AFC Cup 2008

AFC Cup 2008 is 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 and champions of the from the following countries which are AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category.

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date=2008-03-11
time=16:15 UTC+3
team1=Al-Ahli San‘a’ flagicon|Yemen
score=1 – 1
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1321.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2657 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Jordan Al-Wihdat
goals1=Adel Al-Salemi goal|28
goals2=Hassan Abdel Fattah goal|40|pen.
stadium=Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’
attendance=13,000
referee=flagicon|SRI Hettikamkanamge Pererafootballbox
date=2008-03-11
time=18:00 UTC+3
team1=Safa flagicon|Lebanon
score=1 – 0
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1320.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2658 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|India East Bengal
goals1=Bernard Mbassi goal|17
goals2=
stadium=Sports City Stadium, Beirut
attendance=700
referee=flagicon|OMA Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi----footballbox
date=2008-03-18
time=15:00 UTC+3
team1=Al-Wihdat flagicon|Jordan
score=3 – 3
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1319.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2659 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Lebanon Safa
goals1=Mahmoud Shelbaieh goal|51
Hassan Abdel Fattah goal|86
Basem Othman goal|90+5
goals2=Prince Bobby goal|16
Ramez Dayoub goal|31
Rony Azar goal|83
stadium=Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa
attendance=1,000
referee=flagicon|UAE Mohamed Omar Al-Saeedifootballbox
date=2008-03-18
time=15:00
team1=East Bengal flagicon|India
score=1 – 0
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1318.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2660 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Yemen Al-Ahli San‘a’
goals1=Edmilson Marques Pardal goal|31
goals2=
stadium=Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata
attendance=6,000
referee=flagicon|JPN Minoru Tojo----footballbox
date=2008-04-03
time=15:30 UTC+3
team1=Al-Wihdat flagicon|Jordan
score=0 – 2
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1317.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2661 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|India East Bengal
goals1=
goals2=Alvito D'Cunha goal|58
Ikechukwu Gift Ibe goal|69
stadium=Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa
attendance=4,000
referee=flagicon|MYS Rosdi Shaharulfootballbox
date=2008-04-03
time=16:15 UTC+3
team1=Al-Ahli San‘a’ flagicon|Yemen
score=0 – 0
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1316.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2662 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Lebanon Safa
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’
attendance=4,000
referee= flagicon|THA Chaiya Alee Mahapab----footballbox
date=2008-04-16
time=15:00
team1=East Bengal flagicon|India
score= 2 – 4
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1315.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2663 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Jordan Al-Wihdat
goals1= Syed Rahim Nabi goal|12
Edmilson Marques Pardal goal|28
goals2= Rafat Ali Ahmad Jaber goal|6 goal|24
Hassan Abdel Fattah goal|31 goal|34
stadium=Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata
attendance= 10,000
referee= flagicon|Vietnam Vo Minh Trifootballbox
date=2008-04-16
time=18:00 UTC+3
team1=Safa flagicon|Lebanon
score= 1 – 0
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1314.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2664 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Yemen Al-Ahli San‘a’
goals1= Hamze Abboud goal|64
goals2=
stadium=Sports City Stadium, Beirut
attendance= 1,000
referee= flagicon|Bangladesh Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman----footballbox
date=2008-04-30
time=15:30 UTC+3
team1=Al-Wihdat flagicon|Jordan
score= 1 – 1
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1313.pdf (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Yemen Al-Ahli San‘a’
goals1= Hassan Abdel Fattah goal|30
goals2= Ali Al Nono goal|80
stadium=Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zerqa City, Amman, Jordan
attendance= 1,500
referee= flagicon|Maldives Ali Saleemfootballbox
date=2008-04-30
time=15:00
team1=East Bengal flagicon|India
score= 0 – 0
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1312.pdf (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Lebanon Safa
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata, India
attendance= 10,000
referee= flagicon|Uzbekistan Valentin Kovalenko----footballbox
date=2008-05-14
time=16:15 UTC+3
team1=Al-Ahli San‘a’ flagicon|Yemen
score=1 –0
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1311.pdf (Report)]
team2=flagicon|India East Bengal
goals1= Ali Al Nono goal|43
goals2=
stadium=Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, Sana'a, Yemen
attendance= 1,000
referee= flagicon|Tajikistan Dilovarshokh Orzuevfootballbox
date=2008-05-21
time=18:00 UTC+3
team1=Safa flagicon|Lebanon
score= 3 – 3
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1310.pdf (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Jordan Al-Wihdat
goals1= Rony Azar goal|6 Hussein Tahan goal|80 Amer Khan goal|90+5
goals2= Rafat Ali goal|18 goal|63 Fadi Faris goal|72
stadium=Sports City Stadium, Beirut
attendance= 200
referee= flagicon|Qatar Abdou Abdulrahman

