2007 AFC Cup

The 2007 AFC Cup was the fourth edition of the AFC Cup, playing between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

2007 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates6 March – 9 November 2007
Teams24 (from 13 associations)
Final positions
Champions Shabab Al-Ordon (1st title)
Runners-up Al-Faisaly
Tournament statistics
Matches played86
Goals scored226 (2.63 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mohammed Ghaddar
Odai Al-Saify
(5 goals each)

Qualification

The 13 'developing' 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.

Vietnam and Thailand lose ration for Australia in AFC Champions League. Instead of sending two teams by each country to compete for AFC Champions League, the second representative team of Vietnam and Thailand is demoted to play in AFC Cup.

Bangladesh were excluded, after they were relegated to AFC President's Cup along Turkmenistan.

Champions of North Korea and Myanmar did not participate.

West Asia
Bahrain (1) Al-Muharraq (2005–06 Bahraini Premier League champions)
Jordan (3) Shabab Al-Ordon (2005–06 Jordan League champions & 2005–06 Jordan FA Cup winners)

Al-Faisaly (2006 AFC Cup winners & 2005–06 Jordan League runners-up)

Al-Wahdat (2005–06 Jordan League third place)

Lebanon (2) Al-Ansar (2005–06 Lebanese Premier League champions & 2006 Lebanese FA Cup winners)

Al-Nejmeh (2005–06 Lebanese Premier League runners-up)

Oman (2) Muscat (2005–06 Omani League champions)

Dhofar (2006 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners)

Yemen (2) Al-Saqr (2006 Yemeni League champions)

Al-Hilal (2005 Yemeni President Cup winners)

Central Asia
Turkmenistan (2) HTTU Aşgabat (2006 Turkmenistan League champions & 2006 Turkmenistan Cup winners)

Nebitçi Balkanabat (2006 Turkmenistan League runners-up)

East Asia
Hong Kong (2) Happy Valley (2005–06 Hong Kong First Division League champions)

Sun Hei (2006 Hong Kong FA Cup winners)

South Asia
Bangladesh (0)
India (2) Mahindra United (2005–06 Indian National Football League champions)

Mohun Bagan AC (2006 Indian Federation Cup winners)

Maldives (2) New Radiant (2006 Dhivehi League champions & 2006 Maldives FA Cup winners)

Victory SC (2006 Dhivehi League runners-up)

South East Asia
Malaysia (2) Negeri Sembilan FA (2005–06 Super League Malaysia champions)

Pahang FA (2006 Malaysia FA Cup winners)

Singapore (2) Singapore Armed Forces FC (2006 S.League champions)

Tampines Rovers FC (2006 Singapore Cup winners)

Thailand (1) Osotsapa FC (2004 Queen's Cup winners)
Vietnam (1) Hoa Phat Hanoi (2006 Vietnamese Cup winners)

The draw took place in Kuala Lumpur on 22 December, allocating teams into six groups.

Group stage

Key to colors in group tables:

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Nejmeh 6 5 0 1 8 5 +3 15
Shabab Al-Ordon 6 4 1 1 8 3 +5 13
Muscat 6 1 1 4 4 6 2 4
Al-Saqr 6 0 2 4 5 11 6 2
Source:
Shabab Al-Ordon2–0Al-Saqr
Rafat Mohammad  39'
Ahmad Omaier  90+2'
(Report)
Al-Nejmeh1–0Muscat
Abbas Ahmed Atwi  18' (Report)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ali Al Mutlaq

Al-Saqr1–2Al-Nejmeh
Ali Al-Omqi  61' (Report) Khaled Hamieh  45+1'
Ali Nasseredine  89'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Recho
Muscat0–1Shabab Al-Ordon
(Report) Saher Adi  50'
Attendance: 109
Referee: Mohamed Al Saeedi

Al-Saqr2–2Muscat
Faed Saeed  6'
Fahman Mousa  54'
(Report) Azzan Al-Maawali  4'
Ibrahim Al-Fazari  69'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Kadhum Auda Lazim
Shabab Al-Ordon2–0Al-Nejmeh
Essam Abu Touk  18'
Odai Al-Saify  19'
(Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Hedayat Mombini

Al-Nejmeh2–1Shabab Al-Ordon
Ali Mohamad  51'
Evandro Ramos  86'
(Report) Saher Adi  77'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dilovar Orzuev
Muscat2–0Al-Saqr
Al-Lawati  18'
Al-Maawali  89'
(Report)
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rustam Saidov

Al-Saqr1–1Shabab Al-Ordon
Mohammed Al-Mang  38' (Report) Waseem Al-Bzour  10'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Huang Junjie

