2007 AFC Cup
The 2007 AFC Cup was the fourth edition of the AFC Cup, playing among clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 6 March – 9 November 2007 |
Teams | 24 (from 13 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 86 |
Goals scored | 226 (2.63 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (5 goals each) |
Qualification
The 13 'developing' nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2007 competition. 2006 winners, Al-Faisaly of Jordan qualify automatically, but proceed to the group stage.
Vietnam and Thailand lose ration for Australia in AFC Champions League. Instead of sending two teams by each country to compete for AFC Champions League, the second representative team of Vietnam and Thailand is demoted to play in AFC Cup.
Bangladesh were excluded, after they were relegated to AFC President's Cup along Turkmenistan.
Champions of North Korea and Myanmar did not participate.
West Asia | |
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Al-Muharraq (2005–06 Bahraini Premier League champions) |
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Shabab Al-Ordon (2005–06 Jordan League champions & 2005–06 Jordan FA Cup winners)
Al-Faisaly (2006 AFC Cup winners & 2005–06 Jordan League runners-up) Al-Wahdat (2005–06 Jordan League third place) |
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Al-Ansar (2005–06 Lebanese Premier League champions & 2006 Lebanese FA Cup winners)
Al-Nejmeh (2005–06 Lebanese Premier League runners-up) |
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Muscat (2005–06 Omani League champions)
Dhofar (2006 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners) |
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Al-Saqr (2006 Yemeni League champions)
Al-Hilal (2005 Yemeni President Cup winners) |
Central Asia | |
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HTTU Aşgabat (2006 Turkmenistan League champions & 2006 Turkmenistan Cup winners)
Nebitçi Balkanabat (2006 Turkmenistan League runners-up) |
East Asia | |
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Happy Valley (2005–06 Hong Kong First Division League champions)
Sun Hei (2006 Hong Kong FA Cup winners) |
South Asia | |
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Mahindra United (2005–06 Indian National Football League champions)
Mohun Bagan AC (2006 Indian Federation Cup winners) |
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New Radiant (2006 Dhivehi League champions & 2006 Maldives FA Cup winners)
Victory SC (2006 Dhivehi League runners-up) |
South East Asia | |
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Negeri Sembilan FA (2005–06 Super League Malaysia champions)
Pahang FA (2006 Malaysia FA Cup winners) |
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Singapore Armed Forces FC (2006 S.League champions)
Tampines Rovers FC (2006 Singapore Cup winners) |
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Osotsapa FC (2006 Thailand Premier League runners-up) |
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Hoa Phat Hanoi (2006 Vietnamese Cup winners) |
The draw took place in Kuala Lumpur on 22 December, allocating teams into six groups.
Group stage
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 |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 15 |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 13 |
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 2 |
Shabab Al-Ordon | 2–0 | Al-Saqr |
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Rafat Mohammad ![]() Ahmad Omaier ![]() |
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Al-Nejmeh | 1–0 | Muscat |
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Abbas Ahmed Atwi ![]() |
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Muscat | 0–1 | Shabab Al-Ordon |
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(Report) | Saher Adi ![]() |
Shabab Al-Ordon | 2–0 | Al-Nejmeh |
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Essam Abu Touk ![]() Odai Al-Saify ![]() |
(Report) |
Al-Nejmeh | 2–1 | Shabab Al-Ordon |
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Ali Mohamad ![]() Evandro Ramos ![]() |
(Report) | Saher Adi ![]() |
Al-Saqr | 1–1 | Shabab Al-Ordon |
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Mohammed Al-Mang ![]() |
(Report) | Waseem Al-Bzour ![]() |
Muscat | 0–1 | Al-Nejmeh |
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(Report) | Mohammed Ghaddar ![]() |
Shabab Al-Ordon | 1–0 | Muscat |
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Odai Al-Saify ![]() |
(Report) |
Al-Nejmeh | 2–1 | Al-Saqr |
