| Tourney Name: | AFC President's Cup |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Size: | 180 |
| Country: | Kyrgyzstan |
| Dates: | 12 April - 26 June (group stage) 19-21 September (final stage) |
| Num Teams: | 4 (final stage) 11 (total) |
| Associations: | 11 |
| Champion Other: |  Regar-TadAZ |
| Count: | 2 |
| Second Other: |  Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn |
| Matches: | 18 |
| Goals: | 75 |
| Top Scorer: | Thi Ha Kyaw (6 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2007 |
| Nextseason: | 2009 |
The 2008 AFC President's Cup was the fourth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. For this edition, the tournament was extended from eight to eleven teams, with three groups in place of the previous two. The three new teams came from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Turkmenistan. The eleven teams that competed were split up into three groups and played each other team in their group once. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified for the semifinals, and the winners of the semifinal matches played in the final match to determine the winner.
Each group was to be played over a period of days in April at one venue - Group A at Dashrath Stadium, Nepal, Group B at Chungshan Stadium, Taiwan and Group C at Sugathadasa Stadium, Sri Lanka. However, due to political unrest in Nepal, Group A matches were postponed and eventually played at MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia in June.[1]
The final stage of the competition was played in Kyrgyzstan from 19–21 September.[2]
| Kuala Lumpur | Taipei | Colombo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MPPJ Stadium | Changchun Soccer Stadium | Sugathadasa Stadium | |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | |
| Bishkek | |
|---|---|
| Spartak Stadium | |
| Capacity: 23,000 | |
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | App | Last App | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | Abahani Ltd. | 2007 B.League champions | 1st | ||
| Bhutan | Transport United | 2007 A-Division champions | 4th | 2007 | |
| Cambodia | Nagacorp FC | 2007 Cambodian League champions | 1st | ||
| Chinese Taipei | Taipower | 2007 Enterprise Football League champions | 2nd | 2005 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Dordoi-Dynamo | 2007 Kyrgyzstan League champions | 4th | 2007 | |
| Myanmar | Kanbawza | 2007 Myanmar Premier League champions | 1st | ||
| Nepal | Nepal Police Club1 | 2006–07 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions2 | 2nd | 2007 | |
 Pakistan | WAPDA3 | 2007–08 Pakistan Premier League champions | 2nd | 2005 | |
| Sri Lanka | Ratnam SC | 2007 Kit Premier League champions | 3rd | 2007 | |
| Tajikistan | Regar-TadAZ | 2007 Tajik League champions | 3rd | 2007 | |
 Turkmenistan | FC Aşgabat | 2007 Turkmenistan League champions | 1st |
1 Mehandra Police Club now known as Nepal Police Club.
2 No league held in 2007–08 so 2006–07 champions qualify.
3 Pakistan Army F.C. were originally Pakistan's entrants, but replaced by WAPDA for rearranged group stage.
All matches played at MPPJ Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
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All matches played at Chungshan Stadium, Taipei
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All matches played at Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
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| DORDOI-DYNAMO: | ||||
| GK | 1 | Vladislav Volkov | ||
| DF | 3 | Talant Samsaliev | ||
| DF | 4 | Ruslan Sydykov | ||
| DF | 8 | Azamat Baimatov | ||
| DF | 20 | Igor Kudrenko | ||
| MF | 5 | Sergey Knyazev | ||
| MF | 7 | Aibek Bokoev | ||
| MF | 18 | Vadim Harchenko | ||
| FW | 6 | |||
| FW | 9 | David Tetteh | ||
| FW | 10 | Mirlan Murzaev | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| DF | 2 | |||
| MF | 13 | |||
| FW | 19 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Boris Podkorytov | ||||
| REGAR-TADAZ: | ||||
| GK | 16 | Alisher Dodov | ||
| DF | 2 | Safarali Karimov | ||
| DF | 5 | Maruf Rustamov | ||
| DF | 6 | Farrukh Choriev | ||
| DF | 13 | |||
| MF | 9 | Khurshed Makhmudov | ||
| MF | 10 | |||
| MF | 11 | |||
| MF | 23 | |||
| FW | 14 | |||
| FW | 18 | Victor Simões | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| DF | 3 | |||
| MF | 7 | |||
| FW | 17 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Khabibulloev Makhmadjon | ||||
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