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2006 AFC Cup

2006 AFC Cup

Tournament details
Dates	7 March – 3 November 2006
Teams	20 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Faisaly (2nd title)
Runners-up	Al-Muharraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played	58
Goals scored	195 (3.36 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mahmoud Shelbaieh (8 goals)
← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 AFC Cup was the third edition of the AFC Cup, played by clubs from the Asian Football Confederation member nations. Al-Faisaly from Jordan became the first side to win the competition two years in a row.^[1]

Qualification[edit]

The 'developing' 11 nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2007 competition. 2005 winners, Al-Faisaly qualify to the group stage.

West Asia
Bahrain (1)*	Al-Muharraq (2005 Bahraini King's Cup winners)
Jordan (2)	Al-Wahdat (2004–05 Jordan League champions) Al-Faisaly (2005 AFC Cup winners & 2004–05 Jordan FA Cup winners)
Lebanon (2)	Al-Nejmeh (2004–05 Lebanese Premier League champions) Al Ahed (2005 Lebanese FA Cup winners)
Oman (1)	Al-Nasr (2005 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners)
Central and Southern Asia
Bangladesh (2)	Mohammedan (2005–06 Bangladesh National Football League champions) Brothers Union (2005 Bangladesh Federation Cup winners)
India (2)	Dempo SC (2004–05 National Football League champions) Mahindra United (2005 Indian Federation Cup winners)
Turkmenistan (2)	HTTU Asgabat (2005 Turkmenistan League champions) Merv Mary (2005 Turkmenistan Cup winners)
East Asia
Hong Kong (2)	Xiangxue Sun Hei (2004–05 Hong Kong First Division League champions) Happy Valley (2005 Hong Kong FA Cup winners)
ASEAN
Malaysia (2)	Perlis FA (2005 Super League Malaysia champions) Selangor FA (2005 Malaysian FA Cup winners)
Maldives (2)	Hurriyya SC (2005 Dhivehi League champions & 2005 Maldives FA Cup winners) New Radiant (2005 Dhivehi League runners-up)
Singapore (2)	Tampines Rovers FC (2005 S.League champions) Home United FC (2005 Singapore Cup winners)

• Bahrain are relegated AFC Cup.

Group stage[edit]

• Matchday dates are: 7 and 21 March, 11 and 25 April, 5 and 16 May 2006
• Group winners and 2 best runners-up qualify for quarter-finals

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Muharraq	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11
Al Ahed	6	3	1	2	16	11	+5	10
Mahindra United	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	9
Brothers Union	6	0	2	4	5	14	−9	2

Matches:

Al-Muharraq	2–0	Brothers Union
Leandson 45' Yaseen 50'

Al Ahed	2–2	Mahindra United
Bah 8' Trad 29'		Dias 33', Adjei 39'

Brothers Union	2–2	Mahindra United
Ameli 52' Abul 63'		Yakubu 59' Barreto 72'

Al Ahed	0–2	Al-Muharraq
		Abdul Razzaq 45' Al-Muqla 90'

Al-Muharraq	1–1	Mahindra United
Da Silva 61'		Sushant 64'

Brothers Union	1–3	Al Ahed
Tapu 40'		Marmar 5' Ali 50' Abbas 76'

Mahindra United	0–1	Al-Muharraq
		Al-Dakeel 9'

Al Ahed	6–2	Brothers Union
Haidar 13', 20', 36' Ayoub 22' Yakooub 73' Maatouk 83'		Ameli 69' Tapu 87'

Brothers Union	0–0	Al-Muharraq

Mahindra United	2–1	Al Ahed
Bose 78' Adjei 79'		El Ali 51'

Al-Muharraq	2–4	Al Ahed
Al Dakheel 45', 89'		Nasrallah 15' Ayub 59' Maatouk 76', 86'

Mahindra United	1–0	Brothers Union
Venkatesh 90'

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Nasr	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	12
Dempo SC	4	1	1	2	9	7	+2	4
Merv Mary	4	0	1	3	4	14	−10	1

Matches:

Al-Nasr	3–1	Dempo SC

Merv Mary	2–2	Dempo SC

Al-Nasr	4–1	Merv Mary

Merv Mary	0–2	Al-Nasr

Dempo SC	0–1	Al-Nasr

Dempo SC	6–1	Merv Mary

Group C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Wahdat	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	6
Mohammedan	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0

Matches:

Al-Wahdat	7–0	Mohammedan

Mohammedan	1–2	Al-Wahdat
Paul	Report

Group D[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Faisaly	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	7
Al-Nejmeh	4	2	1	1	10	7	+3	7
HTTU	4	0	2	2	8	13	−5	2

Matches:

Al-Nejmeh	6–2	HTTU
Nasseredine 25', 55', 57' Antar 28' Hojeij 34' Ghaddar 72'		Bayramov 76' Şamyradow 79'

Al-Faisaly	2–0	Al-Nejmeh
Saad 13' Agbo 44'

HTTU	1–1	Al-Faisaly
Hojageldyýew 33'		Al-Shboul 30'

Al-Faisaly	4–3	HTTU
Al-Maharmeh 16', 18' Sheikh 79' Al-Maaltah 90'		Şamyradow 43', 65' Guvanch 55'

HTTU	2–2	Al-Nejmeh
Şamyradow4 Belyh 58'		Ghaddar 74', 90'

Al Nejmeh	2–1	Al-Faisaly
Duah 23' Nasseredine 70'		Saad 57'

