NB: Tournament originally to be held in Islamabad, Pakistan at the end
of 2001 but postponed due to US attacks against Afghanistan.
Rescheduled for March 29-April 6, 2003, still in Islamabad.
Afghanistan were invited for the tournament, Bhutan and India
withdrew.
The tournament was postponed again due to war against Iraq. Pakistan
have the organisation, which was offered to Sri Lanka for 2004, but
they returned the honour, preferring to organise the 10th edition in
2005; the 9th edition was then rescheduled in Pakistan, from March 28
to April 6, 2004. Bhutan and India now enter, but the Maldives
withdrew.
Tournament for U-23 teams; India enter with U-20 team.
NB: stadiums: Qayyum Stadium, Peshawar;
Army Stadium, Rawalpindi;
Jinnah Stadium, Islamabad.
Group A
1.India 3 2 1 0 3- 0 7
2.Pakistan 3 2 0 1 4- 1 6
3.Bangladesh 3 1 1 1 2- 2 4
4.Afghanistan 3 0 0 3 1- 7 0
[Mar 28, Rawalpindi]
India 0-0 Bangladesh
[Mar 28, Peshawar]
Pakistan 3-0 Afghanistan
[Muhammad Essa 5, 62, Farooq Shah 52]
[Mar 30, Rawalpindi]
Bangladesh 2-1 Afghanistan
[Mehdi Hassan Uzzal 2, 41; Rozzedin Omidwar 75]
Pakistan 0-1 India
[Debabrata Roypakias 72pen]
[Apr 1, Islamabad]
Pakistan 1-0 Bangladesh
[Muhammad Essa 86pen]
India 2-0 Afghanistan
[Jerry Zirsanga 42, Sutang Marlanki 75]
Group B
[Mar 27, Rawalpindi]
Nepal 0-0 Bhutan
[Mar 29, Rawalpindi]
Sri Lanka 1-0 Nepal
[Mohammed Azmeer 62]
[Mar 31, Rawalpindi]
Sri Lanka 1-0 Bhutan
[Siyaguna Kosgodage 13]
1.Sri Lanka 2 2 0 0 2- 0 6
2.Bhutan 2 0 1 1 0- 1 1 [won toss for 2nd place]
3.Nepal 2 0 1 1 0- 1 1
-.Maldives withdrew
Semifinals [Apr 3, Islamabad]
India 4-1 Bhutan
[Debabrata Roy 15, Sunil Chetri 33, 76,
Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep 90; Chema Chophe 37l
Sri Lanka 1-1 Pakistan [asdet, 4-5 pen]
[M.Naveed Akram 86og; Muhammad Essa 64]
Third Place Match [Apr 5, Islamabad]
Bhutan 0-0 Sri Lanka [asdet, 2-3 pen]
[scored pen: Bhutan: Krishna Subba, Nawang Dhendup;
Sri Lanka: C.M.Weerasingha, T.Rangana, M.A.Dilshan]
Final [Apr 5, Islamabad; att: 37,000]
India 0-1 Pakistan
[Abdul Aziz 30]
Topscorers:
1.Muhammad Essa (Pakistan) 4
2.Mehdi Hassan Uzzal (Bangladesh) 2
Debabrata Roy (India) 2
Sunil Chetri (India) 2
Known Squad Data:
Afghanistan:
Abadullah Barak, Abaseen Atai, Abdul Ahmad Tanhah, Abdul Tawab Sultani,
Ahmadullah Ahmadi, Farid Ahmadi, Hadi Razai, Mohammad Aslam Askaryar,
Mohammad Haneef Jabar Khil, Mohammad Khalid Dilwar, Mohammad Nasim Hussaini,
Nangialai Sayedi, Qasim Ali Rahimi, Rahman Ali Nazari, Raza Mohammadi,
Raza Razai, Rozeddin Omidwar, Syed Hameed, Shams Uddin Amiri,
Wahidullah Nazari
Officials:
Coach: Abdul Rasul Rasekh,
Assistant Coach: Mohammad Aziz Abolfazli
Manager: Mohammad Hamed Maiwand
Official: Abdul Saboor Walizada
Bangladesh:
Masud Parvez, Rashed Ahmed, Ashraful Kader, Abdullah Al Parvez,
Aminul Islam, Mehedi Hasan Ujjal, Mustafa Anwar Parvez,
Firoz Mahmud Hossain Titoo, Zahid Hasan Emily, Monwar Hossain,
Mohammed Sujon, Ziaur Rahman, Atiqul Islam Tariq, Ashraful Karim,
Arman Aziz, Kamal Hossain, Haris-uz-Zaman, Zahidul Hasan Dalim,
Yousuf Ali Khan, Akram Hossain
Bhutan:
Chencho Chencho, Dorji Khandu, Gyeltshen Gyeltshen, Singye Jigme,
