2006 AFC Cup

Tournament details
Dates	7 March – 3 November 2006
Teams	20 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Faisaly (2nd title)
Runners-up	Al-Muharraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played	58
Goals scored	195 (3.36 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mahmoud Shelbaieh (8 goals)
← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 AFC Cup was the third edition of the AFC Cup. Al-Faisaly from Jordan became the first side to win the competition two years in a row.^[1]

Qualification

The 'developing' 11 nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2007 competition. 2005 winners, Al-Faisaly qualify to the group stage.

West Asia
Bahrain (1)*	Al-Muharraq (2005 Bahraini King's Cup winners)
Jordan (2)	Al-Wahdat (2004–05 Jordan League champions) Al-Faisaly (2005 AFC Cup winners & 2004–05 Jordan FA Cup winners)
Lebanon (2)	Al-Nejmeh (2004–05 Lebanese Premier League champions) Al Ahed (2005 Lebanese FA Cup winners)
Oman (1)	Al-Nasr (2005 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners)
Central and Southern Asia
Bangladesh (2)	Mohammedan (2005–06 Bangladesh National Football League champions) Brothers Union (2005 Bangladesh Federation Cup winners)
India (2)	Dempo SC (2004–05 National Football League champions) Mahindra United (2005 Indian Federation Cup winners)
Turkmenistan (2)	HTTU Asgabat (2005 Turkmenistan League champions) Merv Mary (2005 Turkmenistan Cup winners)
East Asia
Hong Kong (2)	Xiangxue Sun Hei (2004–05 Hong Kong First Division League champions) Happy Valley (2005 Hong Kong FA Cup winners)
ASEAN
Malaysia (2)	Perlis FA (2005 Super League Malaysia champions) Selangor FA (2005 Malaysian FA Cup winners)
Maldives (2)	Hurriyya SC (2005 Dhivehi League champions & 2005 Maldives FA Cup winners) New Radiant (2005 Dhivehi League runners-up)
Singapore (2)	Tampines Rovers FC (2005 S.League champions) Home United FC (2005 Singapore Cup winners)

• Bahrain are relegated AFC Cup.

Group stage

• Matchday dates are: 7 and 21 March, 11 and 25 April, 5 and 16 May 2006
• Group winners and 2 best runners-up qualify for quarter-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Muharraq	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11
Al Ahed	6	3	1	2	16	11	+5	10
Mahindra United	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	9
Brothers Union	6	0	2	4	5	14	−9	2

Matches:

7 March 2006

Al-Muharraq	2–0	Brothers Union
Leandson 45' Yaseen 50'

Bahrain National Stadium, Bahrain

8 March 2006

Al Ahed	2–2	Mahindra United
Bah 8' Trad 29'		Dias 33', Adjei 39'

Beirut Municipal Stadium, Lebanon

21 March 2006

Brothers Union	2–2	Mahindra United
Ameli 52' Abul 63'		Yakubu 59' Barreto 72'

Bangabandhu Stadium, Bangladesh

21 March 2006

Al Ahed	0–2	Al-Muharraq
		Abdul Razzaq 45' Al-Muqla 90'

Beirut Municipal Stadium, Lebanon

11 April 2006

Al-Muharraq	1–1	Mahindra United
Da Silva 61'		Sushant 64'

Bahrain National Stadium, Bahrain

18 April 2006

Brothers Union	1–3	Al Ahed
Tapu 40'		Marmar 5' Ali 50' Abbas 76'

Bangabandhu Stadium, Bangladesh

25 April 2006

Mahindra United	0–1	Al-Muharraq
		Al-Dakeel 9'

25 April 2006

Al Ahed	6–2	Brothers Union
Haidar 13', 20', 36' Ayoub 22' Yakooub 73' Maatouk 83'		Ameli 69' Tapu 87'

Beirut Municipal Stadium, Lebanon

2 May 2006

Brothers Union	0–0	Al-Muharraq

Bangabandhu Stadium, Bangladesh

2 May 2006

Mahindra United	2–1	Al Ahed
Bose 78' Adjei 79'		El Ali 51'

