2004 AFF Championship

2004 AFF Championship
The 2004 AFF Championship (officially known as the 2004 Tiger Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), and the last time under the name Tiger Cup. This was the first time a new format had been applied, with Group stage was jointly hosted by Vietnam and Malaysia from 7 to 16 December 2004, and top two teams from each group advanced to the Semi-finals and the Final, which was played in a two-leg home-and-away format from 28 December 2004 to 16 January 2005. This was also the final AFF Cup has a third-place match, then it wasn't continued since the 2007 edition.
Thailand were the defending champions, but were eliminated in Group stage. Singapore won the tournament by a 5–2 victory in the two-legged final against Indonesia to secure their second title.
Summary
In the group matches, Indonesia, coached by former Thailand coach Peter Withe, emerged as the Group A winners with ten points, 17 goals scored and none conceded. They were the hot favourites to win the 2004 AFF Championship after bundling out the hosts Vietnam with an unexpected 3–0 victory. Less than a day after the match had ended, the Vietnam Football Federation requested the resignation from its national coach Edson Tavares, despite his requests to stay on until the last match. Singapore, led by Radojko Avramović pipped out the hosts by just a single point and remained to be the only team in the championship to not lose a single match.
Following the tournament motto "Anything can happen", Myanmar, under coach Ivan Kolev emerged as the surprise, holding defending champions Thailand to a draw and beating Malaysia on their own turf.
Teams
All teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) participated with the exception of Brunei. However, they would be replaced by East Timor when sponsors Tiger Beer stated in May 2004 that the world's newest country at the time would be joining the competition. This kept the tournament at 10 teams.
Squads
Venues
Tournament
Group stage
Group A
All times are Indochina Time (ICT) – UTC+7
All matches played in Vietnam
Group B
All times are Malaysia Standard Time (MST) – UTC+8
All matches played in Malaysia
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
First Leg
Second Leg
Singapore win 8–5 on aggregate
Indonesia win 5–3 on aggregate
Third place play-off
Final
First Leg
Second Leg
Singapore win 5–2 on aggregate
Awards
Goal scorers
7 goals
Ilham Jaya Kesuma
6 goals
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus
Soe Myat Min
Agu Casmir
5 goals
Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto
4 goals
Boaz Solossa
Elie Aiboy
Liew Kit Kong
Noh Alam Shah
Indra Sahdan Daud
Sarayoot Chaikamdee
Thạch Bảo Khanh
Lê Công Vinh
3 goals
Chalana Luang-Amath
Emelio Caligdong
2 goals
Mohd Amri Yahyah
San Day Thien
Daniel Bennett
Khairul Amri
Therdsak Chaiman
Suriya Domtaisong
Đặng Văn Thành
1 goal
Hing Darith
Hang Sokunthea
Charis Yulianto
Mahyadi Panggabean
Muhammad Mauli Lessy
Ortizan Solossa
Visay Phaphouvanin
Mohd Fadzli Saari
Mohamad Nor Ismail
Muhamad Kaironnisam Sahabudin Hussain
Muhammad Shukor Adan
Aung Kyaw Moe
Min Thu
Zaw Lynn Tun
Myo Hlaing Win
Chad Gould
Baihakki Khaizan
Itimi Dickson
Hasrin Jailani
Sharil Ishak
Weerayut Jitkuntod
Yuttajak Kornjan
Ittipol Poolsap
Sarif Sainui
Banluesak Yodyingyong
Januário do Rego
Simon Diamantino
Nguyễn Huy Hoàng
Nguyễn Minh Phương
Own goal
Sun Sampratna (For Vietnam)
Sengphet Thongphachan (For Singapore)
Team statistics
This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.
Notes
References
General
Stokkermans, Karel. "ASEAN ("Tiger") Cup 2004 (Vietnam)". RSSSF.
Specific
External links
Tiger Cup 2004 at AseanFootball.org
2004 in Asian football
2005 in Asian football
2004 in AFF football
2005 in AFF football
2004 in Malaysian football
2005 in Malaysian football
2004 in Vietnamese football
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