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.

1 Qualification
2 Group stage
3 Knockout stage
- 3.1 Bracket
4 See also

Qualification

The 'developing' 12 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 & 2004 Bahraini FA 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 (2)	Dhofar (2004–05 Omani League champions) Al-Nasr (2005 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners)
Yemen (2)	Al-Hilal (2005 Yemeni President Cup winners) Al-Saqr (2005 Yemeni League runners-up)
Central and Southern Asia
Bangladesh (2)	Mohammedan (2005–06 Bangladesh National Football Championship champions) Brothers Union (2005 Bangladesh Federation Cup winners)
India (2)	Dempo SC (2004–05 Indian National Football League champions) Mahindra United (2005 Federation Cup winners)
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)
North Korea (0)*
ASEAN
Malaysia (2)	Perlis FA (2005 Super League Malaysia champions) Selangor FA (2005 Malaysian FA Cup winners)
Maldives (2)	Hurriyya (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)
Myanmar (0)*

North Korea and Myanmar are excluded.
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	11	6	3	2	1	8	5	3
Al Ahed	10	6	3	1	2	16	11	5
Mahindra United	9	6	2	3	1	8	7	1
Brothers Union	2	6	0	2	4	5	14	-9

Matches:

7 March 2006

Al-Muharraq

2 - 0

Brothers Union

Bahrain National Stadium, Bahrain

8 March 2006

Al Ahed

2 - 2

Mahindra United

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Lebanon

21 March 2006

Brothers Union	2 - 2	Mahindra United	Bangabandhu Stadium, Bangladesh
Al Ahed	0 - 2	Al-Muharraq	Beirut Municipal Stadium, Lebanon

11 April 2006

Al-Muharraq

1 - 1

Mahindra United

Bahrain National Stadium, Bahrain

18 April 2006

Brothers Union

1 - 3

Al Ahed

Bangabandhu Stadium, Bangladesh

25 April 2006

Mahindra United	0 - 1	Al-Muharraq	PJN Stadium, India
Al Ahed	6 - 2	Brothers Union	Beirut Municipal Stadium, Lebanon

2 May 2006

Brothers Union	0 - 0	Al-Muharraq	Bangabandhu Stadium, Bangladesh
Mahindra United	2 - 1	Al Ahed	PJN Stadium, India

16 May 2006

Al-Muharraq	2 - 4	Al Ahed	Bahrain National Stadium, Bahrain
Mahindra United	1 - 0	Brothers Union	PJN Stadium, India

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	3	0	1	3	4	14	-10

Al-Hilal was disqualified for not submitting their squad list in time.

Matches:

7 March 2006

3 - 1

21 March 2006

2 - 2

11 April 2006

4 - 1

25 April 2006

0 - 2

2 May 2006

0 - 1

16 May 2006

6 - 1

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

Dhofar was disqualified for not submitting their squad list in time.

Matches:

11 April 2006

7 - 0

25 April 2006

1 - 2

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

6 - 2

21 March 2006

2 - 0

11 April 2006

1 - 1

25 April 2006

4 - 3

2 May 2006

2 - 2

16 May 2006

2 - 1

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
		Indra Sahdan Bin Daud 60
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

1 - 0

3 May 2006

5 - 2

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	1	6	0	1	5	3	15	-12

Matches:

March 7, 2006	Selangor FA	1–0	Tampines Rovers FC	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Tan Hai
	Brian Fuentes 11'	(Report)

March 7, 2006	Happy Valley	3–0	Hurriyya	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China Attendance: 500 Referee: C D Arambakade Gedara
	Sham Kwok Keung 32' Gerard Guy Ambassa 37' Lee Sze Ming 76'	(Report)

March 21, 2006	Hurriyya	1–3	Selangor FA	National Stadium, Malé, Maldives Attendance: 5,000 Referee: S Sarkar
	Mausoom Abdul Ghafoor 90	(Report)	Brian Fuentes 29' (pen) Mohd Amri Yahyah 63' Bambang Pamungkas 66

March 21, 2006	Tampines Rovers FC	3–1	Happy Valley	Tampines Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 3,021 Referee: B Williams
	Aliff Shafaein 45' Noh Alam Shah 48', 70'	(Report)	Fábio Lopes Alcântara 30'

April 11, 2006	Tampines Rovers FC	3–1	Hurriyya	Tampines Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Y Nishimura
	Mirko Grabovac 44' Aliff Shafaein 49' Peres De Oliveira 89'	(Report)	Shinaz Hilmy 90'

April 11, 2006	Selangor FA	4–3	Happy Valley	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Kwon Jong Chul
	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'

