2011 AFC Champions League group stage

A total of 32 teams, 16 from West Asia and 16 from East Asia, competed in the 2011 AFC Champions League group stage. They included 30 direct entries and 2 winners of the qualifying play-off (one from West Asia and one from East Asia).

The draw for the group stage was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 7 December 2010.[1] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Clubs from the same country may not be drawn into the same group.[2]

In each group, teams played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 1–2 March, 15–16 March, 5–6 April, 19–20 April, 3–4 May, and 10–11 May 2011.[3]

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage.[4]

Tiebreakers

The clubs are ranked according to points and tie breakers are in following order:[4]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; (Away goals do not apply)
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches; (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card)
  8. Drawing of lots.

Groups

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iran Sepahan 6411145+913
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 6411116+513
Qatar Al-Gharafa 62136717
United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira 6015720131
Tiebreakers
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iran Sepahan 211032+14
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 20112311

1 March 2011
20:30 UTC+03:00
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 1 – 2 Iran Sepahan
Wilhelmsson  90+3' Report Touré  51'
Januário  60'

15 March 2011
18:30 UTC+03:00
Al-Gharafa Qatar 0 – 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Report Wilhelmsson  9'

15 March 2011
19:00 UTC+03:30
Sepahan Iran 5 – 1 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
Jamshidian  2', 24'
Touré  56'
Janjuš  65'
Kazemian  90'
Report Baré  54'

5 April 2011
20:00 UTC+04:30
Sepahan Iran 2 – 0 Qatar Al-Gharafa
Aghili  54' (pen.)
Jamshidian  66'
Report

5 April 2011
20:45 UTC+03:00
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 3 – 1 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
Kamel  4'
Al-Qahtani  14'
Al-Shalhoub  90+4'
Report Jumaa  19'

20 April 2011
18:50 UTC+03:00
Al-Gharafa Qatar 1 – 0 Iran Sepahan
Diané  19' Report
Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 3,426
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

20 April 2011
19:50 UTC+04:00
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates 2 – 3 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Mabkhout  44'
Qasim  45'
Report Al-Qahtani  56', 65'
Rădoi  77' (pen.)

4 May 2011
20:00 UTC+04:30
Sepahan Iran 1 – 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Navidkia  55' Report Al-Zori  46'
Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan
Attendance: 8,833
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

4 May 2011
19:00 UTC+03:00
Al-Gharafa Qatar 5 – 2 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
Mahmoud  10', 62', 80'
Diané  48'
Al Zain  60'
Report Jumaa  31'
Ricardo Oliveira  37' (pen.)

11 May 2011
20:00 UTC+04:00
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates 1 – 4 Iran Sepahan
Baré  14' Report Kazemian  32'
Touré  60,71'
Enayati  90+1'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Qatar Al-Sadd 624086+210
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 6222107+38
Iran Esteghlal 62221110+18
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 612381465
Tiebreakers
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 21013303
Iran Esteghlal 21013303

1 March 2011
17:00 UTC+05:00
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan 2 – 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Karimov  45'
Sharofetdinov  61'
Report Al-Mutwa  51'
Miladinović  88' (o.g.)

1 March 2011
17:30 UTC+03:30
Esteghlal Iran 1 – 1 Qatar Al-Sadd
Majidi  27' Report Keita  88'
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

16 March 2011
18:05 UTC+03:00
Al-Sadd Qatar 2 – 1 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Lee Jung-Soo  45'
Afif  61'
Report Abdukholiqov  57'

5 April 2011
18:15 UTC+03:00
Al-Sadd Qatar 1 – 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Lee Jung-Soo  61' Report

6 April 2011
17:30 UTC+04:30
Esteghlal Iran 4 – 2 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Hawar  12'
Majidi  23'
Seyed-Salehi  57'
Borhani  90+3'
Report Savić  4'
Shikhov  90'
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 17,654
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)

19 April 2011
18:00 UTC+05:00
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan 2 – 1 Iran Esteghlal
Andreev  28'
Krimets  88'
Report Borhani  45'

19 April 2011
20:40 UTC+03:00
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia 1 – 1 Qatar Al-Sadd
Sulaimani  75' Report Siddiq  37'

