Captain Chatura confidence ...... The much awaited SAFF championship will be kicked off in Male on the 3rd June and on the 4th June it eill be kicked off in Colombo venue . The FFSL has finalised all arrengement to host the tournament and all matched will be on Live in the Sri Lanka Rupavahini channel . The National Team is very confident and undergoing residential training after their sucessful tour in the AFC Challenge cup where they trounced last years SAG champions Pakistan by 7 goals and have advanced to the final round to be played end July.

The manager SSP Clement De Silva speaking to srilankafootball.com said that 'We have gt the best oppotunity to win the SAFF Championship in fron of our home crowds and he feels it will be a repetition of the 1995 SAFF finals in colombo where Sri LAnka beat India 1-0 to win the title. Since then we had no luck and chance like this year and the team under the captaincy of Chatura Maduranga is all out to win for the country and every body is behind the national team to push them to achieve the challenge.