Kinley Dorji, Subba Krishna, Kunzang Wangchuk, Nawang Dhendup,
Passang Tshering, Pema Chophel, Pema Pema, Sangay Khandu, Sonam Tenzin,
Tashi Dorji, Tashi Jamtsho, Ugyen Dorji, Wangchuck Wangchuck
Officials:
Coach: Kharga Bahadur Basnet
Manager: Ugyen Wangchuck
Doctor: Tenzin Duckpa
India (U-20):
GK: Subashish Roy Chowdhury (Tata Football Academy),
Machindra Singh (Punjab), Amit Nandy (Bengal)
DF: Habihur Rahman Mondal, Gurpreet Singh, Warundeep Singh,
Subhas Mondal (all Tata Football Academy),
Manju Nanjangud Shivananju (DYS, Karnataka)
MF: Gouramangi Moirangtem Singh, Malswama, Jerry Zirsanga, Debabrata Roy,
Chitrasen Chandam Singh (all Tata Football Academy),
Shylo Malswam Tulunga (East Bengal),
Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep (Kerala)
FW: Vimal Pariyar, Vanlal Rova (both Tata Football Academy),
Sunil Chetri (Mohun Bagan), Sutang Marlanki (Fransa FC, Goa),
Sampathkumar Kuttimani (Indian Telephone Industries)
Officials:
Coach: Aloke Mukherjee (Bengal)
Assistant Coach: Satheevan Balan (Kerala)
Goalkeeping Coach: Virender Singh (Punjab)
Manager: Rakesh Kumar Bakshi (Chandigarh)
Nepal:
GK: Dillip Chhetri (RCT), Bikash Malla (Friends Club/ANFA Academy - U-20),
Ritesh Thapa (Three Star)
DF: Sagar Thapa (Sankata), Pralya Rajbhandari (Friends Club/ANFA Academy - U-20),
Umesh Upreti (Manang Marsyangdi Club), Janak Singh (Three Star),
Anjan KC (Friends Club/ANFA Academy - U-20),
Sanjeev Budathoki (Mahendra Police Club), Santosh Shrestha (Waling)
MF: Bijaya Gurung (Friends Club/ANFA Academy - U-20),
Pradeep Dangol (Friends Club/ANFA Academy - U-20),
Prabesh Katuwal (Three Star), Raju Katuwal (Mahendra Police Club),
Vishan Gauchan (Three Star), Naveen Neupane (Manang Marsyangdi Club)
FW: Raj Kumar Ghising (Sankata - U-17), Jibesh Pandey (Sankata),
Prabin Manandhar (Friends Club/ANFA Academy - U-20)
Pakistan:
GK: Jaffar Khan (Army) 20.03.1981
Muhammad Shahzad (Habib Bank) 25.08.1983
DF: Muhammad Naveed Akram (WAPDA) 16.05.1984
Muhammad Sharif (Army) 20.04.1981
Arif Ali (Balochistan) 04.03.1986
Ejaz Ahmed (Army) 1984
Mehmood Khan (Balochistan),
Muhammad Zahid (Army) 10.10.1981
MF: Nasir Iqbal (Army) 15.06.1982
Zahid Hameed (PTCL) 01.08.1985
Burhan Ali (PTCL) 25.10.1984
Attique-ur-Rehman (KRL) 05.05.1984
Imran Niazi (WAPDA) 17.11.1985
Arif Mehmood (WAPDA) 09.11.1981
Qamar Zaman (WAPDA) 15.01.1986
FW: Adeel Ahmed (PTCL) 25.11.1983
Muhammad Essa (PTCL) 20.11.1983
Shahid Ahmed (PTCL) 01.03.1983
Mudassar Saeed (KRL) 03.07.1981
Abdul Aziz (Sindh Govt Press) 11.01.1986
Farooq Shah (SSGC) 19.10.1985
Officials:
Chief Coach: Wang Xiao He (China)
Assistant Coaches: Tariq Umer Lutfi, Bilal Butt
Manager: Ch. Abdul Rasheed
Official: Arif Gul
Prepared and maintained by Barrie Courtney and Malik Riaz Hai Naveed for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: Barrie Courtney
(BzCourtney@aol.com)
and Malik Riaz Hai Naveed
(MalikRiaz@footballpakistan.com)
Last updated: 25 Jun 2006
(C) Copyright Barrie Courtney, Malik Riaz Hai Naveed and
RSSSF 2001/06
You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper
acknowledgement is given to the authors. All rights reserved.