2007 AFC Cup

The 2007 AFC Cup was the 4th edition of the AFC Cup, playing between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

Qualification

The 'developing' 13 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 relegated AFC President's Cup along Turkmenistan.

Champions of North Korea and Myanmar were not participated

West Asia
Bahrain Bahrain (1) Al-Muharraq (2005–06 Bahraini Premier League champions)
Jordan 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 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 Oman (2) Muscat (2005–06 Omani League champions)

Dhofar (2006 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners)

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

Al-Hilal (2005 Yemeni President Cup winners)

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

Nebitçi Balkanabat (2006 Turkmenistan League runners-up)

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

Sun Hei (2006 Hong Kong FA Cup winners)

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

Mohun Bagan AC (2006 Indian Federation Cup winners)

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

Victory SC (2006 Dhivehi League runners-up)

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

Pahang FA (2006 Malaysia FA Cup winners)

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

Tampines Rovers FC (2006 Singapore Cup winners)

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

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

Group stage

Key to colors in group tables:

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 156501853
Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 136411835
Oman Muscat 4611446-2
Yemen Al-Saqr 26024511-6

2007-03-06
Shabab Al-Ordon 2 0 Al-Saqr
Rafat Mohammad  39'
Ahmad Omaier  90+2'
(Report)

2007-03-06
Al-Nejmeh 1 0 Muscat
Abbas Ahmed Atwi  18' (Report)
Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 500
Referee: Saudi Arabia Ali Al Mutlaq

2007-03-20
Al-Saqr 1 2 Al-Nejmeh
Ali Al-Omqi  61' (Report) Khaled Hamieh  45+1'
Ali Nasseredine  89'
Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Syria Abdulrahman Recho

2007-03-20
Muscat 0 1 Shabab Al-Ordon
(Report) Saher Adi  50'
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 109
Referee: United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al Saeedi

2007-04-10
Al-Saqr 2 2 Muscat
Faed Saeed  6'
Fahman Mousa  54'
(Report) Azzan Al-Maawali  4'
Ibrahim Al-Fazari  69'
Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Iraq Kadhum Auda Lazim

2007-04-10
Shabab Al-Ordon 2 0 Al-Nejmeh
Essam Abu Touk  18'
Odai Al-Saify  19'
(Report)
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Iran Hedayat Mombini

2007-04-24
Al-Nejmeh 2 1 Shabab Al-Ordon
Ali Mohamad  51'
Evandro Ramos  86'
(Report) Saher Adi  77'
Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tajikistan Dilovar Orzuev

2007-04-24
Muscat 2 0 Al-Saqr
Al-Lawati  18'
Al-Maawali  89'
(Report)

2007-05-08
Al-Saqr 1 1 Shabab Al-Ordon
Mohammed Al-Mang  38' (Report) Waseem Al-Bzour  10'
Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: China Huang Junjie

2007-05-22
Shabab Al-Ordon 1 0 Muscat
Odai Al-Saify  73' (Report)
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 100
Referee: Thailand Chaiwat Kunsuta

2007-05-22
Al-Nejmeh 2 1 Al-Saqr
Abbas Ahmed Atwi  13'
Mohammed Ghaddar  76'
(Report) Fadhl Al-Aroomi  87'
Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Referee: Kyrgyzstan Kadyrbek Chynybekov

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Jordan Al-Wahdat 1464201688
Bahrain Al-Muharraq 1163211073
Turkmenistan HTTU Aşgabat 662041012-2
Yemen Al-Hilal 26024615-9

2007-03-06
Al-Hilal 3 3 Al-Wahdat
Rashad Al-Dhaheri  55'  69'
Saleh Al-Shehri  90+1'
(Report) Issa Al-Sabah  39'
Ahmed Abdul-Haleem  49'
Mahmoud Shelbaieh  78'
Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Malaysia Rosdi Shaharul

2007-03-06
Al-Muharraq 3 1 HTTU Aşgabat
Leandson Dias da Silva  20'
Abdulla Omar  45+1'
Mohamed Jaafar Alzain  57'
(Report) Hojaahmet Arazow  13'
Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Syria Abdulrahman Recho

2007-03-20
Al-Wahdat 1 1 Al-Muharraq
Awad Ragheb  66' (Report) Abdullah Al-Dakeel  45'
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Lebanon Mohamad Mansour

2007-04-10
Al-Muharraq 2 1 Al-Hilal
Mahmood Abdulrahman  5'  66' (Report) Anas Salem  31'

2007-04-24
Al-Hilal 1 1 Al-Muharraq
Nasser Ghazi  52' (Report) Leandson Dias da Silva  23'
Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Iran Mohsen Torky

2007-05-08
Al-Wahdat 4 0 Al-Hilal
Basem Fat'hi  17'
Abdullah Deeb  67'
Awad Ragheb  73'
Rafat Ali  85'
(Report)
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: United Arab Emirates Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi

2007-05-08
HTTU Aşgabat 1 2 Al-Muharraq
Hojaahmet Arazow  9' (Report) Abdulla Al Dakeel  36'
Mohamad Jaafar Alzain  66'
Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Attendance: 200
Referee: China Yang Zhiqiang

2007-05-22
Al-Muharraq 1 2 Al-Wahdat
Abdullah Al-Dakeel  79' (Report) Mahmoud Shelbaieh  51'
Awad Ragheb  72'
Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kuwait Atallah Jatli Al-Enezi

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Jordan Al-Faisaly 116321734
Oman Dhofar 10631245-1
Lebanon Al-Ansar 96231853
Turkmenistan Nebitçi Balkanabat 2602428-6

2007-03-06
Dhofar 0 0 Al-Ansar
(Report)

2007-03-06
Nebitçi Balkanabat 0 0 Al-Faisaly
(Report)
Nisa Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kuwait Atallah Jatli Al-Enezi

2007-03-20
Al-Ansar 3 1 Nebitçi Balkanabat
Fadi Ghoson  3'
Salih Sadir  45'
Hamid Basma  71'
(Report) Azat Guljagazov  80'
Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Iran Masoud Moradi

2007-03-20
Al-Faisaly 2 1 Dhofar
Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh  28'
Mohammad Shawish  58'
(Report) Salah  53'

2007-04-10
Al-Ansar 0 2 Al-Faisaly
(Report) Mo'ayyad Salim  14'
Anas Hijah  66'
Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: United Arab Emirates Fareed Ali Mohammad Al-Marzouqi

2007-04-10
Dhofar 1 0 Nebitçi Balkanabat
Abdelmajid Dine  39' (Report)

2007-04-24
Nebitçi Balkanabat 0 1 Dhofar
(Report) Hani Bait Al Noobi  81'

April 24, 2007
Al-Faisaly 1 1 Al-Ansar
Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh  90' (Report) Fadi Ghoson  36'
Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa, Jordan
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Bangladesh Ram Krishna Gosh

2007-05-08
Al-Ansar 3 0 Dhofar
Malek Hassoun  10'
Fadi Ghoson  44'
Nasrat Al Jamal  79'
(Report)
Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Iraq Kadhum Auda Lazim

2007-05-22
Nebitçi Balkanabat 1 1 Al-Ansar
Perman Begjanov  82' (Report) Ahmed Abbas  50'

2007-05-22
Dhofar 1 0 Al-Faisaly
Fahad  11' (Report)

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Hong Kong Sun Hei 1565011569
Malaysia Negeri Sembilan FA 7614145-1
Maldives Victory SC 6613279-2
Vietnam Hoa Phat Hanoi 36033713-6

2007-03-06
Sun Hei 2 0 Victory SC
Victor  17'
Colly Barnes Ezeh  49'
(Report)
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 369
Referee: Japan Kazuhiko Matsumura

2007-03-20
Victory SC 2 2 Negeri Sembilan FA
Ashad Ali  7'
Izzath Abdul Baree  22'
(Report) Freddy  17'  90+4'
National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: India Subrata Sarkar

2007-03-20
Hoa Phat Hanoi 1 2 Sun Hei
Trinh Xuan Thanh  58' (Report) João Miguel  24'
Lo Chi Kwan  60'
Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Myanmar Cho Win

2007-04-10
Victory SC 2 2 Hoa Phat Hanoi
Ibrahin Shiyam  73'
Pham Hai Nam  90' (o.g.)
(Report) Juselio da Silva  14'
Willians Santos  77'
National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jordan Salem Mujghef

2007-04-10
Sun Hei 2 0 Negeri Sembilan FA
Victor  6'  69' (Report)
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 200
Referee: Kuwait Atallah Jatli Al-Enezi


2007-05-08
Hoa Phat Hanoi 0 0 Negeri Sembilan FA
(Report)
Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Bangladesh Ram Krishna Gosh

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


2007-05-22
Negeri Sembilan FA 1 1 Victory SC
Shahrizam Mohd  45' (Report) Mohamed Shaffaz  22'
Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Seremban, Malaysia
Attendance: 600
Referee: Lebanon Mohamad Mansour

2007-05-22
Sun Hei 7 4 Hoa 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: Thailand Satop Tongkhan

Group E

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC 1565011376
India Mahindra United 126402945
Hong Kong Happy Valley 96303911-2
Maldives New Radiant 06006413-9

2007-03-06
New Radiant 0 2 Happy Valley
(Report) Gerard Ambassa Guy  12'
Poon Yiu Cheuk  81'
National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Kyrgyzstan Kadyrbek Chynybekov

2007-03-20
Mahindra United 1 0 New Radiant
Yusif Yakubu  90+4' (Report)
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, Goa, India
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Oman Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi

2007-03-20
Happy Valley 1 4 Singapore 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: Bangladesh Ram Krishna Gosh

2007-04-10
Mahindra United 3 1 Happy Valley
Shanmugam Venkatesh  40'
Andrews Pomeyie  73'  77'
(Report) Gerard Ambassa Guy  54'
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, Goa, India
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Syria Abdulrahman Recho

