2007 AFF Championship

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2007 AFF Championship
2007 Kejohanan Bola Sepak ASEAN
2007 東盟足球錦標賽
2007 ஏசியான் கால்ப கோப்பை
2007 อาเซียนฟุตบอลแชมเปียนชิพ
Tournament details
Host countrySingapore
Thailand
(for group stage)
Dates12 January – 4 February
Teams8
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore (3rd title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored50 (2.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)File:Flag of Singapore.svg Noh Alam Shah
(10 goals)
Best player(s)File:Flag of Singapore.svg Noh Alam Shah
← 2004
2008 →

The 2007 AFF Championship was the 6th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of Southeast Asia. The group stage was co-hosted by Singapore and Thailand from 12 to 17 January. Knockout stage with two-leg Home-and-away format was hosted from 23 January to 4 February 2007. It was renamed from the Tiger Cup, due to the cup's main sponsor, Tiger Beer, not continuing their title sponsorship. This was the last event held at Singapore's National Stadium before its redevelopment. Singapore set an AFF Cup record of a 15-match unbeaten run under coach Radojko Avramović, stretching back to the 2004 AFF Championship, and 17-match unbeaten run since the 4–0 defeat at home to neighbours Malaysia in the same competition on 18 December 2002.

Hosts

Group stage was co-hosted Thailand and Singapore from 12 to 17 January 2007. The two hosts are the only two teams that have won the championship since its inception in 1996. Both nations with Malaysia and Vietnam were qualified from group stage and would host the knockout stage with Home-and-away format from 23 to 28 January 2007.

Qualification

Main article: 2007 AFF Championship qualification

The qualifying round for the lower ranked teams in Southeast Asia was held in Bacolod, Philippines from 12 to 20 November 2006. It was played in a single round-robin format with the top two teams advancing to the finals. This was the first time since 1998 where a qualification tournament was held. Six teams as qualified directly to the finals.

Two teams qualified via the qualification tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the tournament.

Country Previous best performance
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Winners (1996, 2000, 2002)
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Winners (1998, 2004)
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Runners-up (2000, 2002, 2004)
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Runners-up (1996)
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar Fourth-place (2004)
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Runners-up (1998)
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos Group stage (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Group stage (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)

Squads

Main article: 2007 AFF Championship squads

Venues

File:Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Hanoi
Supachalasai Stadium Thai Army Sports Stadium Mỹ Đình National Stadium
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 40,192
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Shah Alam
National Stadium Jalan Besar Stadium Shah Alam Stadium
Capacity: 55,000 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 80,372

Final tournament

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 3 1 1 1 4 1 +3 4
File:Flag of Myanmar (1974–2010).svg Myanmar 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 3 0 1 2 0 8 −8 1
Malaysia File:Flag of Malaysia.svg4–0File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
Hairuddin File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 80'
Nizaruddin File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'
Del Rosario File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abbas Daud (Singapore)
Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg1–1File:Flag of Myanmar (1974–2010).svg Myanmar
Suchao File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4' Report Si Thu Win File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hajime Matsuo (Japan)
Malaysia File:Flag of Malaysia.svg0–0File:Flag of Myanmar (1974–2010).svg Myanmar
Report
Attendance: 28,000
Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg4–0File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
Sarayuth File:Soccerball shade.svg 15', 28'
Pipat File:Soccerball shade.svg 21'
Natthapong File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Myanmar File:Flag of Myanmar (1974–2010).svg0–0File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Abbas Daud (Singapore)
Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg1–0File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
Sarayuth File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hajime Matsuo (Japan)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 3 1 2 0 13 2 +11 5
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 3 1 2 0 10 1 +9 5
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos 3 0 0 3 1 23 -22 0
Indonesia File:Flag of Indonesia.svg3–1File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos
Atep File:Soccerball shade.svg 51', 75'
Saktiawan File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'		 Report Sounthalay File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'
Singapore File:Flag of Singapore.svg0–0File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Chanwalit Sananwai (Thailand)
Indonesia File:Flag of Indonesia.svg1–1File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
Saktiawan File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Report Supardi File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Mohamed Shahbuddin (Brunei)
Singapore File:Flag of Singapore.svg11–0File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos
Ridhuan File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'
Alam Shah File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', 24', 61', 72', 76', 88', 90+2'
Shahril File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'
Khairul File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'
Dickson File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'		 Report
Attendance: 5,224
Referee: U Hla Tint (Myanmar)
Vietnam File:Flag of Vietnam.svg9–0File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos
Lê Công Vinh File:Soccerball shade.svg 1', 28', 58'
Phan Thanh Bình File:Soccerball shade.svg 29', 73' (pen.), 81', 84'
Nguyễn Văn Biển File:Soccerball shade.svg 45', 90'		 Report
Attendance: 1,005
Singapore File:Flag of Singapore.svg2–2File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
Alam Shah File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' (pen.)
Sahdan File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'		 Report Ilham File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'
Zaenal File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'
Attendance: 13,819
Referee: Chanwalit Sananwai (Thailand)

