2004 AFC Cup

Inaugural edition of secondary club football tournament organized by the AFC July 2026 AFC Cup 2004 10 February – 26 November 2004 18 11 SYR 1980 Al-Jaish 1 SYR 1980 Al-Wahda 61 178 SIN Indra Sahdan DaudSIN Egmar Gonçalves(7 goals each) 2005 The 2004 AFC Cup was the first edition of the AFC Cup, played by clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation. Qualification The 'developing' 14 nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2004 competition.AFC Cup 2004 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/ascup04.html#afc RSSSF 12 September 2025 +West and Central Asia Zone Group stage direct entrantsTeamQualifying method Syria 1980 Al-Jaish 2002–03 Syrian League championsSyria 1980 Al-Wahda2002–03 Syrian Cup winners Lebanon Olympic Beirut 2002–03 Lebanese Premier League champions2003 Lebanese FA Cup winnersLebanon Al-Nejmeh2002–03 Lebanese Premier League runners-up Oman Dhofar 2002–03 Omani League runners-up Yemen Al-Sha'ab Ibb 2002–03 Yemeni League championsTurkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat 2003 Turkmenistan League championsTurkmenistan Nebitçi Balkanabat2003 Turkmenistan Cup winners +East Asia Zone Group stage direct entrantsTeamQualifying method Hong Kong Happy Valley 2002–03 Hong Kong First Division League championsMaldives Valencia2003 Dhivehi League championsMaldives Island2003 Maldives FA Cup winnersBangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad2003 Bangladesh National Football League champions2003 Bangladesh Federation Cup winnersIndia East Bengal2002–03 Indian National Football League championsIndia Mahindra United 2003 Indian Federation Cup winnersMalaysia Perak2003 Malaysia Premier 1 League championsMalaysia Negeri Sembilan2003 Malaysia FA Cup winnersSingapore Home United2003 S.League champions2003 Singapore Cup winnersSingapore Geylang United2003 S.League runners-up Group stage Group A main WDL Group A Q y NJM LIB Al-Nejmeh NIS TKM Nisa Aşgabat IBB YEM Al-Sha'ab Ibb MUK BAN Muktijoddha Sangsad 5 1 0 11 2 2 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 7 7 0 1 5 2 10 green1 Advance to Quarter-finals A complete 11 February 2004 Al-Nejmeh LIB 3–0 YEM Al-Sha'ab Ibb Report Ivanković 62Nasseredine 82 89 Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon 300 Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) 11 February 2004 Nisa Aşgabat TKM 1–0 BAN Muktijoddha Sangsad Report Nazarov 69 pen. Nisa Stadium, Asgabat, Turkmenistan 500 Ali Al Mutlaq (Saudi Arabia) 25 April 2004 Al Sha'ab Ibb YEM 0–1 TKM Nisa Aşgabat Report Zemskov 50 Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen 5,000 Syria 1980 Abdulrahman Recho 25 February 2004 Muktijoddha Sangsad KS BAN 0–1 LIB Al-Nejmeh Report Kassas 72 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 109 United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al Saeedi 6 April 2004 Al-Nejmeh LIB 3–1 TKM Nisa Aşgabat Report Mohammad Kassas 12' (pen), 47'Ali Nasereddine 37' Didar Hajiev 34' Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen 6,000 Iraq 1991 Kadhum Auda Lazim 7 April 2004 Al Sha'ab Ibb YEM 3–0 1 BAN Muktijoddha Sangsad KS Report King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan 1,000 Iran Hedayat Mombini 20 April 2004 Muktijoddha Sangsad KS BAN 2–3 YEM Al Sha'ab Ibb Report Charles Ghansa 1'Saifur Rahman Moni 38' Abdulsalam Al Ghurbani 34', 60' Redwan