2004 AFC Cup

The 2004 AFC Cup was the first edition of the AFC Cup, played by clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

2004 AFC Cup

Tournament details
Dates	10 February – 26 November 2004
Teams	18 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Jaish (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Wahda
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	178 (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Indra Sahdan Daud Egmar Gonçalves (7 goals each)
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Qualification

The 'developing' 14 nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2004 competition.

West & Central Asia Zone Group stage direct entrants

Team	Qualifying method
Al-Jaish	2002–03 Syrian League champions
Al-Wahda	2002–03 Syrian Cup winners
Olympic Beirut	2002–03 Lebanese Premier League champions 2003 Lebanese FA Cup winners
Al-Nejmeh	2002–03 Lebanese Premier League runners-up
Dhofar	2002–03 Omani League champions
Al-Sha'ab Ibb	2002–03 Yemeni League champions
Muktijoddha Sangsad	2003 Bangladesh National Football League champions 2003 Bangladesh Federation Cup winners
East Bengal	2002–03 Indian National Football League champions
Mahindra United	2003 Indian Federation Cup winners
Nisa Aşgabat	2003 Turkmenistan League champions
Nebitçi Balkanabat	2003 Turkmenistan Cup winners

East, South & South East Asia Zone Group stage direct entrants

East Asia
Happy Valley	2002–03 Hong Kong First Division League champions
Valencia	2003 Dhivehi League champions
Island FC	2003 Maldives FA Cup winners
Perak	2003 Malaysia Premier 1 League champions
Negeri Sembilan	2003 Malaysia FA Cup winners
Home United	2003 S.League champions 2003 Singapore Cup winners
Geylang United	2003 S.League runners-up

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Nejmeh	6	5	1	0	11	2	+9	16	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Nisa Aşgabat	5	2	1	2	3	4	−1	7
3	Al-Sha'ab Ibb	5	2	1	2	7	7	0	7
4	Muktijoddha Sangsad	6	0	1	5	2	10	−8	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 February 2004

Al-Nejmeh	3–0	Al-Sha'ab Ibb
Ivanković 62' Nasseredine 82', 89'	(Report)

Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon

Attendance: 300

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

11 February 2004

Nisa Aşgabat	1–0	Muktijoddha Sangsad
Nazarov 69' (pen.)	(Report)

Nisa Stadium, Asgabat, Turkmenistan

Attendance: 500

Referee: Ali Al Mutlaq (Saudi Arabia)

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25 April 2004

Al Sha'ab Ibb	0–1	Nisa Aşgabat
	(Report)	Konchaev Zemskov 50'

Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Abdulrahman Recho

25 February 2004

Muktijoddha Sangsad KS	0–1	Al-Nejmeh
	(Report)	Mohammad Kassas 72'

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman

Attendance: 109

Referee: Mohamed Al Saeedi

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6 April 2004

Al-Nejmeh	3–1	Nisa Aşgabat
Mohammad Kassas 12' (pen), 47' Ali Nasereddine 37'	(Report)	Didar Hajiev 34'

Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Kadhum Auda Lazim

7 April 2004

Al Sha'ab Ibb	3–0 1	Muktijoddha Sangsad KS
	(Report)

King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Hedayat Mombini

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20 April 2004

Muktijoddha Sangsad KS	2–3	Al Sha'ab Ibb
Charles Ghansa 1' Saifur Rahman Moni 38'	(Report)	Abdulsalam Al Ghurbani 34', 60' Redwan Ahmed 78'

Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Dilovar Orzuev

20 April 2004

Nisa Aşgabat	0–1	Al-Nejmeh
	(Report)	Mohammad Kassas 71'

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman

Attendance: 200

Referee: Rustam Saidov

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4 May 2004

Al Sha'ab Ibb	1–1	Al-Nejmeh
Al-Nono 51'	(Report)	Mohammad Kassas 8'

Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Huang Junjie

5 May 2004

Muktijoddha Sangsad KS	0–0	Nisa Aşgabat
	(Report)

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman

Attendance: 150

Referee: Saad Al Fadhli

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19 May 2004

Nisa Aşgabat	Cancelled2	Al Sha'ab Ibb
	(Report)

