2004 AFC Cup

The 2004 AFC Cup was the 1st edition of the AFC Cup, playing between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

Contents

Qualification

The 'developing' 14 nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2004 competition.

West Asia

Syria (2) Al-Jaish (2002–03 Syrian League champions)
Al-Wahda (2002–03 Syrian Cup winners)
Lebanon (2) Olympic Beirut (2002–03 Lebanese Premier League champions & 2003 Lebanese FA Cup winners)
Al-Nejmeh (2002–03 Lebanese Premier League runners-up)
Oman (1) Dhofar (2002–03 Omani League champions)
Yemen (1) Al-Sha'ab Ibb (2002–03 Yemeni League champions)
Al-Wahda Sana'a (2002 Yemeni League champions)

East Asia

Hong Kong (1)
 Happy Valley (2002–03 Hong Kong First Division League champions)

Central and Southern Asia

Bangladesh (1) Muktijoddha Sangsad (2003 Bangladesh National Football Championship champions & 2003 Bangladesh Federation Cup winners)
Mohammedan (2003 Bangladesh National Football Championship runners-up)
India (2) East Bengal (2002–03 Indian National Football League champions)
Mahindra United (2003 Indian Federation Cup winners)
Turkmenistan (2) Nisa Aşgabat (2003 Turkmenistan League champions)
Nebitçi Balkanabat (2003 Turkmenistan Cup winners)

ASEAN

Maldives (2) Valencia (2003 Dhivehi League champions)
Island FC (2003 Maldives FA Cup winners)
Malaysia (2) Perak (2003 Malaysia Premier 1 League champions)
Negeri Sembilan (2003 Malaysia FA Cup winners)
Singapore (2) Home United (2003 S.League champions & 2003 Singapore Cup winners)
Geylang United (2003 S.League runners-up)

Group stage

Key to colors in group tables:

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Al-Nejmeh 16 6 5 1 0 11 2 +9
Nisa Aşgabat 7 5 2 1 2 3 4 −1
Al-Sha'ab Ibb 7 5 2 1 2 7 7 0
Muktijoddha Sangsad 1 6 0 1 5 2 10 −8
11 February 2004
 Al-Nejmeh 3 –0 Al-Sha'ab Ibb Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 300
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)
Ivanković  62'
Nasseredine  82', 89'		 (Report)
11 February 2004
 Nisa Aşgabat 1 –0 Muktijoddha Sangsad Nisa Stadium, Asgabat, Turkmenistan
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ali Al Mutlaq (Saudi Arabia)
Nazarov  69' (pen.) (Report)
February 25, 2004
 Al Sha'ab Ibb 0–1 Nisa Aşgabat Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Recho
(Report) Konchaev Zemskov 50'
February 25, 2004
 Muktijoddha Sangsad KS 0–1 Al-Nejmeh Beirut Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 109
Referee: Mohamed Al Saeedi
(Report) Mohammad Kassas 72'
April 6, 2004
 Al-Nejmeh Beirut 3–1 Nisa Aşgabat Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Kadhum Auda Lazim
Mohammad Kassas 12' (pen), 47'
Ali Nasereddine 37'		 (Report) Didar Hajiev 34'
April 7, 2004
 Al Sha'ab Ibb 3-0 1 Muktijoddha Sangsad KS King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Hedayat Mombini
(Report)
April 20, 2004
 Muktijoddha Sangsad KS 2–3 Al Sha'ab Ibb Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dilovar Orzuev
Charles Ghansa 1'
Saifur Rahman Moni 38'		 (Report) Abdul Salam al-Gharbani 34', 60'
Redwan Ahmed 78'
April 20, 2004
 Nisa Aşgabat 0–1 Al-Nejmeh Beirut Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rustam Saidov
(Report) Mohammad Kassas 71'
May 4, 2004
 Al Sha'ab Ibb 1–1 Al-Nejmeh Beirut Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Huang Junjie
Ali al-Nuno 51' (Report) Mohammad Kassas 8'
May 5, 2004
 Muktijoddha Sangsad KS 0–0 Nisa Aşgabat Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 150
Referee: Saad Al Fadhli
(Report)
May 19, 2004
 Nisa Aşgabat match cancelled2 Al Sha'ab Ibb King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 100
Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta
(Report)
May 19, 2004
 Al-Nejmeh Beirut 2–0 Muktijoddha Sangsad KS Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov
Errol McFarlane 8'
Moussa Hojeij 90'		 (Report)

1Al Sha'ab Ibb were awarded a 3-0 win as Muktijoddha Sangsad KS did not show up for the match.
2The match was cancelled after a general strike in Yemen left Al Sha'ab Ibb unable to show up for the match.

