2006 AFC Cup

2006 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates7 March – 3 November 2006
Teams20 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions Al-Faisaly (2nd title)
Runners-up Al-Muharraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played58
Goals scored195 (3.36 per match)
Top scorer Mahmoud Shelbaieh (8 goals)
2005
2007

The 2006 AFC Cup was the third 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.

Al-Faisaly successfully defended their title, beating Al-Muharraq 5–4 on aggregate in the final.[1] With this victory Al-Faisaly became the first side to win the competition two years in a row.[2]

Qualification

The AFC invited the fourteen 'developing' nations to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the competition. Clubs from Myanmar and North Korea did not participate in the competition. This marked the first year in which clubs from Bahrain participated in the competition, as Bahrain was demoted to a 'developing' status by the AFC.

West Asia East Asia
Team Qualifying method App (Last) Team Qualifying method App (Last)
Al-Muharraq 2005 Bahraini King's Cup winners 1st Xiangxue Sun Hei 2004–05 Hong Kong First Division League champions 2nd (2005)
Mohammedan 2005–06 Bangladesh National Football League champions 1st Happy Valley 2005 Hong Kong FA Cup winners 3rd (2005)
Brothers Union 2005 Bangladesh Federation Cup winners 2nd (2005) Perlis 2005 Malaysia Super League champions 1st
Dempo 2004–05 National Football League champions 2nd (2005) Selangor 2005 Malaysia FA Cup winners 1st
East Bengal 2005 Federation Cup winners 1st Hurriyya 2005 Dhivehi League champions 1st
Al-Wehdat 2004–05 Jordan League champions 1st New Radiant 2005 Dhivehi League runners-up[Note MDV] 2nd (2005)
Al-FaisalyTH 2004–05 Jordan FA Cup winners 2nd (2005) Tampines Rovers 2005 S.League champions 2nd (2005)
Nejmeh 2004–05 Lebanese Premier League champions 3rd (2005) Home United 2005 Singapore Cup winners 3rd (2005)
Al Ahed 2005 Lebanese FA Cup winners 2nd (2005)
Dhofar[Note DSQ] 2004–05 Omani League champions 2nd (2004)
Al-Nasr 2005 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners 1st
HTTU Asgabat 2005 Ýokary Liga champions 1st
Merv Mary 2005 Turkmenistan Cup winners 1st
Al Hilal[Note DSQ] 2005 Yemeni President Cup winners 1st

Notes

  1. ^
    Disqualified (DSQ): Dhofar and Al Hilal were disqualified from the competition by the AFC for failing to submit their player registration forms in time.
  2. ^
    Maldives (MDV): As the 2005 Maldives FA Cup winners Hurriyya qualified for the AFC Cup via their league position, the spot reserved for the Maldives FA Cup winners was transferred to the second placed team in the 2005 Dhivehi League.

Group stage

  • Matchday dates are: 7 and 21 March, 11 and 25 April, 5 and 16 May 2006

Group A

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

Matches:

Al-Muharraq 2–0 Brothers Union
da Silva 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'

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Nasr 4 4 0 0 10 2 +8 12 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Dempo SC 4 1 1 2 9 7 +2 4
3 Merv Mary 4 0 1 3 4 14 −10 1
Source:

Matches:

Al-Nasr 3–1 Dempo SC
  • Matoona 57', 79'
  • Dias 86' (o.g.)
Martins 73'

Merv Mary 2–2 Dempo SC
Yuzbashyan 80' (pen.), 90'
  • Martins 13'
  • Begendjev 87' (o.g.)

Al-Nasr 4–1 Merv Mary
  • Al-Hinai 11', 48'
  • Al-Kahali 39'
  • Hoobees ?'

Merv Mary 0–2 Al-Nasr

Dempo SC 0–1 Al-Nasr
Ashoor 55'
India

Dempo SC 6–1 Merv Mary
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India

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Wahdat 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8 6 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Mohammedan 2 0 0 2 1 9 −8 0
Source:

Matches:

Al-Wahdat 7–0 Mohammedan

Mohammedan 1–2 Al-Wahdat
Nwachukwu 84' (pen.) Report Shelbaieh 60', 63'

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Faisaly 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 7 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Nejmeh 4 2 1 1 10 7 +3 7
3 HTTU 4 0 2 2 8 13 −5 2
Source:

Matches:

Nejmeh 6–2 HTTU
Nasseredine 25', 55', 57'
Antar 28'
Hojeij 34'
Ghaddar 72'
Bayramov 76'
Şamyradow 79'
Al-Faisaly 2–0 Nejmeh
Saad 13'
Agbo 44'
HTTU 1–1 Al-Faisaly
Hojageldyýew 33' Al-Shboul 30'
Al-Faisaly 4–3 HTTU
Al-Maharmeh 16', 18'
Al-Sheikh 79'
Saad 90'
Şamyradow 43', 65'
Guvanch 55'
HTTU 2–2 Nejmeh
Şamyradow 4
Belyh 58'
Ghaddar 74', 90'
Al Nejmeh 2–1 Al-Faisaly
Duah 23'
Nasseredine 70'
Saad 57'

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Xiangxue Sun Hei 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Perlis FA 6 3 2 1 11 4 +7 11
3 Home United 6 2 0 4 8 11 −3 6
4 New Radiant 6 1 1 4 7 18 −11 4
Source:

Matches:

New Radiant 0–2 Xiangxue Sun Hei
Akosah 19', 28'
Home United 2–3 Perlis FA
Goncalves 7', 62' Chepita 52', 57', 89'

