The 2004

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(officially known as the 2004 Tiger Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th edition of the

, the

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championship of nations affiliated to the

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(AFF), and the last time under the name Tiger Cup. This was the first time a new format had been applied. The group stage was jointly hosted by Vietnam and Malaysia from 7 to 16 December 2004, and the top two teams from each group advanced to the Semi-finals and the Final, which was played in a two-leg home-and-away format from 28 December 2004 to 16 January 2005. This was also the final AFF Cup to feature a third-place match, as it was removed in the 2007 edition.

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

were the two-time defending champions, but were eliminated in Group stage.

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

won the tournament by a 5–2 victory in the two-legged final against

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

to secure their second title.

Summary

In the group matches,

, coached by former

coach

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, emerged as the Group A winners with ten points, 17 goals scored and none conceded. They were the hot favourites to win the 2004 AFF Championship after bundling out the hosts

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

with an unexpected 3–0 victory. Less than a day after the match had ended, the Vietnam Football Federation requested the resignation from its national coach

Edson Tavares Edson Araujo Tavares (born 10 June 1956 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. ...

, despite his requests to stay on until the last match.

, led by

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pipped out the hosts by just a single point and remained unbeaten to become the only team in the championship to not lose a single match. Following the tournament motto "''Anything can happen''",

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

, under coach Ivan Kolev emerged as the surprise, holding defending champions

to a draw and beating

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

on their own turf.

Teams

All teams from member associations of the

(AFF) participated with the exception of

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. However, they would be replaced by

East Timor Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and ...

when sponsors

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stated in May 2004 that the world's newest country at the time would be joining the competition. This kept the tournament at 10 teams.

Squads

Venues

Tournament

Group stage

Group A

* All times are Indochina Time (ICT) –

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* All matches played in

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Group B

* All times are

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(MST) –

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* All matches played in

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

;First Leg ---- ;Second Leg ''Singapore win 8–5 on aggregate'' ---- ''Indonesia win 5–3 on aggregate''

Third place play-off

Final

;First Leg ;Second Leg ''Singapore win 5–2 on aggregate''

Awards

Goal scorers

;7 goals *

Ilham Jaya Kesuma Ilham Jaya Kesuma (born 19 September 1978) is a former Indonesian professional footballer who last played as a striker for Sriwijaya in Indonesia Super League. Ilham was born in Palembang and played youth football with PS Palembang. Ilham st ...

;6 goals *

Muhamad Khalid Jamlus Muhamad Khalid bin Jamlus (born 23 February 1977) is a Malaysian former footballer. He is a former member of the Malaysian national team and also has played for the Pre-Olympic squad. In 2002, he went on trial with Eintracht Frankfurt. He is w ...

Soe Myat Min U Soe Myat Min (, ; born 19 May 1982) is a former Burmese footballer. He played for the Myanmar national team and spent the majority of his club career at Kanbawza. Making his debut for the national team since 1998, he was made captain for th ...

Agu Casmir Agu Casmir (born 23 March 1984) is a former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker or attacking midfielder. Born in Nigeria, he played for the Singapore national football team, Sin ...

;5 goals *

Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto (born 13 July 1976) is an Indonesian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Kurniawan is the fourth most capped players and goalscorer for the Indonesia national team with 33 goals in 59 appearances. Ku ...

;4 goals * Elie Aiboy * Liew Kit Kong *

Noh Alam Shah Mohd Noh Alam Shah (born 3 September 1980), known as Noh Alam Shah, is a Singaporean football coach and former professional association football, football player. who is the head coach of Singapore Premier League club Tanjong Pagar United. Once ...

Indra Sahdan Daud Indra Sahdan bin Daud (born 5 March 1979) is a former Singapore international footballer who played as a forward. He previously played for S.League clubs Geylang United, Home United, Sengkang Punggol and Singapore Armed Forces. He is kno ...

Sarayoot Chaikamdee Sarayuth Chaikamdee (; born 24 September 1981), simply known as Joe (), is a Thai retired professional association football, footballer. He is a striker (association football), striker and is known in Thailand as "Joe five yards" because he main ...

Thạch Bảo Khanh Thạch Bảo Khanh (born April 25, 1979) is the retired Vietnamese footballer. He is a member of Vietnam national football team since 2002. He last being a technical director of V.League 1 club The Cong-Viettel in 2023. He is best known for hi ...

Lê Công Vinh Lê Công Vinh (born 10 December 1985) is a Vietnamese former Association football, footballer who played as a forward. He was part of the Vietnam national football team, Vietnam national team between 2004 and 2016, and played predominantly as ...

