2008 AFC Cup

2008 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates	11 March – 7 November 2008
Teams	20 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Muharraq (1st title)
Runners-up	Safa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	74
Goals scored	235 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rico (19 goals)
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Last updated November 10, 2023

The 2008 AFC Cup was the fifth edition of the AFC Cup, playing between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

Qualified teams

20 clubs will be competing, including champions of the national leagues and champions of the primary knock-out competition from the following countries which are AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category. In that season, the club of Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, Indonesia not participated.

East Asia (2)
Hong Kong (2)	South China (2006–07 Hong Kong First Division League champions & 2007 Hong Kong FA Cup winners) Kitchee (2006–07 Hong Kong First Division League runners-up)
South Asia (4)
India (2)	Dempo (2006–07 Indian National Football League champions) East Bengal (2007 Indian Federation Cup winners)
Maldives (2)	Victory (2007 Dhivehi League champions) New Radiant (2007 Maldives FA Cup winners)
Southeast Asia (4)
Malaysia (2)	Kedah (2006–07 Super League Malaysia champions & 2007 Malaysia FA Cup winners) Perak (2006–07 Super League Malaysia runners-up)
Singapore (2)	SAFFC (2007 S.League champions & 2007 Singapore Cup winners) Home United (2007 S.League runners-up)
West Asia (10)
Bahrain (2)	Al-Muharraq (2006–07 Bahraini Premier League champions) Al-Najma (2007 Bahraini King's Cup winners)
Jordan (2)	Al-Wahdat (2006–07 Jordan League champions) Shabab Al-Ordon (2007 AFC Cup winners & 2006–07 Jordan FA Cup winners)
Lebanon (2)	Al-Ansar (2006–07 Lebanese Premier League champions & 2007 Lebanese FA Cup winners) Safa (2006–07 Lebanese Premier League runners-up)
Oman (2)	Al-Nahda (2006–07 Omani League champions) Sur (2007 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners)
Yemen (2)	Al-Ahli San‘a’ (2007 Yemeni League champions) Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut (2006 Yemeni President Cup winners)

Group stage

The draw was held on 17 October 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Key to colors in group tables:

Green: Group winners and Best runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Muharraq	6	3	2	1	14	7	+7	11
Dempo	6	3	1	2	13	12	+1	10
Al-Ansar	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	8
Sur	6	1	1	4	9	15	−6	4

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

11 March 2008

16:00 UTC+5:30

Dempo	3–1	Al-Ansar
Ranty Martins Soleye 21'32' Chidi Edeh 62'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Hassan Danach 89'

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa

Attendance: 6,000

Referee:

Ng Chiu Kok

11 March 2008

18:15 UTC+3

Al-Muharraq	3–2	Sur
Rico 24' (pen.) Jesse John 45+2' Abdulla Al-Dakeel 83'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Al-Gheilani 35' José 39'

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 2,500

Referee:

Masaaki Iemoto

18 March 2008

18:00 UTC+3

Al-Ansar	0–0	Al-Muharraq
	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 3,000

Referee:

Mukhtar Al Yarimi

18 March 2008

19:00 UTC+3

Sur	3–2	Dempo
Traore 9' Camara 69' Climax Lawrence 80' (o.g.)	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Ranty Martins Soleye 26' Roberto Mendes Silva 62'

Nizwa Sports Complex, Nizwa

Attendance: 1,500

Referee:

Ali Saleem

3 April 2008

18:00 UTC+3

Al-Ansar	1–0	Sur
Salih Sadir 28'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 4,000

Referee:

Abdullah Balideh

3 April 2008

16:00 UTC+5:30

Dempo	0–4	Al-Muharraq
	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Rico 8'31'49' (pen.)59'

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa

Attendance: 5,000

Referee:

Vo Minh Tri

16 April 2008

19:15 UTC+3

Sur	0–2	Al-Ansar
	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Salih Sadir 77'88'

