{{Short description|Inaugural edition of secondary club football tournament organized by the AFC}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox international football competition | tourney_name = AFC Cup | year = 2004 | image = | size = | dates = {{nowrap|10 February – 26 November 2004}} | num_teams = [[#Qualification|18]] | associations = 11 | champion_other = {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Jaish SC (Syria)|Al-Jaish]] | count = 1 | second_other = {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Wahda SC Damascus|Al-Wahda]] | matches = 61 | goals = 178 | attendance = | top_scorer = {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Indra Sahdan Daud]]<br />{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Egmar Gonçalves]]<br />{{nowrap|(7 goals each)}} | player = | prevseason = | nextseason = [[2005 AFC Cup|2005]] }}

The '''2004 AFC Cup''' was the first edition of the [[AFC Champions League Two|AFC Cup]], played by clubs from nations who are members of the [[Asian Football Confederation]].

==Qualification== The 'developing' 14 nations in the [[Asian Football Confederation]] were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2004 competition.<ref>{{cite web |title=AFC Cup 2004 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/ascup04.html#afc |website=RSSSF |access-date=12 September 2025 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |+West and Central Asia Zone [[#Group stage|Group stage]] direct entrants !Team !Qualifying method |- | valign="top" width="150px" | {{flagicon|Syria|1980}} [[Al-Jaish Damascus|Al-Jaish]] || 2002–03 [[Syrian League]] champions |- |{{flagicon|Syria|1980}} [[Al-Wahda Club (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]] |2002–03 [[Syrian Cup]] winners |- | valign="top" | {{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Tripoli SC|Olympic Beirut]] || [[2002–03 Lebanese Premier League]] champions<br>2003 [[Lebanese FA Cup]] winners |- |{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Nejmeh SC|Al-Nejmeh]] |[[2002–03 Lebanese Premier League]] runners-up |- | valign="top" | {{flagicon|Oman}} [[Dhofar S.C.S.C.|Dhofar]] || [[2002–03 Omani League]] champions |- | valign="top" | {{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Al-Sha'ab Ibb]] || [[2002–03 Yemeni League]] champions |- |{{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} [[Nisa Aşgabat]] |[[2003 Ýokary Liga|2003 Turkmenistan League]] champions |- |{{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} [[FC Balkan|Nebitçi Balkanabat]] |2003 [[Turkmenistan Cup]] winners |}

{| class="wikitable" |+East Asia Zone [[#Group stage|Group stage]] direct entrants !Team !Qualifying method |- | valign="top" width="150px" | {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Happy Valley AA|Happy Valley]] || [[2002–03 Hong Kong First Division League]] champions |- |{{flagicon|Maldives}} [[Club Valencia|Valencia]] |[[2003 Dhivehi League]] champions |- |{{flagicon|Maldives}} [[VB Sports Club|Island]] |2003 [[Maldives FA Cup]] winners |- |{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Muktijoddha Sangsad KS|Muktijoddha Sangsad]] |[[2003 National Football League (Bangladesh)|2003 Bangladesh National Football League]] champions<br>2003 [[Federation Cup (Bangladesh)|Bangladesh Federation Cup]] winners |- |{{flagicon|India}} [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] |[[2002–03 Indian National Football League]] champions |- |{{flagicon|India}} [[Mahindra United]] |2003 [[Federation Cup (India)|Indian Federation Cup]] winners |- |{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Perak FA|Perak]] |[[2003 Malaysia Premier 1 League]] champions |- |{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Negeri Sembilan FA|Negeri Sembilan]] |2003 [[Malaysia FA Cup]] winners |- |{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Home United FC|Home United]] |[[2003 S.League]] champions<br>2003 [[Singapore Cup]] winners |- |{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] |[[2003 S.League]] runners-up |}

==Group stage==

===Group A=== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |section=Group A |res_col_header=Q |show_positions=y

|team1=NJM|name_NJM={{flagicon|LIB}} [[Nejmeh SC|Al-Nejmeh]] |team2=NIS|name_NIS={{flagicon|TKM}} [[Nisa Aşgabat]] |team3=IBB|name_IBB={{flagicon|YEM}} [[Al-Sha'ab Ibb]] |team4=MUK|name_MUK={{flagicon|BAN}} [[Muktijoddha Sangsad KS|Muktijoddha Sangsad]]

|win_NJM=5|draw_NJM=1|loss_NJM=0|gf_NJM=11|ga_NJM=2 |win_NIS=2|draw_NIS=1|loss_NIS=2|gf_NIS=3|ga_NIS=4 |win_IBB=2|draw_IBB=1|loss_IBB=2|gf_IBB=7|ga_IBB=7 |win_MUK=0|draw_MUK=1|loss_MUK=5|gf_MUK=2|ga_MUK=10

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[2004 AFC Cup#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]] |result1=A |update=complete|source= }} </onlyinclude>

