2007 AFC Champions League
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 07 Mar 2007 - 14 Nov 2007 |
| Teams | 28 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Urawa Red Diamonds (1st title) |
| Runners-up |
 Sepahan |
| Third place |
 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Al-Wahda |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 92 |
| Goals scored | 230 (2.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Mota (7 goals) |
| Best player |
Yuichiro Nagai (Urawa Red Diamonds) |
The 2007 AFC Champions League was the 26th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 5th edition under the current AFC Champions League title.
Japanese side Urawa Red Diamonds became champions for the first time, beating Sepahan of Iran and becoming the fourth Japanese club to win the Asian championship, and qualifed for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.
Participating clubs
Along with the defending champion, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, 28 other clubs from fourteen countries qualified based on performance in domestic league and cup competitions. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors entered the competition at the quarter-finals.
The draw took place in Kuala Lumpur on December 22, allocating teams into seven groups. In February, the AFC disqualified Esteghlal Tehran from Group B for failing to register their players in time.[1] This reduced the number of competing teams to 28.
Format
- Group Stage
A total of 28 clubs were divided into 7 groups of four, based on region i.e. East Asian and Southeast Asian clubs were drawn in groups E to G, while the rest were grouped in groups A to D. Each club played double round-robin (home and away) against fellow three group members, a total of 6 matches each. Clubs received 3pts for a win, 1pt for a tie, 0pts for a loss. The clubs were ranked according to points and tie breakers were in the following order:
- Points earned between the clubs in question
- Goal Differential between the clubs in question
- Points earned within the group
- Goal Differential within the group
- Goals For within the group
The seven group winners along with the defending champion advanced to the quarter-finals.
- Knockout Round
All eight clubs were randomly matched; however, the only restriction was that the clubs from the same country could not face each other in the quarter-finals. The games were conducted in 2 legs, home and away, and the aggregate score decided the match winner. If the aggregate score couldn't produce a winner, "away goals rule" was used. If still tied, clubs played extra time, where "away goals rule" still applied. If still tied, the game went to penalties.
Group stage
Group matches were scheduled to be played over match days on March 7, March 21, April 11, April 25, May 9 and May 23, 2007.
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Wahda |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 13 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Al-Zawraa |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 |
 Al-Arabi |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | –2 | 7 |
 Al-Rayyan |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | –8 | 2 |
March 21, 2007 |
| Al-Wahda |
4–1 | Al-Arabi |
|---|---|---|
Mamadou Bagayoko  40' 56' (pen.)Saleh Al Menhali 63'Bashir Saeed 68' |
(Report) | Mohamed Jarragh 35' |
April 11, 2007 |
| Al-Zawraa |
1–2 | Al-Wahda |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Abd Ali 46' |
(Report) | Abdulrahim Jumaa 13' Bashir Saeed 74' |
April 25, 2007 |
| Al-Rayyan |
1–3 | Al-Arabi |
|---|---|---|
| Thiago Ribeiro 44' |
(report) | Khaled Khalaf 25' Firas Al Khatib 63', 69' |
May 9, 2007 |
| Al-Zawraa |
3–2 | Al-Arabi |
|---|---|---|
| Wissam Kadhim 21' Ahmad Ibrahim 70'Nawaf Falah 78' |
(Report) | Firas Al Khatib 50', 84' |
May 9, 2007 |
| Al-Wahda |
3–0 | Al-Rayyan |
|---|---|---|
| Maurito 8' Haidar Alo Ali 30' (pen.)Mamadou Bagayoko 76' (pen.) |
(Report) |
May 23, 2007 |
| Al-Arabi |
3–2 | Al-Wahda |
|---|---|---|
| Khaled Abd Al Kudos 6' Khaled Khalaf 55' Jarrah Al Zuhair 87' |
(Report) | Saeed Salem 23' Yaser Matar 90' |
May 23, 2007 |
| Al-Rayyan |
1–3 | Al-Zawraa |
|---|---|---|
| Saoud Khames 75' |
(Report) | Salman Mesbeh 13' (o.g.) Abdul-Salam Abood 26' Haidar Sabah 34' |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Al-Hilal |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 8 |
 Pakhtakor |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 6 |
| Al Kuwait |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 2 |
| Esteghlal (*) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(*) Esteghlal was disqualified for failing to submit their players list in time.