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Abbas Ahmed Atwi ![]() Mohammed Ghaddar ![]() |
(Report) | Fadhl Al-Aroomi ![]() |

Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 14 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 6 |
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 2 |
Al-Hilal | 3–3 | Al-Wahdat |
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Rashad Al-Dhaheri ![]() ![]() Al-Shehri ![]() |
(Report) | Issa Al-Sabah ![]() Ahmed Abdul-Haleem ![]() Mahmoud Shelbaieh ![]() |
Al-Muharraq | 3–1 | HTTU Aşgabat |
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Leandson Dias da Silva ![]() Abdulla Omar ![]() Mohamed Jaafar Alzain ![]() |
(Report) | Hojaahmet Arazow ![]() |
HTTU Aşgabat | 3–1 | Al-Hilal |
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Berdi Şamyradow ![]() Mamedaly Karadanov ![]() ![]() |
(Report) | Al-Shehri ![]() |
Al-Wahdat | 1–1 | Al-Muharraq |
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Awad Ragheb ![]() |
(Report) | Abdullah Al-Dakeel ![]() |
HTTU Aşgabat | 1–2 | Al-Wahdat |
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Mämmedaly Garadanow ![]() |
(Report) | Hassan Abdel Fattah ![]() Ahmed Abdul-Haleem ![]() |
Al-Muharraq | 2–1 | Al-Hilal |
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Mahmood Abdulrahman ![]() ![]() |
(Report) | Anas Salem ![]() |
Al-Hilal | 1–1 | Al-Muharraq |
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Nasser Ghazi ![]() |
(Report) | Leandson Dias da Silva ![]() |
Al-Wahdat | 4–2 | HTTU Aşgabat |
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Awad Ragheb ![]() Hassan Abdel Fattah ![]() ![]() Mahmoud Shelbaieh ![]() |
(Report) | Berdi Şamyradow ![]() ![]() |
HTTU Aşgabat | 1–2 | Al-Muharraq |
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Hojaahmet Arazow ![]() |
(Report) | Abdulla Al Dakeel ![]() Mohamad Jaafar Alzain ![]() |
Al-Muharraq | 1–2 | Al-Wahdat |
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Abdullah Al-Dakeel ![]() |
(Report) | Mahmoud Shelbaieh ![]() Awad Ragheb ![]() |
Al-Hilal | 0–2 | HTTU Aşgabat |
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(Report) | Mämmedaly Garadanow ![]() Döwlet Baýramow ![]() |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11 |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 10 |
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 |
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 |
Al-Ansar | 3–1 | Nebitçi Balkanabat |
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Fadi Ghoson ![]() Salih Sadir ![]() Hamid Basma ![]() |
(Report) | Azat Guljagazov ![]() |
Al-Faisaly | 2–1 | Dhofar |
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Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh ![]() Mohammad Shawish ![]() |
(Report) | Salah ![]() |
Al-Ansar | 0–2 | Al-Faisaly |
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(Report) | Mo'ayyad Salim ![]() Anas Hijah ![]() |
Dhofar | 1–0 | Nebitçi Balkanabat |
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Abdelmajid Dine ![]() |
(Report) |
Nebitçi Balkanabat | 0–1 | Dhofar |
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(Report) | Hani Bait Al Noobi ![]() |
Al-Faisaly | 1–1 | Al-Ansar |
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Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh ![]() |
(Report) | Fadi Ghoson ![]() |
Al-Faisaly | 2–0 | Nebitçi Balkanabat |
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Haitham Al-Shboul ![]() Anas Hijah ![]() |
(Report) |
Nebitçi Balkanabat | 1–1 | Al-Ansar |
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Perman Begjanov ![]() |
(Report) | Ahmed Abbas ![]() |
Dhofar | 1–0 | Al-Faisaly |
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Fahad ![]() |
(Report) |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 15 |
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6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 |
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 6 |
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6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 3 |
Negeri Sembilan FA | 0–0 | Hoa Phat Hanoi |
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(Report) |
Victory SC | 2–2 | Negeri Sembilan FA |
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Ashad Ali ![]() Izzath Abdul Baree ![]() |
(Report) | Freddy ![]() ![]() |
Victory SC | 2–2 | Hoa Phat Hanoi |
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Ibrahin Shiyam ![]() Pham Hai Nam ![]() |
(Report) | Juselio da Silva ![]() Willians Santos ![]() |
Sun Hei | 2–0 | Negeri Sembilan FA |
