2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup squads
The 2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup is an international football tournament held in Bangladesh from 10 January to 20 January 2003.[1] The eight national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.[2][3]
Group A
India
Coach: 
Stephen Constantine[4]
- Naseem Akhtar
- Rajat Ghosh Dastidar
- Virender Singh
- Roberto Fernandes
- Selwyn Fernandes
- Debjit Ghosh
- Samir Naik
- Muttath Suresh
- Jules Alberto
- Jo Paul Ancheri
- Subhash Chakraborty
- Abhay Kumar
- Climax Lawrence
- Renedy Singh
- Shanmugam Venkatesh
- Ashim Biswas
- Alvito D'Cunha
- Harvinder Singh
- IM Vijayan
- Abhishek Yadav
Sri Lanka
Coach: 
Marcus Fereira[5]
- Sandun Devinda
- Dammika Senarath
- Dudley Lincoln Steinwall
- KM Fuard
- Nalind Nandana Kurmara
- Samantha Prabath
- Rukman Rishantha
- Janaka Sanjaya Silva
- Gihan Janaka
- Imran Mohammed
- Mohamed Rawme Mohideen
- Chathura Maduranga Weerasinghe
- Chryshantha Abeysekera
- M Azmeer
- EIP Perera
- MH Mohamed Hamsa
Pakistan
Coach: 
Tariq Lutfi[6]
- Jaffar Khan
- Abdul Ghani
- Haroon Yousaf
- Tanveer Ahmed
- Muhammad Sameen
- Amir Shahzad
- Sajjad Haider
- Sarfraz Rasool
- Zakir Hussain
- Sajjad Hussain
- Ashfaq Ahmed
- Ayaz Muhammad
- Muhammad Niaz
- Qadeer Ahmed
- Shahid Saleem
- Zahid Niaz
- Khuda Bux
- M Nawaz
- Fareed Majeed
- M Amir Khan
Afghanistan
Coach: 
Holger Obermann[7]
- Jamshid
- Abdul Salem Jamshid
- Rahil Ahmad Fourmoli
- Najib Naderi
- Omar Azhar
- Ahmad Zia Azimi
- Rollah
- Omar Nazar
- Reza Rezai
- Obaidullah
- Sayed Tahir Shah
- Basir Kamrani
- Ali Danish
Group B
Bangladesh
Coach: 
George Kottan[8][9][10][11][12]
- Biplob Bhattacharjee
- Aminul Haque
- Rajani Kanta Barman
- Kazi Nazrul Islam
- Mohammed Sujan
- Saurav Majumder
- Mahmudul Hasan
- Hassan Al-Mamun
- Firoz Mahmud Titu
- Rokonuzzaman Kanchan
- Abdul Qaiyum Sentu
- Mohammed Monwar Hossain
- Arman Mia
- Arif Khan Joy
- Mustafa Anwar Parvez Babu
- Saifur Rahman Moni
- Motiur Rahman Munna
- Alfaz Ahmed
- Mehedi Hasan Ujjal
- Ariful Kabir Farhad
- Saiful Islam Saif
Bhutan
- Jigme Singhe
- Puspalal Sharma
- Passang Tshering
- Irishna Subba
- Bhim Kumar Chhetri
- Kinley Dorji
- Wangay Dorji
- Dorji Khandu
- Chengho
- Sonam Tobgye
- Sonam Tenzin
- Dinesh Chhetri
- Pema Chophel
- Sonam Jamtsho
- Ygyen
- Namey
- Tenzin
Maldives
Coach: 
Jozef Jankech[14][15]
- Mohamed Jameel
- Aslam Abdul Raheem
- Mohamed Nizam
- Ali Shiyam
- Mohamed Areesh
- Asad Abdul Ganee
- Ali Umar
- Abdullah Ibrahim
- Ismail Naseem
- Ibrahim Fazeel
- Adam Abdul Latheef
- Fareed Mohamed
- Ahmed Naaz
- Mohamed
- Hussain Luthfee
- Mohamed Hussain
- Shah Ismail
- Ishaq Easa
- Ibrahim Sagib
- Hassan Nadheem
- Ismail Mohamed
- Ahmed Janah
- Ibrahim Amil
- Ahmed Niyaz
- Ahmed Thoha
- Ahmed Thoriq
Nepal
Coach: 
Yoo Kee-heung[16][17][18]
- Upendra Man Singh
- Chhannu Ram Chaudhary
- Rajkumar KC
- Sagar Thapa
- Dev Narayan Chaudhary
- Rakesh Shrestha
- Narayan Manandhar
- Narottam Gautam
- Janak Singh
- Rajesh Shah
- Nabin Neupane
- Deepak Lama
- Basanta Gauchan
- Sunil Tuladhar
- Balgopal Maharjan
- Rajkumar Shrestha
- Kumar Thapa
- Ananta Thapa
- Rajan Rayamajhi
- Surendra Tamang
- Sukra Tamang
- Ramesh Budathoki
- Hari Khadka
- Basanta Thapa
- Nirajan Rayamajhi
References
- ^ "South Asian Football Federation Cup". www.rsssf.com.
- ^ "National-Football teams.com". Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "2003 SAFF Championship;Indian football.de". Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "India Squad". Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Squad". Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Pakistan Squad". Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Afghanistan Squad". Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Nationfootball team". Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "সাফ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ ২০০৩: এক স্বপ্নপূরণের গল্প". roar.media.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Bangladesh (2003)". www.national-football-teams.com.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "SAFF Cup (2003) | Final Tournament | Final". www.national-football-teams.com.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "SAFF Cup (2003) | Final Tournament | Group Stage | Group B". www.national-football-teams.com.
- ^ "Bhutan Squad". Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Maldives Squad". Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Maldives vs Bangladesh match". Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Nepal Match 1". Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Nepal Match 2". Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Nepal Match 3". Retrieved 20 November 2021.