2008 AFC Cup
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 11 March – 7 November 2008 |
Teams | 20 (from 10 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Al-Muharraq (1st title) |
Runners-up | Safa |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 74 |
Goals scored | 235 (3.18 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Rico (19 goals) |
← 2007 2009 → |
The 2008 AFC Cup was the fifth edition of the AFC Cup, played by clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.
Qualified teams
[edit]20 clubs competed, including champions of the national leagues and champions of the primary knock-out competition from the following countries which are AFC-affiliated countries and which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category. In that season, the clubs of Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, Indonesia did not participate.
Group stage
[edit]The draw was held on 17 October 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Key to colors in group tables:
- Green: Group winners and Best runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.
Group A
[edit]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Dempo | 3–1 | Al-Ansar |
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Ranty Martins Soleye 21' 32' Chidi Edeh 62' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Hassan Danach 89' |
Al-Muharraq | 3–2 | Sur |
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Rico 24' (pen.) Jesse John 45+2' Abdulla Al-Dakeel 83' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Al-Gheilani 35' José 39' |
Sur | 3–2 | Dempo |
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Traore 9' Camara 69' Climax Lawrence 80' (o.g.) |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Ranty Martins Soleye 26' Roberto Mendes Silva 62' |
Dempo | 0–4 | Al-Muharraq |
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(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Rico 8' 31' 49' (pen.) 59' |
Sur | 0–2 | Al-Ansar |
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(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Salih Sadir 77' 88' |
Al-Muharraq | 1–2 | Dempo |
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Rico 77' (pen.) | (Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Ranty Martins Soleye 10' 62' |
Al-Ansar | 1–1 | Dempo |
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Mohamad Hamoud 84' | (Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Ranty Martins Soleye 27' |
Sur | 2–2 | Al-Muharraq |
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José 48', 62' | (Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Rico 45+1' Jaycee John Okwunwanne 55' |
Dempo | 5–2 | Sur |
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Ranty Martins Soleye 30' 38' Chidi Edeh 64' 90' Climax Lawrence 72' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Al-Sinani 75' Al-Harbi 86' |
Al-Muharraq | 4–1 | Al-Ansar |
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Mahmood Abdulrahman 30' Rico 51' 66' Jaycee John Okwunwanne 57' |
(Report) | Malek Hassoun 44' |
Group B
[edit]
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 |
Al-Ahli San‘a’ | 1–1 | Al-Wahdat |
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Adel Al-Salemi 28' | (Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Hassan Abdel Fattah 40' (pen.) |
Al-Wahdat | 3–3 | Safa |
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Mahmoud Shelbaieh 51' Hassan Abdel Fattah 86' Basem Fat'hi 90+5' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Prince Bobby 16' Ramez Dayoub 31' Rony Azar 83' |
Al-Wahdat | 0–2 | East Bengal |
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(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Alvito D'Cunha 58' Ikechukwu Gift Ibe 69' |
East Bengal | 2–4 | Al-Wahdat |
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Syed Rahim Nabi 12' Edmilson Marques Pardal 28' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Ra'fat Ali 6' 24' Hassan Abdel Fattah 31' 34' |
Al-Wahdat | 1–1 | Al-Ahli San‘a’ |
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Hassan Abdel Fattah 30' | (Report) | Ali Al Nono 80' |
East Bengal | 0–0 | Safa |
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(Report) |
Al-Ahli San‘a’ | 1 –0 | East Bengal |
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Ali Al Nono 43' | (Report) |
Safa | 3–3 | Al-Wahdat |
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Rony Azar 6' Hussein Tahan 80' Amer Khan 90+5' |
(Report) | Ra'fat Ali 18' 63' Fadi Faris 72' |
Group C
[edit]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Shabab Al-Ordon | 1–1 | Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut |
