2008 AFC Cup

2008 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates	11 March – 7 November 2008
Teams	20 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Bahrain Al-Muharraq (1st title)
Runners-up	Lebanon Safa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	74
Goals scored	235 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Brazil Rico (19 goals)
	← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 AFC Cup was the fifth edition of the AFC Cup, played by clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

Qualified teams

20 clubs competed, including champions of the national leagues and champions of the primary knock-out competition from the following countries which are AFC-affiliated countries and which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category. In that season, the clubs of Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, Indonesia did not participate.

East Asia (2)
Hong Kong Hong Kong (2)	South China (2006–07 Hong Kong First Division League champions & 2007 Hong Kong FA Cup winners) Kitchee (2006–07 Hong Kong First Division League runners-up)
South Asia (4)
India India (2)	Dempo (2006–07 Indian National Football League champions) East Bengal (2007 Indian Federation Cup winners)
Maldives Maldives (2)	Victory (2007 Dhivehi League champions) New Radiant (2007 Maldives FA Cup winners)
Southeast Asia (4)
Malaysia Malaysia (2)	Kedah (2006–07 Super League Malaysia champions & 2007 Malaysia FA Cup winners) Perak (2006–07 Super League Malaysia runners-up)
Singapore Singapore (2)	SAFFC (2007 S.League champions & 2007 Singapore Cup winners) Home United (2007 S.League runners-up)
West Asia (10)
Bahrain Bahrain (2)	Al-Muharraq (2006–07 Bahraini Premier League champions) Al-Najma (2007 Bahraini King's Cup winners)
Jordan Jordan (2)	Al-Wahdat (2006–07 Jordan League champions) Shabab Al-Ordon (2007 AFC Cup winners & 2006–07 Jordan FA Cup winners)
Lebanon Lebanon (2)	Al-Ansar (2006–07 Lebanese Premier League champions & 2007 Lebanese FA Cup winners) Safa (2006–07 Lebanese Premier League runners-up)
Oman Oman (2)	Al-Nahda (2006–07 Omani League champions) Sur (2007 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners)
Yemen Yemen (2)	Al-Ahli San‘a’ (2007 Yemeni League champions) Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut (2006 Yemeni President Cup winners)

Group stage

The draw was held on 17 October 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Key to colors in group tables:

Green: Group winners and Best runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bahrain Al-Muharraq	6	3	2	1	14	7	+7	11
India Dempo	6	3	1	2	13	12	+1	10
Lebanon Al-Ansar	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	8
Oman Sur	6	1	1	4	9	15	−6	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 March 2008

16:00 UTC+5:30

Dempo India	3–1	Lebanon Al-Ansar
Ranty Martins Soleye File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Chidi Edeh File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Hassan Danach File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Hong Kong Ng Chiu Kok

11 March 2008

18:15 UTC+3

Al-Muharraq Bahrain	3–2	Oman Sur
Rico File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' (pen.) Jesse John File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+2' Abdulla Al-Dakeel File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Al-Gheilani File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' José File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Japan Masaaki Iemoto

18 March 2008

18:00 UTC+3

Al-Ansar Lebanon	0–0	Bahrain Al-Muharraq
	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Yemen Mukhtar Al Yarimi

18 March 2008

19:00 UTC+3

Sur Oman	3–2	India Dempo
Traore File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Camara File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Climax Lawrence File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' (o.g.)	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Ranty Martins Soleye File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Roberto Mendes Silva File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'

Nizwa Sports Complex, Nizwa

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Maldives Ali Saleem

3 April 2008

18:00 UTC+3

Al-Ansar Lebanon	1–0	Oman Sur
Salih Sadir File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Qatar Abdullah Balideh

3 April 2008

16:00 UTC+5:30

Dempo India	0–4	Bahrain Al-Muharraq
	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Rico File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' (pen.) File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Vietnam Vo Minh Tri

16 April 2008

19:15 UTC+3

Sur Oman	0–2	Lebanon Al-Ansar
	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Salih Sadir File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'

Nizwa Sports Complex, Nizwa

Attendance: 400

Referee: United Arab Emirates Mohamed Omar Al-Saeedi

16 April 2008

18:30 UTC+3

Al-Muharraq Bahrain	1–2	India Dempo
Rico File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' (pen.)	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Ranty Martins Soleye File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Jordan Salem Mujghef

