6 MF  MDV Ashad Ali
7 MF  MDV Ibrahim Aisam
8 MF  MDV Mohamed Umair
9 FW  MDV Hassan Raaif Ahmed
10 FW  MDV Mohamed Naaim
11 FW  MDV Ibrahim Mahdhy Hussain
12 DF  MDV Samooh Ali
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK  MDV Mohamed Shafeeu
14 MF  MDV Hussain Nihan
15 MF  MDV Hamza Mohamed
16 MF  MDV Ismail Eesa
17 MF  MDV Ibrahim Waheed Hassan
18 FW  MDV Assadhulla Abdulla
19 FW  MDV Ali Fasir
20 FW  MDV Ali Ashfaq
21 FW  MDV Naaiz Hassan
22 FW  MDV Ali Haisham
23 GK  MDV Ali Najih
— DF  MDV Gasim Sammaam

Bhutan

Coach: Cheki Wangmo

Bhutan named their squad for the tournament.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BHU Gyeltshen Zangpo
2 DF  BHU Chimi Tshewang
3 DF  BHU Tenzin Norbu
4 DF  BHU Tenzin Dorji
5 DF  BHU Nima Tshering
6 MF  BHU Karma Sonam
7 MF  BHU Dorji
8 MF  BHU Lobzang Chogyal
9 FW  BHU Sherub Dorji
10 FW  BHU Tsenda Dorji
11 FW  BHU Santa Kumar
12 DF  BHU Phuntsho Jingme
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK  BHU Tshering Dendup
14 MF  BHU Karma Shedrup
15 MF  BHU Tshelthrim Namgyel
16 MF  BHU Tandin Dorji
17 MF  BHU Kinga Wangchuk
18 MF  BHU Phub Thinley
19 MF  BHU Chencho Gyeltshen
20 MF  BHU Nima Wangdi
21 FW  BHU Yeshi Dorji
23 GK  BHU Tobgay
— DF  BHU Dawa Tshering Jr.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "SAFF Championship 2023: All eight participating national team squads". Khel Now. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  2. ↑ بعثة المنتخب الوطني تغادر الى "أوديشا" [The national team delegation leaves for Odisha] (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.