2008 AFC President's Cup

The 2008 AFC President's Cup was the fourth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. For this edition, the tournament was extended from eight to eleven teams, with three groups in place of the previous two. The three new teams came from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Turkmenistan. The eleven teams that competed were split up into three groups and played each other team in their group once. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified for the semifinals, and the winners of the semifinal matches played in the final match to determine the winner.

2008 AFC President's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryKyrgyzstan
Dates12 April - 26 June (group stage)
19-21 September (final stage)
Teams4 (final stage)
11 (total) (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions Regar-TadAZ (2nd title)
Runners-up Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored75 (4.17 per match)
Top scorer(s) Thi Ha Kyaw (6 goals)

Each group was to be played over a period of days in April at one venue - Group A at Dashrath Stadium, Nepal, Group B at Chungshan Stadium, Taiwan and Group C at Sugathadasa Stadium, Sri Lanka. However, due to political unrest in Nepal, Group A matches were postponed and eventually played at MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia in June.[1]

The final stage of the competition was played in Kyrgyzstan from September 19–21.[2]

Venues

Group Stage
Kuala Lumpur Taipei Colombo
MPPJ Stadium Changchun Soccer Stadium Sugathadasa Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 25,000

Final Stage
Bishkek
Spartak Stadium
Capacity: 23,000

Qualifying teams
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Bangladesh Abahani Ltd. 2007 B.League champions 1st
Bhutan Transport United 2007 A-Division champions 4th 2007
Cambodia Nagacorp FC 2007 Cambodian League champions 1st
Chinese Taipei Taipower 2007 Enterprise Football League champions 2nd 2005
Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo 2007 Kyrgyzstan League champions 4th 2007
Myanmar Kanbawza 2007 Myanmar Premier League champions 1st
Nepal Nepal Police Club1 2006–07 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions2 2nd 2007
Pakistan WAPDA3 2007–08 Pakistan Premier League champions 2nd 2005
Sri Lanka Ratnam SC 2007 Kit Premier League champions 3rd 2007
Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ 2007 Tajik League champions 3rd 2007
Turkmenistan FC Aşgabat 2007 Turkmenistan League champions 1st

1 Mehandra Police Club now known as Nepal Police Club.
2 No league held in 2007–08 so 2006–07 champions qualify.
3 Pakistan Army F.C. were originally Pakistan's entrants, but replaced by WAPDA for rearranged group stage.

Group stage

Group A

All matches played at MPPJ Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Regar-TadAZ 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7
Nepal Police Club 3 1 2 0 7 3 +4 5
Abahani Ltd. 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
WAPDA 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source:
Nepal Police Club 4–0 Abahani Ltd.
Thapa 15'
Rai 18' 56' 70' (pen)		 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Abdulrahman Racho (Syria)
Regar-TadAZ 2–1 WAPDA
Hasanov 17'
Tukhtasunov 76'		 Report Niazi 24'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
WAPDA 1–1 Nepal Police Club
Ali Shah 78' Report Rai 89'
Attendance: 300
Abahani Ltd. 1–2 Regar-TadAZ
Awudu 25' Report Rabimov 15'
Ismoilov 45'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Ng Chui Kok (Hong Kong)
WAPDA0–1 Abahani Ltd.
Report Ameli 84'
Attendance: 200
Nepal Police Club 2–2 Regar-TadAZ
Ghimire 33'
Rai 67'		 Report Rabimov 47' 90+1'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Tan Hai (China)

Group B

All matches played at Chungshan Stadium, Taipei

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Dordoi-Dynamo 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6
Nagacorp FC 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Taipower 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source:
Nagacorp FC 2–2 Taipower
Sotitya 45'
Vathanak 58'		 Report Chiang 78', 84'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Dilovarshokh Orzuev (Tajikistan)
Taipower 0–3 Dordoi-Dynamo
Report Murzaev 19'
Amirov 78'
Askarov 80'
Attendance: 100
Nagacorp FC 0–2 Dordoi-Dynamo
Report Harchenko 13'
Ablakimov 74'
Attendance: 25
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Group C

All matches played at Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
FC Aşgabat 3 2 0 1 9 2 +7 6
Kanbawza 3 2 0 1 14 3 +11 6
Ratnam SC 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
Transport United 3 0 0 3 2 25 −23 0
Source:
Ratnam SC 7–1 Transport United
Ediribandanage 17', 41', 90'
Asmeer 25'
Weerasinghe 59'
Jayasuriya 60'
Pushpakumara 79'		 Report Wangchuk 22'
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)
FC Aşgabat 0–1 Kanbawza
Report Kyaw 85'
Attendance: 3,000
Transport United 1–7 FC Aşgabat
Pradhan 93' Report Gurbani 21'
Amanow 32', 36', 48'
Murhalyýew 41', 50'
Saparow 71'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
Kanbawza 2–3Ratnam SC
Kyaw 43', 50' Report Jayasuriya 9', 81'
Mohamed 54'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)
Kanbawza 11–0Transport United
Kyaw 11', 36', 90+2'
Tun 15', 23', 31', 71'
Lwin 38'
Htet 41', 51'
Than 74'		 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)
Ratnam SC 0–2FC Aşgabat
Report Çoňkaýew 39'
Amanow 45'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

Final stage

Semi-finals
Dordoi-Dynamo 3–1 Nepal Police Club
Tetteh 19', 84'
Murzaev 59'		 Report Thapa 72'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Atallah Jatli Al-Enezi (Kuwait)
Regar-TadAZ 4–3 (a.e.t.) FC Aşgabat
Rustamov 23'
Simões 29'
Minhairov 87'
Makhmudov 112'		 Report Ataýew 25'
Geldiýew 35'
Mirzoýew 69'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)

Final
Dordoi-Dynamo 1–1
(3–4 pens.)		 Regar-TadAZ
Tetteh 33' Report Tukhtasunov 53'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
Dordoi-Dynamo
Regar-TadAZ

OFFICIALS

  • Linesman: Sokhandan Reza (Iran)
  • Linesman: Bakhtiyor Tagaev (Uzbekistan)
 AFC President's Cup 2008 

Regar-TadAZ
Second title

References
  1. "Asian Club Competitions 2008".
  2. "Official Home of Asian Football - News". Archived from the original on 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2008-06-03. Final stage to be held in Kyrgyzstan
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