2008 AFC President's Cup

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = AFC President's Cup

| year = 2008

| other_titles =

| image =2008 AFC President's Cup logo.svg

| size = 180

| country = Kyrgyzstan

| dates = 12 April - 26 June (group stage)
19-21 September (final stage)

| num_teams = 4 (final stage)
11 (total)

| associations = 11

| champion_other = {{flagicon|TJK}} Regar-TadAZ

| count = 2

| second_other = {{flagicon|KGZ}} Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn

| matches = 18

| goals = 75

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|MYA|1974}} Thi Ha Kyaw (6 goals)

| prevseason = 2007

| nextseason = 2009

}}

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.

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/ascup08.html|title = Asian Club Competitions 2008}}

The final stage of the competition was played in Kyrgyzstan from 19–21 September.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_167018794.html |title = Official Home of Asian Football - News |accessdate=2008-06-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802002114/http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_167018794.html |archivedate=2008-08-02 }} Final stage to be held in Kyrgyzstan

Venues

=Group stage=

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Kuala Lumpur ! Taipei ! Colombo
MPPJ Stadium \| Changchun Soccer Stadium \| Sugathadasa Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 \| Capacity: 20,000 \| Capacity: 25,000
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Kuala Lumpur

! Taipei

! Colombo

MPPJ Stadium

| Changchun Soccer Stadium

| Sugathadasa Stadium

Capacity: 25,000

| Capacity: 20,000

| Capacity: 25,000

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|200px

=Final stage=

Bishkek
class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center"
Spartak Stadium
Capacity: 23,000

Qualifying teams

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Association !Team !Qualifying method !App !Last App
{{flagicon\|BAN}} Bangladesh \| Abahani Ltd. \| 2007 B.League champions \| 1st \|
{{flagicon\|BHU}} Bhutan \| Transport United \| 2007 A-Division champions \| 4th \| 2007
{{flagicon\|CAM}} Cambodia \| Nagacorp FC \| 2007 Cambodian League champions \| 1st \|
{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chinese Taipei \| Taipower \| 2007 Enterprise Football League champions \| 2nd \| 2005
{{flagicon\|KGZ}} Kyrgyzstan \| Dordoi-Dynamo \| 2007 Kyrgyzstan League champions \| 4th \| 2007
{{flagicon\|MYA\|1974}} Myanmar \| Kanbawza \| 2007 Myanmar Premier League champions \| 1st \|
{{flagicon\|NEP}} Nepal \| Nepal Police Club¹ \| 2006–07 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions² \| 2nd \| 2007
{{flagicon\|PAK}} Pakistan \| WAPDA³ \| 2007–08 Pakistan Premier League champions \| 2nd \| 2005
{{flagicon\|SRI}} Sri Lanka \| Ratnam SC \| 2007 Kit Premier League champions \| 3rd \| 2007
{{flagicon\|TJK}} Tajikistan \| Regar-TadAZ \| 2007 Tajik League champions \| 3rd \| 2007
{{flagicon\|TKM}} Turkmenistan \| FC Aşgabat \| 2007 Turkmenistan League champions \| 1st \|

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Association

!Team

!Qualifying method

!App

!Last App

{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh

| Abahani Ltd.

| 2007 B.League champions

| 1st

{{flagicon|BHU}} Bhutan

| Transport United

| 2007 A-Division champions

| 4th

| 2007

{{flagicon|CAM}} Cambodia

| Nagacorp FC

| 2007 Cambodian League champions

| 1st

{{flagicon|TPE}} Chinese Taipei

| Taipower

| 2007 Enterprise Football League champions

| 2nd

| 2005

{{flagicon|KGZ}} Kyrgyzstan

| Dordoi-Dynamo

| 2007 Kyrgyzstan League champions

| 4th

| 2007

{{flagicon|MYA|1974}} Myanmar

| Kanbawza

| 2007 Myanmar Premier League champions

| 1st

{{flagicon|NEP}} Nepal

| Nepal Police Club¹

| 2006–07 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions²

| 2nd

| 2007

{{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan

| WAPDA³

| 2007–08 Pakistan Premier League champions

| 2nd

| 2005

{{flagicon|SRI}} Sri Lanka

| Ratnam SC

| 2007 Kit Premier League champions

| 3rd

| 2007

{{flagicon|TJK}} Tajikistan

| Regar-TadAZ

| 2007 Tajik League champions

| 3rd

| 2007

{{flagicon|TKM}} 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

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|team1=RTT|name_RTT={{flagicon|Tajikistan}} Regar-TadAZ

|team2=NPC|name_NPC={{flagicon|NEP}} Nepal Police Club

|team3=AKC|name_AKC={{flagicon|BAN}} Abahani Ltd.

