2025 SAFF Women's Club Championship

2025 SAFF Women's Club Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Nepal
City	Kathmandu
Dates	5 – 20 December
Teams	5 (from 5 associations)
Venue	1
Final positions
Champions	East Bengal (1st title)
Runners-up	APF
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	23 (2.09 per match)
Attendance	27,607 (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 →

Association football tournament in South Asia

International football competition

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	Member association	Points	Slots
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
	Kathmandu

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

Tiebreakers

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
Drawing of lots.

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	Advance to final			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

5 December 2025 (2025-12-05)

14:00

Match 1

Karachi City	0–0	Transport United
	Report

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 262

Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)
Player of the Match: Zeeyana Jivraj (Karachi City)

5 December 2025 (2025-12-05)

18:00

Match 2

Nasrin	0–4	APF
	Report	Ghising 38', 80' Deuba 70', 90+2'

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 3,523

Referee: Keomany Phengmeuagkhoun (Laos)
Player of the Match: Rashmi Ghising (APF)

8 December 2025 (2025-12-08)

14:00

Match 3

Transport United	0–4	East Bengal
	Report	Ikwaput 35', 72' Raul 59' Nanziri 64'

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 125

Referee: Zin Mar Oo (Myanmar)
Player of the Match: Fazila Ikwaput (East Bengal)

8 December 2025 (2025-12-08)

18:00

Match 4

Karachi City	0–0	Nasrin
	Report

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 211

Referee: Yapa A Pabasara Minisarani (Sri Lanka)
Player of the Match: Maria Khan (Karachi City)

11 December 2025 (2025-12-11)

14:00

Match 5

East Bengal	2–0	Karachi City
Raul 5' Nanziri 49'	Report

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 305

Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)
Player of the Match: Sulanjana Raul (East Bengal)

11 December 2025 (2025-12-11)

18:00

Match 6

APF	0–0	Transport United
	Report

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 4,703

Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)
Player of the Match: Sangita Monger (Transport United)

14 December 2025 (2025-12-14)

14:00

Match 7

APF	1–0	Karachi City
Ghising 52'	Report

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 4,400

Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)
Player of the Match: Rashmi Ghising (APF)

14 December 2025 (2025-12-14)

18:00

Match 8

Nasrin	0–7	East Bengal
	Report	Ikwaput 7', 27', 45', 74', 90' Chouhan 45+1' Raul 73'

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 299

Referee: Keomany Phengmeuagkhoun (Laos)
Player of the Match: Fazila Ikwaput (East Bengal)

17 December 2025 (2025-12-17)

14:00

Match 9

Transport United	1–1	Nasrin
Tshering 38'	Report	Prity 87'

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 203

Referee: Zin Mar Oo (Myanmar)
Player of the Match: Sauravi Akanda Prity (Nasrin)

17 December 2025 (2025-12-17)

18:00

Match 10

East Bengal	0–0	APF
	Report

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 8,323

Referee: Yapa A. Pabasara Minisarani (Sri Lanka)
Player of the Match: Anjana Rana Magar (APF)

Final

20 December 2025 (2025-12-20)

17:00

Match 11

East Bengal	3–0	APF
Ikwaput 22', 46' Hemam 35'	Report

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

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
2	Sulanjana Raul	East Bengal	3
3	Mina Deuba	APF	2
3	Resty Nanziri	East Bengal	2

Broadcasting rights

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

References

^ "SAFF Ex. Co meeting approves home or away format for SAFF Championship 2025". saffederation.org. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
^ "SAFF executive committee announce inaugural SAFF club championship". Khel Now. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
^ "Women's SAFF Club Championship to begin from this year". Daily Sun.
^ "June's SAFF Championship to feature home-and-away fixtures". thedailystar.net.
^ "SAFF 2025 to be held on home and away format". www.newagebd.net. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
^ "মেয়েদের সাফ ক্লাব চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ নভেম্বরে". www.bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 25 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
^ "AFC Women's Club Competitions Ranking 2024/25" (PDF). the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
^ "Five Clubs to Compete in Inaugural SAFF Women's Club Championship – SAFF". saffederation.org. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
^ "SAFF Women's Club Championship announced; inaugural edition to be held in December". Khel Now. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
^ "SAFF Congress elects first female Executive Committee member". saffederation.org. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
^ "SAFF charts ambitious roadmap to uplift regional football". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
^ "SAFF launches futsal, club and women's tournaments to boost football in region". Khel Now. Retrieved 25 May 2025.

External links

Official website

[:1-1] "SAFF Ex. Co meeting approves home or away format for SAFF Championship 2025". saffederation.org. Retrieved 8 January 2025.

[2] "SAFF executive committee announce inaugural SAFF club championship". Khel Now. Retrieved 27 May 2025.

[3] "Women's SAFF Club Championship to begin from this year". Daily Sun.

[4] "June's SAFF Championship to feature home-and-away fixtures". thedailystar.net.

[5] "SAFF 2025 to be held on home and away format". www.newagebd.net. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.

[6] "মেয়েদের সাফ ক্লাব চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ নভেম্বরে". www.bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 25 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.

[AFC_club_ranking-7] "AFC Women's Club Competitions Ranking 2024/25" (PDF). the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2 July 2025.

[:3-8] "Five Clubs to Compete in Inaugural SAFF Women's Club Championship – SAFF". saffederation.org. Retrieved 19 September 2025.

[9] "SAFF Women's Club Championship announced; inaugural edition to be held in December". Khel Now. Retrieved 20 September 2025.

[:0-10] "SAFF Congress elects first female Executive Committee member". saffederation.org. Retrieved 25 May 2025.

[:2-11] "SAFF charts ambitious roadmap to uplift regional football". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 25 May 2025.

[12] "SAFF launches futsal, club and women's tournaments to boost football in region". Khel Now. Retrieved 25 May 2025.

Men's
U-17 Championship	U-19 Championship
Women's
U-17 Championship	U-20 Championship	Club Championship

2025 SAFF Women's Club Championship

Association team allocation

Teams

Venue

Schedule

Match officials

League stage

Tiebreakers

Standings

Matches

Final

Top scorers

Broadcasting rights

See also

References

External links