2004 AFC Cup

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2004 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates10 February – 26 November 2004
Teams18 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSyria Al-Jaish (1st title)
Runners-upSyria Al-Wahda
Tournament statistics
Matches played61
Goals scored178 (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)Singapore Indra Sahdan Daud
Singapore Egmar Gonçalves
(7 goals each)
2005 →

The 2004 AFC Cup was the first edition of the AFC Cup, playing between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

Qualification[]

The 'developing' 14 nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2004 competition.

West Asia
Syria Syria (2) Al-Jaish (2002–03 Syrian League champions)
Al-Wahda (2002–03 Syrian Cup winners)
Lebanon Lebanon (2) Olympic Beirut (2002–03 Lebanese Premier League champions & 2003 Lebanese FA Cup winners)
Al-Nejmeh (2002–03 Lebanese Premier League runners-up)
Oman Oman (1) Dhofar (2002–03 Omani League champions)
Yemen Yemen (1) Al-Sha'ab Ibb (2002–03 Yemeni League champions)
East Asia
Hong Kong Hong Kong (1)
Happy Valley (2002–03 Hong Kong First Division League champions)
Central and Southern Asia
Bangladesh Bangladesh (1) Muktijoddha Sangsad (2003 Bangladesh National Football Championship champions & 2003 Bangladesh Federation Cup winners)
India India (2) East Bengal (2002–03 Indian National Football League champions)
Mahindra United (2003 Indian Federation Cup winners)
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan (2) Nisa Aşgabat (2003 Turkmenistan League champions)
Nebitçi Balkanabat (2003 Turkmenistan Cup winners)
ASEAN
Maldives Maldives (2) Valencia (2003 Dhivehi League champions)
Island FC (2003 Maldives FA Cup winners)
Malaysia Malaysia (2) Perak (2003 Malaysia Premier 1 League champions)
Negeri Sembilan (2003 Malaysia FA Cup winners)
Singapore Singapore (2) Home United (2003 S.League champions & 2003 Singapore Cup winners)
Geylang United (2003 S.League runners-up)

Group stage[]

Key to colors in group tables:

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 6 5 1 0 11 2 +9 16
Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat 5 2 1 2 3 4 −1 7
Yemen Al-Sha'ab Ibb 5 2 1 2 7 7 0 7
Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad 6 0 1 5 2 10 −8 1
Source:[citation needed]


Al-Nejmeh Lebanon3–0Yemen Al-Sha'ab Ibb
Ivanković Goal 62'
Nasseredine Goal 82', 89'		 (Report)
Attendance: 300
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou Qatar
Nisa Aşgabat Turkmenistan1–0Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad
Goal 69' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ali Al Mutlaq (Saudi Arabia)
Al Sha'ab Ibb Yemen0–1Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat
(Report) 50'
Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Syria
Muktijoddha Sangsad KS Bangladesh0–1Lebanon Al-Nejmeh Beirut
(Report) Mohammad Kassas 72'
Attendance: 109
Referee: United Arab Emirates
Al-Nejmeh Beirut Lebanon3–1Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat
Mohammad Kassas 12' (pen), 47'
Ali Nasereddine 37'		 (Report) Didar Hajiev 34'
Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Iraq
Al Sha'ab Ibb Yemen3–0 1Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad KS
(Report)
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Iran
Muktijoddha Sangsad KS Bangladesh2–3Yemen Al Sha'ab Ibb
1'
38'		 (Report) Abdulsalam Al Ghurbani 34', 60'
78'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tajikistan
Nisa Aşgabat Turkmenistan0–1Lebanon Al-Nejmeh Beirut
(Report) Mohammad Kassas 71'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Uzbekistan
Al Sha'ab Ibb Yemen1–1Lebanon Al-Nejmeh Beirut
Al-Nono 51' (Report) Mohammad Kassas 8'
Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: China Huang Junjie
Muktijoddha Sangsad KS Bangladesh0–0Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat
(Report)
Attendance: 150
Referee: Kuwait Saad Al Fadhli
Nisa Aşgabat TurkmenistanCancelled2Yemen Al Sha'ab Ibb
(Report)
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 100
Referee: Thailand
Al-Nejmeh Beirut Lebanon2–0Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad KS
Errol McFarlane 8'
Moussa Hojeij 90'		 (Report)
Referee: Kyrgyzstan

1Al Sha'ab Ibb were awarded a 3–0 win as Muktijoddha Sangsad KS did not show up for the match.
2The match was cancelled after a general strike in Yemen left Al Sha'ab Ibb unable to show up for the match.

