2008 AFC Cup

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2008 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates11 March – 7 November 2008
Teams20 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsBahrain Al-Muharraq (1st title)
Runners-upLebanon Safa
Tournament statistics
Matches played74
Goals scored235 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Rico (19 goals)
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The 2008 AFC Cup was the fifth edition of the AFC Cup, playing between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

Qualified teams[]

20 clubs will be competing, including champions of the national leagues and champions of the primary knock-out competition from the following countries which are AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category. In that season, the club of Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, Indonesia not participated.

East Asia (2)
Hong Kong Hong Kong (2) South China (2006–07 Hong Kong First Division League champions & 2007 Hong Kong FA Cup winners)

Kitchee (2006–07 Hong Kong First Division League runners-up)

South Asia (4)
India India (2) Dempo (2006–07 Indian National Football League champions)

East Bengal (2007 Indian Federation Cup winners)

Maldives Maldives (2) Victory (2007 Dhivehi League champions)

New Radiant (2007 Maldives FA Cup winners)

Southeast Asia (4)
Malaysia Malaysia (2) Kedah (2006–07 Super League Malaysia champions & 2007 Malaysia FA Cup winners)

Perak (2006–07 Super League Malaysia runners-up)

Singapore Singapore (2) SAFFC (2007 S.League champions & 2007 Singapore Cup winners)

Home United (2007 S.League runners-up)

West Asia (10)
Bahrain Bahrain (2) Al-Muharraq (2006–07 Bahraini Premier League champions)

Al-Najma (2007 Bahraini King's Cup winners)

Jordan Jordan (2) Al-Wahdat (2006–07 Jordan League champions)

Shabab Al-Ordon (2007 AFC Cup winners & 2006–07 Jordan FA Cup winners)

Lebanon Lebanon (2) Al-Ansar (2006–07 Lebanese Premier League champions & 2007 Lebanese FA Cup winners)

Safa (2006–07 Lebanese Premier League runners-up)

Oman Oman (2) Al-Nahda (2006–07 Omani League champions)

Sur (2007 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners)

Yemen Yemen (2) Al-Ahli San‘a’ (2007 Yemeni League champions)

Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut (2006 Yemeni President Cup winners)

Group stage[]

The draw was held on 17 October 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Key to colors in group tables:

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Bahrain Al-Muharraq 6 3 2 1 14 7 +7 11
India Dempo 6 3 1 2 13 12 +1 10
Lebanon Al-Ansar 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8
Oman Sur 6 1 1 4 9 15 −6 4
Source:[citation needed]
Dempo India3–1Lebanon Al-Ansar
Ranty Martins Soleye Goal 21' Goal 32'
Chidi Edeh Goal 62'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Goal 89'
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Hong Kong
Al-Muharraq Bahrain3–2Oman Sur
Rico Goal 24' (pen.)
Jesse John Goal 45+2'
Abdulla Al-Dakeel Goal 83'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Goal 35'
José Goal 39'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Japan Masaaki Iemoto
Al-Ansar Lebanon0–0Bahrain Al-Muharraq
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Yemen Mukhtar Al Yarimi
Sur Oman3–2India Dempo
Goal 9'
Goal 69'
Climax Lawrence Goal 80' (o.g.)		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Ranty Martins Soleye Goal 26'
Roberto Mendes Silva Goal 62'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Maldives
Al-Ansar Lebanon1–0Oman Sur
Salih Sadir Goal 28' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 4,000
Dempo India0–4Bahrain Al-Muharraq
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Rico Goal 8' Goal 31' Goal 49' (pen.) Goal 59'
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Vietnam Vo Minh Tri
Sur Oman0–2Lebanon Al-Ansar
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Salih Sadir Goal 77' Goal 88'
Attendance: 400
Referee: United Arab Emirates
Al-Muharraq Bahrain1–2India Dempo
Rico Goal 77' (pen.) (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Ranty Martins Soleye Goal 10' Goal 62'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jordan
Al-Ansar Lebanon1–1India Dempo
Mohamad Hamoud Goal 84' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Ranty Martins Soleye Goal 27'
Attendance: 1,950
Referee: China Tan Hai
Sur Oman2–2Bahrain Al-Muharraq
José Goal 48', 62' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Rico Goal 45+1'
Jaycee John Okwunwanne Goal 55'
Attendance: 300
Referee: South Korea Choi Myung-Yong
Dempo India5–2Oman Sur
Ranty Martins Soleye Goal 30' Goal 38'
Chidi Edeh Goal 64' Goal 90'
Climax Lawrence Goal 72'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Goal 75'
Al-Harbi Goal 86'
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Australia Peter Green
Al-Muharraq Bahrain4–1Lebanon Al-Ansar
Mahmood Abdulrahman Goal 30'
Rico Goal 51' Goal 66'
Jaycee John Okwunwanne Goal 57'		 (Report) Malek Hassoun Goal 44'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Uzbekistan

