2004 AFC Cup

2004 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates 10 February – 26 November 2004
Teams 18 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions Syria Al-Jaish (1st title)
Runners-up Syria Al-Wahda
Tournament statistics
Matches played 61
Goals scored 178 (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s) Singapore Indra Sahdan Daud
Singapore Egmar Gonçalves
(7 goals each)

The 2004 AFC Cup was the 1st 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 Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 166510112+9
Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat 7521234−1
Yemen Al-Sha'ab Ibb 75212770
Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad 16015210−8
Al-Nejmeh Lebanon 3–0 Yemen Al-Sha'ab Ibb
Ivanković  62'
Nasseredine  82', 89'		 (Report)
Attendance: 300
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou Qatar
Nisa Aşgabat Turkmenistan 1–0 Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad
Nazarov  69' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ali Al Mutlaq (Saudi Arabia)
Al Sha'ab Ibb Yemen 0–1 Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat
(Report) Konchaev Zemskov 50'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Syria Abdulrahman Recho
Muktijoddha Sangsad KS Bangladesh 0–1 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh Beirut
(Report) Mohammad Kassas 72'
Attendance: 109
Referee: United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al Saeedi
Al-Nejmeh Beirut Lebanon 3–1 Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat
Mohammad Kassas 12' (pen), 47'
Ali Nasereddine 37'		 (Report) Didar Hajiev 34'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Iraq Kadhum Auda Lazim
Al Sha'ab Ibb Yemen 3–0 1 Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad KS
(Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Iran Hedayat Mombini
Muktijoddha Sangsad KS Bangladesh 2–3 Yemen Al Sha'ab Ibb
Charles Ghansa 1'
Saifur Rahman Moni 38'		 (Report) Abdulsalam Al Ghurbani 34', 60'
Redwan Ahmed 78'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tajikistan Dilovar Orzuev
Nisa Aşgabat Turkmenistan 0–1 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh Beirut
(Report) Mohammad Kassas 71'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Uzbekistan Rustam Saidov
Al Sha'ab Ibb Yemen 1–1 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh Beirut
Al-Nono 51' (Report) Mohammad Kassas 8'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: China Huang Junjie
Nisa Aşgabat Turkmenistan Cancelled2 Yemen Al Sha'ab Ibb
(Report)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Thailand Chaiwat Kunsuta

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 Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Syria Al-Wahda (Damascus) 8422082+6
Oman Dhofar 4411267−1
India Mahindra United 44112510−5


Mahindra United 2–1 Dhofar
Shanmugam Venkatesh 21'
Abhishek Yadav 66'		 (Report) Faraj A. Bait Alseem  55'
Attendance: 400
Referee: J Karim
Dhofar 1–1 Al-Wahda (Damascus)
Al-Ghafri  83' (Report) Nabil Al Shahmeh  22'
Nisa Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Attendance: 100
Referee: A Al-Enezi
Mahindra United 0–0 Al-Wahda (Damascus)
(Report)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: M Moradi
Al-Wahda (Damascus) 5–1 Mahindra United
Nabil Al Shahmeh 36'
Iyad Mando 39' 53'
Moussa Traoré 69', 73'		 (Report) Felix Abaoagye 84'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Abdullah Balideh Qatar
Dhofar 4–2 Mahindra United
Saif Sultan  27', 47'
Mohammed Al Shidad  35'
Gabriel  61'		 (Report) Felix Abaoagye 55'
Raphaël Patron Akakpo 80'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: F Al Marzouqi
Al-Wahda (Damascus) 2–0 Dhofar
Maher Al Sayed 20'
Moussa Traoré 54'		 (Report)
Attendance: 200
Referee: S Tongkhan

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Syria Al-Jaish (Damascus) 8422080+8
Lebanon Olympic Beirut 7421143+1
Turkmenistan Nebitçi Balkanabat 14013110−9


Olympic Beirut 0–0 Al-Jaish (Damascus)
(Report)
Attendance: 400
Referee: J Karim
Al-Jaish (Damascus) 6–0 Nebitçi Balkanabat
Zyad Chaabo 36'
Raghdan Shehadeh 50'
Rabih Hassan 55' 64'
Ahmad Omaier 69' 87'		 (Report)
Nisa Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Attendance: 100
Referee: A Al-Enezi
Olympic Beirut 2–0 Nebitçi Balkanabat
Pierre Issa 65'
Youssef Mohamad 75'		 (Report)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: M Moradi
Nebitçi Balkanabat 1–2 Olympic Beirut
Perman Begjanov 82' (Report) Youssef Mohamad 53', 75'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Balideh
Al-Jaish (Damascus) 2–0 Olympic Beirut
Ahmad Omaier 8'
Zyad Chaabo 86'		 (Report)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: F Al Marzouqi
Nebitçi Balkanabat 0–0 Al-Jaish (Damascus)
(Report)
Attendance: 200
Referee: S Tongkhan

