AFC Cup 2443283 225178020 2008-07-12T08:42:43Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[pt:Copa dos Presidentes da AFC]] {{infobox football tournament | current = [[AFC Cup 2008]] | founded = 2004 | region = [[Asia]] ([[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]) | number of teams = 20 | current champions = {{flagicon|Jordan}} [[Shabab Al Ordon]] | most successful club = {{flagicon|Jordan}} [[Al-Faisaly (Amman)|Al-Faisaly]]<br/>(2 time champions) }} The '''AFC Cup''' is an annual international [[football (soccer)|association football]] competition between domestic clubs sides run by the [[Asian Football Confederation|Asian Football Confederation (AFC)]]. Qualification to the competition is to clubs from AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category as laid out in their 'Vision Asia' document <ref>[http://www.rediff.com/sports/afc-cup04.htm AFC Cup 2004]</ref>. Countries which are 'mature' nations are entered into the [[AFC Champions League]], and countries which are 'emerging' nations are entered into the [[AFC President's Cup]]. The 'developing nations' are the fourteen 'next-best' countries which lie outside the top-14 countries in the AFC region which send their club sides to the more prestigious [[AFC Champions League]]. Thus the two competitions are not interlinked as the [[UEFA Champions League]] and the [[UEFA Cup]] in Europe, and Champions League losers do not compete in the Cup. ==Participating nations and regions== Clubs from the following 15 football associations take part in the competition. ''Italics'' are relagated or excluded. {|width="25"|&nbsp; |valign=”top”| '''West Asia''' *{{BHR}} *{{JOR}}* *{{SYR}}* *{{OMA}} *{{QAT}}* *{{KUW}}* *{{IRQ}} *''{{LIB}}'' *''{{YEM}}'' |width="25"|&nbsp; |valign="top"| '''Central Asia''' *{{UZB}}* *''{{TKM}}'' |width="25"|&nbsp; |valign="top"| '''South Asia''' *''{{BAN}}'' *''{{MDV}}'' *{{IND}}* |width="25"|&nbsp; |valign="top"| '''East Asia''' *{{HKG}} *''{{PRK}}'' |width="25"|&nbsp; |valign="top"| '''Southeast Asia''' *{{MAS}} *''{{MYA}}'' *{{SIN}}* *{{VIE}}* *{{THA}}* *{{IDN}}* |} &nbsp;* Vietnam and Thailand lose ration for {{AUS}} in AFC Champions League. Instead of sending two teams by each country to compete for AFC Champion League, the second representative team of Vietnam and Thailand is demoted to play in AFC Cup. *{{SIN}}, {{THA}}, {{VIE}}, {{IDN}}, {{IND}}, {{UZB}}, {{QAT}}, {{SYR}}, {{KUW}}, {{JOR}} all to One Team from 2009 AFC Cup, {{PRK}} and {{MYA}} are excluded, and {{TKM}}, {{BAN}}, {{MDV}}, {{YEM}}, {{LIB}} are relagated to [[AFC President's Cup]]. ==Competition format== The format of the AFC Cup is the same as that for the [[AFC Champions League]]. Each country sends two teams representing the domestic league winners and the cup winners. The participating teams are split into six groups of three or four, with each team playing the others in the group in a [[round robin]] format. The winners of each group and two best runner-up enter into the quarter finals. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals are played as a knockout competition. ==Results== {| border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%; text-align:center;" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=100% |- bgcolor=#C1D8FF !rowspan=2 width=10%|Season !width=1% rowspan=99 bgcolor=ffffff| !colspan=3|Final !width=1% rowspan=99 bgcolor=ffffff| !colspan=2 rowspan=2 width=30%|Semifinalists (No 3rd place match) |- bgcolor=#EFEFEF !width=15%|Champions !width=11%|Score !width=15%|Runner-up |- bgcolor=#F5FAFF |[[2008]]<br/><small>''[[AFC Cup 2008|Details]]''</small> | |<small>1st leg: '''-'''<br/>2nd leg: '''-'''</small> | | | |- bgcolor=#F5FAFF |[[2007]]<br/><small>''[[AFC Cup 2007|Details]]''</small> |'''[[Shabab Al Ordon Al Qadisiya|Shabab Al Ordon Al Qadisiya]]''' <br> {{flagicon|Jordan}} |<small>1st