Nizwa Sports Complex, Nizwa

Attendance: 400

Referee:

Mohamed Omar Al-Saeedi

16 April 2008

18:30 UTC+3

Al-Muharraq	1–2	Dempo
Rico 77' (pen.)	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Ranty Martins Soleye 10'62'

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 2,000

Referee:

Salem Mujghef

30 April 2008

18:00 UTC+3

Al-Ansar	1–1	Dempo
Mohamad Hamoud 84'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Ranty Martins Soleye 27'

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 1,950

Referee:

Tan Hai

30 April 2008

19:15 UTC+3

Sur	2–2	Al-Muharraq
José 48', 62'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Rico 45+1' Jaycee John Okwunwanne 55'

Nizwa Sports Complex, Nizwa

Attendance: 300

Referee:

Choi Myung-Yong

14 May 2008

16:00 UTC+5:30

Dempo	5–2	Sur
Ranty Martins Soleye 30'38' Chidi Edeh 64'90' Climax Lawrence 72'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Al-Sinani 75' Al-Harbi 86'

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa

Attendance: 4,000

Referee:

Peter Green

21 May 2008

18:45 UTC+3

Al-Muharraq	4–1	Al-Ansar
Mahmood Abdulrahman 30' Rico 51'66' Jaycee John Okwunwanne 57'	(Report)	Malek Hassoun 44'

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain

Attendance: 2,000

Referee:

Rustam Saidov

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Safa	6	2	4	0	8	6	+2	10
Al-Wahdat	6	1	4	1	12	12	0	7
East Bengal	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7
Al-Ahli San‘a’	6	1	3	2	3	4	−1	6

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

11 March 2008

16:15 UTC+3

Al-Ahli San‘a’	1–1	Al-Wahdat
Adel Al-Salemi 28'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Hassan Abdel Fattah 40' (pen.)

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’

Attendance: 13,000

Referee:

Hettikamkanamge Perera

11 March 2008

18:00 UTC+3

Safa	1–0	East Bengal
Bernard Mbassi 17'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 700

Referee:

Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi

18 March 2008

15:00 UTC+3

Al-Wahdat	3–3	Safa
Mahmoud Shelbaieh 51' Hassan Abdel Fattah 86' Basem Fat'hi 90+5'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Prince Bobby 16' Ramez Dayoub 31' Rony Azar 83'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa

Attendance: 1,000

Referee:

Mohamed Omar Al-Saeedi

18 March 2008

15:00 UTC+5:30

East Bengal	1–0	Al-Ahli San‘a’
Edmilson Marques Pardal 31'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 6,000

Referee:

Minoru Tōjō

3 April 2008

15:30 UTC+3

Al-Wahdat	0–2	East Bengal
	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Alvito D'Cunha 58' Ikechukwu Gift Ibe 69'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa

Attendance: 4,000

Referee:

Rosdi Shaharul

3 April 2008

16:15 UTC+3

Al-Ahli San‘a’	0–0	Safa
	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’

Attendance: 4,000

Referee:

Chaiya Alee Mahapab

16 April 2008

15:00 UTC+5:30

East Bengal	2–4	Al-Wahdat
Syed Rahim Nabi 12' Edmilson Marques Pardal 28'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Ra'fat Ali 6'24' Hassan Abdel Fattah 31'34'

Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 10,000

Referee:

Vo Minh Tri

16 April 2008

18:00 UTC+3

Safa	1–0	Al-Ahli San‘a’
Hamze Abboud 64'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 1,000

Referee:

Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman

30 April 2008

15:30 UTC+3

Al-Wahdat	1–1	Al-Ahli San‘a’
Hassan Abdel Fattah 30'	(Report)	Ali Al Nono 80'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa, Amman, Jordan

Attendance: 1,500

Referee:

Ali Saleem

30 April 2008

15:00 UTC+5:30

East Bengal	0–0	Safa
	(Report)

Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata, India

Attendance: 10,000 + asg

Referee:

