AFC CUP 2004

Al Wahda Sanaa withdrew from the tournament

Mahindra United will play all its home matches at the Nehru Stadium, Margao (Goa)

Mohammedan (Bangladesh) withdrew from the tournament

East Bengal Club will play all its home matches at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta

September 22, 2004: AFC Cup 2004 - Quarterfinal - 2nd leg

Al Jaish (Syria) 3-0 East Bengal Club
Goals: 1-0 Adel Abdullah (16'), 2-0 Mohammed Zeino (50'), 3-0 Firas Ismail (87')
Al Jaish:
East Bengal Club:
Referee:
Attendance:

September 15, 2004: AFC Cup 2004 - Quarterfinal - 1st leg

East Bengal Club 0-0 Al Jaish (Syria)
Goals: none
East Bengal Club: Sangram Mukherjee; Douglas da Silva, Deepak Kumar Mondal, Madhab Das, Suley Musah; Climax Lawrence, Dipankar Roy (78' Debjit Ghosh), Alvito D'Cunha, Sasthi Duley; Syed Rahim Nabi, Bijen Singh (64' Shylo Malswam Tulunga).
Al Jaish: Md Radwan Al Azhar; Tarek Md Jabban, Md Tarik Khalaf, Ragadan Al Shhadeh, Basel Nabeel Alshaar, Eyad Alhelo, Amer Md Al Abtah, Kazzafi Ali (67' Ahmad Mod Azzam), Adel Ahmed Abdullah, Md Zenou (79' Majed Al Haj), Zyad Shaabou (56' Md Mansour)
Referee: Lutfullin Nail (Uzbekistan)
Attendance: 20.000

Match report: Indian giants East Bengal were held out by spirited Al Jaish in an entertaining match. East Bengal were on the throttle straight from the word go. East Bengal could have opened their account as early as second minute, when Mohammed Tarik almost scored an own goal as he misplaced a back pass to the goalkeeper. On the other end, Ziaad Shaboo's cross from the flanks forced Sangram Mukherjee to make an excellent save in the 12.minute. Five minutes later, Syed Rahim Nabi failed to convert an excellent move created by Douglas da Silva to give the Calcutta club the lead, much to the dismay of the home crowd. Climax Lawrence failed to convert an easy chance, after some good work from Bijen Singh in the 35.minute had Al Jaish completely caught out. Just before half time, the referee reversed his decision to award East Bengal a goal. Alvito D Cunha's brilliant cross from the left found Dipankar Roy, whose first attempt was cleared by Al Jaish defender Khalaf. Bijen Singh taking opportunity of the poor marking from Al Jaish, slotted the rebound home. The referee had initially awarded the goal in favor of East Bengal but after consultations with his assistant, he decided to reverse the decision. Apparently, Dipankar Roy had blocked keeper Ridwan. In the second half, Zenou forced Sangram Mukherjee to produce another excellent save after some touch of brilliance from the Syrian. In the 68.minute Douglas' header from an D'Cunha freekick narrowly missed the goal. East Bengal would have been blaming themselves for their poor finishing, when Climax Lawrence failed to put the ball into an open net after an excellent move from Shylo Malswam Tulunga found Al Jaish defenders all over the place in the 90.minute. The second half was completely dominated by the home side, however Al Jaish defenders managed to hold on to the score line. However the Syrians would be happy with an draw away from home. East Bengal have to improve their finishing in order to stand a chance in the away leg.

May 18, 2004: Matchday 6 - Group E

Negri Sembilan 2-1 East Bengal Club
Goals: 1-0,2-1 Suharmin Yusof (23',49'), 1-1 Cristiano Junior (24').
Negri Sembilan: ???
East Bengal Club: ???
Referee: ???

Match report: East Bengal Club's unbeaten run in Asia ended today, in their lastmatch of the 2003/04 season, with a 1-2 away loss to Malaysian FA-Cup winners Negri Sembilan in an AFC Cup Group E match at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur. East Bengal end their Group E campaign on 13 points from six matches and have qualified for the quarterfinals to be held later this year.

May 5, 2004: Matchday 5 - Group B

Dhofar FC 4-2 Mahindra United
Goals: 1-0,3-0 Saif Sultan (27',47'), 2-0 Mohammed Al Shidad (35'), 3-1 Felix Aboagye (55'), 4-1 Gabriel (61'), 4-2 Raphael Patron Akakpo (80').
Dhofar FC: ???
Mahindra United: ???
Referee: ???

May 5, 2004: Matchday 5 - Group E

East Bengal Club 1-1 Geylang United
Goals: 0-1 Daniel Hill (28'), 1-1 Mike Okoro (75').
East Bengal Club: Sangram Mukherjee, Malswam Tulunga, Surkumar Singh, Deepak Kumar Mondal, Mahesh Gawli, Sasthi Duley, Mike Okoro, Chandan Das (Anit Ghosh), Bijen Singh (Dipankar Roy), Baichung Bhutia, Cristiano Junior.
Geylang United: Shahril bin Jantan; Mohamed Noh bin Rahman, Razaleigh bin Khalik, Daniel Hill, Jerry Bartholomeusz, Aleksander Duric, Chang Hui (Fazrul Nawaz), Hasrin bin Jailani (Jeykaanth), Mohamed Faizal bin Abdul Hamid, Rudy Khairon bin Daiman.
Referee: ???