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Victor ![]() ![]() |
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Negeri Sembilan FA | 1–0 | Sun Hei |
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Freddy ![]() |
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Hoa Phat Hanoi | 0–2 | Victory SC |
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(Report) | Ashad Ali ![]() ![]() |
Hoa Phat Hanoi | 0–0 | Negeri Sembilan FA |
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(Report) |
Negeri Sembilan FA | 1–1 | Victory SC |
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Shahrizam Mohd ![]() |
(Report) | Mohamed Shaffaz ![]() |
Group E
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 15 |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 12 |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 9 |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 0 |
Singapore Armed Forces FC | 0–2 | Mahindra United |
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(Report) | Yusif Yakubu ![]() Andrews Pomeyie ![]() |
New Radiant | 0–2 | Happy Valley |
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(Report) | Gerard Ambassa Guy ![]() Poon Yiu Cheuk ![]() |
Mahindra United | 1–0 | New Radiant |
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Yusif Yakubu ![]() |
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Happy Valley | 1–4 | Singapore Armed Forces FC |
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Lee Sze Ming ![]() |
(Report) | Therdsak Chaiman ![]() Noor Ali ![]() Aleksandar Duric ![]() ![]() |
Mahindra United | 3–1 | Happy Valley |
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Shanmugam Venkatesh ![]() Andrews Pomeyie ![]() ![]() |
(Report) | Gerard Ambassa Guy ![]() |
Singapore Armed Forces FC | 3–1 | New Radiant |
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Aleksandar Duric ![]() Ashrin Shariff ![]() ![]() |
(Report) | Idris Kasirye ![]() |
New Radiant | 2–3 | Singapore Armed Forces FC |
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Ilyas Ibrahim ![]() Ali Ashfaq ![]() |
(Report) | Mustaqim Manzur ![]() Kenji Arai ![]() Aleksandar Duric ![]() |
Happy Valley | 2–1 | Mahindra United |
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Law Chun Bong ![]() ![]() |
(Report) | Yusif Yakubu ![]() |
Happy Valley | 2–1 | New Radiant |
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Vandré Monteiro ![]() Gerard Ambassa Guy ![]() |
(Report) | Assad Abdul Gani ![]() |
Singapore Armed Forces FC | 2–1 | Happy Valley |
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Ashrin Shariff ![]() ![]() |
(Report) | Vandré Monteiro ![]() |
New Radiant | 0–2 | Mahindra United |
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(Report) | Mohamad Rafi Madambillath ![]() Steven Dias ![]() |
Group F
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 11 |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 10 |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 0 |
Osotsapa FC | 4–0 | Pahang FA |
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Kittisak Jaihan ![]() Wuttichai Khookaew ![]() Kritsada Kemden ![]() Jetsada Puanakunmee ![]() |
(Report) |
Pahang FA | 1–2 | Mohun Bagan AC |
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Tarik El Janaby ![]() |
(Report) | Lalawmpuia Pachuau ![]() Baichung Bhutia ![]() |
Tampines Rovers FC | 2–1 | Osotsapa FC |
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Peres de Oliveira ![]() Mohd Noh Alam Shah ![]() |
(Report) | Worawut Wangsawat ![]() |
Pahang FA | 1–4 | Tampines Rovers FC |
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Mod Kamal Rodiarjat ![]() |
(Report) | Rafi Ali ![]() Ridhuan Muhammad ![]() Aliff Shafaein ![]() Sutee Suksomkit ![]() |
Mohun Bagan AC | 1–0 | Osotsapa FC |
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José Ramírez Barreto ![]() |
(Report) |
Tampines Rovers FC | 2–0 | Pahang FA |
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Ridhuan Muhammad ![]() Mirko Grabovac ![]() |
(Report) |
Pahang FA | 0–4 | Osotsapa FC |
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(Report) | Sumanya Purisai ![]() Kittisak Jaihan ![]() ![]() Apipoo Suntornpanavej ![]() |
Osotsapa FC | 3–0 | Tampines Rovers FC |
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Apipoo Suntornpanavej ![]() ![]() ![]() |
(Report) |
Mohun Bagan AC | 2–0 | Pahang FA |
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Lal Kamal Bhowmick ![]() Lalawmpuia Pachuau ![]() |
(Report) |
Best runners-up
Two best runners-up, one from groups A, B and C and one from groups D, E and F, qualify for the quarter-finals.
