2006 AFC Cup

The 2006 AFC Cup was the 3rd edition of the AFC Cup. Al-Faisaly from Jordan became the first side to win the competition two years in a row.

Qualification

The 'developing' 11 nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2007 competition. 2005 winners, Al-Faisaly qualify to the group stage.

West Asia
Bahrain (1)*	Al-Muharraq (2005 Bahraini King's Cup winners)
Jordan (2)	Al-Wahdat (2004–05 Jordan League champions) Al-Faisaly (2005 AFC Cup winners & 2004–05 Jordan FA Cup winners)
Lebanon (2)	Al-Nejmeh (2004–05 Lebanese Premier League champions) Al Ahed (2005 Lebanese FA Cup winners)
Oman (1)	Al-Nasr (2005 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners)
Central and Southern Asia
Bangladesh (2)	Mohammedan (2005–06 Bangladesh National Football Championship champions) Brothers Union (2005 Bangladesh Federation Cup winners)
India (1)	Dempo SC (2004–05 Indian National Football League champions)
Turkmenistan (2)	HTTU Asgabat (2005 Turkmenistan League champions) Merv Mary (2005 Turkmenistan Cup winners)
East Asia
Hong Kong (2)	Xiangxue Sun Hei (2004–05 Hong Kong First Division League champions) Happy Valley (2005 Hong Kong FA Cup winners)
ASEAN
Malaysia (2)	Perlis FA (2005 Super League Malaysia champions) Selangor FA (2005 Malaysian FA Cup winners)
Maldives (2)	Hurriyya SC (2005 Dhivehi League champions & 2005 Maldives FA Cup winners) New Radiant (2005 Dhivehi League runners-up)
Singapore (2)	Tampines Rovers FC (2005 S.League champions) Home United FC (2005 Singapore Cup winners)

• Bahrain are relegated AFC Cup.

Group stage

• Matchday dates are: 7 March, 21 March, 11 April, 25 April, 5 May and 16 May 2006
• Group winners and 2 best runners-up qualify for quarter-finals

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Al-Muharraq	10	4	3	1	0	6	0	6
Al Ahed	6	4	2	0	2	9	7	2
Brothers Union	1	4	0	1	4	3	11	-8

Matches:

7 March 2006

Al-Muharraq

2 - 0

Brothers Union

Bahrain National Stadium, Bahrain

21 March 2006

Al Ahed

0 - 2

Al-Muharraq

Beirut Municipal Stadium, Lebanon

18 April 2006

Brothers Union

1 - 3

Al Ahed

Bangabandhu Stadium, Bangladesh

25 April 2006

Al Ahed

6 - 2

Brothers Union

Beirut Municipal Stadium, Lebanon

2 May 2006

Brothers Union

0 - 0

Al-Muharraq

Bangabandhu Stadium, Bangladesh

16 May 2006

Al-Muharraq

2 - 0

Al Ahed

Bahrain National Stadium, Bahrain

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Al-Nasr	12	4	4	0	0	10	2	8
Dempo SC	4	4	1	1	2	9	7	2
Merv Mary	1	4	0	1	3	4	14	-10

Matches:

7 March 2006

Al-Nasr

3 - 1

Dempo SC

Oman

21 March 2006

Merv Mary

2 - 2

Dempo SC

Turkmenistan

11 April 2006

Al-Nasr

4 - 1

Merv Mary

Oman

25 April 2006

Merv Mary

0 - 2

Al-Nasr

Turkmenistan

2 May 2006

Dempo SC

0 - 1

Al-Nasr

India

16 May 2006

Dempo SC

6 - 1

Merv Mary

India

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Al-Wahdat	6	2	2	0	0	9	1	8
Mohammedan	0	2	0	0	2	1	9	-8

Matches:

11 April 2006

Al-Wahdat

7 - 0

Mohammedan

Jordan

25 April 2006

Mohammedan

1 - 2

Al-Wahdat

Bangladesh

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Al-Faisaly	7	4	2	1	1	8	6	2
Al-Nejmeh	7	4	2	1	1	10	7	3
HTTU	2	4	0	2	2	8	13	-5

Matches:

7 March 2006

Al-Nejmeh

6 - 2

HTTU

Lebanon

21 March 2006

Al-Faisaly

2 - 0

Al-Nejmeh

Jordan

11 April 2006

HTTU

1 - 1

Al-Faisaly

Turkmenistan

25 April 2006

Al-Faisaly

4 - 3

HTTU

Jordan

2 May 2006

HTTU

2 - 2

Al-Nejmeh

Turkmenistan

16 May 2006

Al Nejmeh

2 - 1

Al-Faisaly

Lebanon

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Xiangxue Sun Hei	13	6	4	1	1	11	4	7
Perlis FA	11	6	3	2	1	11	4	7
Home United FC	6	6	2	0	4	8	11	-3
New Radiant	4	6	1	1	4	7	18	-11

