2004 AFC Cup

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

2004 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates10 February – 26 November 2004
Teams18 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions Al-Jaish (1st title)
Runners-up Al-Wahda
Tournament statistics
Matches played61
Goals scored178 (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s) Indra Sahdan Daud
Egmar Gonçalves
(7 goals each)

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)
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)
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Nejmeh 6 5 1 0 11 2 +9 16
Nisa Aşgabat 5 2 1 2 3 4 −1 7
Al-Sha'ab Ibb 5 2 1 2 7 7 0 7
Muktijoddha Sangsad 6 0 1 5 2 10 −8 1
Source:
Al-Nejmeh 3–0 Al-Sha'ab Ibb
Ivanković 62'
Nasseredine 82', 89'		 (Report)
Attendance: 300
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou
Nisa Aşgabat 1–0 Muktijoddha Sangsad
Nazarov 69' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ali Al Mutlaq (Saudi Arabia)
Al Sha'ab Ibb 0–1 Nisa Aşgabat
(Report) Konchaev Zemskov 50'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Recho
Muktijoddha Sangsad KS 0–1 Al-Nejmeh Beirut
(Report) Mohammad Kassas 72'
Attendance: 109
Referee: Mohamed Al Saeedi
Al-Nejmeh Beirut 3–1 Nisa Aşgabat
Mohammad Kassas 12' (pen), 47'
Ali Nasereddine 37'		 (Report) Didar Hajiev 34'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Kadhum Auda Lazim
Al Sha'ab Ibb 3–0 1 Muktijoddha Sangsad KS
(Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Hedayat Mombini
Muktijoddha Sangsad KS 2–3 Al Sha'ab Ibb
Charles Ghansa 1'
Saifur Rahman Moni 38'		 (Report) Abdulsalam Al Ghurbani 34', 60'
Redwan Ahmed 78'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dilovar Orzuev
Nisa Aşgabat 0–1 Al-Nejmeh Beirut
(Report) Mohammad Kassas 71'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rustam Saidov
Al Sha'ab Ibb 1–1 Al-Nejmeh Beirut
Al-Nono 51' (Report) Mohammad Kassas 8'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Huang Junjie
Muktijoddha Sangsad KS 0–0 Nisa Aşgabat
(Report)
Attendance: 150
Nisa Aşgabat Cancelled2 Al Sha'ab Ibb
(Report)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta
Al-Nejmeh Beirut 2–0 Muktijoddha Sangsad KS
Errol McFarlane 8'
Moussa Hojeij 90'		 (Report)
Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Wahda (Damascus) 4 2 2 0 8 2 +6 8
Dhofar 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
Mahindra United 4 1 1 2 5 10 −5 4
Source:
Mahindra United2–1Dhofar
Shanmugam Venkatesh 21'
Abhishek Yadav 66'		 (Report) Faraj A. Bait Alseem 55'
Attendance: 400
Referee: J Karim
Dhofar1–1Al-Wahda (Damascus)
Al-Ghafri 83' (Report) Nabil Al Shahmeh 22'
Nisa Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Attendance: 100
Referee: A Al-Enezi
Mahindra United0–0Al-Wahda (Damascus)
(Report)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: M Moradi
Al-Wahda (Damascus)5–1Mahindra United
Nabil Al Shahmeh 36'
Iyad Mando 39' 53'
Moussa Traoré 69', 73'		 (Report) Felix Abaoagye 84'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Abdullah Balideh
Dhofar4–2Mahindra United
Saif Sultan 27', 47'
Mohammed Al Shidad 35'
Gabriel 61'		 (Report) Felix Abaoagye 55'
Raphaël Patron Akakpo 80'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: F Al Marzouqi
Al-Wahda (Damascus)2–0Dhofar
Maher Al Sayed 20'
Moussa Traoré 54'		 (Report)
Attendance: 200
Referee: S Tongkhan

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Jaish (Damascus) 4 2 2 0 8 0 +8 8
Olympic Beirut 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
Nebitçi Balkanabat 4 0 1 3 1 10 −9 1
Source:
Olympic Beirut0–0Al-Jaish (Damascus)
(Report)
Attendance: 400
Referee: J Karim
Al-Jaish (Damascus)6–0Nebitçi Balkanabat
Zyad Chaabo 36'
Raghdan Shehadeh 50'
Rabih Hassan 55' 64'
Ahmad Omaier 69' 87'		 (Report)
Nisa Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Attendance: 100
Referee: A Al-Enezi
Olympic Beirut2–0Nebitçi Balkanabat
Pierre Issa 65'
Youssef Mohamad 75'		 (Report)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: M Moradi
Nebitçi Balkanabat1–2Olympic Beirut
Perman Begjanov 82' (Report) Youssef Mohamad 53', 75'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Balideh
Al-Jaish (Damascus)2–0Olympic Beirut
Ahmad Omaier 8'
Zyad Chaabo 86'		 (Report)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: F Al Marzouqi
Nebitçi Balkanabat0–0Al-Jaish (Damascus)
(Report)
Attendance: 200
Referee: S Tongkhan

