2012 AFC President's Cup

The 2012 AFC President's Cup was the eighth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia.

2012 AFC President's Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Tajikistan
Dates	5–12 May (group stage) 24–30 September (final stage)
Teams	6 (final stage) 11 (total) (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Istiqlol (1st title)
Runners-up	Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	72 (3.79 per match)
Attendance	78,756 (4,145 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mirlan Murzaev (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Alisher Tuychiev[1]

Teams from 11 member associations entered the competition.[2] Istiqlol became the second team from Tajikistan to win the AFC President's Cup, defeating Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari from Palestine with a 2–1 win in the final.[3]

Qualifying teams

The following 11 associations were represented in the 2012 AFC President's Cup.[4]

Association	Team	Qualifying method	App	Last App
Bhutan	Yeedzin	2011 A-Division champions	3rd	2011
Cambodia	Phnom Penh Crown	2011 Cambodian League champions	4th	2011
Chinese Taipei	Taiwan Power Company	2011 Intercity Football League champions	5th	2011
Kyrgyzstan	Dordoi Bishkek	2011 Kyrgyzstan League champions	7th	2010
Mongolia	Erchim	2011 Mongolia Super Cup winners	1st	none
Nepal	Nepal Police Club	2011–12 Nepal National League champions	5th	2011
Pakistan	KRL	2011 Pakistan Premier League champions	2nd	2010
Palestine	Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari	2010–11 West Bank Premier League champions	1st	none
Sri Lanka	Ratnam	2011–12 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions	4th	2008
Tajikistan	Istiklol	2011 Tajik League champions	2nd	2011
Turkmenistan	Balkan	2011 Ýokary Liga champions	2nd	2011

Notes

• Mongolia applied to enter the 2012 AFC President's Cup,[5] and was approved by the AFC in November 2011,[4] and made their debut in the competition.[6]
• Myanmar applied for upgrade to the 2012 AFC Cup,[7] and was approved by the AFC in November 2011.[4]

Schedule

Schedule of dates for 2012 competition.[8]

• Group stage: 3–13 May
• Final stage: 24–30 September

Group stage

Location of teams of the 2012 AFC President's Cup.
Group A (played in Pakistan)
Group B (played in Cambodia)
Group C (played in Tajikistan)

In the group stage, the twelve teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. Each group was played in a single round-robin format at a centralized venue. The top two teams from each group qualified for the final stage. The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:[9]

1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches; (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card)
8. Drawing of lots.

On 2 March 2012, the AFC announced that the three hosts for the qualification round were Phnom Penh Crown (Cambodia), KRL (Pakistan), and Istiqlol (Tajikistan).[10] The draw for the group stage was held at the AFC house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 6 March 2012, 15:00 UTC+08:00.[11]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Taiwan Power Company	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
KRL	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Erchim	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
Sheikh Jamal[lower-alpha 1]	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0

Source:
Notes:

1. Sheikh Jamal withdrew,[12] citing security concern of playing in Pakistan.[13]

• Matches played in Pakistan (host club: KRL).
• Times listed are UTC+05:00.

8 May 2012

20:00

KRL	0–0	Erchim
	Report

Punjab Stadium, Lahore

Attendance: 500

Referee: Wang Di (China P.R.)

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10 May 2012

20:00

Erchim	0–1	Taiwan Power Company
	Report	Chen Yi-wei  90+3'

Punjab Stadium, Lahore

Attendance: 250

Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

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12 May 2012

20:00

KRL	0–0	Taiwan Power Company
	Report

Punjab Stadium, Lahore

Attendance: 500

Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dordoi Bishkek	3	3	0	0	17	3	+14	9
Phnom Penh Crown	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8	6
Nepal Police Club	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
Yeedzin	3	0	0	3	2	23	−21	0

Source:

• Matches played in Cambodia (host club: Phnom Penh Crown).
• Times listed are UTC+07:00.

5 May 2012

13:30

Phnom Penh Crown	8–0	Yeedzin
Sokumpheak  20' Borey  26', 41', 66' Sothy  54' Suhana  61' S. Pheng  76' H. Pheng  85'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

5 May 2012

16:30

Dordoi Bishkek	5–1	Nepal Police Club
Murzaev  3', 14', 63' Sharipov  12' Baymatov  70'	Report	Pandey  45+1' (pen.)

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

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7 May 2012

13:30

Yeedzin	2–11	Dordoi Bishkek
Chencho  40' Tshering  90+2'	Report	Murzaev  18', 27', 62', 81', 87' Askarov  39' Tetteh  45' Maka Kum  59' Anderson  64', 70' Bekbolotov  90+1'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 978

Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)

7 May 2012

16:30

Nepal Police Club	0–1	Phnom Penh Crown
	Report	Borey  21'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

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9 May 2012

13:30

Nepal Police Club	4–0	Yeedzin
Silwal  2', 71' Shrestha  37' Pandey  49'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

9 May 2012

16:30

Phnom Penh Crown	0–1	Dordoi Bishkek
	Report	Baymatov  90' (pen.)

