| Tourney Name: | AFC President's Cup |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Country: | Sri Lanka (final stage) Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka (group stage) |
| Dates: | 1–11 May 2014 (group stage) 20–26 September 2014 (final stage) |
| Num Teams: | 6 (final stage) 11 (total) |
| Associations: | 11 |
| Champion Other: |  HTTU Asgabat |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second Other: |  Rimyongsu |
| Matches: | 22 |
| Goals: | 70 |
| Top Scorer: | Süleýman Muhadow (11 goals) |
| Player: | Süleýman Muhadow |
| Prevseason: | 2013 |
| Nextseason: | 2024–25 (ACGL) |
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.[1] 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.[2] Starting from 2015, league champions of emerging countries were eligible to participate in the AFC Cup qualifying play-off.[3]
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.[4]
| Colombo | Bacolod | Ulaanbaatar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugathadasa Stadium | Panaad Stadium | MFF Football Centre | |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 9,825 | Capacity: 5,000 | |
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.[5] 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:
The following changes in the participating associations were made compared to the previous year:
Each participating association was given one entry. The following teams entered the competition.
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | App | Last App | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | Sheikh Russel | 2012–13 Bangladesh Football Premier League champions | 1st | none | |
| Bhutan | Ugyen Academy | 2013 Bhutan National League champions | 1st | none | |
| Cambodia | Svay Rieng | 2013 Cambodian League champions | 1st | none | |
| Chinese Taipei | Tatung | 2013 Intercity Football League champions | 3rd | 2007 | |
 Mongolia | Erchim | 2013 Mongolia Premier League champions | 3rd | 2013 | |
| Nepal | Manang Marshyangdi Club | 2013–14 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions | 2nd | 2006 | |
| North Korea | Rimyongsu | 2013 Mangyongdae Prize Sports Games winners | 1st | none | |
 Pakistan | KRL | 2013–14 Pakistan Premier League champions | 4th | 2013 | |
| Philippines | Ceres | 2013–14 PFF–Smart National Club Championship winners | 1st | none | |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka Air Force | 2013 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions | 1st | none | |
| Turkmenistan | HTTU Aşgabat | 2013 Ýokary Liga champions | 2nd | 2010 |
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[7]
The draw for the group stage was held on 28 March 2014, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[8] 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.
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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.[9] [10] 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.[1]
The final stage was played in Sri Lanka (all times UTC+5:30).
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| GK | 1 | |||
| DF | 2 | Hoshgeldy Hojovov | ||
| DF | 3 | Şöhrat Söýünow | ||
| DF | 4 | Akmyrat Jumanazarow | ||
| DF | 13 | |||
| MF | 23 | |||
| MF | 17 | |||
| MF | 11 | Nurýagdy Muhammedow | ||
| MF | 5 | Azat Şamyradow | ||
| FW | 20 | |||
| FW | 9 | Süleýman Muhadow | ||
| Substitutions | ||||
| MF | 26 | |||
| MF | 14 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Begench Garayev | ||||
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| GK | 1 | Ju Kwang-min | ||
| DF | 3 | Jang Song-hyok | ||
| DF | 17 | Ro Hak-su | ||
| DF | 6 | Ri Chang-ho | ||
| DF | 22 | |||
| MF | 25 | Kang Won-myong | ||
| MF | 12 | Ri Jin-hyok | ||
| MF | 9 | |||
| MF | 7 | |||
| FW | 8 | |||
| FW | 10 | Ri Hyok-chol | ||
| Substitutions | ||||
| FW | 11 | |||
| FW | 26 | |||
| Managers: | ||||
| Jon Man-ho & Jo Tong-sop | ||||
| Assistant referees
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| 2014 AFC President's Cup HTTU Aşgabat 1st Title |
| Award | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player[11] | Süleýman Muhadow | HTTU Aşgabat | |
| Top Goalscorer | Süleýman Muhadow | HTTU Aşgabat< | -- |
| Fair Play Award | — | ?--> |
| Rank | Player | Team | Group stage | Final stage | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Süleýman Muhadow | HTTU Aşgabat | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Mithun Chowdhury Mithun | Sheikh Russel | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Pak Song-chol | Rimyongsu | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Ri Kwang-hyok | Rimyongsu | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 5 | Ri Jin-hyok | Rimyongsu | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Kavindu Ishan | Sri Lanka Air Force | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 7 | Shakil Ahmed | Sheikh Russel | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Pascal Millien | Sheikh Russel | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Nub Tola | Svay Rieng | 2 | × | 2 | |
| Soyol-Erdene Gal-Erdene | Erchim | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dipak Rai | Manang Marshyangdi Club | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ri Hyok-chol | Rimyongsu | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Juan Luis Guirado | Ceres | 2 | × | 2 | |
| Patrick Reichelt | Ceres | 2 | × | 2 |