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Lebanon Safa 6 2 4 0 8 6 +2 10
Jordan Al-Wahdat 6 1 4 1 12 12 0 7
India East Bengal 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7
Yemen Al-Ahli San‘a’ 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 6
Source:[citation needed]
Al-Ahli San‘a’ Yemen1–1Jordan Al-Wahdat
Adel Al-Salemi Goal 28' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Hassan Abdel Fattah Goal 40' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,000
Safa Lebanon1–0India East Bengal
Goal 17' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 700
Referee: Oman
Al-Wahdat Jordan3–3Lebanon Safa
Mahmoud Shelbaieh Goal 51'
Hassan Abdel Fattah Goal 86'
Basem Fat'hi Goal 90+5'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Prince Bobby Goal 16'
Ramez Dayoub Goal 31'
Rony Azar Goal 83'
Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: United Arab Emirates
East Bengal India1–0Yemen Al-Ahli San‘a’
Edmilson Marques Pardal Goal 31' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Japan Minoru Tōjō
Al-Wahdat Jordan0–2India East Bengal
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Alvito D'Cunha Goal 58'
Goal 69'
Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Malaysia
Al-Ahli San‘a’ Yemen0–0Lebanon Safa
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Thailand Chaiya Alee Mahapab
East Bengal India2–4Jordan Al-Wahdat
Syed Rahim Nabi Goal 12'
Edmilson Marques Pardal Goal 28'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Ra'fat Ali Goal 6' Goal 24'
Hassan Abdel Fattah Goal 31' Goal 34'
Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Vietnam Vo Minh Tri
Safa Lebanon1–0Yemen Al-Ahli San‘a’
Hamze Abboud Goal 64' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Bangladesh Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman
Al-Wahdat Jordan1–1Yemen Al-Ahli San‘a’
Hassan Abdel Fattah Goal 30' (Report) Ali Al Nono Goal 80'
Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Maldives Ali Saleem
East Bengal India0–0Lebanon Safa
(Report)
Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata, India
Attendance: 10,000 + asg
Al-Ahli San‘a’ Yemen1 –0India East Bengal
Ali Al Nono Goal 43' (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tajikistan
Safa Lebanon3–3Jordan Al-Wahdat
Rony Azar Goal 6'
Hussein Tahan Goal 80'
Amer Khan Goal 90+5'		 (Report) Ra'fat Ali Goal 18' Goal 63'
Goal 72'
Attendance: 200

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Oman Al-Nahda 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9
Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7
Bahrain Al-Najma 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7
Yemen Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut 6 1 3 2 7 8 −1 6
Source:[citation needed]
Al-Nahda Oman0–0Bahrain Al-Najma
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 350
Referee: Tajikistan
Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan1–1Yemen Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Odai Al-Saify Goal 51' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Goal 38'
Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa
Attendance: 150
Referee: China Tan Hai
Al-Najma Bahrain0–0Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Al-Ahli Stadium, Manama
Attendance: 500
Referee: Iran
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut Yemen3–1Oman Al-Nahda
Goal 44' Goal 45+1'
Goal 51'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Yedibahoma Goal 52'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Malaysia
Al-Najma Bahrain2–1Yemen Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Goal 8'
Goal 54' (o.g.)		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Goal 67'
Attendance: 350
Al-Nahda Oman1–1Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
Al-Shamsi Goal 26' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Mustafa Shehdeh Goal 70'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kuwait
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut Yemen0–0Bahrain Al-Najma
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Myanmar Win Cho
Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan0–1Oman Al-Nahda
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Yedibahoma Goal 57'
Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa
Attendance: 100
Referee: Maldives
Al-Najma Bahrain3–3Oman Al-Nahda
Goal 53' Goal 67' Goal 77' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Yedibahoma Goal 6' Goal 50'
Goal 38'
Attendance: 200
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut Yemen2–2Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
Goal 5'
Goal 88' (pen.)		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Mustafa Shehdeh Goal 3'
Mohannad Maharmeh Goal 45'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: United Arab Emirates
Al-Nahda Oman2–0Yemen Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Al-Nuaimi Goal 14'
Al-Mashaikhi Goal 43'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 300
Referee: Saudi Arabia Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi
Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan3–2Bahrain Al-Najma
Odai Saify Goal 9'
Mustafa Shehdeh Goal 28'
Essam Abu Touk Goal 40' (pen.)		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Goal 51' (pen.) Goal 69'
Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa
Attendance: 100
Referee: Japan Minoru Tōjō