Knockout stage

Note: Although the knockout stages were two-legged, away goals rule was not applied. If the total aggregate score of both teams after both matches remained the same, extra time would have been played, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.

Semifinals Finals
          
A1 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 2 0 2
B2 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 0 0 0
A1 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1 1 2
B2 File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 2 1 3
B1 File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore (a.e.t.) 1 1 2 (5)
A2 File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 1 1 2 (4)

Semi-finals

First Leg
Malaysia File:Flag of Malaysia.svg1–1File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
Hardi File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Report Alam Shah File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Wan Daxue (China PR)
Vietnam File:Flag of Vietnam.svg0–2File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
Report Datsakorn File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'
Pipat File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'
Attendance: 40,000
Second Leg
Singapore File:Flag of Singapore.svg1–1 (a.e.t.)File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
Ridhuan File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' Report Eddy File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'
Penalties
Sahdan File:Soccerball shad check.svg
Alam Shah File:Soccerball shad check.svg
Mustafić File:Soccerball shad check.svg
Fazrul File:Soccerball shad check.svg
Shi J.Y. File:Soccerball shad check.svg		 5–4 File:Soccerball shad check.svg Hardi
File:Soccerball shad check.svg Rezal
File:Soccerball shad check.svg Samransak
File:Soccerball shad check.svg Thirumurgan
File:Soccerball shade cross.svg Khyril
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Cheung Yim Yau (Hong Kong)

2–2 on aggregate. Singapore won via a penalty shootout.

Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg0–0File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Suresh Srinivasan (India)

Thailand won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

After a group stage with two pools of four, the two host nations met in a two-game final. In the first leg of the final, a controversial penalty was awarded to Singapore at the 83rd minute of the match, and the Thailand team walked off the pitch as a protest to the referee's decision. The Thailand team returned to the pitch at the 98th minute, and Singapore later won 2-1. In the second leg of the final, Singapore had a goal controversially chalked off for being offside, but finally drew 1-1 to fellow Thailand, with Khairul Amri scoring the decisive goal in the closing stages of the match, giving Singapore their 2nd title in succession, winning with an aggregate score of 3-2 and successfully defending the title. While Thailand can point to the controversial penalty for their defeat in the first leg, they failed to defeat Singapore in the second leg in Bangkok. It could have been worse for Thailand had the match officials seen Thai midfielder Datsakorn Thonglao headbutt Singapore's Khairul Amri to vent his anger after the equaliser.[1] First leg

Singapore File:Flag of Singapore.svg2–1File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
Alam Shah File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'
Mustafić File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' (pen.)		 Report Pipat File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: C. Ravichandran (Malaysia)

Second leg

Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg1–1File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
Pipat File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Report Khairul File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'
Attendance: 40,000

Singapore won 3–2 on aggregate.

Awards

 2007 AFF Championship 
File:Flag of Singapore.svg
Singapore
Third title
Most Valuable Player Golden Boot
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Noh Alam Shah File:Flag of Singapore.svg Noh Alam Shah

Goalscorers

10 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
Final
1 File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 7 2 5 0 18 6 +12
2 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 7 3 3 1 10 4 +6
Semi-finals
3 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 5 1 3 1 10 3 +7
4 File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 5 1 3 1 6 3 +3
Eliminated in the group stage
5 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2
6 File:Flag of Myanmar (1974–2010).svg Myanmar 3 0 3 0 1 1 0
7 File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 3 0 1 2 0 8 –8
8 File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos 3 0 0 3 1 23 –22

References

  1. ↑ Withers, Andy. "Thailand". Fox Sports.

External links

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