AFC Cup 2004

AFC Cup 2004 is the 1st edition of the AFC Cup, playing between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

Qualification

The 'developing' 14 nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2007 competition. 2006 winners, Al-Faisaly of Jordan qualify automatically, but proceed to the group stage.

West Asia

ASEAN

* Al-Wahda (San'a') withdrew after not obtaining financial supports from the Yemeni's Ministry of Sports and Youth for their trip to Damascus where they were to play their first match away at Al-Wahda (Damascus); on May 7, 2004 Al-Wahda (San'a') were disqualified from the next edition of the AFC Cup for which they qualify.

footballbox
date = February 11, 2004
team1 = Mahindra United
score = 2–1
team2 = Dhofar Club (Salala)
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1811 (Report)]
goals1 = Shanmugam Venkatesh 21'
Abhishek Yadav 66'
goals2 = Faraj A. Bait Alseem 55'
stadium = Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
attendance = 400
referee = J Karim

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date = February 25, 2004
team1 = Dhofar Club (Salala)
score = 1–1
team2 = Al-Wahda (Damascus)
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1812 (Report)]
goals1 = Al-Ghafri 83'
goals2 = Al-Shihmih 22'
stadium = Nisa Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
attendance = 100
referee = A Al-Enezi

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footballbox
date = April 7, 2004
team1 = Mahindra United
score = 0–0
team2 = Al-Wahda (Damascus)
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1813 (Report)]
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
attendance = 2,500
referee = M Moradi

footballbox
date = April 21, 2004
team1 = Al-Wahda (Damascus)
score = 5–1
team2 = Mahindra United
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1814 (Report)]
goals1 = Al-Shihmih 36'
Mando 39' 53'
Moussa Traore 69', 73'
goals2 = Felix Abaoagye 84'
stadium = Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan
attendance = 2,000
referee = A Balideh

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footballbox
date = May 5, 2004
team1 = Dhofar Club (Salala)
score = 4–2
team2 = Mahindra United
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1815 (Report)]
goals1 = Saif Sultan 27', 47'
Mohammed Al Shidad 35'
Gabriel 61'
goals2 = Felix Abaoagye 55'
Raphael Patron Akakpo 80'
stadium = Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
attendance = 3,500
referee = F Al Marzouqi

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date = May 19, 2004
team1 = Al-Wahda (Damascus)
score = 2–0
team2 = Dhofar Club (Salala)
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1816 (Report)]
goals1 = Maher Al Sayed 20'
Moussa Traore 54'
goals2 =
stadium = Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
attendance = 200
referee = S Tongkhan

Group C

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date = February 10, 2004
team1 = Geylang United FC
score = 2–3
team2 = East Bengal Club (Calcutta)
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1823 (Report)]
goals1 = Mohd Hafiz Rahim 40'
Jeykanth Jeyapal 90'
goals2 = Cristiano Junior 45', 76'
Bijen Singh 83'
stadium = Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
attendance = 369
referee = K Matsumura

footballbox
date = February 10, 2004
team1 = Negeri Sembilan FA (NS NAZA)
score = 6–0
team2 = Island FC
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1824 (Report)]
goals1 = Duke Effiong 19', 64', 71'
Abdul Razak Ekpoki 30', 90'
K. Rajan 28'
goals2 =
stadium = Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia
attendance = 1,500
referee = M Al Yarimi

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footballbox
date = February 24, 2004
team1 = Island FC
score = 0–5
team2 = Geylang United FC
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1825 (Report)]
goals1 =
goals2 = Mohd Hafiz Rahim 5'
Razali Johari 44'
Nahar Daud 49'
Mohd Noor Ali 67', 84'
stadium = National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
attendance = 8,000
referee = S Sarkar

footballbox
date = February 25, 2004
team1 = East Bengal Club (Calcutta)
score = 4–2
team2 = Negeri Sembilan FA (NS NAZA)
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1826 (Report)]
goals1 = Mike Okoro 9'
Cristiano Junior 34' (pen), 70'
Baichung Bhutia 77'
goals2 = K. Rajan 45'
Shahrin Abdul Majid 64'
stadium = Hang Day Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam
attendance = 1,500
referee = C Win

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footballbox
date = April 7, 2004
team1 = Island FC
score = 1–2
team2 = East Bengal Club (Calcutta)
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1827 (Report)]
goals1 = Ahmed Sunain 72 (pen)
goals2 = Baichung Bhutia 36'
Mike Okoro 90'
stadium = National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
attendance = 6,000
referee = S Mujghef

footballbox
date = April 7, 2004
team1 = Negeri Sembilan FA (NS NAZA)
score = 0–1
team2 = Geylang United FC
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1828 (Report)]
goals1 =
goals2 = Aleksandar Duric 10'
stadium = Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
attendance = 200
referee = A Al-Enezi

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footballbox
date = April 21, 2004
team1 = East Bengal Club (Calcutta)
score = 3–0
team2 = Island FC
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1829 (Report)]
goals1 = De Silvadn 9'
Cristiano Junior 36'
Mike Okoro 85'
goals2 =
stadium = Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Seremban, Malaysia
attendance = 1,100
referee = A Albadwawi

footballbox
date = April 21, 2004
team1 = Geylang United FC
score = 2–1
team2 = Negeri Sembilan FA (NS NAZA)
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1830 (Report)]
goals1 = Chang Hui 49'
Aleksandar Duric 71'
goals2 = Mohd Effendi Malek 27'
stadium = Hang Day Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam
attendance = 500
referee = Tan Hai