Group D[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Singapore Home United 6 5 0 1 18 10 +8 15
Malaysia Kedah 6 4 1 1 13 8 +5 13
Hong Kong South China 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 4
Maldives Victory 6 0 2 4 3 10 −7 2
Source:[citation needed]
South China Hong Kong2–3Singapore Home United
Cheng Siu Wai Goal 60' Goal 90' (AFC Report)
(AFC Report)[permanent dead link]
(HKFA Report)		 Peres de Oliveira Goal 17' Goal 40'
Shi Jiayi Goal 77'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 4,673
Referee: Myanmar Win Cho
Kedah Malaysia1–0Maldives Victory
Badrol Bakhtiar Goal 49' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jordan
Home United Singapore5–1Malaysia Kedah
Kengne Ludovick Goal 31' Goal 58'
Shahril Ishak Goal 36'
Peres de Oliveira Goal 70' Goal 81' (pen.)		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Mohd Shafiq Jamal Goal 12'
Attendance: 2,693
Referee: Australia Peter Green
Victory Maldives0–0Hong Kong South China
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Maldives National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 6,500
Home United Singapore2–1Maldives Victory
Indra Sahdan Daud Goal 37'
Peres de Oliveira Goal 50'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Ashad Ali Goal 25'
Attendance: 1,223
Referee: Yemen Mukhtar Al Yarimi
South China Hong Kong1–3Malaysia Kedah
Cris Goal 59' (AFC Report)
(AFC Report)[permanent dead link]
(HKFA Report)		 Badrol Bakhtiar Goal 31'
Marlon James Goal 65'
Samransak Kram Goal 85'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,055
Referee: Japan Minoru Tōjō
Victory Maldives1–3Singapore Home United
Hussain Niyaz Mohamed Goal 69' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Shahril Ishak Goal 56'
Indra Sahdan Daud Goal 66'
Peres de Oliveira Goal 73'
Maldives National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 6,000
Kedah Malaysia3–0Hong Kong South China
Marlon James Goal 55'
Nelson San Martín Goal 70' Goal 85'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Yemen Mukhtar Al Yarimi
Home United Singapore4–1Hong Kong South China
Shahril Ishak Goal 30' Goal 88'
Indra Sahdan Daud Goal 75'
Goal 87'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Cheng Siu Wai Goal 80'
Attendance: 1,175
Referee: Thailand Chaiya Alee Mahapab
Victory Maldives1–1Malaysia Kedah
Goal 8' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Marlon Alex James Goal 65'
Maldives National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Bangladesh Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman
South China Hong Kong3–0Maldives Victory
Tales Schütz Goal 27'
Cris Goal 43' Goal 68'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 429
Referee: South Korea Kim Dong-Jin
Kedah Malaysia4–1Singapore Home United
Nelson San Martín Goal 41' Goal 59' (pen.)
Mohd Sabree Mat Abu Goal 46'
Marlon Alex James Goal 83'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Kengne Ludovick Goal 5'
Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 10,000

Group E[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Singapore SAFFC 6 4 1 1 16 4 +12 13
Malaysia Perak 6 4 1 1 13 10 +3 13
Hong Kong Kitchee 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4
Maldives New Radiant 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4
Source:[citation needed]
New Radiant Maldives1–3Malaysia Perak
Goal 8' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Carlos Arturo Caceres Pino Goal 9' Goal 17'
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus Goal 38'
Maldives National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Thailand Chaiya Alee Mahapab
SAFFC Singapore4–0Hong Kong Kitchee
Jamil Ali Goal 12'
Therdsak Chaiman Goal 25'
Aleksandar Duric Goal 37'
Wang Zhenpeng Goal 51' (o.g.)		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 2,543
Referee: Vietnam Vo Minh Tri
Perak Malaysia1–6Singapore SAFFC
Mario Esteban Berrios Goal 45+2' (pen.) (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Therdsak Chaiman Goal 8'
Aleksandar Duric Goal 45' Goal 49' Goal 71' Goal 74'
Mustaqim Manzur Goal 58'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: South Korea Choi Myung Yong
Kitchee Hong Kong2–0Maldives New Radiant
Wilfed Bamnjo Goal 11'
Goran Stankovski Goal 36'		 (AFC Report)
(AFC Report)[permanent dead link]
(HKFA Report)
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,372
Referee: Oman
Perak Malaysia2–1Hong Kong Kitchee
Mohammad Hardi Jaafar Goal 11'
Mario Esteban Berrios Goal 90+2'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Goran Stankovski Goal 73'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Australia Peter Green
New Radiant Maldives0–3Singapore SAFFC
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Ashrin Shariff Goal 7'
Aleksandar Duric Goal 44'
Goal 86' (o.g.)
Maldives National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Lebanon
Kitchee Hong Kong2–2Malaysia Perak
Ip Chung Long Goal 50'
Wilfed Bamnjo Goal 84'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Carlos Caceres Goal 17' Goal 79'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,138
SAFFC Singapore1–1Maldives New Radiant
John Wilkinson Goal 27' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Goal 50'
Attendance: 1,505
Referee: Iraq
Perak Malaysia3–0Maldives New Radiant
Jorge Antonio Muñoz Goal 33' Goal 65'
Razali Umar Kandasamy Goal 90+1'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 700
Referee: Tajikistan
Kitchee Hong Kong0–2Singapore SAFFC
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Ashrin Shariff Goal 10'
Aleksandar Duric Goal 19'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 813
New Radiant Maldives2–1Hong Kong Kitchee
Goal 62' Goal 66' (Report)
(Report)		 Goal 45+1' (o.g.)
Maldives National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Myanmar Sgt. Win Cho
SAFFC Singapore0–2Malaysia Perak
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link]		 Ahmad Shahrul Azhar Goal 21'
Mohammad Hardi Jaafar Goal 69'
Attendance: 2,297