30 April 2008

18:00 UTC+3

Al-Ansar Lebanon	1–1	India Dempo
Mohamad Hamoud File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Ranty Martins Soleye File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 1,950

Referee: China Tan Hai

30 April 2008

19:15 UTC+3

Sur Oman	2–2	Bahrain Al-Muharraq
José File:Soccerball shade.svg 48', 62'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Rico File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1' Jaycee John Okwunwanne File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'

Nizwa Sports Complex, Nizwa

Attendance: 300

Referee: South Korea Choi Myung-Yong

14 May 2008

16:00 UTC+5:30

Dempo India	5–2	Oman Sur
Ranty Martins Soleye File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Chidi Edeh File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Climax Lawrence File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Al-Sinani File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Al-Harbi File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Australia Peter Green

21 May 2008

18:45 UTC+3

Al-Muharraq Bahrain	4–1	Lebanon Al-Ansar
Mahmood Abdulrahman File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Rico File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' Jaycee John Okwunwanne File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	(Report)	Malek Hassoun File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Uzbekistan Rustam Saidov

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lebanon Safa	6	2	4	0	8	6	+2	10
Jordan Al-Wahdat	6	1	4	1	12	12	0	7
India East Bengal	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7
Yemen Al-Ahli San‘a’	6	1	3	2	3	4	−1	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 March 2008

16:15 UTC+3

Al-Ahli San‘a’ Yemen	1–1	Jordan Al-Wahdat
Adel Al-Salemi File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Hassan Abdel Fattah File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' (pen.)

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Sri Lanka Hettikamkanamge Perera

11 March 2008

18:00 UTC+3

Safa Lebanon	1–0	India East Bengal
Bernard Mbassi File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 700

Referee: Oman Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi

18 March 2008

15:00 UTC+3

Al-Wahdat Jordan	3–3	Lebanon Safa
Mahmoud Shelbaieh File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Hassan Abdel Fattah File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' Basem Fat'hi File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+5'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Prince Bobby File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Ramez Dayoub File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Rony Azar File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: United Arab Emirates Mohamed Omar Al-Saeedi

18 March 2008

15:00 UTC+5:30

East Bengal India	1–0	Yemen Al-Ahli San‘a’
Edmilson Marques Pardal File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Japan Minoru Tōjō

3 April 2008

15:30 UTC+3

Al-Wahdat Jordan	0–2	India East Bengal
	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Alvito D'Cunha File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Ikechukwu Gift Ibe File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Malaysia Rosdi Shaharul

3 April 2008

16:15 UTC+3

Al-Ahli San‘a’ Yemen	0–0	Lebanon Safa
	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Thailand Chaiya Alee Mahapab

16 April 2008

15:00 UTC+5:30

East Bengal India	2–4	Jordan Al-Wahdat
Syed Rahim Nabi File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Edmilson Marques Pardal File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Ra'fat Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Hassan Abdel Fattah File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'

Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Vietnam Vo Minh Tri

16 April 2008

18:00 UTC+3

Safa Lebanon	1–0	Yemen Al-Ahli San‘a’
Hamze Abboud File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Bangladesh Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman

30 April 2008

15:30 UTC+3

Al-Wahdat Jordan	1–1	Yemen Al-Ahli San‘a’
Hassan Abdel Fattah File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'	(Report)	Ali Al Nono File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa, Amman, Jordan

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Maldives Ali Saleem

30 April 2008

15:00 UTC+5:30

East Bengal India	0–0	Lebanon Safa
	(Report)

Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata, India

Attendance: 10,000 + asg

Referee: Uzbekistan Valentin Kovalenko

14 May 2008

16:15 UTC+3

Al-Ahli San‘a’ Yemen	1 –0	India East Bengal
Ali Al Nono File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'	(Report)

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, Sana'a, Yemen

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Tajikistan Dilovarshokh Orzuev

21 May 2008

18:00 UTC+3

Safa Lebanon	3–3	Jordan Al-Wahdat
Rony Azar File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Hussein Tahan File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Amer Khan File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+5'	(Report)	Ra'fat Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' Fadi Faris File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 200

