2004 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates10 February – 26 November 2004
Teams18 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSyria Al-Jaish (1st title)
Runners-upSyria Al-Wahda
Tournament statistics
Matches played61
Goals scored178 (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)Singapore Indra Sahdan Daud
Singapore Egmar Gonçalves
(7 goals each)
2005 →

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.

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 Syria (2) Al-Jaish (2002–03 Syrian League champions)
Al-Wahda (2002–03 Syrian Cup winners)
Lebanon 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 Oman (1) Dhofar (2002–03 Omani League champions)
Yemen Yemen (1) Al-Sha'ab Ibb (2002–03 Yemeni League champions)
East Asia
Hong Kong Hong Kong (1)
Happy Valley (2002–03 Hong Kong First Division League champions)
Central and Southern Asia
Bangladesh Bangladesh (1) Muktijoddha Sangsad (2003 Bangladesh National Football League champions & 2003 Bangladesh Federation Cup winners)
India India (2) East Bengal (2002–03 Indian National Football League champions)
Mahindra United (2003 Indian Federation Cup winners)
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan (2) Nisa Aşgabat (2003 Turkmenistan League champions)
Nebitçi Balkanabat (2003 Turkmenistan Cup winners)
ASEAN
Maldives Maldives (2) Valencia (2003 Dhivehi League champions)
Island FC (2003 Maldives FA Cup winners)
Malaysia Malaysia (2) Perak (2003 Malaysia Premier 1 League champions)
Negeri Sembilan (2003 Malaysia FA Cup winners)
Singapore 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
Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 6 5 1 0 11 2 +9 16
Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat 5 2 1 2 3 4 −1 7
Yemen Al-Sha'ab Ibb 5 2 1 2 7 7 0 7
Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad 6 0 1 5 2 10 −8 1
Source:[citation needed]


Al-Nejmeh Lebanon3–0Yemen Al-Sha'ab Ibb
Ivanković 62'
Nasseredine 82', 89'		 (Report)
Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 300
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou Qatar
Nisa Aşgabat Turkmenistan1–0Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad
Nazarov 69' (pen.) (Report)
Nisa Stadium, Asgabat, Turkmenistan
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ali Al Mutlaq (Saudi Arabia)
Al Sha'ab Ibb Yemen0–1Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat
(Report) Konchaev Zemskov 50'
Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Syria Abdulrahman Recho
Muktijoddha Sangsad KS Bangladesh0–1Lebanon Al-Nejmeh Beirut
(Report) Mohammad Kassas 72'
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 109
Referee: United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al Saeedi
Al-Nejmeh Beirut Lebanon3–1Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat
Mohammad Kassas 12' (pen), 47'
Ali Nasereddine 37'		 (Report) Didar Hajiev 34'
Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Iraq Kadhum Auda Lazim
Al Sha'ab Ibb Yemen3–0 1Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad KS
(Report)
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Iran Hedayat Mombini
Muktijoddha Sangsad KS Bangladesh2–3Yemen Al Sha'ab Ibb
Charles Ghansa 1'
Saifur Rahman Moni 38'		 (Report) Abdulsalam Al Ghurbani 34', 60'
Redwan Ahmed 78'
Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tajikistan Dilovar Orzuev
Nisa Aşgabat Turkmenistan0–1Lebanon Al-Nejmeh Beirut
(Report) Mohammad Kassas 71'
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 200
Referee: Uzbekistan Rustam Saidov
Al Sha'ab Ibb Yemen1–1Lebanon Al-Nejmeh Beirut
Al-Nono 51' (Report) Mohammad Kassas 8'
Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: China Huang Junjie
Muktijoddha Sangsad KS Bangladesh0–0Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat
(Report)
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 150
Referee: Kuwait Saad Al Fadhli
Nisa Aşgabat TurkmenistanCancelled2Yemen Al Sha'ab Ibb
(Report)
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 100
Referee: Thailand Chaiwat Kunsuta
Al-Nejmeh Beirut Lebanon2–0Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad KS
Errol McFarlane 8'
Moussa Hojeij 90'		 (Report)
Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Referee: Kyrgyzstan 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
Syria Al-Wahda (Damascus) 4 2 2 0 8 2 +6 8
Oman Dhofar 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
India Mahindra United 4 1 1 2 5 10 −5 4
Source:[citation needed]


Mahindra United2–1Dhofar
Shanmugam Venkatesh 21'
Abhishek Yadav 66'		 (Report) Faraj A. Bait Alseem 55'
Javaharalal Nehru Stadium, Goa, India
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)
Javaharalal Nehru Stadium, Goa, India
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'
Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Abdullah Balideh Qatar
Dhofar4–2Mahindra United
Saif Sultan 27', 47'
Mohammed Al Shidad 35'
Gabriel 61'		 (Report) Felix Abaoagye 55'
Raphaël Patron Akakpo 80'
Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: F Al Marzouqi
Al-Wahda (Damascus)2–0Dhofar
Maher Al Sayed 20'
Moussa Traoré 54'		 (Report)
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 200
Referee: S Tongkhan

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Syria Al-Jaish (Damascus) 4 2 2 0 8 0 +8 8
Lebanon Olympic Beirut 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
Turkmenistan Nebitçi Balkanabat 4 0 1 3 1 10 −9 1
Source:[citation needed]


