2008 AFC Cup

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.

2008 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates11 March – 7 November 2008
Teams20 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions Al-Muharraq (1st title)
Runners-up Safa
Tournament statistics
Matches played74
Goals scored235 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s) Rico (19 goals)

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 (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 (2) Dempo (2006–07 Indian National Football League champions)

East Bengal (2007 Indian Federation Cup winners)

Maldives (2) Victory (2007 Dhivehi League champions)

New Radiant (2007 Maldives FA Cup winners)

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

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

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

Home United (2007 S.League runners-up)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sur (2007 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners)

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
Al-Muharraq 6 3 2 1 14 7 +7 11
Dempo 6 3 1 2 13 12 +1 10
Al-Ansar 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8
Sur 6 1 1 4 9 15 −6 4
Source:
Dempo 3–1 Al-Ansar
Ranty Martins Soleye 21' 32'
Chidi Edeh 62'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Hassan Danach 89'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
Al-Muharraq 3–2 Sur
Rico 24' (pen.)
Jesse John 45+2'
Abdulla Al-Dakeel 83'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Al-Gheilani 35'
José 39'
Attendance: 2,500
Al-Ansar 0–0 Al-Muharraq
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi
Sur 3–2 Dempo
Traore 9'
Camara 69'
Climax Lawrence 80' (o.g.)		 (Report)
(Report)		 Ranty Martins Soleye 26'
Roberto Mendes Silva 62'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ali Saleem
Al-Ansar 1–0 Sur
Salih Sadir 28' (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 4,000
Dempo 0–4 Al-Muharraq
(Report)
(Report)		 Rico 8' 31' 49' (pen.) 59'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Vo Minh Tri
Sur 0–2 Al-Ansar
(Report)
(Report)		 Salih Sadir 77' 88'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al-Saeedi
Al-Muharraq 1–2 Dempo
Rico 77' (pen.) (Report)
(Report)		 Ranty Martins Soleye 10' 62'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef
Al-Ansar 1–1 Dempo
Mohamad Hamoud 84' (Report)
(Report)		 Ranty Martins Soleye 27'
Attendance: 1,950
Referee: Tan Hai
Sur 2–2 Al-Muharraq
José 48', 62' (Report)
(Report)		 Rico 45+1'
Jaycee John Okwunwanne 55'
Attendance: 300
Dempo 5–2 Sur
Ranty Martins Soleye 30' 38'
Chidi Edeh 64' 90'
Climax Lawrence 72'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Al-Sinani 75'
Al-Harbi 86'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Peter Green
Al-Muharraq 4–1 Al-Ansar
Mahmood Abdulrahman 30'
Rico 51' 66'
Jaycee John Okwunwanne 57'		 (Report) Malek Hassoun 44'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rustam Saidov

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Safa 6 2 4 0 8 6 +2 10
Al-Wahdat 6 1 4 1 12 12 0 7
East Bengal 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7
Al-Ahli San‘a’ 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 6
Source:
Al-Ahli San‘a’ 1–1 Al-Wahdat
Adel Al-Salemi 28' (Report)
(Report)		 Hassan Abdel Fattah 40' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,000
Safa 1–0 East Bengal
Bernard Mbassi 17' (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 700
Referee: Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi
Al-Wahdat 3–3 Safa
Mahmoud Shelbaieh 51'
Hassan Abdel Fattah 86'
Basem Fat'hi 90+5'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Prince Bobby 16'
Ramez Dayoub 31'
Rony Azar 83'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al-Saeedi
East Bengal 1–0 Al-Ahli San‘a’
Edmilson Marques Pardal 31' (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Minoru Tōjō
Al-Wahdat 0–2 East Bengal
(Report)
(Report)		 Alvito D'Cunha 58'
Ikechukwu Gift Ibe 69'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rosdi Shaharul
Al-Ahli San‘a’ 0–0 Safa
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 4,000
East Bengal 2–4 Al-Wahdat
Syed Rahim Nabi 12'
Edmilson Marques Pardal 28'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Ra'fat Ali 6' 24'
Hassan Abdel Fattah 31' 34'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Vo Minh Tri
Safa 1–0 Al-Ahli San‘a’
Hamze Abboud 64' (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Al-Wahdat 1–1 Al-Ahli San‘a’
Hassan Abdel Fattah 30' (Report) Ali Al Nono 80'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ali Saleem
East Bengal 0–0 Safa
(Report)
Attendance: 10,000 + asg
Al-Ahli San‘a’ 1 –0 East Bengal
Ali Al Nono 43' (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Dilovarshokh Orzuev
Safa 3–3 Al-Wahdat
Rony Azar 6'
Hussein Tahan 80'
Amer Khan 90+5'		 (Report) Ra'fat Ali 18' 63'
Fadi Faris 72'
Attendance: 200