March 7, 2007 |
| Al-Hilal |
1–1 | Al Kuwait |
|---|---|---|
| Rodrigão 16' |
(Report) | Fahad Awadh 90' |
King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) |
March 21, 2007 |
| Al Kuwait |
0–1 | Pakhtakor |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Aleksandr Kletskov 69' |
Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand) |
May 23, 2007 |
| Pakhtakor |
2–1 | Al Kuwait |
|---|---|---|
| Uche Iheruome 45' Shakhboz Erkinov 59' |
(Report) | Faraj Laheeb 71' |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Al-Karamah |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 11 |
| Neftchi |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 10 |
| Najaf FC |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 |
| Al Sadd |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | –4 | 4 |
March 7, 2007 |
| Al-Karamah |
2–1 | Al Sadd |
|---|---|---|
| Senghor Koupouleni 70' Abdalrahman Akkari 85' |
(Report) | Magid Mohamed 22' |
Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs, Syria Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Madhad Saif Al Badwawi (United Arab Emirates) |
March 21, 2007 |
| Al Sadd |
1–4 | Najaf FC |
|---|---|---|
| Talal Al Bloushi 45' |
(Report) | Aqeel Mohammed 47' Saeed Mohsen 55' 86' (pen.) Karrar Jassim 70' |
March 21, 2007 |
| Neftchi |
2–1 | Al-Karamah |
|---|---|---|
| Anvar Berdiev 27' Nosirbek Otakuziev 77' |
(Report) | Firas Issmael 32' |
Fargona Stadium, Fergana, Uzbekistan Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) |
April 25, 2007 |
| Najaf FC |
2–4 | Al-Karamah |
|---|---|---|
| Saeed Mohsen 7' (pen.) Qassim Faraj 86' (pen.) |
(Report) | Jehad Al Hussein 46', 52' Fahd Awde 50' Senghor Koupouleni 65' |
May 9, 2007 |
| Neftchi |
1–1 | Najaf FC |
|---|---|---|
| Kholmatov 43' |
(Report) | Ali Mohammed 60' |
Fargona Stadium, Fergana, Uzbekistan Attendance: 16,000 |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepahan |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 |
| Al-Shabab |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 10 |
| Al Ain |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | –3 | 6 |
| Al-Ittihad |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 3 |
March 7, 2007 |
| Al Ain |
0–2 | Al-Shabab |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Godwin Attram 45' Waleed Al-Gizani 72' |
Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain, UAE Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) |
April 11, 2007 |
| Al-Shabab |
4–0 | Al-Ittihad |
|---|---|---|
| Abdullah Al Dosari 35', 48' Naji Majrashi 60' (pen.) Waleed Al-Gizanii 79' |
(Report) |
April 11, 2007 |
| Al Ain |
3–2 | Sepahan |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Al-Wehaibi 6' Msalam Faiez 44' Frank Ongfiang 84' |
(Report) | Mehdi Seyed Salehi 8' Emad Mohammed 65' |
Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain, UAE Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand) |
May 9, 2007 |
| Al-Ittihad |
0–5 | Sepahan |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail 10' Mohammad Nori 40', 55' Emad Mohammed 70', 90' |
Group E
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 |
 Sydney FC |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 |
 Persik Kediri |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 7 |
 Shanghai Shenhua |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 |
March 7, 2007 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
3–0 | Persik Kediri |
|---|---|---|
| Nobuhisa Yamada 12' Yuichiro Nagai 45' Shinji Ono 76' |
(Report) |
March 21, 2007 |
| Sydney FC |
2–2 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
|---|---|---|
| David Carney 1' Ufuk Talay 23' (pen.) |
(Report) | Robson Ponte 30' Yuichiro Nagai 55' |
April 12, 2007 |
| Persik Kediri |
2–1 | Sydney FC |
|---|---|---|
| Aris Budi Prasetyo 25' Budi Sudarsono 70' |
(Report) | Steve Corica 8' |
May 9, 2007 |
| Persik Kediri |
3–3 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Gonzalez 23' (pen.) 31' Budi Sudarsono 83' |
(Report) | Shinji Ono 9' (pen.) Robson Ponte 50' Yuki Abe 62' |
Manahan Stadium, Surakarta, Indonesia Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) |
May 23, 2007 |
| Shanghai Shenhua |
6–0 | Persik Kediri |
|---|---|---|
| Xie Hui 8' Gao Lin 25' Diego Alonso 79', 87', 90' Sergio Blanco 86' |
(Report) |
Group F
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kawasaki Frontale |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 16 |
| Chunnam Dragons |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | –1 | 10 |
| Arema Malang |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 4 |
 Bangkok University |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 3 |
March 7, 2007 |
| Arema Malang |
1–3 | Kawasaki Frontale |
|---|---|---|
| Elie Aiboy 12' |
(Report) | Magnum 1', 73' Kengo Nakamura 82' |
March 21, 2007 |
| Kawasaki Frontale |
1–1 | Bangkok University |
|---|---|---|
| Patiparn Phetphun 78' (o.g.) |
(Report) | Suriya Domtaisong 7' |
April 11, 2007 |
| Chunnam Dragons |
1–3 | Kawasaki Frontale |
|---|---|---|
| Kang Min-Soo 90' |
(Report) | Juninho 29' (pen.) 70' Magnum 57' |
April 11, 2007 |
| Bangkok University |
0–0 | Arema Malang |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) |
Royal Thai Army Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan) |
May 9, 2007 |
| Chunnam Dragons |
3–2 | Bangkok University |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Seung-Hyun 28' Song Tae-Lim 79', 90' |
(Report) | Kittisak Siriwaen 11' Kraisorn Pancharoen 39' |
May 23, 2007 |
| Bangkok University |
1–2 | Kawasaki Frontale |
|---|---|---|
| Ekkaphan Petvises 40' |