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footballbox
date = May 4, 2004
team1 = Island FC
score = 1–0
team2 = Negeri Sembilan FA (NS NAZA)
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1832 (Report)]
goals1 = Ismail Mohamed 14'
goals2 =
stadium = Hang Day Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam
attendance = 3,000
referee = R Gosh

footballbox
date = May 5, 2004
team1 = East Bengal Club (Calcutta)
score = 1–1
team2 = Geylang United FC
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1831 (Report)]
goals1 = Mike Okoro 76'
goals2 = Daniel Hill 33'
stadium = National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
attendance = 4,000
referee = B Williams

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footballbox
date = May 18, 2004
team1 = Geylang United FC
score = 1–0
team2 = Island FC
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1834 (Report)]
goals1 = Rudy Khairon 29'
goals2 =
stadium = Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Seremban, Malaysia
attendance = 600
referee = M Mansour

footballbox
date = May 18, 2004
team1 = Negeri Sembilan FA (NS NAZA)
score = 2–1
team2 = East Bengal Club (Calcutta)
report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1833 (Report)]
goals1 = Suharmin Yusof 23', 49'
goals2 = Cristiano Junior 24'
stadium = Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
attendance = 208
referee = S Tongkhan

Best runners-up

Two best runners-up, one from groups A, B and C and one from groups D, E and F, qualify for the quarter finals.

Group A, B, C (West & Central Asia Zone)

* Al-Wahda (Damascus) (Syria) won on away goals rule.

First leg

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date = September 14, 2004
team1 = Al-Wahda (Damascus)
score = 2–1
team2 = Al-Nejmeh Beirut
report =
goals1 = Iyad Mandou 86'
Maher Al-Sayed 89'
goals2 = Mohammad Kassas 50'
stadium = Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, Goa, India
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = September 14, 2004
team1 = Perak FA
score = 1–2
team2 = Geylang United FC
report =
goals1 = Frank Seator 90'
goals2 = Aleksandar Duric 49'
Fazrul Nawaz 60'
stadium = Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = September 14, 2004
team1 = East Bengal Club (Calcutta)
score = 0–0
team2 = Al-Jaish (Damascus)
report =
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = September 14, 2004
team1 = Olympic Beirut
score = 3–3
team2 = Home United FC
report =
goals1 = Mohammed Atwi 18'
Krekor Alozian 40'
Faisal Antar 60'
goals2 = Indra Shahdan Daud 28', 79'
Egmar Goncalves 83'
stadium = King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
attendance =
referee =

Second leg

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date = September 21, 2004
team1 = Al-Nejmeh Beirut
score = 3–2
team2 = Al-Wahda (Damascus)
report =
goals1 = Moussa Hojeij 21'
Othman Savane 33'
Ali Nasereddine 65'
goals2 = Moussa Traore 19'
Iyad Mandou 34'
stadium = Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = September 21, 2004
team1 = Geylang United FC
score = 3–2
team2 = Perak FA
report =
goals1 = Hasrin Jailani 12'
Aleksandar Duric 27'
Fazrul Nawaz 41'
goals2 = Syamsul Mohamed Saad 55'
R. Surendran 90'+1'
stadium = Tampines Stadium, Singapore
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = September 21, 2004
team1 = Al-Jaish (Damascus)
score = 3–0
team2 = East Bengal Club (Calcutta)
report =
goals1 = Adel Abdullah 16'
Mohammed Zeino 50'
Firas Ismail 87'
goals2 =
stadium = King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = September 21, 2004
team1 = Home United FC
score = 2–1
team2 = Olympic Beirut
report =
goals1 = Fahmie Abdullah 69', 74'
goals2 = Abbas Ali 63'
stadium = Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore
attendance =
referee =

emi finals

First leg

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date = October 19, 2004
team1 = Al-Wahda (Damascus)
score = 1–1
team2 = Geylang United FC
report =
goals1 = Muhammad Jaafar 85'
goals2 = Aleksandar Duric 63'
stadium = Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = October 20, 2004
team1 = Al-Jaish (Damascus)
score = 4–0
team2 = Home United FC
report =
goals1 = Mohammed Zeino 34'
Firas Ismail 53', 62'
Iyad Al-Hilou 76'
goals2 =
stadium = Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria
attendance =
referee =

Second leg

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date = October 26, 2004
team1 = Geylang United FC
score = 0–1
team2 = Al-Wahda (Damascus)
report =
goals1 =
goals2 = Moussa Traore 12'
stadium = Bedok Stadium, Bedok, Singapore
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = October 27, 2004
team1 = Home United FC
score = 1–2
team2 = Al-Jaish (Damascus)
report =
goals1 = Sivakumar 17'
goals2 = Mohammed Zeino 76'
Zyad Chaabo 90'+1'
stadium = Bishan Stadium, Bishan, Singapore
attendance =
referee =

Finals

* Al-Jaish (Damascus) (Syria) won on away goals rule.

First leg

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date = November 19, 2004
team1 = Al-Wahda (Damascus)
score = 2–3
team2 = Al-Jaish (Damascus)
report =
goals1 = Darar Radawi 49'
Omar Akil 90+2
goals2 = Zyad Chaabo 3'
Firas Ismail 32'
Amer Al-Abtah 55' (pen)
stadium = Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria
attendance =
referee =

Second leg

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date = November 26, 2004
team1 = Al-Jaish (Damascus)
score = 0–1
team2 = Al-Wahda (Damascus)
report =
goals1 =
goals2 = Nabil Al-Shahma 72'
stadium = Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria
attendance =
referee =

ee also

*AFC Champions League 2004

References

External links

* [http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/afcCup/default.asp?hittype=banner Official site]
* [http://www.the-afc.com/english/calendarevent/pdf/AFC_Comps_calendar_2007.pdf AFC Calendar of Events 2007]