2008 AFC Cup

2008 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates 11 March – 7 November 2008
Teams 20 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions Bahrain Al-Muharraq (1st title)
Runners-up Lebanon Safa
Tournament statistics
Matches played 74
Goals scored 235 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Rico (19 goals)

The 2008 AFC Cup was the 5th 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 6321147711
India Dempo 63121312110
Lebanon Al-Ansar 622268−28
Oman Sur 6114915−64
Dempo India 3–1 Lebanon Al-Ansar
Ranty Martins Soleye  21'  32'
Chidi Edeh  62'
(Report)
(Report)
Hassan Danach  89'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Hong Kong Ng Chiu Kok
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 3–2 Oman Sur
Rico  24' (pen.)
Jesse John  45+2'
Abdulla Al-Dakeel  83'
(Report)
(Report)
Al-Gheilani  35'
José  39'
Attendance: 2,500

Al-Ansar Lebanon 0–0 Bahrain Al-Muharraq
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Sur Oman 3–2 India Dempo
Traore  9'
Camara  69'
Climax Lawrence  80' (o.g.)
(Report)
(Report)
Ranty Martins Soleye  26'
Roberto Mendes Silva  62'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Maldives Ali Saleem

Al-Ansar Lebanon 1–0 Oman Sur
Salih Sadir  28' (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 4,000
Dempo India 0–4 Bahrain Al-Muharraq
(Report)
(Report)
Rico  8'  31'  49' (pen.)  59'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Vietnam Vo Minh Tri

Sur Oman 0–2 Lebanon Al-Ansar
(Report)
(Report)
Salih Sadir  77'  88'
Attendance: 400
Referee: United Arab Emirates Mohamed Omar Al-Saeedi
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 1–2 India Dempo
Rico  77' (pen.) (Report)
(Report)
Ranty Martins Soleye  10'  62'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jordan Salem Mujghef

Al-Ansar Lebanon 1–1 India Dempo
Mohamad Hamoud  84' (Report)
(Report)
Ranty Martins Soleye  27'
Attendance: 1,950
Referee: China Tan Hai
Sur Oman 2–2 Bahrain Al-Muharraq
José  48', 62' (Report)
(Report)
Rico  45+1'
Jaycee John Okwunwanne  55'
Attendance: 300

Dempo India 5–2 Oman 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: Australia Peter Green
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 4–1 Lebanon Al-Ansar
Mahmood Abdulrahman  30'
Rico  51'  66'
Jaycee John Okwunwanne  57'
(Report) Malek Hassoun  44'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Uzbekistan Rustam Saidov

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Lebanon Safa 624086210
Jordan Al-Wahdat 6141121207
India East Bengal 621356−17
Yemen Al-Ahli San‘a’ 613234−16
Safa Lebanon 1–0 India East Bengal
Bernard Mbassi  17' (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 700
Referee: Oman Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi

Al-Wahdat Jordan 3–3 Lebanon 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: United Arab Emirates Mohamed Omar Al-Saeedi

Al-Wahdat Jordan 0–2 India East Bengal
(Report)
(Report)
Alvito D'Cunha  58'
Ikechukwu Gift Ibe  69'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Malaysia Rosdi Shaharul

Safa Lebanon 1–0 Yemen Al-Ahli San‘a’
Hamze Abboud  64' (Report)
(Report)

East Bengal India 0–0 Lebanon Safa
(Report)

Al-Ahli San‘a’ Yemen 1 –0 India East Bengal
Ali Al Nono  43' (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tajikistan Dilovarshokh Orzuev
Safa Lebanon 3–3 Jordan 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
Oman Al-Nahda 62319819
Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 61417707
Bahrain Al-Najma 61417707
Yemen Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut 613278−16
Al-Nahda Oman 0–0 Bahrain Al-Najma
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 350
Referee: Tajikistan Dilovarshokh Orzuev
Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan 1–1 Yemen Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Odai Al-Saify  51' (Report)
(Report)
Haytham Mahadi  38'

Al-Najma Bahrain 0–0 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Iran Hedayat Mombeni
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut Yemen 3–1 Oman Al-Nahda
Munassar Ba-Haj  44'  45+1'
Murad Al-Nohi  51'
(Report)
(Report)
Yedibahoma  52'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Malaysia Rosdi Shaharul

Al-Najma Bahrain 2–1 Yemen Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Rashed Jamal Salem  8'
Adeeb Ba-Karman  54' (o.g.)
(Report)
(Report)
Alaaeldin Mohamed Aly  67'
Al-Nahda Oman 1–1 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
Al-Shamsi  26' (Report)
(Report)
Mustafa Shehdeh  70'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kuwait Atallah Jatli Al-Enezi

Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan 0–1 Oman Al-Nahda
(Report)
(Report)
Yedibahoma  57'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Maldives Ali Saleem

