2012 AFC President's Cup

The 2012 AFC President's Cup was the eighth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia.

2012 AFC President's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTajikistan
Dates5–12 May (group stage)
24–30 September (final stage)
Teams6 (final stage)
11 (total) (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions Istiqlol (1st title)
Runners-up Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored72 (3.79 per match)
Attendance78,756 (4,145 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mirlan Murzaev
(8 goals)
Best player(s) Alisher Tuychiev[1]

Teams from 11 member associations entered the competition.[2] Istiqlol became the second team from Tajikistan to win the AFC President's Cup, defeating Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari from Palestine with a 2–1 win in the final.[3]

Qualifying teams

The following 11 associations were represented in the 2012 AFC President's Cup.[4]

Association Team Qualifying method App Last App
Bhutan Yeedzin 2011 A-Division champions 3rd 2011
Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown 2011 Cambodian League champions 4th 2011
Chinese Taipei Taiwan Power Company 2011 Intercity Football League champions 5th 2011
Kyrgyzstan Dordoi Bishkek 2011 Kyrgyzstan League champions 7th 2010
Mongolia Erchim 2011 Mongolia Super Cup winners 1st none
Nepal Nepal Police Club 2011–12 Nepal National League champions 5th 2011
Pakistan KRL 2011 Pakistan Premier League champions 2nd 2010
Palestine Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari 2010–11 West Bank Premier League champions 1st none
Sri Lanka Ratnam 2011–12 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions 4th 2008
Tajikistan Istiklol 2011 Tajik League champions 2nd 2011
Turkmenistan Balkan 2011 Ýokary Liga champions 2nd 2011
Notes
  • Mongolia applied to enter the 2012 AFC President's Cup,[5] and was approved by the AFC in November 2011,[4] and made their debut in the competition.[6]
  • Myanmar applied for upgrade to the 2012 AFC Cup,[7] and was approved by the AFC in November 2011.[4]

Schedule

Schedule of dates for 2012 competition.[8]

  • Group stage: 3–13 May
  • Final stage: 24–30 September

Group stage
Location of teams of the 2012 AFC President's Cup.
Group A (played in Pakistan)
Group B (played in Cambodia)
Group C (played in Tajikistan)

In the group stage, the twelve teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. Each group was played in a single round-robin format at a centralized venue. The top two teams from each group qualified for the final stage. The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:[9]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches; (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card)
  8. Drawing of lots.

On 2 March 2012, the AFC announced that the three hosts for the qualification round were Phnom Penh Crown (Cambodia), KRL (Pakistan), and Istiqlol (Tajikistan).[10] The draw for the group stage was held at the AFC house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 6 March 2012, 15:00 UTC+08:00.[11]

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Taiwan Power Company 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
KRL 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Erchim 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
Sheikh Jamal[lower-alpha 1] 0 - - - - - — 0
Source:
Notes:
  1. Sheikh Jamal withdrew,[12] citing security concern of playing in Pakistan.[13]
KRL 0–0 Erchim
Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Wang Di (China P.R.)
Erchim 0–1 Taiwan Power Company
Report Chen Yi-wei  90+3'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
KRL 0–0 Taiwan Power Company
Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Dordoi Bishkek 3 3 0 0 17 3 +14 9
Phnom Penh Crown 3 2 0 1 9 1 +8 6
Nepal Police Club 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
Yeedzin 3 0 0 3 2 23 −21 0
Source:
Phnom Penh Crown 8–0 Yeedzin
Sokumpheak  20'
Borey  26', 41', 66'
Sothy  54'
Suhana  61'
S. Pheng  76'
H. Pheng  85'		 Report
Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Dordoi Bishkek 5–1 Nepal Police Club
Murzaev  3', 14', 63'
Sharipov  12'
Baymatov  70'		 Report Pandey  45+1' (pen.)
Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
Yeedzin 2–11 Dordoi Bishkek
Chencho  40'
Tshering  90+2'		 Report Murzaev  18', 27', 62', 81', 87'
Askarov  39'
Tetteh  45'
Maka Kum  59'
Anderson  64', 70'
Bekbolotov  90+1'
Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 978
Nepal Police Club 0–1 Phnom Penh Crown
Report Borey  21'
Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
Nepal Police Club 4–0 Yeedzin
Silwal  2', 71'
Shrestha  37'
Pandey  49'		 Report
Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Phnom Penh Crown 0–1 Dordoi Bishkek
Report Baymatov  90' (pen.)
Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 5,531
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Istiqlol 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
Balkan 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
Ratnam[lower-alpha 1] 0 - - - - - — 0
Source:
Notes:
  1. Ratnam withdrew.[14]
Balkan 1–2 Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari
Çoňkaýew  32' Report Kaware  59'
Keshkesh  90+2'
Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari 0–1 Istiqlol
Report Ergashev  75'
Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ma Ning (China P.R.)
Istiqlol 2–1 Balkan
Rabiev  41'
Vasiev  79' (pen.)		 Report Diwanow  66'
Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe
Attendance: 9,000