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Odai Al-Saify 51' | (Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Haytham Mahadi 38' |
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut | 3–1 | Al-Nahda |
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Munassar Ba-Haj 44' 45+1' Murad Al-Nohi 51' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Yedibahoma 52' |
Al-Najma | 2–1 | Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut |
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Rashed Jamal Salem 8' Adeeb Ba-Karman 54' (o.g.) |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Alaaeldin Mohamed Aly 67' |
Al-Nahda | 1–1 | Shabab Al-Ordon |
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Al-Shamsi 26' | (Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Mustafa Shehdeh 70' |
Al-Najma | 3–3 | Al-Nahda |
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Rashed Jamal Salem 53' 67' 77' | (Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Yedibahoma 6' 50' Al-Alawi 38' |
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut | 2–2 | Shabab Al-Ordon |
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Khaled Al Arumi 5' Haytham Mahadi 88' (pen.) |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Mustafa Shehdeh 3' Mohannad Maharmeh 45' |
Al-Nahda | 2–0 | Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut |
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Al-Nuaimi 14' Al-Mashaikhi 43' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Shabab Al-Ordon | 3–2 | Al-Najma |
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Odai Saify 9' Mustafa Shehdeh 28' Essam Abu Touk 40' (pen.) |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Rashed Jamal Salem 51' (pen.) 69' |
Group D
[edit]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
South China | 2–3 | Home United |
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Cheng Siu Wai 60' 90' | (AFC Report) (AFC Report)[permanent dead link ] (HKFA Report) |
Peres de Oliveira 17' 40' Shi Jiayi 77' |
Home United | 5–1 | Kedah |
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Kengne Ludovick 31' 58' Shahril Ishak 36' Peres de Oliveira 70' 81' (pen.) |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Mohd Shafiq Jamal 12' |
Home United | 2–1 | Victory |
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Indra Sahdan Daud 37' Peres de Oliveira 50' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Ashad Ali 25' |
South China | 1–3 | Kedah |
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Cris 59' | (AFC Report) (AFC Report)[permanent dead link ] (HKFA Report) |
Badrol Bakhtiar 31' Marlon James 65' Samransak Kram 85' |
Victory | 1–3 | Home United |
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Hussain Niyaz Mohamed 69' | (Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Shahril Ishak 56' Indra Sahdan Daud 66' Peres de Oliveira 73' |
Kedah | 3–0 | South China |
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Marlon James 55' Nelson San Martín 70' 85' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Home United | 4–1 | South China |
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Shahril Ishak 30' 88' Indra Sahdan Daud 75' Farhan Farook 87' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Cheng Siu Wai 80' |
Victory | 1–1 | Kedah |
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Jorge Armando Rodriguez Arguello 8' | (Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Marlon Alex James 65' |
South China | 3–0 | Victory |
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Tales Schütz 27' Cris 43' 68' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Kedah | 4–1 | Home United |
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Nelson San Martín 41' 59' (pen.) Mohd Sabree Mat Abu 46' Marlon Alex James 83' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Kengne Ludovick 5' |
Group E
[edit]
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 |
New Radiant | 1–3 | Perak |
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Daniel Mbock 8' | (Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Carlos Arturo Caceres Pino 9' 17' Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 38' |
SAFFC | 4–0 | Kitchee |
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Jamil Ali 12' Therdsak Chaiman 25' Aleksandar Duric 37' Wang Zhenpeng 51' (o.g.) |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Perak | 1–6 | SAFFC |
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Mario Esteban Berrios 45+2' (pen.) | (Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Therdsak Chaiman 8' Aleksandar Duric 45' 49' 71' 74' Mustaqim Manzur 58' |
