| Founded | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Region | SAFF |
| Teams | 7 |
| Current champions |  India(7th title) |
| Most championships | India (7 titles) |
 2025 SAFF U-17 Championship | |
TheSAFF U-15/U-16/U-17 Championship is an annual international football competition contested by the national teams of the members of theSouth Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The first edition was held asSAFF U-16 Championship, where most teams sent their U-15 team, keeping in mindAFC U-17 Asian Cup hold every following years to SAFF U-16 Championship. In the 2017 edition, it was held asSAFF U-15 Championship and the subsequent 2022 edition, theSAFF U-17 Championship was introduced. The first edition of the tournament took place in Nepal in August 2011. The competition was launched under the leadership of SAFF PresidentKazi Salahuddin who was elected in 2009.[1][2][3]
| Ed. | Year | Cat. | Host | Final | Third place playoff | No. of teams | |||||||
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| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||||
| 1 | 2011 | U-16 |  Nepal |  Pakistan | 2–1 | India |  Nepal | 2–1 |  Bangladesh | 6 | |||
| 2 | 2013 | Nepal | India | 1–0 | Nepal | Bangladesh | 1–0 |  Afghanistan | 7 | ||||
| 3 | 2015 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1–1 (4–2p) | India |  Afghanistan and Nepal | 6 | ||||||
| 4 | 2017 | U-15 | Nepal | India | 2–1 | Nepal | Bangladesh | 8–0 |  Bhutan | 6 | |||
| 5 | 2018 | Nepal | Bangladesh | 1–1 (3–2p) | Pakistan | India | 1–0 | Nepal | 6 | ||||
| 6 | 2019 | India | India | 7–0 | Nepal | Bangladesh | RR |  Sri Lanka | 5 | ||||
| 7 | 2022 | U-17 | Sri Lanka | India | 4–0 | Nepal | Bangladesh and Sri Lanka | 6 | |||||
| 8 | 2023 | U-16 | Bhutan | India | 2–0 | Bangladesh | Pakistan and Maldives | 6 | |||||
| 9 | 2024 | U-17 | Bhutan | India | 2–0 | Bangladesh | Nepal and Pakistan | 7 | |||||
| 10 | 2025 | Sri Lanka | India | 2–2 (4–1p) | Bangladesh | Pakistan and Nepal | 7 | ||||||
| Team | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total | |
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| Bangladesh | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | SF | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 10 | |
| Bhutan | × | GS | × | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 8 | |
| India | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 10 | |
| Maldives | GS | × | GS | GS | GS | × | GS | SF | GS | GS | 8 | |
| Nepal | 3rd | 2nd | SF | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | GS | SF | SF | 10 | |
| Pakistan | 1st | GS | × | × | 2nd | × | × | SF | SF | SF | 6 | |
| Sri Lanka | GS | GS | GS | GS | × | GS | SF | × | GS | GS | 8 | |
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| Afghanistan | × | 4th | SF | Not part ofSAFF | 2 | |||||||
| Nation | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Semi-finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7 (2013,2017,2019,2022,2023,2024,2025) | 2 (2011,2015) | 1 (2018) | — | — |
| Bangladesh | 2 (2015,2018) | 3 (2023,2024,2025) | 3 (2013,2017,2019) | 1 (2011) | 1 (2022) |
| Pakistan | 1 (2011) | 1 (2018) | — | — | 3 (2023,2024,2025) |
| Nepal | — | 4 (2013,2017,2019,2022) | 1 (2011) | 1 (2018) | 3 (2015,2024,2025) |
| Afghanistan | — | — | — | 1 (2013) | 1 (2015) |
| Bhutan | — | — | — | 1 (2017) | — |
| Sri Lanka | — | — | — | — | 1 (2022) |
| Maldives | — | — | — | — | 1 (2023) |
| Year | Top scorer(s) | Goals | Best player | Fair play award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Mohammad Bilal | 4 | Mansoor Khan | Not awarded |
| 2013 | Bimal Magar | 6 | Krishna Pandit | |
| 2015 | Saurabh Meher | 3 | Sarwan Zaman Nipu | Nepal |
| 2017 | Foysal Ahmed Fahim | 6 | Vikram Pratap Singh | Bangladesh |
| 2018 | Nihat Jaman Ucchash | 4 | Haseeb Khan | Bangladesh |
| 2019 | Himanshu Jangra | 7 | Himanshu Jangra | Bangladesh |
| 2022 | Mirajul IslamThanglalsoun Gangte Unesh Budhathoki | 4 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2023 | Md Arbash | 3 | Md Arbash | Pakistan |
| 2024 | Sujan Dangol | 4 | Md Arbash | Bhutan |
| 2025 | Muhammad Abdullah | 6 | Nazmul Faysal | India |
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