(Report) | Taku Harada 17' Takahisa Nishiyama 63' |
Group G
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 13 |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 13 |
| Adelaide United |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 |
 Gach Dong Tam Long An |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 0 |
March 7, 2007 |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
4–1 | Gach Dong Tam Long An |
|---|---|---|
| Mota 9' 69' (pen.) Kim Dong Hyun 70' Adrian Neaga 81' |
(Report) | Kabanga Tshamala 87' |
March 21, 2007 |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan |
2–1 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
|---|---|---|
| Aleksandar Živković 62' (pen.) Wang Yongpo 78' |
(Report) | Cho Byung-Kuk 77' |
April 11, 2007 |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan |
4–0 | Gach Dong Tam Long An |
|---|---|---|
| Han Peng 42', 52' Wang Yongpo 54' Li Jinyu 74' |
(Report) |
April 11, 2007 |
| Adelaide United |
2–2 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
|---|---|---|
| Fernando 48' Bruce Djite 55' |
(Report) | Kim Dong Hyun 57' Mota 75' |
April 25, 2007 |
| Gach Dong Tam Long An |
2–3 | Shandong Luneng Taishan |
|---|---|---|
| Kabanga Tshamala 14' Nguyễn Việt Thắng 36' |
(Report) | Wang Yongpo 29' Li Jinyu 49', 90' |
May 9, 2007 |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan |
2–2 | Adelaide United |
|---|---|---|
| Li Wei 39' Shu Chang 56' |
(Report) | Fernando 36' (pen.) Nathan Burns 48' |
May 9, 2007 |
| Gach Dong Tam Long An |
1–2 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
|---|---|---|
| Phan Van Tai Em 45' |
(Report) | Mota 17' Choi Sung-Kuk 83' |
Long An Stadium, Tân An, Vietnam Attendance: 5,000 |
May 23, 2007 |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
3–0 | Shandong Luneng Taishan |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Dong Hyun 37' Son Dae-Ho 42' Mota 71' |
(Report) |
Knock-out stage
Bracket
| Quarter finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||
| Sepahan (p) |
0 | 0 | 0 (5) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kawasaki Frontale |
0 | 0 | 0 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Sepahan |
3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Wahda |
1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Wahda (a) |
0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Hilal |
0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Sepahan |
1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Seognam Ilhwa Chunma |
2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Karamah |
1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
2 | 2 | 4 (3) | |||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds (p) |
2 | 2 | 4 (5) | |||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2006 Champion) |
1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepahan |
0–0 (5–4p) | Kawasaki Frontale |
0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Al-Wahda |
1–1 (a) | Al-Hilal |
0–0 | 1–1 |
| Seognam Ilhwa Chunma |
4–1 | Al-Karamah |
2–1 | 2–0 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
4–1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2006 Champion) |
2–1 | 2–0 |
First leg
19 September 2007 |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
2–1 | Al-Karamah |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Min-Ho 72' Cho Byung-Kuk 74' |
Report | Senghor Koupouleni 9' |
19 September 2007 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
2–1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
|---|---|---|
| Makoto Hasebe 4' Tatsuya Tanaka 59' |
Report | Choi Jin-cheul 90' |
Second leg
26 September 2007 |
Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki, Japan Attendance: 13,507 Referee: Saad Kameel Al Fadhli (Kuwait) |
- Sepahan progress 5-4 on penalties after 0-0 aggregate score
- Al-Wahda progress on away goals rule with 1-1 aggregate score
- Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma progress 4-1 on aggregate
26 September 2007 |
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
0–2 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Tatsuya Tanaka 3' Choi Jin-cheul 66' (o.g.) |
- Urawa Red Diamonds progress 4-1 on aggregate
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepahan |
3–1 | Al-Wahda |
3–1 | 0–0 |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
4–4 (3–5p) | Urawa Red Diamonds |
2–2 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
First leg
3 October 2007 |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
2–2 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
|---|---|---|
| Mota 10' Kim Do-Heon 80' |
Report | Tatsuya Tanaka 52' Robson Ponte 65' (pen.) |
3 October 2007 |
| Sepahan |
3–1 | Al-Wahda |
|---|---|---|
| Mahmoud Karimi 11', 58' Moharram Navidkia 85' (pen.) |
Report | Mohamed Al Shehhi 48' |
Second leg
24 October 2007 |
- Urawa Red Diamonds progress 5-3 on penalties after 4-4 aggregate score
- Sepahan progress 3-1 on aggregate
Final
Main article: 2007 AFC Champions League Final
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepahan |
1–3 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
1–1 | 0–2 |
First leg
Second leg
- Urawa Red Diamonds win 3-1 on aggregate
Winners
| AFC Champions League 2007 Winners |
|---|
| Urawa Red Diamonds 1st Title |
Top scorers
See also
External links
- AFC Champions League Official Page (English)
- AFC Calendar of Events 2007
- Champions League 2007, Group Stage Draw from official site.
- Champions League 2007, Knockout Stage Draw from official site.
References
- ↑ "Esteghlal disqualified from AFC League". PressTV. 26 February 2007.
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