2007 AFC Champions League

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.

2007 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates7 March – 14 November 2007
Teams28
Final positions
Champions Urawa Red Diamonds (1st title)
Runners-up Sepahan
Tournament statistics
Matches played92
Goals scored230 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mota
(7 goals)
Best player(s) Yuichiro Nagai
Fair play award Urawa Red Diamonds

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 qualified 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 22 December, 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.

Defending Champions (1)
Korea Republic (1)Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2006 AFC Champions League winners)
East Asia & ASEAN (12)
Australia (2)Adelaide United (2005–06 A-League premiers)
Sydney FC (2006 A-League Grand Final winners)
China (2)Shandong Luneng Taishan (2006 Chinese Super League champions and 2006 Chinese FA Cup winners)
Shanghai Shenhua (2006 Chinese Super League runners-up)
Indonesia (2)Persik Kediri (2006 Liga Indonesia Premier Division champions)
Arema Malang (2006 Copa Indonesia winners)
Japan (2)Urawa Red Diamonds (2006 J. League Division 1 champions and 2006–07 Emperor's Cup winners)
Kawasaki Frontale (2006 J. League Division 1 runners-up)
Korea Republic (2)Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2006 K-League champions)
Chunnam Dragons (2006 Korean FA Cup winners)
Thailand (1)Bangkok University FC (2006 Thailand Premier League champions)
Vietnam (1)Gach Dong Tam Long An (2006 V-League champions)
Central & South Asia and West Asia (16) (15)
Iran (2) (1)Esteghlal (2005–06 Iran Pro League champions)
Sepahan (2005–06 Hazfi Cup winners)
Iraq (2)Al-Zawraa (2005–06 Iraqi Premier League champions)
Najaf FC (2005–06 Iraqi Premier League runners-up)
Kuwait (2)Al Kuwait (2005–06 Kuwaiti Premier League champions)
Al-Arabi (2006 Kuwait Emir Cup winners)
Qatar (2)Al Sadd (2005–06 Qatar Stars League champions)
Al-Rayyan (2006 Emir of Qatar Cup winners)
Saudi Arabia (2)Al-Shabab (2005–06 Saudi Premier League champions)
Al-Hilal (2005–06 Saudi Crown Prince Cup winners)
Syria (2)Al-Karamah (2005–06 Syrian League champions)
Al-Ittihad (2005–06 Syrian Cup winners)
UAE (2)Al-Wahda (2005–06 UAE Football League runners-up)
Al Ain (2005–06 UAE Emir Cup winners)
Uzbekistan (2)Pakhtakor (2006 Uzbek League champions and 2006 Uzbekistani Cup winners)
Neftchi (2006 Uzbek League runners-up)

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 7 March 21 March 11 April 25 April 9 and 23 May 2007.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Wahda 6 4 1 1 13 6 +7 13
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
Source:
Al-Rayyan 0–1 Al-Wahda
(Report) Mohamed al-Shehhi  81'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Yang Zhiqiang (China)

Al-Wahda 4–1 Al-Arabi
Mamadou Bagayoko  40'  56' (pen.)
Saleh Al Menhali  63'
Bashir Saeed  68'
(Report) Mohamed Jarragh  35'
Al-Zawraa 0–0 Al-Rayyan
(Report)

Al-Arabi 1–1 Al-Rayyan
Jarrah Al Zuhair  60' (Report) Adel Lamy  52'
Attendance: 7,300
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)

Al-Rayyan 1–3 Al-Arabi
Thiago Ribeiro  44' (report) Khaled Khalaf  25'
Firas Al Khatib  63', 69'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ali Al Mutlaq (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Wahda 1–1 Al-Zawraa
Abdulrahim Jumaa  57' (report) Haidar Sabah  75'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)

Al-Zawraa 3–2 Al-Arabi
Wissam Kadhim  21'
Ahmad Ibrahim  70'
Nawaf Falah  78'
(Report) Firas Al Khatib  50', 84'

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'
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[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Notes:
  1. Esteghlal was disqualified for failing to submit their players list in time.