Matches:

7 March 2006

New Radiant	0 - 2	Xiangxue Sun Hei	Maldives
Home United FC	2 - 3	Perlis FA	Singapore

21 March 2006

Xiangxue Sun Hei	0 - 1	Home United FC	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China
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Perlis FA	6 - 0	New Radiant	Malaysia

11 April 2006

Xiangxue Sun Hei	0 - 0	Perlis FA	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China
New Radiant	5 - 3	Home United FC	Maldives

25 April 2006

Home United FC	2 - 0	New Radiant	Singapore
Perlis FA	1 - 2	Xiangxue Sun Hei	Malaysia

2 May 2006

Perlis FA

1 - 0

Home United FC

Malaysia

3 May 2006

Xiangxue Sun Hei

5 - 2

New Radiant

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China

16 May 2006

New Radiant	0 - 0	Perlis FA	Maldives
Home United FC	0 - 2	Xiangxue Sun Hei	Singapore

Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Tampines Rovers FC	15	6	5	0	1	17	5	12
Selangor FA	15	6	5	0	1	14	9	5
Happy Valley	4	6	1	1	4	10	15	-5
Hurriyya SC	1	6	0	1	5	3	15	-12

Matches:

Selangor FA v Tampines Rovers FC

March 7, 2006

Selangor FA	1–0	Tampines Rovers FC
Brian Fuentes 11'	(Report)

National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

Happy Valley v Hurriyya SC

March 7, 2006

Happy Valley	3–0	Hurriyya SC
Sham Kwok Keung 32' Gerard Guy Ambassa 37' Lee Sze Ming 76'	(Report)

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China Attendance: 500 Referee: Chandrasiri Arambakade Gedara (Sri Lanka)

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Hurriyya SC v Selangor FA

March 21, 2006

Hurriyya SC	1–3	Selangor FA
Mausoom Abdul Gafoor 90	(Report)	Brian Fuentes 29' (pen) Mohd Amri Yahyah 63' Bambang Pamungkas 66

National Stadium, Malé, Maldives Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

Tampines Rovers FC v Happy Valley

March 21, 2006

Tampines Rovers FC	3–1	Happy Valley
Aliff Shafaein 45' Noh Alam Shah 48', 70'	(Report)	Fábio Lopes Alcântara 30'

Tampines Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 3,021 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

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Tampines Rovers FC v Hurriyya SC

April 11, 2006

Tampines Rovers FC	3–1	Hurriyya SC
Mirko Grabovac 44' Aliff Shafaein 49' Peres De Oliveira 89'	(Report)	Shinaz Hilmy 90'

Tampines Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Selangor FA v Happy Valley

April 11, 2006

Selangor FA	4–3	Happy Valley
Mohd Shukor Adan 42' D. Surendran 52' Brian Fuentes 64', 72'	(Report)	Joan Evanor Fantin 14' Fábio Lopes Alcântara 71' (pen) Lee Wai Man 74'

National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

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Happy Valley v Selangor FA

April 25, 2006

Happy Valley	2–3	Selangor FA
Joao Evanor Fantin 19' Gerard Guy Ambassa 74'	(Report)	Razman Roslan 29' Brian Fuestes 71' K. Sanbagamaran 88'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China Attendance: 407 Referee: Sgt. Win Cho (Myanmar)

Hurriyya SC v Tampines Rovers FC

April 25, 2006

Hurriyya SC	0–4	Tampines Rovers FC
	(Report)	Mohamed Rafi Ali 15', 24' Aliff Shafaein 51' Noh Alam Shah 81'

National Stadium, Malé, Maldives Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ram Krishna Gosh (Bangladesh)

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Tampines Rovers FC v Selangor FA

May 2, 2006

Tampines Rovers FC	3–2	Selangor FA
Peres De Oliveira 32', 51' Mirko Grabovac 60'	(Report)	Bambang Pamungkas 56', 82'

Tampines Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 3,868 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Hurriyya SC v Happy Valley

May 2, 2006

Hurriyya SC	1–1	Happy Valley
Shinaz Hilmy 36'	(Report)	Li Chun Yip 21'

National Stadium, Malé, Maldives Attendance: 400 Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

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Selangor FA v Hurriyya SC

May 16, 2006

Selangor FA	1–0	Hurriyya SC
K. Sanbagamaran 27'	(Report)

KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sgt. Win Cho (Myanmar)

Happy Valley v Tampines Rovers FC

May 16, 2006

Happy Valley	0–4	Tampines Rovers FC
	(Report)	Noh Alam Shah 57', 76', 81' Ibrahim Md Noh 85'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 66 Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)