Best runners-up[]

Three best three runners-up qualify for the quarter-finals.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Malaysia Kedah 6 4 1 1 13 8 +5 13
Malaysia Perak 6 4 1 1 13 10 +3 13
India Dempo 6 3 1 2 13 12 +1 10
Jordan Al-Wahdat 6 1 4 1 12 12 0 7
Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7
Source:[citation needed]

Knockout stage[]

Main article: AFC Cup 2008 - Knockout Stage

Bracket[]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
1 Bahrain Al-Muharraq 5 2 7
8 Malaysia Kedah 0 1 1
Bahrain Al-Muharraq (a) 0 2 2
Oman Al-Nahda 1 1 2
4 Singapore SAFFC 2 0 2
5 Oman Al-Nahda 1 3 4
Bahrain Al-Muharraq 5 5 10
Lebanon Safa 1 4 5
3 Malaysia Perak 0 0 0
6 Lebanon Safa 2 5 7
Lebanon Safa 1 4 5
India Dempo 0 1 1
2 India Dempo 1 4 5
7 Singapore Home United 1 3 4

Quarter-finals[]

The first leg matches will be played on 16 September, and the second leg matches will be played on 23 September 2008.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Perak Malaysia 0–7 Lebanon Safa 0–2 0–5
SAFFC Singapore 2–4 Oman Al-Nahda 2–1 0–3
Dempo India 5–4 Singapore Home United 1–1 4–3
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 7–1 Malaysia Kedah 5–0 2–1

Semi-finals[]

The first leg matches will be played on 7 October, and the second leg matches will be played on 21 October 2008.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Muharraq Bahrain (a)2–2 Oman Al-Nahda 0–1 2–1
Safa Lebanon 5–1 India Dempo 1–0 4–1

Final[]

The first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on 31 October and 7 November 2008, respectively.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 10–5 Lebanon Safa 5–1 5–4


AFC Cup
2008 Winners
Bahrain
Al-Muharraq
First Title

Awards[]

Statistics[]

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Brazil Rico Bahrain Al-Muharraq 19
2 Singapore Aleksander Duric Singapore SAFFC 9
3 Nigeria Ranty Martins Soleye India Dempo 8
4 Bahrain Mahmood Abdulrahman Bahrain Al-Muharraq 7
Brazil Peres de Oliveira Singapore Home United
5 Togo Libambami Yedibahoma Oman Al-Nahda 6
Lebanon Rony Azar Lebanon Safa
Lebanon Mohammad Kassas Lebanon Safa
Bahrain Bahrain Al-Najma
6 Singapore Shahril Ishak Singapore Home United 5
Singapore Indra Sahdan Daud Singapore Home United
Jordan Hassan Abdel Fattah Jordan Al-Wahdat
Lebanon Hussein Tahan Lebanon Safa
11 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Marlon Alex James Malaysia Kedah 4
Chile Nelson San Martin Malaysia Kedah
13 Hong Kong Cheng Siu Wai Hong Kong South China 3
Iraq Salih Sadir Lebanon Al-Ansar
Nigeria Chidi Edeh India Dempo
Togo Cris Hong Kong South China
Cameroon Kengne Ludovick Singapore Home United
Jordan Mustafa Shehdeh Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
Brazil Beto India Dempo

External links[]

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