Referee: Qatar Abdulrahman Abdou

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Oman Al-Nahda	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9
Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon	6	1	4	1	7	7	0	7
Bahrain Al-Najma	6	1	4	1	7	7	0	7
Yemen Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 March 2008

19:00 UTC+3

Al-Nahda Oman	0–0	Bahrain Al-Najma
	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Nizwa Sports Complex, Nizwa

Attendance: 350

Referee: Tajikistan Dilovarshokh Orzuev

11 March 2008

15:00 UTC+3

Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan	1–1	Yemen Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Odai Al-Saify File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Haytham Mahadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa

Attendance: 150

Referee: China Tan Hai

18 March 2008

18:48 UTC+3

Al-Najma Bahrain	0–0	Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Al-Ahli Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 500

Referee: Iran Hedayat Mombeni

18 March 2008

16:15 UTC+3

Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut Yemen	3–1	Oman Al-Nahda
Munassar Ba-Haj File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1' Murad Al-Nohi File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Yedibahoma File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Malaysia Rosdi Shaharul

3 April 2008

18:55 UTC+3

Al-Najma Bahrain	2–1	Yemen Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Rashed Jamal Salem File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Adeeb Ba-Karman File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' (o.g.)	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Alaaeldin Mohamed Aly File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 350

Referee: Sri Lanka Hettikamkanamge Perera

3 April 2008

19:00 UTC+3

Al-Nahda Oman	1–1	Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
Al-Shamsi File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Mustafa Shehdeh File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'

Nizwa Sports Complex, Nizwa

Attendance: 500

Referee: Kuwait Atallah Jatli Al-Enezi

16 April 2008

16:15 UTC+3

Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut Yemen	0–0	Bahrain Al-Najma
	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Myanmar Win Cho

16 April 2008

15:30 UTC+3

Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan	0–1	Oman Al-Nahda
	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Yedibahoma File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa

Attendance: 100

Referee: Maldives Ali Saleem

30 April 2008

19:09 UTC+3

Al-Najma Bahrain	3–3	Oman Al-Nahda
Rashed Jamal Salem File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Yedibahoma File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Al-Alawi File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 200

Referee: Qatar Abdulrahman Abdou

30 April 2008

16:15 UTC+3

Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut Yemen	2–2	Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
Khaled Al Arumi File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Haytham Mahadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' (pen.)	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Mustafa Shehdeh File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Mohannad Maharmeh File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: United Arab Emirates Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi

14 May 2008

19:00 UTC+3

Al-Nahda Oman	2–0	Yemen Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Al-Nuaimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Al-Mashaikhi File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Nizwa Sports Complex, Nizwa

Attendance: 300

Referee: Saudi Arabia Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi

14 May 2008

15:30 UTC+3

Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan	3–2	Bahrain Al-Najma
Odai Saify File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Mustafa Shehdeh File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Essam Abu Touk File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' (pen.)	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Rashed Jamal Salem File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' (pen.) File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa

Attendance: 100

Referee: Japan Minoru Tōjō

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Singapore Home United	6	5	0	1	18	10	+8	15
Malaysia Kedah	6	4	1	1	13	8	+5	13
Hong Kong South China	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4
Maldives Victory	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 March 2008

20:00 UTC+8

South China Hong Kong	2–3	Singapore Home United
Cheng Siu Wai File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	(AFC Report) (AFC Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]} (HKFA Report)	Peres de Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Shi Jiayi File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 4,673

Referee: Myanmar Win Cho

11 March 2008

20:45 UTC+8

Kedah Malaysia	1–0	Maldives Victory
Badrol Bakhtiar File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Jordan Naser Al-Ghafary

18 March 2008

19:45 UTC+8

Home United Singapore	5–1	Malaysia Kedah
Kengne Ludovick File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Shahril Ishak File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Peres de Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' (pen.)	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Mohd Shafiq Jamal File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 2,693

Referee: Australia Peter Green

18 March 2008

16:00 UTC+5

Victory Maldives	0–0	Hong Kong South China
	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Maldives National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Uzbekistan Valentin Kovalenko

3 April 2008

19:45 UTC+8

Home United Singapore	2–1	Maldives Victory
Indra Sahdan Daud File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Peres de Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Ashad Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 1,223