King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan

Attendance: 100

Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta

19 May 2004

Al-Nejmeh	2–0	Muktijoddha Sangsad KS
Errol McFarlane 8' Moussa Hojeij 90'	(Report)

Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon

Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov

¹Al Sha'ab Ibb were awarded a 3–0 win as Muktijoddha Sangsad KS did not show up for the match.
²The match was cancelled after a general strike in Yemen left Al Sha'ab Ibb unable to show up for the match.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Wahda (Damascus)	4	2	2	0	8	2	+6	8	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Dhofar	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	4
3	Mahindra United	4	1	1	2	5	10	−5	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 February 2004

Mahindra United	2–1	Dhofar
Shanmugam Venkatesh 21' Abhishek Yadav 66'	(Report)	Faraj A. Bait Alseem 55'

Javaharalal Nehru Stadium, Goa, India

Attendance: 400

Referee: J Karim

25 February 2004

Dhofar	1–1	Al-Wahda
Al-Ghafri 83'	(Report)	Nabil Al Shahmeh 22'

Nisa Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Attendance: 100

Referee: A Al-Enezi

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7 April 2004

Mahindra United	0–0	Al-Wahda
	(Report)

Javaharalal Nehru Stadium, Goa, India

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: M Moradi

21 April 2004

Al-Wahda	5–1	Mahindra United
Nabil Al Shahmeh 36' Iyad Mando 39' 53' Moussa Traoré 69', 73'	(Report)	Felix Abaoagye 84'

Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Abdullah Balideh

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5 May 2004

Dhofar	4–2	Mahindra United
Saif Sultan 27', 47' Mohammed Al Shidad 35' Gabriel 61'	(Report)	Felix Abaoagye 55' Raphaël Patron Akakpo 80'

Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: F Al Marzouqi

19 May 2004

Al-Wahda	2–0	Dhofar
Maher Al Sayed 20' Moussa Traoré 54'	(Report)

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman

Attendance: 200

Referee: S Tongkhan

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Jaish (Damascus)	4	2	2	0	8	0	+8	8	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Olympic Beirut	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7
3	Nebitçi Balkanabat	4	0	1	3	1	10	−9	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

10 February 2004

Olympic Beirut	0–0	Al-Jaish
	(Report)

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman

Attendance: 400

Referee: J Karim

25 February 2004

Al-Jaish	6–0	Nebitçi Balkanabat
Zyad Chaabo 36' Raghdan Shehadeh 50' Rabih Hassan 55' 64' Ahmad Omaier 69' 87'	(Report)

Nisa Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Attendance: 100

Referee: A Al-Enezi

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7 April 2004

Olympic Beirut	2–0	Nebitçi Balkanabat
Pierre Issa 65' Youssef Mohamad 75'	(Report)

Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: M Moradi

21 April 2004

Nebitçi Balkanabat	1–2	Olympic Beirut
Perman Begjanov 82'	(Report)	Youssef Mohamad 53', 75'

Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: A Balideh

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5 May 2004

Al-Jaish	2–0	Olympic Beirut
Ahmad Omaier 8' Zyad Chaabo 86'	(Report)

Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: F Al Marzouqi

19 May 2004

Nebitçi Balkanabat	0–0	Al-Jaish
	(Report)

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman

Attendance: 200

Referee: S Tongkhan

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Home United FC	6	4	2	0	19	5	+14	14	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Perak FA	6	4	2	0	11	6	+5	14
3	Happy Valley	6	1	0	5	7	14	−7	3
4	Valencia FC	6	1	0	5	3	15	−12	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 February 2004

Home United	5–1	Happy Valley
Egmar Goncalves 30', 66', 72' Peres De Oliveira 53' Indra Sahdan Daud 61'	(Report)	Martin Jancula 69'

Bishan Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 369

Referee: K Matsumura

11 February 2004

Perak FA	2–0	Valencia FC
Frank Seator 45', 60'	(Report)

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: M Al Yarimi

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25 February 2004

Valencia FC	0–3	Home United
	(Report)	Egmar Goncalves 37', 43 Peres De Oliveira 60'

National Stadium, Malé, Maldives

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: S Sarkar

25 February 2004

Happy Valley	1–2	Perak FA
Gerard Guy Ambassa 6'	(Report)	Frank Seator 72' Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 80'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: C Win