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Home United FC 6 4 2 0 19 5 +14 14
Perak FA 6 4 2 0 11 6 +5 14
Happy Valley 6 1 0 5 7 14 −7 3
Valencia FC 6 1 0 5 3 15 −12 3
Source:
Home United FC5–1Happy Valley
Egmar Goncalves 30', 66', 72'
Peres De Oliveira 53'
Indra Sahdan Daud 61'		 (Report) Martin Jancula 69'
Attendance: 369
Referee: K Matsumura
Perak FA2–0Valencia FC
Frank Seator 45', 60' (Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: M Al Yarimi
Valencia FC0–3Home United FC
(Report) Egmar Goncalves 37', 43
Peres De Oliveira 60'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: S Sarkar
Happy Valley1–2Perak FA
Gerard Guy Ambassa 6' (Report) Frank Seator 72'
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 80'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: C Win
Valencia FC2–1Happy Valley
Ali Ashfaq 73', 60' (Report) Lawrence Akandu 50'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: S Mujghef
Perak FA2–2Home United FC
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 56'
Frank Seator 77'		 (Report) Egmar Goncalves 2'
Sutee Suksomkit 18'
Attendance: 200
Referee: A Al-Enezi
Home United FC2–2Perak FA
Sutee Suksomkit 7' (pen)
Liew Kit Kong 35' (og)		 (Report) Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 14'
V. Saravanan 90'
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: A Albadwawi
Happy Valley3–1Valencia FC
Lawrence Akandu 2', 42'
Gerard Guy Ambassa 82'		 (Report) Ali Ashfaq 72'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tan Hai
Valencia FC0–1Perak FA
(Report) Luciano Goux 41'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: R Gosh
Happy Valley0–2Home United FC
(Report) Indra Sahdan Daud 15'
Peres De Oliveira 90'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: B Williams
Home United FC5–0Valencia FC
Indra Sahdan Daud 32', 45', 71'
Mohamed Nizam 78' (og)
Peres De Oliveira 90'		 (Report)
Attendance: 600
Referee: M Mansour
Perak FA2–1Happy Valley
Frank Seator 71'
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 80'		 (Report) Gerard Guy Ambassa 6'
Attendance: 208
Referee: S Tongkhan

Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
East Bengal 6 4 1 1 14 8 +6 13
Geylang United 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13
Negeri Sembilan 6 2 0 4 11 9 +2 6
Island FC 6 1 0 5 2 17 −15 3
Source: AFC Cup 2004
Geylang United 2–3 East Bengal
 Report
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 369
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)
Negeri Sembilan 6–0 Island FC
 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)
Island FC 0–5 Geylang United
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)
East Bengal 4–2 Negeri Sembilan
 Report
Referee: C Win
Island FC 1–2 East Bengal
 Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)
Negeri Sembilan 0–1 Geylang United
Report
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 200
Referee: Atallah Al Enezi (Kuwait)
East Bengal 3–0 Island FC
 Report
Geylang United 2–1 Negeri Sembilan
 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Island FC 1–0 Negeri Sembilan
Mohamed 14' Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ram Krishna Ghosh (Bangladesh)
East Bengal 1–1 Geylang United
 Report
  • Hill 33'
Geylang United 1–0 Island FC
  • Khairon 29'
 Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: M Mansour
Negeri Sembilan 2–1 East Bengal
  • Suharmin 23', 49'
 Report
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 208
Referee: S Tongkhan

Best runners-up

Three 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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Olympic Beirut 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
Nisa Aşgabat 5 2 1 2 3 4 −1 7
Dhofar 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
Source:

Group D, E (East, South & South East Asia Zone)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Perak FA 6 4 2 0 12 6 +6 14
Geylang United FC 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13
Source:

Knockout stage

Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-Finals Final
            
Al-Wahda (a) 2 2 4
Al-Nejmeh Beirut 1 3 4
Al-Wahda 1 1 2
Geylang United 1 0 1
Perak FA 1 2 3
Geylang United 2 3 5
Al-Wahda (a) 2 1 3
Al-Jaish 3 0 3
East Bengal 0 0 0
Al-Jaish 0 3 3
Al-Jaish 4 2 6
Home United FC 0 1 1
Olympic Beirut 3 1 4
Home United FC 3 2 5

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 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

Al-Wahda (Damascus)2–1Al-Nejmeh Beirut
Iyad Mando 86'
Maher Al Sayed 89'		 Mohammad Kassas 50'
Perak FA1–2Geylang United FC
Frank Seator 90' Aleksandar Duric 49'
Fazrul Nawaz 60'
East Bengal0–0Al-Jaish (Damascus)
Olympic Beirut3–3Home United FC
Mohammed Atwi 18'
Krekor Alozian 40'
Faisal Antar 60'		 Indra Shahdan Daud 28', 79'
Egmar Goncalves 83'

Second leg

Al-Nejmeh Beirut3–2Al-Wahda (Damascus)
Moussa Hojeij 21'
Othman Savane 33'
Ali Nasereddine 65'		 Moussa Traoré 19'
Iyad Mando 34'
Geylang United FC3–2Perak FA
Hasrin Jailani 12'
Aleksandar Duric 27'
Fazrul Nawaz 41'		 Syamsul Mohamed Saad 55'
R. Surendran 90'+1'
Al-Jaish (Damascus)3–0East Bengal
Adel Abdullah 16'
Mohamed Al Zeno 50'
Feras Esmaeel 87'
Home United FC2–1Olympic Beirut
Fahmie Abdullah 69', 74' Abbas Ali 63'

Semifinals
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

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

Second leg

Geylang United FC0–1Al-Wahda (Damascus)
Report Moussa Traoré 12'
Home United FC1–2Al-Jaish (Damascus)
Sivakumar 17' Report 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

Al-Wahda (Damascus)2–3Al-Jaish (Damascus)
Darar Radawi 49'
Omar Akil 90+2		 Report Zyad Chaabo 3'
Feras Esmaeel 32'
Amer Al-Abtah 55' (pen)

Second leg

Al-Jaish (Damascus)0–1Al-Wahda (Damascus)
Report Nabil Al Shahmeh 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 1132 7
Egmar Goncalves Home United 3211 7
3 Cristiano Júnior East Bengal 2211 6
Frank Seator Perak 21111 6
Mohammad Kassas Al-Nejmeh 12111 6
6 Moussa Traoré Al-Wahda 2111 5
Aleksandar Durić Geylang United 11111 5

See also

References
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