2007 AFC Cup explained

Tourney Name:AFC Cup
Year:2007
Size:280px
Num Teams:24
Associations:13
Champion Other: Shabab Al-Ordon
Count:1
Second Other: Al-Faisaly
Matches:86
Goals:226
Top Scorer: Mohammed Ghaddar
Odai Al-Saify
(5 goals each)
Prevseason:2006
Nextseason:2008

The 2007 AFC Cup was the fourth 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.

Shabab Al-Ordon defeated two time defending champions Al-Faisaly 2–1 on aggregate to claim their first AFC Cup title, and a third consecutive victory by a Jordanian team.

The competition was dominated by Jordanian teams, with three of the four semi-finalists coming from that nation: Shabab Al-Ordon, Al-Faisaly and Al-Wehdat.

Qualification

The AFC invited the thirteen 'developing' nations to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the competition. As this was the first season in which clubs from Australia participated in Asian club competitions and were awarded two qualification places in the AFC Champions League, the following changes were made:

As defending champions Al-Faisaly had already qualified for the competition due to their cup performance, Jordan was awarded an additional qualification berth.

Clubs from Myanmar and North Korea did not participate in the competition. This marked the first year in which clubs from Thailand and Vietnam participated in the competition.

The draw for the group stage took place in Kuala Lumpur on 22 December 2006, allocating teams into six groups of four.

West AsiaEast Asia
TeamQualifying methodApp TeamQualifying methodApp
Al-Muharraq2005–06 Bahraini Premier League champions2nd Happy Valley2005–06 Hong Kong First Division League champions4th
Shabab Al-Ordon2005–06 Jordan League champions1st Sun Hei2006 Hong Kong FA Cup winners3rd
Al-FaisalyTH2005–06 Jordan FA Cup winners3rd Mahindra United2005–06 Indian National Football League champions2nd
2005–06 Jordan League third place1st Mohun Bagan2006 Indian Federation Cup winners1st
Al Ahed2005–06 Lebanese Premier League champions1st Negeri Sembilan2005–06 Super League Malaysia champions2nd
Nejmeh2005–06 Lebanese Premier League runners-up4th Pahang2006 Malaysia FA Cup winners2nd
Muscat2005–06 Omani League champions1st New Radiant2006 Dhivehi League champion3rd
2006 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners2nd Victory SC2006 Dhivehi League runners-up1st
HTTU Asgabat2006 Ýokary Liga champions2nd Singapore Armed Forces2006 S.League champions1st
Nebitçi2006 Ýokary Liga runners-up3rd Tampines Rovers2006 Singapore Cup winners3rd
2006 Yemeni League champions1st Osotsapa2006 Thailand Premier League runners-up1st
Al-Hilal2005 Yemeni President Cup winners1st Hoa Phat Hanoi2006 Vietnamese Cup winners1st

Notes

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Ranking of second-placed teams

East, South & South East Asia

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Matches

Nejmeh won 5–4 on aggregate.----

Al-Faisaly won 7–3 on aggregate.----

Al-Wahdat won 4–1 on aggregate.----Shabab Al-Ordon won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Matches

Al-Faisaly won 3–2 on aggregate.----Shabab Al-Ordon won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

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Matches

Shabab Al-Ordon won 2–1 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamTotal
1 Odai Al-Saify Shabab Al-Ordon5
Mohammed Ghaddar Nejmeh SC
3 Aleksandar Duric Singapore Armed Forces4
Apipu Suntornpanavej Osotsapa
Ashrin Shariff Singapore Armed Forces
Awad Ragheb Al-Wahdat
Colly Barnes Ezeh Sun Hei
Mamedaly Karadanov HTTU Aşgabat
Lico Sun Hei
9 Abdulla Al Dakeel Al-Muharraq3
Ashad Ali Victory SC
Fadi Ghoson Al-Ansar
Freddy Negeri Sembilan
Gerard Ambassa Guy Happy Valley
Mahmoud Shelbaieh Al-Wahdat
Mohd Noh Alam Shah Tampines Rovers
Victor Sun Hei
Yusif Yakubu Mahindra United

See also

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