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6 April 2004

Valencia FC	2–1	Happy Valley
Ali Ashfaq 73', 60'	(Report)	Lawrence Akandu 50'

National Stadium, Malé, Maldives

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: S Mujghef

6 April 2004

Perak FA	2–2	Home United
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 56' Frank Seator 77'	(Report)	Egmar Goncalves 2' Sutee Suksomkit 18'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 200

Referee: A Al-Enezi

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20 April 2004

Home United	2–2	Perak FA
Sutee Suksomkit 7' (pen) Liew Kit Kong 35' (og)	(Report)	Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 14' V. Saravanan 90'

Bishan Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: A Albadwawi

21 April 2004

Happy Valley	3–1	Valencia FC
Lawrence Akandu 2', 42' Gerard Guy Ambassa 82'	(Report)	Ali Ashfaq 72'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 500

Referee: Tan Hai

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5 May 2004

Valencia FC	0–1	Perak FA
	(Report)	Luciano Goux 41'

National Stadium, Male, Maldives

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: R Gosh

5 May 2004

Happy Valley	0–2	Home United
	(Report)	Indra Sahdan Daud 15' Peres De Oliveira 90'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: B Williams

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19 May 2004

Home United	5–0	Valencia FC
Indra Sahdan Daud 32', 45', 71' Mohamed Nizam 78' (og) Peres De Oliveira 90'	(Report)

Bishan Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 600

Referee: M Mansour

19 May 2004

Perak FA	2–1	Happy Valley
Frank Seator 71' Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 80'	(Report)	Gerard Guy Ambassa 6'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 208

Referee: S Tongkhan

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	East Bengal	6	4	1	1	14	8	+6	13	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Geylang United	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13
3	Negeri Sembilan	6	2	0	4	11	9	+2	6
4	Island FC	6	1	0	5	2	17	−15	3

Source: AFC Cup 2004

10 February 2004

Geylang United	2–3	East Bengal
Hafiz 40' Jeyapal 90'	Report	Cristiano Jr. 45', 76' Bijen 83'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 369

Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)

10 February 2004

Negeri Sembilan	6–0	Island FC
Effiong 19', 64', 71' Ekpoki 30', 90' K. Rajan 28'	Report

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)

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24 February 2004

Island FC	0–5	Geylang United
	Report	Hafiz 5' Razali 44' Nahar 49' Noor 67', 84'

National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

25 February 2004

East Bengal	4–2	Negeri Sembilan
Okoro 9' Cristiano Jr. 34' (pen.), 70' Bhutia 77'	Report	K. Rajan 45' Shahrin 64'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Referee: C Win

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7 April 2004

Island FC	1–2	East Bengal
Sunain 72' (pen.)	Report	Bhutia 36' Okoro 90'

National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)

7 April 2004

Negeri Sembilan	0–1	Geylang United
	Report	Duric 10'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 200

Referee: Atallah Al Enezi (Kuwait)

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21 April 2004

East Bengal	3–0	Island FC
Douglas 9' Cristiano Jr. 36' Okoro 85'	Report

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

21 April 2004

Geylang United	2–1	Negeri Sembilan
Chang Hui 49' Duric 71'	Report	Efendi 27'

Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi (Vietnam)

Attendance: 500

Referee: Tan Hai (China)

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4 May 2004

Island FC	1–0	Negeri Sembilan
Ismail 14'	Report

Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi (Vietnam)

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Ram Krishna Ghosh (Bangladesh)

5 May 2004

East Bengal	1–1	Geylang United
Okoro 76'	Report	Hill 33'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

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18 May 2004

Geylang United	1–0	Island FC
Khairon 29'	Report

Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Seremban (Malaysia)

Attendance: 600

Referee: M Mansour

18 May 2004

Negeri Sembilan	2–1	East Bengal
Suharmin 23', 49'	Report	Cristiano Jr. 24'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 208

Referee: S Tongkhan

Ranking of second-placed teams

Three best runners-up, one from groups A, B and C and two from groups D and E, qualify for the quarter-finals.