Valentin Kovalenko

14 May 2008

16:15 UTC+3

Al-Ahli San‘a’	1 –0	East Bengal
Ali Al Nono 43'	(Report)

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, Sana'a, Yemen

Attendance: 1,000

Referee:

Dilovarshokh Orzuev

21 May 2008

18:00 UTC+3

Safa	3–3	Al-Wahdat
Rony Azar 6' Hussein Tahan 80' Amer Khan 90+5'	(Report)	Ra'fat Ali 18'63' Fadi Faris 72'

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 200

Referee:

Abdulrahman Abdou

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Nahda	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9
Shabab Al-Ordon	6	1	4	1	7	7	0	7
Al-Najma	6	1	4	1	7	7	0	7
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1	6

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

11 March 2008

19:00 UTC+3

Al-Nahda	0–0	Al-Najma
	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Nizwa Sports Complex, Nizwa

Attendance: 350

Referee:

Dilovarshokh Orzuev

11 March 2008

15:00 UTC+3

Shabab Al-Ordon	1–1	Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Odai Al-Saify 51'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Haytham Mahadi 38'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa

Attendance: 150

Referee:

Tan Hai

18 March 2008

18:48 UTC+3

Al-Najma	0–0	Shabab Al-Ordon
	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Al-Ahli Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 500

Referee:

Hedayat Mombeni

18 March 2008

16:15 UTC+3

Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut	3–1	Al-Nahda
Munassar Ba-Haj 44'45+1' Murad Al-Nohi 51'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Yedibahoma 52'

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’

Attendance: 4,000

Referee:

Rosdi Shaharul

3 April 2008

18:55 UTC+3

Al-Najma	2–1	Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Rashed Jamal Salem 8' Adeeb Ba-Karman 54' (o.g.)	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Alaaeldin Mohamed Aly 67'

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 350

Referee:

Hettikamkanamge Perera

3 April 2008

19:00 UTC+3

Al-Nahda	1–1	Shabab Al-Ordon
Al-Shamsi 26'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Mustafa Shehdeh 70'

Nizwa Sports Complex, Nizwa

Attendance: 500

Referee:

Atallah Jatli Al-Enezi

16 April 2008

16:15 UTC+3

Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut	0–0	Al-Najma
	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’

Attendance: 3,000

Referee:

Win Cho

16 April 2008

15:30 UTC+3

Shabab Al-Ordon	0–1	Al-Nahda
	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Yedibahoma 57'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa

Attendance: 100

Referee:

Ali Saleem

30 April 2008

19:09 UTC+3

Al-Najma	3–3	Al-Nahda
Rashed Jamal Salem 53'67'77'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Yedibahoma 6'50' Al-Alawi 38'

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 200

Referee:

Abdulrahman Abdou

30 April 2008

16:15 UTC+3

Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut	2–2	Shabab Al-Ordon
Khaled Al Arumi 5' Haytham Mahadi 88' (pen.)	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Mustafa Shehdeh 3' Mohannad Maharmeh 45'

Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, San‘a’

Attendance: 4,000

Referee:

Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi

14 May 2008

19:00 UTC+3

Al-Nahda	2–0	Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Al-Nuaimi 14' Al-Mashaikhi 43'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Nizwa Sports Complex, Nizwa

Attendance: 300

Referee:

Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi

14 May 2008

15:30 UTC+3

Shabab Al-Ordon	3–2	Al-Najma
Odai Saify 9' Mustafa Shehdeh 28' Essam Abu Touk 40' (pen.)	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Rashed Jamal Salem 51' (pen.)69'

Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa

Attendance: 100

Referee:

Minoru Tōjō

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Home United	6	5	0	1	18	10	+8	15
Kedah	6	4	1	1	13	8	+5	13
South China	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4
Victory	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

11 March 2008

20:00 UTC+8

South China	2–3	Home United
Cheng Siu Wai 60'90'	(AFC Report) (AFC Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]} (HKFA Report)	Peres de Oliveira 17'40' Shi Jiayi 77'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 4,673