Group E[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Xiangxue Sun Hei	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13
Perlis FA	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11
Home United FC	6	2	0	4	8	11	−3	6
New Radiant	6	1	1	4	7	18	−11	4

Matches:

New Radiant	0–2	Xiangxue Sun Hei

Home United FC	2–3	Perlis FA

Xiangxue Sun Hei	0–1	Home United FC
		Indra Sahdan Bin Daud60

Perlis FA	6–0	New Radiant

Xiangxue Sun Hei	0–0	Perlis FA

New Radiant	5–3	Home United FC

Home United FC	2–0	New Radiant

Perlis FA	1–2	Xiangxue Sun Hei

Perlis FA	1–0	Home United FC

Xiangxue Sun Hei	5–2	New Radiant

New Radiant	0–0	Perlis FA

Home United FC	0–2	Xiangxue Sun Hei

Group F[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tampines Rovers FC	6	5	0	1	17	5	+12	15
Selangor FA	6	5	0	1	14	9	+5	15
Happy Valley	6	1	1	4	10	15	−5	4
Hurriyya SC	6	0	1	5	3	15	−12	1

Matches:

Selangor FA	1–0	Tampines Rovers FC
Brian Fuentes 11'	(Report)

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

Happy Valley	3–0	Hurriyya SC
Sham Kwok Keung 32' Gerard Guy Ambassa 37' Lee Sze Ming 76'	(Report)

Attendance: 500

Referee: Chandrasiri Arambakade Gedara (Sri Lanka)

Hurriyya SC	1–3	Selangor FA
Mausoom Abdul Gafoor90	(Report)	Brian Fuentes 29' (pen) Mohd Amri Yahyah 63' Bambang Pamungkas66

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

Tampines Rovers FC	3–1	Happy Valley
Aliff Shafaein 45' Noh Alam Shah 48', 70'	(Report)	Fábio Lopes Alcântara 30'

Attendance: 3,021

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Tampines Rovers FC	3–1	Hurriyya SC
Mirko Grabovac 44' Aliff Shafaein 49' Peres De Oliveira 89'	(Report)	Shinaz Hilmy 90'

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Selangor FA	4–3	Happy Valley
Mohd Shukor Adan 42' D. Surendran 52' Brian Fuentes 64', 72'	(Report)	Evanor 14' Fábio Lopes Alcântara 71' (pen) Lee Wai Man 74'

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

Happy Valley	2–3	Selangor FA
Joao Evanor Fantin 19' Gerard Guy Ambassa 74'	(Report)	Razman Roslan 29' Brian Fuestes 71' K. Sanbagamaran 88'

Attendance: 407

Referee: Sgt. Win Cho (Myanmar)

Hurriyya SC	0–4	Tampines Rovers FC
	(Report)	Mohamed Rafi Ali 15', 24' Aliff Shafaein 51' Noh Alam Shah 81'

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ram Krishna Gosh (Bangladesh)

Tampines Rovers FC	3–2	Selangor FA
Peres De Oliveira 32', 51' Mirko Grabovac 60'	(Report)	Bambang Pamungkas 56', 82'

Attendance: 3,868

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Hurriyya SC	1–1	Happy Valley
Shinaz Hilmy 36'	(Report)	Li Chun Yip 21'

Attendance: 400

Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

Selangor FA	1–0	Hurriyya SC
K. Sanbagamaran 27'	(Report)

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Sgt. Win Cho (Myanmar)

Happy Valley	0–4	Tampines Rovers FC
	(Report)	Noh Alam Shah 57', 76', 81' Ibrahim Md Noh 85'

Attendance: 66

Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)

Best runners-up[edit]

• Team in group of 4, result to bottom of the group uncounted.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Selangor FA	4	3	0	1	10	8	+2	9
Al-Nejmeh	4	2	1	1	10	7	+3	7
Perlis FA	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
Al Ahed	4	2	0	2	9	7	+2	6
Dempo SC	4	1	1	2	9	7	+2	4

Knockout stage[edit]

Bracket[edit]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Tampines Rovers	0
	Al-Wahdat	5
					Al-Wahdat	1
					Al-Faisaly	2
	Al-Faisaly (p)	2 (5)
	Sun Hei	2 (4)
									Al-Faisaly	5
									Al-Muharraq	4
	Selangor FA	0
	Al-Nejmeh	1
					Al-Nejmeh	3
					Al-Muharraq	6
	Al-Nasr	3
	Al-Muharraq (a)	3

Quarter-finals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tampines Rovers FC	0–5	Al-Wahdat	0–1	0–4
Selangor FA	0–1	Al-Nejmeh	0–1	0–0
Al-Nasr	3–3 (a)	Al-Muharraq	2–3	1–0
Al-Faisaly	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Xiangxue Sun Hei	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)

First leg

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

Al-Nasr	2–3	Al-Muharraq
Adil Matar 22' Ashoor 55'	(Report)	Leandson Dias da Silva 13', 64' Richard Massolin 58'

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

Second leg

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: O M Al Saeedi

Al-Muharraq	0–1	Al-Nasr
	(Report)	Adil Matar 56' (pen.)

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Attendance: 2,722

Referee: O Il Son

Semifinals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Nejmeh	3–6	Al-Muharraq	1–2	2–4
Al-Faisaly	2–1	Al-Wahdat	1–0	1–1

First leg

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: M Mansour

Second leg

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Finals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Faisaly	5–4	Al-Muharraq	3–0	2–4

First leg

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)

Second leg

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: M O Al Saeedi

2006 AFC Cup Winners
Al-Faisaly Second title

References[edit]