|team4=WAP|name_WAP={{flagicon|PAK}} WAPDA

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{{footballbox

| date = 22 June 2008

| time = 16:00

| team1 = Nepal Police Club {{flagicon|NEP}}

| score = 4–0

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326092810/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/236-1677.pdf Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|BAN}} Abahani Ltd.

| goals1 = Thapa {{goal|15}}
Rai {{goal|18}} {{goal|56}} {{goal|70|pen}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia

| attendance = 100

| referee = Abdulrahman Racho (Syria)

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 22 June 2008

| time = 18:30

| team1 = Regar-TadAZ {{flagicon|Tajikistan}}

| score = 2–1

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326092831/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/236-1679.pdf Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|PAK}} WAPDA

| goals1 = Hasanov {{goal|17}}
Tukhtasunov {{goal|76}}

| goals2 = Niazi {{goal|24}}

| stadium = MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia

| attendance = 50

| referee = Tan Hai (China)

}}

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{{footballbox

| date = 24 June 2008

| time = 16:00

| team1 = WAPDA {{flagicon|PAK}}

| score = 1–1

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326092849/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/236-1678.pdf Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|NEP}} Nepal Police Club

| goals1 = Ali Shah {{goal|78}}

| goals2 = Rai {{goal|89}}

| stadium = MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia

| attendance = 300

| referee = Çarymyrat Gurbanow (Turkmenistan)

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 24 June 2008

| time = 18:30

| team1 = Abahani Ltd. {{flagicon|BAN}}

| score = 1–2

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326092906/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/236-1680.pdf Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|Tajikistan}} Regar-TadAZ

| goals1 = Awudu {{goal|25}}

| goals2 = Rabimov {{goal|15}}
Ismoilov {{goal|45}}

| stadium = MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia

| attendance = 50

| referee = Ng Chui Kok (Hong Kong)

}}

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{{footballbox

| date = 26 June 2008

| time = 16:00

| team1 = WAPDA{{flagicon|PAK}}

| score = 0–1

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326092906/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/236-1680.pdf Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|BAN}} Abahani Ltd.

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Ameli {{goal|84}}

| stadium = MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia

| attendance = 200

| referee = Çarymyrat Gurbanow (Turkmenistan)

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 26 June 2008

| time = 18:30

| team1 = Nepal Police Club {{flagicon|NEP}}

| score = 2–2

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326092913/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/236-1682.pdf Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|Tajikistan}} Regar-TadAZ

| goals1 = Ghimire {{goal|33}}
Rai {{goal|67}}

| goals2 = Rabimov {{goal|47}} {{goal|90+1}}

| stadium = MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia

| attendance = 200

| referee = Tan Hai (China)

}}

=Group B=

All matches played at Chungshan Stadium, Taipei

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|team1=DDN|name_DDN={{flagicon|KGZ}} Dordoi-Dynamo

|team2=NAGA|name_NAGA={{flagicon|CAM}} Nagacorp FC

|team3=TPC|name_TPC={{flagicon|TPE}} Taipower

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=

|result1=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 12 April 2008

| time = 18:00

| team1 = Nagacorp FC {{flagicon|CAM}}

| score = 2–2

| report = [https://archive.today/20130104222716/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=236&matchId=1398 Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|TPE}} Taipower

| goals1 = Sotitya {{goal|45}}
Vathanak {{goal|58}}

| goals2 = Chiang {{goal|78}}, {{goal|84}}

| stadium = Chungshan Soccer Stadium

| attendance = 300

| referee = Dilovarshokh Orzuev (Tajikistan)