April 25, 2006	Happy Valley	2–3	Selangor FA	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China Attendance: 407 Referee: C Win
	Joao Evanor Fantin 19' Gerard Guy Ambassa 74'	(Report)	Razman Roslan 29' Brian Fuestes 71' K. Sanbagamaran 88'

April 25, 2006	Hurriyya	0–4	Tampines Rovers FC	National Stadium, Malé, Maldives Attendance: 1,000 Referee: R K Gosh
		(Report)	Mohamed Rafi Ali 15', 24' Aliff Shafaein 51' Noh Alam Shah 81'

May 2, 2006	Tampines Rovers FC	3–2	Selangor FA	Tampines Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 3,868 Referee: Y Nishimura
	Peres De Oliveira 32', 51' Mirko Grabovac 60'	(Report)	Bambang Pamungkas 56', 82'

May 2, 2006	Hurriyya	1–1	Happy Valley	National Stadium, Malé, Maldives Attendance: 400 Referee: S Sarkar
	Shinaz Hilmy 36'	(Report)	Li Chun Yip 21'

May 16, 2006	Selangor FA	1–0	Hurriyya	KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Attendance: 3,000 Referee: C Win
	K. Sanbagamaran 27'	(Report)

May 16, 2006	Happy Valley	0–4	Tampines Rovers FC	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 66 Referee: S Tongkhan
		(Report)	Noh Alam Shah 57', 76', 81' Ibrahim Md Noh 85'

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
Dempo SC	4	4	1	1	2	9	7	2
Al Ahed	4	4	1	1	2	5	8	-3

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

September 12, 2006	Tampines Rovers FC	0–1	Al-Wahdat	Tampines Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Tan Hai
		(Report)	Ahmed Abdul-Haleem 49'

September 12, 2006	Selangor FA	0–1	Al-Nejmeh	Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia Attendance: 4,500 Referee: S Sarkar
		(Report)	Ali Mohamed 24'

September 12, 2006	Al-Nasr	2–3	Al-Muharraq	Al Saada Sports Complex, Salalah, Oman Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Q Shaban
	Adil Matar 22' Nabil Ashoor 55'	(Report)	Leandson Dias da Silva 13', 64' Richard Massolin 58'

September 12, 2006	Al-Faisaly	1–1	Xiangxue Sun Hei	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Attendance: 3,000 Referee: T H Shamsuzzaman
	Hatem Aqel 54'	(Report)	Lee Kin-wo 44'

Second leg

September 19, 2006	Al-Wahdat	4–0	Tampines Rovers FC	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Kwon Jong Chul
	Ahmed Abdul-Haleem 14' Mahmoud Shelbaieh 45'+1, 47' Musa Hammad 69'	(Report)

September 19, 2006	Al-Nejmeh	0–0	Selangor FA	Beirut Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon Attendance: 3,500 Referee: O M Al Saeedi
		(Report)

September 19, 2006	Al-Muharraq	0–1	Al-Nasr	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
		(Report)	Adil Matar 56' (pen)

September 19, 2006	Xiangxue Sun Hei	1–1 AET (4-5)PSO	Al-Faisaly	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 2,722 Referee: O Il Son
	Lo Chi-kwan 21'	(Report)	Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek 60'

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

September 26, 2006	Al-Nejmeh	1–2	Al-Muharraq	Beirut Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Q Shaban
	Ali Nasseredine 21'	(Report)	Fatai Babatunde 54' Jesse John 75'

September 26, 2006	Al-Faisaly	1–0	Al-Wahdat	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Attendance: 17,000 Referee: M Mansour
	Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh 9'	(Report)

Second leg

October 17, 2006	Al-Muharraq	4–2	Al-Nejmeh	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
	Leandson Dias da Silva 21' (pen), 76' (pen) Abdullah Omar 29' Richard Massolin 90+2 (pen)	(Report)	Mohammed Ghaddar 41', 45+1'

October 17, 2006	Al-Wahdat	1–1	Al-Faisaly	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Attendance: 10,000 Referee: M Moradi
	Mahmoud Shelbaieh 53'	(Report)	Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek 66'

Finals

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

First leg

October 27, 2006	Al-Faisaly	3–0	Al-Muharraq	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Attendance: 7,000 Referee: M Kousa
	Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh 54', 83' Hussein Ziyad 60'	(Report)

Second leg

November 3, 2006	Al-Muharraq	4–2	Al-Faisaly	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain Attendance: 3,000 Referee: M O Al Saeedi
	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'

2006 AFC Cup Winners
Al-Faisaly Second title

2006 AFC Cup

Contents

Qualification

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Best runners-up

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Finals

See also