2008 AFC Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 March – 7 November 2008 |
| Teams | 20 (from 10 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Al-Muharraq (1st title) |
| Runners-up |
 Safa |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 74 |
| Goals scored | 235 (3.18 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Rico (19 goals) |
The 2008 AFC Cup was the 5th edition of the AFC Cup, playing between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.
Qualified teams
20 clubs will be competing, including champions of the national leagues and champions of the primary knock-out competition from the following countries which are AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category. In that season, the club of Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, Indonesia not participated.
Group stage
The draw was held on 17 October 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Key to colors in group tables:
- Green: Group winners and Best runners-up advance to the quarter finals.
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Muharraq |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
 Dempo |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 10 |
| Al-Ansar |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 |
 Sur |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 4 |
| Al-Muharraq |
3–2 | Sur |
|---|---|---|
Rico  24' (pen.)Jesse John 45+2'Abdulla Al-Dakeel 83' |
(Report) (Report) |
Al-Gheilani 35' José 39' |
| Sur |
3–2 | Dempo |
|---|---|---|
| Traore 9' Camara 69'Climax Lawrence 80' (o.g.) |
(Report) (Report) |
Ranty Martins Soleye 26' Roberto Mendes Silva 62' |
| Dempo |
5–2 | Sur |
|---|---|---|
| Ranty Martins Soleye 30' 38' Chidi Edeh 64' 90'Climax Lawrence 72' |
(Report) (Report) |
Al-Sinani 75' Al-Harbi 86' |
| Al-Muharraq |
4–1 | Al-Ansar |
|---|---|---|
| Mahmood Abdulrahman 30' Rico 51' 66'Jaycee John Okwunwanne 57' |
(Report) | Malek Hassoun 44' |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safa |
6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
 Al-Wahdat |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| East Bengal |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 |
 Al-Ahli San‘a’ |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 |
| Al-Wahdat |
3–3 | Safa |
|---|---|---|
| Mahmoud Shelbaieh 51' Hassan Abdel Fattah 86'Basem Fat'hi 90+5' |
(Report) (Report) |
Prince Bobby 16' Ramez Dayoub 31'Rony Azar 83' |
| East Bengal |
2–4 | Al-Wahdat |
|---|---|---|
| Syed Rahim Nabi 12' Edmilson Marques Pardal 28' |
(Report) (Report) |
Rafat Ali 6' 24' Hassan Abdel Fattah 31' 34' |
| East Bengal |
0–0 | Safa |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) |
Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata, India Attendance: 10,000 Referee:  Valentin Kovalenko |
| Safa |
3–3 | Al-Wahdat |
|---|---|---|
| Rony Azar 6' Hussein Tahan 80'Amer Khan 90+5' |
(Report) | Rafat Ali 18' 63' Fadi Faris 72' |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Nahda |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Shabab Al-Ordon |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Al-Najma |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 |
| Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut |
3–1 | Al-Nahda |
|---|---|---|
| Munassar Ba-Haj 44' 45+1' Murad Al-Nohi 51' |
(Report) (Report) |
Yedibahoma 52' |
| Al-Najma |
2–1 | Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut |
|---|---|---|
| Rashed Jamal Salem 8' Adeeb Ba-Karman 54' (o.g.) |
(Report) (Report) |
Alaaeldin Mohamed Aly 67' |
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| Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut |
2–2 | Shabab Al-Ordon |
|---|---|---|
| Khaled Al Arumi 5' Haytham Mahadi 88' (pen.) |
(Report) (Report) |
Mustafa Shehdeh 3' Mohannad Maharmeh 45' |
| Shabab Al-Ordon |
3–2 | Al-Najma |
|---|---|---|
| Odai Saify 9' Mustafa Shehdeh 28'Essam Abu Touk 40' (pen.) |
(Report) (Report) |
Rashed Jamal Salem 51' (pen.) 69' |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Home United |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 15 |
 Kedah |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
 South China |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 4 |
 Victory |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 2 |
| South China |
2–3 | Home United |
|---|---|---|
| Cheng Siu Wai 60' 90' |
(AFC Report) (AFC Report) (HKFA Report) |
Peres de Oliveira 17' 40' Shi Jiayi 77' |
| Home United |
5–1 | Kedah |
|---|---|---|
| Kengne Ludovick 31' 58' Shahril Ishak 36'Peres de Oliveira 70' 81' (pen.) |
(Report) (Report) |
Mohd Shafiq Jamal 12' |
| South China |
1–3 | Kedah |
|---|---|---|
| Cris 59' |
(AFC Report) (AFC Report) (HKFA Report) |
Badrol Bakhtiar 31' Marlon James 65'Saramsak Kram 85' |
