2006 AFC Cup

The 2006 AFC Cup was the third edition of the AFC Cup, played by clubs from the Asian Football Confederation member nations. Al-Faisaly from Jordan became the first side to win the competition two years in a row.^[1]

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 →

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches:

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

7 March 2006

Bahrain National Stadium, Bahrain

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

8 March 2006

Beirut Municipal Stadium, Lebanon

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

21 March 2006

Bangabandhu Stadium, Bangladesh

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

21 March 2006

Beirut Municipal Stadium, Lebanon

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Al-Muharraq	1–1	Mahindra United
Leandson Dias da Silva 61'		Sushant 64'

11 April 2006

Bahrain National Stadium, Bahrain

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

18 April 2006

Bangabandhu Stadium, Bangladesh

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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'

25 April 2006

Beirut Municipal Stadium, Lebanon

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Brothers Union	0–0	Al-Muharraq

2 May 2006

Bangabandhu Stadium, Bangladesh

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

2 May 2006

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

16 May 2006

Bahrain National Stadium, Bahrain

Mahindra United	1–0	Brothers Union
Venkatesh 90'

16 May 2006

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches:

Al-Nasr	3–1	Dempo SC

7 March 2006

Oman

Merv Mary	2–2	Dempo SC

21 March 2006

Turkmenistan

Al-Nasr	4–1	Merv Mary

11 April 2006

Oman

Merv Mary	0–2	Al-Nasr

25 April 2006

Turkmenistan

Dempo SC	0–1	Al-Nasr

2 May 2006

India

Dempo SC	6–1	Merv Mary

16 May 2006

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches:

Al-Wahdat	7–0	Mohammedan

11 April 2006

Jordan

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Mohammedan	1–2	Al-Wahdat
Paul	Report

25 April 2006

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches:

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

7 March 2006

Lebanon

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

21 March 2006

Jordan

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

11 April 2006

Turkmenistan

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

25 April 2006

Jordan

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

2 May 2006

Turkmenistan

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

16 May 2006

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches:

New Radiant	0–2	Xiangxue Sun Hei

7 March 2006

Maldives

Home United FC	2–3	Perlis FA

Singapore

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

21 March 2006

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China

Perlis FA	6–0	New Radiant

Malaysia

Xiangxue Sun Hei	0–0	Perlis FA

11 April 2006

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China

New Radiant	5–3	Home United FC

Maldives

Home United FC	2–0	New Radiant

25 April 2006

Singapore

Perlis FA	1–2	Xiangxue Sun Hei

Malaysia

Perlis FA	1–0	Home United FC

2 May 2006

Malaysia

Xiangxue Sun Hei	5–2	New Radiant

3 May 2006

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China

New Radiant	0–0	Perlis FA

16 May 2006

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches:

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

7 March 2006

National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

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

7 March 2006

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China

Attendance: 500

Referee: Chandrasiri Arambakade Gedara (Sri Lanka)

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

21 March 2006

National Stadium, Malé, Maldives

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

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

21 March 2006

Tampines Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 3,021

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

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

11 April 2006

Tampines Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

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'

11 April 2006

National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

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

25 April 2006

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, China

Attendance: 407

Referee: Sgt. Win Cho (Myanmar)

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

25 April 2006

National Stadium, Malé, Maldives

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ram Krishna Gosh (Bangladesh)

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

2 May 2006

Tampines Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 3,868

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

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

2 May 2006

National Stadium, Malé, Maldives

Attendance: 400

Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

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

16 May 2006

KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Sgt. Win Cho (Myanmar)

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

16 May 2006

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Tampines Rovers FC	0–1	Al-Wahdat
	(Report)	Ahmed Abdul-Haleem 49'

12 September 2006

Tampines Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

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Selangor FA	0–1	Al-Nejmeh
	(Report)	Ali Mohamed 24'

12 September 2006

Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

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

12 September 2006

Al-Saada Stadium, Salalah, Oman

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)

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Al-Faisaly	1–1	Xiangxue Sun Hei
Hatem Aqel 54'	(Report)	Lee Kin Wo 44'

12 September 2006

Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

Second leg

Al-Wahdat	4–0	Tampines Rovers FC
Ahmed Abdul-Haleem 14' Mahmoud Shelbaieh 45'+1, 47' Musa Hammad 69'	(Report)

19 September 2006

Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

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Al-Nejmeh	0–0	Selangor FA
	(Report)

19 September 2006

Beirut Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: O M Al Saeedi

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

19 September 2006

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

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Xiangxue Sun Hei	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Faisaly
Lo Chi Kwan 21'	(Report)	Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek 60'
Penalties
	4–5

19 September 2006

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 2,722

Referee: O Il Son

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

Al-Nejmeh	1–2	Al-Muharraq
Ali Nasseredine 21'	Report	Fatai Babatunde 54' Jesse John 75'

26 September 2006

Beirut Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)

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Al-Faisaly	1–0	Al-Wahdat
Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh 9'	(Report)

26 September 2006

Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: M Mansour

Second leg

Al-Muharraq	4–2	Al-Nejmeh
Leandson Dias da Silva 21' (pen), 76' (pen) Abdullah Omar 29' Richard Massolin 90+2 (pen)	(Report)	Mohammed Ghaddar 41', 45+1'

17 October 2006

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

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Al-Wahdat	1–1	Al-Faisaly
Mahmoud Shelbaieh 53'	(Report)	Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek 66'

17 October 2006

Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

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

Al-Faisaly	3–0	Al-Muharraq
Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh 54', 83' Hussein Ziyad 60'	(Report)

27 October 2006

Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)

Second leg

Al-Muharraq	4–2	Al-Faisaly
Abdullah Omar 18' Leandson Dias da Silva 52' Ibrahim Ali Meshkhas 60' Mahmood Abdulrahman 62'	(Report)	Haidar Abdul-Amir 35' Siraj Al-Tall 90+1'

3 November 2006

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: M O Al Saeedi

2006 AFC Cup Winners
Al-Faisaly Second title