# 2008 AFC President's Cup

The 2008 AFC President's Cup was the fourth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. For this edition, the tournament was extended from eight to eleven teams, with three groups in place of the previous two. The three new teams came from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Turkmenistan. The eleven teams that competed were split up into three groups and played each other team in their group once. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified for the semifinals, and the winners of the semifinal matches played in the final match to determine the winner.
Each group was to be played over a period of days in April at one venue - Group A at Dashrath Stadium, Nepal, Group B at Chungshan Stadium, Taiwan and Group C at Sugathadasa Stadium, Sri Lanka. However, due to political unrest in Nepal, Group A matches were postponed and eventually played at MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia in June.
The final stage of the competition was played in Kyrgyzstan from 19–21 September.

## Venues
### Group stage

| Kuala Lumpur | Taipei | Colombo |
| MPPJ Stadium | Changchun Soccer Stadium | Sugathadasa Stadium |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |

### Final stage

* Bishkek
* Spartak Stadium
* Capacity: 23,000

## Qualifying teams

| Association | Team | Qualifying method | App | Last App |
| Bangladesh | Abahani Ltd. | 2007 B.League champions | 1st | |
| Bhutan | Transport United | 2007 A-Division champions | 4th | 2007 |
| Cambodia | Nagacorp FC | 2007 Cambodian League champions | 1st | |
| Chinese Taipei | Taipower | 2007 Enterprise Football League champions | 2nd | 2005 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Dordoi-Dynamo | 2007 Kyrgyzstan League champions | 4th | 2007 |
| Myanmar | Kanbawza | 2007 Myanmar Premier League champions | 1st | |
| Nepal | Nepal Police Club$^1$ | 2006–07 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions$^2$ | 2nd | 2007 |
| Pakistan | WAPDA$^3$ | 2007–08 Pakistan Premier League champions | 2nd | 2005 |
| Sri Lanka | Ratnam SC | 2007 Kit Premier League champions | 3rd | 2007 |
| Tajikistan | Regar-TadAZ | 2007 Tajik League champions | 3rd | 2007 |
| Turkmenistan | FC Aşgabat | 2007 Turkmenistan League champions | 1st | |
$^1$ Mehandra Police Club now known as Nepal Police Club.
$^2$ No league held in 2007–08 so 2006–07 champions qualify.
$^3$ Pakistan Army F.C. were originally Pakistan's entrants, but replaced by WAPDA for rearranged group stage.

## Group stage
### Group A

All matches played at MPPJ Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Regar-TadAZ | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 |
| 2 | Nepal Police Club | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 |
| 3 | Abahani Ltd. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 |
| 4 | WAPDA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |

### Group B

All matches played at Chungshan Stadium, Taipei
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Dordoi-Dynamo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 |
| 2 | Nagacorp FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
| 3 | Taipower | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |

### Group C

All matches played at Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | FC Aşgabat | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 |
| 2 | Kanbawza | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 6 |
| 3 | Ratnam SC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 |
| 4 | Transport United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 0 |

## Final stage
### Final

| Dordoi-Dynamo | Regar-TadAZ |
DORDOI-DYNAMO: :
| GK | 1 | Vladislav Volkov |
| DF | 3 | Talant Samsaliev | 117' |
| DF | 4 | Ruslan Sydykov |
| DF | 8 | Azamat Baimatov |
| DF | 20 | Igor Kudrenko |
| MF | 5 | Sergey Knyazev | | 60' |
| MF | 7 | Aibek Bokoev | 16' | 96' |
| MF | 18 | Vadim Harchenko |
| FW | 6 | Daniel Tago | 62' |
| FW | 9 | David Tetteh |
| FW | 10 | Mirlan Murzaev | | 70' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| DF | 2 | Faruh Abitov | | 60' |
| MF | 13 | Davron Askarov | | 96' |
| FW | 19 | Ildar Amirov | | 70' |
| Manager: ||||
| Boris Podkorytov ||||
REGAR-TADAZ: :
| GK | 16 | Alisher Dodov |
| DF | 2 | Safarali Karimov |
| DF | 5 | Maruf Rustamov | 71' |
| DF | 6 | Farrukh Choriev |
| DF | 13 | Naim Nasirov | 16' |
| MF | 9 | Khurshed Makhmudov |
| MF | 10 | Jamshed Ismailov | 112' |
| MF | 11 | Alisher Hakberdiev | | 46' |
| MF | 23 | Ilhomzhon Orkitov | | 120' |
| FW | 14 | Davronjon Tukhtasunov | | 62' |
| FW | 18 | Victor Simões |
| Substitutes: ||||
| DF | 3 | Farkhodzon Kholbekov | | 46' |
| MF | 7 | Ibrahim Rabimov | | 62' |
| FW | 17 | Shujoat Nematov | | 120' |
| Manager: ||||
| Khabibulloev Makhmadjon ||||
OFFICIALS
* Linesman: Sokhandan Reza (Iran)
* Linesman: Bakhtiyor Tagaev (Uzbekistan)
* AFC President's Cup 2008
* Regar-TadAZ Second title