{{football box | date = 11 February 2004 | team1 = [[Nejmeh SC|Al-Nejmeh]] {{flagicon|LIB}} | score = 3–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|YEM}} [[Al-Sha'ab Ibb]] | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070317101206/http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1787 Report] | goals1 = [[Mario Ivanković|Ivanković]] {{goal|62}}<br />[[Ali Nasseredine|Nasseredine]] {{goal|82||89}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium|Sports City]], [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] | attendance = 300 | referee = Abdulrahman Abdou ([[Qatar Football Association|Qatar]]) | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }} {{football box | date = 11 February 2004 | team1 = [[Nisa Aşgabat]] {{flagicon|TKM}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Muktijoddha Sangsad KS|Muktijoddha Sangsad]] | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070317184226/http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1788 Report] | goals1 = [[Artem Nazarov (Turkmenistan footballer)|Nazarov]] {{goal|69|pen.}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Nisa-Çandybil Stadium|Nisa Stadium]], [[Asgabat]], [[Turkmenistan]] | attendance = 500 | referee = Ali Al Mutlaq ([[Saudi Arabia Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]]) }} ---- {{football box | date = 25 April 2004 | team1 = [[Al Sha'ab Ibb]] {{flagicon|YEM}} | score = 0–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|TKM}} [[Nisa Aşgabat]] | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930013130/http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1789 Report] | goals1 = | goals2 = [[Konchaev Zemskov|Zemskov]] {{goal|50}} | stadium = [[Al Thawra Sports City]], [[Sana'a]], [[Yemen]] | attendance = 5,000 | referee = {{flagicon|Syria|1980}} [[Abdulrahman Recho]] }} {{football box | date = 25 February 2004 | team1 = [[Muktijoddha Sangsad KS]] {{flagicon|BAN}} | score = 0–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Nejmeh|Al-Nejmeh]] | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929143557/http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1790 Report] | goals1 = | goals2 = [[Mohammad Kassas|Kassas]] {{goal|72}} | stadium = [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]], [[Muscat, Oman]] | attendance = 109 | referee = {{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} [[Mohamed Al Saeedi]] | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }} ---- {{football box | date = 6 April 2004 | team1 = [[Nejmeh|Al-Nejmeh]] {{flagicon|LIB}} | score = 3–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|TKM}} [[Nisa Aşgabat]] | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929212724/http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1791 Report] | goals1 = [[Mohammad Kassas]] 12' (pen), 47'<br>[[Ali Nasereddine]] 37' | goals2 = [[Didar Hajiev]] 34' | stadium = [[Al Thawra Sports City]], [[Sana'a]], [[Yemen]] | attendance = 6,000 | referee = {{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} [[Kadhum Auda Lazim]] | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }} {{football box | date = 7 April 2004 | team1 = [[Al Sha'ab Ibb]] {{flagicon|YEM}} | score = 3–0 <sup>'''1'''</sup> | team2 = {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Muktijoddha Sangsad KS]] | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011104205/http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1792 Report] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[King Abdullah Stadium]], [[Amman]], [[Jordan]] | attendance = 1,000 | referee = {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Hedayat Mombini]] }} ---- {{football box | date = 20 April 2004 | team1 = [[Muktijoddha Sangsad KS]] {{flagicon|BAN}} | score = 2–3 | team2 = {{flagicon|YEM}} [[Al Sha'ab Ibb]] | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001190008/http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1793 Report] | goals1 = [[Charles Ghansa]] 1'<br>[[Saifur Rahman Moni]] 38' | goals2 = [[Abdulsalam Al Ghurbani]] 34', 60' <br> [[Redwan Ahmed (footballer)|Redwan Ahmed]] 78' | stadium = [[Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium|Sports City]], [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] | attendance = 3,000 | referee = {{flagicon|Tajikistan}} [[Dilovar Orzuev]] }} {{football box | date = 20 April 2004 | team1 = [[Nisa Aşgabat]] {{flagicon|TKM}} | score = 0–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Nejmeh|Al-Nejmeh]] | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001214917/http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1794 Report] | goals1 = | goals2 = [[Mohammad Kassas]] 71' | stadium = [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]], [[Muscat, Oman]] | attendance = 200 | referee = {{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[Rustam Saidov (referee)|Rustam Saidov]] | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }} ---- {{football box | date = 4 May 2004 | team1 = [[Al Sha'ab Ibb]] {{flagicon|YEM}} | score = 1–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Nejmeh|Al-Nejmeh]] | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001005551/http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1795 Report] | goals1 = [[Ali Al-Nono|Al-Nono]] 51' | goals2 = [[Mohammad Kassas]] 8' | stadium = [[Al Thawra Sports City]], [[Sana'a]], [[Yemen]] | attendance = 2,500 | referee = {{flagicon|China}} Huang Junjie | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }} {{football box | date = 5 May 2004 | team1 = [[Muktijoddha Sangsad KS]] {{flagicon|BAN}} | score = 0–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|TKM}} [[Nisa Aşgabat]] | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929223700/http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1796 Report] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]], [[Muscat, Oman]] | attendance = 150 | referee = {{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Saad Al Fadhli]] }} ---- {{football box | date = 19 May 2004 | team1 = [[Nisa Aşgabat]] {{flagicon|TKM}} | score = Cancelled<sup>'''2'''</sup> | team2 = {{flagicon|YEM}} [[Al Sha'ab Ibb]] | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001194622/http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1797 Report] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[King Abdullah Stadium]], [[Amman]], [[Jordan]] | attendance = 100 | referee = {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Chaiwat Kunsuta]] }} {{football box | date = 19 May 2004 | team1 = [[Nejmeh|Al-Nejmeh]] {{flagicon|LIB}} | score = 2–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Muktijoddha Sangsad KS]] | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001120651/http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1798 Report] | goals1 = [[Errol McFarlane]] 8'<br/>[[Moussa Hojeij]] 90' | goals2 = | stadium = [[Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium|Sports City]], [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] | attendance = | referee = {{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} [[Kadyrbek Chynybekov]] | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

<sup>1</sup>[[Al Sha'ab Ibb]] were awarded a 3–0 win as [[Muktijoddha Sangsad KS]] did not show up for the match.<br /> <sup>2</sup>The match was cancelled after a general strike in Yemen left [[Al Sha'ab Ibb]] unable to show up for the match.