Final stage

The final stage was played at a centralized venue, to be chosen from one of the final stage qualifiers. The six teams which qualified for the final stage were divided into two groups of three teams each, played in a single round-robin format. The winner from each group qualified for the single-match final to decide the title.[9]

Phnom Penh Crown (Cambodia), Istiqlol (Tajikistan) and Dordoi Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) showed interest to organise the finals.[15] On 18 July 2012, the AFC Competitions Committee decided to award the hosting rights of the finals to Tajikistan,[16] and the decision was approved by the AFC Executive Committee on 19 July 2012.[17] The draw for the finals was held in Dushanbe on 31 July 2012, 11:00 UTC+05:00.[18]

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Istiqlol 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 6
Dordoi Bishkek 2 1 0 1 8 2 +6 3
Phnom Penh Crown 2 0 0 2 0 14 −14 0
Source:
Dordoi Bishkek 0–2 Istiqlol
Report Ergashev  38'
Sodikov  58'
Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe
Attendance: 5,118
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Phnom Penh Crown 0–8 Dordoi Bishkek
Report Baymatov  5', 72', 90'
Tetteh  8'
Kichin  58'
Anderson  63'
Shamshiev  75'
Sataev  83'
Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe
Attendance: 2,132
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
Istiqlol 6–0 Phnom Penh Crown
Vasiev  26'
Tokhirov  47'
Sharipov  52'
Rabimov  58', 90+1'
Fatkhuloev  76'		 Report
Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe
Attendance: 9,999
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4 4
Taiwan Power Company 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4
KRL 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 0
Source:
Taiwan Power Company 1–1 Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari
Chen Yi-wei  87' Report Keshkesh  62'
Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe
Attendance: 2,078
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
KRL 1–3 Taiwan Power Company
Adil  88' Report Ho Ming-tsan  55', 58'
Huang Kai-jun  90+4'
Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe
Attendance: 1,565
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari 5–1 KRL
Jamhour  41', 61'
Obeid  54', 56'
Aliwisat  70'		 Report Saad Ullah  40'
Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe
Attendance: 1,782
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Final
Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari 1–2 Istiqlol
Keshkesh  21' Report Ergashev  69'
Vasiev  78'
Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe
Attendance: 19,323
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari
Istiqlol

Assistant referees:
Kim Sung-Il (Korea Republic)
Abu Bakar Salim Mahad Al-Amri (Oman)
Fourth official:
Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Match rules[9]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.
 2012 AFC President's Cup 

Istiqlol
1st title

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Group stage Final stage Total
1 Mirlan Murzaev Dordoi Bishkek 80 8
2 Azamat Baymatov Dordoi Bishkek 23 5
3 Khim Borey Phnom Penh Crown 40 4
4 Anderson Dordoi Bishkek 21 3
Davron Ergashev Istiqlol 12 3
Dilshod Vasiev Istiqlol 12 3
Ahmed Keshkesh Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari 12 3

Source:[19][20]

See also

References
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