Group C

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date=2008-03-11
time=15:45 UTC+5
team1=New Radiant flagicon|Maldives
score=1 – 3
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1285.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2693 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Malaysia Perak
goals1=Daniel Mbock goal|8
goals2=Carlos Arturo Caceres Pino goal|9 goal|17
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus goal|38
stadium=Maldives National Stadium, Malé
attendance=8,000
referee=flagicon|THA Chaiya Alee Mahapabfootballbox
date=2008-03-11
time=19:45 UTC+8
team1=SAFFC flagicon|Singapore
score=4 – 0
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1284.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2694 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Hong Kong Kitchee
goals1=Jamil Ali goal|12
Therdsak Chaiman goal|25
Aleksandar Duric goal|37
Wang Zhenpeng goal|51|o.g.
goals2=
stadium=Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
attendance=2,543
referee=flagicon|VIE Vo Minh Tri----footballbox
date=2008-03-18
time=20:45 UTC+8
team1=Perak flagicon|Malaysia
score=1 – 6
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1283.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2695 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Singapore SAFFC
goals1=Mario Esteban Berrios goal|45+2|pen.
goals2=Therdsak Chaiman goal|8
Aleksandar Duric goal|45 goal|49 goal|71 goal|74
Mustaqim Manzur goal|58
stadium=Perak Stadium, Ipoh
attendance=5,000
referee=flagicon|KOR Choi Myung Yongfootballbox
date=2008-03-18
time=20:00 UTC+8
team1=Kitchee flagicon|Hong Kong
score=2 – 0
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1282.pdf (AFC Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2696 (AFC Report)]
[http://www.hkfa.com/en/match_result.php?match_date=2008-03-18&match_id=3544 (HKFA Report)]
team2=flagicon|Maldives New Radiant
goals1=Wilfed Bamnjo goal|11
Goran Stankovski goal|36
goals2=
stadium=Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
attendance=1,372
referee=flagicon|OMA Mahmood Mohd Juma Al-Ghatrifi----footballbox
date=2008-04-03
time=20:45 UTC+8
team1=Perak flagicon|Malaysia
score=2 – 1
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1281.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2697 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Hong Kong Kitchee
goals1=Mohammad Hardi Jaafar goal|11
Mario Esteban Berrios goal|90+2
goals2=Goran Stankovski goal|73
stadium=Perak Stadium, Ipoh
attendance=1,000
referee=flagicon|AUS Peter Greenfootballbox
date=2008-04-03
time=15:30 UTC+5
team1=New Radiant flagicon|Maldives
score=0 – 3
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1280.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2698 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Singapore SAFFC
goals1=
goals2=Ashrin Shariff goal|7
Aleksandar Duric goal|44
Afiu Mohamed Hamid goal|86|o.g.
stadium=Maldives National Stadium, Malé
attendance=4,000
referee= flagicon|LIB Mohamad Mansour----footballbox
date=2008-04-16
time=20:00 UTC+8
team1=Kitchee flagicon|Hong Kong
score= 2 – 2
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1279.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2699 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Malaysia Perak
goals1=Ip Chung Long goal|50
Wilfed Bamnjo goal|84
goals2=Carlos Caceres goal|17 goal|79
stadium=Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
attendance= 1,138
referee= flagicon|Uzbekistan Valentin Kovalenkofootballbox
date=2008-04-16
time=19:45 UTC+8
team1=SAFFC flagicon|Singapore
score= 1 – 1
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1278.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2700 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Maldives New Radiant
goals1= John Wilkinson goal|27
goals2= Assad Abdul Gani goal|50
stadium=Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
attendance= 1,505
referee= flagicon|Iraq Kadhum Auda Lazim----footballbox
date=2008-04-30
time=20:45 UTC+8
team1=Perak flagicon|Malaysia
score= 3 – 0
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1277.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2701 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Maldives New Radiant
goals1= Jorge Antonio Muñoz goal|33 goal|65
Razali Umar Kandasamy goal|90+1
goals2=
stadium=Perak Stadium, Ipoh
attendance=700
referee=flagicon|TJK Dilovarshokh Orzuevfootballbox
date=2008-04-30
time=20:00 UTC+8
team1=Kitchee flagicon|Hong Kong
score= 0 – 2
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1276.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2702 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Singapore SAFFC
goals1=
goals2= Ashrin Shariff goal|10
Aleksandar Duric goal|19
stadium=Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
attendance=813
referee= flagicon|SRI Hettikamkanamge Perera----footballbox
date=2008-05-14
time=15:45 UTC+5
team1=New Radiant flagicon|Maldives
score= 2 – 1
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1275.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2703 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Hong Kong Kitchee
goals1= Hussain Simaz goal|62 goal|66
goals2= Ahmed Nishan goal|45+1|o.g.
stadium=Maldives National Stadium, Malé
attendance= 2,000
referee= flagicon|Myanmar Sgt. Win Chofootballbox
date=2008-05-14
time=19:45 UTC+8
team1=SAFFC flagicon|Singapore
score= 0 – 2
report= [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/228-1274.pdf (Report)]
[http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=2704 (Report)]
team2=flagicon|Malaysia Perak
goals1=
goals2= Ahmad Shahrul Azhar goal|21
Mohammad Hardi Jaafar goal|69
stadium=Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
attendance= 2,297
referee= flagicon|Japan Hiroyoshi Takayama

