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The Sree Kanteerava stadium erupted with the 26800 Indian fans breaking into Vande Mataram as the Indian team made their victory lap in the stadium that saw them write history. India was crowned the champions of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship for a record 9th time after beating Kuwait in a harrowing encounter that couldn’t separate the two sides after 120 minutes of end-to-end football.

ATK Mohun Bagan FC emerged victorious in a tightly contested encounter at the EMS Corporation Stadium in Kozhikode on 3rd May 2023 to book their spot in the preliminary round of the AFC Cup 2023-2024. Dimitri Petratos opened the scoring for ATKMB before Chianese equalized for HFC in the first half. The score remained level for 120 minutes as the encounter was decided by a penalty shootout win by ATKMB with Kiyan Nassiri scoring the deciding spot-kick.