16 May 2006

Al-Muharraq	2–4	Al Ahed
Al Dakheel 45', 89'		Nasrallah 15' Ayub 59' Maatouk 76', 86'

Bahrain National Stadium, Bahrain

16 May 2006

Mahindra United	1–0	Brothers Union
Venkatesh 90'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Nasr	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	12
Dempo SC	4	1	1	2	9	7	+2	4
Merv Mary	4	0	1	3	4	14	−10	1

Matches:

7 March 2006

Al-Nasr	3–1	Dempo SC

Oman

21 March 2006

Merv Mary	2–2	Dempo SC

Turkmenistan

11 April 2006

Al-Nasr	4–1	Merv Mary

Oman

25 April 2006

Merv Mary	0–2	Al-Nasr

Turkmenistan

2 May 2006

Dempo SC	0–1	Al-Nasr

India

16 May 2006

Dempo SC	6–1	Merv Mary

India

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Wahdat	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	6
Mohammedan	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0

Matches:

11 April 2006

Al-Wahdat	7–0	Mohammedan

Jordan

25 April 2006

Mohammedan	1–2	Al-Wahdat
Paul	Report

Bangladesh

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Faisaly	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	7
Al-Nejmeh	4	2	1	1	10	7	+3	7
HTTU	4	0	2	2	8	13	−5	2

Matches:

7 March 2006

Al-Nejmeh	6–2	HTTU
Nasseredine 25', 55', 57' Antar 28' Hojeij 34' Ghaddar 72'		Bayramov 76' Şamyradow 79'

Lebanon

21 March 2006

Al-Faisaly	2–0	Al-Nejmeh
Saad 13' Agbo 44'

Jordan

11 April 2006

HTTU	1–1	Al-Faisaly
Hojageldyýew 33'		Al-Shboul 30'

Turkmenistan

25 April 2006

Al-Faisaly	4–3	HTTU
Al-Maharmeh 16', 18' Sheikh 79' Al-Maaltah 90'		Şamyradow 43', 65' Guvanch 55'

Jordan

2 May 2006

HTTU	2–2	Al-Nejmeh
Şamyradow 4 Belyh 58'		Ghaddar 74', 90'

Turkmenistan

16 May 2006

Al Nejmeh	2–1	Al-Faisaly
Duah 23' Nasseredine 70'		Saad 57'

Lebanon

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Xiangxue Sun Hei	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13
Perlis FA	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11
Home United FC	6	2	0	4	8	11	−3	6
New Radiant	6	1	1	4	7	18	−11	4

Matches:

7 March 2006

New Radiant	0–2	Xiangxue Sun Hei

Maldives

Home United FC	2–3	Perlis FA

Singapore

21 March 2006

Xiangxue Sun Hei	0–1	Home United FC
		Indra Sahdan Bin Daud 60

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China

Perlis FA	6–0	New Radiant

Malaysia

11 April 2006

Xiangxue Sun Hei	0–0	Perlis FA

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China

New Radiant	5–3	Home United FC

Maldives

25 April 2006

Home United FC	2–0	New Radiant

Singapore

Perlis FA	1–2	Xiangxue Sun Hei

Malaysia

2 May 2006

Perlis FA	1–0	Home United FC

Malaysia

3 May 2006

Xiangxue Sun Hei	5–2	New Radiant

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China

16 May 2006

New Radiant	0–0	Perlis FA

Maldives

Home United FC	0–2	Xiangxue Sun Hei

Singapore

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tampines Rovers FC	6	5	0	1	17	5	+12	15
Selangor FA	6	5	0	1	14	9	+5	15
Happy Valley	6	1	1	4	10	15	−5	4
Hurriyya SC	6	0	1	5	3	15	−12	1

Matches:

7 March 2006

Selangor FA	1–0	Tampines Rovers FC
Brian Fuentes 11'	(Report)

National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

7 March 2006

Happy Valley	3–0	Hurriyya SC
Sham Kwok Keung 32' Gerard Guy Ambassa 37' Lee Sze Ming 76'	(Report)

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China

Attendance: 500

Referee: Chandrasiri Arambakade Gedara (Sri Lanka)

