2009 AFC Champions League group stage

The 2009 AFC Champions League group stage was played from 10 March to 20 May 2009. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knock-out stage of the 2009 AFC Champions League.

Groups

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 6420104+614
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 641195+413
Iran Saba Battery 612379−25
United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli 6015614−81
HILPAKSABAHL
2–0 1–1 2–1
1–1 2–1 2–0
0–1 1–2 0–0
1–3 1–2 3–5

10 March 2009
19:15 (UTC+4)
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates 1 – 2 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Abd Rabo  89' Report Ahmedov  25'
Z. Tadjiyev  67'
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 2,551
Referee: Abdullah Al-Hilali (Oman)

11 March 2009[1]
18:40 (UTC+3)
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 1 – 1 Iran Saba Battery
Hawsawi  33' Report Farzaneh  14'

17 March 2009
15:00 (UTC+3:30)
Saba Battery Iran 0 – 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
Report
Yadegar Emam Stadium, Qom
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

17 March 2009
17:00 (UTC+5)
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan 1 – 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Z. Tadjiyev  57' Report Rădoi  55' (pen.)

7 April 2009
16:00 (UTC+4:30)
Saba Battery Iran 0 – 2 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Report Z. Tadjiyev  56'
F. Tadjiyev  64'
Yadegar Emam Stadium, Qom
Attendance: 3,645
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

7 April 2009
20:35 (UTC+3)
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 2 – 1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
Al-Qahtani  32'
Rădoi  90+3' (pen.) 		Report A. Khalil  12'
King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)

22 April 2009
17:30 (UTC+5)
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan 2 – 1 Iran Saba Battery
Ahmedov  36' (pen.)
Andreev  49' 		Report Nouri  5'

22 April 2009
19:35 (UTC+4)
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates 1 – 3 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Abd Rabo  3' Report El Taib  32'
Rădoi  53'
Al-Qahtani  64'
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

6 May 2009
16:30 (UTC+4:30)
Saba Battery Iran 0 – 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Report El Taib  42'
Yadegar Emam Stadium, Qom
Attendance: 900
Referee: Tan Hai (China)

20 May 2009
20:50 (UTC+3)
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 2 – 0 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Al-Anbar  37'
Al-Swaileh  64' 		Report

20 May 2009
19:50 (UTC+4)
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates 3 – 5 Iran Saba Battery
Khamis  31' (pen.)
Al-Hawasin  45' (pen.)
Meydavoudi  66' 		Report Fazli  68'
Shafiei  74'
Nouri  75'
Yousefi  82'
Hamrang  87'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iran Persepolis 421156−17
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 421142+27
Qatar Al-Gharafa 410378−13
PRSSHBGHA
1–0 3–1
0–0 1–0
5–1 1–3

United Arab Emirates Sharjah withdrew from the competition with two games remaining. Their results were expunged.[2]

United Arab Emirates Sharjah were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player Abdelaziz Mohamed Al Mazam during the team’s AFC Champions League match against Al Shabab of Saudi Arabia on 8.4.09. Thus, Al Sharjah were fined USD 4000 and the match was awarded to Al Shabab 3-0. [3]

10 March 2009
15:00 (UTC+3:30)
Persepolis Iran Annulled
(3 – 1) 		United Arab Emirates Sharjah
Karimi  28'
Nikbakht  31'
Norouzi  34' 		Report Abdulwahab  55'
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

10 March 2009
18:15 (UTC+3)
Al-Gharafa Qatar 1 – 3 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Araújo  40' Report Marcelo Camacho  5'
Bin Saran  23'
Al-Shamrani  44'

17 March 2009
20:30 (UTC+3)
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia 0 – 0 Iran Persepolis
Report

17 March 2009
19:15 (UTC+4)
Sharjah United Arab Emirates Annulled
(0 – 2) 		Qatar Al-Gharafa
Report Kamil  16'
Araújo  53'
Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)

8 April 2009
19:20 (UTC+4)
Sharjah United Arab Emirates Annulled
(1 – 3) 		Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Anderson Barbosa  12' Report Al-Shamrani  21' (pen.)
Otaif  42'
Marcelo Camacho  49'
Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China)

8 April 2009
16:00 (UTC+4:30)
Persepolis Iran 3 – 1 Qatar Al-Gharafa
Zare  36' (pen.)
Touré  45+1'
Nikbakht  47' 		Report Fernandão  69'
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 53,204
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

21 April 2009
20:40 (UTC+3)
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia Annulled
(5 – 0) 		United Arab Emirates Sharjah
Bin Saran  16', 64'
Al-Shamrani  42' (pen.), 47', 58' 		Report

21 April 2009
18:30 (UTC+3)
Al-Gharafa Qatar 5 – 1 Iran Persepolis
Fernandão  8'
Araújo  43', 45+1', 81'
Nashat Akram  69' 		Report Karimi  76'
Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

