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2008 AFC Cup

The 2008 AFC Cup was the fifth edition of the AFC Cup, played by clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

2008 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates11 March – 7 November 2008
Teams20 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsBahrain Al-Muharraq (1st title)
Runners-upLebanon Safa
Tournament statistics
Matches played74
Goals scored235 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Rico (19 goals)
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Qualified teams

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20 clubs competed, including champions of the national leagues and champions of the primary knock-out competition from the following countries which are AFC-affiliated countries and which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category. In that season, the clubs of Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, Indonesia did not participate.

East Asia (2)
  Hong Kong (2) South China (2006–07 Hong Kong First Division League champions & 2007 Hong Kong FA Cup winners)

Kitchee (2006–07 Hong Kong First Division League runners-up)

South Asia (4)
  India (2) Dempo (2006–07 Indian National Football League champions)

East Bengal (2007 Indian Federation Cup winners)

  Maldives (2) Victory (2007 Dhivehi League champions)

New Radiant (2007 Maldives FA Cup winners)

Southeast Asia (4)
  Malaysia (2) Kedah (2006–07 Super League Malaysia champions & 2007 Malaysia FA Cup winners)

Perak (2006–07 Super League Malaysia runners-up)

  Singapore (2) SAFFC (2007 S.League champions & 2007 Singapore Cup winners)

Home United (2007 S.League runners-up)

West Asia (10)
  Bahrain (2) Al-Muharraq (2006–07 Bahraini Premier League champions)

Al-Najma (2007 Bahraini King's Cup winners)

  Jordan (2) Al-Wahdat (2006–07 Jordan League champions)

Shabab Al-Ordon (2007 AFC Cup winners & 2006–07 Jordan FA Cup winners)

  Lebanon (2) Al-Ansar (2006–07 Lebanese Premier League champions & 2007 Lebanese FA Cup winners)

Safa (2006–07 Lebanese Premier League runners-up)

  Oman (2) Al-Nahda (2006–07 Omani League champions)

Sur (2007 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners)

  Yemen (2) Al-Ahli San‘a’ (2007 Yemeni League champions)

Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut (2006 Yemeni President Cup winners)

Group stage

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The draw was held on 17 October 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Key to colors in group tables:

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Muharraq 6 3 2 1 14 7 +7 11
  Dempo 6 3 1 2 13 12 +1 10
  Al-Ansar 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8
  Sur 6 1 1 4 9 15 −6 4
Source: [citation needed]
Dempo  3–1  Al-Ansar
Ranty Martins Soleye   21'   32'
Chidi Edeh   62'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Hassan Danach   89'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Ng Chiu Kok
Al-Muharraq  3–2  Sur
Rico   24' (pen.)
Jesse John   45+2'
Abdulla Al-Dakeel   83'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Al-Gheilani   35'
José   39'
Attendance: 2,500
Al-Ansar  0–0  Al-Muharraq
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Mukhtar Al Yarimi
Sur  3–2  Dempo
Traore   9'
Camara   69'
Climax Lawrence   80' (o.g.)		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Ranty Martins Soleye   26'
Roberto Mendes Silva   62'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Ali Saleem
Al-Ansar  1–0  Sur
Salih Sadir   28' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 4,000
Dempo  0–4  Al-Muharraq
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Rico   8'   31'   49' (pen.)   59'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Vo Minh Tri
Sur  0–2  Al-Ansar
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Salih Sadir   77'   88'
Attendance: 400
Al-Muharraq  1–2  Dempo
Rico   77' (pen.) (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Ranty Martins Soleye   10'   62'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Salem Mujghef
Al-Ansar  1–1  Dempo
Mohamad Hamoud   84' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Ranty Martins Soleye   27'
Attendance: 1,950
Referee:   Tan Hai
Sur  2–2  Al-Muharraq
José   48', 62' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Rico   45+1'
Jaycee John Okwunwanne   55'
Attendance: 300
Dempo  5–2  Sur
Ranty Martins Soleye   30'   38'
Chidi Edeh   64'   90'
Climax Lawrence   72'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Al-Sinani   75'
Al-Harbi   86'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Peter Green
Al-Muharraq  4–1  Al-Ansar
Mahmood Abdulrahman   30'
Rico   51'   66'
Jaycee John Okwunwanne   57'		 (Report) Malek Hassoun   44'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Rustam Saidov