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Singapore Home United FC 146420195+13
Malaysia Perak FA 146420116+6
Hong Kong Happy Valley 36105714−7
Maldives Valencia FC 36105315−12
Home United FC 5–1 Happy Valley
Egmar Goncalves 30', 66', 72'
Peres De Oliveira 53'
Indra Sahdan Daud 61'		 (Report) Martin Jancula 69'
Attendance: 369
Referee: K Matsumura
Perak FA 2–0 Valencia FC
Frank Seator 45', 60' (Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: M Al Yarimi
Valencia FC 0–3 Home United FC
(Report) Egmar Goncalves 37', 43
Peres De Oliveira 60'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: S Sarkar
Happy Valley 1–2 Perak 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 FC 2–1 Happy Valley
Ali Ashfaq 73', 60' (Report) Lawrence Akandu 50'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: S Mujghef
Perak FA 2–2 Home United FC
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 56'
Frank Seator 77'		 (Report) Egmar Goncalves 2'
Sutee Suksomkit 18'
Attendance: 200
Referee: A Al-Enezi
Home United FC 2–2 Perak FA
Sutee Suksomkit 7' (pen)
Liew Kit Kong 35' (og)		 (Report) Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 14'
V. Saravanan 90'
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: A Albadwawi
Happy Valley 3–1 Valencia FC
Lawrence Akandu 2', 42'
Gerard Guy Ambassa 82'		 (Report) Ali Ashfaq 72'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tan Hai
Valencia FC 0–1 Perak FA
(Report) Luciano Goux 41'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: R Gosh
Happy Valley 0–2 Home United FC
(Report) Indra Sahdan Daud 15'
Peres De Oliveira 90'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: B Williams
Home United FC 5–0 Valencia FC
Indra Sahdan Daud 32', 45', 71'
Mohamed Nizam 78' (og)
Peres De Oliveira 90'		 (Report)
Attendance: 600
Referee: M Mansour
Perak FA 2–1 Happy Valley
Frank Seator 71'
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 80'		 (Report) Gerard Guy Ambassa 6'
Attendance: 208
Referee: S Tongkhan

Group E

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
India East Bengal 136411148+6
Singapore Geylang United FC 136411125+7
Malaysia Negeri Sembilan FA 66204119+2
Maldives Island FC 36105217−15
Geylang United FC 2–3 East Bengal
Mohd Hafiz Rahim 40'
Jeykanth Jeyapal 90'		 (Report) Cristiano Junior 45', 76'
Bijen Singh 83'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 369
Referee: K Matsumura
Negeri Sembilan FA 6–0 Island FC
Duke Effiong 19', 64', 71'
Abdul Razak Ekpoki 30', 90'
K. Rajan 28'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: M Al Yarimi
Island FC 0–5 Geylang United FC
(Report) Mohd Hafiz Rahim 5'
Razali Johari 44'
Nahar Daud 49'
Mohd Noor Ali 67', 84'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: S Sarkar
East Bengal 4–2 Negeri Sembilan FA
Mike Okoro 9'
Cristiano Junior 34' (pen), 70'
Baichung Bhutia 77'		 (Report) K. Rajan 45'
Shahrin Abdul Majid 64'
Referee: C Win
Island FC 1–2 East Bengal
Ahmed Sunain 72 (pen) (Report) Baichung Bhutia 36'
Mike Okoro 90'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: S Mujghef
Negeri Sembilan FA 0–1 Geylang United FC
(Report) Aleksandar Duric 10'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 200
Referee: A Al-Enezi
East Bengal 3–0 Island FC
De Silva 9'
Cristiano Junior 36'
Mike Okoro 85'		 (Report)
Referee: A Albadwawi
Geylang United FC 2–1 Negeri Sembilan FA
Chang Hui 49'
Aleksandar Duric 71'		 (Report) Efendi Abdul Malek 27'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tan Hai
Island FC 1–0 Negeri Sembilan FA
Ismail Mohamed 14' (Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: R Gosh
East Bengal 1–1 Geylang United FC
Mike Okoro 76' (Report) Daniel Hill 33'
Referee: B Williams
Geylang United FC 1–0 Island FC
Rudy Khairon 29' (Report)
Attendance: 600
Referee: M Mansour
Negeri Sembilan FA 2–1 East Bengal
Suharmin Yusof 23', 49' (Report) Cristiano Junior 24'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 208
Referee: S Tongkhan

Best runners-up

Two 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 Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Lebanon Olympic Beirut 7421143+1
Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat 7521234−1
Oman Dhofar 4411267−1

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

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Malaysia Perak FA 146420126+6
Singapore Geylang United FC 136411125+7

Knockout stage

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

Olympic Beirut 3–3 Home United FC
Mohammed Atwi 18'
Krekor Alozian 40'
Faisal Antar 60'		 Indra Shahdan Daud 28', 79'
Egmar Goncalves 83'

Second leg

Al-Nejmeh Beirut 3–2 Al-Wahda (Damascus)
Moussa Hojeij 21'
Othman Savane 33'
Ali Nasereddine 65'		 Moussa Traoré 19'
Iyad Mando 34'
Home United FC 2–1 Olympic Beirut
Fahmie Abdullah 69', 74' Abbas Ali 63'

Semi finals

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-Jaish (Damascus) 4–0 Home United FC
Mohamed Al Zeno 34'
Feras Esmaeel 53', 62'
Iyad Al-Hilou 76'

Second leg

Geylang United FC 0–1 Al-Wahda (Damascus)
Moussa Traoré 12'

Finals

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

First leg

Al-Wahda (Damascus) 2–3 Al-Jaish (Damascus)
Darar Radawi 49'
Omar Akil 90+2		 Zyad Chaabo 3'
Feras Esmaeel 32'
Amer Al-Abtah 55' (pen)

Second leg

2004 AFC Cup Winners

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 1132 7
Singapore Egmar Goncalves Singapore Home United 3211 7
3 Brazil Cristiano Júnior India East Bengal 2211 6
Liberia Frank Seator Malaysia Perak 21111 6
Lebanon Mohammad Kassas Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 12111 6
6 Guinea Moussa Traoré Syria Al-Wahda 2111 5
Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Durić Singapore Geylang United 11111 5

See also

References

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