===Group B=== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |section=Group B |res_col_header=Q |show_positions=y

|team1=WHD|name_WHD={{flagicon|Syria|1980}} [[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]] |team2=DHO|name_DHO={{flagicon|Oman}} [[Dhofar S.C.S.C.|Dhofar]] |team3=MAH|name_MAH={{flagicon|India}} [[Mahindra United]]

|win_WHD=2|draw_WHD=2|loss_WHD=0|gf_WHD=8|ga_WHD=2 |win_DHO=1|draw_DHO=1|loss_DHO=2|gf_DHO=6|ga_DHO=7 |win_MAH=1|draw_MAH=1|loss_MAH=2|gf_MAH=5|ga_MAH=10

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[2004 AFC Cup#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]] |result1=A |update=complete|source= }} </onlyinclude>

{{football box | date = 11 February 2004 | team1 = [[Mahindra United]] {{flagicon|IND}} | score = 2–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|OMA}} [[Dhofar S.C.S.C.|Dhofar]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1811 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Shanmugam Venkatesh]] 21' <br>[[Abhishek Yadav (footballer)|Abhishek Yadav]] 66' | goals2 = [[Faraj A. Bait Alseem]] {{goal|55}} | stadium = [[Fatorda Stadium|Javaharalal Nehru Stadium]], [[Goa, India]] | attendance = 400 | referee = J Karim | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

{{football box | date = 25 February 2004 | team1 = [[Dhofar S.C.S.C.|Dhofar]] {{flagicon|OMA}} | score = 1–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1812 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Al-Ghafri]] {{goal|83}} | goals2 = [[Nabil Al Shahmeh]] {{goal|22}} | stadium = [[Nisa Stadium]], [[Ashgabat]], [[Turkmenistan]] | attendance = 100 | referee = A Al-Enezi | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

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{{football box | date = 7 April 2004 | team1 = [[Mahindra United]] {{flagicon|IND}} | score = 0–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1813 (Report)] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Fatorda Stadium|Javaharalal Nehru Stadium]], [[Goa, India]] | attendance = 2,500 | referee = M Moradi | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

{{football box | date = 21 April 2004 | team1 = [[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]] {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} | score = 5–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahindra United]] | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929205222/http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1814 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Nabil Al Shahmeh]] 36' <br>[[Iyad Mando]] 39' 53' <br>[[Moussa Traoré (Guinean footballer)|Moussa Traoré]] 69', 73' | goals2 = [[Felix Abaoagye]] 84' | stadium = [[Amman International Stadium]], [[Amman]], [[Jordan]] | attendance = 2,000 | referee = Abdullah Balideh {{flagicon| Qatar}} | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

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{{football box | date = 5 May 2004 | team1 = [[Dhofar S.C.S.C.|Dhofar]] {{flagicon|OMA}} | score = 4–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahindra United]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1815 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Saif Sultan]] {{goal|27||47}} <br>[[Mohammed Al Shidad]] {{goal|35}} <br>[[Gabriel]] {{goal|61}} | goals2 = [[Felix Abaoagye]] 55' <br>[[Raphaël Patron Akakpo]] 80' | stadium = [[Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium|Sports City]], [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] | attendance = 3,500 | referee = F Al Marzouqi | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

{{football box | date = 19 May 2004 | team1 = [[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]] {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} | score = 2–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|OMA}} [[Dhofar S.C.S.C.|Dhofar]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1816 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Maher Al Sayed]] 20'<br>[[Moussa Traoré (Guinean footballer)|Moussa Traoré]] 54' | goals2 = | stadium = [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]], [[Muscat, Oman]] | attendance = 200 | referee = S Tongkhan | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

===Group C=== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |section=Group C |res_col_header=Q |show_positions=y

|team1=JSH|name_JSH={{flagicon|Syria|1980}} [[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]] |team2=OLY|name_OLY={{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Tripoli SC|Olympic Beirut]] |team3=NEB|name_NEB={{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} [[Nebitçi Balkanabat]]

|win_JSH=2|draw_JSH=2|loss_JSH=0|gf_JSH=8|ga_JSH=0 |win_OLY=2|draw_OLY=1|loss_OLY=1|gf_OLY=4|ga_OLY=3 |win_NEB=0|draw_NEB=1|loss_NEB=3|gf_NEB=1|ga_NEB=10

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[2004 AFC Cup#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]] |result1=A|result2=A |update=complete|source= }} </onlyinclude>

{{football box | date = 10 February 2004 | team1 = [[Tripoli SC|Olympic Beirut]] {{flagicon|LIB}} | score = 0–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1811 (Report)] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]], [[Muscat, Oman]] | attendance = 400 | referee = J Karim | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

{{football box | date = 25 February 2004 | team1 = [[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]] {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} | score = 6–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|TKM}} [[Nebitçi Balkanabat]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1812 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Zyad Chaabo]] 36' <br>[[Raghdan Shehadeh]] 50' <br>[[Rabih Hassan]] 55' 64' <br>[[Ahmad Omaier]] 69' 87' | goals2 = | stadium = [[Nisa Stadium]], [[Ashgabat]], [[Turkmenistan]] | attendance = 100 | referee = A Al-Enezi | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

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{{football box | date = 7 April 2004 | team1 = [[Tripoli SC|Olympic Beirut]] {{flagicon|LIB}} | score = 2–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|TKM}} [[Nebitçi Balkanabat]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1813 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Pierre Issa]] 65' <br>[[Youssef Mohamad (footballer, born 1980)|Youssef Mohamad]] 75' | goals2 = | stadium = [[Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium|Sports City]], [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] | attendance = 2,500 | referee = M Moradi | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

{{football box | date = 21 April 2004 | team1 = [[Nebitçi Balkanabat]] {{flagicon|TKM}} | score = 1–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Tripoli SC|Olympic Beirut]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1814 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Perman Begjanov]] 82' | goals2 = [[Youssef Mohamad (footballer, born 1980)|Youssef Mohamad]] 53', 75' | stadium = [[Amman International Stadium]], [[Amman]], [[Jordan]] | attendance = 2,000 | referee = A Balideh | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

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{{football box | date = 5 May 2004 | team1 = [[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]] {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} | score = 2–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Tripoli SC|Olympic Beirut]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1815 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Ahmad Omaier]] 8' <br>[[Zyad Chaabo]] 86' | goals2 = | stadium = [[Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium|Sports City]], [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] | attendance = 3,500 | referee = F Al Marzouqi | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