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Al-Wahda (Damascus) 8 4 2 2 0 8 2 +6
Dhofar Club (Salala) 4 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1
Mahindra United 4 4 1 1 2 5 10 −5

Al-Wahda (San'a') withdrew after not obtaining financial support from Yemen's Ministry of Sports and Youth for their trip to Damascus where they were to play their first match away at Al-Wahda (Damascus); they were ejected from the competition and banned from the next edition of the AFC Cup for which they qualify.

February 11, 2004
 Mahindra United 2–1 Dhofar Club (Salala) Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 400
Referee: J Karim
Shanmugam Venkatesh 21'
Abhishek Yadav 66'		 (Report) Faraj A. Bait Alseem 55'
February 25, 2004
 Dhofar Club (Salala) 1–1 Al-Wahda (Damascus) Nisa Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Attendance: 100
Referee: A Al-Enezi
Al-Ghafri 83' (Report) Al-Shihmih 22'
April 7, 2004
 Mahindra United 0–0 Al-Wahda (Damascus) Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: M Moradi
(Report)
April 21, 2004
 Al-Wahda (Damascus) 5–1 Mahindra United Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Balideh
Al-Shihmih 36'
Iyad Mando 39' 53'
Moussa Traore 69', 73'		 (Report) Felix Abaoagye 84'
May 5, 2004
 Dhofar Club (Salala) 4–2 Mahindra United Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: F Al Marzouqi
Saif Sultan 27', 47'
Mohammed Al Shidad 35'
Gabriel 61'		 (Report) Felix Abaoagye 55'
Raphael Patron Akakpo 80'
May 19, 2004
 Al-Wahda (Damascus) 2–0 Dhofar Club (Salala) Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 200
Referee: S Tongkhan
Maher Al Sayed 20'
Moussa Traore 54'		 (Report)

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Al-Jaish (Damascus) 8 4 2 2 0 8 0 +8
Olympic Beirut 7 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1
Nebitçi Balkanabat 1 4 0 1 3 1 10 -9

Mohammedan SC (Dhaka) withdrew for unknown reasons, possibly in relation with the scandalous incidents in the Dhaka League.

February 10, 2004
 Olympic Beirut 0–0 Al-Jaish (Damascus) Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 400
Referee: J Karim
(Report)
February 25, 2004
 Al-Jaish (Damascus) 6–0 Nebitçi Balkanabat Nisa Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Attendance: 100
Referee: A Al-Enezi
Zyad Chaabo 36'
Raghdan Shehade 50'
Rabih Hassan 55' 64'
Ahmad Omaier 69' 87'		 (Report)
April 7, 2004
 Olympic Beirut 2–0 Nebitçi Balkanabat Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: M Moradi
Pierre Issa 65'
Youssef Mohamad 75'		 (Report)
April 21, 2004
 Nebitçi Balkanabat 1–2 Olympic Beirut Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Balideh
Perman Begjanov 82' (Report) Youssef Mohamad 53', 75'
May 5, 2004
 Al-Jaish (Damascus) 2–0 Olympic Beirut Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: F Al Marzouqi
Ahmad Omaier 8'
Zyad Chaabo 86'		 (Report)
May 19, 2004
 Nebitçi Balkanabat 0–0 Al-Jaish (Damascus) Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 200
Referee: S Tongkhan
(Report)

