2008 AFC Challenge Cup final

The 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Final was a football match that took place on 13 August 2008 at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi to determine the winner of the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup.^[1]

2008 AFC Challenge Cup Final

Indian team celebrating their win
Event	2008 AFC Challenge Cup
India Tajikistan 4 1
Date	13 August 2008 (2008-08-13)
Venue	Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
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Venues

Due to the poor conditions of the pitch at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, the AFC moved the majority of the matches to another venue. It was decided that ten matches would be played at the Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, and two at the LBS Stadium.^[2] Due to incessant rains in Hyderabad in the days leading up to the final, the AFC changed the venue of the final and the third place play-off to the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.^[3]

Route to the final

See also: 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification and 2008 AFC Challenge Cup

India		Round	Tajikistan
Opponent	Result	Qualifying round	Opponent	Result
Automatic qualifier	Automatic qualifier	Match 1	Bhutan	3–1
		Match 2	Philippines	0–0
		Match 3	Brunei	4–0
		Final standing	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Tajikistan 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7  Philippines 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7  Bhutan 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1  Brunei 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1 Source: RSSSF
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Afghanistan	1–0	Match 1	Turkmenistan	0–0
Tajikistan	1–1	Match 2	India	1–1
Turkmenistan	2–1	Match 3	Afghanistan	4–0
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  India 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7  Tajikistan 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 5  Turkmenistan 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4 4  Afghanistan 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0		Final standing	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  India 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7  Tajikistan 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 5  Turkmenistan 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4 4  Afghanistan 3 0 0 3 0 10 -10 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout phase	Opponent	Result
Myanmar	1–0	Semi-finals	North Korea	1–0

Match

India	4–1	Tajikistan
Chhetri 9', 23', 75' Bhutia 18'	Report	Fatkhuloev 44'

13 August 2008

19:00IST

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

Attendance: 10,000^[4]

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

India

Tajikistan

GK 1 Subrata Paul DF 5 Anwar Ali MF 7 Pappachen Pradeep  35' MF 8 Renedy Singh FW 11 Sunil Chhetri FW 15 Bhaichung Bhutia (c)  77' DF 17 Irungbam Surkumar Singh DF 19 Gouramangi Singh DF 20 Samir Subash Naik  39' MF 23 Steven Dias  86' MF 30 Climax Lawrence Substitutes: DF 2 Govin Singh MF 4 Krishnan Nair Ajayan DF 6 Baldeep Singh DF 12 Deepak Mondal FW 18 Sushil Kumar Singh  77' FW 21 Abhishek Yadav DF 22 Syed Rahim Nabi GK 24 Subhasish Roy Chowdhury MF 25 Clifford Miranda  86' MF 27 Mehrajuddin Wadoo  35'  43' MF 28 Bungo Thomchok Singh Manager: Bob Houghton

GK 1 Alisher Tuychiev DF 2 Daler Tukhtasunov DF 3 Naim Nasirov  62' DF 6 Davron Ergashev MF 9 Anvar Norkulov FW 11 Numonjon Hakimov  75' DF 12 Eraj Rajabov DF 17 Sokhib Suvonkulov  46' MF 18 Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev  43' Fw 19 Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov MF 22 Yusuf Rabiev (c) Substitutes: MF 14 Samad Shohzukhurov  62' DF 15 Zafardzhon Zuvaydov GK 16 Mirali Murodov DF 24 Suhrob Mansurov DF 27 Isomiddin Qurvonov FW 29 Dzhakhongir Dzhalilov  75' DF 31 Eradzh Kholov GK 40 Amonsho Sodatsayrov Manager: Pulad Qadirov

Assistant referees:

• Tamam Hamdoun (Syria)
• Mohammad Jaber A. H. Dharman (Qatar)

Fourth official:

• Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

Match rules

• 90 minutes.
• 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
• Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
• Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

• 2008 AFC Challenge Cup