2006 AFC Cup

The 2006 AFC Cup was the third edition of the AFC Cup, played amongst clubs from nations of the AFC, who are considered to be 'developing countries' as per the 'Vision Asia' members paper of AFC President Mohamed Bin Hammam.

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 →

Al-Faisaly successfully defended their title, beating Al-Muharraq 5–4 on aggregate in the final.^[1] With this victory Al-Faisaly became the first side to win the competition two years in a row.^[2]

Qualification

The AFC invited the fourteen 'developing' nations to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the competition. Clubs from Myanmar and North Korea did not participate in the competition. This marked the first year in which clubs from Bahrain participated in the competition, as Bahrain was demoted to a 'developing' status by the AFC.

West Asia			East Asia
Team	Qualifying method	App (Last)	Team	Qualifying method	App (Last)
Al-Muharraq	2005 Bahraini King's Cup winners	1st	Xiangxue Sun Hei	2004–05 Hong Kong First Division League champions	2nd (2005)
Mohammedan	2005–06 Bangladesh National Football League champions	1st	Happy Valley	2005 Hong Kong FA Cup winners	3rd (2005)
Brothers Union	2005 Bangladesh Federation Cup winners	2nd (2005)	Perlis	2005 Malaysia Super League champions	1st
Dempo	2004–05 National Football League champions	2nd (2005)	Selangor	2005 Malaysia FA Cup winners	1st
East Bengal	2005 Federation Cup winners	1st	Hurriyya	2005 Dhivehi League champions	1st
Al-Hussein	2004–05 Jordan League champions	1st	New Radiant	2005 Dhivehi League runners-up[Note MDV]	2nd (2005)
Al-FaisalyTH	2004–05 Jordan FA Cup winners	2nd (2005)	Tampines Rovers	2005 S.League champions	2nd (2005)
Nejmeh	2004–05 Lebanese Premier League champions	3rd (2005)	Home United	2005 Singapore Cup winners	3rd (2005)
Al Ahed	2005 Lebanese FA Cup winners	2nd (2005)
Dhofar[Note DSQ]	2004–05 Omani League champions	2nd (2004)
Al-Nasr	2005 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners	1st
HTTU Asgabat	2005 Ýokary Liga champions	1st
Merv Mary	2005 Turkmenistan Cup winners	1st
Al Hilal[Note DSQ]	2005 Yemeni President Cup winners	1st

Notes

1. ^
   Disqualified (DSQ): Dhofar and Al Hilal were disqualified from the competition by the AFC for failing to submit their player registration forms in time.
2. ^
   Maldives (MDV): As the 2005 Maldives FA Cup winners Hurriyya qualified for the AFC Cup via their league position, the spot reserved for the Maldives FA Cup winners was transferred to the second placed team in the 2005 Dhivehi League.

Group stage

• Matchday dates are: 7 and 21 March, 11 and 25 April, 5 and 16 May 2006

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Muharraq	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Al Ahed	6	3	1	2	16	11	+5	10
3	Mahindra United	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	9
4	Brothers Union	6	0	2	4	5	14	−9	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches:

7 March 2006

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

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

8 March 2006

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

Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut

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21 March 2006

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

Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka

21 March 2006

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

Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut

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11 April 2006

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

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

18 April 2006

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

Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka

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25 April 2006

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'

Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut

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2 May 2006

Brothers Union	0–0	Al-Muharraq

Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka

2 May 2006

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

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16 May 2006

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

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

16 May 2006

Mahindra United	1–0	Brothers Union
Venkatesh 90'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Nasr	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	12	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Dempo SC	4	1	1	2	9	7	+2	4
3	Merv Mary	4	0	1	3	4	14	−10	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches:

7 March 2006

Al-Nasr	3–1	Dempo SC
Matoona 57', 79' Dias 86' (o.g.)		Martins 73'

Oman

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21 March 2006

Merv Mary	2–2	Dempo SC
Yuzbashyan 80' (pen.), 90'		Martins 13' Begendjev 87' (o.g.)