Ahmed 78' Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon 3,000 Tajikistan Dilovar Orzuev 20 April 2004 Nisa Aşgabat TKM 0–1 LIB Al-Nejmeh Report Mohammad Kassas 71' Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 200 Uzbekistan Rustam Saidov 4 May 2004 Al Sha'ab Ibb YEM 1–1 LIB Al-Nejmeh Report Al-Nono 51' Mohammad Kassas 8' Al Thawra Sports City, Sana'a, Yemen 2,500 China Huang Junjie 5 May 2004 Muktijoddha Sangsad KS BAN 0–0 TKM Nisa Aşgabat Report Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 150 Kuwait Saad Al Fadhli 19 May 2004 Nisa Aşgabat TKM Cancelled2 YEM Al Sha'ab Ibb Report King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan 100 Thailand Chaiwat Kunsuta 19 May 2004 Al-Nejmeh LIB 2–0 BAN Muktijoddha Sangsad KS Report Errol McFarlane 8'Moussa Hojeij 90' Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon Kyrgyzstan Kadyrbek Chynybekov 1Al Sha'ab Ibb were awarded a 3–0 win as Muktijoddha Sangsad KS did not show up for the match. 2The match was cancelled after a general strike in Yemen left Al Sha'ab Ibb unable to show up for the match. Group B main WDL Group B Q y WHD Syria 1980 Al-Wahda DHO Oman Dhofar MAH India Mahindra United 2 2 0 8 2 1 1 2 6 7 1 1 2 5 10 green1 Advance to Quarter-finals A complete 11 February 2004 Mahindra United IND 2–1 OMA Dhofar (Report) Shanmugam Venkatesh 21' Abhishek Yadav 66' Faraj A. Bait Alseem 55 Javaharalal Nehru Stadium, Goa, India 400 J Karim 25 February 2004 Dhofar OMA 1–1 SYR 1980 Al-Wahda (Report) Al-Ghafri 83 Nabil Al Shahmeh 22 Nisa Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 100 A Al-Enezi 7 April 2004 Mahindra United IND 0–0 SYR 1980 Al-Wahda (Report) Javaharalal Nehru Stadium, Goa, India 2,500 M Moradi 21 April 2004 Al-Wahda SYR 1980 5–1 IND Mahindra United (Report) Nabil Al Shahmeh 36' Iyad Mando 39' 53' Moussa Traoré 69', 73' Felix Abaoagye 84' Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan 2,000 Abdullah Balideh Qatar 5 May 2004 Dhofar OMA 4–2 IND Mahindra United (Report) Saif Sultan 27 47 Mohammed Al Shidad 35 Gabriel 61 Felix Abaoagye 55' Raphaël Patron Akakpo 80' Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon 3,500 F Al Marzouqi 19 May 2004 Al-Wahda SYR 1980 2–0 OMA Dhofar (Report) Maher Al Sayed 20'Moussa Traoré 54' Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 200 S Tongkhan Group C main WDL Group C Q y JSH Syria 1980 Al-Jaish OLY Lebanon Olympic Beirut NEB Turkmenistan Nebitçi Balkanabat 2 2 0 8 0 2 1 1 4 3 0 1 3 1 10 green1 Advance to Quarter-finals A A complete 10 February 2004 Olympic Beirut LIB 0–0 SYR 1980 Al-Jaish (Report) Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 400 J Karim 25 February 2004 Al-Jaish SYR 1980 6–0 TKM Nebitçi Balkanabat (Report) Zyad Chaabo 36' Raghdan Shehadeh 50' Rabih Hassan 55' 64' Ahmad Omaier 69' 87' Nisa Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 100 A Al-Enezi 7 April 2004 Olympic Beirut LIB 2–0 TKM Nebitçi Balkanabat (Report) Pierre Issa 65' Youssef Mohamad 75' Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon 2,500 M Moradi 21 April 2004 Nebitçi Balkanabat TKM 1–2 LIB Olympic Beirut (Report) Perman Begjanov 82' Youssef Mohamad 53', 75' Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan 2,000 A Balideh 5 May 2004 Al-Jaish SYR 1980 2–0 LIB Olympic Beirut (Report) Ahmad Omaier 8' Zyad Chaabo 86' Sports City, Beirut, Lebanon 3,500 F Al Marzouqi 19 