3 May 2011
18:25 UTC+03:00
Al-Sadd Qatar 2 – 2 Iran Esteghlal
Khalfan Ibrahim  54'
hassan al haidos  76'
Report Majidi  6', 37'

4 May 2011
20:45 UTC+03:00
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia 4 – 0 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Hamood  8'
Al-Mutwa  24', 65'
Al-Sahlawi  61'
Report

11 May 2011
18:00 UTC+05:00
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan 1 – 1 Qatar Al-Sadd
Andreev  60' Report Siddiq  90+3'

11 May 2011
18:00 UTC+04:30
Esteghlal Iran 2 – 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Majidi  62'
Hawar  89'
Report Al-Mutwa  60'
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 85,422
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 6321105+511
Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 623186+29
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 61326826
Iran Persepolis 612361155

2 March 2011
20:00 UTC+04:00
Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates 1 – 1 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Hugo  88' Report Haydarov  85'

2 March 2011
20:35 UTC+03:00
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 3 – 1 Iran Persepolis
Ziaya  13', 75'
Noor  48' (pen.)
Report Zare  19'

16 March 2011
17:00 UTC+05:00
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan 0 – 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Report Al-Muwallad  34'
JAR Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 6,150
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

16 March 2011
17:30 UTC+03:30
Persepolis Iran 1 – 1 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda
Badamaki  66' Report Ameen  54'
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

5 April 2011
18:00 UTC+05:00
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan 0 – 0 Iran Persepolis
Report
JAR Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

5 April 2011
20:20 UTC+04:00
Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates 0 – 3 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Report Ziaya  33'
Abushgeer  45+1'
Paulo Jorge  87'

20 April 2011
17:30 UTC+03:30
Persepolis Iran 1 – 3 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Arifi  87' Report Rajabov  60'
Karimov  71' (pen.)
Karpenko  90+5'
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 31,765
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

3 May 2011
17:30 UTC+04:30
Persepolis Iran 3 – 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Ali Asgari  14', 69'
Arifi  16'
Report Al-Rashid  19', 90+4'
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 25,486
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

3 May 2011
18:00 UTC+05:00
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan 3 – 2 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda
Trifunović  11', 35'
Soliev  85'
Report Matar  2'
Hugo  54' (pen.)

10 May 2011
20:30 UTC+04:00
Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates 2 – 0 Iran Persepolis
Saleh  13'
Al Shehhi  70'
Report

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iran Zob Ahan 641173+413
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 632184+411
United Arab Emirates Emirates 620461046
Qatar Al-Rayyan 61144844

2 March 2011
18:30 UTC+03:30
Zob Ahan Iran 2 – 1 United Arab Emirates Emirates
Hosseini  45+1'
Igor Castro  53'
Report Daoudi  39'

2 March 2011
18:15 UTC+03:00
Al-Rayyan Qatar 1 – 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Itamar  34' (pen.) Report Al-Shamrani  59'

16 March 2011
19:15 UTC+04:00
Emirates United Arab Emirates 2 – 0 Qatar Al-Rayyan
Daoudi  5'
Ahmed  24'
Report

6 April 2011
18:30 UTC+03:00
Al-Rayyan Qatar 1 – 3 Iran Zob Ahan
Al Marri  13' Report Khalatbari  11'
Igor Castro  24'
Hadadifar  71'

6 April 2011
20:05 UTC+03:00
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia 4 – 1 United Arab Emirates Emirates
Keita  45+4', 50'
Muath  74'
Shuhail  85'
Report Daoudi  5'

19 April 2011
19:30 UTC+04:00
Emirates United Arab Emirates 2 – 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Bouguèche  25', 41' Report Bin Saran  45'

19 April 2011
20:00 UTC+04:30
Zob Ahan Iran 1 – 0 Qatar Al-Rayyan
Farhadi  21' Report
Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan
Attendance: 3,351
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)


10 May 2011
20:30 UTC+04:30
Zob Ahan Iran 0 – 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Report Bin Sultan  57'

