The 2014 AFC President's Cup was the tenth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia, and the final edition under the AFC President's Cup title, as the competition was relaunched under the name AFC Challenge League starting in 2024–25. Balkan were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the tournament.
On 25 November 2013, the AFC Competitions Committee proposed the year of 2014 to be the last edition of the competition. Starting from 2015, league champions of emerging countries were eligible to participate in the AFC Cup qualifying play-off.
In the final, HTTU Aşgabat of Turkmenistan defeated Rimyongsu of North Korea 2–1, and became the second consecutive team from Turkmenistan to win the AFC President's Cup.
Venues Colombo Bacolod Ulaanbaatar Sugathadasa Stadium Panaad Stadium MFF Football Centre Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 9,825 Capacity: 5,000
Teams
The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations, with the final decision to be made by the AFC on 26 November 2013. The following changes to the list of participating associations may be made from the 2013 AFC President's Cup if the AFC approves the following applications made by any association: An association originally participating in the AFC President's Cup may apply to participate in the 2014 AFC Cup. An association originally not participating in any AFC club competitions may apply to participate in the 2014 AFC President's Cup.
The following changes in the participating associations were made compared to the previous year: Kyrgyzstan and Palestine clubs' participation were upgraded from the AFC President's Cup to the AFC Cup starting from 2014 by the AFC. Clubs from North Korea were approved to participate in the AFC President's Cup for the first time in 2014.
Each participating association was given one entry. The following teams entered the competition.
AssociationTeamQualifying methodAppLast App BangladeshSheikh Russel2012–13 Bangladesh Football Premier League champions1stnone BhutanUgyen Academy2013 Bhutan National League champions1stnone CambodiaSvay Rieng2013 Cambodian League champions1stnone Chinese TaipeiTatung2013 Intercity Football League champions3rd2007 MongoliaErchim2013 Mongolian Premier League champions3rd2013 NepalManang Marshyangdi Club2013–14 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions2nd2006 North KoreaRimyongsu2013 Mangyongdae Prize Sports Games winners1stnone PakistanKRL2013–14 Pakistan Premier League champions4th2013 PhilippinesCeres2013–14 PFF–Smart National Club Championship winners1stnone Sri LankaSri Lanka Air Force2013 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions1stnone TurkmenistanHTTU Aşgabat2013 Ýokary Liga champions2nd2010
Notes
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows. Group stage: 1–11 May 2014 Final stage: 20–26 September 2014
Group stage The draw for the group stage was held on 28 March 2014, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. The eleven teams were drawn into two groups of four and one group of three. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis at a centralized venue. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the final stage.
Tiebreakers The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned Goal difference in all the group matches Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card) Drawing of lots
Group A
Matches were played in Sri Lanka (all times UTC+5:30).
Group B
Matches were played in the Philippines (all times UTC+8).
Group C
Matches were played in Mongolia (all times UTC+8).
Final stage The draw for the final stage, played at a centralized venue, was held on 25 July 2014, 12:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The six teams were drawn into two groups of three. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis, with the same ranking rules as the group stage. The winners of each group advanced to the final. The final was played as a single match, with extra time and penalty shoot-out used to decide the winner if necessary.
The final stage was played in Sri Lanka (all times UTC+5:30).
Group A
Group B
Final
GK 1 Nurgeldi Astanow DF 2 Hoshgeldy HojovovDF 3 Şöhrat SöýünowDF 4 Akmyrat JumanazarowDF 13 Annasähet Annasähedow MF 23 Dawid Sarkisow (c) MF 17 Gurbangeldi Batyrow MF 11 Nurýagdy MuhammedowMF 5 Azat ŞamyradowFW 20 Pirmyrat Sultanow FW 9 Süleýman MuhadowSubstitutionsMF 26 Orazberdy Myradov MF 14 Okan Ersoy Manager: Begench Garayev
GK 1 Ju Kwang-minDF 3 Jang Song-hyokDF 17 Ro Hak-suDF 6 Ri Chang-hoDF 22 Ri Kwang-hyok MF 25 Kang Won-myongMF 12 Ri Jin-hyokMF 9 Pak Song-chol (c) MF 7 Kim Kyong-il FW 8 Ri Hyok FW 10 Ri Hyok-cholSubstitutionsFW 11 Pak Chol-min FW 26 Song Kum-song Managers: Jon Man-ho & Jo Tong-sop
Assistant referees: Ashley Beecham (Australia) P.N. Palliya Guruge (Sri Lanka) Fourth official: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Twelve named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
2014 AFC President's Cup HTTU Aşgabat1st Title
Awards AwardPlayerTeamMost Valuable Player Süleýman Muhadow HTTU AşgabatTop Goalscorer Süleýman Muhadow HTTU Aşgabat
Top scorers RankPlayerTeamGroup stageFinal stageTotal1 Süleýman Muhadow HTTU Aşgabat56112 Mithun Chowdhury Mithun Sheikh Russel404 Pak Song-chol Rimyongsu224 Ri Kwang-hyok Rimyongsu2245 Ri Jin-hyok Rimyongsu033 Kavindu Ishan Sri Lanka Air Force1237 Shakil Ahmed Sheikh Russel202 Pascal Millien Sheikh Russel202 Nub Tola Svay Rieng2×2 Soyol-Erdene Gal-Erdene Erchim202 Dipak Rai Manang Marshyangdi Club202 Ri Hyok-chol Rimyongsu202 Juan Luis Guirado Ceres2×2 Patrick Reichelt Ceres2×2
See also 2014 AFC Cup 2014 AFC Champions League
References
External links AFC President's Cup. the-AFC.com