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Safa 6 2 4 0 8 6 +2 10
  Al-Wahdat 6 1 4 1 12 12 0 7
  East Bengal 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7
  Al-Ahli San‘a’ 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 6
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Ahli San‘a’  1–1  Al-Wahdat
Adel Al-Salemi   28' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Hassan Abdel Fattah   40' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,000
Safa  1–0  East Bengal
Bernard Mbassi   17' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 700
Al-Wahdat  3–3  Safa
Mahmoud Shelbaieh   51'
Hassan Abdel Fattah   86'
Basem Fat'hi   90+5'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Prince Bobby   16'
Ramez Dayoub   31'
Rony Azar   83'
Attendance: 1,000
East Bengal  1–0  Al-Ahli San‘a’
Edmilson Marques Pardal   31' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Minoru Tōjō
Al-Wahdat  0–2  East Bengal
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Alvito D'Cunha   58'
Ikechukwu Gift Ibe   69'
Attendance: 4,000
Al-Ahli San‘a’  0–0  Safa
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 4,000
East Bengal  2–4  Al-Wahdat
Syed Rahim Nabi   12'
Edmilson Marques Pardal   28'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Ra'fat Ali   6'   24'
Hassan Abdel Fattah   31'   34'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Vo Minh Tri
Safa  1–0  Al-Ahli San‘a’
Hamze Abboud   64' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 1,000
Al-Wahdat  1–1  Al-Ahli San‘a’
Hassan Abdel Fattah   30' (Report) Ali Al Nono   80'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Ali Saleem
East Bengal  0–0  Safa
(Report)
Attendance: 10,000 + asg
Al-Ahli San‘a’  1 –0  East Bengal
Ali Al Nono   43' (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Safa  3–3  Al-Wahdat
Rony Azar   6'
Hussein Tahan   80'
Amer Khan   90+5'		 (Report) Ra'fat Ali   18'   63'
Fadi Faris   72'
Attendance: 200

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Nahda 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9
  Shabab Al-Ordon 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7
  Al-Najma 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7
  Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut 6 1 3 2 7 8 −1 6
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Nahda  0–0  Al-Najma
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 350
Shabab Al-Ordon  1–1  Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Odai Al-Saify   51' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Haytham Mahadi   38'
Attendance: 150
Referee:   Tan Hai
Al-Najma  0–0  Shabab Al-Ordon
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 500
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut  3–1  Al-Nahda
Munassar Ba-Haj   44'   45+1'
Murad Al-Nohi   51'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Yedibahoma   52'
Attendance: 4,000
Al-Najma  2–1  Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Rashed Jamal Salem   8'
Adeeb Ba-Karman   54' (o.g.)		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Alaaeldin Mohamed Aly   67'
Attendance: 350
Al-Nahda  1–1  Shabab Al-Ordon
Al-Shamsi   26' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Mustafa Shehdeh   70'
Attendance: 500
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut  0–0  Al-Najma
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Win Cho
Shabab Al-Ordon  0–1  Al-Nahda
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Yedibahoma   57'
Attendance: 100
Referee:   Ali Saleem
Al-Najma  3–3  Al-Nahda
Rashed Jamal Salem   53'   67'   77' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Yedibahoma   6'   50'
Al-Alawi   38'
Attendance: 200
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut  2–2  Shabab Al-Ordon
Khaled Al Arumi   5'
Haytham Mahadi   88' (pen.)		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Mustafa Shehdeh   3'
Mohannad Maharmeh   45'
Attendance: 4,000
Al-Nahda  2–0  Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut
Al-Nuaimi   14'
Al-Mashaikhi   43'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 300
Shabab Al-Ordon  3–2  Al-Najma
Odai Saify   9'
Mustafa Shehdeh   28'
Essam Abu Touk   40' (pen.)		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Rashed Jamal Salem   51' (pen.)   69'
Attendance: 100
Referee:   Minoru Tōjō