Perlis FA 6–0 New Radiant
  • Wahid 45'
  • Chepita 48', 71', 76'
  • Simukonda 54', 65'

New Radiant 5–3 Home United

Home United 2–0 New Radiant
Perlis FA 1–2 Xiangxue Sun Hei
Simukonda 69'
  • Freitas 13'
  • Chiu Siu-ki 15'

Perlis FA 1–0 Home United
Chipeta 74'
Xiangxue Sun Hei 5–2 New Radiant
  • Lai Kai-cheuk 4'
  • Freitas 31'
  • Akosah 49', 59', 62'
Nita 2' (pen.), 56'

New Radiant 0–0 Perlis FA
Home United 0–2 Xiangxue Sun Hei

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tampines Rovers 6 5 0 1 17 5 +12 15 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Selangor 6 5 0 1 14 9 +5 15
3 Happy Valley 6 1 1 4 10 15 −5 4
4 Hurriyya 6 0 1 5 3 15 −12 1
Source:

Matches:

Happy Valley 3–0 Hurriyya
Sham Kwok Keung 32'
Ambassa 37'
Lee Sze Ming 76'
(Report)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Chandrasiri Arambakade Gedara (Sri Lanka)

Hurriyya 1–3 Selangor
(Report) Fuentes 29' (pen.)
Yahyah 63'
Pamungkas 66'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)
Tampines Rovers 3–1 Happy Valley
Shafaein 45'
Shah 48', 70'
(Report) Alcântara 30'
Attendance: 3,021

Tampines Rovers 3–1 Hurriyya
(Report) Hilmy 90'
Attendance: 2,500
Selangor 4–3 Happy Valley
Adan 42'
Surendran 52'
Fuentes 64', 72'
(Report) Evanor 14'
Alcântara 71' (pen.)
Lee Wai Man 74'

Happy Valley 2–3 Selangor
Joao Evanor Fantin 19'
Gerard Guy Ambassa 74'
(Report) Roslan 29'
Fuestes 71'
Sanbagamaran 88'
Hurriyya 0–4 Tampines Rovers
(Report) Mohamed Rafi Ali 15', 24'
Aliff Shafaein 51'
Noh Alam Shah 81'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ram Krishna Gosh (Bangladesh)

Hurriyya 1–1 Happy Valley
Shinaz Hilmy 36' (Report) Li Chun Yip 21'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

Selangor 1–0 Hurriyya
K. Sanbagamaran 27' (Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Happy Valley 0–4 Tampines Rovers
(Report) Noh Alam Shah 57
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 66
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)

Best runners-up

As Groups B–D only had either two or three teams, matches against any fourth-placed team in each group were not included in this ranking.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Selangor 4 3 0 1 10 8 +2 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Nejmeh 4 2 1 1 10 7 +3 7
3 Perlis FA 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
4 Al Ahed 4 2 0 2 9 7 +2 6
5 Dempo SC 4 1 1 2 9 7 +2 4
Source:

Knockout stage

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Tampines Rovers000
Al-Wahdat 145
Al-Wahdat011
Al-Faisaly112
Al-Faisaly (p)112 (5)
Sun Hei 112 (4)
Al-Faisaly325
Al-Muharraq044
Selangor000
Nejmeh 101
Nejmeh123
Al-Muharraq246
Al-Nasr213
Al-Muharraq (a) 303

Quarter-finals

Summary

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

Matches

Tampines Rovers 0–1 Al-Wahdat
(Report) Ahmed Abdul-Haleem 49'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
Al-Wahdat 4–0Tampines Rovers
Abdul-Haleem 14'
Shelbaieh 45'+1', 47'
Hammad 69'
(Report)

Al-Wahdat won 5–0 on aggregate.


Selangor 0–1 Nejmeh
(Report) Ali Mohamed 24'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)
Nejmeh 0–0 Selangor
(Report)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: O M Al Saeedi

Nejmeh won 1–0 on aggregate.


Al-Nasr 2–3 Al-Muharraq
Adil Matar 22'
Ashoor 55'
(Report) Leandson Dias da Silva 13
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)
Al-Muharraq 0–1 Al-Nasr
(Report) Matar 56' (pen.)

3–3 on aggregate; Al-Muharraq won on away goals.


Xiangxue Sun Hei 1–1 (a.e.t.) Al-Faisaly
Lo Chi Kwan 21' (Report) Abu Keshek 60'
Penalties
4–5
Attendance: 2,722
Referee: O Il Son

2–2 on aggregate; Al-Faisaly won 5–4 on penalties.

Semi-finals

Summary

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

Matches

Nejmeh 1–2 Al-Muharraq
Nasseredine 21' Report
  • Babatunde 54'
  • John 75'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)
Al-Muharraq 4–2 Nejmeh
(Report) Mohammed Ghaddar 41', 45+1'

Al-Muharraq won 6–3 on aggregate.


Al-Faisaly 1–0 Al-Wahdat
Al-Maharmeh 9' (Report)
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: M Mansour
Al-Wahdat 1–1 Al-Faisaly
Shelbaieh 53' (Report) Abu Keshek 66'

Al-Faisaly won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Summary

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

Matches

Al-Faisaly 3–0 Al-Muharraq
(Report)
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)
Al-Muharraq 4–2 Al-Faisaly
(Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: M O Al Saeedi

Al-Faisaly won 5–4 on aggregate.

2006 AFC Cup Winners

Al-Faisaly
Second title

References

  1. ^ "The AFC Cup Final: 2004-2006". AFC. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Asian Club Competitions 2006".