21 March 2006

Hurriyya SC	1–3	Selangor FA
Mausoom Abdul Gafoor 90	(Report)	Brian Fuentes 29' (pen) Mohd Amri Yahyah 63' Bambang Pamungkas 66

National Stadium, Malé, Maldives

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

21 March 2006

Tampines Rovers FC	3–1	Happy Valley
Aliff Shafaein 45' Noh Alam Shah 48', 70'	(Report)	Fábio Lopes Alcântara 30'

Tampines Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 3,021

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

11 April 2006

Tampines Rovers FC	3–1	Hurriyya SC
Mirko Grabovac 44' Aliff Shafaein 49' Peres De Oliveira 89'	(Report)	Shinaz Hilmy 90'

Tampines Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

11 April 2006

Selangor FA	4–3	Happy Valley
Mohd Shukor Adan 42' D. Surendran 52' Brian Fuentes 64', 72'	(Report)	Evanor 14' Fábio Lopes Alcântara 71' (pen) Lee Wai Man 74'

National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

25 April 2006

Happy Valley	2–3	Selangor FA
Joao Evanor Fantin 19' Gerard Guy Ambassa 74'	(Report)	Razman Roslan 29' Brian Fuestes 71' K. Sanbagamaran 88'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China

Attendance: 407

Referee: Sgt. Win Cho (Myanmar)

25 April 2006

Hurriyya SC	0–4	Tampines Rovers FC
	(Report)	Mohamed Rafi Ali 15', 24' Aliff Shafaein 51' Noh Alam Shah 81'

National Stadium, Malé, Maldives

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ram Krishna Gosh (Bangladesh)

2 May 2006

Tampines Rovers FC	3–2	Selangor FA
Peres De Oliveira 32', 51' Mirko Grabovac 60'	(Report)	Bambang Pamungkas 56', 82'

Tampines Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 3,868

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

2 May 2006

Hurriyya SC	1–1	Happy Valley
Shinaz Hilmy 36'	(Report)	Li Chun Yip 21'

National Stadium, Malé, Maldives

Attendance: 400

Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

16 May 2006

Selangor FA	1–0	Hurriyya SC
K. Sanbagamaran 27'	(Report)

KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Sgt. Win Cho (Myanmar)

16 May 2006

Happy Valley	0–4	Tampines Rovers FC
	(Report)	Noh Alam Shah 57', 76', 81' Ibrahim Md Noh 85'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 66

Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)

Best runners-up

• Team in group of 4, result to bottom of the group uncounted.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Selangor FA	4	3	0	1	10	8	+2	9
Al-Nejmeh	4	2	1	1	10	7	+3	7
Perlis FA	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
Al Ahed	4	2	0	2	9	7	+2	6
Dempo SC	4	1	1	2	9	7	+2	4

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Tampines Rovers	0
	Al-Wahdat	5
					Al-Wahdat	1
					Al-Faisaly	2
	Al-Faisaly (p)	2 (5)
	Sun Hei	2 (4)
									Al-Faisaly	5
									Al-Muharraq	4
	Selangor FA	0
	Al-Nejmeh	1
					Al-Nejmeh	3
					Al-Muharraq	6
	Al-Nasr	3
	Al-Muharraq (a)	3

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tampines Rovers FC	0–5	Al-Wahdat	0–1	0–4
Selangor FA	0–1	Al-Nejmeh	0–1	0–0
Al-Nasr	3–3 (a)	Al-Muharraq	2–3	1–0
Al-Faisaly	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Xiangxue Sun Hei	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)

First leg

12 September 2006

Al-Nasr	2–3	Al-Muharraq
Adil Matar 22' Ashoor 55'	(Report)	Leandson Dias da Silva 13', 64' Richard Massolin 58'

Al-Saada Stadium, Salalah, Oman

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)

Second leg

19 September 2006

Al-Muharraq	0–1	Al-Nasr
	(Report)	Adil Matar 56' (pen.)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Nejmeh	3–6	Al-Muharraq	1–2	2–4
Al-Faisaly	2–1	Al-Wahdat	1–0	1–1

First leg

Second leg

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Faisaly	5–4	Al-Muharraq	3–0	2–4

First leg

Second leg

2006 AFC Cup Winners
Al-Faisaly Second title