2008 AFC Cup

2008 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates11 March–7 November 2008
Teams20 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions Al-Muharraq (1st title)
Runners-up Safa
Tournament statistics
Matches played74
Goals scored235 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer Rico (19 goals)
Best player Mahmood Abdulrahman
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The 2008 AFC Cup was the fifth 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-Muharraq defeated Safa 10–5 on aggregate in the final, with Brazilian striker Rico scoring six of the clubs ten goals over the two legs. This marked the first time a club from Bahrain won an AFC Club competition. Both finalists initially qualified for the qualifying play-off round in the 2009 AFC Champions League, but were later demoted to the 2009 AFC Cup as neither clubs leagues met the AFC's Champions League criteria.

Shabab Al-Ordon were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage of the competition.

Qualified teams

The league champions and cup winners from the thirteen 'developing' (as determined by the AFC) were eligible to participate in the competition. As Indonesian clubs withdrew from the 2008 AFC Champions League, the following changes were made:

  • The second ranked teams from Thailand (Krung Thai Bank) and Vietnam (Nam Định) were reassigned from the AFC Cup to the AFC Champions League.
  • Turkmenistan were excluded from the competition, as its clubs would now participate in the AFC President's Cup.
  • Clubs from India would participate in the West Asian zone.
West Asia East Asia
Team Qualifying method App (Last) Team Qualifying method App (Last)
Al-Muharraq 2006–07 Bahraini Premier League champions 3rd (2007) South China 2006–07 Hong Kong First Division League champions 1st
Al-Najma 2007 Bahraini King's Cup winners 1st Kitchee 2006–07 Hong Kong First Division League runners-up[Note HKG] 1st
Dempo 2006–07 Indian National Football League champions 3rd (2006) New Radiant 2007 Dhivehi League champions 4th (2007)
East Bengal 2007 Indian Federation Cup winners 2nd (2006) Victory SC 2007 Maldives FA Cup winners 2nd (2007)
Al-Wahdat 2006–07 Jordan League champions 2nd (2007) Kedah 2006–07 Malaysia Super League champions 1st
Shabab Al-OrdonTH 2006–07 Jordan FA Cup winners 2nd (2007) Perak 2006–07 Malaysia Super League runners-up[Note MAS] 3rd (2005)
Al-Ansar 2006–07 Lebanese Premier League champions 1st Singapore Armed Forces 2007 S.League champions 2nd (2007)
Safa 2006–07 Lebanese Premier League runners-up[Note LBN] 1st Home United 2007 S.League runners-up[Note SGP] 4th (2006)
Al-Nahda 2006–07 Omani League champions 1st
Sur 2007 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners 1st
Al-Ahli San‘a’ 2007 Yemeni League champions 1st
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut 2006 Yemeni President Cup winners 1st

Notes

  1. ^
    Hong Kong (HKG): As the 2006–07 Hong Kong Senior Shield winners South China qualified for the AFC Cup via their league position, the spot reserved for the Hong Kong Senior Shield winners was transferred to the second placed team in the 2006–07 Hong Kong First Division League.
  2. ^
    Lebanon (LBN): As the 2006–07 Lebanese FA Cup winners Al-Ansar qualified for the AFC Cup via their league position, the spot reserved for the Lebanese FA Cup winners was transferred to the second placed team in the 2006–07 Lebanese Premier League.
  3. ^
    Malaysia (MAS): As the 2007 Malaysia FA Cup winners Keda qualified for the AFC Cup via their league position, the spot reserved for the Malaysia FA Cup winners was transferred to the second placed team in the 2006–07 Malaysia Super League.
  4. ^
    Singapore (SGP): As the 2007 Singapore Cup winners Singapore Armed Forces 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 2007 S.League.

Schedule

Stage Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Group stage Matchday 1 17 October 2007 11 March 2008
Matchday 2 18 March 2008
Matchday 3 3 April 2008
Matchday 4 16 April 2008
Matchday 5 30 April 2008
Matchday 6 14–21 May 2008
Knockout stage Quarter-finals 24 May 2008[1] 16 September 2008 23 September 2008
Semi-finals 7 October 2008 21 October 2008
Final 31 October 2008 7 November 2008