Kitchee | 2–0 | New Radiant |
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Wilfed Bamnjo 11' Goran Stankovski 36' |
(AFC Report) (AFC Report)[permanent dead link ] (HKFA Report) |
Perak | 2–1 | Kitchee |
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Mohammad Hardi Jaafar 11' Mario Esteban Berrios 90+2' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Goran Stankovski 73' |
New Radiant | 0–3 | SAFFC |
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(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Ashrin Shariff 7' Aleksandar Duric 44' Afiu Mohamed Hamid 86' (o.g.) |
Kitchee | 2–2 | Perak |
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Ip Chung Long 50' Wilfed Bamnjo 84' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Carlos Caceres 17' 79' |
SAFFC | 1–1 | New Radiant |
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John Wilkinson 27' | (Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Assad Abdul Gani 50' |
Perak | 3–0 | New Radiant |
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Jorge Antonio Muñoz 33' 65' Razali Umar Kandasamy 90+1' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
New Radiant | 2–1 | Kitchee |
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Hussain Simaz 62' 66' | (Report) (Report) |
Ahmed Nishan 45+1' (o.g.) |
SAFFC | 0–2 | Perak |
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(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link ] |
Ahmad Shahrul Azhar 21' Mohammad Hardi Jaafar 69' |
Best runners-up
[edit]Three best three runners-up qualified 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 |
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
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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
[edit]Perak | 0 – 2 | Safa |
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Report | Rony Azar 38' Hamid Termina 55' |
SAFFC | 2 - 1 | Al-Nahda |
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Aleksandar Duric 41', 66' | Report | Libambami Yedibahoma 85' |
Dempo | 1 – 1 | Home United |
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Mboyo Iyomi 78' | Report | Rosman Sulaiman 37' |
Al-Muharraq | 5 – 0 | Kedah |
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Khalid Salmeen 65' Mahmood Abdulrahman 73', 90+2' Rico 85' Fahad Al-Hardan 87' |
Report |
Second leg
[edit]Safa | 5 – 0 | Perak |
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Rony Azar 43', 45' Hussein Tahan 61' Mohammad Kassas 68' Mahmoud Al-Zoughbi 84' |
Report |
Al-Nahda | 3 - 0 | SAFFC |
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Mansoor Al-Nuaimi 28' Libambami Yedibahoma 63', 90' |
Report |
Home United | 3 – 4 | Dempo |
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Peres De Oliviera 13' Indra Sahdan 36', 38' |
Report | Mboyo Iyomi 1' Beto 23', 83' Climax Lawrence 45' |
Kedah | 1 – 2 | Al-Muharraq |
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Badrol Bakhtiar 69' | Report | Rico 29', 39' |
Semi-finals
[edit]The first leg matches were played on 7 October, and the second leg matches were played on 21 October 2008.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al-Muharraq | (a)2–2 | Al-Nahda | 0-1 | 2-1 |
Safa | 5–1 | Dempo | 1–0 | 4–1 |
First leg
[edit]Al-Muharraq | 0 – 1 | Al-Nahda |
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Report | Zaher Al-Alawi 9' |
Safa | 1 – 0 | Dempo |
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Hamze Aboud 90' | Report |
Second leg
[edit]Al-Nahda | 1 – 2 | Al-Muharraq |
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Ibrahim Al-Farazi 70' | Report | Rico 38' Mahmood Abdulrahman 63' |
Dempo | 1 – 4 | Safa |
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Mboyo Iyomi 30' | Report | Mohammad Kassas 9', 19' Hussain Tahan , |
Final
[edit]The first and second legs of the final were played on 31 October and 7 November 2008, respectively.
First leg
[edit]Al-Muharraq | 5 - 1 | Safa |
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Mahmood Abdulrahman 19', 58' Rico 32' (pen.), 54', 72' |
(Report) | Hussein Tahan 77' |
Second leg
[edit]Safa | 4 - 5 | Al-Muharraq |
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Al Saadi 15' Rony Azar 59' Mohammed Kassas 61', 65' (pen.) |
(Report) | Rico 33', 50', 51' Mahmood Abdulrahman 45+1', 82' |
AFC Cup 2008 Winners |
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Al-Muharraq First Title |
Awards
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]External links
[edit]- 2008 AFC Cup at the-afc.com
- AFC Calendar of Competitions 2008