2003 SAFF Gold Cup squads
{{Short description|Football squads of South Asian competition}}
The 2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup is an international football tournament held in Bangladesh from 10 January to 20 January 2003.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saffcup.html|title=South Asian Football Federation Cup|website=RSSSF}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/tournament/28/2003/0/SAFF_Cup.html|title=National-Football teams.com|access-date=20 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/saffcup2003/index.html|title=2003 SAFF Championship;Indian football.de|access-date=24 May 2021}}
Group A
=India=
Coach: {{flagicon|England}} Stephen Constantine{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/19255/India_Afghanistan.html|title=India Squad|access-date=19 November 2021}}
- 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=
=Pakistan=
Coach: {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Tariq Lutfi{{Cite web |date=2003-01-04 |title=Haroon to lead team |url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/75995/haroon-to-lead-team |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}
- Jaffar Khan
- Abdul Ghani
- Haroon Yousaf
- Tanveer Ahmed
- Muhammad Sameen
- Amir Shahzad
- Sajjad Haider
- Sarfraz Rasool
- Zakir Hussain
- Sajjad Hussain
- Ashfaq Ahmed
- Muhammad Ayaz
- Muhammad Niaz
- Qadeer Ahmed
- Shahid Saleem
- Zahid Niaz
- Khuda Bakhsh
- Mehmood Khan
- Muhammad Nawaz
- Fareed Majeed
- Wazir Ahmed
- Muhammad Amir Khan
=Afghanistan=
Coach: {{flagicon|Germany}} Holger Obermann{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/19259/Sri_Lanka_Afghanistan.html|title=Afghanistan Squad|access-date=19 November 2021}}
- Jamshid
- Abdul Salem Jamshid
- Rahil Ahmad Fourmoli
- Najib Naderi
- Omar Azhar
- Ahmad Zia Azimi
- Rollah
- Omar Nazar
- Reza Rezai
- Obaidullah
- Sayed Tahir Shah
- Ali Danish
Group B
=Bangladesh=
Coach: {{flagicon|Austria}} George Kottan{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/19287/Bangladesh_Nepal.html|title=Nationfootball team|access-date=20 November 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://roar.media/bangla/main/sports/best-achievement-of-bd-football|title=সাফ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ ২০০৩: এক স্বপ্নপূরণের গল্প|website=roar.media}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/country/17/2003/Bangladesh.html|title=Bangladesh (2003)|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann|website=www.national-football-teams.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/tournament/28/2003/2599/SAFF_Cup.html|title=SAFF Cup (2003) | Final Tournament | Final|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann|website=www.national-football-teams.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/tournament/28/2003/2596/SAFF_Cup.html|title=SAFF Cup (2003) | Final Tournament | Group Stage | Group B|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann|website=www.national-football-teams.com}}
- Biplob Bhattacharjee
- Aminul Haque
- Rajani Kanta Barman
- Kazi Nazrul Islam
- Mohammed Sujan
- Mahmudul Hasan
- Hassan Al-Mamun
- Firoj 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=
=Maldives=
Coach: {{flagicon|Slovakia}} Jozef Jankech{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/19277/Maldives_Nepal.html|title=Maldives Squad|access-date=20 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/19276/Bangladesh_Maldives.html|title=Maldives vs Bangladesh match|access-date=20 November 2021}}
- 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: {{flagicon|South Korea}} Yoo Kee-heung{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/19288/Nepal_Bhutan.html|title=Nepal Match 1|access-date=20 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/19277/Maldives_Nepal.html|title=Nepal Match 2|access-date=20 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/19287/Bangladesh_Nepal.html|title=Nepal Match 3|access-date=20 November 2021}}
- 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