Football at the 1987 South Asian Games
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = South Asian Games Football Tournament
| year = 1987
| country = {{IND}}
| dates = 21–26 November
| num_teams = 6
| confederations = 1
| associations =
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| champion_other = {{fb|IND}}
| count = 2
| second_other = {{fb|NEP}}
| third_other = {{fb|PAK}}
| fourth_other = {{fb|BAN}}
| matches = 8
| goals = 20
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|NEP}} Ganesh Thapa
(6 goals)
| player =
| young_player = | prevseason = 1985
| nextseason = 1989
}}
Men's football took place at the 1987 South Asian Games in Calcutta, India. India won its second title by defeating Nepal in the final and became the first team to defend the title successfully.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/safg87.html|title=3rd South Asian Federation Games 1987 (Calcutta, India)|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|IND}} (Host) | align=center|2nd |
| {{fb|NEP}} | align=center|3rd |
| {{fb|PAK}} | align=center|2nd |
| {{fb|MDV}} | align=center|3rd |
| {{fb|BAN}} | align=center|3rd |
| {{fb|BHU}} | align=center|3rd |
Fixtures and results
=Group A=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|winpoints=2
|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/safg87.html RSSSF]
|team1=IND |team2=PAK |team3=MDV
|win_IND=1 |draw_IND=1 |loss_IND=0 |gf_IND=5 |ga_IND=0
|win_PAK=1 |draw_PAK=0 |loss_PAK=1 |gf_PAK=1 |ga_PAK=0
|win_MDV=0 |draw_MDV=0 |loss_MDV=2 |gf_MDV=0 |ga_MDV=6
|name_IND={{fb|IND}}
|name_PAK={{fb|PAK}}
|name_MDV={{fb|SRI}}
|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 November 1987
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}
| score = 0–0
| report =
| team2 = {{fb|PAK}}
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
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{{Football box
| date = 22 November 1987
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|PAK}}
| score = 1–0
| report = https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/35139/Pakistan_Maldives.html
| team2 = {{fb|MDV}}
| goals1 = Sharafat Ali {{goal}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
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{{Football box
| date = 23 November 1987
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}
| score = 5–0
| report =
| team2 = {{fb|MDV}}
| goals1 = Shareef {{goal||o.g.}}
Sisir Ghosh {{goal}}
Amit Bhadra {{goal}}
Deepak Kumar {{goal}}
Krishanu Dey {{goal}}
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=Group B=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|winpoints=2
|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/safg87.html RSSSF]
|team1=NEP |team2=BAN |team3=BHU
|win_NEP=2 |draw_NEP=0 |loss_NEP=0 |gf_NEP=7 |ga_NEP=2
|win_BAN=1 |draw_BAN=0 |loss_BAN=1 |gf_BAN=3 |ga_BAN=1
|win_BHU=0 |draw_BHU=0 |loss_BHU=2 |gf_BHU=2 |ga_BHU=9
|name_NEP={{fb|NEP}}
|name_BAN={{fb|BAN}}
|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 November 1987
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|NEP}}
| score = 1–0
| report = https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/35037/Nepal_Bangladesh.html
| team2 = {{fb|BAN}}
| goals1 = * Ganesh Thapa {{goal|53}}
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{{Football box
| date = 22 November 1987
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}}
| score = 3–0
| report = https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/35036/Bangladesh_Bhutan.html
| team2 = {{fb|BHU}}
| goals1 = * Khurshid Alam Babul {{goal|7}}
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{{Football box
| date = 23 November 1987
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|NEP}}
| score = 6–2
| report =
| team2 = {{fb|BHU}}
| goals1 = * Ganesh Thapa {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}}
- Mani Shah {{goal}}
| goals2 = * Khare Basnet {{goal}} {{goal}}
| stadium = Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
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Bronze medal match
{{Football box
| date = 25 November 1987
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|PAK}}
| score = 1–0
| report = https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/35035/Pakistan_Bangladesh.html
| team2 = {{fb|BAN}}
| goals1 = Sharafat Ali {{goal|86}}
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Gold medal match
{{Football box
| date = 26 November 1987
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}
| score = 1–0
| report =
| team2 = {{fb|NEP}}
| goals1 = Mohammed Farid {{goal|89}}
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Winners
{{Winners|fb|Football at the 1987 South Asian Games|India|Second}}
Goalscorers
{{goalscorers|matches=8|goals=20|ongoing=no|6 goals=*{{flagicon|NEP}} Ganesh Thapa|2 goals=*{{flagicon|PAK}} Sharafat Ali
- {{flagicon|NEP}} Mani Shah
- {{flagicon|BHU}} Khare Basnet|1 goal=*{{flagicon|IND}} Sisir Gosh
- {{flagicon|IND}} Amit Bhadra
- {{flagicon|IND}} Deepak Kumar
- {{flagicon|IND}} Krishanu Dey
- {{flagicon|IND}} Mohamed Farid
- {{flagicon|BAN}} Khurshid Alam Babul
- {{flagicon|BAN}} Badal Das
- {{flagicon|BAN}} Ahmed Ali|1 own goal=*{{flagicon|IND}} Shareef (against Maldives)|source=}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Football at the South Asian Games}}