2007 AFF Championship

The 2007 AFF Championship was the 6th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of Southeast Asia. The group stage was co-hosted by Singapore and Thailand from 12 to 17 January. Knockout stage with two-leg Home-and-away format was hosted from 23 January to 4 February 2007.

2007 AFF Championship
2007 Kejohanan Bola Sepak ASEAN
2007 東盟足球錦標賽
2007 ஏசியான் கால்ப கோப்பை
2007 อาเซียนฟุตบอลแชมเปียนชิพ
Tournament details
Host countrySingapore
Thailand
(for group stage)
Dates12 January – 4 February
Teams8
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Singapore (3rd title)
Runners-up Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored50 (2.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)Singapore Noh Alam Shah
(10 goals)
Best player(s)Singapore Noh Alam Shah

It was renamed from the Tiger Cup, due to the cup's main sponsor, Tiger Beer, not continuing their title sponsorship. This was the last event held at Singapore's National Stadium before its redevelopment.

Singapore set an AFF Cup record of a 15-match unbeaten run under coach Radojko Avramović, stretching back to the 2004 AFF Championship, and 17-match unbeaten run since the 4–0 defeat at home to neighbours Malaysia in the same competition on 18 December 2002.

Hosts

Group stage was co-hosted Thailand and Singapore from 12 to 17 January 2007. The two hosts are the only two teams that have won the championship since its inception in 1996. Both nations with Malaysia and Vietnam were qualified from group stage and would host the knockout stage with Home-and-away format from 23 to 28 January 2007.

Qualification

The qualifying round for the lower ranked teams in Southeast Asia was held in Bacolod, Philippines from 12 to 20 November 2006. It was played in a single round-robin format with the top two teams advancing to the finals. This was the first time since 1998 where a qualification tournament was held.

Six teams as qualified directly to the finals.

Two teams qualified via the qualification tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the tournament.

Country Previous best performance
 ThailandWinners (1996, 2000, 2002)
 SingaporeWinners (1998, 2004)
 IndonesiaRunners-up (2000, 2002, 2004)
 MalaysiaRunners-up (1996)
 MyanmarFourth-place (2004)
 VietnamRunners-up (1998)
 LaosGroup stage (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 PhilippinesGroup stage (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)

Squads

Venues

Thailand Bangkok Vietnam Hanoi
Supachalasai Stadium Thai Army Sports Stadium Mỹ Đình National Stadium
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 40,192
Singapore Singapore Malaysia Shah Alam
National Stadium Jalan Besar Stadium Shah Alam Stadium
Capacity: 55,000 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 80,372

Final tournament

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 321061+57
 Malaysia 311141+34
 Myanmar 30301103
 Philippines 301208−81
Malaysia 4–0 Philippines
Hairuddin 9', 80'
Nizaruddin 16'
Del Rosario 69' (o.g.)
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abbas Daud (Singapore)
Thailand 1–1 Myanmar
Suchao 90+4' Report Si Thu Win 25'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hajime Matsuo (Japan)

Malaysia 0–0 Myanmar
Report
Attendance: 28,000
Thailand 4–0 Philippines
Sarayuth 15', 28'
Pipat 21'
Natthapong 84'
Report
Attendance: 30,000

Myanmar 0–0 Philippines
Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Abbas Daud (Singapore)
Thailand 1–0 Malaysia
Sarayuth 48' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hajime Matsuo (Japan)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Singapore 3120132+115
 Vietnam 3120101+95
 Indonesia 312064+25
 Laos 3003123-220
Indonesia 3–1 Laos
Atep 51', 75'
Saktiawan 67'
Report Sounthalay 13'
Singapore 0–0 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Chanwalit Sananwai (Thailand)

Indonesia 1–1 Vietnam
Saktiawan 90' Report Supardi 35' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Mohamed Shahbuddin (Brunei)
Singapore 11–0 Laos
Ridhuan 10'
Alam Shah 11', 24', 61', 72', 76', 88', 90+2'
Shahril 47'
Khairul 71'
Dickson 78'
Report
Attendance: 5,224
Referee: U Hla Tint (Myanmar)

Vietnam 9–0 Laos
Lê Công Vinh 1', 28', 58'
Phan Thanh Bình 29', 73' (pen.), 81', 84'
Nguyễn Văn Biển 45', 90'
Report
Singapore 2–2 Indonesia
Alam Shah 10' (pen.)
Sahdan 52'
Report Ilham 27'
Zaenal 56'
Attendance: 13,819
Referee: Chanwalit Sananwai (Thailand)

Knockout stage

Note: Although the knockout stages were two-legged, away goals rule was not applied. If the total aggregate score of both teams after both matches remained the same, extra time would have been played, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.

Semifinals Finals
          
A1  Thailand 2 0 2
B2  Vietnam 0 0 0
A1  Thailand 1 1 2
B2  Singapore 2 1 3
B1  Singapore (a.e.t.) 1 1 2 (5)
A2  Malaysia 1 1 2 (4)

Semi-finals

First Leg
Malaysia 1–1 Singapore
Hardi 57' Report Alam Shah 73'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Wan Daxue (China PR)
Vietnam 0–2 Thailand
Report Datsakorn 28'
Pipat 81'
Second Leg
Singapore 1–1 (a.e.t.) Malaysia
Ridhuan 74' Report Eddy 57'
Penalties
Sahdan soccer ball with check mark
Alam Shah soccer ball with check mark
Mustafić soccer ball with check mark
Fazrul soccer ball with check mark
Shi J.Y. soccer ball with check mark
5–4 soccer ball with check mark Hardi
soccer ball with check mark Rezal
soccer ball with check mark Samransak
soccer ball with check mark Thirumurgan
soccer ball with red X Khyril
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Cheung Yim Yau (Hong Kong)

2–2 on aggregate. Singapore won via a penalty shootout.

Thailand 0–0 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Suresh Srinivasan (India)

Thailand won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

After a group stage with two pools of four, the two host nations met in a two-game final. In the first leg of the final, a controversial penalty was awarded to Singapore at the 83rd minute of the match, and the Thailand team walked off the pitch as a protest to the referee's decision. The Thailand team returned to the pitch at the 98th minute, and Singapore later won 2-1.

In the second leg of the final, Singapore had a goal controversially chalked off for being offside, but finally drew 1-1 to fellow Thailand, with Khairul Amri scoring the decisive goal in the closing stages of the match, giving Singapore their 2nd title in succession, winning with an aggregate score of 3-2 and successfully defending the title. While Thailand can point to the controversial penalty for their defeat in the first leg, they failed to defeat Singapore in the second leg in Bangkok. It could have been worse for Thailand had the match officials seen Thai midfielder Datsakorn Thonglao headbutt Singapore's Khairul Amri to vent his anger after the equaliser.[1]

First leg

Singapore 2–1 Thailand
Alam Shah 17'
Mustafić 83' (pen.)
Report Pipat 50'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: C. Ravichandran (Malaysia)

Second leg

Thailand 1–1 Singapore
Pipat 37' Report Khairul 81'

Singapore won 3–2 on aggregate.

Awards

 2007 AFF Championship 

Singapore

Third title
Most Valuable Player Golden Boot
Singapore Noh Alam Shah Singapore Noh Alam Shah

Goalscorers

10 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
Final
1 Singapore 7250186+12
2 Thailand 7331104+6
Semi-finals
3 Vietnam 5131103+7
4 Malaysia 513163+3
Eliminated in the group stage
5 Indonesia 312064+2
6 Myanmar 3030110
7 Philippines 301208–8
8 Laos 3003123–22

References

  1. Withers, Andy. "Thailand". Fox Sports.
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