{{football box | date = 19 May 2004 | team1 = [[Nebitçi Balkanabat]] {{flagicon|TKM}} | score = 0–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1816 (Report)] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]], [[Muscat, Oman]] | attendance = 200 | referee = S Tongkhan | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

===Group D=== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |section=Group D |res_col_header=Q |show_positions=y

|team1=HOM|name_HOM={{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Home United FC|Home United]] |team2=PRK|name_PRK={{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Perak FA]] |team3=HPV|name_HPV={{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Happy Valley AA|Happy Valley]] |team4=VAL|name_VAL={{flagicon|Maldives}} [[Club Valencia|Valencia]]

|win_HOM=4|draw_HOM=2|loss_HOM=0|gf_HOM=19|ga_HOM=5 |win_PRK=4|draw_PRK=2|loss_PRK=0|gf_PRK=11|ga_PRK=6 |win_HPV=1|draw_HPV=0|loss_HPV=5|gf_HPV=7|ga_HPV=14 |win_VAL=1|draw_VAL=0|loss_VAL=5|gf_VAL=3|ga_VAL=15

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[2004 AFC Cup#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]] |result1=A|result2=A |update=complete|source= }} </onlyinclude>

{{football box | date = 11 February 2004 | team1 = [[Home United FC|Home United]] {{flagicon|SIN}} | score = 5–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|HK}} [[Happy Valley AA|Happy Valley]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1823 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Egmar Goncalves]] 30', 66', 72' <br>[[Peres De Oliveira]] 53'<br>[[Indra Sahdan Daud]] 61' | goals2 = [[Martin Jancula]] 69' | stadium = [[Bishan Stadium]], [[Singapore]] | attendance = 369 | referee = K Matsumura | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

{{football box | date = 11 February 2004 | team1 = [[Perak FA]] {{flagicon|MAS}} | score = 2–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|MDV}} [[Club Valencia|Valencia]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1824 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Frank Seator]] 45', 60' | goals2 = | stadium = [[Perak Stadium]], [[Ipoh]], [[Malaysia]] | attendance = 1,500 | referee = M Al Yarimi | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

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{{football box | date = 25 February 2004 | team1 = [[Club Valencia|Valencia]] {{flagicon|MDV}} | score = 0–3 | team2 = {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Home United FC|Home United]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1825 (Report)] | goals1 = | goals2 = [[Egmar Goncalves]] 37', 43 <br>[[Peres De Oliveira]] 60' | stadium = [[Rasmee Dhandu Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Malé]], [[Maldives]] | attendance = 8,000 | referee = S Sarkar | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

{{football box | date = 25 February 2004 | team1 = [[Happy Valley AA|Happy Valley]] {{flagicon|HK}} | score = 1–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Perak FA]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1826 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Gerard Guy Ambassa]] 6' | goals2 = [[Frank Seator]] 72'<br>[[Muhamad Khalid Jamlus]] 80' | stadium = [[Mong Kok Stadium]], Hong Kong | attendance = 1,500 | referee = C Win | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

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{{football box | date = 6 April 2004 | team1 = [[Club Valencia|Valencia]] {{flagicon|MDV}} | score = 2–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|HK}} [[Happy Valley AA|Happy Valley]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1827 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Ali Ashfaq]] 73', 60' | goals2 = [[Lawrence Akandu]] 50' | stadium = [[Rasmee Dhandu Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Malé]], [[Maldives]] | attendance = 6,000 | referee = S Mujghef | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

{{football box | date = 6 April 2004 | team1 = [[Perak FA]] {{flagicon|MAS}} | score = 2–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Home United FC|Home United]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1828 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Muhamad Khalid Jamlus]] 56' <br>[[Frank Seator]] 77' | goals2 = [[Egmar Goncalves]] 2' <br>[[Sutee Suksomkit]] 18' | stadium = [[Perak Stadium]], [[Ipoh]] | attendance = 200 | referee = A Al-Enezi | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

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{{football box | date = 20 April 2004 | team1 = [[Home United FC|Home United]] {{flagicon|SIN}} | score = 2–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Perak FA]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1829 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Sutee Suksomkit]] 7' (pen) <br>[[Liew Kit Kong]] 35' (og) | goals2 = [[Muhamad Khalid Jamlus]] 14'<br>[[V. Saravanan]] 90' | stadium = [[Bishan Stadium]], [[Singapore]] | attendance = 1,100 | referee = A Albadwawi | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

{{football box | date = 21 April 2004 | team1 = [[Happy Valley AA|Happy Valley]] {{flagicon|HK}} | score = 3–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|MDV}} [[Club Valencia|Valencia]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1830 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Lawrence Akandu]] 2', 42' <br>[[Gerard Guy Ambassa]] 82' | goals2 = [[Ali Ashfaq]] 72' | stadium = [[Mong Kok Stadium]], Hong Kong | attendance = 500 | referee = Tan Hai | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

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{{football box | date = 5 May 2004 | team1 = [[Club Valencia|Valencia]] {{flagicon|MDV}} | score = 0–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Perak FA]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1832 (Report)] | goals1 = | goals2 = [[Luciano Goux]] 41' | stadium = [[Rasmee Dhandu Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Male]], [[Maldives]] | attendance = 3,000 | referee = R Gosh | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

{{football box | date = 5 May 2004 | team1 = [[Happy Valley AA|Happy Valley]] {{flagicon|HK}} | score = 0–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Home United FC|Home United]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1831 (Report)] | goals1 = | goals2 = [[Indra Sahdan Daud]] 15' <br>[[Peres De Oliveira]] 90' | stadium = [[Mong Kok Stadium]], Hong Kong | attendance = 4,000 | referee = B Williams | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