2007-04-24
Happy Valley 2 1 Mahindra United
Law Chun Bong  21'  23' (Report) Yusif Yakubu  68'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 100
Referee: Malaysia Rosdi Shaharul

2007-05-08
Happy Valley 2 1 New Radiant
Vandré Monteiro  19'
Gerard Ambassa Guy  63'
(Report) Assad Abdul Gani  87' (pen.)
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 400
Referee: Oman Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi

2007-05-22
New Radiant 0 2 Mahindra United
(Report) Mohamad Rafi Madambillath  16'
Steven Dias  63'
National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Iraq Ala Abdul Kadir Nema

Group F

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Singapore Tampines Rovers FC 1364111055
India Mohun Bagan AC 116321533
Thailand Osotsapa FC 1063121239
Malaysia Pahang FA 06006218-14

2007-03-06
Osotsapa FC 4 0 Pahang FA
Kittisak Jaihan  15'
Wuttichai Khookaew  54'
Kritsada Kemden  70'
Jetsada Puanakunmee  78'
(Report)

2007-03-20
Pahang FA 1 2 Mohun Bagan AC
Tarik El Janaby  61' (Report) Lalawmpuia Pachuau  30'
Baichung Bhutia  74'
Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan, Malaysia
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Iraq Kadhum Auda Lazim

2007-03-20
Tampines Rovers FC 2 1 Osotsapa FC
Peres de Oliveira  25'
Mohd Noh Alam Shah  79'
(Report) Worawut Wangsawat  76'
Tampines Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 2,668
Referee: United Arab Emirates Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi

2007-04-10
Osotsapa FC 0 0 Mohun Bagan AC
(Report)
Royal Thai Army Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 2000
Referee: China Yang Zhiqiang

2007-04-24
Mohun Bagan AC 1 0 Osotsapa FC
José Ramírez Barreto  43' (Report)
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: South Korea Kwon Jong-Chul

2007-05-08
Tampines Rovers FC 2 0 Mohun Bagan AC
Mohd Noh Alam Shah  34'  66' (Report)
Tampines Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Bahrain Abdulhameed Ebrahim

2007-05-22
Mohun Bagan AC 2 0 Pahang FA
Lal Kamal Bhowmick  12'
Lalawmpuia Pachuau  69'
(Report)
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Tajikistan 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 Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 136411835
Bahrain Al-Muharraq 1163211073
Oman Dhofar 10631245-1

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

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
India Mahindra United 126402945
India Mohun Bagan AC 116321532
Malaysia Negeri Sembilan FA 7614145-1

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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

First leg

2007-09-18
Mahindra United 1 2 Al-Nejmeh
Rafi  47' (Report) M. Ghaddar  55'  85'
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, Goa, India
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Saudi Arabia Ali A. A. Al Mutlaq


2007-09-18
Sun Hei 0 1 Al-Wahdat
(Report) Ahmed Abdul-Haleem  83'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Japan Yuichi Nishimura

Second leg

2007-09-25
Al-Nejmeh 3 3 Mahindra United
M. Ghaddar  12'
A. Milas  24'
Milan  90+4' (pen.)
(Report) Minga  33'
Harpreet  64'
Pomeyie  78'
Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: United Arab Emirates Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi


2007-09-25
Al-Wahdat 3 1 Sun Hei
Mahmoud Shelbaieh  58'
Amer Deeb  71'  78'
(Report) Giovane  87'
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Lebanon Mohamad Mansour

2007-09-25
Singapore Armed Forces FC 3 0 Shabab Al-Ordon
Mustaqim  35'
Noor Ali  54'
Jamil Ali  75'
(Report)
Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 1,528
Referee: China Yang Zhiqiang

Semi-finals

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

First leg


Second leg


Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan 2-1 Jordan 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 Lebanon Mohammed Ghaddar Lebanon Nejmeh SC 5
Jordan Odai Al-Saify Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 5
3 Singapore Australia Aleksandar Duric Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC 4
Thailand Apipu Suntornpanavej Thailand Osotsapa FC 4
Singapore Ashrin Shariff Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC 4
Jordan Awad Ragheb Jordan Al-Wahdat 4
Hong Kong Colly Barnes Ezeh Hong Kong Sun Hei 4
Turkmenistan Mamedaly Karadanov Turkmenistan HTTU Aşgabat 4
Brazil Lico Hong Kong Sun Hei 4
10 Bahrain Abdulla Al Dakeel Bahrain Al-Muharraq 3
Maldives Ashad Ali Maldives Victory SC 3
Lebanon Fadi Ghoson Lebanon Al-Ansar 3
Angola Freddy Malaysia Negeri Sembilan FA 3
Hong Kong Gerard Ambassa Guy Hong Kong Happy Valley 3
Jordan Mahmoud Shelbaieh Jordan Al-Wahdat 3
Singapore Mohd Noh Alam Shah Singapore Tampines Rovers FC 3
Nigeria Victor Hong Kong Sun Hei 3
Ghana Yusif Yakubu India Mahindra United 3

See also

References

External links

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