2007 AFC President's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPakistan
Dates20–30 September 2007
Teams8 (from 8 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsKyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo (2nd title)
Runners-upNepal Mahendra Police Club
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored66 (4.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sri Lanka Channa Ediri Bandanage (6 goals)
Best player(s)Kyrgyzstan Valery Kashuba[1]

The 2007 AFC President's Cup was the third edition of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. The eight teams that competed were split up into two groups and play each other team in their group once. The winner of each group then played the runner up in the other group in the semi-finals, and the winners of the semi-final matches played in the final match to determine the winner. There was no third place match. Games were played in Lahore, Pakistan, between 20 and 30 September 2007.

Venues

Pakistan Lahore
Punjab Stadium Railway Stadium
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 5,000

Qualifying teams

Association Team Qualifying method App Last app.
Bhutan Bhutan Transport United 2006 A-Division champions 3rd 2006
Cambodia Cambodia Khemara Kelia 2006 Cambodian League champions 2nd 2006
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Tatung 2006 Intercity Football League champions 2nd 2006
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamoth 2006 Kyrgyzstan League champions 3rd 2006
Nepal Nepal Mehandra Police Club 2006–07 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions 1st none
Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Army 2006–07 Pakistan Premier League champions 2nd 2006
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Ratnam 2006–07 Kit Premier League champions 2nd 2006
Tajikistan Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ 2006 Tajik League champions 2nd 2005

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tajikistan Regar TadAZ 3 3 0 0 16 1 +15 9
Sri Lanka Ratnam Sports Club 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4
Bhutan Transport United 3 1 0 2 4 21 −17 3
Pakistan Pakistan Army 3 0 1 2 6 8 −2 1
Source:
Pakistan Army Pakistan3–3Sri Lanka Ratnam Sports Club
Draz 18'
Riaz 45+2'
Shabbir 58'		 Report E.B. Channa 10'
Mohideen 13'
Jayasuriya 43'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Recho (Syria)
Transport United Bhutan0–13Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ
Report Makhmudov 18', 28', 45+2', 61', 76'
Abdullayev 35', 63'
Rustamov 37', 54'
Umarbaev 66'
Barotov 74'
Kholbekov 80'
Rabimov 87'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Sgt Win Cho (Myanmar)
Regar-TadAZ Tajikistan2–1Pakistan Pakistan Army
Abdullayev 65'
Hakimov 68'		 Report Draz 73'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
Ratnam Sports Club Sri Lanka6–1Bhutan Transport United
Mohideen 13'
E.B. Channa 17', 69', 73', 82', 90'		 Report Gyeltshen 42'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)
Transport United Bhutan3–2Pakistan Pakistan Army
Dorji 5', 74'
Jamtsho 27'		 Report Shabbir 45'
Riaz 90+2'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
Regar-TadAZ Tajikistan1–0Sri Lanka Ratnam Sports Club
Abdullayev 66' Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9
Nepal Mahendra Police Club 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4
Cambodia Khemara 3 1 0 2 5 10 −5 3
Chinese Taipei Tatung 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 1
Source:
Khemara Cambodia0–4Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo
Report Ishenbaev 14', 36'
Krasnov 34' (pen.), 39'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)
Mahendra Police Club Nepal0–0Chinese Taipei Tatung
Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Tatung Chinese Taipei0–1Cambodia Khemara
Report Sokumpheak 1'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sgt Win Cho (Myanmar)
Dordoi-Dynamo Kyrgyzstan3–0Nepal Mahendra Police Club
Kudrenko 23'
Krasnov 33', 59'		 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Mahendra Police Club Nepal6–4Cambodia Khemara
Thapa 12', 79'
Budhathoki 16'
Pandey 25'
Rai 30'
Rijal 85'		 Report Loch 23'
Chet 68' (pen.)
Sokumpheak 70', 78'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Abdulrahman Recho (Syria)
Tatung Chinese Taipei0–5Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo
Report Muladjanov 11'
Kornilov 18', 63', 84', 89'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Regar-TadAZ Tajikistan1–2Nepal Mahendra Police Club
Rustamov 26' Report Rai 32'
Budhathoki 90+1'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Dordoi-Dynamo Kyrgyzstan1–1 (a.e.t.)Sri Lanka Ratnam Sports Club
Tetteh 21' Report Jayasuriya 44'
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Recho (Syria)

Final

Mahendra Police Club Nepal1–2Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo
Rai 90+2' (pen.) Report Ishenbaev 8' (pen.)
Kornilov 74'
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
Mahendra Police Club
Dordoi-Dynamo

OFFICIALS

 AFC President's Cup 2007 
Kyrgyzstan
Dordoi-Dynamo
Second title

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dordoi-Dynamo retain AFC President's Cup after defeating Mahendra 2-1". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
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