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{{football box | date = 19 May 2004 | team1 = [[Home United FC|Home United]] {{flagicon|SIN}} | score = 5–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|MDV}} [[Club Valencia|Valencia]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1834 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Indra Sahdan Daud]] 32', 45', 71' <br>[[Mohamed Nizam]] 78' (og) <br>[[Peres De Oliveira]] 90' | goals2 = | stadium = [[Bishan Stadium]], [[Singapore]] | attendance = 600 | referee = M Mansour | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

{{football box | date = 19 May 2004 | team1 = [[Perak FA]] {{flagicon|MAS}} | score = 2–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|HK}} [[Happy Valley AA|Happy Valley]] | report = [http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1833 (Report)] | goals1 = [[Frank Seator]] 71' <br>[[Muhamad Khalid Jamlus]] 80' | goals2 = [[Gerard Guy Ambassa]] 6' | stadium = [[Perak Stadium]], [[Ipoh]] | attendance = 208 | referee = S Tongkhan | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

===Group E=== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |section=Group E |res_col_header=Q |show_positions=y

|name_EAB={{flagicon|IND}} [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] |name_GEY={{flagicon|SGP}} [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] |name_NEG={{flagicon|MAS}} [[Negeri Sembilan FA|Negeri Sembilan]] |name_ISL={{flagicon|MDV}} [[VB Sports Club|Island]]

|win_EAB=4|draw_EAB=1|loss_EAB=1|gf_EAB=14|ga_EAB=8 |win_GEY=4|draw_GEY=1|loss_GEY=1|gf_GEY=12|ga_GEY=5 |win_NEG=2|draw_NEG=0|loss_NEG=4|gf_NEG=11|ga_NEG=9 |win_ISL=1|draw_ISL=0|loss_ISL=5|gf_ISL=2|ga_ISL=17

|team_order=EAB, GEY, NEG, ISL |col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[2004 AFC Cup#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]] |result1=A|result2=A |update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/ascup04.html AFC Cup 2004] }} </onlyinclude>

{{football box | date = 10 February 2004 | team1 = [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] {{flagicon|SGP}} | score = 2–3 | team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] | report = http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1823 | goals1 = *[[Hafiz Rahim|Hafiz]] {{goal|40}} *[[Jeykanth Jeyapal|Jeyapal]] {{goal|90}} | goals2 = *[[Cristiano Junior|Cristiano Jr.]] {{goal|45||76}} *[[Bijen Singh|Bijen]] {{goal|83}} | stadium = [[Mong Kok Stadium]], Hong Kong | attendance = 369 | referee = Kazuhiko Matsumura ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]]) }} {{football box | date = 10 February 2004 | team1 = [[Negeri Sembilan FA|Negeri Sembilan]] {{flagicon|MAS}} | score = 6–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|MDV}} [[VB Sports Club|Island]] | report = http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1824 | goals1 = *[[Duke Effiong|Effiong]] {{goal|19||64||71}} *[[Abdulrazak Ekpoki|Ekpoki]] {{goal|30||90}} *[[Rajan Koran|K. Rajan]] 28' | goals2 = | stadium = [[Perak Stadium]], [[Ipoh]] | attendance = 1,500 | referee = Mukhtar Al Yarimi ([[Yemen Football Association|Yemen]]) }} ---- {{football box | date = 24 February 2004 | team1 = [[VB Sports Club|Island]] {{flagicon|MDV}} | score = 0–5 | team2 = {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] | report = http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1825 | goals1 = | goals2 = *[[Hafiz Rahim|Hafiz]] {{goal|5}} *[[Razali Johari|Razali]] {{goal|44}} *[[Nahar Daud|Nahar]] {{goal|49}} *[[Mohd Noor Ali|Noor]] {{goal|67||84}} | stadium = [[Rasmee Dhandu Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Malé]] | attendance = 8,000 | referee = Subrata Sarkar ([[All India Football Federation|India]]) }} {{football box | date = 25 February 2004 | team1 = [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] {{flagicon|IND}} | score = 4–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Negeri Sembilan FA|Negeri Sembilan]] | report = http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1826 | goals1 = *[[Mike Okoro|Okoro]] {{goal|9}} *[[Cristiano Junior|Cristiano Jr.]] {{goal|34|pen.|70}} *[[Baichung Bhutia|Bhutia]] {{goal|77}} | goals2 = *[[Rajan Koran|K. Rajan]] {{goal|45}} *[[Shahrin Majid|Shahrin]] {{goal|64}} | stadium = [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]] | attendance = | referee = C Win }} ---- {{football box | date = 7 April 2004 | team1 = [[VB Sports Club|Island]] {{flagicon|MDV}} | score = 1–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] | report = http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1827 | goals1 = *[[Ahmed Sunain|Sunain]] {{goal|72|pen.}} | goals2 = *[[Baichung Bhutia|Bhutia]] {{goal|36}} *[[Mike Okoro|Okoro]] {{goal|90}} | stadium = [[Rasmee Dhandu Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Malé]] | attendance = 6,000 | referee = Salem Mujghef ([[Jordan Football Association|Jordan]]) }} {{football box | date = 7 April 2004 | team1 = [[Negeri Sembilan FA|Negeri Sembilan]] {{flagicon|MAS}} | score = 0–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] | report = http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1828 | goals1 = | goals2 = *[[Aleksandar Duric|Duric]] {{goal|10}} | stadium = [[Mong Kok Stadium]], Hong Kong | attendance = 200 | referee = Atallah Al Enezi ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]]) }} ---- {{football box | date = 21 April 2004 | team1 = [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] {{flagicon|IND}} | score = 3–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|MDV}} [[VB Sports Club|Island]] | report = http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1829 | goals1 = *[[Douglas Silva (footballer, born 1974)|Douglas]] {{goal|9}} *[[Cristiano Junior|Cristiano Jr.]] {{goal|36}} *[[Mike Okoro|Okoro]] {{goal|85}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]] | attendance = | referee = [[Ali Al-Badwawi]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]]) }} {{football box | date = 21 April 2004 | team1 = [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] {{flagicon|SGP}} | score = 2–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Negeri Sembilan FA|Negeri Sembilan]] | report = http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1830 | goals1 = *[[Chang Hui]] {{goal|49}} *[[Aleksandar Duric|Duric]] {{goal|71}} | goals2 = *[[Efendi Abdul Malek|Efendi]] {{goal|27}} | stadium = [[Hàng Đẫy Stadium]], [[Hanoi]] (Vietnam) | attendance = 500 | referee = [[Tan Hai (referee)|Tan Hai]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China]]) }} ---- {{football box | date = 4 May 2004 | team1 = [[VB Sports Club|Island]] {{flagicon|MDV}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Negeri Sembilan FA|Negeri Sembilan]] | report = http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1832 | goals1 = [[Ismail Mohamed (footballer)|Ismail]] {{goal|14}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Hàng Đẫy Stadium]], [[Hanoi]] (Vietnam) | attendance = 3,000 | referee = Ram Krishna Ghosh ([[Bangladesh Football Federation|Bangladesh]]) }} {{football box | date = 5 May 2004 | team1 = [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] {{flagicon|IND}} | score = 1–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] | report = http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1831 | goals1 = *[[Mike Okoro|Okoro]] {{goal|76}} | goals2 = *[[Daniel Hill (footballer)|Hill]] {{goal|33}} | stadium = [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]] | attendance = | referee = [[Ben Williams (referee)|Ben Williams]] ([[Football Australia|Australia]]) }} ---- {{football box | date = 18 May 2004 | team1 = [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] {{flagicon|SGP}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|MDV}} [[VB Sports Club|Island]] | report = http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1834 | goals1 = *[[Rudy Khairon|Khairon]] {{goal|29}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium]], [[Seremban]] (Malaysia) | attendance = 600 | referee = M Mansour }}