May 2004 Nebitçi Balkanabat TKM 0–0 SYR 1980 Al-Jaish (Report) Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 200 S Tongkhan Group D main WDL Group D Q y HOM Singapore Home United PRK Malaysia Perak FA HPV Hong Kong Happy Valley VAL Maldives Valencia 4 2 0 19 5 4 2 0 11 6 1 0 5 7 14 1 0 5 3 15 green1 Advance to Quarter-finals A A complete 11 February 2004 Home United SIN 5–1 HK Happy Valley (Report) Egmar Goncalves 30', 66', 72' Peres De Oliveira 53'Indra Sahdan Daud 61' Martin Jancula 69' Bishan Stadium, Singapore 369 K Matsumura 11 February 2004 Perak FA MAS 2–0 MDV Valencia (Report) Frank Seator 45', 60' Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia 1,500 M Al Yarimi 25 February 2004 Valencia MDV 0–3 SIN Home United (Report) Egmar Goncalves 37', 43 Peres De Oliveira 60' National Stadium, Malé, Maldives 8,000 S Sarkar 25 February 2004 Happy Valley HK 1–2 MAS Perak FA (Report) Gerard Guy Ambassa 6' Frank Seator 72'Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 80' Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong 1,500 C Win 6 April 2004 Valencia MDV 2–1 HK Happy Valley (Report) Ali Ashfaq 73', 60' Lawrence Akandu 50' National Stadium, Malé, Maldives 6,000 S Mujghef 6 April 2004 Perak FA MAS 2–2 SIN Home United (Report) Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 56' Frank Seator 77' Egmar Goncalves 2' Sutee Suksomkit 18' Perak Stadium, Ipoh 200 A Al-Enezi 20 April 2004 Home United SIN 2–2 MAS Perak FA (Report) Sutee Suksomkit 7' (pen) Liew Kit Kong 35' (og) Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 14'V. Saravanan 90' Bishan Stadium, Singapore 1,100 A Albadwawi 21 April 2004 Happy Valley HK 3–1 MDV Valencia (Report) Lawrence Akandu 2', 42' Gerard Guy Ambassa 82' Ali Ashfaq 72' Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong 500 Tan Hai 5 May 2004 Valencia MDV 0–1 MAS Perak FA (Report) Luciano Goux 41' National Stadium, Male, Maldives 3,000 R Gosh 5 May 2004 Happy Valley HK 0–2 SIN Home United (Report) Indra Sahdan Daud 15' Peres De Oliveira 90' Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong 4,000 B Williams 19 May 2004 Home United SIN 5–0 MDV Valencia (Report) Indra Sahdan Daud 32', 45', 71' Mohamed Nizam 78' (og) Peres De Oliveira 90' Bishan Stadium, Singapore 600 M Mansour 19 May 2004 Perak FA MAS 2–1 HK Happy Valley (Report) Frank Seator 71' Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 80' Gerard Guy Ambassa 6' Perak Stadium, Ipoh 208 S Tongkhan Group E main WDL Group E Q y IND East Bengal SGP Geylang United MAS Negeri Sembilan MDV Island 4 1 1 14 8 4 1 1 12 5 2 0 4 11 9 1 0 5 2 17 EAB, GEY, NEG, ISL green1 Advance to Quarter-finals A A complete AFC Cup 2004 10 February 2004 Geylang United SGP 2–3 IND East Bengal http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1823 Hafiz 40 Jeyapal 90 Cristiano Jr. 45 76 Bijen 83 Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong 369 Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan) 10 February 2004 Negeri Sembilan MAS 6–0 MDV Island http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1824 Effiong 19 64 71 Ekpoki 30 90 K. Rajan 28' Perak Stadium, Ipoh 1,500 Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen) 24 February 2004 Island MDV 0–5 SGP Geylang United http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1825 Hafiz 5 Razali 44 Nahar 49 Noor 67 84 National Stadium, Malé 8,000 Subrata