Turkmenistan

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11 April 2006

Al-Nasr	4–1	Merv Mary
Al-Hinai 11', 48' Al-Kahali 39' Hoobees ?'

Oman

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25 April 2006

Merv Mary	0–2	Al-Nasr
		Al-Hinai 11' Tabook 38'

Turkmenistan

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2 May 2006

Dempo SC	0–1	Al-Nasr
		Ashoor 55'

India

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16 May 2006

Dempo SC	6–1	Merv Mary
João Cruz 20' Naik 24' Miranda 42', 78' Beto 68', 85'		? ?'

India

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Wahdat	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Mohammedan	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches:

11 April 2006

Al-Wahdat	7–0	Mohammedan
Shelbaieh 3', 53', 55' Ali 47', 72' Fattah 54', 70'

Jordan

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25 April 2006

Mohammedan	1–2	Al-Wahdat
Nwachukwu 84' (pen.)	Report	Shelbaieh 60', 63'

Bangladesh

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Faisaly	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	7	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Nejmeh	4	2	1	1	10	7	+3	7
3	HTTU	4	0	2	2	8	13	−5	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches:

7 March 2006

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

Lebanon

21 March 2006

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

Jordan

11 April 2006

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

Turkmenistan

25 April 2006

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

Jordan

2 May 2006

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

Turkmenistan

16 May 2006

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

Lebanon

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Xiangxue Sun Hei	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Perlis FA	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11
3	Home United	6	2	0	4	8	11	−3	6
4	New Radiant	6	1	1	4	7	18	−11	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches:

7 March 2006

New Radiant	0–2	Xiangxue Sun Hei
		Akosah 19', 28'

Maldives

7 March 2006

Home United	2–3	Perlis FA
Goncalves 7', 62'		Chepita 52', 57', 89'

Singapore

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21 March 2006

Xiangxue Sun Hei	0–1	Home United
		Daud 60'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

21 March 2006

Perlis FA	6–0	New Radiant
Wahid 45' Chepita 48', 71', 76' Simukonda 54', 65'

Malaysia

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11 April 2006

Xiangxue Sun Hei	0–0	Perlis FA

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

11 April 2006

New Radiant	5–3	Home United
Umar 22' Ashfaaq 66' Thoriq 69', ?' Nitta 90'		Sulaiman 4' Daud 77' Goncalves 83'

Maldives

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25 April 2006

Home United	2–0	New Radiant
Daud 21' Goncalves 60'

Singapore

25 April 2006

Perlis FA	1–2	Xiangxue Sun Hei
Simukonda 69'		Freitas 13' Chiu Siu-ki 15'

Malaysia

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2 May 2006

Perlis FA	1–0	Home United
Chipeta 74'

Malaysia

3 May 2006

Xiangxue Sun Hei	5–2	New Radiant
Lai Kai-cheuk 4' Freitas 31' Akosah 49', 59', 62'		Nita 2' (pen.), 56'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

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16 May 2006

New Radiant	0–0	Perlis FA

Maldives

16 May 2006

Home United	0–2	Xiangxue Sun Hei
		Freitas 22' (pen.) Akosah 57'

Singapore

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tampines Rovers	6	5	0	1	17	5	+12	15	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Selangor	6	5	0	1	14	9	+5	15
3	Happy Valley	6	1	1	4	10	15	−5	4
4	Hurriyya	6	0	1	5	3	15	−12	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches:

7 March 2006

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

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

7 March 2006

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

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 500

Referee: Chandrasiri Arambakade Gedara (Sri Lanka)

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21 March 2006

Hurriyya	1–3	Selangor
	(Report)	Fuentes 29' (pen.) Yahyah 63' Pamungkas 66'

National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

21 March 2006

Tampines Rovers	3–1	Happy Valley
Shafaein 45' Shah 48', 70'	(Report)	Alcântara 30'