| Victory |
1–3 | Home United |
|---|---|---|
| Hussain Niyaz Mohamed 69' |
(Report) (Report) |
Shahril Ishak 56' Indra Sahdan Daud 66'Peres de Oliveira 73' |
| Home United |
4–1 | South China |
|---|---|---|
| Shahril Ishak 30' 88' Indra Sahdan Daud 75'Farhan Farook 87' |
(Report) (Report) |
Cheng Siu Wai 80' |
| Kedah |
4–1 | Home United |
|---|---|---|
| Nelson San Martín 41' 59' (pen.) Mohd Sabree Mat Abu 46'Marlon Alex James 83' |
(Report) (Report) |
Kengne Ludovick 5' |
Group E
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAFFC |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 13 |
| Perak |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| Kitchee |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 |
| New Radiant |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 4 |
| New Radiant |
1–3 | Perak |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Mbock 8' |
(Report) (Report) |
Carlos Arturo Caceres Pino 9' 17' Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 38' |
| SAFFC |
4–0 | Kitchee |
|---|---|---|
| Jamil Ali 12' Therdsak Chaiman 25'Aleksandar Duric 37'Wang Zhenpeng 51' (o.g.) |
(Report) (Report) |
| Perak |
1–6 | SAFFC |
|---|---|---|
| Mario Esteban Berrios 45+2' (pen.) |
(Report) (Report) |
Therdsak Chaiman 8' Aleksandar Duric 45' 49' 71' 74'Mustaqim Manzur 58' |
| Perak |
2–1 | Kitchee |
|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Hardi Jaafar 11' Mario Esteban Berrios 90+2' |
(Report) (Report) |
Goran Stankovski 73' |
| New Radiant |
0–3 | SAFFC |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) (Report) |
Ashrin Shariff 7' Aleksandar Duric 44'Afiu Mohamed Hamid 86' (o.g.) |
Best runners-up
Three best three runners-up qualify for the quarter-finals.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kedah |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Perak |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| Dempo |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 10 |
| Al-Wahdat |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Knockout stage
Main article: AFC Cup 2008 - Knockout Stage
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Al-Muharraq |
5 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Kedah |
0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Al-Muharraq (a) |
0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Al-Nahda |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | SAFFC |
2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Al-Nahda |
1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Al-Muharraq |
5 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Safa |
1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Perak |
0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Safa |
2 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Safa |
1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dempo |
0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Dempo |
1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Home United |
1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
The first leg matches will be played on 16 September, and the second leg matches will be played on 23 September 2008.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perak |
0–7 | Safa |
0–2 | 0–5 |
| SAFFC |
2–4 | Al-Nahda |
2–1 | 0–3 |
| Dempo |
5–4 | Home United |
1–1 | 4–3 |
| Al-Muharraq |
7–1 | Kedah |
5–0 | 2–1 |
Semi-finals
The first leg matches will be played on 7 October, and the second leg matches will be played on 21 October 2008.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Muharraq |
(a)2–2 | Al-Nahda |
0–1 | 2–1 |
| Safa |
5–1 | Dempo |
1–0 | 4–1 |
Final
The first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on 31 October and 7 November 2008, respectively.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Muharraq |
10–5 | Safa |
5–1 | 5–4 |
| AFC Cup 2008 Winners |
|---|
|
| Al-Muharraq First Title |
Awards
Player of the Tournament |
Top scorer
|
Statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rico |
Al-Muharraq |
19 |
| 2 | Aleksander Duric |
SAFFC |
9 |
| 3 |  Ranty Martins Soleye |
Dempo |
8 |
| 4 | Mahmood Abdulrahman |
Al-Muharraq |
7 |
| Peres de Oliveira |
Home United | ||
| 5 |  Libambami Yedibahoma |
Al-Nahda |
6 |
| Rony Azar |
Safa | ||
| Mohammad Kassas |
Safa | ||
| Rashed Jamal Salem |
Al-Najma | ||
| 6 | Shahril Ishak |
Home United |
5 |
| Indra Sahdan Daud |
Home United | ||
| Hassan Abdel Fattah |
Al-Wahdat | ||
| Hussein Tahan |
Safa | ||
| 11 |  Marlon Alex James |
Kedah |
4 |
 Nelson San Martin |
Kedah | ||
| 13 | Cheng Siu Wai |
South China |
3 |
 Salih Sadir |
Al-Ansar | ||
| Chidi Edeh |
Dempo | ||
| Cris |
South China | ||
 Kengne Ludovick |
Home United | ||
| Mustafa Shehdeh |
Shabab Al-Ordon | ||
| Beto |
Dempo |
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