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Home United 6 5 0 1 18 10 +8 15
  Kedah 6 4 1 1 13 8 +5 13
  South China 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 4
  Victory 6 0 2 4 3 10 −7 2
Source: [citation needed]
South China  2–3  Home United
Cheng Siu Wai   60'   90' (AFC Report)
(AFC Report)[permanent dead link‍]
(HKFA Report)		 Peres de Oliveira   17'   40'
Shi Jiayi   77'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 4,673
Referee:   Win Cho
Kedah  1–0  Victory
Badrol Bakhtiar   49' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 12,000
Home United  5–1  Kedah
Kengne Ludovick   31'   58'
Shahril Ishak   36'
Peres de Oliveira   70'   81' (pen.)		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Mohd Shafiq Jamal   12'
Attendance: 2,693
Referee:   Peter Green
Victory  0–0  South China
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 6,500
Home United  2–1  Victory
Indra Sahdan Daud   37'
Peres de Oliveira   50'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Ashad Ali   25'
Attendance: 1,223
Referee:   Mukhtar Al Yarimi
South China  1–3  Kedah
Cris   59' (AFC Report)
(AFC Report)[permanent dead link‍]
(HKFA Report)		 Badrol Bakhtiar   31'
Marlon James   65'
Samransak Kram   85'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,055
Referee:   Minoru Tōjō
Victory  1–3  Home United
Hussain Niyaz Mohamed   69' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Shahril Ishak   56'
Indra Sahdan Daud   66'
Peres de Oliveira   73'
Attendance: 6,000
Kedah  3–0  South China
Marlon James   55'
Nelson San Martín   70'   85'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Mukhtar Al Yarimi
Home United  4–1  South China
Shahril Ishak   30'   88'
Indra Sahdan Daud   75'
Farhan Farook   87'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Cheng Siu Wai   80'
Attendance: 1,175
Victory  1–1  Kedah
Jorge Armando Rodriguez Arguello   8' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Marlon Alex James   65'
Attendance: 4,500
South China  3–0  Victory
Tales Schütz   27'
Cris   43'   68'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 429
Referee:   Kim Dong-Jin
Kedah  4–1  Home United
Nelson San Martín   41'   59' (pen.)
Mohd Sabree Mat Abu   46'
Marlon Alex James   83'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Kengne Ludovick   5'
Attendance: 10,000

Group E

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  SAFFC 6 4 1 1 16 4 +12 13
  Perak 6 4 1 1 13 10 +3 13
  Kitchee 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4
  New Radiant 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4
Source: [citation needed]
New Radiant  1–3  Perak
Daniel Mbock   8' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Carlos Arturo Caceres Pino   9'   17'
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus   38'
Attendance: 8,000
SAFFC  4–0  Kitchee
Jamil Ali   12'
Therdsak Chaiman   25'
Aleksandar Duric   37'
Wang Zhenpeng   51' (o.g.)		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 2,543
Referee:   Vo Minh Tri
Perak  1–6  SAFFC
Mario Esteban Berrios   45+2' (pen.) (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Therdsak Chaiman   8'
Aleksandar Duric   45'   49'   71'   74'
Mustaqim Manzur   58'
Attendance: 5,000
Kitchee  2–0  New Radiant
Wilfed Bamnjo   11'
Goran Stankovski   36'		 (AFC Report)
(AFC Report)[permanent dead link‍]
(HKFA Report)
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,372
Perak  2–1  Kitchee
Mohammad Hardi Jaafar   11'
Mario Esteban Berrios   90+2'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Goran Stankovski   73'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Peter Green
New Radiant  0–3  SAFFC
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Ashrin Shariff   7'
Aleksandar Duric   44'
Afiu Mohamed Hamid   86' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,000
Kitchee  2–2  Perak
Ip Chung Long   50'
Wilfed Bamnjo   84'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Carlos Caceres   17'   79'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,138
SAFFC  1–1  New Radiant
John Wilkinson   27' (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Assad Abdul Gani   50'
Attendance: 1,505
Perak  3–0  New Radiant
Jorge Antonio Muñoz   33'   65'
Razali Umar Kandasamy   90+1'		 (Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 700
Kitchee  0–2  SAFFC
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Ashrin Shariff   10'
Aleksandar Duric   19'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 813
New Radiant  2–1  Kitchee
Hussain Simaz   62'   66' (Report)
(Report)		 Ahmed Nishan   45+1' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Sgt. Win Cho
SAFFC  0–2  Perak
(Report)
(Report)[permanent dead link‍]		 Ahmad Shahrul Azhar   21'
Mohammad Hardi Jaafar   69'
Attendance: 2,297

Best runners-up

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Three best three runners-up qualified for the quarter-finals.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Kedah 6 4 1 1 13 8 +5 13
  Perak 6 4 1 1 13 10 +3 13
  Dempo 6 3 1 2 13 12 +1 10
  Al-Wahdat 6 1 4 1 12 12 0 7
  Shabab Al-Ordon 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
1   Al-Muharraq 5 2 7
8   Kedah 0 1 1
  Al-Muharraq (a) 0 2 2
  Al-Nahda 1 1 2
4   SAFFC 2 0 2
5   Al-Nahda 1 3 4
  Al-Muharraq 5 5 10
  Safa 1 4 5
3   Perak 0 0 0
6   Safa 2 5 7
  Safa 1 4 5
  Dempo 0 1 1
2   Dempo 1 4 5
7   Home United 1 3 4

