2008 AFC President's Cup

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2008 AFC President's Cup
2008 AFC President's Cup logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryKyrgyzstan
Dates12 April - 26 June (group stage)
19-21 September (final stage)
Teams4 (final stage)
11 (total) (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsTajikistan Regar-TadAZ (2nd title)
Runners-upKyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored75 (4.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)Myanmar (6 goals)
2007
2009

The 2008 AFC President's Cup was the fourth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. For this edition, the tournament was extended from eight to eleven teams, with three groups in place of the previous two. The three new teams came from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Turkmenistan. The eleven teams that competed were split up into three groups and played each other team in their group once. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified for the semifinals, and the winners of the semifinal matches played in the final match to determine the winner.

Each group was to be played over a period of days in April at one venue - Group A at Dashrath Stadium, Nepal, Group B at Chungshan Stadium, Taiwan and Group C at Sugathadasa Stadium, Sri Lanka. However, due to political unrest in Nepal, Group A matches were postponed and eventually played at MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia in June.[1]

The final stage of the competition was played in Kyrgyzstan from September 19–21.[2]

Qualifying teams[]

Association Team Qualifying method App Last App
Bangladesh Bangladesh Abahani Ltd. 2007 B.League champions 1st
Bhutan Bhutan Transport United 2007 A-Division champions 4th 2007
Cambodia Cambodia Nagacorp FC 2007 Cambodian League champions 1st
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Taipower 2007 Enterprise Football League champions 2nd 2005
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo 2007 Kyrgyzstan League champions 4th 2007
Myanmar Myanmar Kanbawza 2007 Myanmar Premier League champions 1st
Nepal Nepal Nepal Police Club1 2006–07 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions2 2nd 2007
Pakistan Pakistan WAPDA3 2007–08 Pakistan Premier League champions 2nd 2005
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Ratnam SC 2007 Kit Premier League champions 3rd 2007
Tajikistan Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ 2007 Tajik League champions 3rd 2007
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan FC Aşgabat 2007 Turkmenistan League champions 1st

1 Mehandra Police Club now known as Nepal Police Club.
2 No league held in 2007–08 so 2006–07 champions qualify.
3 Pakistan Army F.C. were originally Pakistan's entrants, but replaced by WAPDA for rearranged group stage.

Group stage[]

Group A[]

All matches played at MPPJ Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7
Nepal Nepal Police Club 3 1 2 0 7 3 +4 5
Bangladesh Abahani Ltd. 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
Pakistan WAPDA 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source:[citation needed]
Nepal Police Club Nepal4–0Bangladesh Abahani Ltd.
Goal 15'
Rai Goal 18' Goal 56' Goal 70' (pen)
Report
MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia
Attendance: 100
Referee: (Syria)

Regar-TadAZ Tajikistan2–1Pakistan WAPDA
Goal 17'
Tukhtasunov Goal 76'
Report Niazi Goal 24'
MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia
Attendance: 50
Referee: Tan Hai (China)

WAPDA Pakistan1–1Nepal Nepal Police Club
Goal 78' Report Rai Goal 89'
MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia
Attendance: 300

Abahani Ltd. Bangladesh1–2Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ
Awudu Goal 25' Report Rabimov Goal 15'
Goal 45'
MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia
Attendance: 50
Referee: (Hong Kong)

WAPDAPakistan0–1Bangladesh Abahani Ltd.
Report Ameli Goal 84'
MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia
Attendance: 200

Nepal Police Club Nepal2–2Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ
Ghimire Goal 33'
Rai Goal 67'
Report Rabimov Goal 47' Goal 90+1'
MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia
Attendance: 200
Referee: Tan Hai (China)

Group B[]

All matches played at Chungshan Stadium, Taipei

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6
Cambodia Nagacorp FC 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Chinese Taipei Taipower 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source:[citation needed]
Nagacorp FC Cambodia2–2Chinese Taipei Taipower
Goal 45'
Vathanak Goal 58'
Report Chiang Goal 78', Goal 84'
Chungshan Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: (Tajikistan)

Taipower Chinese Taipei0–3Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo
Report Murzaev Goal 19'
Amirov Goal 78'
Askarov Goal 80'
Chungshan Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Chaiya Alee Mahapab (Thailand)

Nagacorp FC Cambodia0–2Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo
Report Harchenko Goal 13'
Ablakimov Goal 74'
Chungshan Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 25
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Group C[]

All matches played at Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Turkmenistan FC Aşgabat 3 2 0 1 9 2 +7 6
Myanmar Kanbawza 3 2 0 1 14 3 +11 6
Sri Lanka Ratnam SC 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
Bhutan Transport United 3 0 0 3 2 25 −23 0
Source:[citation needed]
Ratnam SC Sri Lanka7–1Bhutan Transport United
Goal 17', Goal 41', Goal 90'
Goal 25'
Goal 59'
Jayasuriya Goal 60'
Goal 79'
Report Goal 22'
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)

FC Aşgabat Turkmenistan0–1Myanmar Kanbawza
Report Goal 85'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

Transport United Bhutan1–7Turkmenistan FC Aşgabat
Goal 93' Report Gurbani Goal 21'
Amanow Goal 32', Goal 36', Goal 48'
Goal 41', Goal 50'
Goal 71'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

Kanbawza Myanmar2–3Ratnam SC Sri Lanka
Goal 43', Goal 50' Report Jayasuriya Goal 9', Goal 81'
Goal 54'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: (Uzbekistan)

Kanbawza Myanmar11–0Transport United Bhutan
Goal 11', Goal 36', Goal 90+2'
Goal 15', Goal 23', Goal 31', Goal 71'
Lwin Goal 38'
Goal 41', Goal 51'
Goal 74'
Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: (Uzbekistan)

Ratnam SC Sri Lanka0–2FC Aşgabat Turkmenistan
Report Çoňkaýew Goal 39'
Amanow Goal 45'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

Final stage[]

Semi-finals[]

Dordoi-Dynamo Kyrgyzstan3–1Nepal Nepal Police Club
Tetteh Goal 19',Goal 84'
Murzaev Goal 59'
Report Goal 72'
Spartak Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: (Kuwait)

Regar-TadAZ Tajikistan4–3 (a.e.t.)Turkmenistan FC Aşgabat
Goal 23'
Simões Goal 29'
Goal 87'
Makhmudov Goal 112'
Report Ataýew Goal 25'
Geldiýew Goal 35'
Mirzoýew Goal 69'
Spartak Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 800
Referee: (Uzbekistan)

Final[]

Dordoi-Dynamo Kyrgyzstan1–1
(3–4 pens.)
Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ
Tetteh Goal 33' Report Tukhtasunov Goal 53'
Spartak Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
Dordoi-Dynamo
Regar-TadAZ

OFFICIALS

  • Linesman: (Iran)
  • Linesman: (Uzbekistan)


 AFC President's Cup 2008 
Tajikistan
Regar-TadAZ
Second title

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/ascup08.html#excl
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2008-06-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Final stage to be held in Kyrgyzstan

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