Referee: Yemen Mukhtar Al Yarimi

3 April 2008

20:00 UTC+8

South China Hong Kong	1–3	Malaysia Kedah
Cris File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'	(AFC Report) (AFC Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]} (HKFA Report)	Badrol Bakhtiar File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Marlon James File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Samransak Kram File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 1,055

Referee: Japan Minoru Tōjō

16 April 2008

16:00 UTC+5

Victory Maldives	1–3	Singapore Home United
Hussain Niyaz Mohamed File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Shahril Ishak File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Indra Sahdan Daud File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' Peres de Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'

Maldives National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Qatar Abdulrahman Abdou

16 April 2008

20:45 UTC+8

Kedah Malaysia	3–0	Hong Kong South China
Marlon James File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Nelson San Martín File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Yemen Mukhtar Al Yarimi

30 April 2008

19:45 UTC+8

Home United Singapore	4–1	Hong Kong South China
Shahril Ishak File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' Indra Sahdan Daud File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Farhan Farook File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Cheng Siu Wai File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 1,175

Referee: Thailand Chaiya Alee Mahapab

30 April 2008

16:00 UTC+5

Victory Maldives	1–1	Malaysia Kedah
Jorge Armando Rodriguez Arguello File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Marlon Alex James File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'

Maldives National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Bangladesh Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman

14 May 2008

20:00 UTC+8

South China Hong Kong	3–0	Maldives Victory
Tales Schütz File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Cris File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 429

Referee: South Korea Kim Dong-Jin

14 May 2008

20:45 UTC+8

Kedah Malaysia	4–1	Singapore Home United
Nelson San Martín File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' (pen.) Mohd Sabree Mat Abu File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Marlon Alex James File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Kengne Ludovick File:Soccerball shade.svg 5'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Uzbekistan Valentin Kovalenko

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Singapore SAFFC	6	4	1	1	16	4	+12	13
Malaysia Perak	6	4	1	1	13	10	+3	13
Hong Kong Kitchee	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4
Maldives New Radiant	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 March 2008

15:45 UTC+5

New Radiant Maldives	1–3	Malaysia Perak
Daniel Mbock File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Carlos Arturo Caceres Pino File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Muhamad Khalid Jamlus File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'

Maldives National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Thailand Chaiya Alee Mahapab

11 March 2008

19:45 UTC+8

SAFFC Singapore	4–0	Hong Kong Kitchee
Jamil Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Therdsak Chaiman File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Aleksandar Duric File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Wang Zhenpeng File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' (o.g.)	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 2,543

Referee: Vietnam Vo Minh Tri

18 March 2008

20:45 UTC+8

Perak Malaysia	1–6	Singapore SAFFC
Mario Esteban Berrios File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+2' (pen.)	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Therdsak Chaiman File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Aleksandar Duric File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' Mustaqim Manzur File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: South Korea Choi Myung Yong

18 March 2008

20:00 UTC+8

Kitchee Hong Kong	2–0	Maldives New Radiant
Wilfed Bamnjo File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Goran Stankovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'	(AFC Report) (AFC Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]} (HKFA Report)

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 1,372

Referee: Oman Mahmood Mohd Juma Al-Ghatrifi

3 April 2008

20:45 UTC+8

Perak Malaysia	2–1	Hong Kong Kitchee
Mohammad Hardi Jaafar File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Mario Esteban Berrios File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Goran Stankovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Australia Peter Green

3 April 2008

15:30 UTC+5

New Radiant Maldives	0–3	Singapore SAFFC
	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Ashrin Shariff File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Aleksandar Duric File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Afiu Mohamed Hamid File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' (o.g.)

