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5th secondary club football tournament organized by the

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

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 (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 (2)	Dempo (2006–07 Indian National Football League champions) East Bengal (2007 Indian Federation Cup winners)
Maldives (2)	Victory (2007 Dhivehi League champions) New Radiant (2007 Maldives FA Cup winners)
Southeast Asia (4)
Malaysia (2)	Kedah (2006–07 Super League Malaysia champions & 2007 Malaysia FA Cup winners) Perak (2006–07 Super League Malaysia runners-up)
Singapore (2)	SAFFC (2007 S.League champions & 2007 Singapore Cup winners) Home United (2007 S.League runners-up)
West Asia (10)
Bahrain (2)	Al-Muharraq (2006–07 Bahraini Premier League champions) Al-Najma (2007 Bahraini King's Cup winners)
Jordan (2)	Al-Wahdat (2006–07 Jordan League champions) Shabab Al-Ordon (2007 AFC Cup winners & 2006–07 Jordan FA Cup winners)
Lebanon (2)	Al-Ansar (2006–07 Lebanese Premier League champions & 2007 Lebanese FA Cup winners) Safa (2006–07 Lebanese Premier League runners-up)
Oman (2)	Al-Nahda (2006–07 Omani League champions) Sur (2007 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners)
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
Al-Muharraq	6	3	2	1	14	7	+7	11
Dempo	6	3	1	2	13	12	+1	10
Al-Ansar	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	8
Sur	6	1	1	4	9	15	−6	4

Source: 11 March 200816:00 UTC+5:30

Dempo	3–1	Al-Ansar
Ranty Martins Soleye 21' 32' Chidi Edeh 62'	(Report) (Report)	Hassan Danach 89'

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, GoaAttendance: 6,000Referee:

Ng Chiu Kok 11 March 200818:15 UTC+3

Al-Muharraq	3–2	Sur
Rico 24' (pen.) Jesse John 45+2' Abdulla Al-Dakeel 83'	(Report) (Report)	Al-Gheilani 35' José 39'

Bahrain National Stadium, ManamaAttendance: 2,500Referee:

Masaaki Iemoto

18 March 200818:00 UTC+3

Al-Ansar	0–0	Al-Muharraq
	(Report) (Report)

Sports City Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 3,000Referee:

Mukhtar Al Yarimi 18 March 200819:00 UTC+3

Sur	3–2	Dempo
Traore 9' Camara 69' Climax Lawrence 80' (o.g.)	(Report) (Report)	Ranty Martins Soleye 26' Roberto Mendes Silva 62'

Nizwa Sports Complex, NizwaAttendance: 1,500Referee:

Ali Saleem

3 April 200818:00 UTC+3

Al-Ansar	1–0	Sur
Salih Sadir 28'	(Report) (Report)

Sports City Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 4,000Referee:

Abdullah Balideh 3 April 200816:00 UTC+5:30

Dempo	0–4	Al-Muharraq
	(Report) (Report)	Rico 8' 31' 49' (pen.) 59'

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, GoaAttendance: 5,000Referee:

Vo Minh Tri

16 April 200819:15 UTC+3

Sur	0–2	Al-Ansar
	(Report) (Report)	Salih Sadir 77' 88'

Nizwa Sports Complex, NizwaAttendance: 400Referee:

Mohamed Omar Al-Saeedi 16 April 200818:30 UTC+3

Al-Muharraq	1–2	Dempo
Rico 77' (pen.)	(Report) (Report)	Ranty Martins Soleye 10' 62'

Bahrain National Stadium, ManamaAttendance: 2,000Referee:

Salem Mujghef

30 April 200818:00 UTC+3

Al-Ansar	1–1	Dempo
Mohamad Hamoud 84'	(Report) (Report)	Ranty Martins Soleye 27'

Sports City Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 1,950Referee:

Tan Hai 30 April 200819:15 UTC+3

Sur	2–2	Al-Muharraq
José 48', 62'	(Report) (Report)	Rico 45+1' Jaycee John Okwunwanne 55'