6 May 2009
20:45 (UTC+3)
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia 1 – 0 Qatar Al-Gharafa
Al-Shamrani  90+2' (pen.) Report
King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

20 May 2009
17:00 (UTC+4:30)
Persepolis Iran 1 – 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Khalili  46' Report
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 31,321
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 6330144+1012
Qatar Umm-Salal 6222613−78
United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira 605167−15
Iran Esteghlal 604268−24
ITTUMSJAZEST
7–0 1–1 2–1
1–3 2–2 1–0
0–0 0–1 2–2
1–1 1–1 1–1

11 March 2009
17:30 (UTC+4)
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates 0 – 1 Qatar Umm-Salal
Report Hubail  90+2'

11 March 2009
20:30 (UTC+3)
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 2 – 1 Iran Esteghlal
Moteab  89'
Aboucherouane  90+3' 		Report Borhani  77'

18 March 2009
15:00 (UTC+3:30)
Esteghlal Iran 1 – 1 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
Kazemi  45+4' Report Fernando Baiano  10'
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

18 March 2009
18:00 (UTC+3)
Umm-Salal Qatar 1 – 3 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
N'Diaye  29' Report Al-Montashari  42'
Renato  56'
Aboucherouane  61'
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China)

7 April 2009
19:00 (UTC+3)
Umm-Salal Qatar 1 – 0 Iran Esteghlal
Fábio César  67' Report

22 April 2009
16:00 (UTC+4:30)
Esteghlal Iran 1 – 1 Qatar Umm-Salal
Borhani  45' Report Ghanem  70'
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 27,165
Referee: Abdullah Al-Hilali (Oman)

5 May 2009
17:00 (UTC+4:30)
Esteghlal Iran 1 – 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Alizadeh  89' Report Aboucherouane  80'
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 15,855
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)

5 May 2009
19:00 (UTC+3)
Umm-Salal Qatar 2 – 2 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
Hubail  54', 65' Report Khater  22'
Fernando Baiano  29'
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

19 May 2009
20:50 (UTC+3)
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 7 – 0 Qatar Umm-Salal
Renato  8', 85'
Hazazi  17', 25', 52'
Al-Saqri  56'
Al-Meshal  77' 		Report

19 May 2009
20:30 (UTC+4)
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates 2 – 2 Iran Esteghlal
Mabkhout  49'
Saad  70' 		Report Alizadeh  79'
Shakouri  84'

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 6402158+712
Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 622259−48
Iran Sepahan 621397+27
United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab 6213611−57
ETTBUNSEPSHB
4–0 2–1 4–1
2–1 2–2 0–0
3–0 0–1 2–0
1–4 2–0 2–1

11 March 2009
17:00 (UTC+5)
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan 2 – 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
Soliev  27', 48' Report Bashir  68'
JAR Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 9,120
Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

18 March 2009
20:30 (UTC+4)
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi United Arab Emirates 2 – 0 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Obaid  3'
Mguni  39' 		Report
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)

18 March 2009
20:00 (UTC+3)
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia 2 – 1 Iran Sepahan
Al-Qahtani  64'
Al-Hamed  86' 		Report Khatibi  45+2'

8 April 2009
18:00 (UTC+5)
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan 2 – 2 Iran Sepahan
Salomov  27'
Ashurmatov  74' 		Report Aghili  45+2'
Emad Mohammed  60'
JAR Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

8 April 2009
20:00 (UTC+3)
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia 4 – 1 United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
Tagoe  7', 82'
Bashir  16', 67' 		Report Abdullah  45+3'

21 April 2009
16:00 (UTC+4:30)
Sepahan Iran 0 – 1 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Report Kapadze  19'
Foolad Shahr Stadium, Esfahan
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

21 April 2009
19:30 (UTC+4)
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi United Arab Emirates 1 – 4 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
Marcos Assunção  15' (pen.) Report Tagoe  30', 54', 84'
Al-Qahtani  90+4'
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

5 May 2009
20:00 (UTC+3)
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia 4 – 0 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Tagoe  16', 38'
Bashir  48'
Al-Raja  81' 		Report

19 May 2009
17:00 (UTC+4:30)
Sepahan Iran 3 – 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
Papi  2'
Asghari  52'
Azizzadeh  81' 		Report

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Japan Nagoya Grampus 6330104+612
Australia Newcastle Jets 631265+110
South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 6204410−66
China Beijing Guoan 612345−15
NAGNEWULSBEI
1–1 4–1 0–0
0–1 2–0 2–1
1–3 0–1 1–0
1–1 2–0 0–1

7 April 2009
19:00 (UTC+9)
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i South Korea 1 – 0 China Beijing Guoan
Oh Jang-Eun  69' Report
Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 1,389
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (UAE)