Al Kuwait 0–1 Pakhtakor
(Report) Aleksandr Kletskov  69'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)

Pakhtakor 0–2 Al-Hilal
(Report) Omar Al-Ghamdi  54'
Rodrigão  59'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Junjie Huang (China)

Al-Hilal 2–0 Pakhtakor
Rodrigão  30'  90' (pen.) (report)

Al Kuwait 0–0 Al-Hilal
(Report)
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)

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
Source:
Al-Karamah 2–1 Al Sadd
Senghor Koupouleni  70'
Abdalrahman Akkari  85'
(Report) Magid Mohamed  22'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Madhad Saif Al Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)
Najaf FC 0–1 Neftchi
(Report) Kholmatov  71'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Hedayat Mombini (Iran)

Al Sadd 1–4 Najaf FC
Talal Al Bloushi  45' (Report) Aqeel Mohammed  47'
Saeed Mohsen  55'  86' (pen.)
Karrar Jassim  70'
Attendance: 1,500

Al Sadd 2–0 Neftchi
Khalfan Ibrahim  65'
Emerson  75'
(Report)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Al Karamah 1–1 Najaf FC
Fahd Awde  90' (pen.) (Report) Falah Hasan Kadhim  71'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)

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'
Neftchi 2–1 Al Sadd
Iqboljon Akramov  1'
Nasim Shoimov  41'
(Report) Emerson  17'
Attendance: 14,600
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)

Al Sadd 1–1 Al-Karamah
Ali Nasser  16' (Report) Iyad Mando  44'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)
Neftchi 1–1 Najaf FC
Kholmatov  43' (Report) Ali Mohammed  60'
Attendance: 16,000

Al-Karamah 2–0 Neftchi
Iyad Mando  12', 50' (Report)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ali Al Mutlaq (Saudi Arabia)
Najaf FC 1–0 Al Sadd
Saeed Mohsen  78' (Report)
Referee: Salem Mahmoud Mugjhef (Jordan)

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
Source:
Sepahan 2–1 Al-Ittihad
Mehdi Seyed Salehi  19', 29' (Report) Anas Sari  12'

Al-Ittihad 0–0 Al Ain
(Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alaa Abdul-Kadir Nema (Iraq)

Al-Shabab 4–0 Al-Ittihad
Abdullah Al Dosari  35', 48'
Naji Majrashi  60' (pen.)
Waleed Al-Gizanii  79'
(Report)
Al Ain 3–2 Sepahan
Ali Al-Wehaibi  6'
Msalam Faiez  44'
Frank Ongfiang  84'
(Report) Mehdi Seyed Salehi  8'
Emad Mohammed  65'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)

Sepahan 1–1 Al Ain
Hossein Papi  49' (Report) Hawar Mulla Mohammed  86'
Attendance: 25,000
Al-Ittihad 1–1 Al-Shabab
Ammar Rihawi  36' (Report) Ahmed Ateef  65'

Al-Shabab 2–0 Al Ain
Abdullah Al Astaa  59'
Waleed Al-Gizani  88'
(Report)
Al-Ittihad 0–5 Sepahan
(Report) Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail  10'
Mohammad Nori  40', 55'
Emad Mohammed  70', 90'

Al Ain 1–1 Al-Ittihad
Ghareeb Hareb  53' (Report) Anas Sari  90'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Huang Junjie (China)
Sepahan 1–0 Al-Shabab
Mehdi Seyed Salehi  33' (Report)

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
Source:
Shanghai Shenhua 1–2 Sydney FC
Xie Hui  78' (Report) Steve Corica  8'
Ufuk Talay  23'

Persik Kediri 1–0 Shanghai Shenhua
Bertha Yuana Putra  71' (Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)

Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Shanghai Shenhua
Yuki Abe  45' (Report)
Attendance: 28,828
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Persik Kediri 2–1 Sydney FC
Aris Budi Prasetyo  25'
Budi Sudarsono  70'
(Report) Steve Corica  8'

Shanghai Shenhua 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds
(Report)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mahmood Al Ghatrifi (Oman)
Sydney FC 3–0 Persik Kediri
Steve Corica  54', 90'
Alex Brosque  73'
(Report)
Attendance: 10,075
Referee: Minh Tri Vo (Vietnam)

Sydney FC 0–0 Shanghai Shenhua
(Report 1 2)
Attendance: 14,786
Referee: Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Shanghai Shenhua 6–0 Persik Kediri
Xie Hui  8'
Gao Lin  25'
Diego Alonso  79', 87', 90'
Sergio Blanco  86'
(Report)
Attendance: 8,000