{{football box | date = 18 May 2004 | team1 = [[Negeri Sembilan FA|Negeri Sembilan]] {{flagicon|MAS}} | score = 2–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] | report = http://www.afc-link.com/cgi-perl/topdf.pl?filename=http://www.afc-link.com/UI/MatchSummary/index2.php?GameID=1833 | goals1 = *[[Suharmin Yusuf|Suharmin]] {{goal|23||49}} | goals2 = *[[Cristiano Junior|Cristiano Jr.]] {{goal|24}} | stadium = [[Mong Kok Stadium]], Hong Kong | attendance = 208 | referee = S Tongkhan }}

=== Ranking of second-placed teams === Three best runners-up, one from groups A, B and C and two from groups D and E, qualify for the quarter-finals.

====Group runners-up (West & Central Asia Zone)==== {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=Q |show_positions=y

|team1=OLY|name_OLY={{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Tripoli SC|Olympic Beirut]] |team2=NIS|name_NIS={{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} [[Nisa Aşgabat]] |team3=DHO|name_DHO={{flagicon|Oman}} [[Dhofar S.C.S.C.|Dhofar]] |win_OLY=2|draw_OLY=1|loss_OLY=1|gf_OLY=4|ga_OLY=3 |win_NIS=2|draw_NIS=1|loss_NIS=2|gf_NIS=3|ga_NIS=4 |win_DHO=1|draw_DHO=1|loss_DHO=2|gf_DHO=6|ga_DHO=7

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]] |result1=A |update=complete|source= }}

====Group runners-up (East, South & South East Asia Zone)==== {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=Q |show_positions=y

|team1=PRK|name_PRK={{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Perak FA]] |team2=GEY|name_GEY={{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]]

|win_PRK=4|draw_PRK=2|loss_PRK=0|gf_PRK=12|ga_PRK=6 |win_GEY=4|draw_GEY=1|loss_GEY=1|gf_GEY=12|ga_GEY=5

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]] |result1=A|result2=A |update=complete|source= }}

==Knockout stage==

<onlyinclude>

=== Bracket === {{8TeamBracket|seeds=n|legs=2|aggregate=score |RD1=Quarter-finals |RD1-team1={{flagicon|SYR|1980}} '''[[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]] ([[Away goals rule|a]])''' |RD1-score1-1=2 |RD1-score1-2=2 |RD1-score1-agg='''4''' |RD1-team2={{flagicon|LBN}} [[Nejmeh|Al-Nejmeh Beirut]] |RD1-score2-1=1 |RD1-score2-2=3 |RD1-score2-agg=4

|RD1-team3={{flagicon|MAS}} [[Perak FA]] |RD1-score3-1=1 |RD1-score3-2=2 |RD1-score3-agg=3 |RD1-team4={{flagicon|SIN}} '''[[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]]''' |RD1-score4-1=2 |RD1-score4-2=3 |RD1-score4-agg=5

|RD1-team5={{flagicon|IND}} [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] |RD1-score5-1=0 |RD1-score5-2=0 |RD1-score5-agg=0 |RD1-team6={{flagicon|SYR|1980}} '''[[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]]''' |RD1-score6-1=0 |RD1-score6-2=3 |RD1-score6-agg=3

|RD1-team7={{flagicon|LBN}} [[Olympic Beirut]] |RD1-score7-1=3 |RD1-score7-2=1 |RD1-score7-agg=4 |RD1-team8={{flagicon|SIN}} '''[[Home United FC|Home United]]''' |RD1-score8-1=3 |RD1-score8-2=2 |RD1-score8-agg=5

|RD2=Semi-Finals |RD2-team1={{flagicon|SYR|1980}} '''[[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]]''' |RD2-score1-1=1 |RD2-score1-2=1 |RD2-score1-agg=2 |RD2-team2={{flagicon|SIN}} [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] |RD2-score2-1=1 |RD2-score2-2=0 |RD2-score2-agg=1

|RD2-team3={{flagicon|SYR|1980}} '''[[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]]''' |RD2-score3-1=4 |RD2-score3-2=2 |RD2-score3-agg=6 |RD2-team4={{flagicon|SIN}} [[Home United FC|Home United]] |RD2-score4-1=0 |RD2-score4-2=1 |RD2-score4-agg=1

|RD3=Final |RD3-team1={{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]] |RD3-score1-1=2 |RD3-score1-2=1 |RD3-score1-agg=3 |RD3-score2-1=3 |RD3-score2-2=0 |RD3-score2-agg='''3''' |RD3-team2={{flagicon|SYR|1980}} '''[[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]] ([[Away goals rule|a]])''' }} </onlyinclude>