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Muharraq 6 3 2 1 14 7 +7 11 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Dempo 6 3 1 2 13 12 +1 10
3 Al-Ansar 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8
4 Sur 6 1 1 4 9 15 −6 4
Source:
Dempo 3–1 Al-Ansar
Soleye 21', 32'
Edeh 62'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Danach 89'
Attendance: 6,000
Al-Muharraq 3–2 Sur
Rico 24' (pen.)
John 45+2'
Al-Dakeel 83'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Al-Gheilani 35'
José 39'
Attendance: 2,500
Al-Ansar 0–0 Al-Muharraq
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)
Sur 3–2 Dempo
Traore 9'
Camara 69'
Lawrence 80' (o.g.)		 (Report)
(Report)		 Soleye 26'
Silva 62'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ali Saleem (Maldives)
Al-Ansar 1–0 Sur
Sadir 28' (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 4,000
Dempo 0–4 Al-Muharraq
(Report)
(Report)		 Rico 8', 31', 49' (pen.), 59'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Sur 0–2 Al-Ansar
(Report)
(Report)		 Sadir 77', 88'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al-Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)
Al-Muharraq 1–2 Dempo
Rico 77' (pen.) (Report)
(Report)		 Soleye 10', 62'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)
Al-Ansar 1–1 Dempo
Hamoud 84' (Report)
(Report)		 Soleye 27'
Attendance: 1,950
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Sur 2–2 Al-Muharraq
José 48', 62' (Report)
(Report)		 Rico 45+1'
Okwunwanne 55'
Attendance: 300
Dempo 5–2 Sur
Soleye 30', 38'
Edeh 64', 90'
Lawrence 72'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Al-Sinani 75'
Al-Harbi 86'
Attendance: 4,000
Al-Muharraq 4–1 Al-Ansar
Abdulrahman 30'
Rico 51', 66'
Okwunwanne 57'		 (Report) Hassoun 44'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Safa 6 2 4 0 8 6 +2 10 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Al-Wahdat 6 1 4 1 12 12 0 7
3 East Bengal 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7
4 Al-Ahli San‘a’ 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 6
Source:
Al-Ahli San‘a’ 1–1 Al-Wahdat
Al-Salemi 28' (Report)
(Report)		 Fattah 40' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,000
Safa 1–0 East Bengal
Mbassi 17' (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 700
Referee: Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi (Oman)
Al-Wahdat 3–3 Safa
Shelbaieh 51'
Fattah 86'
Fat'hi 90+5'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Prince Bobby 16'
Dayoub 31'
Azar 83'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al-Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)
East Bengal 1–0 Al-Ahli San‘a’
Edmilson 31' (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Al-Wahdat 0–2 East Bengal
(Report)
(Report)		 D'Cunha 58'
Ibe 69'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rosdi Shaharul (Malaysia)
Al-Ahli San‘a’ 0–0 Safa
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Chaiya Alee Mahapab (Thailand)
East Bengal 2–4 Al-Wahdat
Nabi 12'
Edmilson 28'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Ra'fat Ali 6', 24'
Fattah 31', 34'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Safa 1–0 Al-Ahli San‘a’
Abboud 64' (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Al-Wahdat 1–1 Al-Ahli San‘a’
Fattah 30' (Report) Al-Nono 80'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ali Saleem (Maldives)
East Bengal 0–0 Safa
(Report)
Attendance: 10,000
Al-Ahli San‘a’ 1 –0 East Bengal
Al-Nono 43' (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Dilovarshokh Orzuev (Tajikistan)
Safa 3–3 Al-Wahdat
Azar 6'
Tahan 80'
Amer Khan 90+5'		 (Report) Ra'fat Ali 18', 63'
Fadi Faris 72'
Attendance: 200

