The 2005 AFC President's Cup was the inaugural season of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. The eight teams that competed were split into two groups and played each other team in their group once. The winner of each group then played the runner-up in the other group in the semifinals, and the winners of the semifinal matches played in the final match to determine the winner. There was no third-place match. The games were played in May 2005 and were held in Kathmandu, Nepal.[1][2]

Qualified teams

Association Team Qualifying method
Bhutan Bhutan Transport United 2004 A-Division champions
Cambodia Cambodia Hello United most likely as 2002 Cambodian League champions[Note]
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Taipower 2004 Chinese Taipei National Football League champions
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo 2004 Kyrgyzstan League champions
Nepal Nepal Three Star Club 2004 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions
Pakistan Pakistan WAPDA 2004-05 Pakistan Premier League champions
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Blue Star SC 2003–04 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions
Tajikistan Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ 2004 Tajik League champions
Notes
  1. ^
    Note: No Cambodian League was held between 2003 and 2004 due to unknown reasons
    2. [3]

Venues

Kathmandu
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Halchowk Stadium
Capacity: 17,800 Capacity: 3,500

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7 Advance to semi-finals
2 Nepal Three Star Club (H) 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3 Chinese Taipei Taipower 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
4 Bhutan Transport United 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Hosts
Three Star Club Nepal1–1Chinese Taipei Taipower
Maharjan 38' Report[permanent dead link‍] Chen Chi-Feng 36'
Attendance: 15,000
Regar-TadAZ Tajikistan6–1Bhutan Transport United
Mahmudov 18', 89'
Mukhidinov 35', 37', 56'
Tabarov 86'		 Report Dendup 68'
Attendance: 2,000
Taipower Chinese Taipei0–3Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ
Report Irgashev 7'
Mukhidinov 18'
Tabarov 40'
Attendance: 2,000
Transport United Bhutan1–2Nepal Three Star Club
Chophel 37' Report[permanent dead link‍] Gouchan 10'
Maharjan 43'
Attendance: 8,000
Taipower Chinese Taipei1–0Bhutan Transport United
Chiang Shih-lu 40' Report[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 600
Three Star Club Nepal0–0Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ
Report
Attendance: 12,000

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo 3 2 0 1 14 3 +11 6 Advance to semi-finals
2 Sri Lanka Blue Star SC 3 2 0 1 5 10 −5 6
3 Pakistan WAPDA 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
4 Cambodia Hello United 3 1 0 2 5 10 −5 3
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Dordoi-Dynamo Kyrgyzstan6 – 1Cambodia Hello United
Kasymov 24', 43'
Krasnov 25', 39'
Chikishev 28'
Berezovsky 71'		 Report Sochetra 40'
Attendance: 1,000
WAPDA Pakistan0 – 1Sri Lanka Blue Star SC
Report Steinwall 26'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Vietnam Vu Duc Nguyen
Hello United Cambodia2 – 1Pakistan WAPDA
Sochetra 48', 90+2' Report Mehmood 16'
Attendance: 1,000
Blue Star SC Sri Lanka1 – 8Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo
Steinwall 19' Report Kasymov 1'
Krohmal 11'
Krasnov 15'
Berezovsky 16'
Jumagulov 42'
Chertkov 64'
Ishenbaev 76', 81'
Attendance: 2,000
Hello United Cambodia2 – 3Sri Lanka Blue Star SC
Sokunthea 60'
Sochetra 79' (pen.)		 Report Steinwall 32' (pen.), 72'
Fawzan 90'
Attendance: 800
Dordoi-Dynamo Kyrgyzstan0 – 1Pakistan WAPDA
Report Mehmood 81'
Attendance: 500

Semi-finals

Regar-TadAZ Tajikistan6 – 0Sri Lanka Blue Star SC
Khamidov 13', 43'
Mahmudov 41'
Umarbaev 70'
Rustamov 74'
Nematov 90'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Dordoi-Dynamo Kyrgyzstan0 – 0 (a.e.t.)Nepal Three Star Club
Report
Penalties
4 – 3 Pradeep Maharjan 
Pralay Rajbhandari
Vishan Gauchan
Attendance: 22,000

Finals

Regar-TadAZ Tajikistan3 – 0Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo
Rakhimov 7'
Irgashev 70' (pen.)
Mahmudov 72'		 Report[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 8,000

References

  1. ^ "AFC President's Cup Nepal 2005". Kantipur. Archived from the original on 1 September 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. ^ "President's Cup 2005". AFC. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Cambodian League". RSSSF.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_AFC_President%27s_Cup
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