Referee:

Win Cho

11 March 2008

20:45 UTC+8

Kedah	1–0	Victory
Badrol Bakhtiar 49'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 12,000

Referee:

Naser Al-Ghafary

18 March 2008

19:45 UTC+8

Home United	5–1	Kedah
Kengne Ludovick 31'58' Shahril Ishak 36' Peres de Oliveira 70'81' (pen.)	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Mohd Shafiq Jamal 12'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 2,693

Referee:

Peter Green

18 March 2008

16:00 UTC+5

Victory	0–0	South China
	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Maldives National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 6,500

Referee:

Valentin Kovalenko

3 April 2008

19:45 UTC+8

Home United	2–1	Victory
Indra Sahdan Daud 37' Peres de Oliveira 50'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Ashad Ali 25'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 1,223

Referee:

Mukhtar Al Yarimi

3 April 2008

20:00 UTC+8

South China	1–3	Kedah
Cris 59'	(AFC Report) (AFC Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]} (HKFA Report)	Badrol Bakhtiar 31' Marlon James 65' Samransak Kram 85'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 1,055

Referee:

Minoru Tōjō

16 April 2008

16:00 UTC+5

Victory	1–3	Home United
Hussain Niyaz Mohamed 69'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Shahril Ishak 56' Indra Sahdan Daud 66' Peres de Oliveira 73'

Maldives National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 6,000

Referee:

Abdulrahman Abdou

16 April 2008

20:45 UTC+8

Kedah	3–0	South China
Marlon James 55' Nelson San Martín 70'85'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 6,000

Referee:

Mukhtar Al Yarimi

30 April 2008

19:45 UTC+8

Home United	4–1	South China
Shahril Ishak 30'88' Indra Sahdan Daud 75' Farhan Farook 87'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Cheng Siu Wai 80'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 1,175

Referee:

Chaiya Alee Mahapab

30 April 2008

16:00 UTC+5

Victory	1–1	Kedah
Jorge Armando Rodriguez Arguello 8'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Marlon Alex James 65'

Maldives National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 4,500

Referee:

Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman

14 May 2008

20:00 UTC+8

South China	3–0	Victory
Tales Schütz 27' Cris 43'68'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 429

Referee:

Kim Dong-Jin

14 May 2008

20:45 UTC+8

Kedah	4–1	Home United
Nelson San Martín 41'59' (pen.) Mohd Sabree Mat Abu 46' Marlon Alex James 83'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Kengne Ludovick 5'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 10,000

Referee:

Valentin Kovalenko

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
SAFFC	6	4	1	1	16	4	+12	13
Perak	6	4	1	1	13	10	+3	13
Kitchee	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4
New Radiant	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

11 March 2008

15:45 UTC+5

New Radiant	1–3	Perak
Daniel Mbock 8'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Carlos Arturo Caceres Pino 9'17' Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 38'

Maldives National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 8,000

Referee:

Chaiya Alee Mahapab

11 March 2008

19:45 UTC+8

SAFFC	4–0	Kitchee
Jamil Ali 12' Therdsak Chaiman 25' Aleksandar Duric 37' Wang Zhenpeng 51' (o.g.)	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 2,543

Referee:

Vo Minh Tri

18 March 2008

20:45 UTC+8

Perak	1–6	SAFFC
Mario Esteban Berrios 45+2' (pen.)	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Therdsak Chaiman 8' Aleksandar Duric 45'49'71'74' Mustaqim Manzur 58'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 5,000

Referee:

Choi Myung Yong

18 March 2008

20:00 UTC+8

Kitchee	2–0	New Radiant
Wilfed Bamnjo 11' Goran Stankovski 36'	(AFC Report) (AFC Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]} (HKFA Report)

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 1,372

Referee:

Mahmood Mohd Juma Al-Ghatrifi

3 April 2008

20:45 UTC+8

Perak	2–1	Kitchee
Mohammad Hardi Jaafar 11' Mario Esteban Berrios 90+2'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Goran Stankovski 73'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 1,000

Referee:

Peter Green

3 April 2008

15:30 UTC+5

New Radiant	0–3	SAFFC
	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Ashrin Shariff 7' Aleksandar Duric 44' Afiu Mohamed Hamid 86' (o.g.)