;3 goals *

Boaz Solossa Boaz Theofilus Erwin Solossa (born 16 March 1986) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 2 club Persipura Jayapura. He is considered one of the best Indonesian strikers of all time. Club career Early career B ...

* Chalana Luang-Amath *

Emelio Caligdong Emelio "Chieffy" Asada Caligdong (born September 28, 1982) is a Filipino Association football, football Manager (association football), head coach and former soccer player, player. He is currently the head coach of the Ontario Development Leag ...

;2 goals * Mohd Amri Yahyah * San Day Thien * Daniel Bennett *

Khairul Amri Mohammad Khairul Amri bin Mohammad Kamal (born 14 March 1985) is a Singaporean former footballer who plays as a striker or winger. He is known for his pace, sharp dribbling skills and his powerful shot with either foot. He was named the firs ...

Therdsak Chaiman Therdsak Chaiman (; born 29 September 1973) is a Thai football manager and former attacking midfielder. Regarded as one of Southeast Asia's greatest-ever footballers, he is affectionately known among Thai fans as Uncle Therd (). He is the curren ...

* Suriya Domtaisong *

Đặng Văn Thành Đặng Văn Thành (born 30 September 1984) is a Vietnamese former association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward. He was a member of the Vietnam national football team from 2004 to 2007. References

...

;1 goal * Hing Darith * Hang Sokunthea *

Charis Yulianto Charis Yulianto (born 11 July 1978) is an Indonesian former footballer who played as a centre-back. He made his debut in the Indonesia national team in October 2004 during Peter White's coaching period. Throughout his career he has collected 36 ...

* Mahyadi Panggabean * Muhammad Mauli Lessy * Ortizan Solossa *

Visay Phaphouvanin Visay Phaphouvanin (born 12 June 1985) is a Laotian professional footballer who plays as a striker. He is a member of Laos national football team The Laos national association football team represents Laos in association football and is gov ...

* Mohd Fadzli Saari *

Mohamad Nor Ismail Mohamad Nor Bin Ismail (born 20 August 1982) is a Malaysian former international footballer who played as a striker. Mohd Nor started his career with Kuala Lumpur FA. He was transferred to Perak during the 2005 season after spending four year ...

* Muhamad Kaironnisam Sahabudin Hussain *

Muhammad Shukor Adan Muhammad Shukor bin Adan (born 24 September 1979), is a former Malaysian professional footballer. He played for many teams in Malaysian Football League such as Selangor and also Negeri Sembilan FA. He plays mainly as a defensive midfielder but ...

* Aung Kyaw Moe * Min Thu * Zaw Lynn Tun *

Myo Hlaing Win Burmese names#Honorifics, U Myo Hlaing Win () is a Burmese football coach and former player who played as a forward (association football), forward. He is currently the head coach of Myanmar national football team. Hlaing Win was the top goals ...

Chad Gould Chad Edward Alesna Gould (born September 30, 1982) is a Filipino former footballer who played as a central defender or striker for the Loyola Meralco Sparks and the Philippines national team. He is currently a FIFA Licensed Football agent. ...

Baihakki Khaizan Baihakki bin Khaizan (born 31 January 1984) is a Singaporean retired footballer who last played as a Defender (association football), centre-back for Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers FC, Tampines Rovers and the Singapore national ...

* Itimi Dickson *

Hasrin Jailani Hasrin bin Jailani (born 22 November 1975) is a Singaporean football manager and former footballer who is currently the assistant coach of Singapore Premier League club Geylang International. Playing career Geylang International Hasrin starte ...

Sharil Ishak Mohammad Shahril bin Ishak (born 23 January 1984) is a Singaporean retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. A former captain of the Singapore national team where he become the first Singaporean to win three AFF ...

* Weerayut Jitkuntod * Yuttajak Kornjan * Ittipol Poolsap * Sarif Sainui * Banluesak Yodyingyong *

Januário do Rego Fábio Daniel Januário known simply as Januário (born September 3, 1979 in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian professional footballer. He played for Esteghlal in the Iran's Premier Football League before being released becau ...

* Simon Diamantino * Nguyễn Huy Hoàng *

Nguyễn Minh Phương Nguyễn Minh Phương (born 5 July 1980) is a Vietnamese former professional footballer who last played for SHB Đà Nẵng in the V-League. He was also the captain of the Vietnam national football team until the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. In 2007, ...

;Own goal * Sun Sampratna (For Vietnam) * Sengphet Thongphachan (For Singapore) * Siththalay Kanyavong (For Indonesia)

Team statistics

This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.

Notes

References

;General * Stokkermans, Karel
"ASEAN ("Tiger") Cup 2004 (Vietnam)"
RSSSF. ;Specific

External links

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