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Syria Al-Wahda (Damascus) 4 2 2 0 8 2 +6 8
Oman Dhofar 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
India Mahindra United 4 1 1 2 5 10 −5 4
Source:[citation needed]


Mahindra United2–1Dhofar
Shanmugam Venkatesh 21'
Abhishek Yadav 66'		 (Report) Goal 55'
Attendance: 400
Referee: J Karim
Dhofar1–1Al-Wahda (Damascus)
Goal 83' (Report) Nabil Al Shahmeh Goal 22'
Attendance: 100
Referee: A Al-Enezi
Mahindra United0–0Al-Wahda (Damascus)
(Report)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: M Moradi
Al-Wahda (Damascus)5–1Mahindra United
Nabil Al Shahmeh 36'
Iyad Mando 39' 53'
69', 73'		 (Report) 84'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Abdullah Balideh Qatar
Dhofar4–2Mahindra United
Goal 27', 47'
Goal 35'
Gabriel Goal 61'		 (Report) 55'
Raphaël Patron Akakpo 80'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: F Al Marzouqi
Al-Wahda (Damascus)2–0Dhofar
Maher Al Sayed 20'
54'		 (Report)
Attendance: 200
Referee: S Tongkhan

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Syria Al-Jaish (Damascus) 4 2 2 0 8 0 +8 8
Lebanon Olympic Beirut 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
Turkmenistan Nebitçi Balkanabat 4 0 1 3 1 10 −9 1
Source:[citation needed]


Olympic Beirut0–0Al-Jaish (Damascus)
(Report)
Attendance: 400
Referee: J Karim
Al-Jaish (Damascus)6–0Nebitçi Balkanabat
Zyad Chaabo 36'
Raghdan Shehadeh 50'
55' 64'
Ahmad Omaier 69' 87'		 (Report)
Attendance: 100
Referee: A Al-Enezi
Olympic Beirut2–0Nebitçi Balkanabat
Pierre Issa 65'
Youssef Mohamad 75'		 (Report)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: M Moradi
Nebitçi Balkanabat1–2Olympic Beirut
82' (Report) Youssef Mohamad 53', 75'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Balideh
Al-Jaish (Damascus)2–0Olympic Beirut
Ahmad Omaier 8'
Zyad Chaabo 86'		 (Report)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: F Al Marzouqi
Nebitçi Balkanabat0–0Al-Jaish (Damascus)
(Report)
Attendance: 200
Referee: S Tongkhan

Group D[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Singapore Home United FC 6 4 2 0 19 5 +14 14
Malaysia Perak FA 6 4 2 0 11 6 +5 14
Hong Kong Happy Valley 6 1 0 5 7 14 −7 3
Maldives Valencia FC 6 1 0 5 3 15 −12 3
Source:[citation needed]