}}

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{{footballbox

| date = 14 April 2008

| time = 18:00

| team1 = Taipower {{flagicon|TPE}}

| score = 0–3

| report = [https://archive.today/20130104220244/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=236&matchId=1397 Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|KGZ}} Dordoi-Dynamo

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Murzaev {{goal|19}}
Amirov {{goal|78}}
Askarov {{goal|80}}

| stadium = Chungshan Soccer Stadium

| attendance = 100

| referee = Chaiya Alee Mahapab (Thailand)

}}

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{{footballbox

| date = 16 April 2008

| time = 18:00

| team1 = Nagacorp FC {{flagicon|CAM}}

| score = 0–2

| report = [https://archive.today/20130104231621/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=236&matchId=1396 Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|KGZ}} Dordoi-Dynamo

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Harchenko {{goal|13}}
Ablakimov {{goal|74}}

| stadium = Chungshan Soccer Stadium

| attendance = 25

| referee = Minoru Tojo (Japan)

}}

=Group C=

All matches played at Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|team1=FCA|name_FCA={{flagicon|TKM}} FC Aşgabat

|team2=KAN|name_KAN={{flagicon|MYA|1974}} Kanbawza

|team3=RSC|name_RSC={{flagicon|SRI}} Ratnam SC

|team4=TRSP|name_TRSP={{flagicon|BHU}} Transport United

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=

|result1=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 23 April 2008

| time = 18:30

| team1 = Ratnam SC {{flagicon|SRI}}

| score = 7–1

| report = [https://archive.today/20130104235955/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=236&matchId=1394 Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|BHU}} Transport United

| goals1 = Channa {{goal|17}}, {{goal|41}}, {{goal|90}}
Asmeer {{goal|25}}
Weerasinghe {{goal|59}}
Jayasuriya {{goal|60}}
Pushpakumara {{goal|79}}

| goals2 = Wangchuk {{goal|22}}

| stadium = Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

| attendance = 3,200

| referee = Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 23 April 2008

| time = 16:00

| team1 = FC Aşgabat {{flagicon|TKM}}

| score = 0–1

| report = [https://archive.today/20130104201356/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=236&matchId=1395 Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|MYA|1974}} Kanbawza

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Kyaw {{goal|85}}

| stadium = Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

| attendance = 3,000

| referee = Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

}}

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{{footballbox

| date = 25 April 2008

| time = 16:00

| team1 = Transport United {{flagicon|BHU}}

| score = 1–7

| report = [https://archive.today/20130104211317/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=236&matchId=1393 Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|TKM}} FC Aşgabat

| goals1 = Pradhan {{goal|93}}

| goals2 = Gurbani {{goal|21}}
Amanow {{goal|32}}, {{goal|36}}, {{goal|48}}
Murhalyýew {{goal|41}}, {{goal|50}}
Saparow {{goal|71}}

| stadium = Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

| attendance = 500

| referee = Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 25 April 2008

| time = 18:30

| team1 = Kanbawza {{flagicon|MYA|1974}}

| score = 2–3

| report = [https://archive.today/20130105120728/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=236&matchId=1392 Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|SRI}} Ratnam SC

| goals1 = Kyaw {{goal|43}}, {{goal|50}}

| goals2 = Jayasuriya {{goal|9}}, {{goal|81}}
Mohamed {{goal|54}}

| stadium = Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

| attendance = 2,000

| referee = Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)

}}

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{{footballbox

| date = 27 April 2008

| time = 16:00

| team1 = Kanbawza {{flagicon|MYA|1974}}

| score = 11–0

| report = [https://archive.today/20130105035006/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=236&matchId=1391 Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|BHU}} Transport United

| goals1 = Kyaw {{goal|11}}, {{goal|36}}, {{goal|90+2}}
Tun {{goal|15}}, {{goal|23}}, {{goal|31}}, {{goal|71}}
Lwin {{goal|38}}
Htet {{goal|41}}, {{goal|51}}
Than {{goal|74}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

| attendance = 500

| referee = Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 27 April 2008

| time = 18:30

| team1 = Ratnam SC {{flagicon|SRI}}

| score = 0–2

| report = [https://archive.today/20130105002350/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=236&matchId=1390 Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|TKM}} FC Aşgabat

