2025 SAFF Women's Club Championship

2025 SAFF Women's Club Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
CityKathmandu
Dates5 – 20 December
Teams5 (from 5 associations)
Venue1
Final positions
ChampionsIndia East Bengal (1st title)
Runners-upNepal APF
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored23 (2.09 per match)
Attendance27,607 (2,510 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uganda Fazila Ikwaput
(East Bengal)
(9 goals)
Best playerUganda Fazila Ikwaput
Best goalkeeperIndia Panthoi Chanu Elangbam
Fair play awardBhutan Football Federation Transport United
2027 →

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

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 association Points Slots
SAFF AFC
1 11 India India 30.737 1
2 19 Nepal Nepal 19.831 1
3 28 Bangladesh Bangladesh 16.362 1
4 33 Bhutan Bhutan 14.382 1
5 34 Pakistan Pakistan 14.241 1
6 35 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 14.228 —
7 38 Maldives Maldives 13.837 —
Total Participating associations: 5 5

Teams

Locations of SAFF Women's Club Championship teams

The following teams was participated in the tournament.[8][9]

Participants
Team Qualifying method Result
India East Bengal 2024–25 Indian Women's League Champions
Nepal APF 2024 ANFA Women's League Champions
Bangladesh Football Federation Nasrin 2023–24 Bangladesh Women's Football League Champions
Bhutan Transport United 2024 Bhutan Women's National League Runners-up
Pakistan Karachi City 2024 National Women Football Championship Champions

Venue

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

Kathmandu
Dasharath Rangasala
Capacity: 15,000

Schedule

Stage Round Dates
Group stage Matchday 1 5 December
Matchday 2 8 December
Matchday 3 11 December
Matchday 4 14 December
Matchday 5 17 December
Final match 20 December

Match officials

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

Referees
  • India Ranjita Devi Tekcham
  • Laos Keomany Phengmeuagkhoun
  • Myanmar Zin Mar Oo
  • Nepal Anjana Rai
  • Sri Lanka Yapa A Pabasara Minisarani
Assistant Referees
  • Bangladesh Salma Akter Moni
  • Bhutan Tshering Choden
  • India Riiohlang Dhar
  • Iran Atena Lashani
  • Iran Reihaneh Shirazi
  • Laos Phutsavan Chanthavong
  • Lebanon Jana Haydar
  • Nepal Merina Dhimal
  • Sri Lanka HM Malika Madushani
Match Commissioners
  • Bangladesh Subha Rahman
  • Bhutan Mindu Dorji
  • India Khamba Singh Haobam
Referee Accessors

League stage

Tiebreakers

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification India EAB Nepal APF Bhutan TRU Pakistan KAC Bangladesh NAS
1 India East Bengal (C) 4 3 1 0 13 0 +13 10 Advance to final 0–0 2–0
2 Nepal APF (H) 4 2 2 0 5 0 +5 8 0–0 1–0
3 Bhutan Transport United 4 0 3 1 1 5 −4 3 0–4 1–1
4 Pakistan Karachi City 4 0 2 2 0 3 −3 2 0–0 0–0
5 Bangladesh Nasrin 4 0 2 2 1 12 −11 2 0–7 0–4
Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Matches

Match 1
Karachi City Pakistan Football Federation0–0Bhutan Football Federation Transport United
Report
Attendance: 262
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)
Player of the Match: Zeeyana Jivraj (Karachi City)

Match 2
Nasrin Bangladesh Football Federation0–4All Nepal Football Association APF
Report
  • Ghising 38', 80'
  • Deuba 70', 90+2'
Attendance: 3,523
Referee: Keomany Phengmeuagkhoun (Laos)
Player of the Match: Rashmi Ghising (APF)

Match 3
Transport United Bhutan Football Federation0–4All India Football Federation East Bengal
Report
Attendance: 125
Referee: Zin Mar Oo (Myanmar)
Player of the Match: Fazila Ikwaput (East Bengal)

Match 4
Karachi City Pakistan Football Federation0–0Bangladesh Football Federation Nasrin
Report
Attendance: 211
Referee: Yapa A Pabasara Minisarani (Sri Lanka)
Player of the Match: Maria Khan (Karachi City)

Match 5
East Bengal All India Football Federation2–0Pakistan Football Federation Karachi City
 Report
Attendance: 305
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)
Player of the Match: Sulanjana Raul (East Bengal)

Match 6
APF All Nepal Football Association0–0Bhutan Football Federation Transport United
Report
Attendance: 4,703
Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)
Player of the Match: Sangita Monger (Transport United)

Match 7
APF All Nepal Football Association1–0Pakistan Football Federation Karachi City
  • Ghising 52'
 Report
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)
Player of the Match: Rashmi Ghising (APF)

Match 8
Nasrin Bangladesh Football Federation0–7All India Football Federation East Bengal
Report
Attendance: 299
Referee: Keomany Phengmeuagkhoun (Laos)
Player of the Match: Fazila Ikwaput (East Bengal)

Match 9
Transport United Bhutan Football Federation1–1Bangladesh Football Federation Nasrin
 Report
Attendance: 203
Referee: Zin Mar Oo (Myanmar)
Player of the Match: Sauravi Akanda Prity (Nasrin)

Match 10
East Bengal All India Football Federation0–0All Nepal Football Association APF
Report
Attendance: 8,323
Referee: Yapa A. Pabasara Minisarani (Sri Lanka)
Player of the Match: Anjana Rana Magar (APF)

Final

Match 11
East Bengal All India Football Federation3–0Nepal APF
 Report
Attendance: 8,253
Referee: Keomany Phengmeuagkhoun (Laos)
Player of the Match: Shilky Devi Hemam (East Bengal)

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Federation of Uganda Football Associations Fazila Ikwaput All India Football Federation East Bengal 9
2 All Nepal Football Association Rashmi Ghising

All Nepal Football Association APF

 3
All India Football Federation Sulanjana Raul

All India Football Federation East Bengal

 3
3 All Nepal Football Association Mina Deuba

All Nepal Football Association APF

 2
Federation of Uganda Football Associations Resty Nanziri All India Football Federation East Bengal 2

Broadcasting rights

CountryTV Streaming (Youtube)Streaming (Website)
 NepalHimalaya TV RONB (YouTube)—
Worldwide —
MSM Video

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SAFF Ex. Co meeting approves home or away format for SAFF Championship 2025". saffederation.org. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  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.
  6. ↑ "মেয়েদের সাফ ক্লাব চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ নভেম্বরে". www.bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 25 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  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.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.