April 21, 2004: Matchday 4- Group B

Al Wahda (Syria) 5-1 Mahindra United
Goals: 1-0 Al Shihmih (36'), 2-0, 3-0 Mando (39', 53'), 4-0, 5-0 Mousa Traouri (69', 73'), 5-1 Felix Aboagye (84').
Al Wahda: ???
Mahindra United: ???
Referee: ???

April 21, 2004: Matchday 4 - Group E

East Bengal Club 3-0 Island FC
Goals: 1-0 Douglas da Silva (13'), 2-0 Cristiano Junior (36'), 3-0 Mike Okoro (84').
East Bengal Club: Sangram Mukherjee, Surkumar Singh, Subhashish Roy Chowdhury (Deepak Kumar Mondal), Muttath Suresh, Douglas da Silva, Malswam Tulunga, Mike Okoro, Debjit Ghosh, Dipankar Roy (Alvito D'Cunha), Baichung Bhutia, Cristiano Junior (Kalia Kulothungan)
Island FC: ?Mohammed Iqbal, S Qusim, Mohammed Jamil, Mohammed Arif (Mohammed Farid), Ashraf Luthfee, Ali Omar (Ahmed Sunain), A Safiu, Seydou Diallo (Ilyas Ibrahim), Ismail Mohammed, A Jazeel, I Amil
Referee: Taib Hussain (Bangladesh)

April 7, 2004: Matchday 3 - Group B

Mahindra United 0-0 Al Wahda (Syria)
Goals: none
Mahindra United: ???
Al Wahda: ???
Referee: ???

April 7, 2004: Matchday 3 - Group E

Island FC 1-2 East Bengal Club
Goals: 0-1 Baichung Bhutia (36'), 1-1 Ahmed Sunain (74'), 1-2 Mike Okoro (90+').
Island FC: ???
East Bengal Club: Sandip Nandy, Surkumar Singh, Muttath Suresh, Debjit Ghosh (Kalia Kulothungan), Sasthi Duley, Mahesh Gawli, Douglas da Silva, Dipankar Roy (Chandan Das), Bijen Singh (Alvito D'Cunha), Mike Okoro, Baichung Bhutia
Referee: ???

February 25, 2004: Matchday 2 - Group E

East Bengal Club 4-2 Negri Sembilan
Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta
Goals: 1-0 Mike Okoro (10'), 2-0,4-2 Cristiano Junior (24',77'), 2-1 ? (44'), 2-2 ? (64'), 3-2 Baichung Bhutia (70')
East Bengal Club: Sangram Mukherjee, M Suresh, Deepak Kumar Mondal, Mahesh Gawli, Sasthi Duley, Alvito D'Cunha (Bijen Singh), Debjit Ghosh (Chandan Das), Mike Okoro, Subhas Chakraborty (Malswam Tulunga), Cristiano Junior, Baichung Bhutia
Negri Sembilan: Cajetan Opraugo, Khairul Bahrum, S Prandaman, Derma Raju, Rajan Al Koran, Syaiful Sabtu (Shahein Sajadi), Anuar Jusuh (Shahrizan Bin Mohammed), Ching Hong Aik, Mohammed Ekpoki, Duke Efyong (Suharmin Yosof), Efendi Malik
Referee: Panya Hanlumyaung (Thailand)

February 11, 2004: Matchday 1 - Group B

Mahindra United - Dhofar FC
Nehru Stadium, Goa
Goals: 1-0 Shanmugam Venkatesh (21'), 1-1 Farajallah Al Seem (55'), 2-1 Abhishek Yadav (66')
Mahindra United: Kalyan Chaubey (Naseem Akhtar), Arun Malhotra, Shanmugham Venkatesh, Jules Alberto Dias (Hekmat Singh), Khalid Jamil, Abhishek Yadav, Covan Lawrence, Raphael Patron (Steven Dias), Jinto Jose, Falguni Datta, Odartey Lawson
Dhofar FC: Ahmed Al Kaaf, Omen Al Kathiri, Farajallah Al Seem, Umeh Gabrail (Ali Al Rawas), Ahmed Bait Said, Saif Al Ghafri, Salim O Al Kathiri (Ahmed Ba Alwi), Obenwa Joseph, Ahmed Bait Al Marzooq, Amin Ba Rashid, Salah Al Amri
Referee: Ramachandran Krishnan

February 10, 2004: Matchday 1 - Group E

Bedok Stadium, Singapore: Geylang United FC 2-3 East Bengal Club
Goals: 1-0 Hafiz Rahim (40'), 1-1,1-2 Cristiano Junior (45',76'), 1-3 Bijen Singh (83'), 2-3 Jeykanth Jeyapal (90')
Geylang United FC: Shahril Jantan, Mohd Noh Rahman, Daniel Hill, Jeykanth Jeyapal, Jerry Bartholomeusz, Aleksandar Duric, Hasrin Jailani, Milan Blagojevic, Rudy Khairon (Razaleigh Khalik 86'), Hafiz Rahim (Razali Johari 78'), Nahar Daud
East Bengal Club: Sangram Mukherjee, Deepak Mondal, Mahesh Gawli, Debjit Ghosh, Surkumar Singh, Sasthi Duley, Alvito D'Cunha (Bijen Singh 70'), Subhas Chakraborty, Mike Okoro, Baichung Bhutia (Shylo Malswam Tulunga 76'), Cristiano Junior
Referee: Albert Chiu (HK)
Assistant referees: Charlton Wong (HK), Poon Ming Fai (HK)
Reserve referee: Fong Yau Tat (HK)
Bookings: Geylang United FC: Hasrin Jailani 27', Rudy Khairon 77' / East Bengal Club: Debjit Ghosh 64'
Attendance: 2.791