AFC CUP 2008

I-League champions Dempo SC and Federation Cup champions East Bengal Club will take part in the AFC Cup, the "2nd Division" of the AFC Champions League. The competition is for clubs from "developing" national associations as categorised by the AFC's Vision Asia, the blueprint for the development of football in the continent.
The teams have been split into six groups with tournament being played on a home and away basis, kicking off on March 11.

 

  Group A
#   P W D L GF GA Pts.
1 Dempo SC (IND) 6 3 1 2 13 12 10
2 Muharraq (BAH) 5 2 2 1 10 6 8
3 Al Ansar (LEB) 5 2 2 1 5 4 8
4 Sur Club (OMA) 6 1 1 4 9 15 4

 

  Fixtures of Group A
Date Group  Teams & Result
11-03-2008 A Dempo SC
Ranty Martins Soleye 21'
Ranty Martins Soleye 32'
Chidi Edeh 62'		 3:1 Al Ansar
89' Hassan Danash
11-03-2008 A Muharraq
pen Leandson D. da Silva 24'
Jaycee J. Okwunwanne 45'+2'
Abdulla Saleh S. Aldakeel 83'
 		3:2 Sur Club
35' Khalid Mubarak Al Ghailani
39' J. R. Antunes Estefane
18-03-2008 A Al Ansar 0:0 Muharraq
18-03-2008 A Sur Club
Daouda Traore 9'
Mamoudou Camara 69'
own goal Climax Lawrence 80'		 3:2 Dempo SC
26' Ranty Martins Soleye
62' Roberto 'Beto' Mendes Silva
02-04-2008 A Al Ansar
Salih Sader Salih 28'		 1:0 Sur Club
02-04-2008 A Dempo SC 0:4 Muharraq
7' L. Dias da Silva
31' L. Dias da Silva
50' L. Dias da Silva pen
60' L. Dias da Silva
16-04-2008 A Sur Club 0:2 Al Ansar
16-04-2008 A Muharraq
pen Leandson D. da Silva 77'		 1:2 Dempo SC
11' Ranty Martins Soleye
62' Ranty Martins Soleye
30-05-2008 A Al Ansar
Hussain Hamdan 84'		 1:1 Dempo SC
27' Ranty Martins Soleye
30-05-2008 A Sur Club 2:2 Muharraq
14-05-2008 A Dempo SC
Ranty Martins Soleye 31'
Ranty Martins Soleye 39'
Chidi Edeh 64'
Climax Lawrence 72'
Chidi Edeh 90'		 5:2 Sur Club
75' Mhd. S. Mhd. Al Sinani
86' M. S. Rashid Al Harbi
14-05-2008 A Muharraq -:- Al Ansar

 

  Group B
#   P W D L GF GA Pts.
1 Safa SC (LEB) 5 2 3 0 5 3 9
2 East Bengal Club (IND) 6 2 1 3 5 6 7
3 Al Wihdat (JOR) 5 1 3 1 9 9 6
4 Ahli Sana'a (YEM) 6 1 3 2 3 4 6

 

  Fixtures of Group B
Date Group  Teams & Result
11-03-2008 B Ahli Sana'a
Adel Al Salmy 28'		 1:1 Al Wihdat
41' Hasan Abd Al Fatah pen
11-03-2008 B Safa SC
Rafael Mbassi 18'		 1:0 East Bengal Club
18-03-2008 B Al Wihdat 3:3 Safa SC
18-03-2008 B East Bengal Club
Edmilson Marques Pardal 34'		 1:0 Ahli Sana'a
02-04-2008 B Al Wihdat 0:2 East Bengal Club
58' Alvito D'Cunha
69' Ike Ibe Gift
02-04-2008 B Ahli Sana'a 0:0 Safa SC
16-04-2008 B East Bengal Club
Syed Rahim Nabi 22'
Edmilson Marques Pardal 28'		 2:4 Al Wihdat
6' Rafat Ali Ahmad Jaber
24' Rafat Ali Ahmad Jaber
31' H. A.-Fattah H. Mahmoud
34' H. A.-Fattah H. Mahmoud
16-04-2008 B Safa SC
Hamze Abboud 64'		 1:0 Ahli Sana'a
30-05-2008 B Al Wihdat 1:1 Ahli Sana'a
30-05-2008 B East Bengal Club 0:0 Safa SC
14-05-2008 B Ahli Sana'a
Ali Mhd. Mhd. Al-Nono 43'		 1:0 East Bengal Club
14-05-2008 B Safa SC -:- Al Wihdat

 

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