2007 AFC President's Cup

The 2007 AFC President's Cup was the third edition 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 up into two groups and play each other team in their group once. The winner of each group then played the runner up in the other group in the semi-finals, and the winners of the semi-final matches played in the final match to determine the winner. There was no third place match. Games were played in Lahore, Pakistan, between 20 and 30 September 2007.

2007 AFC President's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPakistan
Dates20–30 September 2007
Teams8 (from 8 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsKyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo (2nd title)
Runners-upNepal Mahendra Police Club
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored66 (4.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sri Lanka Channa Ediri Bandanage (6 goals)
Best player(s)Kyrgyzstan Valery Kashuba[1]
2006
2008

Venues

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  Lahore
Punjab Stadium Railway Stadium
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 5,000
 

Qualifying teams

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Association Team Qualifying method App Last app.
  Bhutan Transport United 2006 A-Division champions 3rd 2006
  Cambodia Khemara Kelia 2006 Cambodian League champions 2nd 2006
  Chinese Taipei Tatung 2006 Intercity Football League champions 2nd 2006
  Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamoth 2006 Kyrgyzstan League champions 3rd 2006
  Nepal Mehandra Police Club 2006–07 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions 1st none
  Pakistan Pakistan Army 2006–07 Pakistan Premier League champions 2nd 2006
  Sri Lanka Ratnam 2006–07 Kit Premier League champions 2nd 2006
  Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ 2006 Tajik League champions 2nd 2005

Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Regar TadAZ 3 3 0 0 16 1 +15 9
  Ratnam Sports Club 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4
  Transport United 3 1 0 2 4 21 −17 3
  Pakistan Army 3 0 1 2 6 8 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
Pakistan Army  3–3  Ratnam Sports Club
Draz   18'
Riaz   45+2'
Shabbir   58'
Report[permanent dead link] E.B. Channa   10'
Mohideen   13'
Jayasuriya   43'
Attendance: 4,000
Transport United  0–13  Regar-TadAZ
Report[permanent dead link] Makhmudov   18', 28', 45+2', 61', 76'
Abdullayev   35',   63'
Rustamov   37', 54'
Umarbaev   66'
Barotov   74'
Kholbekov   80'
Rabimov   87'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Sgt Win Cho (Myanmar)

Regar-TadAZ  2–1  Pakistan Army
Abdullayev   65'
Hakimov   68'
Report Draz   73'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
Ratnam Sports Club  6–1  Transport United
Mohideen   13'
E.B. Channa   17', 69', 73', 82', 90'
Report[permanent dead link] Gyeltshen   42'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)

Transport United  3–2  Pakistan Army
Dorji   5', 74'
Jamtsho   27'
Report[permanent dead link] Shabbir   45'
Riaz   90+2'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
Regar-TadAZ  1–0  Ratnam Sports Club
Abdullayev   66' Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 100
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Dordoi-Dynamo 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9
  Mahendra Police Club 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4
  Khemara 3 1 0 2 5 10 −5 3
  Tatung 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 1
Source: [citation needed]
Khemara  0–4  Dordoi-Dynamo
Report[permanent dead link] Ishenbaev   14', 36'
Krasnov   34' (pen.), 39'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)
Mahendra Police Club  0–0  Tatung
Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 500
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

Tatung  0–1  Khemara
Report Sokumpheak   1'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sgt Win Cho (Myanmar)
Dordoi-Dynamo  3–0  Mahendra Police Club
Kudrenko   23'
Krasnov   33', 59'
Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 500
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

Mahendra Police Club  6–4  Khemara
Thapa   12', 79'
Budhathoki   16'
Pandey   25'
Rai   30'
Rijal   85'
Report[permanent dead link] Loch   23'
Chet   68' (pen.)
Sokumpheak   70', 78'
Attendance: 200
Tatung  0–5  Dordoi-Dynamo
Report[permanent dead link] Muladjanov   11'
Kornilov   18', 63', 84', 89'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

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Regar-TadAZ  1–2  Mahendra Police Club
Rustamov   26' Report[permanent dead link] Rai   32'
Budhathoki   90+1'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

Dordoi-Dynamo  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Ratnam Sports Club
Tetteh   21' Report[permanent dead link] Jayasuriya   44'
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 1,000

Final

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Mahendra Police Club  1–2  Dordoi-Dynamo
Rai   90+2' (pen.) Report[permanent dead link] Ishenbaev   8' (pen.)
Kornilov   74'
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
 
 
 
 
 
Mahendra Police Club
 
 
 
 
 
Dordoi-Dynamo

OFFICIALS


 AFC President's Cup 2007 
 
Dordoi-Dynamo
Second title

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dordoi-Dynamo retain AFC President's Cup after defeating Mahendra 2-1". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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