Maldives National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 4,000

Referee:

Mohamad Mansour

16 April 2008

20:00 UTC+8

Kitchee	2–2	Perak
Ip Chung Long 50' Wilfed Bamnjo 84'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Carlos Caceres 17'79'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 1,138

Referee:

Valentin Kovalenko

16 April 2008

19:45 UTC+8

SAFFC	1–1	New Radiant
John Wilkinson 27'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Assad Abdul Gani 50'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 1,505

Referee:

Kadhum Auda Lazim

30 April 2008

20:45 UTC+8

Perak	3–0	New Radiant
Jorge Antonio Muñoz 33'65' Razali Umar Kandasamy 90+1'	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 700

Referee:

Dilovarshokh Orzuev

30 April 2008

20:00 UTC+8

Kitchee	0–2	SAFFC
	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Ashrin Shariff 10' Aleksandar Duric 19'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 813

Referee:

Hettikamkanamge Perera

14 May 2008

15:45 UTC+5

New Radiant	2–1	Kitchee
Hussain Simaz 62'66'	(Report) (Report)	Ahmed Nishan 45+1' (o.g.)

Maldives National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 2,000

Referee:

Sgt. Win Cho

14 May 2008

19:45 UTC+8

SAFFC	0–2	Perak
	(Report) (Report) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Ahmad Shahrul Azhar 21' Mohammad Hardi Jaafar 69'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 2,297

Referee:

Hiroyoshi Takayama

Best runners-up

Three best three runners-up qualify for the quarter-finals.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kedah	6	4	1	1	13	8	+5	13
Perak	6	4	1	1	13	10	+3	13
Dempo	6	3	1	2	13	12	+1	10
Al-Wahdat	6	1	4	1	12	12	0	7
Shabab Al-Ordon	6	1	4	1	7	7	0	7

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Al-Muharraq	5	2	7

8	Kedah	0	1	1
						Al-Muharraq (a)	0	2	2

						Al-Nahda	1	1	2
4	SAFFC	2	0	2

5	Al-Nahda	1	3	4
											Al-Muharraq	5	5	10

											Safa	1	4	5
3	Perak	0	0	0

6	Safa	2	5	7
						Safa	1	4	5

						Dempo	0	1	1
2	Dempo	1	4	5

7	Home United	1	3	4

Quarter-finals

The first leg matches will be played on 16 September, and the second leg matches will be played on 23 September 2008.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Perak	0–7	Safa	0–2	0–5
SAFFC	2–4	Al-Nahda	2-1	0-3
Dempo	5–4	Home United	1–1	4–3
Al-Muharraq	7–1	Kedah	5–0	2–1

First leg

2008-09-16

Perak	0 – 2	Safa
	Report	Rony Azar 38' Hamid Termina 55'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 1,000

Referee:

Satop Tongkhan

2008-09-16

SAFFC	2 - 1	Al-Nahda
Aleksandar Duric 41', 66'	Report	Libambami Yedibahoma 85'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 1,600

Referee:

Hiroyoshi Takayama

2008-09-16

Dempo	1 – 1	Home United
Mboyo Iyomi 78'	Report	Rosman Sulaiman 37'

Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad

Attendance: 180

Referee:

Abdullah Al Hilali

2008-09-16

Al-Muharraq	5 – 0	Kedah
Khalid Salmeen 65' Mahmood Abdulrahman 73', 90+2' Rico 85' Fahad Al-Hardan 87'	Report

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 1,200

Referee:

Kim Dong-Jin

Second leg

2008-09-23

Safa	5 – 0	Perak
Rony Azar 43', 45' Hussein Tahan 61' Mohammad Kassas 68' Mahmoud Al-Zoughbi 84'	Report

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 300

Referee:

Abdulrahman Abdou

2008-09-23

Al-Nahda	3 - 0	SAFFC
Mansoor Al-Nuaimi 28' Libambami Yedibahoma 63', 90'	Report

Nizwa Sports Complex, Nizwa

Attendance: 400

Referee:

Mohamad Mansour

2008-09-23

Home United	3 – 4	Dempo
Peres De Oliviera 13' Indra Sahdan 36', 38'	Report	Mboyo Iyomi 1' Beto 23', 83' Climax Lawrence 45'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 1,341

Referee:

Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi

2008-09-23

Kedah	1 – 2	Al-Muharraq
Badrol Bakhtiar 69'	Report	Rico 29', 39'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 2,000

Referee:

Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi

Semi-finals

The first leg matches will be played on 7 October, and the second leg matches will be played on 21 October 2008.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Muharraq	(a)2–2	Al-Nahda	0-1	2-1
Safa	5–1	Dempo	1–0	4–1

First leg

2008-10-07

Al-Muharraq	0 – 1	Al-Nahda
	Report	Zaher Al-Alawi 9'

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 3,500

Referee:

Masoud Moradi

2008-10-07

Safa	1 – 0	Dempo
Hamze Aboud 90'	Report

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 500

Referee:

Lee Gi-Young

Second leg

2008-10-21

Al-Nahda	1 – 2	Al-Muharraq
Ibrahim Al-Farazi 70'	Report	Rico 38' Mahmood Abdulrahman 63'

Nizwa Sports Complex, Nizwa

Attendance: 4,500

Referee:

Ravshan Irmatov

2008-10-21

Dempo	1 – 4	Safa
Mboyo Iyomi 30'	Report	Mohammad Kassas 9',19' Hussain Tahan ,

Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad

Attendance: 500

Referee:

Yuichi Nishimura

Final

The first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on 31 October and 7 November 2008, respectively.

First leg

2008-10-31

Al-Muharraq	5 - 1	Safa
Mahmood Abdulrahman 19',58' Rico 32' (pen.),54',72'	(Report)	Hussein Tahan 77'

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 6,000

Referee:

Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi

Second leg

2008-11-07

Safa	4 - 5	Al-Muharraq
Al Saadi 15' Rony Azar 59' Mohammed Kassas 61', 65' (pen.)	(Report)	Rico 33',50',51' Mahmood Abdulrahman 45+1',82'

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 2,000

Referee:

Abdullah Al Hilali

AFC Cup 2008 Winners

Al-Muharraq First Title

Awards

Player of the Tournament

Mahmood Abdulrahman

Al-Muharraq

Top scorer

Rico – 19 goals

Al-Muharraq

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Rico	Al-Muharraq	19
2	Aleksander Duric	SAFFC	9
3	Ranty Martins Soleye	Dempo	8
4	Mahmood Abdulrahman	Al-Muharraq	7
4	Peres de Oliveira	Home United	7
5	Libambami Yedibahoma	Al-Nahda	6
	Rony Azar	Safa
	Mohammad Kassas	Safa
	Rashed Jamal Salem	Al-Najma
6	Shahril Ishak	Home United	5
	Indra Sahdan Daud	Home United
	Hassan Abdel Fattah	Al-Wahdat
	Hussein Tahan	Safa
11	Marlon Alex James	Kedah	4
11	Nelson San Martin	Kedah	4
13	Cheng Siu Wai	South China	3
	Salih Sadir	Al-Ansar
	Chidi Edeh	Dempo
	Cris	South China
	Kengne Ludovick	Home United
	Mustafa Shehdeh	Shabab Al-Ordon
	Beto	Dempo

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Best runners-up

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