2005 AFC President's Cup

The 2005 AFC President's Cup was the inaugural season of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. The eight teams that competed were split into two groups and played each other team in their group once. The winner of each group then played the runner-up in the other group in the semifinals, and the winners of the semifinal matches played in the final match to determine the winner. There was no third-place match. The games were played in May 2005 and were held in Kathmandu, Nepal.^[1][2]

2005 AFC President's Cup

Dasharath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu hosted the final
Tournament details
Host country	Nepal
Dates	4–14 May
Teams	8 (from 8 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Regar-TadAZ (1st title)
Runners-up	Dordoi-Dynamo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	51 (3.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hok Sochetra Dudley Steinwall Khurshed Mahmudov Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov (4 goals each)
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Qualified teams

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Bhutan	Transport United	2004 A-Division champions
Cambodia	Hello United	most likely as 2002 Cambodian League champions[Note]
Chinese Taipei	Taipower	2004 Chinese Taipei National Football League champions
Kyrgyzstan	Dordoi-Dynamo	2004 Kyrgyzstan League champions
Nepal	Three Star Club	2004 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions
Pakistan	WAPDA	2004-05 Pakistan Premier League champions
Sri Lanka	Blue Star SC	2003–04 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions
Tajikistan	Regar-TadAZ	2004 Tajik League champions

Notes

1. ^
   Note: No Cambodian League was held between 2003 and 2004 due to unknown reasons
^[3]

Venues

Kathmandu
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium	Halchowk Stadium
Capacity: 17,800	Capacity: 3,500
Kathmandu

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Regar-TadAZ	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7	Advance to semi-finals
2	Three Star Club (H)	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Taipower	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
4	Transport United	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Hosts

4 May 2005

16:00

Three Star Club	1–1	Taipower
Maharjan 38'	Report[permanent dead link]	Chen Chi-Feng 36'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta

4 May 2005

16:00

Regar-TadAZ	6–1	Transport United
Mahmudov 18', 89' Mukhidinov 35', 37', 56' Tabarov 86'	Report	Dendup 68'

Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Anura De Silva Vidanagamage

6 May 2005

16:00

Taipower	0–3	Regar-TadAZ
	Report	Irgashev 7' Mukhidinov 18' Tabarov 40'

Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Setiyono Midi Nitrorejo

6 May 2005

16:00

Transport United	1–2	Three Star Club
Chophel 37'	Report[permanent dead link]	Gouchan 10' Maharjan 43'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Emil Busurmankulov

8 May 2005

16:00

Taipower	1–0	Transport United
Chiang Shih-lu 40'	Report[permanent dead link]

Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 600

Referee: Emil Busurmankulov

8 May 2005

16:00

Three Star Club	0–0	Regar-TadAZ
	Report

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Anura De Silva Vidanagamage

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dordoi-Dynamo	3	2	0	1	14	3	+11	6	Advance to semi-finals
2	Blue Star SC	3	2	0	1	5	10	−5	6
3	WAPDA	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	Hello United	3	1	0	2	5	10	−5	3

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

5 May 2005

16:00

Dordoi-Dynamo	6 – 1	Hello United
Kasymov 24', 43' Krasnov 25', 39' Chikishev 28' Berezovsky 71'	Report	Sochetra 40'

Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman

5 May 2005

16:00

WAPDA	0 – 1	Blue Star SC
	Report	Steinwall 26'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 400

Referee: Vu Duc Nguyen

7 May 2005

16:00

Hello United	2 – 1	WAPDA
Sochetra 48', 90+2'	Report	Mehmood 16'

Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta

7 May 2005

16:00

Blue Star SC	1 – 8	Dordoi-Dynamo
Steinwall 19'	Report	Kasymov 1' Krohmal 11' Krasnov 15' Berezovsky 16' Jumagulov 42' Chertkov 64' Ishenbaev 76', 81'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman

9 May 2005

16:00

Hello United	2 – 3	Blue Star SC
Sokunthea 60' Sochetra 79' (pen.)	Report	Steinwall 32' (pen.), 72' Fawzan 90'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 800

Referee: Setiyono Midi Nitrorejo

9 May 2005

16:00

Dordoi-Dynamo	0 – 1	WAPDA
	Report	Mehmood 81'

Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 500

Referee: Manuel Pereira

Semi-finals

12 May 2005

16:00

Regar-TadAZ	6 – 0	Blue Star SC
Khamidov 13', 43' Mahmudov 41' Umarbaev 70' Rustamov 74' Nematov 90'	Report

Dashrath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Manuel Pereira (India)

12 May 2005

19:00

Dordoi-Dynamo	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Three Star Club
	Report
Penalties
	4 – 3	Pradeep Maharjan Pralay Rajbhandari Vishan Gauchan

Dashrath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

Final

14 May 2005

19:00

Regar-TadAZ	3 – 0	Dordoi-Dynamo
Rakhimov 7' Irgashev 70' (pen.) Mahmudov 72'	Report[permanent dead link]

Dashrath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)