2007 AFC Cup

2007 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates6 March – 9 November 2007
Teams24 (from 13 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsJordan Shabab Al-Ordon (1st title)
Runners-upJordan Al-Faisaly
Tournament statistics
Matches played86
Goals scored226 (2.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lebanon Mohammed Ghaddar
Jordan Odai Al-Saify
(5 goals each)
2006
2008

The 2007 AFC Cup was the fourth edition of the AFC Cup, playing among clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

Qualification[edit]

The 13 'developing' nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2007 competition. 2006 winners, Al-Faisaly of Jordan qualify automatically, but proceed to the group stage.

Vietnam and Thailand lose ration for Australia in AFC Champions League. Instead of sending two teams by each country to compete for AFC Champions League, the second representative team of Vietnam and Thailand is demoted to play in AFC Cup.

Bangladesh were excluded, after they were relegated to AFC President's Cup along Turkmenistan.

Champions of North Korea and Myanmar did not participate.

West Asia
Bahrain Bahrain (1) Al-Muharraq (2005–06 Bahraini Premier League champions)
Jordan Jordan (3) Shabab Al-Ordon (2005–06 Jordan League champions & 2005–06 Jordan FA Cup winners)

Al-Faisaly (2006 AFC Cup winners & 2005–06 Jordan League runners-up)

Al-Wahdat (2005–06 Jordan League third place)

Lebanon Lebanon (2) Al-Ansar (2005–06 Lebanese Premier League champions & 2006 Lebanese FA Cup winners)

Al-Nejmeh (2005–06 Lebanese Premier League runners-up)

Oman Oman (2) Muscat (2005–06 Omani League champions)

Dhofar (2006 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners)

Yemen Yemen (2) Al-Saqr (2006 Yemeni League champions)

Al-Hilal (2005 Yemeni President Cup winners)

Central Asia
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan (2) HTTU Aşgabat (2006 Turkmenistan League champions & 2006 Turkmenistan Cup winners)

Nebitçi Balkanabat (2006 Turkmenistan League runners-up)

East Asia
Hong Kong Hong Kong (2) Happy Valley (2005–06 Hong Kong First Division League champions)

Sun Hei (2006 Hong Kong FA Cup winners)

South Asia
Bangladesh Bangladesh (0)
India India (2) Mahindra United (2005–06 Indian National Football League champions)

Mohun Bagan AC (2006 Indian Federation Cup winners)

Maldives Maldives (2) New Radiant (2006 Dhivehi League champions & 2006 Maldives FA Cup winners)

Victory SC (2006 Dhivehi League runners-up)

South East Asia
Malaysia Malaysia (2) Negeri Sembilan FA (2005–06 Super League Malaysia champions)

Pahang FA (2006 Malaysia FA Cup winners)

Singapore Singapore (2) Singapore Armed Forces FC (2006 S.League champions)

Tampines Rovers FC (2006 Singapore Cup winners)

Thailand Thailand (1) Osotsapa FC (2006 Thailand Premier League runners-up)
Vietnam Vietnam (1) Hoa Phat Hanoi (2006 Vietnamese Cup winners)

The draw took place in Kuala Lumpur on 22 December, allocating teams into six groups.

Group stage[edit]

Key to colors in group tables:

Group A[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 6 5 0 1 8 5 +3 15
Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 6 4 1 1 8 3 +5 13
Oman Muscat 6 1 1 4 4 6 −2 4
Yemen Al-Saqr 6 0 2 4 5 11 −6 2
Source: [citation needed]
Shabab Al-Ordon2–0Al-Saqr
Rafat Mohammad 39'
Ahmad Omaier 90+2'
(Report)
Al-Nejmeh1–0Muscat
Abbas Ahmed Atwi 18' (Report)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Saudi Arabia Ali Al Mutlaq




Al-Saqr1–1Shabab Al-Ordon
Mohammed Al-Mang 38' (Report) Waseem Al-Bzour 10'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: China Huang Junjie

Group B[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Jordan Al-Wahdat 6 4 2 0 16 8 +8 14
Bahrain Al-Muharraq 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11
Turkmenistan HTTU Aşgabat 6 2 0 4 10 12 −2 6
Yemen Al-Hilal 6 0 2 4 6 15 −9 2
Source: [citation needed]





Group C[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Jordan Al-Faisaly 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11
Oman Dhofar 6 3 1 2 4 5 −1 10
Lebanon Al-Ansar 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9
Turkmenistan Nebitçi Balkanabat 6 0 2 4 2 8 −6 2
Source: [citation needed]
Dhofar0–0Al-Ansar
(Report)
Attendance: 400
Referee: Bahrain Jasim Karim

Al-Ansar3–1Nebitçi Balkanabat
Fadi Ghoson 3'
Salih Sadir 45'
Hamid Basma 71'
(Report) Azat Guljagazov 80'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Iran Masoud Moradi
Al-Faisaly2–1Dhofar
Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh 28'
Mohammad Shawish 58'
(Report) Salah 53'

Dhofar1–0Nebitçi Balkanabat
Abdelmajid Dine 39' (Report)
Attendance: 200
Referee: Thailand Satop Tongkhan



Dhofar1–0Al-Faisaly
Fahad 11' (Report)

