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
Champions Regar-TadAZ (2nd title)
Runners-up Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored75 (4.17 per match)
Top scorer(s) Thi Ha Kyaw (6 goals)

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 September 19–21.[2]

Qualifying teams
Association Team Qualifying method App Last App
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

Group A

All matches played at MPPJ Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Regar-TadAZ 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7
Nepal Police Club 3 1 2 0 7 3 +4 5
Abahani Ltd. 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
WAPDA 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source:
Nepal Police Club 4 – 0 Abahani Ltd.
Thapa  15'
Rai  18'  56'  70' (pen)		 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Abdulrahman Racho (Syria)
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'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Çarymyrat Gurbanow (Turkmenistan)
Abahani Ltd. 1 – 2 Regar-TadAZ
Awudu  25' Report Rabimov  15'
Ismoilov  45'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Ng Chui Kok (Hong Kong)
WAPDA0 – 1 Abahani Ltd.
Report Ameli  84'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Çarymyrat Gurbanow (Turkmenistan)
Nepal Police Club 2 – 2 Regar-TadAZ
Ghimire  33'
Rai  67'		 Report Rabimov  47'  90+1'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Tan Hai (China)

Group B

All matches played at Chungshan Stadium, Taipei

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Dordoi-Dynamo 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6
Nagacorp FC 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Taipower 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source:
Nagacorp FC 2 – 2 Taipower
Sotitya  45'
Vathanak  58'		 Report Chiang  78',  84'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Dilovarshokh Orzuev (Tajikistan)
Taipower 0 – 3 Dordoi-Dynamo
Report Murzaev  19'
Amirov  78'
Askarov  80'
Attendance: 100
Nagacorp FC 0 – 2 Dordoi-Dynamo
Report Harchenko  13'
Ablakimov  74'
Attendance: 25
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Group C

All matches played at Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
FC Aşgabat 3 2 0 1 9 2 +7 6
Kanbawza 3 2 0 1 14 3 +11 6
Ratnam SC 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
Transport United 3 0 0 3 2 25 −23 0
Source:
Ratnam SC 7 – 1 Transport United
Ediribandanage  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'
Attendance: 3,000
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 – 3Ratnam SC
Kyaw  43',  50' Report Jayasuriya  9',  81'
Mohamed  54'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)
Kanbawza 11 – 0Transport United
Kyaw  11',  36',  90+2'
Tun  15',  23',  31',  71'
Lwin  38'
Htet  41',  51'
Than  74'		 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)
Ratnam SC 0 – 2FC Aşgabat
Report Çoňkaýew  39'
Amanow  45'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

Final stage

Semi-finals
Dordoi-Dynamo 3 – 1 Nepal Police Club
Tetteh  19', 84'
Murzaev  59'		 Report Thapa  72'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Atallah Jatli Al-Enezi (Kuwait)
Regar-TadAZ 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) FC Aşgabat
Rustamov  23'
Simões  29'
Minhairov  87'
Makhmudov  112'		 Report Ataýew  25'
Geldiýew  35'
Mirzoýew  69'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)

Final
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

  • Linesman: Sokhandan Reza (Iran)
  • Linesman: Bakhtiyor Tagaev (Uzbekistan)
 AFC President's Cup 2008 

Regar-TadAZ
Second title

References
  1. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/ascup08.html#excl
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2008-06-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Final stage to be held in Kyrgyzstan
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