Shabab Al-Ordon1–0Muscat
Odai Al-Saify  73' (Report)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta
Al-Nejmeh2–1Al-Saqr
Abbas Ahmed Atwi  13'
Mohammed Ghaddar  76'
(Report) Fadhl Al-Aroomi  87'
Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Wahdat 6 4 2 0 16 8 +8 14
Al-Muharraq 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11
HTTU Aşgabat 6 2 0 4 10 12 2 6
Al-Hilal 6 0 2 4 6 15 9 2
Source:
Al-Hilal3–3Al-Wahdat
Rashad Al-Dhaheri  55'  69'
Saleh Al-Shehri  90+1'
(Report) Issa Al-Sabah  39'
Ahmed Abdul-Haleem  49'
Mahmoud Shelbaieh  78'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Rosdi Shaharul
Al-Muharraq3–1HTTU Aşgabat
Leandson Dias da Silva  20'
Abdulla Omar  45+1'
Mohamed Jaafar Alzain  57'
(Report) Hojaahmet Arazow  13'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Recho

HTTU Aşgabat3–1Al-Hilal
Berdi Şamyradow  44'
Mamedaly Karadanov  63'  82'
(Report) Saleh Al-Shehri  11'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Rustam Saidov
Al-Wahdat1–1Al-Muharraq
Awad Ragheb  66' (Report) Abdullah Al-Dakeel  45'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Mohamad Mansour

HTTU Aşgabat1–2Al-Wahdat
Mämmedaly Garadanow  76' (Report) Hassan Abdel Fattah  30'
Ahmed Abdul-Haleem  66' (pen.)
Al-Muharraq2–1Al-Hilal
Mahmood Abdulrahman  5'  66' (Report) Anas Salem  31'

Al-Hilal1–1Al-Muharraq
Nasser Ghazi  52' (Report) Leandson Dias da Silva  23'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
Al-Wahdat4–2HTTU Aşgabat
Awad Ragheb  29'
Hassan Abdel Fattah  54'  68'
Mahmoud Shelbaieh  71'
(Report) Berdi Şamyradow  23'  40'

Al-Wahdat4–0Al-Hilal
Basem Fat'hi  17'
Abdullah Deeb  67'
Awad Ragheb  73'
Ra'fat Ali  85'
(Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi
HTTU Aşgabat1–2Al-Muharraq
Hojaahmet Arazow  9' (Report) Abdulla Al Dakeel  36'
Mohamad Jaafar Alzain  66'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Yang Zhiqiang

Al-Muharraq1–2Al-Wahdat
Abdullah Al-Dakeel  79' (Report) Mahmoud Shelbaieh  51'
Awad Ragheb  72'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Atallah Jatli Al-Enezi
Al-Hilal0–2HTTU Aşgabat
(Report) Mämmedaly Garadanow  3'
Döwlet Baýramow  58'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ali Saleem

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Faisaly 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11
Dhofar 6 3 1 2 4 5 1 10
Al-Ansar 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9
Nebitçi Balkanabat 6 0 2 4 2 8 6 2
Source:
Dhofar0–0Al-Ansar
(Report)
Attendance: 400
Referee: Jasim Karim
Nebitçi Balkanabat0–0Al-Faisaly
(Report)
Nisa Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Attendance: 100
Referee: Atallah Jatli Al-Enezi

Al-Ansar3–1Nebitçi Balkanabat
Fadi Ghoson  3'
Salih Sadir  45'
Hamid Basma  71'
(Report) Azat Guljagazov  80'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Masoud Moradi
Al-Faisaly2–1Dhofar
Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh  28'
Mohammad Shawish  58'
(Report) Salah  53'

Al-Ansar0–2Al-Faisaly
(Report) Mo'ayyad Salim  14'
Anas Hijah  66'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Fareed Ali Mohammad Al-Marzouqi
Dhofar1–0Nebitçi Balkanabat
Abdelmajid Dine  39' (Report)
Attendance: 200
Referee: Satop Tongkhan

Nebitçi Balkanabat0–1Dhofar
(Report) Hani Bait Al Noobi  81'
Al-Faisaly1–1Al-Ansar
Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh  90' (Report) Fadi Ghoson  36'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ram Krishna Gosh

Al-Ansar3–0Dhofar
Malek Hassoun  10'
Fadi Ghoson  44'
Nasrat Al Jamal  79'
(Report)
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Kadhum Auda Lazim

Nebitçi Balkanabat1–1Al-Ansar
Perman Begjanov  82' (Report) Ahmed Abbas  50'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Rustam Saidov
Dhofar1–0Al-Faisaly
Fahad  11' (Report)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sun Hei 6 5 0 1 15 6 +9 15
Negeri Sembilan FA 6 1 4 1 4 5 1 7
Victory SC 6 1 3 2 7 9 2 6
Hoa Phat Hanoi 6 0 3 3 7 13 6 3
Source:
Sun Hei2–0Victory SC
Victory SC  17'
Colly Barnes Ezeh  49'
(Report)
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 369
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura
Negeri Sembilan FA0–0Hoa Phat Hanoi
(Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi

Victory SC2–2Negeri Sembilan FA
Ashad Ali  7'
Izzath Abdul Baree  22'
(Report) Freddy  17'  90+4'
Attendance: 8,000
Hoa Phat Hanoi1–2Sun Hei
Trinh Xuan Thanh  58' (Report) João Miguel  24'
Lo Chi Kwan  60'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Cho Win

Victory SC2–2Hoa Phat Hanoi
Ibrahin Shiyam  73'
Pham Hai Nam  90' (o.g.)
(Report) Juselio da Silva  14'
Willians Santos  77'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef
Sun Hei2–0Negeri Sembilan FA
Victor  6'  69' (Report)
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 200
Referee: Atallah Jatli Al-Enezi

Hoa Phat Hanoi0–2Victory SC
(Report) Ashad Ali  37'  81'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tan Hai

Hoa Phat Hanoi0–0Negeri Sembilan FA
(Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ram Krishna Gosh

Negeri Sembilan FA1–1Victory SC
Shahrizam Mohd  45' (Report) Mohamed Shaffaz  22'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Mohamad Mansour
Sun Hei7–4Hoa Phat Hanoi
Lico  5'  61'  73'
Colly Barnes Ezeh  15'  65'
Chu Siu Kei  25'  41'
(Report) Cao Sy Cuong  10' (pen.)
Nguyen Ngoc Tu  33'
Vu Hong Viet  54' (pen.)
Nguyen Anh Cuong  75'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 208
Referee: Satop Tongkhan

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Singapore Armed Forces FC 6 5 0 1 13 7 +6 15
Mahindra United 6 4 0 2 9 4 +5 12
Happy Valley 6 3 0 3 9 11 2 9
New Radiant 6 0 0 6 4 13 9 0
Source:
New Radiant0–2Happy Valley
(Report) Gerard Ambassa Guy  12'
Poon Yiu Cheuk  81'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov

Mahindra United1–0New Radiant
Yusif Yakubu  90+4' (Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi
Happy Valley1–4Singapore Armed Forces FC
Lee Sze Ming  22' (Report) Therdsak Chaiman  7'
Noor Ali  61'
Aleksandar Duric  79'  89'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 391
Referee: Ram Krishna Gosh

Mahindra United3–1Happy Valley
Shanmugam Venkatesh  40'
Andrews Pomeyie  73'  77'
(Report) Gerard Ambassa Guy  54'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Recho
Singapore Armed Forces FC3–1New Radiant
Aleksandar Duric  10'
Ashrin Shariff  68'  84'
(Report) Idris Kasirye  72'
Attendance: 2,309
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin

New Radiant2–3Singapore Armed Forces FC
Ilyas Ibrahim  9'
Ali Ashfaq  71'
(Report) Mustaqim Manzur  33'
Kenji Arai  38'
Aleksandar Duric  65'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Cho Win
Happy Valley2–1Mahindra United
Law Chun Bong  21'  23' (Report) Yusif Yakubu  68'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rosdi Shaharul

Mahindra United0–1Singapore Armed Forces FC
(Report) Therdsak Chaiman  7'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Salem Mujghef
Happy Valley2–1New Radiant
Vandré Monteiro  19'
Gerard Ambassa Guy  63'
(Report) Assad Abdul Gani  87' (pen.)
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 400
Referee: Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi

New Radiant0–2Mahindra United
(Report) Mohamad Rafi Madambillath  16'
Steven Dias  63'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ala Abdul Kadir Nema

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tampines Rovers FC 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13
Mohun Bagan AC 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 11
Osotsapa FC 6 3 1 2 12 3 +9 10
Pahang FA 6 0 0 6 2 18 16 0
Source:
Osotsapa FC4–0Pahang FA
Kittisak Jaihan  15'
Wuttichai Khookaew  54'
Kritsada Kemden  70'
Jetsada Puanakunmee  78'
(Report)
Mohun Bagan AC0–0Tampines Rovers FC
(Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Vo Minh Tri

Pahang FA1–2Mohun Bagan AC
Tarik El Janaby  61' (Report) Lalawmpuia Pachuau  30'
Baichung Bhutia  74'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kadhum Auda Lazim
Tampines Rovers FC2–1Osotsapa FC
Peres de Oliveira  25'
Mohd Noh Alam Shah  79'
(Report) Worawut Wangsawat  76'
Attendance: 2,668
Referee: Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi

Pahang FA1–4Tampines Rovers FC
Mod Kamal Rodiarjat  80' (Report) Rafi Ali  2'
Ridhuan Muhammad  45+1'
Aliff Shafaein  65'
Sutee Suksomkit  78'
Osotsapa FC0–0Mohun Bagan AC
(Report)
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Yang Zhiqiang

Mohun Bagan AC1–0Osotsapa FC
José Ramírez Barreto  43' (Report)
Attendance: 18,000
Tampines Rovers FC2–0Pahang FA
Ridhuan Muhammad  32'
Mirko Grabovac  70'
(Report)
Attendance: 2,942
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi

Tampines Rovers FC2–0Mohun Bagan AC
Mohd Noh Alam Shah  34'  66' (Report)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim

Mohun Bagan AC2–0Pahang FA
Lal Kamal Bhowmick  12'
Lalawmpuia Pachuau  69'
(Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Dilovar Orzuev

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)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Shabab Al-Ordon 6 4 1 1 8 3 +5 13
Al-Muharraq 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11
Dhofar 6 3 1 2 4 5 1 10
Source:

Group D, E, F (East, South & South East Asia Zone)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mahindra United 6 4 0 2 9 4 +5 12
Mohun Bagan AC 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 11
Negeri Sembilan FA 6 1 4 1 4 5 1 7
Source:

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mahindra United 4–5 Al-Nejmeh 1–2 3–3
Tampines Rovers 3–7 Al-Faisaly 1–2 2–5
Sun Hei 1–4 Al-Wahdat 0–1 1–3
Shabab Al-Ordon 5–3 Singapore Armed Forces FC 5–0 0–3

First leg

Mahindra United1–2Al-Nejmeh
Rafi  47' (Report) M. Ghaddar  55'  85'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ali A. A. Al Mutlaq

Tampines Rovers1–2Al-Faisaly
Sead  41' (pen.) (Report) Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek  45+2'
Siraj Al-Tall  74'

Sun Hei0–1Al-Wahdat
(Report) Ahmed Abdul-Haleem  83'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,200

Shabab Al-Ordon5–0Singapore Armed Forces FC
Bassam Al-Khatib  19'
Essam Abu Touk  52' (pen.)
Odai Al-Saify  60'
Mustafa Shehdeh  83'
Shadi Abu Hash'hash  86'
(Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi

Second leg

Al-Nejmeh3–3Mahindra United
M. Ghaddar  12'
A. Milas  24'
Milan  90+4' (pen.)
(Report) Minga  33'
Harpreet  64'
Pomeyie  78'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi


Al-Wahdat3–1Sun Hei
Mahmoud Shelbaieh  58'
Amer Deeb  71'  78'
(Report) Giovane  87'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Mohamad Mansour

Singapore Armed Forces FC3–0Shabab Al-Ordon
Mustaqim  35'
Noor Ali  54'
Jamil Ali  75'
(Report)
Attendance: 1,528
Referee: Yang Zhiqiang

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Faisaly 3–2 Al-Wahdat 1–1 2–1
Shabab Al-Ordon 1–0 Al-Nejmeh 1–0 0–0

First leg


Second leg


Al-Nejmeh0–0Shabab Al-Ordon
(Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shabab Al-Ordon 2–1 Al-Faisaly 1–0 1–1

First leg

Second leg

2007 AFC Cup Winners

Shabab Al-Ordon
First title

Statistics

Top goalscorers

# Player Club Goals
1 Mohammed Ghaddar Nejmeh SC 5
Odai Al-Saify Shabab Al-Ordon 5
3 Aleksandar Duric Singapore Armed Forces FC 4
Apipu Suntornpanavej Osotsapa FC 4
Ashrin Shariff Singapore Armed Forces FC 4
Awad Ragheb Al-Wahdat 4
Colly Barnes Ezeh Sun Hei 4
Mamedaly Karadanov HTTU Aşgabat 4
Lico Sun Hei 4
10 Abdulla Al Dakeel Al-Muharraq 3
Ashad Ali Victory SC 3
Fadi Ghoson Al-Ansar 3
Freddy Negeri Sembilan FA 3
Gerard Ambassa Guy Happy Valley 3
Mahmoud Shelbaieh Al-Wahdat 3
Mohd Noh Alam Shah Tampines Rovers FC 3
Victor Sun Hei 3
Yusif Yakubu Mahindra United 3

See also

Footnotes

  1. The match between Victory SC and Xiangxue Sun Hei was postponed to 9 May after the assistant referees from Indonesia were unable to arrive in the Maldives as their flight was delayed.[1][2]

References

  1. "AFC Cup: Victory, Sun Hei match postponed Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine". Retrieved on 8 May 2007.
  2. "Victory, Sun Hei match postponed Archived 8 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine", The Official Website of Victory SC Archived 12 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, 8 May 2007. Retrieved on 10 May 2007.
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