2006 AFC Cup

2006 AFC Cup

Tournament details
Dates	7 March – 3 November 2006
Teams	19 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Faisaly (2nd title)
Runners-up	Al-Muharraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played	58
Goals scored	195 (3.36 per match)

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 and 21 March, 11 and 25 April, 5 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:

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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	0
	Al-Wahdat	5
					Al-Wahdat	1
					Al-Faisaly	2
	Al-Faisaly (p)	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)	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)	Al-Muharraq	2–3	1–0
Al-Faisaly	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Xiangxue Sun Hei	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)

First leg

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Second leg

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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

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Second leg

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Finals

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

First leg

Second leg

2006 AFC Cup Winners
Al-Faisaly Second title

See also