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
Champions East Bengal (1st title)
Runners-up APF
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored23 (2.09 per match)
Attendance27,607 (2,510 per match)
Top scorer(s) Fazila Ikwaput
(East Bengal)
(9 goals)
Best player Fazila Ikwaput
Best goalkeeper Panthoi Chanu Elangbam
Fair play award 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 is 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 30.737 1
2 19 Nepal 19.831 1
3 28 Bangladesh 16.362 1
4 33 Bhutan 14.382 1
5 34 Pakistan 14.241 1
6 35 Sri Lanka 14.228 —
7 38 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
East Bengal 2024–25 Indian Women's League Champions
APF 2024 ANFA Women's League Champions
Nasrin 2023–24 Bangladesh Women's Football League Champions
Transport United 2024 Bhutan Women's National League Runners-up
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
  • Ranjita Devi Tekcham
  • Keomany Phengmeuagkhoun
  • Zin Mar Oo
  • Anjana Rai
  • Yapa A Pabasara Minisarani
Assistant Referees
  • Salma Akter Moni
  • Tshering Choden
  • Riiohlang Dhar
  • Atena Lashani
  • Reihaneh Shirazi
  • Phutsavan Chanthavong
  • Jana Haydar
  • Merina Dhimal
  • HM Malika Madushani
Match Commissioners
  • Subha Rahman
  • Mindu Dorji
  • Khamba Singh Haobam
Referee Accessors

League stage

All times are local, NPT (UTC+5:45).

Tiebreakers

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EAB APF TRU KAC NAS
1 East Bengal (C) 4 3 1 0 13 0 +13 10 Advance to final 0–0 2–0
2 APF (H) 4 2 2 0 5 0 +5 8 0–0 1–0
3 Transport United 4 0 3 1 1 5 −4 3 0–4 1–1
4 Karachi City 4 0 2 2 0 3 −3 2 0–0 0–0
5 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 0–0 Transport United
Report
Attendance: 262
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)
Player of the Match: Zeeyana Jivraj (Karachi City)

Match 2
Nasrin 0–4 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 0–4 East Bengal
Report
Attendance: 125
Referee: Zin Mar Oo (Myanmar)
Player of the Match: Fazila Ikwaput (East Bengal)

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

Match 5
East Bengal 2–0 Karachi City
 Report
Attendance: 305
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)
Player of the Match: Sulanjana Raul (East Bengal)

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

Match 7
APF 1–0 Karachi City
  • Ghising 52'
 Report
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)
Player of the Match: Rashmi Ghising (APF)

Match 8
Nasrin 0–7 East Bengal
Report
Attendance: 299
Referee: Keomany Phengmeuagkhoun (Laos)
Player of the Match: Fazila Ikwaput (East Bengal)

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

Match 10
East Bengal 0–0 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 3–0 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 Fazila Ikwaput East Bengal 9
2 Rashmi Ghising

APF

3
Sulanjana Raul

East Bengal

3
3 Mina Deuba

APF

2
Resty Nanziri East Bengal 2

Broadcasting rights

Country TV Streaming (Youtube) Streaming (Website)
  Nepal Himalaya TV RONB (YouTube) —
Worldwide —
MSM Video

See also

2025 in SAFF
Men's
U-17 Championship U-19 Championship
Women's
U-17 Championship U-20 Championship Club Championship

References

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