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Nahda 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Shabab Al-Ordon 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7
3 Al-Najma 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7
4 Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut 6 1 3 2 7 8 −1 6
Source:
Al-Nahda 0–0 Al-Najma
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 350
Referee: Dilovarshokh Orzuev (Tajikistan)
Shabab Al-Ordon 1–1 Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Al-Saify 51' (Report)
(Report)		 Mahadi 38'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Al-Najma 0–0 Shabab Al-Ordon
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Hedayat Mombeni (Iran)
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut 3–1 Al-Nahda
Ba-Haj 44', 45+1'
Al-Nohi 51'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Yedibahoma 52'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rosdi Shaharul (Malaysia)
Al-Najma 2–1 Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Salem 8'
Ba-Karman 54' (o.g.)		 (Report)
(Report)		 Aly 67'
Attendance: 350
Al-Nahda 1–1 Shabab Al-Ordon
Al-Shamsi 26' (Report)
(Report)		 Shehdeh 70'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Atallah Jatli Al-Enezi (Kuwait)
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut 0–0 Al-Najma
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar)
Shabab Al-Ordon 0–1 Al-Nahda
(Report)
(Report)		 Yedibahoma 57'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ali Saleem (Maldives)
Al-Najma 3–3 Al-Nahda
Salem 53', 67', 77' (Report)
(Report)		 Yedibahoma 6', 50'
Al-Alawi 38'
Attendance: 200
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut 2–2 Shabab Al-Ordon
Al-Arumi 5'
Mahadi 88' (pen.)		 (Report)
(Report)		 Shehdeh 3'
Maharmeh 45'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)
Al-Nahda 2–0 Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Al-Nuaimi 14'
Al-Mashaikhi 43'		 (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 300
Shabab Al-Ordon 3–2 Al-Najma
Al-Saify 9'
Shehdeh 28'
Touk 40' (pen.)		 (Report)
(Report)		 Salem 51' (pen.) 69'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Home United 6 5 0 1 18 10 +8 15 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Kedah 6 4 1 1 13 8 +5 13
3 South China 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 4
4 Victory 6 0 2 4 3 10 −7 2
Source:
South China 2–3 Home United
Cheng Siu Wai 60', 90' (AFC Report)
(AFC Report)
(HKFA Report)		 Oliveira 17', 40'
Shi 77'
Attendance: 4,673
Referee: Win Cho (Maldives)
Kedah 1–0 Victory
Bakhtiar 49' (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)
Home United 5–1 Kedah
Ludovick 31', 58'
Shahril 36'
Oliveira 70', 81' (pen.)		 (Report)
(Report)		 Shafiq 12'
Attendance: 2,693
Victory 0–0 South China
(Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 6,500
Home United 2–1 Victory
Indra 37'
Oliveira 50'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Ashad Ali 25'
Attendance: 1,223
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)
South China 1–3 Kedah
Cris 59' (AFC Report)
(AFC Report)
(HKFA Report)		 Bakhtiar 31'
James 65'
Samransak 85'
Attendance: 1,055
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Victory 1–3 Home United
Mohamed 69' (Report)
(Report)		 Ishak 56'
Indra 66'
Oliveira 73'
Attendance: 6,000
Kedah 3–0 South China
James 55'
San Martín 70', 85'		 (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)
Home United 4–1 South China
Ishak 30', 88'
Indra 75'
Farook 87'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Cheng Siu Wai 80'
Attendance: 1,175
Referee: Chaiya Alee Mahapab (Thailand)
Victory 1–1 Kedah
Arguello 8' (Report)
(Report)		 James 65'
Attendance: 4,500
South China 3–0 Victory
Schütz 27'
Cris 43', 68'		 (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 429
Kedah 4–1 Home United
San Martín 41', 59' (pen.)
Sabree 46'
James 83'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Ludovick 5'
Attendance: 10,000

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Singapore Armed Forces 6 4 1 1 16 4 +12 13 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Perak 6 4 1 1 13 10 +3 13
3 Kitchee 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4
4 New Radiant 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4
Source:
New Radiant 1–3 Perak
Mbock 8' (Report)
(Report)		 Cáceres 9', 17'
Jamlus 38'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Chaiya Alee Mahapab (Thailand)
Singapore Armed Forces 4–0 Kitchee
Ali 12'
Chaiman 25'
Duric 37'
Zhenpeng 51' (o.g.)		 (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 2,543
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Perak 1–6 Singapore Armed Forces
Berrios 45+2' (pen.) (Report)
(Report)		 Chaiman 8'
Duric 45', 49', 71', 74'
Manzur 58'
Attendance: 5,000
Kitchee 2–0 New Radiant
Bamnjo 11'
Stankovski 36'		 (AFC Report)
(AFC Report)
(HKFA Report)
Attendance: 1,372
Referee: Mahmood Mohd Juma Al-Ghatrifi (Oman)
Perak 2–1 Kitchee
Jaafar 11'
Berrios 90+2'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Stankovski 73'
Attendance: 1,000
New Radiant 0–3 Singapore Armed Forces
(Report)
(Report)		 Shariff 7'
Duric 44'
Hamid 86' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohamad Mansour (Lebanon)
Kitchee 2–2 Perak
Ip Chung Long 50'
Bamnjo 84'		 (Report)
(Report)		 Caceres 17', 79'
Attendance: 1,138
Singapore Armed Forces 1–1 New Radiant
Wilkinson 27' (Report)
(Report)		 Gani 50'
Attendance: 1,505
Referee: Kadhum Auda Lazim (Iraq)
Perak 3–0 New Radiant
Muñoz 33', 65'
Kandasamy 90+1'		 (Report)
(Report)
Attendance: 700
Referee: Dilovarshokh Orzuev (Tajikistan)
Kitchee 0–2 Singapore Armed Forces
(Report)
(Report)		 Shariff 10'
Duric 19'
Attendance: 813
New Radiant 2–1 Kitchee
Simaz 62', 66' (Report)
(Report)		 Nishan 45+1' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar)
Singapore Armed Forces 0–2 Perak
(Report)
(Report)		 Azhar 21'
Jaafar 69'
Attendance: 2,297