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Çoňkaýew {{goal|39}}
Amanow {{goal|45}}

| stadium = Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

| attendance = 4,000

| referee = Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

}}

Final stage

=Semi-finals=

{{footballbox

| date = 19 September 2008

| time = 16:30

| team1 = Dordoi-Dynamo {{flagicon|KGZ}}

| score = 3–1

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120428170916/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/236-1820.pdf Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|NEP}} Nepal Police Club

| goals1 = Tetteh {{goal|19}},{{goal|84}}
Murzaev {{goal|59}}

| goals2 = Thapa {{goal|72}}

| stadium = Spartak Stadium, Bishkek

| attendance = 8,000

| referee = Atallah Jatli Al-Enezi (Kuwait)

}}

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{{footballbox

| date = 19 September 2008

| time = 12:00

| team1 = Regar-TadAZ {{flagicon|TJK}}

| score = 4–3 {{aet}}

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120428170905/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/236-1819.pdf Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|TKM}} FC Aşgabat

| goals1 = Rustamov {{goal|23}}
Simões {{goal|29}}
Minhairov {{goal|87}}
Makhmudov {{goal|112}}

| goals2 = Ataýew {{goal|25}}
Geldiýew {{goal|35}}
Mirzoýew {{goal|69}}

| stadium = Spartak Stadium, Bishkek

| attendance = 800

| referee = Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)

}}

=Final=

{{footballbox

| date = 21 September 2008

| time = 16:30

| team1 = Dordoi-Dynamo {{flagicon|KGZ}}

| score = 1–1
(3–4 pens.)

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120428174023/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/236-1818.pdf Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|TJK}} Regar-TadAZ

| goals1 = Tetteh {{goal|33}}

| goals2 = Tukhtasunov {{goal|53}}

| stadium = Spartak Stadium, Bishkek

| attendance = 10,000

| referee = Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

}}

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" \|colspan="4"\|DORDOI-DYNAMO:
GK	1	Vladislav Volkov
DF	3	Talant Samsaliev	{{Yel\|117}}
DF	4	Ruslan Sydykov
DF	8	Azamat Baimatov
DF	20	Igor Kudrenko
MF	5	Sergey Knyazev		{{suboff\|60}}
MF	7	Aibek Bokoev	{{Yel\|16}}	{{Suboff\|96}}
MF	18	Vadim Harchenko
FW	6	Daniel Tago	{{Yel\|62}}
FW	9	David Tetteh
FW	10	Mirlan Murzaev		{{Suboff\|70}}
colspan=4\|Substitutes:
DF	2	Faruh Abitov		{{Subon\|60}}
MF	13	Davron Askarov		{{Subon\|96}}
FW	19	Ildar Amirov		{{Subon\|70}}
colspan=4\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|{{Flagicon\|KGZ}} Boris Podkorytov

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center \|colspan="4"\|REGAR-TADAZ:
GK	16	Alisher Dodov
DF	2	Safarali Karimov
DF	5	Maruf Rustamov	{{Yel\|71}}
DF	6	Farrukh Choriev
DF	13	Naim Nasirov	{{Yel\|16}}
MF	9	Khurshed Makhmudov
MF	10	Jamshed Ismailov	{{Yel\|112}}
MF	11	Alisher Hakberdiev		{{Suboff\|46}}
MF	23	Ilhomzhon Orkitov		{{Suboff\|120}}
FW	14	Davronjon Tukhtasunov		{{Suboff\|62}}
FW	18	Victor Simões
colspan=4\|Substitutes:
DF	3	Farkhodzon Kholbekov		{{Subon\|46}}
MF	7	Ibrahim Rabimov		{{Subon\|62}}
FW	17	Shujoat Nematov		{{Subon\|120}}
colspan=4\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|{{Flagicon\|TJK}} Khabibulloev Makhmadjon

OFFICIALS

Linesman: Sokhandan Reza (Iran)
Linesman: Bakhtiyor Tagaev (Uzbekistan)

{{winners||AFC President's Cup 2008|{{flagicon|Tajikistan|size=100px}}
Regar-TadAZ|Second}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201522/http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/presidentCup/default.asp AFC President's Cup 2008]
[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/ascup08.html RSSSF President's Cup 2008]

President's Cup

Category:AFC Challenge League

Category:International association football competitions hosted by Kyrgyzstan