leg: '''1-0'''<br/>2nd leg: '''1-1'''</small> |[[Al-Faisaly (Amman)|Al-Faisaly Amman]]<br/>{{flagicon|Jordan}} |[[Al Wihdat|Al Wihdat Amman]]<br/>{{flagicon|Jordan}} |[[Nejmeh|Al-Nejmeh Beirut]]<br/>{{flagicon|Lebanon}} |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |[[2006]]<br/><small>''[[AFC Cup 2006|Details]]''</small> |'''[[Al-Faisaly (Amman)|Al-Faisaly Amman]]'''<br/>{{flagicon|Jordan}} |<small>1st leg: '''3-0'''<br/>2nd leg: '''2-4'''</small> |[[Muharraq Club]]<br/>{{flagicon|Bahrain}} |[[Al Wihdat|Al Wihdat Amman]]<br/>{{flagicon|Jordan}} |[[Nejmeh|Al-Nejmeh Beirut]]<br/>{{flagicon|Lebanon}} |- bgcolor=#F5FAFF |[[2005]]<br/><small>''[[AFC Cup 2005|Details]]''</small> |'''[[Al-Faisaly (Amman)|Al-Faisaly Amman]]'''<br/>{{flagicon|Jordan}} |<small>1st leg: '''1-0'''<br/>2nd leg: '''3-2'''</small> |[[Nejmeh|Al-Nejmeh Beirut]]<br/>{{flagicon|Lebanon}} | [[New Radiant|New Radiant]]<br/>{{flagicon|Maldives}} | [[Sun Hei|Xiangxue Sun Hei]]<br/>{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} |- bgcolor=#D0E7FF |[[2004]]<br/><small>''[[AFC Cup 2004|Details]]''</small> |'''[[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish Damascus]]'''<br/>{{flagicon|Syria}} |<small>1st leg: '''2-3'''<br/>2nd leg: '''1-0'''<br/>(away goals win)</small> | [[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda Damascus]]<br /> {{flagicon|Syria}} | [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]]<br /> {{flagicon|Singapore}} |[[Home United FC|Home United]]<br /> {{flagicon|Singapore}} |} ==Performance by clubs== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !#||Clubs||Winners||Runners-up||Semifinalist |- |1||align=left| {{flagicon|Jordan}} [[Al-Faisaly (Amman)|Al-Faisaly Amman]] |2 |1 |0 |- |rowspan=2|2||align=left| {{flagicon|Jordan}} [[Shabab Al Ordon Al Qadisiya|Shabab Al Ordon Al Qadisiya]] |1 |0 |0 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|Syria}} [[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish Damascus]] |1 |0 |0 |- |rowspan=3|4||align=left| {{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Nejmeh|Al-Nejmeh Beirut]] |0 |1 |2 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|Bahrain}} [[Muharraq Club]] |0 |1 |0 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|Syria}} [[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda Damascus]] |0 |1 |0 |- |7||align=left| {{flagicon|Jordan}} [[Al Wihdat|Al Wihdat Amman]] |0 |0 |2 |- |rowspan=4|8||align=left| {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Geylang United FC]] |0 |0 |1 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Home United FC]] |0 |0 |1 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|Maldives}} [[New Radiant|New Radiant]] |0 |0 |1 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Sun Hei|Xiangxue Sun Hei]] |0 |0 |1 |- |} ==Performance by nations== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !#||Nation||Winners||Runners-up||Semifinalist |- |1||align=left|{{JOR}} |3 |1 |2 |- |2||align=left|{{SYR}} |1 |1 |0 |- |3||align=left|{{LIB}} |0 |1 |2 |- |4||align=left|{{BHR}} |0 |1 |0 |- |5||align=left|{{SIN}} |0 |0 |2 |- |rowspan=2|6||align=left|{{HKG}} |0 |0 |1 |- |align=left|{{MDV}} |0 |0 |1 |} ===By Clubs' Statistics=== * [[Thai Clubs at The AFC Cup]] ==See also== *[[International club competition records]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.the-afc.com/eng/index.jsp.html AFC Official Web Site] * [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/as3.html RSSSF - AFC Cup] {{fb start}} {{AFC Cup Seasons}} {{AFC men's competitions}} {{fb end}} [[Category:International club football (soccer) competitions]] [[Category:AFC Cup| ]] [[ar:كأس الاتحاد الآسيوي]] [[de:AFC Cup]] [[es:Copa AFC]] [[fr:Coupe de l'AFC]] [[it:Coppa dell'AFC]] [[nl:AFC Cup]] [[ja:AFCカップ]] [[pt:Copa dos Presidentes da AFC]] [[th:เอเอฟซีคัพ]] [[zh:亚洲足联杯]]