Maldives National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Lebanon Mohamad Mansour

16 April 2008

20:00 UTC+8

Kitchee Hong Kong	2–2	Malaysia Perak
Ip Chung Long File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Wilfed Bamnjo File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Carlos Caceres File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 1,138

Referee: Uzbekistan Valentin Kovalenko

16 April 2008

19:45 UTC+8

SAFFC Singapore	1–1	Maldives New Radiant
John Wilkinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Assad Abdul Gani File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 1,505

Referee: Iraq Kadhum Auda Lazim

30 April 2008

20:45 UTC+8

Perak Malaysia	3–0	Maldives New Radiant
Jorge Antonio Muñoz File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Razali Umar Kandasamy File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 700

Referee: Tajikistan Dilovarshokh Orzuev

30 April 2008

20:00 UTC+8

Kitchee Hong Kong	0–2	Singapore SAFFC
	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Ashrin Shariff File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Aleksandar Duric File:Soccerball shade.svg 19'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 813

Referee: Sri Lanka Hettikamkanamge Perera

14 May 2008

15:45 UTC+5

New Radiant Maldives	2–1	Hong Kong Kitchee
Hussain Simaz File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	(Report) (Report)	Ahmed Nishan File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1' (o.g.)

Maldives National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Myanmar Sgt. Win Cho

14 May 2008

19:45 UTC+8

SAFFC Singapore	0–2	Malaysia Perak
	(Report) (Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Ahmad Shahrul Azhar File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Mohammad Hardi Jaafar File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 2,297

Referee: Japan Hiroyoshi Takayama

Best runners-up

Three best three runners-up qualified for the quarter-finals.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Malaysia Kedah	6	4	1	1	13	8	+5	13
Malaysia Perak	6	4	1	1	13	10	+3	13
India Dempo	6	3	1	2	13	12	+1	10
Jordan Al-Wahdat	6	1	4	1	12	12	0	7
Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon	6	1	4	1	7	7	0	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Bahrain Al-Muharraq	5	2	7

8	Malaysia Kedah	0	1	1
						Bahrain Al-Muharraq (a)	0	2	2

						Oman Al-Nahda	1	1	2
4	Singapore SAFFC	2	0	2

5	Oman Al-Nahda	1	3	4
											Bahrain Al-Muharraq	5	5	10

											Lebanon Safa	1	4	5
3	Malaysia Perak	0	0	0

6	Lebanon Safa	2	5	7
						Lebanon Safa	1	4	5

						India Dempo	0	1	1
2	India Dempo	1	4	5

7	Singapore Home United	1	3	4

Quarter-finals

The first leg matches will be played on 16 September, and the second leg matches will be played on 23 September 2008.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Perak Malaysia	0–7	Lebanon Safa	0–2	0–5
SAFFC Singapore	2–4	Oman Al-Nahda	2-1	0-3
Dempo India	5–4	Singapore Home United	1–1	4–3
Al-Muharraq Bahrain	7–1	Malaysia Kedah	5–0	2–1

First leg

2008-09-16

Perak Malaysia	0 – 2	Lebanon Safa
	Report	Rony Azar File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Hamid Termina File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Thailand Satop Tongkhan

2008-09-16

SAFFC Singapore	2 - 1	Oman Al-Nahda
Aleksandar Duric File:Soccerball shade.svg 41', File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	Report	Libambami Yedibahoma File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 1,600

Referee: Japan Hiroyoshi Takayama

2008-09-16

Dempo India	1 – 1	Singapore Home United
Mboyo Iyomi File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Report	Rosman Sulaiman File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'

Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad

Attendance: 180

Referee: Oman Abdullah Al Hilali

2008-09-16

Al-Muharraq Bahrain	5 – 0	Malaysia Kedah
Khalid Salmeen File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Mahmood Abdulrahman File:Soccerball shade.svg 73', File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2' Rico File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' Fahad Al-Hardan File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Report

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: South Korea Kim Dong-Jin

Second leg

2008-09-23

Safa Lebanon	5 – 0	Malaysia Perak
Rony Azar File:Soccerball shade.svg 43', File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Hussein Tahan File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Mohammad Kassas File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Mahmoud Al-Zoughbi File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Report

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 300

Referee: Qatar Abdulrahman Abdou

2008-09-23

Al-Nahda Oman	3 - 0	Singapore SAFFC
Mansoor Al-Nuaimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Libambami Yedibahoma File:Soccerball shade.svg 63', File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report

Nizwa Sports Complex, Nizwa

Attendance: 400

Referee: Lebanon Mohamad Mansour

2008-09-23

Home United Singapore	3 – 4	India Dempo
Peres De Oliviera File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Indra Sahdan File:Soccerball shade.svg 36', File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'	Report	Mboyo Iyomi File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' Beto File:Soccerball shade.svg 23', File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' Climax Lawrence File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 1,341