Sarkar (India) 25 February 2004 East Bengal IND 4–2 MAS Negeri Sembilan http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1826 Okoro 9 Cristiano Jr. 34 pen. 70 Bhutia 77 K. Rajan 45 Shahrin 64 Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata C Win 7 April 2004 Island MDV 1–2 IND East Bengal http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1827 Sunain 72 pen. Bhutia 36 Okoro 90 National Stadium, Malé 6,000 Salem Mujghef (Jordan) 7 April 2004 Negeri Sembilan MAS 0–1 SGP Geylang United http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1828 Duric 10 Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong 200 Atallah Al Enezi (Kuwait) 21 April 2004 East Bengal IND 3–0 MDV Island http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1829 Douglas 9 Cristiano Jr. 36 Okoro 85 Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates) 21 April 2004 Geylang United SGP 2–1 MAS Negeri Sembilan http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1830 Chang Hui 49 Duric 71 Efendi 27 Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi (Vietnam) 500 Tan Hai (China) 4 May 2004 Island MDV 1–0 MAS Negeri Sembilan http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1832 Ismail 14 Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi (Vietnam) 3,000 Ram Krishna Ghosh (Bangladesh) 5 May 2004 East Bengal IND 1–1 SGP Geylang United http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1831 Okoro 76 Hill 33 Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Ben Williams (Australia) 18 May 2004 Geylang United SGP 1–0 MDV Island http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1834 Khairon 29 Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Seremban (Malaysia) 600 M Mansour 18 May 2004 Negeri Sembilan MAS 2–1 IND East Bengal http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1833 Suharmin 23 49 Cristiano Jr. 24 Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong 208 S Tongkhan Ranking of second-placed teams Three best runners-up, one from groups A, B and C and two from groups D and E, qualify for the quarter-finals. Group runners-up (West & Central Asia Zone) main WDL Q y OLY Lebanon Olympic Beirut NIS Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat DHO Oman Dhofar 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 6 7 green1 Advance to Quarter-finals A complete Group runners-up (East, South & South East Asia Zone) main WDL Q y PRK Malaysia Perak FA GEY Singapore Geylang United 4 2 0 12 6 4 1 1 12 5 green1 Advance to Quarter-finals A A complete Knockout stage Bracket y n 2 score Quarter-finals SYR 1980 Al-Wahda (a) 2 2 4 LBN Al-Nejmeh Beirut 1 3 4 MAS Perak FA 1 2 3 SIN Geylang United 2 3 5 IND East Bengal 0 0 0 SYR 1980 Al-Jaish 0 3 3 LBN Olympic Beirut 3 1 4 SIN Home United 3 2 5 Semi-Finals SYR 1980 Al-Wahda 1 1 2 SIN Geylang United 1 0 1 SYR 1980 Al-Jaish 4 2 6 SIN Home United 0 1 1 Final SYR 1980 Al-Wahda 2 1 3 3 0 3 SYR 1980 Al-Jaish (a) Quarter-finals Al-Wahda SYR 1980 4–4 (a) Al-Nejmeh LIB 2–1 2–3 Perak FA MAS 3–5 Geylang United SIN 1–2 2–3 East Bengal IND 0–3 Al-Jaish SYR 1980 0–0 0–3 Olympic Beirut LIB 4–5 Home United SIN 3–3 1–2 |} Matches 14 September 2004 Al-Wahda SYR 1980 2–1 LIB Al-Nejmeh * Mando 86 Al Sayed 89 * Mohammad Kassas 50 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 15,000 21 September 2004 Al-Nejmeh LIB 3–2 SYR 1980 Al-Wahda * Hojeij 21 Savane 33 Nasereddine 65 * Traoré 19 Mando 34 Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon 12,000 3–3 on aggregate; Al-Wahda won on away goals. 