2005 AFC Cup

2005 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates9 March – 26 October 2005
Teams18 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
Champions Al-Faisaly (1st title)
Runners-up Nejmeh
Tournament statistics
Matches played62
Goals scored167 (2.69 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mo'ayyad Salim
(9 goals)
2004
2006

The 2005 AFC Cup was the second edition of the AFC Cup, played amongst clubs from nations of the AFC, who are considered to be 'developing countries' as per the 'Vision Asia' members paper of AFC President Mohamed Bin Hammam.

Al-Faisaly won the AFC Cup for the first time, beating Nejmeh 4–2 on aggregate in the final.

Al-Jaish were the defending champions but were unable to defend their title as Syria was promoted to a 'mature' status by the AFC, meaning its clubs would now compete in the AFC Champions League instead.

Teams

The AFC invited nine of the thirteen 'developing' nations to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the competition. Clubs from Myanmar, North Korea, Oman and Yemen were excluded from the competition.

West Asia East Asia
Team Qualifying method App (Last) Team Qualifying method App (Last)
Al-Faisaly 2003–04 Jordan League champions 1st Brothers Union 2004 Bangladesh National Football League champions 1st
Al-Hussein 2003–04 Jordan League runners-up[Note JOR] 1st Muktijoddha Sangsad 2004 Bangladesh National Football League runners-up 2nd (2004)
Al-Nejmeh 2003–04 Lebanese Premier League champions 2nd (2004) Sun Hei 2003–04 Hong Kong First Division League champions 1st
Al Ahed 2004 Lebanese FA Cup winners 1st Happy Valley 2004 Hong Kong FA Cup winners 2nd (2004)
Nebitçi 2004 Ýokary Liga champions 2nd (2004) East Bengal 2003–04 Indian National Football League champions 2nd (2004)
Nisa Aşgabat 2004 Ýokary Liga runners-up[Note TKM] 2nd (2004) Dempo 2004 Indian Federation Cup winners 1st
Pahang 2004 Super League Malaysia champions 1st
Perak 2004 Malaysian FA Cup winners 2nd (2004)
Club Valencia 2004 Dhivehi League champions 2nd (2004)
New Radiant 2004 Dhivehi League runners-up[Note MDV] 1st
Tampines Rovers 2004 S.League champions 1st
Home United 2004 S.League runners-up[Note SGP] 2nd (2004)
Notes
  1. ^
    Jordan (JOR): As the 2003–04 Jordan FA Cup winners Al-Faisaly qualified for the AFC Cup via their league position, the spot reserved for the Jordan FA Cup winners was transferred to the second placed team in the 2003–04 Jordan League.
  2. ^
    Maldives (MDV): As the 2004 Maldives FA Cup winners Club Valencia qualified for the AFC Cup via their league position, the spot reserved for the Maldives FA Cup winners was transferred to the second placed team in the 2004 Dhivehi League.
  3. ^
    Singapore (SGP): As the 2004 Singapore Cup winners Tampines Rovers qualified for the AFC Cup via their league position, the spot reserved for the Singapore Cup winners was transferred to the second placed team in the 2004 S.League.
  4. ^
    Turkmenistan (TKM): As the 2004 Turkmenistan Cup winners Nebitçi qualified for the AFC Cup via their league position, the spot reserved for the Turkmenistan Cup winners was transferred to the second placed team in the 2004 Ýokary Liga.

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Faisaly 6 4 2 0 15 5 +10 14 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Nebitçi 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 8
3 East Bengal 6 2 1 3 6 11 −5 7
4 Muktijoddha Sangsad 6 1 1 4 3 8 −5 4
Source:
Al-Faisaly 1–1 Nebitçi
Salim 6' Arazov 56'

Nebitçi 3–2 East Bengal
Alikperov 1'
Meredov 60'
Arazov 83'
Secco 52'
Bhutia 90+2'

Al-Faisaly 5–0 East Bengal
Salim 13', 43', 73'
Halasa 50', 69'



East Bengal 3–2 Nebitçi
Jeremiah 28', 57', 63' Bazarov 53'
Arazov 88'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Hussein 4 3 0 1 11 4 +7 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Al Ahed 4 3 0 1 6 6 0 9
3 Dempo 4 0 0 4 0 7 −7 0
Source:

Al-Hussein 4–0 Al Ahed
Al-Riahneh 28', 38'
Al-Sheyab 52'
Athamneh 83'

Dempo 0–3 Al-Hussein
Al-Zboun 32'
Hatamleh 75'
Ehmoud 90+1'

Al-Hussein 2–0 Dempo
Al-Riahneh 52'
Al-Zboun 80'

Dempo 0–1 Al Ahed
Maatouk 72'

Al Ahed 4–2 Al-Hussein
Maatouk 28', 30'
Ayoub 54', 76'
Al-Zboun 23'
Al-Sheyab 83'

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nejmeh 4 4 0 0 8 1 +7 12 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Nisa Aşgabat 4 0 2 2 1 3 −2 2
3 Brothers Union 4 0 2 2 2 7 −5 2
Source:
Brothers Union 1–1 Nisa Aşgabat
Khokon 86' Urazov 17'