Olympic Beirut0–0Al-Jaish (Damascus)
(Report)
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
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)
Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: M Moradi
Nebitçi Balkanabat1–2Olympic Beirut
Perman Begjanov 82' (Report) Youssef Mohamad 53', 75'
Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Balideh
Al-Jaish (Damascus)2–0Olympic Beirut
Ahmad Omaier 8'
Zyad Chaabo 86'		 (Report)
Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: F Al Marzouqi
Nebitçi Balkanabat0–0Al-Jaish (Damascus)
(Report)
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 200
Referee: S Tongkhan

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Singapore Home United FC 6 4 2 0 19 5 +14 14
Malaysia Perak FA 6 4 2 0 11 6 +5 14
Hong Kong Happy Valley 6 1 0 5 7 14 −7 3
Maldives Valencia FC 6 1 0 5 3 15 −12 3
Source:[citation needed]


Home United FC5–1Happy Valley
Egmar Goncalves 30', 66', 72'
Peres De Oliveira 53'
Indra Sahdan Daud 61'		 (Report) Martin Jancula 69'
Bishan Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 369
Referee: K Matsumura
Perak FA2–0Valencia FC
Frank Seator 45', 60' (Report)
Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: M Al Yarimi
Valencia FC0–3Home United FC
(Report) Egmar Goncalves 37', 43
Peres De Oliveira 60'
National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
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'
National Stadium, Malé, Maldives
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'
Perak Stadium, Ipoh
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'
Bishan Stadium, Singapore
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'
National Stadium, Male, Maldives
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)
Bishan Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 600
Referee: M Mansour
Perak FA2–1Happy Valley
Frank Seator 71'
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 80'		 (Report) Gerard Guy Ambassa 6'
Perak Stadium, Ipoh
Attendance: 208
Referee: S Tongkhan

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
India East Bengal 6 4 1 1 14 8 +6 13
Singapore Geylang United 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13
Malaysia Negeri Sembilan 6 2 0 4 11 9 +2 6
Maldives Island FC 6 1 0 5 2 17 −15 3
Source: AFC Cup 2004


Geylang United Singapore2–3India East Bengal
 Report
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 369
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)
Negeri Sembilan Malaysia6–0Maldives Island FC
 Report
Perak Stadium, Ipoh
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)
Island FC Maldives0–5Singapore Geylang United
Report
National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)
East Bengal India4–2Malaysia Negeri Sembilan
 Report
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Referee: C Win
Island FC Maldives1–2India East Bengal
 Report
National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)
Negeri Sembilan Malaysia0–1Singapore Geylang United
Report
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 200
Referee: Atallah Al Enezi (Kuwait)
East Bengal India3–0Maldives Island FC
 Report
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)
Geylang United Singapore2–1Malaysia Negeri Sembilan
 Report
Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi (Vietnam)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Island FC Maldives1–0Malaysia Negeri Sembilan
Mohamed 14' Report
Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi (Vietnam)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ram Krishna Ghosh (Bangladesh)
East Bengal India1–1Singapore Geylang United
 Report
  • Hill 33'
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
Geylang United Singapore1–0Maldives Island FC
  • Khairon 29'
 Report
Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Seremban (Malaysia)
Attendance: 600
Referee: M Mansour
Negeri Sembilan Malaysia2–1India 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
Lebanon Olympic Beirut 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat 5 2 1 2 3 4 −1 7
Oman Dhofar 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
Source:[citation needed]

Group D, E (East, South & South East Asia Zone)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Malaysia Perak FA 6 4 2 0 12 6 +6 14
Singapore Geylang United FC 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13
Source:[citation needed]

Knockout stage

Bracket

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


Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Wahda (Damascus) Syria 14–4 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh Beirut 2–1 2–3
Perak FA Malaysia 3–5 Singapore Geylang United FC 1–2 2–3
East Bengal India 0–3 Syria Al-Jaish (Damascus) 0–0 0–3
Olympic Beirut Lebanon 4–5 Singapore 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'
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, Goa, India
Perak FA1–2Geylang United FC
Frank Seator 90' Aleksandar Duric 49'
Fazrul Nawaz 60'
Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
East Bengal0–0Al-Jaish (Damascus)
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India
Olympic Beirut3–3Home United FC
Mohammed Atwi 18'
Krekor Alozian 40'
Faisal Antar 60'		 Indra Shahdan Daud 28', 79'
Egmar Goncalves 83'
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan

Second leg

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

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Wahda (Damascus) Syria 2–1 Singapore Geylang United FC 1–1 1–0
Al-Jaish (Damascus) Syria 6–1 Singapore Home United FC 4–0 2–1

First leg

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

Second leg

Geylang United FC0–1Al-Wahda (Damascus)
Report Moussa Traoré 12'
Bedok Stadium, Bedok, Singapore
Home United FC1–2Al-Jaish (Damascus)
Sivakumar 17' Report Mohamed Al Zeno 76'
Zyad Chaabo 90'+1'
Bishan Stadium, Bishan, Singapore

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Wahda (Damascus) Syria
  • 3–3
 Syria 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)
Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria

Second leg

Al-Jaish (Damascus)0–1Al-Wahda (Damascus)
Report Nabil Al Shahmeh 72'
Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria
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 Singapore Indra Sahdan Daud Singapore Home United 1 1 3 2 7
Singapore Egmar Goncalves Singapore Home United 3 2 1 1 7
3 Brazil Cristiano Júnior India East Bengal 2 2 1 1 6
Liberia Frank Seator Malaysia Perak 2 1 1 1 1 6
Lebanon Mohammad Kassas Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 1 2 1 1 1 6
6 Guinea Moussa Traoré Syria Al-Wahda 2 1 1 1 5
Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Durić Singapore Geylang United 1 1 1 1 1 5

See also

References

External links

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