14 September 2004 Perak FA MAS 1–2 SIN Geylang United Seator 90 * Duric 49 Fazrul Nawaz 60 Perak Stadium, Ipoh 5,000 21 September 2004 Geylang United SIN 3–2 MAS Perak FA Hasrin Jailani 12 Aleksandar Duric 27 Fazrul Nawaz 41 Syamsul Mohamed Saad 55 R. Surendran 90+1 Bedok Stadium, Singapore 2,227 Geylang United won 5–3 on aggregate. 15 September 2004 East Bengal IND 0–0 SYR 1980 Al-Jaish Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata 15,000 22 September 2004 Al-Jaish SYR 1980 3–0 IND East Bengal * Abdullah 16 Al Zeno 50 Esmaeel 87 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 15,000 Al-Jaish won 3–0 on aggregate. 15 September 2004 Olympic Beirut LIB 3–3 SIN Home United * Atwi 18 Alozian 40 Antar 60 * Daud 28 79 Goncalves 83 Tripoli Municipal Stadium, Tripoli 500 22 September 2004 Home United SIN 2–1 LIB Olympic Beirut Abdullah 69 74 Ali 63 Bishan Stadium, Singapore 1,961 Home United won 5–4 on aggregate. Semi-finals Al-Wahda SYR 1980 2–1 Geylang United SIN 1–1 1–0 Al-Jaish SYR 1980 6–1 Home United SIN 4–0 2–1 |} Matches 19 October 2004 Al-Wahda SYR 1980 1–1 SIN Geylang United https://www.besoccer.com/match/Al-Wehda/Geylang-United/2004 Jaafar 85 Duric 63 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 16,000 26 October 2004 Geylang United SIN 0–1 SYR 1980 Al-Wahda https://www.besoccer.com/match/geylang-united/al-wehda/2004 Traoré 12' Bedok Stadium, Singapore 1,568 Al-Wahda won 2–1 on aggregate. 20 October 2004 Al-Jaish SYR 1980 4–0 SIN Home United https://www.besoccer.com/match/al-jaish/home-united/2004 * Al Zeno 34 Esmaeel 53 62 Al-Hilou 76 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 6,000 27 October 2004 Home United SIN 1–2 SYR 1980 Al-Jaish https://www.besoccer.com/match/home-united/al-jaish/2004 Sivakumar 17 * Al Zeno 76 Chaabo 90'+1 Bishan Stadium, Singapore 1,612 Al-Jaish won 6–1 on aggregate. Final Al-Wahda SYR 1980 3–3 (a) Al-Jaish SYR 1980 2–3 1–0 |} Matches 19 November 2004 Al-Wahda SYR 1980 2–3 SYR 1980 Al-Jaish https://www.besoccer.com/match/al-wehda/al-jaish/2004 * Radawi 49 Akil 90+2 * Chaabo 3 Esmaeel 32 Al-Abtah 55 p Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 30,000 26 November 2004 Al-Jaish SYR 1980 0–1 SYR 1980 Al-Wahda https://www.besoccer.com/match/al-jaish/al-wehda/2004 Al Shahmeh 72 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 17,000 3–3 on aggregate; Al-Jaish won on away goals. 2004 AFC Cup Winners 120px|border Al-Jaish First title Statistics Top goalscorers Rank Player Club MD1 Group stage Matchday 1 MD2 Group stage Matchday 2 MD3 Group stage Matchday 3 MD4 Group stage Matchday 4 MD5 Group stage Matchday 5 MD6 Group stage Matchday 6 QF1 Quarter-finals First Leg QF2 Quarter-finals Second Leg SF1 Semi-finals First Leg SF2 Semi-finals Second Leg   F1 Final    F2 Final  Total 1 SIN Indra Sahdan Daud SIN Home United 1 1 3 2 7 SIN Egmar Goncalves SIN Home United 3 2 1 1 7 3 BRA Cristiano Júnior IND East Bengal 2 2 1 1 6 LBR Frank Seator MAS Perak 2 1 1 1 1 6 LIB Mohammad Kassas LIB Al-Nejmeh 1 2 1 1 1 6 6 GUI Moussa Traoré SYR 1980 Al-Wahda 2 1 1 1 5 BIH Aleksandar Durić SIN Geylang United 1 1 1 1 1 5 See also AFC Champions League 2004 References External links Official site AFC Calendar of Events 2007 2004 2