===Quarter-finals===

{{TwoLeg start}} {{TwoLegResult|'''[[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]]'''|SYR|var1=1980|4–4 ([[away goals rule|a]])| [[Nejmeh|Al-Nejmeh]] |LIB| 2–1 | 2–3 }} {{TwoLegResult| [[Perak FA]] |MAS| 3–5 |'''[[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]]'''|SIN| 1–2 | 2–3 }} {{TwoLegResult| [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] |IND| 0–3 |'''[[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]]'''|SYR|var2=1980| 0–0 | 0–3 }} {{TwoLegResult| [[Tripoli SC|Olympic Beirut]] |LIB| 4–5 |'''[[Home United FC|Home United]]'''|SIN| 3–3 | 1–2 }} |}

====Matches====

{{football box | date = 14 September 2004 | team1 = [[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]] {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} | score = 2–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Nejmeh|Al-Nejmeh]] | report = | goals1 = * [[Iyad Mando|Mando]] {{goal|86}} * [[Maher Al Sayed|Al Sayed]] {{goal|89}} | goals2 = * [[Mohammad Kassas]] {{goal|50}} | stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]] | attendance = 15,000 | referee = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}{{football box | date = 21 September 2004 | team1 = [[Nejmeh|Al-Nejmeh]] {{flagicon|LIB}} | score = 3–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]] | report = | goals1 = * [[Moussa Hojeij|Hojeij]] {{goal|21}} * [[Othman Savane|Savane]] {{goal|33}} * [[Ali Nasereddine|Nasereddine]] {{goal|65}} | goals2 = * [[Moussa Traoré (Guinean footballer)|Traoré]] {{goal|19}} * [[Iyad Mando|Mando]] {{goal|34}} | stadium = [[Saida Municipal Stadium]], [[Sidon]] | attendance = 12,000 | referee = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

''3–3 on aggregate; Al-Wahda won on away goals.'' ---- {{football box | date = 14 September 2004 | team1 = [[Perak FA]] {{flagicon|MAS}} | score = 1–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] | report = | goals1 = [[Frank Seator|Seator]] {{goal|90}} | goals2 = * [[Aleksandar Duric|Duric]] {{goal|49}} * [[Fazrul Nawaz]] {{goal|60}} | stadium = [[Perak Stadium]], [[Ipoh]] | attendance = 5,000 | referee = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }} {{football box | date = 21 September 2004 | team1 = [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] {{flagicon|SIN}} | score = 3–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Perak FA]] | report = | goals1 = *[[Hasrin Jailani]] {{goal|12}} *[[Aleksandar Duric]] {{goal|27}} *[[Fazrul Nawaz]] {{goal|41}} | goals2 = *[[Syamsul Saad|Syamsul Mohamed Saad]] {{goal|55}} *[[R. Surendran]] {{goal|90+1}} | stadium = [[Bedok Stadium]], [[Singapore]] | attendance = 2,227 | referee = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

''Geylang United won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- {{football box | date = 15 September 2004 | team1 = [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] {{flagicon|IND}} | score = 0–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]] | report = | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]] | attendance = 15,000 | referee = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }} {{football box | date = 22 September 2004 | team1 = [[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]] {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} | score = 3–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] | report = | goals1 = * [[Adel Abdullah|Abdullah]] {{goal|16}} * [[Mohamed Al Zeno|Al Zeno]] {{goal|50}} * [[Feras Esmaeel|Esmaeel]] {{goal|87}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]] | attendance = 15,000 | referee = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

''Al-Jaish won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- {{football box | date = 15 September 2004 | team1 = [[Tripoli SC|Olympic Beirut]] {{flagicon|LIB}} | score = 3–3 | team2 = {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Home United FC|Home United]] | report = | goals1 = * [[Mohammed Atwi|Atwi]] {{goal|18}} * [[Krekor Alozian|Alozian]] {{goal|40}} * [[Faisal Antar|Antar]] {{goal|60}} | goals2 = * [[Indra Shahdan Daud|Daud]] {{goal|28||79}} * [[Egmar Goncalves|Goncalves]] {{goal|83}} | stadium = [[Tripoli Municipal Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]] | attendance = 500 | referee = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}{{football box | date = 22 September 2004 | team1 = [[Home United FC|Home United]] {{flagicon|SIN}} | score = 2–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Tripoli SC|Olympic Beirut]] | report = | goals1 = [[Fahmie Abdullah|Abdullah]] {{goal|69||74}} | goals2 = [[Abbas Ali Atwi|Ali]] {{goal|63}} | stadium = [[Bishan Stadium]], [[Singapore]] | attendance = 1,961 | referee = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

''Home United won 5–4 on aggregate.'' ----

===Semi-finals=== {{TwoLeg start}} {{TwoLegResult|'''[[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]]'''|SYR|var1=1980| 2–1|[[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]]|SIN| 1–1 | 1–0 }} {{TwoLegResult|'''[[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]]'''|SYR|var1=1980| 6–1 |[[Home United FC|Home United]]|SIN| 4–0 | 2–1 }} |}

