AFC President's Cup 2008

The AFC President's Cup 2008 will be the fourth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. The eight teams that competed were split up into two groups and play each other team in their group once. The winner of each group and the best runner-up will qualify for the semifinals, and the winners of the semifinal matches played in the final match to determine the winner. There was no third place match. but onward this competition, participating clubs extended 8 to 11 (bonus Bangladesh, Myanmar, Turkmenistan), and groups extended 2 to 3. Turkmenistan & Bangladesh was relagated to AFC President's Cup.

The final stage of the competition will be played in Kyrgyzstan from September 19-21. [ http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_167018794.html Final stage to be held in Kyrgyzstan ]

Group Stage

Group A

"All matches were played in MPPJ Stadium,Malaysia in June 2008."

footballbox
date = April 23, 2008
time =
team1 = Ratnam SC flagicon|SRI
score = 7 – 1
report =
team2 = Transport United flagicon|BHU
goals1 = Channa Ediribandanage goal|17 goal|41 goal|90
Mohamed Asmeer goal|25
Siyaguna Weerasinghe goal|59
Kasun Jayasuriya goal|60
Pasqual Pushpakumara goal|79
goals2 = Ugyan Wangchuk goal|22
stadium = Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
attendance = 3,200
referee = Al Yarimi (Yemen)----footballbox
date = April 23, 2008
time =
team1 = FC Asgabat flagicon|TKM
score = 0 – 1
report =
team2 = Kan Baw Za flagicon|MYA
goals1 =
goals2 = Thi Ha Kyaw goal|85
stadium = Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
attendance = 3,000
referee = Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)----footballbox
date = April 25, 2008
time =
team1 = Transport United flagicon|BHU
score = 1 – 7
report =
team2 = FC Asgabat flagicon|TKM
goals1 = Hem Prasad Pradhan goal|93
goals2 = Amir Gurbani goal|21
Arslanmurad Amanov goal|32 goal|36 goal|48
Shohrat Murhaliyev goal|41 goal|50
Rustam Saparov goal|71
stadium = Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
attendance = 500
referee = Lazim (Iraq)----footballbox
date = April 25, 2008
time =
team1 = Kan Baw Za flagicon|MYA
score = 2 – 3
report =
team2 = Ratnam SC flagicon|SRI
goals1 = Kyaw Thi ha goal|43 goal|50
goals2 = Kasun Jayasuriya goal|9 goal|81
Asmeer Mohamedgoal|54
stadium = Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
attendance = 2,000
referee = Saidov (Uzbekistan)----footballbox
date = April 27, 2008
time = 4:00 PM
team1 = Kan Baw Za flagicon|MYA
score = 11 – 0
report =
team2 = Transport United flagicon|BHU
goals1 = Kyaw Thi ha goal|11 goal|36 goal|90+2
Tun Min Oo goal|15 goal|23 goal|31 goal|71
Khin Maung Lwin goal|38
Nay Zaw Htet goal|41 goal|51
Si Thu Than goal|74
goals2 =
stadium = Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
attendance = 500
referee = Saidov (Uzbekistan)-----footballbox
date = April 27, 2008
time = 6:30 PM
team1 = Ratnam SC flagicon|SRI
score = 0 – 2
report =
team2 = FC Asgabat flagicon|TKM
goals1 =
goals2 = Gahrymanberdi Chonkayev goal|39
Arslanmurad Amanov goal|45
stadium = Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
attendance = 4,000
referee = Lazim (Iraq)

emi Finals

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date = September 19, 2008
time =
team1 = Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn flagicon|KGZ
score = 3 – 1
report = [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/236-1820.pdf Report]
team2 = flagicon|NEP Mahendra Police Club
goals1 = David Tetteh goal|19,goal|84
Mirlan Murzaev goal|59
goals2 = Anant Raj Thapa goal|72
stadium = Spartak Stadium, Bishkek
attendance = 8,000
referee = ALENEZI, ATALLAH (Kuwait)-----footballbox
date = September 19, 2008
time =
team1 = Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda flagicon|TJK
score = 4 – 3
report = [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/236-1819.pdf Report]
team2 = flagicon|TKM FC Asgabat
goals1 = Maruf Rustamov goal|23
Victor Simoes De Oliveira goal|29
Ilyas Minhairov goal|87
Khurshed Makhmudov goal|112
goals2 = Dovletmurad Atayev goal|25
Serdar Geldiyev goal|35
Arif Mirzoyev goal|69
stadium = Spartak Stadium, Bishkek
attendance = 800
referee = SAIDOV, RUSTAM (Uzbekistan)

Finals

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date = September 21, 2008
time = 16:30
team1 = Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn flagicon|KGZ
score = 1 - 1 (3-4 pens)
report = [http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/236-1818.pdf Report]
team2 = Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda flagicon|TJK
goals1 = David Tetteh goal|33
goals2 = Davrondzhon Tukhtasunov goal|53
stadium = Spartak Stadium, Bishkek
attendance = 10,000
referee = ODA LAZIM, KADHIM (Iraq)

Champions

External links

* [http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/presidentCup/default.asp AFC President's Cup 2008]

References