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 5,531

Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Istiqlol	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Balkan	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0
Ratnam[lower-alpha 1]	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0

Source:
Notes:

1. Ratnam withdrew.[14]

• Matches played in Tajikistan (host club: Istiqlol).
• Times listed are UTC+05:00.

5 May 2012

16:00

Balkan	1–2	Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari
Çoňkaýew  32'	Report	Kaware  59' Keshkesh  90+2'

Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)

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7 May 2012

16:00

Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari	0–1	Istiqlol
	Report	Ergashev  75'

Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ma Ning (China P.R.)

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9 May 2012

16:00

Istiqlol	2–1	Balkan
Rabiev  41' Vasiev  79' (pen.)	Report	Diwanow  66'

Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

Final stage

The final stage was played at a centralized venue, to be chosen from one of the final stage qualifiers. The six teams which qualified for the final stage were divided into two groups of three teams each, played in a single round-robin format. The winner from each group qualified for the single-match final to decide the title.[9]

Phnom Penh Crown (Cambodia), Istiqlol (Tajikistan) and Dordoi Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) showed interest to organise the finals.[15] On 18 July 2012, the AFC Competitions Committee decided to award the hosting rights of the finals to Tajikistan,[16] and the decision was approved by the AFC Executive Committee on 19 July 2012.[17] The draw for the finals was held in Dushanbe on 31 July 2012, 11:00 UTC+05:00.[18]

• Times listed are UTC+05:00.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Istiqlol	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	6
Dordoi Bishkek	2	1	0	1	8	2	+6	3
Phnom Penh Crown	2	0	0	2	0	14	−14	0

Source:

24 September 2012

16:00

Dordoi Bishkek	0–2	Istiqlol
	Report	Ergashev  38' Sodikov  58'

Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 5,118

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

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26 September 2012

19:00

Phnom Penh Crown	0–8	Dordoi Bishkek
	Report	Baymatov  5', 72', 90' Tetteh  8' Kichin  58' Anderson  63' Shamshiev  75' Sataev  83'

Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 2,132

Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

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28 September 2012

19:00

Istiqlol	6–0	Phnom Penh Crown
Vasiev  26' Tokhirov  47' Sharipov  52' Rabimov  58', 90+1' Fatkhuloev  76'	Report

Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 9,999

Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	4
Taiwan Power Company	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
KRL	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0

Source:

24 September 2012

19:00

Taiwan Power Company	1–1	Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari
Chen Yi-wei  87'	Report	Keshkesh  62'

Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 2,078

Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

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26 September 2012

16:00

KRL	1–3	Taiwan Power Company
Adil  88'	Report	Ho Ming-tsan  55', 58' Huang Kai-jun  90+4'

Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 1,565

Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

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28 September 2012

16:00

Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari	5–1	KRL
Jamhour  41', 61' Obeid  54', 56' Aliwisat  70'	Report	Saad Ullah  40'

Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 1,782

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Final

30 September 2012

19:00

Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari	1–2	Istiqlol
Keshkesh  21'	Report	Ergashev  69' Vasiev  78'

Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 19,323

Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari

Istiqlol

GK 1 Abdullah Saidawi DF 5 Khaled Mahdi DF 7 Ahmed Salama MF 8 Ayed Jamhour (c)  77' FW 9 Jamal Aliwisat MF 14 Ma'aly Kaware  90+4' MF 18 Mahmoud Shaikhqasem DF 21 Nour Owda FW 22 Ahmed Keshkesh DF 27 Hamza Zoubi MF 45 Suleiman Obeid  73' Substitutions MF 19 Adham Arar  73' Manager Raed Juma'Assaf

GK 1 Alisher Tuychiev DF 3 Sokhib Suvonkulov DF 4 Eradj Rajabov MF 5 Mahmadali Sodikov  46' DF 6 Davron Ergashev MF 9 Nuriddin Davronov MF 10 Jakhongir Jalilov  9' FW 12 Yusuf Rabiev  46' MF 17 Dilshod Vasiev (c) MF 18 Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev  54' FW 25 Farkhod Tokhirov  81' Substitutions MF 7 Ibrahim Rabimov  46' MF 23 Alexander Frank  46' MF 24 Umedzhon Sharipov  90'  81' Manager Nikola Kavazović

Assistant referees: Kim Sung-Il (Korea Republic) Abu Bakar Salim Mahad Al-Amri (Oman) Fourth official: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Match rules[9] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Twelve named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

2012 AFC President's Cup
Istiqlol 1st title

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Group stage	Final stage	Total
1	Mirlan Murzaev	Dordoi Bishkek	8	0	8
2	Azamat Baymatov	Dordoi Bishkek	2	3	5
3	Khim Borey	Phnom Penh Crown	4	0	4
4	Anderson	Dordoi Bishkek	2	1	3
	Davron Ergashev	Istiqlol	1	2	3
	Dilshod Vasiev	Istiqlol	1	2	3
	Ahmed Keshkesh	Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari	1	2	3

Source:[19][20]

See also

• 2012 AFC Champions League
• 2012 AFC Cup

References

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External links

• AFC President's Cup (in English)