2013 AFC President's Cup

The 2013 AFC President's Cup was the ninth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia.[1] Istiqlol were the defending champions, but did not enter the tournament as teams from Tajikistan no longer entered the AFC President's Cup.

2013 AFC President's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia (final stage)
Nepal, Philippines, Cambodia (group stage)
Dates6–12 May 2013 (group stage)
23–29 September 2013 (final stage)
Teams6 (final stage)
12 (total) (from 12 associations)
Final positions
Champions Balkan (1st title)
Runners-up KRL
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored94 (3.76 per match)
Attendance49,345 (1,974 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mirlan Murzaev
(9 goals)
Best player(s) Amir Gurbani

In the final, Balkan of Turkmenistan defeated KRL of Pakistan 1–0, and became the first team from Turkmenistan to win the AFC President's Cup.[2]

Teams
Location of teams of the 2013 AFC President's Cup.
Group A (played in Nepal)
Group B (played in Philippines)
Group C (played in Cambodia)

The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations, with the final decision to be made by the AFC in November 2012.[3] The following changes to the list of participating associations may be made from the 2012 AFC President's Cup if the AFC approved the following applications made by any association:

  • An association originally participating in the AFC President's Cup may apply to participate in the 2013 AFC Cup.
  • An association originally not participating in any AFC club competitions may apply to participate in the 2013 AFC President's Cup.

The following changes in the participating associations were made compared to the previous year:

  • Philippine clubs' participation in the AFC President's Cup starting from 2013 was approved by the AFC.[4]
  • Tajikistan clubs' participation was upgraded from the AFC President's Cup to the AFC Cup starting from 2013 by the AFC.[5]

Each participating association was given one entry. The following teams entered the competition.

Association Team Qualifying method App Last App
Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka 2012 Bangladesh Football Premier League champions 5th 2011
Bhutan Yeedzin 2012–13 Bhutan National League champions 4th 2012
Cambodia Boeung Ket Rubber Field 2012 Cambodian League champions 1st none
Chinese Taipei Taiwan Power Company 2012 Intercity Football League champions 6th 2012
Kyrgyzstan Dordoi Bishkek 2012 Kyrgyzstan League champions 8th 2012
Mongolia Erchim 2012 Mongolia Super Cup winners 2nd 2012
Nepal Three Star Club 2012–13 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions 2nd 2005
Pakistan KRL 2012–13 Pakistan Premier League champions 3rd 2012
Palestine Hilal Al-Quds 2011–12 West Bank Premier League champions 1st none
Philippines Global 2012 United Football League champions 1st none
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Army 2011–12 Sri Lanka Football Premier League runners-up 2nd 2009
Turkmenistan Balkan 2012 Ýokary Liga champions 3rd 2012

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[6]

  • Group stage: 2–12 May 2013
  • Final stage: 23–29 September 2013

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 19 March 2013, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[7] The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis at a centralized venue, with Cambodia, Nepal, and the Philippines selected by the AFC to host the groups. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the final stage.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[1]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches
  6. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play
  7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card)
  8. Drawing of lots

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Three Star Club 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
Erchim 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4
Taiwan Power Company 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
Abahani Limited Dhaka 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source:
Taiwan Power Company 0–0 Erchim
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
Three Star Club 1–1 Abahani Limited Dhaka
Shrestha  15' Report Towhidul  38'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Abahani Limited Dhaka 1–1 Taiwan Power Company
Shakhawat  5' Report Hung Kai-chun  14'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Çarymyrat Gurbanow (Turkmenistan)
Erchim 0–2 Three Star Club
Report Zikahi  10'
Femi  64'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
Erchim 1–0 Abahani Limited Dhaka
Batbilguun  59' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Three Star Club 2–2 Taiwan Power Company
Zikahi  7'
Budhathoki  15'		 Report Kuo Yin-hung  20'
Hung Kai-chun  45+1'
Attendance: 7,000