20 May 2009
19:00 (UTC+8)
Beijing Guoan China 1 – 1 Japan Nagoya Grampus
Guo Hui  81' Report Niikawa  35'
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 14,080
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Japan Gamba Osaka 6501174+1315
South Korea FC Seoul 63121411+310
China Shandong Luneng 6213109+17
Indonesia Sriwijaya 6105724−173
OSASEOSHASRI
1–2 3–0 5–0
2–4 1–1 5–1
0–1 2–0 5–0
0–3 2–4 4–2

10 March 2009
19:00 (UTC+9)
Gamba Osaka Japan 3 – 0 China Shandong Luneng
Leandro  20'
Endo  72' (pen.)
Sasaki  79' 		Report
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
Attendance: 10,312
Referee: Mohamed Al-Saeedi (UAE)

10 March 2009
19:00 (UTC+7)
Sriwijaya Indonesia 2 – 4 South Korea FC Seoul
Ngon  70', 74' Report Jung Jo-Gook  32'
Kim Chi-Woo  57', 68'
Kim Seung-Yong  78'
Jakabaring Stadium, Palembang
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (UAE)

17 March 2009
20:00 (UTC+9)
FC Seoul South Korea 2 – 4 Japan Gamba Osaka
Jung Jo-Gook  53'
Lee Sang-Hyup  90+3' 		Report Yamazaki  13'
Leandro  61', 74', 83'

17 March 2009
15:30 (UTC+8)
Shandong Luneng China 5 – 0 Indonesia Sriwijaya
Li Jinyu  16', 26'
Han Peng  20'
Mrdaković  80', 84' 		Report

8 April 2009
19:00 (UTC+9)
Gamba Osaka Japan 5 – 0 Indonesia Sriwijaya
Leandro  40', 44'
Ammar  49' (o.g.)
Yamaguchi  51'
M. Yasuda  67' 		Report
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
Attendance: 10,249
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

8 April 2009
15:30 (UTC+8)
Shandong Luneng China 2 – 0 South Korea FC Seoul
Lü Zheng  54'
Han Peng  72' 		Report
Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan
Attendance: 13,586
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

21 April 2009
19:00 (UTC+7)
Sriwijaya Indonesia 0 – 3 Japan Gamba Osaka
Report Leandro  30'
Sasaki  45'
Cho Jae-Jin  75'

5 May 2009
17:00 (UTC+9)
FC Seoul South Korea 5 – 1 Indonesia Sriwijaya
Damjanović  17', 72', 90+2'
Sim Woo-Yeon  75', 79' 		Report Gumbs  62'
Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 15,295
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)

20 May 2009
19:00 (UTC+9)
Gamba Osaka Japan 1 – 2 South Korea FC Seoul
Usami  64' Report Damjanović  74'
Kim Han-Yoon  90+1'

20 May 2009
20:00 (UTC+7)
Sriwijaya Indonesia 4 – 2 China Shandong Luneng
Gumbs  53'
Krangar  73', 80'
Nasuha  87' 		Report Han Peng  42'
Gao Di  43'
Jakabaring Stadium, Palembang
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Japan Kashima Antlers 6411166+1013
South Korea Suwon Bluewings 6402128+412
China Shanghai Shenhua 622298+18
Singapore SAFFC 6015419−151
KASSUWSHASAF
3–0 2–0 5–0
4–1 2–1 3–1
1–1 2–1 4–1
1–4 0–2 1–1

7 April 2009
20:00 (UTC+8)
Shanghai Shenhua China 2 – 1 South Korea Suwon Bluewings
Vâlkanov  18'
Hleb  76' 		Report Li Weifeng  65'
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohamed Al-Saeedi (UAE)

5 May 2009
19:30 (UTC+8)
Singapore Armed Forces Singapore 1 – 1 China Shanghai Shenhua
Latiff  29' Report Barcos  90+1'
Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 2,838
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (UAE)

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
South Korea Pohang Steelers 633073+412
Japan Kawasaki Frontale 6312107+310
China Tianjin Teda 622265+18
Australia Central Coast Mariners 6024513−82
POHKAWTIACCM
1–1 1–0 3–2
0–2 1–0 2–1
0–0 3–1 2–2
0–0 0–5 0–1

21 April 2009
19:00 (UTC+9)
Kawasaki Frontale Japan 2 – 1 Australia Central Coast Mariners
Juninho  46'　
Renatinho  81' 		Report Simon  59'
Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki
Attendance: 8,419
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (UAE)

21 April 2009
20:00 (UTC+8)
Tianjin Teda China 0 – 0 South Korea Pohang Steelers
Report
TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 19,831
Referee: Mohamed Al-Saeedi (UAE)

5 May 2009
13:00 (UTC+9)
Pohang Steelers South Korea 3 – 2 Australia Central Coast Mariners
Denilson  8', 71', 88' Report Kwasnik  54', 57'
Steelyard Stadium, Pohang
Attendance: 11,539
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

References

  1. ↑ Postponed from the 10th to the 11th because of a sandstorm.
  2. ↑ "Sharjah SC withdraw from ACL". AFC. 2009-05-04. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  3. ↑ Sharjah found guilty of fielding an ineligible player
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