Best runners-up

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

Knockout stage

Bracket

8TeamBracket-Tennis3 | RD1=Quarter-finals | RD2=Semi-finals | RD3=Final
score-width=30px | team-width=160px

RD1-team1=flagicon|BHR Al-Muharraq
RD1-score1-1=5
RD1-score1-2=2
RD1-score1-3=7
RD1-team2=flagicon|MAS Kedah
RD1-score2-1=0
RD1-score2-2=1
RD1-score2-3=1

RD1-team3=flagicon|SIN SAFFC
RD1-score3-1=2
RD1-score3-2=0
RD1-score3-3=2
RD1-team4=flagicon|OMA Al-Nahda
RD1-score4-1=1
RD1-score4-2=3
RD1-score4-3=4

RD1-team5=flagicon|MAS Perak
RD1-score5-1=0
RD1-score5-2=0
RD1-score5-3=0
RD1-team6=flagicon|LIB Safa
RD1-score6-1=2
RD1-score6-2=5
RD1-score6-3=7

RD1-team7=flagicon|IND Dempo
RD1-score7-1=1
RD1-score7-2=4
RD1-score7-3=5

RD1-team8=flagicon|SIN Home United
RD1-score8-1=1
RD1-score8-2=3
RD1-score8-3=4

RD2-team1=flagicon|BHR Al-Muharraq
RD2-score1-1=0
RD2-score1-2=
RD2-score1-3=
RD2-team2=flagicon|OMA Al-Nahda
RD2-score2-1=1
RD2-score2-2=
RD2-score2-3=

RD2-team3=flagicon|LIB Safa
RD2-score3-1=1
RD2-score3-2=
RD2-score3-3=
RD2-team4=flagicon|IND Dempo
RD2-score4-1=0
RD2-score4-2=
RD2-score4-3=

RD3-team1=
RD3-score1-1=
RD3-score1-2=
RD3-score1-3=
RD3-team2=
RD3-score2-1=
RD3-score2-2=
RD3-score2-3=

Quarter-finals

The first leg matches will be played on 16 September, and the second leg matches will be played on 23 September 2008.

emi-finals

The first leg matches will be played on 7 October, and the second leg matches will be played on 21 October 2008.

Final

The first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on 31 October and 7 November 2008, respectively.

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 2008 AFC Cup as of 8 October 2008 are as follows:

("Players in bold are still active in the competition.")

External links

* [http://www.the-afc.com/eng/competitions/fixtures/index.jsp_AFCC-2008.html]
* [http://www.the-afc.com/eng/events/index.jsp.html AFC Calendar of Competitions 2008]