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Japan Gamba Osaka 6312137+610
China Tianjin Teda 631286+210
South Korea Jeju United 621361047
Australia Melbourne Victory 613271146
Tiebreakers
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Japan Gamba Osaka 210132+13
China Tianjin Teda 21012313

1 March 2011
19:00 UTC+09:00
Gamba Osaka Japan 5 – 1 Australia Melbourne Victory
Takei  4'
Adriano  7' (pen.)
Lee Keun-Ho  10'
Futagawa  62'
Kim Seung-Yong  90+1'
Report Muscat  21' (pen.)
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
Attendance: 12,949
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)



20 April 2011
19:00 UTC+09:00
Gamba Osaka Japan 3 – 1 South Korea Jeju United
Adriano  26', 48'
Takei  88'
Report Shin Young-Rok  67'


11 May 2011
19:00 UTC+09:00
Gamba Osaka Japan 2 – 0 China Tianjin Teda
Endo  74'
Usami  90+4' (pen.)
Report

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
South Korea FC Seoul 632194+511
Japan Nagoya Grampus 631296+310
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 62134957
China Hangzhou Greentown 61233635

2 March 2011
19:05 UTC+04:00
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 0 – 1 South Korea FC Seoul
Report Damjanović  25'



12 April 20111
19:00 UTC+09:00
Nagoya Grampus Japan 4 – 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Kanazaki  27', 45+1'
Keita  61' (o.g.)
Fujimoto  77'
Report

19 April 2011
20:00 UTC+09:00
FC Seoul South Korea 0 – 2 Japan Nagoya Grampus
Report Kanazaki  26'
Nagai  81'
Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 10,927
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

4 May 2011
20:00 UTC+09:00
FC Seoul South Korea 3 – 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Ko Yo-Han  16'
Damjanović  39', 72'
Report

11 May 2011
20:00 UTC+08:00
Hangzhou Greentown China 1 – 1 South Korea FC Seoul
Zeng Yue  90+2' Report Bang Seung-Hwan  66'

11 May 2011
19:40 UTC+04:00
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 3 – 1 Japan Nagoya Grampus
Al Merri  21'
Elias  39', 50' (pen.)
Report Fujimoto  49'
Notes

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6501142+1215
Japan Cerezo Osaka 6402114+712
China Shandong Luneng 621398+17
Indonesia Arema 6015222201

2 March 2011
19:00 UTC+09:00
Cerezo Osaka Japan 2 – 1 Indonesia Arema
Rodrigo Pimpão  14', 76' Report Alam Shah  50' (pen.)
Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 10,856
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)


5 April 2011
15:30 UTC+07:00
Arema Indonesia 1 – 1 China Shandong Luneng
Fakhrudin  90+3' (pen.) Report Obina  8'
Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

20 April 2011
15:30 UTC+08:00
Shandong Luneng China 5 – 0 Indonesia Arema
Deng Zhuoxiang  25'
Obina  44'
Han Peng  71'
Mozhapa  81'
Wang Yongpo  90+2'
Report
Shandong Stadium, Jinan
Attendance: 10,059
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)

3 May 2011
15:30 UTC+07:00
Arema Indonesia 0 – 4 Japan Cerezo Osaka
Report Kiyotake  30'
Rodrigo Pimpão  43'
Inui  46', 60'

10 May 2011
19:00 UTC+09:00
Cerezo Osaka Japan 4 – 0 China Shandong Luneng
Rodrigo Pimpão  39'
Kiyotake  47'
Inui  73'
Kurata  81'
Report
Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 9,035
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 6330123+912
Japan Kashima Antlers 633093+612
Australia Sydney FC 612361155
China Shanghai Shenhua 6024313102
Tiebreakers
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 20202202
Japan Kashima Antlers 20202202



13 April 20112
20:00 UTC+10:00
Sydney FC Australia 0 – 3 Japan Kashima Antlers
Report Nozawa  41'
Gabriel  51'
Koroki  90+2'
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 7,320
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)

19 April 2011
20:00 UTC+08:00
Shanghai Shenhua China 2 – 3 Australia Sydney FC
Jiang Jiajun  8'
Jamieson  52' (o.g.)
Report Cazarine  45+1', 59'
Bridge  90+3'


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