Quarter-finals

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The first leg matches will be played on 16 September, and the second leg matches will be played on 23 September 2008.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Perak   0–7   Safa 0–2 0–5
SAFFC   2–4   Al-Nahda 2-1 0-3
Dempo   5–4   Home United 1–1 4–3
Al-Muharraq   7–1   Kedah 5–0 2–1

First leg

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Perak  0 – 2  Safa
Report Rony Azar   38'
Hamid Termina   55'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Satop Tongkhan
SAFFC  2 - 1  Al-Nahda
Aleksandar Duric   41',   66' Report Libambami Yedibahoma   85'
Attendance: 1,600
Dempo  1 – 1  Home United
Mboyo Iyomi   78' Report Rosman Sulaiman   37'
Attendance: 180
Al-Muharraq  5 – 0  Kedah
Khalid Salmeen   65'
Mahmood Abdulrahman   73',   90+2'
Rico   85'
Fahad Al-Hardan   87'		 Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee:   Kim Dong-Jin

Second leg

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Safa  5 – 0  Perak
Rony Azar   43',   45'
Hussein Tahan   61'
Mohammad Kassas   68'
Mahmoud Al-Zoughbi   84'		 Report
Attendance: 300
Al-Nahda  3 - 0  SAFFC
Mansoor Al-Nuaimi   28'
Libambami Yedibahoma   63',   90'		 Report
Attendance: 400
Home United  3 – 4  Dempo
Peres De Oliviera   13'
Indra Sahdan   36',   38'		 Report Mboyo Iyomi   1'
Beto   23',   83'
Climax Lawrence   45'
Attendance: 1,341
Kedah  1 – 2  Al-Muharraq
Badrol Bakhtiar   69' Report Rico   29',   39'
Attendance: 2,000

Semi-finals

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The first leg matches were played on 7 October, and the second leg matches were played on 21 October 2008.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Muharraq   (a)2–2   Al-Nahda 0-1 2-1
Safa   5–1   Dempo 1–0 4–1

First leg

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Al-Muharraq  0 – 1  Al-Nahda
Report Zaher Al-Alawi   9'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Masoud Moradi
Safa  1 – 0  Dempo
Hamze Aboud   90' Report
Attendance: 500
Referee:   Lee Gi-Young

Second leg

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Al-Nahda  1 – 2  Al-Muharraq
Ibrahim Al-Farazi   70' Report Rico   38'
Mahmood Abdulrahman   63'
Attendance: 4,500
Dempo  1 – 4  Safa
Mboyo Iyomi   30' Report Mohammad Kassas   9',  19'
Hussain Tahan  ,  
Attendance: 500

Final

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The first and second legs of the final were played on 31 October and 7 November 2008, respectively.

First leg

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Al-Muharraq 5 - 1  Safa
Mahmood Abdulrahman   19',  58'
Rico   32' (pen.),  54',  72'		 (Report) Hussein Tahan   77'
Attendance: 6,000

Second leg

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Safa 4 - 5  Al-Muharraq
Al Saadi   15'
Rony Azar   59'
Mohammed Kassas   61',   65' (pen.)		 (Report) Rico   33',  50',  51'
Mahmood Abdulrahman   45+1',  82'
Attendance: 2,000
AFC Cup
2008 Winners
 
Al-Muharraq
First Title


Awards

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Statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Scorer Team Goals
1   Rico   Al-Muharraq 19
2   Aleksander Duric   SAFFC 9
3   Ranty Martins Soleye   Dempo 8
4   Mahmood Abdulrahman   Al-Muharraq 7
  Peres de Oliveira   Home United
5   Libambami Yedibahoma   Al-Nahda 6
  Rony Azar   Safa
  Mohammad Kassas   Safa
  Rashed Jamal Salem   Al-Najma
6   Shahril Ishak   Home United 5
  Indra Sahdan Daud   Home United
  Hassan Abdel Fattah   Al-Wahdat
  Hussein Tahan   Safa
11   Marlon Alex James   Kedah 4
  Nelson San Martin   Kedah
13   Cheng Siu Wai   South China 3
  Salih Sadir   Al-Ansar
  Chidi Edeh   Dempo
  Cris   South China
  Kengne Ludovick   Home United
  Mustafa Shehdeh   Shabab Al-Ordon
  Beto   Dempo
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