| 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) |
← 2007 2009 → | |
The 2008 AFC Cup was the fifth edition of the AFC Cup, played by clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.
20 clubs competed, including champions of the national leagues and champions of the primary knock-out competition from the following countries which are AFC-affiliated countries and which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category. In that season, the clubs of Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, Indonesia did not participate.
The draw was held on 17 October 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Key to colors in group tables:
| 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 |
| Dempo | 3–1 | Al-Ansar |
|---|---|---|
Ranty Martins Soleye  21'32'Chidi Edeh 62' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Hassan Danach 89' |
| 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' |
| 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' |
| Al-Ansar | 1–0 | Sur |
|---|---|---|
| Salih Sadir 28' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] |
| Dempo | 0–4 | Al-Muharraq |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Rico 8'31'49' (pen.)59' |
| Sur | 0–2 | Al-Ansar |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Salih Sadir 77'88' |
| Al-Muharraq | 1–2 | Dempo |
|---|---|---|
| Rico 77' (pen.) | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Ranty Martins Soleye 10'62' |
| Al-Ansar | 1–1 | Dempo |
|---|---|---|
| Mohamad Hamoud 84' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Ranty Martins Soleye 27' |
| Sur | 2–2 | Al-Muharraq |
|---|---|---|
| José 48', 62' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Rico 45+1' Jaycee John Okwunwanne 55' |
| 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' |
| Al-Muharraq | 4–1 | Al-Ansar |
|---|---|---|
| Mahmood Abdulrahman 30' Rico 51'66'Jaycee John Okwunwanne 57' | (Report) | Malek Hassoun 44' |
| 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 |
| Al-Ahli San‘a’ | 1–1 | Al-Wahdat |
|---|---|---|
| Adel Al-Salemi 28' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Hassan Abdel Fattah 40' (pen.) |
| Safa | 1–0 | East Bengal |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard Mbassi 17' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] |
| 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' |
| East Bengal | 1–0 | Al-Ahli San‘a’ |
|---|---|---|
| Edmilson Marques Pardal 31' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] |
| Al-Wahdat | 0–2 | East Bengal |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Alvito D'Cunha 58' Ikechukwu Gift Ibe 69' |
| 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' |
| Safa | 1–0 | Al-Ahli San‘a’ |
|---|---|---|
| Hamze Abboud 64' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] |
| Al-Wahdat | 1–1 | Al-Ahli San‘a’ |
|---|---|---|
| Hassan Abdel Fattah 30' | (Report) | Ali Al Nono 80' |
| East Bengal | 0–0 | Safa |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) |
Valentin Kovalenko | Al-Ahli San‘a’ | 1 –0 | East Bengal |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Al Nono 43' | (Report) |
| Safa | 3–3 | Al-Wahdat |
|---|---|---|
| Rony Azar 6' Hussein Tahan 80'Amer Khan 90+5' | (Report) | Ra'fat Ali 18'63' Fadi Faris 72' |
| 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 |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | 1–1 | Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut |
|---|---|---|
| Odai Al-Saify 51' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Haytham Mahadi 38' |
| 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' |
| 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' |
| Al-Nahda | 1–1 | Shabab Al-Ordon |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Shamsi 26' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Mustafa Shehdeh 70' |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | 0–1 | Al-Nahda |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Yedibahoma 57' |
| Al-Najma | 3–3 | Al-Nahda |
|---|---|---|
| Rashed Jamal Salem 53'67'77' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Yedibahoma 6'50' Al-Alawi 38' |
| 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' |
| Al-Nahda | 2–0 | Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Nuaimi 14' Al-Mashaikhi 43' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] |
| 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' |
| 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 |
| 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' |
| Kedah | 1–0 | Victory |
|---|---|---|
| Badrol Bakhtiar 49' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] |
| 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' |
| Home United | 2–1 | Victory |
|---|---|---|
| Indra Sahdan Daud 37' Peres de Oliveira 50' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Ashad Ali 25' |
