2007 AFC Cup


The 2007 AFC Cup was the fourth edition of the AFC Cup, played amongst clubs from nations of the AFC, who are considered to be 'developing countries' as per the 'Vision Asia' members paper of AFC President Mohamed [Bin Hammam].
Shabab Al-Ordon defeated two time defending champions Al-Faisaly 2–1 on aggregate to claim their first AFC Cup title, and a third consecutive victory by a Jordanian team.
The competition was dominated by Jordanian teams, with three of the four semi-finalists coming from that nation: Shabab Al-Ordon, Al-Faisaly and Al-Wehdat.

Qualification

The AFC invited the thirteen 'developing' nations to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the competition. As this was the first season in which clubs from Australia participated in Asian club competitions and were awarded two qualification places in the 2007 [AFC Champions League|AFC Champions League], the following changes were made:
As defending champions Al-Faisaly had already qualified for the competition due to their cup performance, Jordan was awarded an additional qualification berth.
Clubs from Myanmar and North Korea did not participate in the competition. This marked the first year in which clubs from Thailand and Vietnam participated in the competition.
The draw for the group stage took place in Kuala Lumpur on 22 December 2006, allocating teams into six groups of four.

Group stage

Group A


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Group B


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Group C


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Group D


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Group E


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Group F


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Ranking of second-placed teams

West & Central Asia

East, South & South East Asia

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Matches

Nejmeh won 5–4 on aggregate.
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Al-Faisaly won 7–3 on aggregate.
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Al-Wahdat won 4–1 on aggregate.
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''Shabab Al-Ordon won 5–3 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

Matches

Al-Faisaly won 3–2 on aggregate.
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''Shabab Al-Ordon won 1–0 on aggregate.''

Final

Matches

Shabab Al-Ordon won 2–1 on aggregate.
2007 AFC Cup Winners

Shabab Al-Ordon
First title

Statistics

Top goalscorers