==== Matches ==== {{football box | date = 19 October 2004 | team1 = [[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]] {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} | score = 1–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] | report = https://www.besoccer.com/match/Al-Wehda/Geylang-United/2004 | goals1 = [[Muhammad Jaafar|Jaafar]] {{goal|85}} | goals2 = [[Aleksandar Duric|Duric]] {{goal|63}} | stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]] | attendance = 16,000 | referee = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}{{football box | date = 26 October 2004 | team1 = [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] {{flagicon|SIN}} | score = 0–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]] | report = https://www.besoccer.com/match/geylang-united/al-wehda/2004 | goals1 = | goals2 = [[Moussa Traoré (Guinean footballer)|Traoré]] 12' | stadium = [[Bedok Stadium]], [[Singapore]] | attendance = 1,568 | referee = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

''Al-Wahda won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- {{football box | date = 20 October 2004 | team1 = [[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]] {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} | score = 4–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Home United FC|Home United]] | report = https://www.besoccer.com/match/al-jaish/home-united/2004 | goals1 = * [[Mohamed Al Zeno|Al Zeno]] {{goal|34}} * [[Feras Esmaeel|Esmaeel]] {{goal|53||62}} * [[Iyad Al-Hilou|Al-Hilou]] {{goal|76}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]] | attendance = 6,000 | referee = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}{{football box | date = 27 October 2004 | team1 = [[Home United FC|Home United]] {{flagicon|SIN}} | score = 1–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]] | report = https://www.besoccer.com/match/home-united/al-jaish/2004 | goals1 = [[Sivakumar]] {{goal|17}} | goals2 = * [[Mohamed Al Zeno|Al Zeno]] {{goal|76}} * [[Zyad Chaabo|Chaabo]] {{goal|90'+1}} | stadium = [[Bishan Stadium]], [[Singapore]] | attendance = 1,612 | referee = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

''Al-Jaish won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ----

===Final===

{{TwoLeg start}} {{TwoLegResult| [[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]] |SYR|var1=1980|3–3 ([[Away goals rule|a]])|'''[[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]]'''|SYR|var2=1980| 2–3 | 1–0 }} |}

====Matches====

{{football box | date = 19 November 2004 | team1 = [[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]] {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} | score = 2–3 | team2 = {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]] | report = https://www.besoccer.com/match/al-wehda/al-jaish/2004 | goals1 = * [[Darar Radawi|Radawi]] {{goal|49}} * [[Omar Akil|Akil]] {{goal|90+2}} | goals2 = * [[Zyad Chaabo|Chaabo]] {{goal|3}} * [[Feras Esmaeel|Esmaeel]] {{goal|32}} * [[Amer Al-Abtah|Al-Abtah]] {{goal|55|p}} | stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]] | attendance = 30,000 | referee = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

{{football box | date = 26 November 2004 | team1 = [[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish]] {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} | score = 0–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Wahda (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]] | report = https://www.besoccer.com/match/al-jaish/al-wehda/2004 | goals1 = | goals2 = [[Nabil Al Shahmeh|Al Shahmeh]] {{goal|72}} | stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]] | attendance = 17,000 | referee = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}

''3–3 on aggregate; Al-Jaish won on away goals.'' {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; margin:auto" ! 2004 AFC Cup Winners |- | [[File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg|120px|border]] <br /> '''[[Al-Jaish Damascus|Al-Jaish]]''' <br /> '''First title''' |}

==Statistics==

===Top goalscorers===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;" |- ! Rank ! Player ! Club ! {{Tooltip| MD1 | Group stage Matchday 1}} ! {{Tooltip| MD2 | Group stage Matchday 2}} ! {{Tooltip| MD3 | Group stage Matchday 3}} ! {{Tooltip| MD4 | Group stage Matchday 4}} ! {{Tooltip| MD5 | Group stage Matchday 5}} ! {{Tooltip| MD6 | Group stage Matchday 6}} ! {{Tooltip| QF1 | Quarter-finals First Leg}} ! {{Tooltip| QF2 | Quarter-finals Second Leg}} ! {{Tooltip| SF1 | Semi-finals First Leg}} ! {{Tooltip| SF2 | Semi-finals Second Leg}} ! &nbsp;{{Tooltip| F1 | Final}}&nbsp; ! &nbsp;{{Tooltip| F2 | Final}}&nbsp; ! Total | |- <!-- 7 GOALS --> !rowspan="2"| 1 |align="left"| {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Indra Sahdan Daud]] |align="left"| {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Home United FC|Home United]] | 1 || || || || 1 || 3 || 2 || || || || || ! 7 |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Egmar Goncalves]] |align="left"| {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Home United FC|Home United]] | 3 || 2 || 1 || || || || 1 || || || || || ! 7 |- <!-- 6 GOALS --> !rowspan="3"| 3 |align="left"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cristiano Júnior]] |align="left"| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] | 2 || 2 || || 1 || || 1 || || || || || || ! 6 |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|LBR}} [[Frank Seator]] |align="left"| {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Perak FA|Perak]] | 2 || 1 || 1 || || || 1 || 1 || || || || || ! 6 |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Mohammad Kassas]] |align="left"| {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Nejmeh SC|Al-Nejmeh]] | || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || || 1 || || || || || ! 6 |- <!-- 5 GOALS --> !rowspan="2"| 6 |align="left"| {{flagicon|GUI}} [[Moussa Traoré (Guinean footballer)|Moussa Traoré]] |align="left"| {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Wahda Club (Damascus)|Al-Wahda]] | || || || 2 || || 1 || || 1 || || 1 || || ! 5 |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Aleksandar Đurić|Aleksandar Durić]] |align="left"| {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] | || || 1 || 1 || || || 1 || 1 || 1 || || || ! 5 |}

==See also==

*[[AFC Champions League 2004]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070921065725/http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/afcCup/default.asp?hittype=banner Official site] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930235432/http://www.the-afc.com/english/calendarevent/pdf/AFC_Comps_calendar_2007.pdf AFC Calendar of Events 2007]

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