| 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' |
| 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' |
| Kedah | 3–0 | South China |
|---|---|---|
| Marlon James 55' Nelson San Martín 70'85' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] |
| 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' |
| Victory | 1–1 | Kedah |
|---|---|---|
| Jorge Armando Rodriguez Arguello 8' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Marlon Alex James 65' |
| South China | 3–0 | Victory |
|---|---|---|
| Tales Schütz 27' Cris 43'68' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] |
| 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' |
| 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 |
| New Radiant | 1–3 | Perak |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Mbock 8' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Carlos Arturo Caceres Pino 9'17' Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 38' |
| SAFFC | 4–0 | Kitchee |
|---|---|---|
| Jamil Ali 12' Therdsak Chaiman 25'Aleksandar Duric 37'Wang Zhenpeng 51' (o.g.) | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] |
| 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' |
| Kitchee | 2–0 | New Radiant |
|---|---|---|
| Wilfed Bamnjo 11' Goran Stankovski 36' | (AFC Report) (AFC Report) [ permanent dead link ] (HKFA Report) |
| Perak | 2–1 | Kitchee |
|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Hardi Jaafar 11' Mario Esteban Berrios 90+2' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Goran Stankovski 73' |
| New Radiant | 0–3 | SAFFC |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Ashrin Shariff 7' Aleksandar Duric 44'Afiu Mohamed Hamid 86' (o.g.) |
| Kitchee | 2–2 | Perak |
|---|---|---|
| Ip Chung Long 50' Wilfed Bamnjo 84' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Carlos Caceres 17'79' |
| SAFFC | 1–1 | New Radiant |
|---|---|---|
| John Wilkinson 27' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Assad Abdul Gani 50' |
| Perak | 3–0 | New Radiant |
|---|---|---|
| Jorge Antonio Muñoz 33'65' Razali Umar Kandasamy 90+1' | (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] |
| Kitchee | 0–2 | SAFFC |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Ashrin Shariff 10' Aleksandar Duric 19' |
| New Radiant | 2–1 | Kitchee |
|---|---|---|
| Hussain Simaz 62'66' | (Report) (Report) | Ahmed Nishan 45+1' (o.g.) |
| SAFFC | 0–2 | Perak |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | Ahmad Shahrul Azhar 21' Mohammad Hardi Jaafar 69' |
Three best three runners-up qualified 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 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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. | 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 |
| Perak | 0 – 2 | Safa |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Rony Azar 38' Hamid Termina 55' |
| SAFFC | 2 - 1 | Al-Nahda |
|---|---|---|
| Aleksandar Duric 41', 66' | Report | Libambami Yedibahoma 85' |
| Dempo | 1 – 1 | Home United |
|---|---|---|
| Mboyo Iyomi 78' | Report | Rosman Sulaiman 37' |
| Al-Muharraq | 5 – 0 | Kedah |
|---|---|---|
| Khalid Salmeen 65' Mahmood Abdulrahman 73', 90+2'Rico 85'Fahad Al-Hardan 87' | Report |
| Safa | 5 – 0 | Perak |
|---|---|---|
| Rony Azar 43', 45' Hussein Tahan 61'Mohammad Kassas 68'Mahmoud Al-Zoughbi 84' | Report |
| Al-Nahda | 3 - 0 | SAFFC |
|---|---|---|
| Mansoor Al-Nuaimi 28' Libambami Yedibahoma 63', 90' | Report |
| Home United | 3 – 4 | Dempo |
|---|---|---|
| Peres De Oliviera 13' Indra Sahdan 36', 38' | Report | Mboyo Iyomi 1' Beto 23', 83'Climax Lawrence 45' |
| Kedah | 1 – 2 | Al-Muharraq |
|---|---|---|
| Badrol Bakhtiar 69' | Report | Rico 29', 39' |
The first leg matches were played on 7 October, and the second leg matches were played on 21 October 2008.
| Team 1 | Agg. | 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 |
| Al-Muharraq | 0 – 1 | Al-Nahda |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Zaher Al-Alawi 9' |
| Safa | 1 – 0 | Dempo |
|---|---|---|
| Hamze Aboud 90' | Report |
| Al-Nahda | 1 – 2 | Al-Muharraq |
|---|---|---|
| Ibrahim Al-Farazi 70' | Report | Rico 38' Mahmood Abdulrahman 63' |
| Dempo | 1 – 4 | Safa |
|---|---|---|
| Mboyo Iyomi 30' | Report | Mohammad Kassas 9',19' Hussain Tahan , |
The first and second legs of the final were played on 31 October and 7 November 2008, respectively.
| Al-Muharraq | 5 - 1 | Safa |
|---|---|---|
| Mahmood Abdulrahman 19',58' Rico 32' (pen.),54',72' | (Report) | Hussein Tahan 77' |
| 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' |
| AFC Cup 2008 Winners |
|---|
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| Al-Muharraq First Title |
Player of the Tournament | Top scorer
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