Al-Najma Bahrain 3–3 Oman Al-Nahda
Rashed Jamal Salem  53'  67'  77' (Report)
(Report)
Yedibahoma  6'  50'
Al-Alawi  38'
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut Yemen 2–2 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
Khaled Al Arumi  5'
Haytham Mahadi  88' (pen.)
(Report)
(Report)
Mustafa Shehdeh  3'
Mohannad Maharmeh  45'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: United Arab Emirates Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi

Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan 3–2 Bahrain Al-Najma
Odai Saify  9'
Mustafa Shehdeh  28'
Essam Abu Touk  40' (pen.)
(Report)
(Report)
Rashed Jamal Salem  51' (pen.)  69'

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Singapore Home United 65011810815
Malaysia Kedah 6411138513
Hong Kong South China 6114713−64
Maldives Victory 6024310−72
South China Hong Kong 2–3 Singapore 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: Myanmar Win Cho
Kedah Malaysia 1–0 Maldives Victory
Badrol Bakhtiar  49' (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jordan Naser Al-Ghafary

Home United Singapore 5–1 Malaysia Kedah
Kengne Ludovick  31'  58'
Shahril Ishak  36'
Peres de Oliveira  70'  81' (pen.)
(Report)
(Report)
Mohd Shafiq Jamal  12'
Attendance: 2,693
Referee: Australia Peter Green
Victory Maldives 0–0 Hong Kong South China
(Report)
(Report)

South China Hong Kong 1–3 Malaysia 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: Japan Minoru Tōjō

Kedah Malaysia 3–0 Hong Kong South China
Marlon James  55'
Nelson San Martín  70'  85'
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 6,000

Home United Singapore 4–1 Hong Kong South China
Shahril Ishak  30'  88'
Indra Sahdan Daud  75'
Farhan Farook  87'
(Report)
(Report)
Cheng Siu Wai  80'
Victory Maldives 1–1 Malaysia Kedah
Jorge Armando Rodriguez Arguello  8' (Report)
(Report)
Marlon Alex James  65'

South China Hong Kong 3–0 Maldives Victory
Tales Schütz  27'
Cris  43'  68'
(Report)
(Report)
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 429
Referee: South Korea Kim Dong-Jin

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Singapore SAFFC 64111641213
Malaysia Perak 64111310313
Hong Kong Kitchee 6114612−64
Maldives New Radiant 6114413−94
New Radiant Maldives 1–3 Malaysia Perak
Daniel Mbock  8' (Report)
(Report)
Carlos Arturo Caceres Pino  9'  17'
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus  38'
SAFFC Singapore 4–0 Hong Kong Kitchee
Jamil Ali  12'
Therdsak Chaiman  25'
Aleksandar Duric  37'
Wang Zhenpeng  51' (o.g.)
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 2,543
Referee: Vietnam Vo Minh Tri

Perak Malaysia 1–6 Singapore 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 Hong Kong 2–0 Maldives New Radiant
Wilfed Bamnjo  11'
Goran Stankovski  36'
(AFC Report)
(AFC Report)
(HKFA Report)
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,372
Referee: Oman Mahmood Mohd Juma Al-Ghatrifi

Perak Malaysia 2–1 Hong Kong Kitchee
Mohammad Hardi Jaafar  11'
Mario Esteban Berrios  90+2'
(Report)
(Report)
Goran Stankovski  73'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Australia Peter Green
New Radiant Maldives 0–3 Singapore SAFFC
(Report)
(Report)
Ashrin Shariff  7'
Aleksandar Duric  44'
Afiu Mohamed Hamid  86' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Lebanon Mohamad Mansour

Kitchee Hong Kong 2–2 Malaysia Perak
Ip Chung Long  50'
Wilfed Bamnjo  84'
(Report)
(Report)
Carlos Caceres  17'  79'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,138
SAFFC Singapore 1–1 Maldives New Radiant
John Wilkinson  27' (Report)
(Report)
Assad Abdul Gani  50'
Attendance: 1,505
Referee: Iraq Kadhum Auda Lazim

Perak Malaysia 3–0 Maldives New Radiant
Jorge Antonio Muñoz  33'  65'
Razali Umar Kandasamy  90+1'
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 700
Referee: Tajikistan Dilovarshokh Orzuev
Kitchee Hong Kong 0–2 Singapore SAFFC
(Report)
(Report)
Ashrin Shariff  10'
Aleksandar Duric  19'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 813

New Radiant Maldives 2–1 Hong Kong Kitchee
Hussain Simaz  62'  66' (Report)
(Report)
Ahmed Nishan  45+1' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Myanmar Sgt. Win Cho

Best runners-up

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Malaysia Kedah 6411138513
Malaysia Perak 64111310313
India Dempo 63121312110
Jordan Al-Wahdat 6141121207
Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 61417707

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 Rashed Jamal Salem 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
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