Best runners-up

• Team in group of 4, result to bottom of the group uncounted.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Selangor FA	9	4	3	0	1	10	8	2
Al-Nejmeh	7	4	2	1	1	10	7	3
Perlis FA	7	4	2	1	1	5	4	1
Al Ahed	6	4	2	0	2	9	7	2
Dempo SC	4	4	1	1	2	9	7	2

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Tampines Rovers FC	0
	Al-Wahdat	5
					Al-Wahdat	1
					Al-Faisaly	2
	Al-Faisaly (pen)	2 [5]
	Sun Hei	2 [4]
									Al-Faisaly	5
									Al-Muharraq	4
	Selangor FA	0
	Al-Nejmeh	1
					Al-Nejmeh	3
					Al-Muharraq	6
	Al-Nasr	3
	Al-Muharraq (a.g.)	3

Quarter finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tampines Rovers FC	0-5	Al-Wahdat	0-1	0-4
Selangor FA	0-1	Al-Nejmeh	0-1	0-0
Al-Nasr	3-3 (a.g.)	Al-Muharraq	2-3	1-0
Al-Faisaly	2-2 (5-4 pen)	Xiangxue Sun Hei	1-1	1-1 (AET 1-1) (5-4 pen)

First leg

Tampines Rovers FC v Al-Wahdat

September 12, 2006

Tampines Rovers FC	0–1	Al-Wahdat
	(Report)	Ahmed Abdul-Haleem 49'

Tampines Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

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Selangor FA v Al-Nejmeh

September 12, 2006

Selangor FA	0–1	Al-Nejmeh
	(Report)	Ali Mohamed 24'

Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

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Al-Nasr v Al-Muharraq

September 12, 2006

Al-Nasr	2-3	Al-Muharraq
Adil Matar  22' Ashoor  55'	(Report)	Leandson Dias da Silva 13', 64' Richard Massolin 58'

Al-Saada Stadium, Salalah, Oman Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)

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Al-Faisaly v Xiangxue Sun Hei

September 12, 2006

Al-Faisaly	1–1	Xiangxue Sun Hei
Hatem Aqel 54'	(Report)	Lee Kin-wo 44'

Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

Second leg

Al-Wahdat v Tampines Rovers FC

September 19, 2006

Al-Wahdat	4–0	Tampines Rovers FC
Ahmed Abdul-Haleem 14' Mahmoud Shelbaieh 45'+1, 47' Musa Hammad 69'	(Report)

Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

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Al-Nejmeh v Selangor FA

September 19, 2006

Al-Nejmeh	0–0	Selangor FA
	(Report)

Beirut Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon Attendance: 3,500 Referee: O M Al Saeedi

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Al-Muharraq v Al-Nasr

September 19, 2006

Al-Muharraq	0-1	Al-Nasr
	(Report)	Adil Matar  56' (pen.)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

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Xiangxue Sun Hei v Al-Faisaly

September 19, 2006

Xiangxue Sun Hei	1–1 AET (4-5)PSO	Al-Faisaly
Lo Chi-kwan 21'	(Report)	Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek 60'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 2,722 Referee: O Il Son

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Nejmeh	3-6	Al-Muharraq	1-2	2-4
Al-Faisaly	2-1	Al-Wahdat	1-0	1-1

First leg

Al-Nejmeh v Al-Muharraq

September 26, 2006

Al-Nejmeh	1–2	Al-Muharraq
Ali Nasseredine 21'	(Report)	Fatai Babatunde 54' Jesse John 75'

Beirut Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)

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Al-Faisaly v Al-Wahdat

September 26, 2006

Al-Faisaly	1–0	Al-Wahdat
Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh 9'	(Report)

Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Attendance: 17,000 Referee: M Mansour

Second leg

Al-Muharraq v Al-Nejmeh

October 17, 2006

Al-Muharraq	4–2	Al-Nejmeh
Leandson Dias da Silva 21' (pen), 76' (pen) Abdullah Omar 29' Richard Massolin 90+2 (pen)	(Report)	Mohammed Ghaddar 41', 45+1'

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

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Al-Wahdat v Al-Faisaly

October 17, 2006

Al-Wahdat	1–1	Al-Faisaly
Mahmoud Shelbaieh 53'	(Report)	Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek 66'

Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Faisaly	5-4	Al-Muharraq	3-0	2-4

First leg

Al-Faisaly v Al-Muharraq

October 27, 2006

Al-Faisaly	3–0	Al-Muharraq
Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh 54', 83' Hussein Ziyad 60'	(Report)

Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)

Second leg

Al-Muharraq v Al-Faisaly

November 3, 2006

Al-Muharraq	4–2	Al-Faisaly
Abdullah Omar 18' Leandson Dias da Silva 52' Ibrahim Ali Meshkhas 60' Mahmood Abdulrahman 62'	(Report)	Haidar Abdul-Amir 35' Siraj Al-Tall 90+1'

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain Attendance: 3,000 Referee: M O Al Saeedi

2006 AFC Cup Winners
Al-Faisaly Second title

See also