2007 AFF Championship

The 2007 AFF Championship was the 6th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of Southeast Asia. It was co-hosted by Singapore and Thailand and took place from 12 January to 4 February 2007.

2007 AFF Championship
2007 Kejohanan Bola Sepak ASEAN
2007 東盟足球錦標賽
2007 ஏசியான் கால்ப கோப்பை
2007 อาเซียนฟุตบอลแชมเปียนชิพ
Tournament details
Host countries Singapore
 Thailand
Dates12 January – 4 February 2007
Teams8
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Singapore (3rd title)
Runners-up Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored50 (2.78 per match)
Top scorer(s) Noh Alam Shah
(10 goals)
Best player(s) Noh Alam Shah

It was renamed from the Tiger Cup, due to the cup's main sponsor, Tiger Beer, not continuing their title sponsorship. This was the last event held at Singapore's National Stadium before its redevelopment.

Singapore set an AFF Cup record of a 15-match unbeaten run under coach Radojko Avramović, stretching back to the 2004 AFF Championship, and 17-match unbeaten run since the 4–0 defeat at home to neighbours Malaysia in the same competition on 18 December 2002.

Hosts

The 2007 AFF Cup was co-hosted by three-time champions, Thailand, and defending champions and eventual winners Singapore. The two hosts are the only two teams that have won the championship since its inception in 1996.

Qualification

The qualifying round for the lower ranked teams in Southeast Asia was held in Bacolod, Philippines from 12–20 November 2006. It was played in a single round-robin format with the top two teams advancing to the finals. This was the first time since 1998 where a qualification tournament was held.

Six teams as qualified directly to the finals.

Two teams qualified via the qualification tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the tournament.

Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance in tournament1
 ThailandCo-host12 January 20075 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 Singapore2004 AFF Championship winners16 January 20055 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 Indonesia2004 AFF Championship runner-up16 January 20055 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 Malaysia2004 AFF Championship 3rd place15 January 20055 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 Myanmar2004 AFF Championship 4th place15 January 20055 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 VietnamDirect Entry for 6th top AFF rank12 January 20075 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 LaosQualification winners18 November 20065 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 PhilippinesQualification runner-up20 November 20065 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year.

Squads

Final tournament

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 321061+57
 Malaysia 311141+34
 Myanmar 30301103
 Philippines 301208−81
Malaysia 4–0 Philippines
Hairuddin  9', 80'
Nizaruddin  16'
Del Rosario  69' (o.g.)
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abbas Daud (Singapore)
Thailand 1–1 Myanmar
Nutnum  90+4' Report Si Thu Win  25'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hajime Matsuo (Japan)

Malaysia 0–0 Myanmar
Report
Attendance: 28,000
Thailand 4–0 Philippines
Chaikamdee  15', 28'
Thonkanya  21'
Samana  84'
Report
Attendance: 30,000

Myanmar 0–0 Philippines
Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Abbas Daud (Singapore)
Thailand 1–0 Malaysia
Chaikamdee  48' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hajime Matsuo (Japan)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Singapore 3120132+115
 Vietnam 3120101+95
 Indonesia 312064+25
 Laos 3003123-220
Indonesia 3–1 Laos
Atep  51', 75'
Saktiawan  67'
Report Saysongkham  13'
Singapore 0–0 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Chanwalit Sananwai (Thailand)

Indonesia 1–1 Vietnam
Saktiawan  90' Report Supardi  35' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Mohamed Shahbuddin (Brunei)
Singapore 11–0 Laos
Ridhuan  10'
Alam Shah  11', 24', 61', 72', 76', 88', 90+2'
Shahril  47'
Khairul  71'
Dickson  78'
Report
Attendance: 5,224
Referee: U Hla Tint (Myanmar)

Vietnam 9–0 Laos
Lê Công Vinh  1', 28', 58'
Phan Thanh Bình  29', 73' (pen.), 81', 84'
Nguyễn Văn Biển  45', 90'
Report
Singapore 2–2 Indonesia
Alam Shah  10' (pen.)
Indra Sahdan  52'
Report Ilham  27'
Zaenal  56'
Attendance: 13,819
Referee: Chanwalit Sananwai (Thailand)

Knockout stage

Note: Although the knockout stages were two-legged, away goals rule was not applied. If the total aggregate score of both teams after both matches remained the same, extra time would have been played, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.

  Semifinals Finals
                         
A1  Thailand 2 0 2  
B2  Vietnam 0 0 0  
    A1  Thailand 1 1 2
  B2  Singapore 2 1 3
B1  Singapore (a.e.t.) 1 1 2 (5)
A2  Malaysia 1 1 2 (4)  

Semi-finals

First Leg
Malaysia 1–1 Singapore
Hardi  57' Report Alam Shah  73'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Wan Daxue (China PR)
Vietnam 0–2 Thailand
Report Thonglao  28'
Thonkanya  81'
Second Leg
Singapore 1–1 (a.e.t.) Malaysia
Ridhuan  74' Report Eddy Helmi  57'
Penalties
Indra Sahdan
Alam Shah
Mustafić
Fazrul
Jiayi
5–4 Hardi
Rezal
Samransak
Thirumurgan
Khyril
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Cheung Yim Yau (Hong Kong)

2–2 on aggregate. Singapore won via a penalty shootout.

Thailand 0–0 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Suresh Srinivasan (India)

Thailand won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

After a group stage with two pools of four the two host nations met in a two-game final. In the first leg of the final, a controversial penalty was awarded to Singapore at the 83rd minute of the match, and the Thailand team walked off the pitch as a protest to the referee's decision. The Thailand team returned to the pitch at the 98th minute, and Singapore later won 2-1.

In the second leg of the final, Singapore had a goal controversially chalked off for being offside, but finally drew 1-1 to fellow co-host Thailand, with Khairul Amri scoring the decisive goal in the closing stages of the match, thus giving Singapore their 2nd title in succession, winning with an aggregate score of 3-2, and successfully defending the title. While Thailand can point to the controversial penalty for their defeat in the first leg, they failed to defeat Singapore in the Bangkok second-leg. It could have been worse for Thailand had the match officials seen Thai midfielder Datsakorn Thonglao head-butt Singapore's Khairul Amri to vent his anger after the equaliser.[1]

First Leg
Singapore 2–1 Thailand
Alam Shah  17'
Mustafić  83' (pen.)
Report Thonkanya  50'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: C. Ravichandran (Malaysia)
Second Leg
Thailand 1–1 Singapore
Thonkanya  37' Report Khairul  81'

Singapore won 3–2 on aggregate.

Awards

 2007 AFF Championship 

Singapore
Third title
Most Valuable Player Golden Boot
Noh Alam Shah Noh Alam Shah

Goalscorers

11 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
Final
1 Singapore 7250186+12
2 Thailand 7331104+6
Semi-finals
3 Vietnam 5131103+7
4 Malaysia 513163+3
Eliminated in the group stage
5 Indonesia 312064+2
6 Myanmar 3030110
7 Philippines 301208–8
8 Laos 3003123–22

References

  1. Withers, Andy. "Thailand". Fox Sports.
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