Tampines Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 3,021

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

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11 April 2006

Tampines Rovers	3–1	Hurriyya
Grabovac 44' Shafaein 49' De Oliveira 89'	(Report)	Hilmy 90'

Tampines Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

11 April 2006

Selangor	4–3	Happy Valley
Adan 42' Surendran 52' Fuentes 64', 72'	(Report)	Evanor 14' Alcântara 71' (pen.) Lee Wai Man 74'

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

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25 April 2006

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

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 407

Referee: Sgt. Win Cho (Myanmar)

25 April 2006

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

National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ram Krishna Gosh (Bangladesh)

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2 May 2006

Tampines Rovers	3–2	Selangor
Peres De Oliveira 32	(Report)	Bambang Pamungkas 56

Tampines Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 3,868

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

2 May 2006

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

National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 400

Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

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16 May 2006

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

KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Sgt. Win Cho (Myanmar)

16 May 2006

Happy Valley	0–4	Tampines Rovers
	(Report)	Noh Alam Shah 57

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 66

Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)

Best runners-up

As Groups B–D only had either two or three teams, matches against any fourth-placed team in each group were not included in this ranking.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Selangor	4	3	0	1	10	8	+2	9	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Nejmeh	4	2	1	1	10	7	+3	7
3	Perlis FA	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
4	Al Ahed	4	2	0	2	9	7	+2	6
5	Dempo SC	4	1	1	2	9	7	+2	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	Tampines Rovers		0	0	0
	Al-Wahdat		1	4	5
								Al-Wahdat		0	1	1
								Al-Faisaly		1	1	2
	Al-Faisaly (p)		1	1	2 (5)
	Sun Hei		1	1	2 (4)
															Al-Faisaly		3	2	5
															Al-Muharraq		0	4	4
	Selangor		0	0	0
	Nejmeh		1	0	1
								Nejmeh		1	2	3
								Al-Muharraq		2	4	6
	Al-Nasr		2	1	3
	Al-Muharraq (a)		3	0	3

Quarter-finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tampines Rovers	0–5	Al-Wahdat	0–1	0–4
Selangor	0–1	Nejmeh	0–1	0–0
Al-Nasr	3–3 (a)	Al-Muharraq	2–3	1–0
Al-Faisaly	2–2 (5–4 p)	Xiangxue Sun Hei	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)

Matches

12 September 2006

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

Tampines Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

19 September 2006

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

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

Al-Wahdat won 5–0 on aggregate.

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12 September 2006

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

Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

19 September 2006

Nejmeh	0–0	Selangor
	(Report)

Beirut Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: O M Al Saeedi

Nejmeh won 1–0 on aggregate.

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12 September 2006

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

Al-Saada Stadium, Salalah

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)

19 September 2006

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

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

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

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12 September 2006

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

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

19 September 2006

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

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 2,722

Referee: O Il Son

2–2 on aggregate; Al-Faisaly won 5–4 on penalties.

Semi-finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nejmeh	3–6	Al-Muharraq	1–2	2–4
Al-Faisaly	2–1	Al-Wahdat	1–0	1–1

Matches

26 September 2006

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

Beirut Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)

17 October 2006

Al-Muharraq	4–2	Nejmeh
de Silva 21' (pen.), 76' (pen.) Omar 29' Massolin 90+2' (pen.)	(Report)	Mohammed Ghaddar 41', 45+1'

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Al-Muharraq won 6–3 on aggregate.

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26 September 2006

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

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: M Mansour

17 October 2006

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

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Al-Faisaly won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Faisaly	5–4	Al-Muharraq	3–0	2–4

Matches

27 October 2006

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

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)

3 November 2006

Al-Muharraq	4–2	Al-Faisaly
Omar 18' da Silva 52' Meshkhas 60' Abdulrahman 62'	(Report)	Abdul-Amir 35' Al-Tall 90+1'

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: M O Al Saeedi

Al-Faisaly won 5–4 on aggregate.

2006 AFC Cup Winners
Al-Faisaly Second title