2005 AFC President's Cup

The 2005 AFC President's Cup was the inaugural season of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. The eight teams that competed were split into two groups and played each other team in their group once. The winner of each group then played the runner up in the other group in the semifinals, and the winners of the semifinal matches played in the final match to determine the winner. There was no third place match. The games were played in May 2005 and were held in Kathmandu, Nepal.[1][2]

2005 AFC President's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
Dates4–14 May
Teams8 (from 8 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Regar-TadAZ (1st title)
Runners-up Dordoi-Dynamo
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored51 (3.4 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hok Sochetra

Dudley Steinwall

Khurshed Mahmudov, Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov
(4 goals)

Qualified teams
Association Team Qualifying method
Bhutan Transport United 2004 A-Division champions
Cambodia Hello United most likely as 2002 Cambodian League champions[Note]
Chinese Taipei Taipower 2004 Chinese Taipei National Football League champions
Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo 2004 Kyrgyzstan League champions
Nepal Three Star Club 2004 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions
Pakistan WAPDA 2004-05 Pakistan Premier League champions
Sri Lanka Blue Star SC 2003–04 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions
Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ 2004 Tajik League champions
Notes
  1. ^
    Note: No Cambodian League was held between 2003 and 2004 due to unknown reasons
    2. [3]

Venues
Kathmandu
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Halchowk Stadium
Capacity: 17,800 Capacity: 3,500

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Regar-TadAZ 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7 Advance to semi-finals
2 Three Star Club (H) 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3 Taipower 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
4 Transport United 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Host
Three Star Club 1–1 Taipower
Maharjan 38' Report Chen Chi-Feng 36'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta
Regar-TadAZ 6–1 Transport United
Mahmudov 18', 89'
Mukhidinov 35', 37', 56'
Tabarov 86'		 Report Dendup 68'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Anura De Silva Vidanagamage
Taipower 0–3 Regar-TadAZ
Report Irgashev 7'
Mukhidinov 18'
Tabarov 40'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Setiyono Midi Nitrorejo
Transport United 1–2 Three Star Club
Chophel 37' Report Gouchan 10'
Maharjan 43'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Emil Busurmankulov
Taipower 1–0 Transport United
Chiang Shih-lu 40' Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: Emil Busurmankulov
Three Star Club 0–0 Regar-TadAZ
Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Anura De Silva Vidanagamage

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dordoi-Dynamo 3 2 0 1 14 3 +11 6 Advance to semi-finals
2 Blue Star SC 3 2 0 1 5 10 −5 6
3 WAPDA 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
4 Hello United 3 1 0 2 5 10 −5 3
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Dordoi-Dynamo 6 – 1 Hello United
Kasymov 24', 43'
Krasnov 25', 39'
Chikishev 28'
Berezovsky 71'		 Report Sochetra 40'
Attendance: 1,000
WAPDA 0 – 1 Blue Star SC
Report Steinwall 26'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Vu Duc Nguyen
Hello United 2 – 1 WAPDA
Sochetra 48', 90+2' Report Mehmood 16'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta
Blue Star SC 1 – 8 Dordoi-Dynamo
Steinwall 19' Report Kasymov 1'
Krohmal 11'
Krasnov 15'
Berezovsky 16'
Jumagulov 42'
Chertkov 64'
Ishenbaev 76', 81'
Attendance: 2,000
Hello United 2 – 3 Blue Star SC
Sokunthea 60'
Sochetra 79' (pen.)		 Report Steinwall 32' (pen.), 72'
Fawzan 90'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Setiyono Midi Nitrorejo
Dordoi-Dynamo 0 – 1 WAPDA
Report Mehmood 81'
Attendance: 500

Semi-finals
Regar-TadAZ 6 – 0 Blue Star SC
Khamidov 13', 43'
Mahmudov 41'
Umarbaev 70'
Rustamov 74'
Nematov 90'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Dordoi-Dynamo 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Three Star Club
Report
Penalties
4 – 3
Attendance: 22,000

Finals
Regar-TadAZ 3 – 0 Dordoi-Dynamo
Rakhimov 7'
Irgashev 70' (pen.)
Mahmudov 72'		 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)

References
  1. "AFC President's Cup Nepal 2005". Kantipur. Archived from the original on 1 September 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. "President's Cup 2005". AFC. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. "Cambodian League". RSSSF.
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