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Home United FC 14 6 4 2 0 19 5 +13
Perak FA 14 6 4 2 0 11 6 +6
Happy Valley 3 6 1 0 5 7 14 -7
Valencia FC 3 6 1 0 5 3 15 -12
February 11, 2004
 Home United FC 5–1 Happy Valley Bishan Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 369
Referee: K Matsumura
Egmar Goncalves 30', 66', 72'
Peres De Oliveira 53'
Indra Sahdan Daud 61'		 (Report) Martin Jancula 69'
February 11, 2004
 Perak FA 2–0 Valencia FC Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: M Al Yarimi
Frank Seator 45', 60' (Report)
February 25, 2004
 Valencia FC 0–3 Home United FC National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: S Sarkar
(Report) Egmar Goncalves 37', 43
Peres De Oliveira 60'
February 25, 2004
 Happy Valley 1–2 Perak FA Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: C Win
Gerard Guy Ambassa 6' (Report) Frank Seator 72'
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 80'
April 6, 2004
 Valencia FC 2–1 Happy Valley National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: S Mujghef
Ali Ashfag 73', 60' (Report) Lawrence Akandu 50'
April 6, 2004
 Perak FA 2–2 Home United FC Perak Stadium, Ipoh
Attendance: 200
Referee: A Al-Enezi
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 56'
Frank Seator 77'		 (Report) Egmar Goncalves 2'
Sutee Suksomkit 18'
April 20, 2004
 Home United FC 2–2 Perak FA Bishan Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: A Albadwawi
Sutee Suksomkit 7' (pen)
Liew Kit Kong 35' (og)		 (Report) Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 14'
V. Saravanan 90'
April 21, 2004
 Happy Valley 3–1 Valencia FC Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tan Hai
Lawrence Akandu 2', 42'
Gerard Guy Ambassa 82'		 (Report) Ali Ashfag 72'
May 5, 2004
 Valencia FC 0–1 Perak FA National Stadium, Male, Maldives
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: R Gosh
(Report) Luciano Goux 41'
May 5, 2004
 Happy Valley 0–2 Home United FC Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: B Williams
(Report) Indra Sahdan Daud 15'
Peres De Oliveira 90'
May 19, 2004
 Home United FC 5–0 Valencia FC Bishan Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 600
Referee: M Mansour
Indra Sahdan Daud 32', 45', 71'
Mohamed Nizam 78' (og)
Peres De Oliveira 90'		 (Report)
May 19, 2004
 Perak FA 2–1 Happy Valley Perak Stadium, Ipoh
Attendance: 208
Referee: S Tongkhan
Frank Seator 71'
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 80'		 (Report) Gerard Guy Ambassa 6'

Group E

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
East Bengal Club (Calcutta) 13 6 4 1 1 14 8 +6
Geylang United FC 13 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7
Negeri Sembilan FA 6 6 2 0 4 11 9 +2
Island FC 3 6 1 0 5 2 17 -15
February 10, 2004
 Geylang United FC 2–3 East Bengal Club (Calcutta) Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 369
Referee: K Matsumura
Mohd Hafiz Rahim 40'
Jeykanth Jeyapal 90'		 (Report) Cristiano Junior 45', 76'
Bijen Singh 83'
February 10, 2004
 Negeri Sembilan FA 6–0 Island FC Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: M Al Yarimi
Duke Effiong 19', 64', 71'
Abdul Razak Ekpoki 30', 90'
K. Rajan 28'		 (Report)
February 24, 2004
 Island FC 0–5 Geylang United FC National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: S Sarkar
(Report) Mohd Hafiz Rahim 5'
Razali Johari 44'
Nahar Daud 49'
Mohd Noor Ali 67', 84'
February 25, 2004
 East Bengal Club (Calcutta) 4–2 Negeri Sembilan FA Hang Day Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: C Win
Mike Okoro 9'
Cristiano Junior 34' (pen), 70'
Baichung Bhutia 77'		 (Report) K. Rajan 45'
Shahrin Abdul Majid 64'
April 7, 2004
 Island FC 1–2 East Bengal Club (Calcutta) National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: S Mujghef
Ahmed Sunain 72 (pen) (Report) Baichung Bhutia 36'
Mike Okoro 90'
April 7, 2004
 Negeri Sembilan FA 0–1 Geylang United FC Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 200
Referee: A Al-Enezi
(Report) Aleksandar Duric 10'
April 21, 2004
 East Bengal Club (Calcutta) 3–0 Island FC Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Seremban, Malaysia
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: A Albadwawi
De Silva 9'
Cristiano Junior 36'
Mike Okoro 85'		 (Report)
April 21, 2004
 Geylang United FC 2–1 Negeri Sembilan FA Hang Day Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tan Hai
Chang Hui 49'
Aleksandar Duric 71'		 (Report) Mohd Effendi Malek 27'
May 4, 2004
 Island FC 1–0 Negeri Sembilan FA Hang Day Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: R Gosh
Ismail Mohamed 14' (Report)
May 5, 2004
 East Bengal Club (Calcutta) 1–1 Geylang United FC National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: B Williams
Mike Okoro 76' (Report) Daniel Hill 33'
May 18, 2004
 Geylang United FC 1–0 Island FC Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Seremban, Malaysia
Attendance: 600
Referee: M Mansour
Rudy Khairon 29' (Report)
May 18, 2004
 Negeri Sembilan FA 2–1 East Bengal Club (Calcutta) Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 208
Referee: S Tongkhan
Suharmin Yusof 23', 49' (Report) Cristiano Junior 24'

Best runners-up

Two best runners-up, one from groups A, B and C and two from groups D and E, qualify for the quarter finals.