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Dordoi Bishkek 3 2 1 0 16 2 +14 7
KRL 3 2 1 0 11 1 +10 7
Global 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
Yeedzin 3 0 0 3 0 22 −22 0
Source:
Dordoi Bishkek 1–1 KRL
Kharchenko  23' Report Ishaq  50' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Global 5–0 Yeedzin
Reichelt  5'
De Murga  9'
Starosta  15'
Bahadoran  20'
Mw. Angeles  64'		 Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)
Yeedzin 0–9 Dordoi Bishkek
Report Murzaev  9', 41', 50', 72', 80' (pen.)
Rustamov  30', 84'
Shamshiev  54'
Kaleutin  62'
Attendance: 900
KRL 2–0 Global
Mahmood Khan  12'
Adil  77'		 Report
Attendance: 4,352
Referee: Wang Di (China PR)
KRL 8–0 Yeedzin
Kaleemullah  4' (pen.), 71', 75', 83', 90+1'
Abid Khan  37'
Us-Salam  44'
Saadullah  45+1'		 Report
Attendance: 1,315
Global 1–6 Dordoi Bishkek
De Murga  9' Report Murzaev  14', 25' (pen.), 55', 64'
Shamshiev  77'
Tetteh  90+3'
Attendance: 4,725
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Balkan 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9
Hilal Al-Quds 3 2 0 1 13 3 +10 6
Boeung Ket Rubber Field 3 1 0 2 6 3 +3 3
Sri Lanka Army 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21 0
Source:
Hilal Al-Quds 2–3 Balkan
Abu Rwais  39'
Kettlun  73' (pen.)		 Report Garadanow  5'
Gurbani  79', 89'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Boeung Ket Rubber Field 6–0 Sri Lanka Army
Vathanaka  8', 27' (pen.), 61', 89'
Sokngon  72'
Sokpheng  85'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000
Sri Lanka Army 0–10 Hilal Al-Quds
Report Kettlun  13' (pen.), 48' (pen.), 79'
Abu Gharqoud  35', 49'
Obaid  66'
Lafi  68', 86'
Abu Jazar  90'
Abu Rwais  90+2'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Balkan 2–0 Boeung Ket Rubber Field
Garadanow  8'
Şirmedow  85'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Balkan 5–0 Sri Lanka Army
Çoňkaýew  2'
Baýramow  13'
Şirmedow  56'
Atamämmedow  74'
Yamanalage  79' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Boeung Ket Rubber Field 0–1 Hilal Al-Quds
Report Abu Gharqoud  87'
Attendance: 5,500

Final stage

The final stage was played at a centralized venue. The matches were played at Malacca, Malaysia, from 23 to 29 September 2013 (all times UTC+8).[11]

The draw for the final stage was held on 31 July 2013, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[12][13] The six teams were drawn into two groups of three. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis, with the same ranking rules as the group stage. The winners of each group advanced to the final. The final was played as a single match, with extra time and penalty shoot-out used to decide the winner if necessary.[1]

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Balkan 2 2 0 0 10 0 +10 6
Erchim 2 0 1 1 1 5 −4 1
Three Star Club 2 0 1 1 1 7 −6 1
Source:
Three Star Club 0–6 Balkan
Report Tkachenko  22'
Garadanow  24'
Saparow  59'
Şirmedow  63'
Gurbani  78' (pen.)
Çoňkaýew  87'
Attendance: 156
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
Erchim 1–1 Three Star Club
Battulga  8' Report Zikahi  90+1'
Attendance: 245
Balkan 4–0 Erchim
Saparow  59'
Gurbani  76' (pen.), 86'
Hojaahmedow  81'		 Report
Attendance: 142

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
KRL 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
Hilal Al-Quds 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
Dordoi Bishkek 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
Source:
Dordoi Bishkek 0–1 KRL
Report Kaleemullah  76'
Attendance: 185
Hilal Al-Quds 3–2 Dordoi Bishkek
Salhe  57'
Roma  85', 90+3'		 Report Otkeev  45+2'
Rustamov  90+1'
Attendance: 250
KRL 2–0 Hilal Al-Quds
Kaleemullah  77'
Adil  90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 197
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

Final
Balkan 1–0 KRL
Gurbani  87' Report
Attendance: 578

Awards
Award Player Team
Most Valuable Player[14] Amir Gurbani Balkan
Top Goalscorer Mirlan Murzaev Dordoi Bishkek

Top scorers
Rank Player Team Group stage Final stage Total
1 Mirlan Murzaev Dordoi Bishkek 90 9
2 Kalim Ullah KRL 52 7
3 Amir Gurbani Balkan 24 6
4 Roberto Kettlun Hilal Al-Quds 40 4
Chan Vathanaka Boeung Ket Rubber Field 4× 4
6 Iyad Abu Gharqoud Hilal Al-Quds 30 3
Mämmedaly Garadanow Balkan 21 3
Tursunali Rustamov Dordoi Bishkek 21 3
Rahmet Şirmedow Balkan 21 3
Léonce Dodoz Zikahi Three Star Club 21 3

Source:[15][16]

See also

References
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  2. "Balkan crowned as AFC President's Cup champions". AFC. 30 September 2013.
  3. "Decision by Competitions Committee & Executive Committee for AFC Club Competitions" (PDF). AFC.
  4. "Green light for Global". AFC. 4 January 2013.
  5. "Maldives to host 2014 AFC Challenge Cup". AFC. 28 November 2012.
  6. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2013" (PDF). AFC.
  7. "Dordoi up against Filipino debutants". AFC. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  8. "Nepal to host the AFC President's Cup qualifiers". The Himalayan Times. 7 March 2013.
  9. "Global grouped with 2-time winners in President's Cup". Global FC. March 19, 2013. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013.
  10. "Boeung Ket in tough President's Cup draw". The Phnom Penh Post. 20 March 2013.
  11. "Prez cup finals in Malaysia". Republica. 24 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  12. "Stage set for President's Cup draw". AFC. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  13. "Central Asian clubs in different groups". AFC. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  14. "Balkan boss thanks luck for win". AFC. 30 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013.
  15. "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2013 AFC President's Cup Group Stage". AFC.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12.
  16. "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2013 AFC President's Cup Final Stage". AFC.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12.
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