Nejmeh 4–1 Brothers Union
Hojeij 1'
Qassas 3', 13'
Atwi 86'
Rana 24'

Nisa Aşgabat 0–1 Nejmeh
Qassas 86'
Nisa Stadium, Asgabat


Nisa Aşgabat 0–0 Brothers Union
Nisa Stadium, Asgabat

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sun Hei 6 3 3 0 12 5 +7 12 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Tampines Rovers 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 11
3 Club Valencia 6 1 2 3 5 14 −9 5
4 Perak 6 1 1 4 7 11 −4 4
Source:
Sun Hei 6–1 Club Valencia
Hartwig 59'
Akosah 59', 73'
Poon Man Tik 90+1'
Chu Siu Kei 90+3'
Kvasz 80'
Perak 2–1 Tampines Rovers
Mandjou 38'
Saad 72'
Hucika 22'

Tampines Rovers 1–1 Sun Hei
Shafaein 50' Hartwig 19'

Perak 0–1 Sun Hei
Akosah 71'

Sun Hei 2–1 Perak
Akosah 31', 87' Hoong 37'

Club Valencia 1–1 Sun Hei
Kvasz 61' Chu Siu Kei 90+5'

Perak 1–2 Club Valencia
Saad 37' (pen.) Naseer 45+1'
Umar 84'

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Home United 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 Advance to Knockout stage
2 New Radiant 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10
3 Pahang 6 2 3 1 10 8 +2 9
4 Happy Valley 6 0 1 5 2 14 −12 1
Source:
Home United 2–1 Pahang
Oliveira 23'
Abdullah 77'
Tchoutang 3' (pen.)


New Radiant 1–0 Home United
Kasirye 40'
Happy Valley 1–1 Pahang
Yue-hung 45' Mahayuddin 62'

Home United 2–0 New Radiant
Goncalves 8'
Oliviera 64'


New Radiant 1–1 Pahang
Mohamed 85' Mahayuddin 78'
Home United 5–0 Happy Valley
Daud 21'
Juraimi 30', 70', 78'
Siva Kumar 49'

Ranking of runners-up

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tampines Rovers 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 11 Advance to Knockout stage
2 New Radiant 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10
3 Al Ahed 4 3 0 1 6 6 0 9
4 Nebitçi 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 8
5 Nisa Aşgabat 4 0 2 2 1 3 −2 2
Source:

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
New Radiant 1 0 1
Al-Hussein 0 0 0
New Radiant 1 1 2
Al-Faisaly 1 4 5
Al-Faisaly 1 1 2
Tampines Rovers 0 0 0
Al-Faisaly 1 3 4
Nejmeh 0 2 2
Home United 0 2 2
Nejmeh 3 3 6
Nejmeh 3 3 6
Sun Hei 0 2 2
Al-Ahed 1 1 2
Sun Hei 0 3 3

Quarter-finals

Summary

The first legs were played on 14 September, and the second legs were played on 21 September 2005.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
New Radiant 1–0 Al-Hussein 1–0 0–0
Al-Faisaly 2–0 Tampines Rovers 1–0 1–0
Home United 2–6 Nejmeh 0–3 2–3
Al-Ahed 2–3 Sun Hei 1–0 1–3

Matches

Al-Hussein 0–0 New Radiant

New Radiant won 1–0 on aggregate.


Tampines Rovers 0–1 Al-Faisaly
Al-Tall 31'

Al-Faisaly won 2–0 on aggregate.


Home United 0–3 Nejmeh
Mohamad 24'
Hojeij 53'
Atwi 73'
Nejmeh 3–2 Home United
Nasseredine 35'
Ghaddar 59'
Mohamad 72'
Daud 18'
Haja 49'

Al-Nejmeh won 6–2 on aggregate.


Sun Hei 3–1 Al-Ahed
Akosah 42'
Lee Kin Wo 52'
Keung 90' (pen.)
Atiq 45+2'

Sun Hei won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Summary

The first legs were played on 28 September, and the second legs were played on 12 October 2005.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
New Radiant 2–5 Al-Faisaly 1–1 1–4
Nejmeh 6–2 Sun Hei 3–0 3–2

Matches

New Radiant 1–1 Al-Faisaly
Adam 51' Al-Shboul 20'
Al-Faisaly 4–1 New Radiant
Salim 8', 42'
Al-Tall 57'
Al-Shboul 89'
Thoriq 90+1'

Al-Faisaly won 5–2 on aggregate.


Nejmeh 3–0 Sun Hei
Ghaddar 24', 58'
Nasseredine 69'
Sun Hei 2–3 Nejmeh
Cheuk 9'
Akosah 25'
Nasseredine 26'
Hamieh 45'
Ghaddar 87'
Attendance: 2,649

Al-Nejmeh won 6–2 on aggregate.

Final

Summary

The first leg was played on 19 October, and the second leg was played on 26 October 2005.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Faisaly 4–2 Nejmeh 1–0 3–2

Matches

Nejmeh 2–3 Al-Faisaly
Hojeij 35' (pen.), 72' Saad 19', 59'
Al-Sheikh 88'

Al-Faisaly won 4–2 on aggregate.

2005 AFC Cup Winners

Al-Faisaly
First title

See also

References