2014 AFC Champions League group stage
The group stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League was played from 25 February to 23 April 2014. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage.[1]
Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 10 December 2013, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
The following 32 teams (16 from West Asia Zone, 16 from East Asia Zone) were entered into the group stage draw, which included the 28 automatic qualifiers and the four qualifying play-off winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw:
| Zone | Teams |
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| West Asia Zone (Groups A–D) |
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| East Asia Zone (Groups E–H) |
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Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.
Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[1]
- Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
- Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned (away goals do not apply)
- Goal difference in all the group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play
- Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card)
- Drawing of lots
Groups
The matchdays were 25–26 February, 11–12 March, 18–19 March, 1–2 April, 15–16 April, and 22–23 April 2014.[3]
Group A
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Al-Rayyan  |
2–3 |  Al-Jazira |
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Yakubu  48' (pen.)Haroon 53' |
Report | Barrada 45' Mabkhout 60'Cho Yong-hyung 90' (o.g.) |
Group B
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- Bunyodkor and El-Jaish are tied on head-to-head record and overall goal difference, and so are ranked on overall goals scored.
Al-Fateh  |
0–0 | El Jaish |
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| Report |
Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium, Al-Hasa Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates) |
Group C
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Group D
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- Al-Ahli and Sepahan are ranked on head-to-head record.
Group E
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Pohang Steelers  |
2–2 |  Shandong Luneng Taishan |
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| Kim Tae-su 32' Kim Seung-dae 78' |
Report | Vágner Love 13' (pen.), 23' (pen.) |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan |
2–4 | Pohang Steelers |
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| Du Wei 85' Han Peng 90+3' |
Report | Go Moo-yul 35' Kim Tae-su 65' (pen.)Kim Seung-dae 71'Liu Binbin 83' (o.g.) |
Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Jinan Attendance: 32,817 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) |
Group F
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- Beijing Guoan and Central Coast Mariners are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima  |
1–1 | Beijing Guoan |
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| Chiba 77' |
Report | Ha Dae-sung 62' |
Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima Attendance: 6,021 Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) |
| FC Seoul |
2–2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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| Yun Il-lok 53' Rafael Costa 90+4' (pen.) |
Report | Notsuda 20' Hwang Seok-ho 70' |
| Beijing Guoan |
2–2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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| Shao Jiayi 55' Guerrón 60' |
Report | Ishihara 66' Zhao Hejing 70' (o.g.) |
Group G
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- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Melbourne Victory are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.
| Guangzhou Evergrande |
4–2 |  Melbourne Victory |
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| Huang Bowen 59' Diamanti 65', 85'Elkeson 71' |
Report | Contreras 37' Broxham 41' |
| Melbourne Victory |
2–2 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
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| Ansell 31' Barbarouses 81' |
Report | Lee Dong-gook 76', 79' |
| Melbourne Victory |
1–0 | Yokohama F. Marinos |
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| Barbarouses 9' |
Report |
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 6,357 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia) |
| Guangzhou Evergrande |
3–1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
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| Gao Lin 17', 21' Liao Lisheng 61' |
Report | Lee Dong-gook 39' |
| Yokohama F. Marinos |
3–2 | Melbourne Victory |
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| Ito 21' Nakamachi 27'Hyodo 89' |
Report | Troisi 7' (pen.) J. Jeggo 90+2' |
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 7,395 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates) |
Group H
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- Western Sydney Wanderers and Kawasaki Frontale are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.
| Western Sydney Wanderers |
1–3 | Ulsan Hyundai |
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| Šantalab 1' |
Report | Kim Shin-wook 35' Ko Chang-hyun 43'Kang Min-soo 66' |
| Guizhou Renhe |
0–1 | Western Sydney Wanderers |
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| Report | Bridge 10' |
Guiyang Olympic Sports Center, Guiyang Attendance: 21,184 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore) |
| Guizhou Renhe |
3–1 | Ulsan Hyundai |
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| Chen Zijie 39', 89' Qu Bo 52' |
Report | Yoo Jun-soo 34' |
Guiyang Olympic Sports Center, Guiyang Attendance: 16,120 Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) |
| Western Sydney Wanderers |
5–0 | Guizhou Renhe |
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| Cole 7' Haliti 75'Mooy 81' (pen.)Ono 85'Topor-Stanley 88' |
Report |
| Kawasaki Frontale |
3–1 | Ulsan Hyundai |
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| Kobayashi 32' Ōkubo 34'Jeci 77' |
Report | Rafinha 35' |
Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki Attendance: 9,338 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore) |
References
- 1 2 "AFC Champions League 2014 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
- ↑ "AFC Champions League 2014 Group Stage draw". AFC. 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014" (PDF). AFC.
External links
- AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com
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