Biography

The 2016 SAFF Women's Championship will be the fourth edition of the SAFF Women's Championship, the biennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament will take place in India from 26 December 2016 to 4 January 2017, after the country was awarded hosting rights in January 2016.^[1] This will be the first time India will have hosted the SAFF Women's Championship.

Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Group A

Bhutan

Maldives

Nepal

The final 20-player squad was announced on 9 December 2016.^[2]

Head coach: Kumar Thapa

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK    NEP Namita Dali 19 GK    NEP Anjila Subba 22 GK    NEP Anjana Magar 2 DF    NEP Gita Rana 5 DF    NEP Punam Jargha Magar 6 DF    NEP Hira Kumari Bhujel 7 DF    NEP Anchali Waiwa 9 DF    NEP Mana Maya Limbu 10 DF    NEP Kabita Dhimal 12 MF    NEP Renuka Nagarkoti

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF    NEP Sapana Lama 18 MF    NEP Dipa Adhikari 23 MF    NEP Anita Basnet 24 MF    NEP Dipa Rai 25 MF    NEP Manjali Kumari Yonjan 37 FW    NEP Sabitra Bhandari 44 FW    NEP Krishna Khatri 45 FW    NEP Sharmila Thapa 49 FW    NEP Saru Limbu 52 FW    NEP Nirmala BK

Sri Lanka

The final 20-member squad for Sri Lanka was announced on 24 December.^[3]

Head coach: M. Jusmin

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  SRI H. Kumari — GK  SRI A. Wijerathna — GK  SRI S. Subasinghe — DF  SRI C.S. Francis — DF  SRI I.M. Withanage — DF  SRI R. Gunawardana — DF  SRI H. Jayasinghe — MF  SRI T.K. Angela — MF  SRI A.C. Sarukkali — MF  SRI Praveena Perera

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SRI G. Madushani — FW  SRI Kanakkahewage Silva — FW  SRI Chalani Ekanayake — FW  SRI T. Thushani — FW  SRI D. Leelanthi — FW  SRI I. Liyanage — FW  SRI K. Karunarathna —  SRI A. Kumari —  SRI M.K. Godawelage —  SRI H. Dayananda

Group B

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

The final 20-member squad for Bangladesh was announced.^[4]

Head coach: Golam Robbani

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BAN Rowshan Ara 16 GK  BAN Sabina Akter 13 GK  BAN Mahmuda Akter 2 DF  BAN Sheuli Azim 3 DF  BAN Shamsunnahar 4 DF  BAN Mossammat Nargis Khatun 5 DF  BAN Masura Parvin 6 DF  BAN Nilufa Yesmin Nila 18 DF  BAN Anai Mogini 7 MF  BAN Sanjida Akhter

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  BAN Mishrat Jahan Moushumi 19 MF  BAN Marzia Akter 15 MF  BAN Maria Manda 14 MF  BAN Israt Jahan Ratna 9 FW  BAN Mosammat Sirat Jahan Shopna 10 FW  BAN Sabina Khatun (Captain) 12 FW  BAN Krishna Rani Sarkar 11 FW  BAN Maynu Marma (Vice-captain) 17 FW  BAN Munmun Akter 20 FW  BAN Anuching Mogini

India

The final 20-member squad for India was announced on 22 December.^[5]

Head coach: Sajid Dar^[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  IND Aditi Chauhan — GK  IND Elangbam Panthoi Chanu — GK  IND Vijaya Kumar Vinitha — DF  IND Gurumayum Radharani Devi — DF  IND Loitongbam Ashalata Devi — DF  IND Manisa Panna — DF  IND Thokchom Umapati Devi — DF  IND Dalima Chhibber — DF  IND Jabamani Tudu — MF  IND Sangita Basfore

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IND Sasmita Malik — MF  IND Yumlembam Premi Devi — MF  IND Indumathi Kathiresan — MF  IND Sumithra Kamaraj — FW  IND Grace Dangmei — FW  IND Irom Prameshwori Devi — FW  IND Ngangom Bala Devi — FW  IND Salam Rinaroy Devi — FW  IND Yumnam Kamala Devi — FW  IND Sanju

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