Group A, B, C (West & Central Asia Zone)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 13 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 10 |
Group D, E, F (East, South & South East Asia Zone)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 12 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 11 |
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6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 |
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Mahindra United ![]() |
4–5 | ![]() |
1–2 | 3–3 |
Tampines Rovers ![]() |
3–7 | ![]() |
1–2 | 2–5 |
Sun Hei ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–3 |
Shabab Al-Ordon ![]() |
5–3 | ![]() |
5–0 | 0–3 |
First leg
Mahindra United | 1–2 | Al-Nejmeh |
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Rafi ![]() |
(Report) | M. Ghaddar ![]() ![]() |
Tampines Rovers | 1–2 | Al-Faisaly |
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Sead ![]() |
(Report) | Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek ![]() Siraj Al-Tall ![]() |
Shabab Al-Ordon | 5–0 | Singapore Armed Forces FC |
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Bassam Al-Khatib ![]() Essam Abu Touk ![]() Odai Al-Saify ![]() Mustafa Shehdeh ![]() Shadi Abu Hash'hash ![]() |
(Report) |
Second leg
Al-Nejmeh | 3–3 | Mahindra United |
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M. Ghaddar ![]() A. Milas ![]() Milan ![]() |
(Report) | Minga ![]() Harpreet ![]() Pomeyie ![]() |
Al-Faisaly | 5–2 | Tampines Rovers |
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Haitham Al-Shboul ![]() Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek ![]() Siraj Al-Tall ![]() ![]() Qusai Abu Alieh ![]() |
(Report) | Sutee Suksomkit ![]() Peres ![]() |
Singapore Armed Forces FC | 3–0 | Shabab Al-Ordon |
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Mustaqim ![]() Noor Ali ![]() Jamil Ali ![]() |
(Report) |
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al-Faisaly ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–1 |
Shabab Al-Ordon ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–0 |
First leg
Shabab Al-Ordon | 1–0 | Al-Nejmeh |
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Odai Al-Saify ![]() |
(Report) |
Al-Faisaly | 1–1 | Al-Wahdat |
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Siraj Al-Tall ![]() |
(Report) | Mahmoud Shelbaieh ![]() |
Second leg
Al-Wahdat | 1–2 | Al-Faisaly |
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Ra'fat Ali ![]() |
(Report) | Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek ![]() Hassouneh Al-Sheikh ![]() |
Final
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Shabab Al-Ordon ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 |
First leg
Al-Faisaly | 0–1 | Shabab Al-Ordon |
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(Report) | Odai Al-Saify ![]() |
Second leg
Shabab Al-Ordon | 1–1 | Al-Faisaly |
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Mustafa Shehdeh ![]() |
(Report) | Haitham Al-Shboul ![]() |
2007 AFC Cup Winners |
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Statistics
Top goalscorers
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See also
Footnotes
- The match between Victory SC and Xiangxue Sun Hei was postponed to 9 May after the assistant referees from Indonesia were unable to arrive in the Maldives as their flight was delayed.[1][2]
References
- "AFC Cup: Victory, Sun Hei match postponed Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine". Retrieved on 8 May 2007.
- "Victory, Sun Hei match postponed Archived 8 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine", The Official Website of Victory SC Archived 12 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, 8 May 2007. Retrieved on 10 May 2007.