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Nahda 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9
Shabab Al-Ordon 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7
Al-Najma 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut 6 1 3 2 7 8 −1 6
Source:
Al-Nahda 0–0 Al-Najma
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 350
Referee: Dilovarshokh Orzuev
Shabab Al-Ordon 1–1 Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Odai Al-Saify 51' (Report)
(Report)		 Haytham Mahadi 38'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Tan Hai
Al-Najma 0–0 Shabab Al-Ordon
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Hedayat Mombeni
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut 3–1 Al-Nahda
Munassar Ba-Haj 44' 45+1'
Murad Al-Nohi 51'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Yedibahoma 52'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rosdi Shaharul
Al-Najma 2–1 Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Rashed Jamal Salem 8'
Adeeb Ba-Karman 54' (o.g.)		 (Report)
(Report)		 Alaaeldin Mohamed Aly 67'
Attendance: 350
Al-Nahda 1–1 Shabab Al-Ordon
Al-Shamsi 26' (Report)
(Report)		 Mustafa Shehdeh 70'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Atallah Jatli Al-Enezi
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut 0–0 Al-Najma
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Win Cho
Shabab Al-Ordon 0–1 Al-Nahda
(Report)
(Report)		 Yedibahoma 57'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ali Saleem
Al-Najma 3–3 Al-Nahda
Rashed Jamal Salem 53' 67' 77' (Report)
(Report)		 Yedibahoma 6' 50'
Al-Alawi 38'
Attendance: 200
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut 2–2 Shabab Al-Ordon
Khaled Al Arumi 5'
Haytham Mahadi 88' (pen.)		 (Report)
(Report)		 Mustafa Shehdeh 3'
Mohannad Maharmeh 45'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi
Al-Nahda 2–0 Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Al-Nuaimi 14'
Al-Mashaikhi 43'		 (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 300
Shabab Al-Ordon 3–2 Al-Najma
Odai Saify 9'
Mustafa Shehdeh 28'
Essam Abu Touk 40' (pen.)		 (Report)
(Report)		 Rashed Jamal Salem 51' (pen.) 69'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Minoru Tōjō

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Home United 6 5 0 1 18 10 +8 15
Kedah 6 4 1 1 13 8 +5 13
South China 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 4
Victory 6 0 2 4 3 10 −7 2
Source:
South China 2–3 Home United
Cheng Siu Wai 60' 90' (AFC Report)
(AFC Report)
(HKFA Report)		 Peres de Oliveira 17' 40'
Shi Jiayi 77'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 4,673
Referee: Win Cho
Kedah 1–0 Victory
Badrol Bakhtiar 49' (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary
Home United 5–1 Kedah
Kengne Ludovick 31' 58'
Shahril Ishak 36'
Peres de Oliveira 70' 81' (pen.)		 (Report)
(Report)		 Mohd Shafiq Jamal 12'
Attendance: 2,693
Referee: Peter Green
Victory 0–0 South China
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 6,500
Home United 2–1 Victory
Indra Sahdan Daud 37'
Peres de Oliveira 50'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Ashad Ali 25'
Attendance: 1,223
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi
South China 1–3 Kedah
Cris 59' (AFC Report)
(AFC Report)
(HKFA Report)		 Badrol Bakhtiar 31'
Marlon James 65'
Samransak Kram 85'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,055
Referee: Minoru Tōjō
Victory 1–3 Home United
Hussain Niyaz Mohamed 69' (Report)
(Report)		 Shahril Ishak 56'
Indra Sahdan Daud 66'
Peres de Oliveira 73'
Attendance: 6,000
Kedah 3–0 South China
Marlon James 55'
Nelson San Martín 70' 85'		 (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi
Home United 4–1 South China
Shahril Ishak 30' 88'
Indra Sahdan Daud 75'
Farhan Farook 87'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Cheng Siu Wai 80'
Attendance: 1,175
Victory 1–1 Kedah
Jorge Armando Rodriguez Arguello 8' (Report)
(Report)		 Marlon Alex James 65'
Attendance: 4,500
South China 3–0 Victory
Tales Schütz 27'
Cris 43' 68'		 (Report)
(Report)
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 429
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin
Kedah 4–1 Home United
Nelson San Martín 41' 59' (pen.)
Mohd Sabree Mat Abu 46'
Marlon Alex James 83'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Kengne Ludovick 5'
Attendance: 10,000