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kedah 6 4 1 1 13 8 +5 13 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Perak 6 4 1 1 13 10 +3 13
3 Dempo 6 3 1 2 13 12 +1 10
4 Al-Wahdat 6 1 4 1 12 12 0 7
5 Shabab Al-Ordon 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7
Source:

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Al-Muharraq 5 2 7
Kedah 0 1 1
Al-Muharraq (a) 0 2 2
Al-Nahda 1 1 2
Singapore Armed Forces 2 0 2
Al-Nahda 1 3 4
Al-Muharraq 5 5 10
Safa 1 4 5
Perak 0 0 0
Safa 2 5 7
Safa 1 4 5
Dempo 0 1 1
Dempo 1 4 5
Home United 1 3 4

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 16 September, and the second legs were played on 23 September 2008.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Perak 0–7 Safa 0–2 0–5
Singapore Armed Forces 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

Matches

Perak 0–2 Safa
Report Azar 38'
Termina 55'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
Safa 5–0 Perak
Azar 43', 45'
Tahan 61'
Kassas 68'
Al-Zoughbi 84'		 Report
Attendance: 300

Safa won 7–0 on aggregate.

Singapore Armed Forces 2–1 Al-Nahda
Duric 41', 66' Report Yedibahoma 85'
Attendance: 1,600
Al-Nahda 3–0 Singapore Armed Forces
Al-Nuaimi 28'
Yedibahoma 63', 90'		 Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Mohamad Mansour (Lebanon)

Al-Nahda won 4–2 on aggregate.

Dempo 1–1 Home United
Iyomi 78' Report Sulaiman 37'
Attendance: 180
Home United 3–4 Dempo
Oliviera 13'
Sahdan 36', 38'		 Report Iyomi 1'
Beto 23', 83'
Lawrence 45'
Attendance: 1,341
Referee: Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)

Dempo won 5–4 on aggregate.

Al-Muharraq 5–0 Kedah
Salmeen 65'
Abdulrahman 73', 90+2'
Rico 85'
Al-Hardan 87'		 Report
Attendance: 1,200
Kedah 1–2 Al-Muharraq
Bakhtiar 69' Report Rico 29', 39'
Attendance: 2,000

Al-Muharraq won 7–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 7 October, and the second legs were played on 21 October 2008.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al-Muharraq 2–2 (a) Al-Nahda0–12–1
Safa 5–1 Dempo1–04–1

Matches

Al-Muharraq 0–1 Al-Nahda
Report Al-Alawi 9'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Al-Nahda 1–2 Al-Muharraq
Al-Farazi 70' Report Rico 38'
Abdulrahman 63'
Attendance: 4,500

2–2 on aggregate. Al-Muharraq won on away goals.

Safa 1–0 Dempo
Aboud 90' Report
Attendance: 500
Dempo 1–4 Safa
Iyomi 30' Report Kassas 9', 19'
Tahan 89', 90+4'
Attendance: 500

Safa won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

The first and second legs of the final were played on 31 October and 7 November 2008, respectively.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al-Muharraq 10–5 Safa5–15–4

Matches

Al-Muharraq5–1 Safa
Abdulrahman 19', 58'
Rico 32' (pen.), 54', 72'		 (Report) Tahan 77'
Attendance: 6,000
Safa 4–5 Al-Muharraq
Al Saadi 15'
Azar 59'
Kassas 61', 65' (pen.)		 (Report) Rico 33', 50', 51'
Abdulrahman 45+1', 82'
Attendance: 2,000

Al-Muharraq won 10–5 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Rico Al-Muharraq 19
2 Aleksander Duric Singapore Armed Forces 9
3 Ranty Martins Soleye Dempo 8
4 Mahmood Abdulrahman Al-Muharraq 7
Peres de Oliveira Home United
5 Libambami Yedibahoma Al-Nahda 6
Rony Azar Safa
Mohammad Kassas Safa
Rashed Jamal Salem Al-Najma
6 Shahril Ishak Home United 5
Indra Sahdan Daud Home United
Hassan Abdel Fattah Al-Wahdat
Hussein Tahan Safa

See also

References

  1. ^ "ACL, AFC CUP KNOCKOUT STAGE DRAW ON 24 MAY". AFF - The Official Website Of The Asean Football Federation. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
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