PHNOM PENH CROWN QUALIFY FOR AFC PRESIDENT’S CUP 2011

PHNOM PENH (26 May 2011) – Phnom Penh Crown FC qualified for the final round of the AFC President’s Cup 2011 despite losing their last qualifying Group A match 1-0 to Kyrgyzstan’s Neftchi FC.

With the result, Neftchi FC win Group A while Phnom Penh Crown emerged as the runners-up and where they will join Yadanarbon (Myanmar), Istiklol (Tajikistan), Taiwan Power Company (Chinese Taipei) and FC Balkan (Turkmenistan) in the six-team finals.

In the match that was played at the National Olympic Stadium in the Cambodian capital, Adzhiniiazov Marat scored the only goal of the game in the 79^th minute.

Phnom Penh Crown began their Group A campaign with a 3-0 win over  Don Bosco Sports Club of Sri Lanka – with goals coming off Kingsley Metu Njoku in the 25^th minute, Kouch Sokumpheak (66th) and Chan Chaya (67^th) finding the target.

In their second match, Phnom Penh beat Abahani of Bangladesh 1-0 with the only goal of the game coming off Chan Chaya ten minutes to the end.