Group runners-up (West & Central Asia Zone)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olympic Beirut	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Nisa Aşgabat	5	2	1	2	3	4	−1	7
3	Dhofar	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group runners-up (East, South & South East Asia Zone)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Perak FA	6	4	2	0	12	6	+6	14	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Geylang United FC	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-Finals						Final
	Al-Wahda (a)	2	2	4
	Al-Nejmeh Beirut	1	3	4
							Al-Wahda	1	1	2
							Geylang United	1	0	1
	Perak FA	1	2	3
	Geylang United	2	3	5
													Al-Wahda	2	1	3
													Al-Jaish (a)	3	0	3
	East Bengal	0	0	0
	Al-Jaish	0	3	3
							Al-Jaish	4	2	6
							Home United FC	0	1	1
	Olympic Beirut	3	1	4
	Home United FC	3	2	5

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Wahda	4–4 (a)	Al-Nejmeh	2–1	2–3
Perak FA	3–5	Geylang United	1–2	2–3
East Bengal	0–3	Al-Jaish	0–0	0–3
Olympic Beirut	4–5	Home United	3–3	1–2

Matches

14 September 2004

Al-Wahda	2–1	Al-Nejmeh
Mando 86' Al Sayed 89'		Mohammad Kassas 50'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 15,000

21 September 2004

Al-Nejmeh	3–2	Al-Wahda
Hojeij 21' Savane 33' Nasereddine 65'		Traoré 19' Mando 34'

Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon

Attendance: 12,000

3–3 on aggregate; Al-Wahda won on away goals.

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14 September 2004

Perak FA	1–2	Geylang United
Seator 90'		Duric 49' Fazrul Nawaz 60'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 5,000

21 September 2004

Geylang United	3–2	Perak FA
Hasrin Jailani 12' Aleksandar Duric 27' Fazrul Nawaz 41'		Syamsul Mohamed Saad 55' R. Surendran 90'+1'

Bedok Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 2,227

Geylang United won 5–3 on aggregate.

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15 September 2004

East Bengal	0–0	Al-Jaish

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 15,000

22 September 2004

Al-Jaish	3–0	East Bengal
Abdullah 16' Al Zeno 50' Esmaeel 87'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 15,000

Al-Jaish won 3–0 on aggregate.

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15 September 2004

Olympic Beirut	3–3	Home United
Atwi 18' Alozian 40' Antar 60'		Daud 28', 79' Goncalves 83'

Tripoli Municipal Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 500

22 September 2004

Home United	2–1	Olympic Beirut
Abdullah 69', 74'		Ali 63'

Bishan Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 1,961

Home United won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Wahda	2–1	Geylang United	1–1	1–0
Al-Jaish	6–1	Home United	4–0	2–1

Matches

19 October 2004

Al-Wahda	1–1	Geylang United
Jaafar 85'	Report	Duric 63'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 16,000

26 October 2004

Geylang United	0–1	Al-Wahda
	Report	Traoré 12'

Bedok Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 1,568

Al-Wahda won 2–1 on aggregate.

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20 October 2004

Al-Jaish	4–0	Home United
Al Zeno 34' Esmaeel 53', 62' Al-Hilou 76'	Report

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 6,000

27 October 2004

Home United	1–2	Al-Jaish
Sivakumar 17'	Report	Al Zeno 76' Chaabo 90'+1'

Bishan Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 1,612

Al-Jaish won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Wahda	3–3 (a)	Al-Jaish	2–3	1–0

Matches

19 November 2004

Al-Wahda	2–3	Al-Jaish
Radawi 49' Akil 90+2'	Report	Chaabo 3' Esmaeel 32' Al-Abtah 55' (pen.)

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 30,000

26 November 2004

Al-Jaish	0–1	Al-Wahda
	Report	Al Shahmeh 72'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 17,000

3–3 on aggregate; Al-Jaish won on away goals.

2004 AFC Cup Winners
Al-Jaish First title

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	MD5	MD6	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F1	F2	Total
1	Indra Sahdan Daud	Home United	1				1	3	2						7
	Egmar Goncalves	Home United	3	2	1				1						7
3	Cristiano Júnior	East Bengal	2	2		1		1							6
	Frank Seator	Perak	2	1	1			1	1						6
	Mohammad Kassas	Al-Nejmeh		1	2	1	1		1						6
6	Moussa Traoré	Al-Wahda				2		1		1		1			5
	Aleksandar Durić	Geylang United			1	1			1	1	1				5

See also

• AFC Champions League 2004