Nizwa Sports Complex, NizwaAttendance: 300Referee:

Choi Myung-Yong

14 May 200816:00 UTC+5:30

Dempo	5–2	Sur
Ranty Martins Soleye 30' 38' Chidi Edeh 64' 90' Climax Lawrence 72'	(Report) (Report)	Al-Sinani 75' Al-Harbi 86'

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, GoaAttendance: 4,000Referee:

Peter Green 21 May 200818:45 UTC+3

Al-Muharraq	4–1	Al-Ansar
Mahmood Abdulrahman 30' Rico 51' 66' Jaycee John Okwunwanne 57'	(Report)	Malek Hassoun 44'

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, BahrainAttendance: 2,000Referee:

Rustam Saidov

Group B

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

Source: 11 March 200816:15 UTC+3

Al-Ahli San‘a’	1–1	Al-Wahdat
Adel Al-Salemi 28'	(Report) (Report)	Hassan Abdel Fattah 40' (pen.)

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’Attendance: 13,000Referee:

Hettikamkanamge Perera 11 March 200818:00 UTC+3

Safa	1–0	East Bengal
Bernard Mbassi 17'	(Report) (Report)

Sports City Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 700Referee:

Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi

18 March 200815:00 UTC+3

Al-Wahdat	3–3	Safa
Mahmoud Shelbaieh 51' Hassan Abdel Fattah 86' Basem Fat'hi 90+5'	(Report) (Report)	Prince Bobby 16' Ramez Dayoub 31' Rony Azar 83'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, ZarqaAttendance: 1,000Referee:

Mohamed Omar Al-Saeedi 18 March 200815:00 UTC+5:30

East Bengal	1–0	Al-Ahli San‘a’
Edmilson Marques Pardal 31'	(Report) (Report)

Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) Stadium, KolkataAttendance: 6,000Referee:

Minoru Tōjō

3 April 200815:30 UTC+3

Al-Wahdat	0–2	East Bengal
	(Report) (Report)	Alvito D'Cunha 58' Ikechukwu Gift Ibe 69'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, ZarqaAttendance: 4,000Referee:

Rosdi Shaharul 3 April 200816:15 UTC+3

Al-Ahli San‘a’	0–0	Safa
	(Report) (Report)

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’Attendance: 4,000Referee:

Chaiya Alee Mahapab

16 April 200815:00 UTC+5:30

East Bengal	2–4	Al-Wahdat
Syed Rahim Nabi 12' Edmilson Marques Pardal 28'	(Report) (Report)	Ra'fat Ali 6' 24' Hassan Abdel Fattah 31' 34'

Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) Stadium, KolkataAttendance: 10,000Referee:

Vo Minh Tri 16 April 200818:00 UTC+3

Safa	1–0	Al-Ahli San‘a’
Hamze Abboud 64'	(Report) (Report)

Sports City Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 1,000Referee:

Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman

30 April 200815:30 UTC+3

Al-Wahdat	1–1	Al-Ahli San‘a’
Hassan Abdel Fattah 30'	(Report)	Ali Al Nono 80'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa, Amman, JordanAttendance: 1,500Referee:

Ali Saleem 30 April 200815:00 UTC+5:30

East Bengal	0–0	Safa
	(Report)

Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata, IndiaAttendance: 10,000 + asgReferee:

Valentin Kovalenko

14 May 200816:15 UTC+3

Al-Ahli San‘a’	1 –0	East Bengal
Ali Al Nono 43'	(Report)

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, Sana'a, YemenAttendance: 1,000Referee:

Dilovarshokh Orzuev 21 May 200818:00 UTC+3

Safa	3–3	Al-Wahdat
Rony Azar 6' Hussein Tahan 80' Amer Khan 90+5'	(Report)	Ra'fat Ali 18' 63' Fadi Faris 72'

Sports City Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 200Referee:

Abdulrahman Abdou

Group C

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

Source: 11 March 200819:00 UTC+3

Al-Nahda	0–0	Al-Najma
	(Report) (Report)

Nizwa Sports Complex, NizwaAttendance: 350Referee:

Dilovarshokh Orzuev 11 March 200815:00 UTC+3

Shabab Al-Ordon	1–1	Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Odai Al-Saify 51'	(Report) (Report)	Haytham Mahadi 38'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, ZarqaAttendance: 150Referee:

Tan Hai

18 March 200818:48 UTC+3

Al-Najma	0–0	Shabab Al-Ordon
	(Report) (Report)

Al-Ahli Stadium, ManamaAttendance: 500Referee:

Hedayat Mombeni 18 March 200816:15 UTC+3

Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut	3–1	Al-Nahda
Munassar Ba-Haj 44' 45+1' Murad Al-Nohi 51'	(Report) (Report)	Yedibahoma 52'

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’Attendance: 4,000Referee:

Rosdi Shaharul

3 April 200818:55 UTC+3

Al-Najma	2–1	Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Rashed Jamal Salem 8' Adeeb Ba-Karman 54' (o.g.)	(Report) (Report)	Alaaeldin Mohamed Aly 67'

Bahrain National Stadium, ManamaAttendance: 350Referee:

Hettikamkanamge Perera 3 April 200819:00 UTC+3

Al-Nahda	1–1	Shabab Al-Ordon
Al-Shamsi 26'	(Report) (Report)	Mustafa Shehdeh 70'

Nizwa Sports Complex, NizwaAttendance: 500Referee:

Atallah Jatli Al-Enezi

16 April 200816:15 UTC+3

Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut	0–0	Al-Najma
	(Report) (Report)

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’Attendance: 3,000Referee:

Win Cho 16 April 200815:30 UTC+3

Shabab Al-Ordon	0–1	Al-Nahda
	(Report) (Report)	Yedibahoma 57'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, ZarqaAttendance: 100Referee:

Ali Saleem

30 April 200819:09 UTC+3

Al-Najma	3–3	Al-Nahda
Rashed Jamal Salem 53' 67' 77'	(Report) (Report)	Yedibahoma 6' 50' Al-Alawi 38'

Bahrain National Stadium, ManamaAttendance: 200Referee:

Abdulrahman Abdou 30 April 200816:15 UTC+3

Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut	2–2	Shabab Al-Ordon
Khaled Al Arumi 5' Haytham Mahadi 88' (pen.)	(Report) (Report)	Mustafa Shehdeh 3' Mohannad Maharmeh 45'

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’Attendance: 4,000Referee:

Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi

14 May 200819:00 UTC+3

Al-Nahda	2–0	Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Al-Nuaimi 14' Al-Mashaikhi 43'	(Report) (Report)

Nizwa Sports Complex, NizwaAttendance: 300Referee:

Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi 14 May 200815:30 UTC+3

Shabab Al-Ordon	3–2	Al-Najma
Odai Saify 9' Mustafa Shehdeh 28' Essam Abu Touk 40' (pen.)	(Report) (Report)	Rashed Jamal Salem 51' (pen.) 69'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, ZarqaAttendance: 100Referee:

Minoru Tōjō

Group D

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

Source: 11 March 200820:00 UTC+8

South China	2–3	Home United
Cheng Siu Wai 60' 90'	(AFC Report) (AFC Report) (HKFA Report)	Peres de Oliveira 17' 40' Shi Jiayi 77'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong KongAttendance: 4,673Referee:

Win Cho 11 March 200820:45 UTC+8

Kedah	1–0	Victory
Badrol Bakhtiar 49'	(Report) (Report)

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor SetarAttendance: 12,000Referee:

Naser Al-Ghafary

18 March 200819:45 UTC+8

Home United	5–1	Kedah
Kengne Ludovick 31' 58' Shahril Ishak 36' Peres de Oliveira 70' 81' (pen.)	(Report) (Report)	Mohd Shafiq Jamal 12'

Jalan Besar Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 2,693Referee:

Peter Green 18 March 200816:00 UTC+5

Victory	0–0	South China
	(Report) (Report)

Maldives National Stadium, MaléAttendance: 6,500Referee:

Valentin Kovalenko

3 April 200819:45 UTC+8

Home United	2–1	Victory
Indra Sahdan Daud 37' Peres de Oliveira 50'	(Report) (Report)	Ashad Ali 25'

Jalan Besar Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 1,223Referee:

Mukhtar Al Yarimi 3 April 200820:00 UTC+8

South China	1–3	Kedah
Cris 59'	(AFC Report) (AFC Report) (HKFA Report)	Badrol Bakhtiar 31' Marlon James 65' Samransak Kram 85'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong KongAttendance: 1,055Referee:

Minoru Tōjō

16 April 200816:00 UTC+5

Victory	1–3	Home United
Hussain Niyaz Mohamed 69'	(Report) (Report)	Shahril Ishak 56' Indra Sahdan Daud 66' Peres de Oliveira 73'

Maldives National Stadium, MaléAttendance: 6,000Referee:

Abdulrahman Abdou 16 April 200820:45 UTC+8

Kedah	3–0	South China
Marlon James 55' Nelson San Martín 70' 85'	(Report) (Report)

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor SetarAttendance: 6,000Referee:

Mukhtar Al Yarimi

30 April 200819:45 UTC+8

Home United	4–1	South China
Shahril Ishak 30' 88' Indra Sahdan Daud 75' Farhan Farook 87'	(Report) (Report)	Cheng Siu Wai 80'

Jalan Besar Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 1,175Referee:

Chaiya Alee Mahapab 30 April 200816:00 UTC+5

Victory	1–1	Kedah
Jorge Armando Rodriguez Arguello 8'	(Report) (Report)	Marlon Alex James 65'

Maldives National Stadium, MaléAttendance: 4,500Referee:

Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman

14 May 200820:00 UTC+8

South China	3–0	Victory
Tales Schütz 27' Cris 43' 68'	(Report) (Report)

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong KongAttendance: 429Referee:

Kim Dong-Jin 14 May 200820:45 UTC+8

Kedah	4–1	Home United
Nelson San Martín 41' 59' (pen.) Mohd Sabree Mat Abu 46' Marlon Alex James 83'	(Report) (Report)	Kengne Ludovick 5'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor SetarAttendance: 10,000Referee:

Valentin Kovalenko

Group E

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

Source: 11 March 200815:45 UTC+5

New Radiant	1–3	Perak
Daniel Mbock 8'	(Report) (Report)	Carlos Arturo Caceres Pino 9' 17' Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 38'

Maldives National Stadium, MaléAttendance: 8,000Referee:

Chaiya Alee Mahapab 11 March 200819:45 UTC+8

SAFFC	4–0	Kitchee
Jamil Ali 12' Therdsak Chaiman 25' Aleksandar Duric 37' Wang Zhenpeng 51' (o.g.)	(Report) (Report)

Jalan Besar Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 2,543Referee:

Vo Minh Tri

18 March 200820:45 UTC+8

Perak	1–6	SAFFC
Mario Esteban Berrios 45+2' (pen.)	(Report) (Report)	Therdsak Chaiman 8' Aleksandar Duric 45' 49' 71' 74' Mustaqim Manzur 58'

Perak Stadium, IpohAttendance: 5,000Referee:

Choi Myung Yong 18 March 200820:00 UTC+8

Kitchee	2–0	New Radiant
Wilfed Bamnjo 11' Goran Stankovski 36'	(AFC Report) (AFC Report) (HKFA Report)

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong KongAttendance: 1,372Referee:

Mahmood Mohd Juma Al-Ghatrifi

3 April 200820:45 UTC+8

Perak	2–1	Kitchee
Mohammad Hardi Jaafar 11' Mario Esteban Berrios 90+2'	(Report) (Report)	Goran Stankovski 73'

Perak Stadium, IpohAttendance: 1,000Referee:

Peter Green 3 April 200815:30 UTC+5

New Radiant	0–3	SAFFC
	(Report) (Report)	Ashrin Shariff 7' Aleksandar Duric 44' Afiu Mohamed Hamid 86' (o.g.)