Referee: United Arab Emirates Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi

2008-09-23

Kedah Malaysia	1 – 2	Bahrain Al-Muharraq
Badrol Bakhtiar File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Report	Rico File:Soccerball shade.svg 29', File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: United Arab Emirates Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi

Semi-finals

The first leg matches were played on 7 October, and the second leg matches were played on 21 October 2008.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Muharraq Bahrain	(a)2–2	Oman Al-Nahda	0-1	2-1
Safa Lebanon	5–1	India Dempo	1–0	4–1

First leg

2008-10-07

Al-Muharraq Bahrain	0 – 1	Oman Al-Nahda
	Report	Zaher Al-Alawi File:Soccerball shade.svg 9'

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Iran Masoud Moradi

2008-10-07

Safa Lebanon	1 – 0	India Dempo
Hamze Aboud File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 500

Referee: South Korea Lee Gi-Young

Second leg

2008-10-21

Al-Nahda Oman	1 – 2	Bahrain Al-Muharraq
Ibrahim Al-Farazi File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Report	Rico File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Mahmood Abdulrahman File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'

Nizwa Sports Complex, Nizwa

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Uzbekistan Ravshan Irmatov

2008-10-21

Dempo India	1 – 4	Lebanon Safa
Mboyo Iyomi File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'	Report	Mohammad Kassas File:Soccerball shade.svg 9',File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Hussain Tahan File:Soccerball shade.svg, File:Soccerball shade.svg

Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad

Attendance: 500

Referee: Japan Yuichi Nishimura

Final

The first and second legs of the final were played on 31 October and 7 November 2008, respectively.

First leg

2008-10-31

Al-MuharraqBahrain	5 - 1	Lebanon Safa
Mahmood Abdulrahman File:Soccerball shade.svg 19',File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Rico File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' (pen.),File:Soccerball shade.svg 54',File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	(Report)	Hussein Tahan File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Saudi Arabia Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi

Second leg

2008-11-07

SafaLebanon	4 - 5	Bahrain Al-Muharraq
Al Saadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Rony Azar File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Mohammed Kassas File:Soccerball shade.svg 61', File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' (pen.)	(Report)	Rico File:Soccerball shade.svg 33',File:Soccerball shade.svg 50',File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Mahmood Abdulrahman File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1',File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Oman Abdullah Al Hilali

AFC Cup 2008 Winners
Bahrain
Al-Muharraq First Title

Awards

Player of the Tournament

Bahrain Mahmood Abdulrahman

Bahrain Al-Muharraq

Top scorer

Brazil Rico – 19 goals

Bahrain Al-Muharraq

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Brazil Rico	Bahrain Al-Muharraq	19
2	Singapore Aleksander Duric	Singapore SAFFC	9
3	Nigeria Ranty Martins Soleye	India Dempo	8
4	Bahrain Mahmood Abdulrahman	Bahrain Al-Muharraq	7
4	Brazil Peres de Oliveira	Singapore Home United	7
5	Togo Libambami Yedibahoma	Oman Al-Nahda	6
	Lebanon Rony Azar	Lebanon Safa
	Lebanon Mohammad Kassas	Lebanon Safa
	Bahrain Rashed Jamal Salem	Bahrain Al-Najma
6	Singapore Shahril Ishak	Singapore Home United	5
	Singapore Indra Sahdan Daud	Singapore Home United
	Jordan Hassan Abdel Fattah	Jordan Al-Wahdat
	Lebanon Hussein Tahan	Lebanon Safa
11	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Marlon Alex James	Malaysia Kedah	4
11	Chile Nelson San Martin	Malaysia Kedah	4
13	Hong Kong Cheng Siu Wai	Hong Kong South China	3
	Iraq Salih Sadir	Lebanon Al-Ansar
	Nigeria Chidi Edeh	India Dempo
	Togo Cris	Hong Kong South China
	Cameroon Kengne Ludovick	Singapore Home United
	Jordan Mustafa Shehdeh	Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
	Brazil Beto	India Dempo

External links

2008 AFC Cup at the-afc.com
AFC Calendar of Competitions 2008

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