Home United FC5–1Happy Valley
Egmar Goncalves 30', 66', 72'
Peres De Oliveira 53'
Indra Sahdan Daud 61'		 (Report) Martin Jancula 69'
Bishan Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 369
Referee: K Matsumura
Perak FA2–0Valencia FC
Frank Seator 45', 60' (Report)
Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: M Al Yarimi
Valencia FC0–3Home United FC
(Report) Egmar Goncalves 37', 43
Peres De Oliveira 60'
National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: S Sarkar
Happy Valley1–2Perak FA
Gerard Guy Ambassa 6' (Report) Frank Seator 72'
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 80'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: C Win
Valencia FC2–1Happy Valley
Ali Ashfaq 73', 60' (Report) Lawrence Akandu 50'
National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: S Mujghef
Perak FA2–2Home United FC
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 56'
Frank Seator 77'		 (Report) Egmar Goncalves 2'
Sutee Suksomkit 18'
Attendance: 200
Referee: A Al-Enezi
Home United FC2–2Perak FA
Sutee Suksomkit 7' (pen)
Liew Kit Kong 35' (og)		 (Report) Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 14'
V. Saravanan 90'
Bishan Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: A Albadwawi
Happy Valley3–1Valencia FC
Lawrence Akandu 2', 42'
Gerard Guy Ambassa 82'		 (Report) Ali Ashfaq 72'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tan Hai
Valencia FC0–1Perak FA
(Report) Luciano Goux 41'
National Stadium, Male, Maldives
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: R Gosh
Happy Valley0–2Home United FC
(Report) Indra Sahdan Daud 15'
Peres De Oliveira 90'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: B Williams
Home United FC5–0Valencia FC
Indra Sahdan Daud 32', 45', 71'
Mohamed Nizam 78' (og)
Peres De Oliveira 90'		 (Report)
Bishan Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 600
Referee: M Mansour
Perak FA2–1Happy Valley
Frank Seator 71'
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 80'		 (Report) Gerard Guy Ambassa 6'
Attendance: 208
Referee: S Tongkhan

Group E[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
India East Bengal 6 4 1 1 14 8 +6 13
Singapore Geylang United FC 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13
Malaysia Negeri Sembilan FA 6 2 0 4 11 9 +2 6
Maldives Island FC 6 1 0 5 2 17 −15 3
Source:[citation needed]


Geylang United FC2–3East Bengal
40'
90'		 (Report) Cristiano Junior 45', 76'
Bijen Singh 83'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 369
Referee: K Matsumura
Negeri Sembilan FA6–0Island FC
19', 64', 71'
30', 90'
K. Rajan 28'		 (Report)
Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: M Al Yarimi
Island FC0–5Geylang United FC
(Report) 5'
44'
49'
Mohd Noor Ali 67', 84'
National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: S Sarkar
East Bengal4–2Negeri Sembilan FA
Mike Okoro 9'
Cristiano Junior 34' (pen), 70'
Baichung Bhutia 77'		 (Report) K. Rajan 45'
64'
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India
Referee: C Win
Island FC1–2East Bengal
72 (pen) (Report) Baichung Bhutia 36'
Mike Okoro 90'
National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: S Mujghef
Negeri Sembilan FA0–1Geylang United FC
(Report) Aleksandar Duric 10'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 200
Referee: A Al-Enezi
East Bengal3–0Island FC
9'
Cristiano Junior 36'
Mike Okoro 85'		 (Report)
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India
Referee: A Albadwawi
Geylang United FC2–1Negeri Sembilan FA
49'
Aleksandar Duric 71'		 (Report) Efendi Abdul Malek 27'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tan Hai
Island FC1–0Negeri Sembilan FA
Ismail Mohamed 14' (Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: R Gosh
East Bengal1–1Geylang United FC
Mike Okoro 76' (Report) 33'
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India
Referee: B Williams
Geylang United FC1–0Island FC
29' (Report)
Attendance: 600
Referee: M Mansour
Negeri Sembilan FA2–1East Bengal
23', 49' (Report) Cristiano Junior 24'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 208
Referee: S Tongkhan

Best runners-up[]

Three best runners-up, one from groups A, B and C and two from groups D and E, qualify for the quarter finals.

Group A, B, C (West & Central Asia Zone)[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Lebanon Olympic Beirut 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat 5 2 1 2 3 4 −1 7
Oman Dhofar 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
Source:[citation needed]

Group D, E (East, South & South East Asia Zone)[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Malaysia Perak FA 6 4 2 0 12 6 +6 14
Singapore Geylang United FC 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13
Source:[citation needed]

Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

Quarter-finals Semi-Finals Final
            
Syria Al-Wahda (a) 2 2 4
Lebanon Al-Nejmeh Beirut 1 3 4
Syria Al-Wahda 1 1 2
Singapore Geylang United 1 0 1
Malaysia Perak FA 1 2 3
Singapore Geylang United 2 3 5
Syria Al-Wahda (a) 2 1 3
Syria Al-Jaish 3 0 3
India East Bengal 0 0 0
Syria Al-Jaish 0 3 3
Syria Al-Jaish 4 2 6
Singapore Home United FC 0 1 1
Lebanon Olympic Beirut 3 1 4
Singapore Home United FC 3 2 5

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Wahda (Damascus) Syria 14–4 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh Beirut 2–1 2–3
Perak FA Malaysia 3–5 Singapore Geylang United FC 1–2 2–3
East Bengal India 0–3 Syria Al-Jaish (Damascus) 0–0 0–3
Olympic Beirut Lebanon 4–5 Singapore Home United FC 3–3 1–2

1 Al-Wahda (Damascus) (Syria) won on away goals.

First leg

Al-Wahda (Damascus)2–1Al-Nejmeh Beirut
Iyad Mando 86'
Maher Al Sayed 89'		 Mohammad Kassas 50'
Perak FA1–2Geylang United FC
Frank Seator 90' Aleksandar Duric 49'
Fazrul Nawaz 60'
East Bengal0–0Al-Jaish (Damascus)
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India
Olympic Beirut3–3Home United FC
Mohammed Atwi 18'
Krekor Alozian 40'
Faisal Antar 60'		 Indra Shahdan Daud 28', 79'
Egmar Goncalves 83'
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan

Second leg

Al-Nejmeh Beirut3–2Al-Wahda (Damascus)
Moussa Hojeij 21'
33'
Ali Nasereddine 65'		 19'
Iyad Mando 34'
Geylang United FC3–2Perak FA
12'
Aleksandar Duric 27'
Fazrul Nawaz 41'		 Syamsul Mohamed Saad 55'
R. Surendran 90'+1'
Tampines Stadium, Singapore
Al-Jaish (Damascus)3–0East Bengal
Adel Abdullah 16'
Mohamed Al Zeno 50'
Feras Esmaeel 87'
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Home United FC2–1Olympic Beirut
69', 74' Abbas Ali 63'

Semifinals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Wahda (Damascus) Syria 2–1 Singapore Geylang United FC 1–1 1–0
Al-Jaish (Damascus) Syria 6–1 Singapore Home United FC 4–0 2–1

First leg

Al-Wahda (Damascus)1–1Geylang United FC
85' Report Aleksandar Duric 63'
Al-Jaish (Damascus)4–0Home United FC
Mohamed Al Zeno 34'
Feras Esmaeel 53', 62'
76'		 Report

Second leg

Geylang United FC0–1Al-Wahda (Damascus)
Report 12'
Bedok Stadium, Bedok, Singapore
Home United FC1–2Al-Jaish (Damascus)
Sivakumar 17' Report Mohamed Al Zeno 76'
Zyad Chaabo 90'+1'

Finals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Wahda (Damascus) Syria
  • 3–3
 Syria Al-Jaish (Damascus) 2–3 1–0
  • Al-Jaish (Damascus) (Syria) won on away goals rule.

First leg

Al-Wahda (Damascus)2–3Al-Jaish (Damascus)
49'
90+2		 Report Zyad Chaabo 3'
Feras Esmaeel 32'
55' (pen)

Second leg

Al-Jaish (Damascus)0–1Al-Wahda (Damascus)
Report Nabil Al Shahmeh 72'
2004 AFC Cup Winners
Flag of Syria.svg
Al-Jaish
First title

Statistics[]

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Player Club MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2   F1     F2   Total
1 Singapore Indra Sahdan Daud Singapore Home United 1 1 3 2 7
Singapore Egmar Goncalves Singapore Home United 3 2 1 1 7
3 Brazil Cristiano Júnior India East Bengal 2 2 1 1 6
Liberia Frank Seator Malaysia Perak 2 1 1 1 1 6
Lebanon Mohammad Kassas Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 1 2 1 1 1 6
6 Guinea Syria Al-Wahda 2 1 1 1 5
Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Durić Singapore Geylang United 1 1 1 1 1 5

See also[]

  • AFC Champions League 2004

References[]

External links[]

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