Group D[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Hong Kong Sun Hei 6 5 0 1 15 6 +9 15
Malaysia Negeri Sembilan FA 6 1 4 1 4 5 −1 7
Maldives Victory SC 6 1 3 2 7 9 −2 6
Vietnam Hoa Phat Hanoi 6 0 3 3 7 13 −6 3
Source: [citation needed]
Sun Hei2–0Victory SC
Inegbenoise 17'
Colly Barnes Ezeh 49'
(Report)
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 369
Negeri Sembilan FA0–0Hoa Phat Hanoi
(Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Yemen Mukhtar Al Yarimi


Sun Hei2–0Negeri Sembilan FA
Victor 6' 69' (Report)
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 200

Hoa Phat Hanoi0–2Victory SC
(Report) Ashad Ali 37' 81'
Attendance: 500
Referee: China Tan Hai


Sun Hei7–4Hoa Phat Hanoi
Lico 5' 61' 73'
Colly Barnes Ezeh 15' 65'
Chu Siu Kei 25' 41'
(Report) Cao Sy Cuong 10' (pen.)
Nguyen Ngoc Tu 33'
Vu Hong Viet 54' (pen.)
Nguyen Anh Cuong 75'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 208
Referee: Thailand Satop Tongkhan

Group E[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC 6 5 0 1 13 7 +6 15
India Mahindra United 6 4 0 2 9 4 +5 12
Hong Kong Happy Valley 6 3 0 3 9 11 −2 9
Maldives New Radiant 6 0 0 6 4 13 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]



Happy Valley2–1Mahindra United
Law Chun Bong 21' 23' (Report) Yusif Yakubu 68'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 100


Group F[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Singapore Tampines Rovers FC 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13
India Mohun Bagan AC 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 11
Thailand Osotsapa FC 6 3 1 2 12 3 +9 10
Malaysia Pahang FA 6 0 0 6 2 18 −16 0
Source: [citation needed]
Mohun Bagan AC0–0Tampines Rovers FC
(Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Vietnam Vo Minh Tri



Mohun Bagan AC1–0Osotsapa FC
José Ramírez Barreto 43' (Report)
Attendance: 18,000
Tampines Rovers FC2–0Pahang FA
Ridhuan Muhammad 32'
Mirko Grabovac 70'
(Report)
Attendance: 2,942
Referee: Yemen Mukhtar Al Yarimi


Best runners-up[edit]

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

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 6 4 1 1 8 3 +5 13
Bahrain Al-Muharraq 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11
Oman Dhofar 6 3 1 2 4 5 −1 10
Source: [citation needed]

Group D, E, F (East, South & South East Asia Zone)[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
India Mahindra United 6 4 0 2 9 4 +5 12
India Mohun Bagan AC 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 11
Malaysia Negeri Sembilan FA 6 1 4 1 4 5 −1 7
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mahindra United India 4–5 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 1–2 3–3
Tampines Rovers Singapore 3–7 Jordan Al-Faisaly 1–2 2–5
Sun Hei Hong Kong 1–4 Jordan Al-Wahdat 0–1 1–3
Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan 5–3 Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC 5–0 0–3

First leg[edit]



Sun Hei0–1Al-Wahdat
(Report)[permanent dead link] Ahmed Abdul-Haleem 83'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,200

Second leg[edit]




Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Faisaly Jordan 3–2 Jordan Al-Wahdat 1–1 2–1
Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan 1–0 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 1–0 0–0

First leg[edit]


Second leg[edit]


Final[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan 2–1 Jordan Al-Faisaly 1–0 1–1

First leg[edit]

Second leg[edit]

2007 AFC Cup Winners

Shabab Al-Ordon
First title

Statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

# Player Club Goals
1 Lebanon Mohammed Ghaddar Lebanon Nejmeh SC 5
Jordan Odai Al-Saify Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 5
3 Singapore Australia Aleksandar Duric Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC 4
Thailand Apipu Suntornpanavej Thailand Osotsapa FC 4
Singapore Ashrin Shariff Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC 4
Jordan Awad Ragheb Jordan Al-Wahdat 4
Hong Kong Colly Barnes Ezeh Hong Kong Sun Hei 4
Turkmenistan Mamedaly Karadanov Turkmenistan HTTU Aşgabat 4
Brazil Lico Hong Kong Sun Hei 4
10 Bahrain Abdulla Al Dakeel Bahrain Al-Muharraq 3
Maldives Ashad Ali Maldives Victory SC 3
Lebanon Fadi Ghoson Lebanon Al-Ansar 3
Angola Freddy Malaysia Negeri Sembilan FA 3
Hong Kong Gerard Ambassa Guy Hong Kong Happy Valley 3
Jordan Mahmoud Shelbaieh Jordan Al-Wahdat 3
Singapore Mohd Noh Alam Shah Singapore Tampines Rovers FC 3
Nigeria Victor Hong Kong Sun Hei 3
Ghana Yusif Yakubu India Mahindra United 3

See also[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ The match between Victory SC and Xiangxue Sun Hei was postponed to 9 May after the assistant referees from Indonesia were unable to arrive in the Maldives as their flight was delayed.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "AFC Cup: Victory, Sun Hei match postponed Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine". Retrieved on 8 May 2007.
  2. ^ "Victory, Sun Hei match postponed Archived 8 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine", The Official Website of Victory SC Archived 12 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, 8 May 2007. Retrieved on 10 May 2007.

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