Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Amman: Dark horses Al Jazeera welcome reigning champions Air Force Club to Amman International Stadium for the first leg of the 2018 AFC Cup West Asia Zonal Final on Tuesday.
The two sides come face-to-face for the third time in the competition, having been pitted against one another in Group A, where both fixtures ended in draws.
In a match that saw three penalties awarded and scored, Al Jazeera snatched a late equaliser to get a 2-2 draw with Air Force Club on the opening matchday. The scenario was reversed on Matchday Five with an added time Amjed Radhi strike earning the Iraqis a 1-1 draw.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: With the AFC Cup Inter-Zone Play-Off final featuring DPR Korea's 4.25 and Turkmenistan's Altyn Asyr, we roll back the clock to the last time clubs from the two nations met in an AFC competition.
The AFC's third club competition became defunct after the 2014 edition, with clubs from nations that previously participated in the President's Cup now offered the chance to compete in the AFC Cup.
The last-ever AFC President's Cup match brought together Turkmenistan's FC HTTU head-to-head with DPR Korea's Rimyongsu in the 2014 final held in Sri Lanka's biggest city, Colombo. Four years on, teams from the two countries are vying for a place in the AFC Cup final.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Al Jazeera and Air Force Club prepare to lock horns for the third time in the 2018 AFC Cup, and this time a place in the final is the prize.
The Jordanian surprise package and the reigning champions from Iraq have already faced-off twice in the group stage, with both fixtures ending in draws. Air Force Club travel to Amman for the first leg of the West Asia Zonal final, hoping to move a step closer to third successive AFC Cup title.
We spoke to journalist Hassanin Mubarak, who covers Middle Eastern football for London-based daily newspaper Arab News and has contributed to the likes of World Soccer and When Saturday Comes magazines.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: As Air Force Club prepare continue their pursuit of a hat-trick of AFC Cup titles, we recall how the Iraqi side won the first-ever West Asia Zonal final 12 months ago.
Following the introduction of a new format last year, Jordan's Al Jazeera are set to lock horns with the reigning champions for a place in the 2018 AFC Cup final, where the West Asia Zonal final winners face the Inter-Zone final winners.
Air Force Club have only lost one tie in the competition since last year, against Syria's Al Wahda in the first leg of the 2017 West Asia Zonal final.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Among the many goalscorers to have grabbed the headlines in the 2018 AFC Cup has been Altyn Asyr’s Altymyrat Annadurdyyev, who has struck eight times in as many games in the Turkmenistan side’s march to the Inter-Zone final.
The pacey forward was one of the main reasons the Ashgabat club advanced to the knockout rounds for the first time, after falling short in both 2016 and 2017, and he will be key if Altyn Asyr are to defeat DPR Korea’s 4.25 SC over two legs.
Annadurdyyev is three goals behind the competition’s top scorer, An Il-bom of 4.25, and should Altyn Asyr overcome the Pyongyang team, then the 25-year-old may find himself in the position to finish as the leading marksman in a campaign that has been dominated by the continent’s strikers.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Air Force Club are a few steps away from becoming the first club to ever win the AFC Cup title three times in a row, the-AFC.com remembers the history of Iraqi teams since joining the tournament back in 2009.
With 10 goals between them in the competition so far, Hammadi Ahmad and Amjad Radhi paved the way for Air Force Club to stand tall against every opposition they faced in this year's AFC Cup.
In the West Asia Zonal semi-finals, the Iraqi side knocked out Lebanon's Al Ahed to keep their title defence and unbeaten record ongoing.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: It has been more than a decade since a Jordanian side last won the AFC Cup. With Al Jazeera reaching the West Asia Zonal final this year, we look at some memorable moments for Jordanian clubs in the competition.
With an unbeaten run in the AFC Cup this season, Al Jazeera have taken the continent by storm, qualifying to the West Asia Zonal final of the competition for the first time in the club's history.
In the West Asia Zonal semi-final, two goals from one of the tournament's standout performers, Musa Al Taamari, granted Al Jazeera a historic victory against the country's most dominant team Al Faisaly, setting up a date against the reigning champions Air Force Club in the Zonal final.