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
SAFFC 6 4 1 1 16 4 +12 13
Perak 6 4 1 1 13 10 +3 13
Kitchee 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4
New Radiant 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4
Source:
New Radiant 1–3 Perak
Daniel Mbock 8' (Report)
(Report)		 Carlos Arturo Caceres Pino 9' 17'
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 38'
Attendance: 8,000
SAFFC 4–0 Kitchee
Jamil Ali 12'
Therdsak Chaiman 25'
Aleksandar Duric 37'
Wang Zhenpeng 51' (o.g.)		 (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 2,543
Referee: Vo Minh Tri
Perak 1–6 SAFFC
Mario Esteban Berrios 45+2' (pen.) (Report)
(Report)		 Therdsak Chaiman 8'
Aleksandar Duric 45' 49' 71' 74'
Mustaqim Manzur 58'
Attendance: 5,000
Kitchee 2–0 New Radiant
Wilfed Bamnjo 11'
Goran Stankovski 36'		 (AFC Report)
(AFC Report)
(HKFA Report)
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,372
Referee: Mahmood Mohd Juma Al-Ghatrifi
Perak 2–1 Kitchee
Mohammad Hardi Jaafar 11'
Mario Esteban Berrios 90+2'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Goran Stankovski 73'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Peter Green
New Radiant 0–3 SAFFC
(Report)
(Report)		 Ashrin Shariff 7'
Aleksandar Duric 44'
Afiu Mohamed Hamid 86' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohamad Mansour
Kitchee 2–2 Perak
Ip Chung Long 50'
Wilfed Bamnjo 84'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Carlos Caceres 17' 79'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,138
SAFFC 1–1 New Radiant
John Wilkinson 27' (Report)
(Report)		 Assad Abdul Gani 50'
Attendance: 1,505
Referee: Kadhum Auda Lazim
Perak 3–0 New Radiant
Jorge Antonio Muñoz 33' 65'
Razali Umar Kandasamy 90+1'		 (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 700
Referee: Dilovarshokh Orzuev
Kitchee 0–2 SAFFC
(Report)
(Report)		 Ashrin Shariff 10'
Aleksandar Duric 19'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 813
New Radiant 2–1 Kitchee
Hussain Simaz 62' 66' (Report)
(Report)		 Ahmed Nishan 45+1' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Sgt. Win Cho
SAFFC 0–2 Perak
(Report)
(Report)		 Ahmad Shahrul Azhar 21'
Mohammad Hardi Jaafar 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
Kedah 6 4 1 1 13 8 +5 13
Perak 6 4 1 1 13 10 +3 13
Dempo 6 3 1 2 13 12 +1 10
Al-Wahdat 6 1 4 1 12 12 0 7
Shabab Al-Ordon 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7
Source:

Knockout stage

Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
1 Al-Muharraq 5 2 7
8 Kedah 0 1 1
Al-Muharraq (a) 0 2 2
Al-Nahda 1 1 2
4 SAFFC 2 0 2
5 Al-Nahda 1 3 4
Al-Muharraq 5 5 10
Safa 1 4 5
3 Perak 0 0 0
6 Safa 2 5 7
Safa 1 4 5
Dempo 0 1 1
2 Dempo 1 4 5
7 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 0–7 Safa 0–2 0–5
SAFFC 2–4 Al-Nahda 2-1 0-3
Dempo 5–4 Home United 1–1 4–3
Al-Muharraq 7–1 Kedah 5–0 2–1

First leg
Perak 0 – 2 Safa
Report Rony Azar 38'
Hamid Termina 55'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan
SAFFC 2 - 1 Al-Nahda
Aleksandar Duric 41', 66' Report Libambami Yedibahoma 85'
Attendance: 1,600
Dempo 1 – 1 Home United
Mboyo Iyomi 78' Report Rosman Sulaiman 37'
Attendance: 180
Al-Muharraq 5 – 0 Kedah
Khalid Salmeen 65'
Mahmood Abdulrahman 73', 90+2'
Rico 85'
Fahad Al-Hardan 87'		 Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin

Second leg
Safa 5 – 0 Perak
Rony Azar 43', 45'
Hussein Tahan 61'
Mohammad Kassas 68'
Mahmoud Al-Zoughbi 84'		 Report
Attendance: 300
Al-Nahda 3 - 0 SAFFC
Mansoor Al-Nuaimi 28'
Libambami Yedibahoma 63', 90'		 Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Mohamad Mansour
Home United 3 – 4 Dempo
Peres De Oliviera 13'
Indra Sahdan 36', 38'		 Report Mboyo Iyomi 1'
Beto 23', 83'
Climax Lawrence 45'
Attendance: 1,341
Referee: Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi
Kedah 1 – 2 Al-Muharraq
Badrol Bakhtiar 69' Report Rico 29', 39'
Attendance: 2,000

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 (a)2–2 Al-Nahda 0-1 2-1
Safa 5–1 Dempo 1–0 4–1

First leg
Al-Muharraq 0 – 1 Al-Nahda
Report Zaher Al-Alawi 9'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Masoud Moradi
Safa 1 – 0 Dempo
Hamze Aboud 90' Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Lee Gi-Young

Second leg
Al-Nahda 1 – 2 Al-Muharraq
Ibrahim Al-Farazi 70' Report Rico 38'
Mahmood Abdulrahman 63'
Attendance: 4,500
Dempo 1 – 4 Safa
Mboyo Iyomi 30' Report Mohammad Kassas 9', 19'
Hussain Tahan ,
Attendance: 500

Final

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

First leg
Al-Muharraq5 - 1 Safa
Mahmood Abdulrahman 19', 58'
Rico 32' (pen.), 54', 72'		 (Report) Hussein Tahan 77'
Attendance: 6,000

Second leg
Safa4 - 5 Al-Muharraq
Al Saadi 15'
Rony Azar 59'
Mohammed Kassas 61', 65' (pen.)		 (Report) Rico 33', 50', 51'
Mahmood Abdulrahman 45+1', 82'
Attendance: 2,000
AFC Cup
2008 Winners
Al-Muharraq
First Title


Awards

Statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Rico Al-Muharraq 19
2 Aleksander Duric SAFFC 9
3 Ranty Martins Soleye Dempo 8
4 Mahmood Abdulrahman Al-Muharraq 7
Peres de Oliveira Home United
5 Libambami Yedibahoma Al-Nahda 6
Rony Azar Safa
Mohammad Kassas Safa
Rashed Jamal Salem Al-Najma
6 Shahril Ishak Home United 5
Indra Sahdan Daud Home United
Hassan Abdel Fattah Al-Wahdat
Hussein Tahan Safa
11 Marlon Alex James Kedah 4
Nelson San Martin Kedah
13 Cheng Siu Wai South China 3
Salih Sadir Al-Ansar
Chidi Edeh Dempo
Cris South China
Kengne Ludovick Home United
Mustafa Shehdeh Shabab Al-Ordon
Beto Dempo
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