Group A, B, C (West & Central Asia Zone)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Olympic Beirut 7 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1
Nisa Aşgabat 7 5 2 1 2 3 4 -1
Dhofar Club (Salala) 4 4 1 1 2 6 7 -1

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

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Perak FA 14 6 4 2 0 12 6 +6
Geylang United FC 13 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7

Knockout stage

Quarter finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Al-Wahda (Damascus) 14-4 Al-Nejmeh Beirut 2-1 2-3
Perak FA 3-5 Geylang United FC 1-2 2-3
East Bengal Club (Calcutta) 0-3 Al-Jaish (Damascus) 0-0 0-3
Olympic Beirut 4-5 Home United FC 3-3 1-2

1 Al-Wahda (Damascus) (Syria) won on away goals.

First leg

September 14, 2004
 Al-Wahda (Damascus) 2–1 Al-Nejmeh Beirut Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, Goa, India
Iyad Mando 86'
Maher Al Sayed 89'		 Mohammad Kassas 50'
September 14, 2004
 Perak FA 1–2 Geylang United FC Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Frank Seator 90' Aleksandar Duric 49'
Fazrul Nawaz 60'
September 14, 2004
 East Bengal Club (Calcutta) 0–0 Al-Jaish (Damascus) Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
September 14, 2004
 Olympic Beirut 3–3 Home United FC King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Mohammed Atwi 18'
Krekor Alozian 40'
Faisal Antar 60'		 Indra Shahdan Daud 28', 79'
Egmar Goncalves 83'

Second leg

September 21, 2004
 Al-Nejmeh Beirut 3–2 Al-Wahda (Damascus) Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Moussa Hojeij 21'
Othman Savane 33'
Ali Nasereddine 65'		 Moussa Traore 19'
Iyad Mando 34'
September 21, 2004
 Geylang United FC 3–2 Perak FA Tampines Stadium, Singapore
Hasrin Jailani 12'
Aleksandar Duric 27'
Fazrul Nawaz 41'		 Syamsul Mohamed Saad 55'
R. Surendran 90'+1'
September 21, 2004
 Al-Jaish (Damascus) 3–0 East Bengal Club (Calcutta) King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Adel Abdullah 16'
Mohamed Al Zeno 50'
Feras Esmaeel 87'
September 21, 2004
 Home United FC 2–1 Olympic Beirut Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore
Fahmie Abdullah 69', 74' Abbas Ali 63'

Semi finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Al-Wahda (Damascus) 2-1 Geylang United FC 1-1 1-0
Al-Jaish (Damascus) 6-1 Home United FC 4-0 2-1

First leg

October 19, 2004
 Al-Wahda (Damascus) 1–1 Geylang United FC Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria
Muhammad Jaafar 85' Aleksandar Duric 63'
October 20, 2004
 Al-Jaish (Damascus) 4–0 Home United FC Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria
Mohamed Al Zeno 34'
Feras Esmaeel 53', 62'
Iyad Al-Hilou 76'

Second leg

October 26, 2004
 Geylang United FC 0–1 Al-Wahda (Damascus) Bedok Stadium, Bedok, Singapore
Moussa Traore 12'
October 27, 2004
 Home United FC 1–2 Al-Jaish (Damascus) Bishan Stadium, Bishan, Singapore
Sivakumar 17' Mohamed Al Zeno 76'
Zyad Chaabo 90'+1'

Finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Al-Wahda (Damascus) *3-3 Al-Jaish (Damascus) 2-3 1-0

First leg

November 19, 2004
 Al-Wahda (Damascus) 2–3 Al-Jaish (Damascus) Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria
Darar Radawi 49'
Omar Akil 90+2		 Zyad Chaabo 3'
Feras Esmaeel 32'
Amer Al-Abtah 55' (pen)

Second leg

November 26, 2004
 Al-Jaish (Damascus) 0–1 Al-Wahda (Damascus) Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria
Nabil Al-Shahma 72'
2004 AFC Cup Winners

Al-Jaish
First title

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2  F1   F2  Total
1 Indra Sahdan Daud Home United 1 1 3 2 7
Egmar Goncalves Home United 3 2 1 1 7
3 Cristiano Júnior East Bengal 2 2 1 1 6
Frank Seator Perak 2 1 1 1 1 6
Mohammad Kassas Al-Nejmeh 1 2 1 1 1 6
6 Moussa Traoré Al-Wahda 2 1 1 1 5
Aleksandar Durić Geylang United 1 1 1 1 1 5

See also

References

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