Football at the 1985 South Asian Games#Group A
{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name =
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| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = Bangladesh
| dates = 21–25 December
| num_teams = 6
| confederations = 1
| champion_other = {{fb|IND}} (1st title)
| second_other = {{fb|BAN}}
| third_other = {{fb|NEP}}
| venue =
| cities =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|IND}} Sisir Ghosh
(4 goals)
| player =
| prevseason = 1984
| nextseason = 1987
}}
The men's football tournament at the 1985 South Asian Games was held from 21 to 25 December 1985 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Nepal was the defending champion.
India won the tournament by defeating Bangladesh in the final.{{Cite web|last=Garin|first=Erik |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/safg85.html|title=2nd South Asian Federation Games 1985 (Dhaka, Bangladesh)|website=RSSSF}}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/india-nt-results/mode/2up|title=India NT Results|website=archive.org}}
Participating nations
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;" | |
| style="width:160px;"|Country
! style="width:100px;"|Appearance | |
|---|---|
| {{fb|BAN}} (Host) | align=center|2nd |
| {{fb|BHU}} | align=center|2nd |
| {{fb|IND}} | align=center|1st |
| {{fb|MDV}} | align=center|2nd |
| {{fb|NEP}} | align=center|2nd |
| {{fb|PAK}} | align=center|1st |
Fixtures and results
=Group A=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|winpoints=2
|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/safg85.html RSSSF]
|team1=BAN |team2=PAK |team3=MDV
|win_BAN=2 |draw_BAN=0 |loss_BAN=0 |gf_BAN=10 |ga_BAN=1
|win_PAK=1 |draw_PAK=0 |loss_PAK=1 |gf_PAK=4 |ga_PAK=3
|win_MDV=0 |draw_MDV=0 |loss_MDV=2 |gf_MDV=1 |ga_MDV=11
|name_BAN={{fb|BAN}}
|name_PAK={{fb|PAK}}
|name_MDV={{fb|MDV}}
|res_col_header=Q
|result1=1st |result2=2nd
|col_1st=green1 |text_1st={{gold medal}} medal match
||col_2nd=blue1 |text_2nd={{bronze medal}} medal match
}}
{{Football box
| date = 21 December 1985
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}}
| score = 2–1
| report =
| team2 = {{fb|PAK}}
| goals1 = * Mahfuzul Mamun Babu {{goal|27||89}}
| goals2 = *Ejaz Ali {{goal|11}}
| location = Dhaka
| stadium = Dhaka Stadium
| attendance =
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| event =
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{{Football box
| date = 22 December 1985
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|PAK}}
| score = 3–1
| team2 = {{fb|MDV}}
| goals1 = Agha Saeed {{goal|18||44}}
Shaukat Mufti {{goal|39}}
| goals2 = Moosa Manik {{goal|48}}
| location = Dhaka
| stadium = Dhaka Stadium
| attendance =
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| event =
| round =
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{{Football box
| date = 23 December 1985
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}}
| score = 8–0
| report = https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/football/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%87-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7
| team2 = {{fb|MDV}}
| goals1 =
- Elias Hossain {{goal|22}}
- Mohammad Aslam {{goal|30||78}}
- Kaiser Hamid {{goal|35||75}}
- Wasim Iqbal {{goal|53||60}}
- Mahfuzul Mamun Babu {{goal|55}}
| goals2 =
| location = Dhaka
| stadium = Dhaka Stadium
| attendance =
| referee = Roshan Kumar Shrestha (Nepal)
}}
=Group B=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|winpoints=2
|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/safg85.html RSSSF]
|team1=IND |team2=NEP |team3=BHU
|win_IND=2 |draw_IND=0 |loss_IND=0 |gf_IND=5 |ga_IND=0
|win_NEP=1 |draw_NEP=0 |loss_NEP=1 |gf_NEP=1 |ga_NEP=2
|win_BHU=0 |draw_BHU=0 |loss_BHU=2 |gf_BHU=0 |ga_BHU=4
|name_IND={{fb|IND}}
|name_NEP={{fb|NEP}}
|name_BHU={{fb|BHU}}
|res_col_header=Q
|result1=1st |result2=2nd
|col_1st=green1 |text_1st={{gold medal}} medal match
||col_2nd=blue1 |text_2nd={{bronze medal}} medal match
}}
{{Football box
|date = 21 December 1985
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}
|score = 2–0
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|NEP}}
|goals1 = Sisir Ghosh {{goal}} {{goal}}
|goals2 =
|location = Dhaka
|stadium = Dhaka Stadium
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
{{Football box
|date = 22 December 1985
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NEP}}
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|BHU}}
|goals1 = Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan {{goal|32}}
|goals2 =
|location = Dhaka
|stadium = Dhaka Stadium
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
{{Football box
|date = 23 December 1985
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}
|score = 3–0
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|Bhutan}}
|goals1 = Babu Mani {{goal|62||72}} {{goal}}
Sisir Ghosh {{goal|83}}
|goals2 =
|location = Dhaka
|stadium = Dhaka Stadium
|attendance =
|referee = Zahirul Haque (Bangladesh)
}}
Bronze medal match
{{Football box
| date = 25 December 1985
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|PAK}}
| score = 2–2
| report =
| team2 = {{fb|NEP}}
| goals1 = Mahmood Anwar {{goal|11}}
Agha Saeed {{goal|58}}
| goals2 = Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan {{goal|44}}
AMB Mala {{goal|83}}
| location = Dhaka
| stadium = Dhaka Stadium
| penaltyscore = 2–3
| attendance =
| referee =
| event =
| round =
| score1 =
| score2 =
|penalties1 = Agha Saeed {{pengoal}}
Mukhtar Ali {{pengoal}}
Nasir Abbas {{penmiss}}
Zulfiqar Ahmed {{penmiss}}
Shaukat Mufti {{penmiss}}
|penalties2 = Mani Shah {{pengoal}}
Ganesh Thapa {{pengoal}}
Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan {{pengoal}}
}}
Gold medal match
{{Football box
|date = 25 December 1985
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|BAN}}
|goals1 = Sisir Ghosh {{goal|37}}
|goals2 = Sheikh Mohammad Aslam {{goal|39}}
|penaltyscore = 4–1
|attendance =
|referee =
|penalties1 = Krishnendu Roy {{pengoal}}
Debashis Misra {{pengoal}}
Krishanu Dey {{pengoal}}
Prasanta Banerjee {{pengoal}}
|penalties2 = Kaiser Hamid {{pengoal}}
Sheikh Mohammad Aslam {{penmiss}}
Abu Yusuf {{penmiss}}
| location = Dhaka
| stadium = Dhaka Stadium
}}
Winners
{{Winners|fb|Football at the 1985 South Asian Games|India|First}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Football at the South Asian Games}}