South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup 1997

Infobox International Football Competition
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year = 1997
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country = Nepal
dates = 4 Sep – 13 Sep
num_teams = 6
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venues = 1
cities = 1
champion = IND
count = 2
second = MDV
third = PAK
fourth = SRI
matches = 10
goals = 29
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top_scorer = flagicon|IND IM Vijayan (6 goals)
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The 1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup was held in Kathmandu, Nepal between 4 September 1997 and 13 September 1997.

Group stage

Group A

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date = September 4, 1997
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team1 = fb-rt|NEP
score = 0 – 2
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team2 = fb|PAK
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goals2 = Mohammed Nauman goal|28
Mohammed Ijaz goal|68
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date = September 6, 1997
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team1 = fb-rt|SRI
score = 2 – 0
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team2 = fb|PAK
goals1 = Roshan Pereira goal|54
Mohammed Amanulla goal|86
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date = September 8, 1997
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team1 = fb-rt|NEP
score = 1 – 3
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team2 = fb|SRI
goals1 = Deepak Amayta goal|72
goals2 = Roshan Pereira goal|15 goal|70 goal|86
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Group B

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date = September 5, 1997
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team1 = fb-rt|MDV
score = 1 – 1
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team2 = fb|BAN
goals1 = Lirugam Saeed goal|?
goals2 = Imtiaz Ahmed goal|53
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date = September 7, 1997
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team1 = fb-rt|IND
score = 3 – 0
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team2 = fb|BAN
goals1 = IM Vijayan goal|74 goal|76
Baichung Bhutia goal|88
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date = September 9, 1997
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team1 = fb-rt|IND
score = 2 – 2
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team2 = fb|MDV
goals1 = Baichung Bhutia goal|30
Jo Paul Ancheri goal|55
goals2 = Ibrahim Rasheed goal|65
Mohamed Nizam goal|83
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Knockout stage

emifinals

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date = September 10, 1997
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team1 = fb-rt|SRI
score = 1 – 2
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team2 = fb|MDV
goals1 = KM Kabeer goal|21
goals2 = Shah Ismail goal|19
Mohammed Nizam goal|89
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date = September 11, 1997
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team1 = fb-rt|IND
score = 2 – 0
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team2 = fb|PAK
goals1 = IM Vijayan goal|42 goal|76
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Third Place play-off

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date = September 13, 1997
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team1 = fb-rt|PAK
score = 1 – 0
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team2 = fb|SRI
goals1 = Haseemdeen goal|76 (o.g.)
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Final

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date = September 13, 1997
team1 = fb-rt|IND
score = 5 - 1
team2 = fb|MDV
goals1 = Jo Paul Ancheri goal|9 Baichung Bhutia goal|15 IM Vijayan goal|20 goal|53 Amit Das goal|49
goals2 = Adam Abdul Lateef goal|43
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Winners

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-!style="background-color:#BFD7FF;"|Tnavbar-header|SAFF Championship|South Asian Football Federation Championship
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Pakistan 1993|
Sri Lanka 1995
Nepal 1997
India 1999
Bangladesh 2003
Pakistan 2005
Maldives & Sri Lanka 2008
India 2009|