2008 AFC President's Cup

The 2008 AFC President's Cup was 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. For this edition, the tournament was extended from eight to eleven teams, with three groups in place of the previous two. The three new teams came from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Turkmenistan. The eleven teams that competed were split up into three groups and played each other team in their group once. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified for the semifinals, and the winners of the semifinal matches played in the final match to determine the winner.

2008 AFC President's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryKyrgyzstan
Dates12 April - 26 June (group stage)
19-21 September (final stage)
Teams4 (final stage)
11 (total) (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsTajikistan Regar-TadAZ (2nd title)
Runners-upKyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored75 (4.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)Myanmar Thi Ha Kyaw (6 goals)
2007
2009

Each group was to be played over a period of days in April at one venue - Group A at Dashrath Stadium, Nepal, Group B at Chungshan Stadium, Taiwan and Group C at Sugathadasa Stadium, Sri Lanka. However, due to political unrest in Nepal, Group A matches were postponed and eventually played at MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia in June.[1]

The final stage of the competition was played in Kyrgyzstan from 19–21 September.[2]

Venues

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Group stage

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Kuala Lumpur Taipei Colombo
MPPJ Stadium Changchun Soccer Stadium Sugathadasa Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 25,000
     

Final stage

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Bishkek
Spartak Stadium
Capacity: 23,000

Qualifying teams

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  Bangladesh Abahani Ltd. 2007 B.League champions 1st
  Bhutan Transport United 2007 A-Division champions 4th 2007
  Cambodia Nagacorp FC 2007 Cambodian League champions 1st
  Chinese Taipei Taipower 2007 Enterprise Football League champions 2nd 2005
  Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo 2007 Kyrgyzstan League champions 4th 2007
  Myanmar Kanbawza 2007 Myanmar Premier League champions 1st
  Nepal Nepal Police Club1 2006–07 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions2 2nd 2007
  Pakistan WAPDA3 2007–08 Pakistan Premier League champions 2nd 2005
  Sri Lanka Ratnam SC 2007 Kit Premier League champions 3rd 2007
  Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ 2007 Tajik League champions 3rd 2007
  Turkmenistan FC Aşgabat 2007 Turkmenistan League champions 1st

1 Mehandra Police Club now known as Nepal Police Club.
2 No league held in 2007–08 so 2006–07 champions qualify.
3 Pakistan Army F.C. were originally Pakistan's entrants, but replaced by WAPDA for rearranged group stage.

Group stage

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Group A

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All matches played at MPPJ Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Regar-TadAZ 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7
2   Nepal Police Club 3 1 2 0 7 3 +4 5
3   Abahani Ltd. 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
4   WAPDA 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
Nepal Police Club  4–0  Abahani Ltd.
Thapa   15'
Rai   18'   56'   70' (pen)
Report
Attendance: 100
Regar-TadAZ  2–1  WAPDA
Hasanov   17'
Tukhtasunov   76'
Report Niazi   24'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Tan Hai (China)

WAPDA  1–1  Nepal Police Club
Ali Shah   78' Report Rai   89'
Abahani Ltd.  1–2  Regar-TadAZ
Awudu   25' Report Rabimov   15'
Ismoilov   45'
Attendance: 50

WAPDA 0–1  Abahani Ltd.
Report Ameli   84'
Nepal Police Club  2–2  Regar-TadAZ
Ghimire   33'
Rai   67'
Report Rabimov   47'   90+1'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Tan Hai (China)

Group B

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All matches played at Chungshan Stadium, Taipei

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Dordoi-Dynamo 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6
2   Nagacorp FC 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
3   Taipower 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Nagacorp FC  2–2  Taipower
Sotitya   45'
Vathanak   58'
Report Chiang   78',   84'

Taipower  0–3  Dordoi-Dynamo
Report Murzaev   19'
Amirov   78'
Askarov   80'

Nagacorp FC  0–2  Dordoi-Dynamo
Report Harchenko   13'
Ablakimov   74'

Group C

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All matches played at Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   FC Aşgabat 3 2 0 1 9 2 +7 6
2   Kanbawza 3 2 0 1 14 3 +11 6
3   Ratnam SC 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
4   Transport United 3 0 0 3 2 25 −23 0
Source: [citation needed]
Ratnam SC  7–1  Transport United
Channa   17',   41',   90'
Asmeer   25'
Weerasinghe   59'
Jayasuriya   60'
Pushpakumara   79'
Report Wangchuk   22'
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)
FC Aşgabat  0–1  Kanbawza
Report Kyaw   85'

Transport United  1–7  FC Aşgabat
Pradhan   93' Report Gurbani   21'
Amanow   32',   36',   48'
Murhalyýew   41',   50'
Saparow   71'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
Kanbawza  2–3  Ratnam SC
Kyaw   43',   50' Report Jayasuriya   9',   81'
Mohamed   54'

Kanbawza  11–0  Transport United
Kyaw   11',   36',   90+2'
Tun   15',   23',   31',   71'
Lwin   38'
Htet   41',   51'
Than   74'
Report
Ratnam SC  0–2  FC Aşgabat
Report Çoňkaýew   39'
Amanow   45'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

Final stage

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Semi-finals

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Dordoi-Dynamo  3–1  Nepal Police Club
Tetteh   19',  84'
Murzaev   59'
Report Thapa   72'

Regar-TadAZ  4–3 (a.e.t.)  FC Aşgabat
Rustamov   23'
Simões   29'
Minhairov   87'
Makhmudov   112'
Report Ataýew   25'
Geldiýew   35'
Mirzoýew   69'

Final

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Dordoi-Dynamo  1–1
(3–4 pens.)
  Regar-TadAZ
Tetteh   33' Report Tukhtasunov   53'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
 
 
 
 
 
Dordoi-Dynamo
 
 
 
 
 
Regar-TadAZ

OFFICIALS


 AFC President's Cup 2008 
 
Regar-TadAZ
Second title

References

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  1. ^ "Asian Club Competitions 2008".
  2. ^ "Official Home of Asian Football - News". Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2008. Final stage to be held in Kyrgyzstan
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