Maldives National Stadium, MaléAttendance: 4,000Referee:

Mohamad Mansour

16 April 200820:00 UTC+8

Kitchee	2–2	Perak
Ip Chung Long 50' Wilfed Bamnjo 84'	(Report) (Report)	Carlos Caceres 17' 79'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong KongAttendance: 1,138Referee:

Valentin Kovalenko 16 April 200819:45 UTC+8

SAFFC	1–1	New Radiant
John Wilkinson 27'	(Report) (Report)	Assad Abdul Gani 50'

Jalan Besar Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 1,505Referee:

Kadhum Auda Lazim

30 April 200820:45 UTC+8

Perak	3–0	New Radiant
Jorge Antonio Muñoz 33' 65' Razali Umar Kandasamy 90+1'	(Report) (Report)

Perak Stadium, IpohAttendance: 700Referee:

Dilovarshokh Orzuev 30 April 200820:00 UTC+8

Kitchee	0–2	SAFFC
	(Report) (Report)	Ashrin Shariff 10' Aleksandar Duric 19'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong KongAttendance: 813Referee:

Hettikamkanamge Perera

14 May 200815:45 UTC+5

New Radiant	2–1	Kitchee
Hussain Simaz 62' 66'	(Report) (Report)	Ahmed Nishan 45+1' (o.g.)

Maldives National Stadium, MaléAttendance: 2,000Referee:

Sgt. Win Cho 14 May 200819:45 UTC+8

SAFFC	0–2	Perak
	(Report) (Report)	Ahmad Shahrul Azhar 21' Mohammad Hardi Jaafar 69'

Jalan Besar Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 2,297Referee:

Hiroyoshi Takayama

Best runners-up

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

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

Source:

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Al-Muharraq	5	2	7

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

						Al-Nahda	1	1	2
4	SAFFC	2	0	2

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

											Safa	1	4	5
3	Perak	0	0	0

6	Safa	2	5	7
						Safa	1	4	5

						Dempo	0	1	1
2	Dempo	1	4	5

7	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	0–7	Safa	0–2	0–5
SAFFC	2–4	Al-Nahda	2-1	0-3
Dempo	5–4	Home United	1–1	4–3
Al-Muharraq	7–1	Kedah	5–0	2–1

First leg

2008-09-16

Perak	0 – 2	Safa
	Report	Rony Azar 38' Hamid Termina 55'

Perak Stadium, IpohAttendance: 1,000Referee:

Satop Tongkhan

2008-09-16

SAFFC	2 - 1	Al-Nahda
Aleksandar Duric 41', 66'	Report	Libambami Yedibahoma 85'

Jalan Besar Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 1,600Referee:

Hiroyoshi Takayama

2008-09-16

Dempo	1 – 1	Home United
Mboyo Iyomi 78'	Report	Rosman Sulaiman 37'

Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, HyderabadAttendance: 180Referee:

Abdullah Al Hilali

2008-09-16

Al-Muharraq	5 – 0	Kedah
Khalid Salmeen 65' Mahmood Abdulrahman 73', 90+2' Rico 85' Fahad Al-Hardan 87'	Report

Bahrain National Stadium, ManamaAttendance: 1,200Referee:

Kim Dong-Jin

Second leg

2008-09-23

Safa	5 – 0	Perak
Rony Azar 43', 45' Hussein Tahan 61' Mohammad Kassas 68' Mahmoud Al-Zoughbi 84'	Report

Sports City Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 300Referee:

Abdulrahman Abdou

2008-09-23

Al-Nahda	3 - 0	SAFFC
Mansoor Al-Nuaimi 28' Libambami Yedibahoma 63', 90'	Report

Nizwa Sports Complex, NizwaAttendance: 400Referee:

Mohamad Mansour

2008-09-23

Home United	3 – 4	Dempo
Peres De Oliviera 13' Indra Sahdan 36', 38'	Report	Mboyo Iyomi 1' Beto 23', 83' Climax Lawrence 45'

Jalan Besar Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 1,341Referee:

Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi

2008-09-23

Kedah	1 – 2	Al-Muharraq
Badrol Bakhtiar 69'	Report	Rico 29', 39'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor SetarAttendance: 2,000Referee:

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	(a)2–2	Al-Nahda	0-1	2-1
Safa	5–1	Dempo	1–0	4–1

First leg

2008-10-07

Al-Muharraq	0 – 1	Al-Nahda
	Report	Zaher Al-Alawi 9'

Bahrain National Stadium, ManamaAttendance: 3,500Referee:

Masoud Moradi

2008-10-07

Safa	1 – 0	Dempo
Hamze Aboud 90'	Report

Sports City Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 500Referee:

Lee Gi-Young

Second leg

2008-10-21

Al-Nahda	1 – 2	Al-Muharraq
Ibrahim Al-Farazi 70'	Report	Rico 38' Mahmood Abdulrahman 63'

Nizwa Sports Complex, NizwaAttendance: 4,500Referee:

Ravshan Irmatov

2008-10-21

Dempo	1 – 4	Safa
Mboyo Iyomi 30'	Report	Mohammad Kassas 9', 19' Hussain Tahan ,

Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, HyderabadAttendance: 500Referee:

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-Muharraq	5 - 1	Safa
Mahmood Abdulrahman 19', 58' Rico 32' (pen.), 54', 72'	(Report)	Hussein Tahan 77'

Bahrain National Stadium, ManamaAttendance: 6,000Referee:

Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi

Second leg

2008-11-07

Safa	4 - 5	Al-Muharraq
Al Saadi 15' Rony Azar 59' Mohammed Kassas 61', 65' (pen.)	(Report)	Rico 33', 50', 51' Mahmood Abdulrahman 45+1', 82'

Sports City Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 2,000Referee:

Abdullah Al Hilali

AFC Cup 2008 Winners

Al-Muharraq First Title

Awards

Player of the Tournament

Mahmood Abdulrahman

Al-Muharraq

Top scorer

Rico – 19 goals

Al-Muharraq

Statistics

Top goalscorers

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

External links

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

AFC Cup and AFC Champions League Two

AFC Cup era, 2004–2024
Seasons	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023–24
Finals	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2024

AFC Champions League Two era, 2024–present
Seasons	2024–25 2025–26
Finals	2025

History

v t e 2008 in Malaysian football
« 2007 2009 »
League competitions	Super League Premier League FAM League
Cup competitions	Community Shield FA Cup Malaysia Cup (Group stage, Knockout phase)
AFC competitions	AFC Champions League AFC Cup
Youth competitions	U21 League U19 League
National teams	Senior U-23

v t e 2008 in Asian football (AFC)
« 2007 2009 »
Domestic leagues	Australia '07–'08 '08–'09 Bahrain '07–'08 '08–'09 Bangladesh '08–'09 China Chinese Taipei Guam '07–'08 '08–'09 Hong Kong '07–'08 '08–'09 India '07–'08 '08–'09 Indonesia '08–'09 Iran '07–'08 '08–'09 Iraq '07–'08 '08–'09 Japan Jordan '07–'08 '08–'09 Kuwait '07'-08 '08'-09 Laos Lebanon '07'-08 '08'-09 Macau Malaysia '07–'08 Maldives Oman '07–'08 '08–'09 Qatar '07–'08 '08–'09 Saudi Arabia '07–'08 '08–'09 Singapore South Korea Syria '07–'08 '08–'09 Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '07–'08 '08–'09 Uzbekistan Vietnam
Domestic cups	India Indonesia Maldives FA Cup President's Cup
AFC competitions	AFC Champions League Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Knockout stage AFC President's Cup

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