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
Source:
Arema Malang 1–3 Kawasaki Frontale
Elie Aiboy  12' (Report) Magnum  1', 73'
Kengo Nakamura  82'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)

Chunnam Dragons 2–0 Arema Malang
Kim Tae-Su  48'
Sandro Cardoso  82'
(Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Huang Junjie (China)

Bangkok University 0–0 Arema Malang
(Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan)

Arema Malang 1–0 Bangkok University
Bruno Casimir  56' (Report)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Chunnam Dragons
Juninho  25'
Chong Tese  81', 87'
(Report)

Chunnam Dragons 3–2 Bangkok University
Kim Seung-Hyun  28'
Song Tae-Lim  79', 90'
(Report) Kittisak Siriwaen  11'
Kraisorn Pancharoen  39'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Abdul Neman
Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Arema Malang
Kengo Nakamura  4', 70'
Taku Harada  80'
(Report)
Attendance: 9,453
Referee: Minh Tri Vo (Vietnam)

Bangkok University 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale
Ekkaphan Petvises  40' (Report) Taku Harada  17'
Takahisa Nishiyama  63'
Arema Malang 0–1 Chunnam Dragons
(Report) Ju Kwang-Youn  47'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mahmood Al Ghatrifi (Oman)

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
Source:
Adelaide United 0–1 Shandong Luneng Taishan
(Report) Michael Valkanis  47' (o.g.)
Attendance: 7,645
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
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'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Dilovarshokh Orzuev (Tajikistan)


Shandong Luneng Taishan 4–0 Gach Dong Tam Long An
Han Peng  42', 52'
Wang Yongpo  54'
Li Jinyu  74'
(Report)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar)

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'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohamed Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)


Adelaide United 3–0 Gach Dong Tam Long An
Travis Dodd  7', 22', 49' (Report)
Attendance: 6,917
Referee: Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

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

Sepahan 0–0 Kawasaki Frontale
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)

Al-Wahda 0–0 Al-Hilal
Report
Attendance: 12,000

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2–1 Al-Karamah
Kim Min-Ho  72'
Cho Byung-Kuk  74'
Report Senghor Koupouleni  9'
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Hedayat Mombini (Iran)

Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Makoto Hasebe  4'
Tatsuya Tanaka  59'
Report Choi Jin-cheul  90'
Attendance: 33,103
Referee: Salem Mahmoud Mujghef (Jordan)

Second leg

  • 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

  • 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


Sepahan 3–1 Al-Wahda
Mahmoud Karimi  11', 58'
Moharram Navidkia  85' (pen.)
Report Mohamed Al Shehhi  48'
Referee: Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Second leg

  • Urawa Red Diamonds progress 5–3 on penalties after 4–4 aggregate score

Al-Wahda 0–0 Sepahan
Report
Attendance: 13,000
  • Sepahan progress 3–1 on aggregate

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 2–0 Sepahan
Yuichiro Nagai  22'
Yuki Abe  71'
Report
  • Urawa Red Diamonds win 3–1 on aggregate

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Mota Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 7
2 Kim Dong-hyun Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 5
Mehdi Seyed Salehi Sepahan
4 Rodrigão Al-Hilal 4
Firas Al Khatib Al-Arabi
Saeed Mohsen Najaf FC
Steve Corica Sydney FC
Travis Dodd Adelaide United
Robson Ponte Urawa Red Diamonds
10 Magnum Kawasaki Frontale 3
Juninho Kawasaki Frontale
Kengo Nakamura Kawasaki Frontale
Wang Yongpo Shandong Luneng Taishan
Li Jinyu Shandong Luneng Taishan
Emad Mohammed Sepahan
Mahmoud Karimi Sepahan
Mamadou Bagayoko Al-Wahda
Waleed Al-Gizani Al-Shabab
Diego Alonso Shanghai Shenhua
Fernando Adelaide United
Iyad Mando Al-Karamah
Senghor Koupouleni Al-Karamah
Tatsuya Tanaka Urawa Red Diamonds
Yuichiro Nagai Urawa Red Diamonds
Yuki Abe Urawa Red Diamonds
Choi Sung-Kuk Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

See also

References

  1. "Esteghlal disqualified from AFC League". PressTV. 26 February 2007. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
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