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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Hilal 6 4 2 0 10 4 +6 14 Advance to knockout stage
2 Pakhtakor 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13
3 Saba Qom 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5
4 Al-Ahli 6 0 1 5 6 14 −8 1
Source: WorldFootball.net
Al-Ahli 1–2 Pakhtakor
Abd Rabo  89' Report Ahmedov  25'
Z. Tadjiyev  67'
Attendance: 2,551
Al-Hilal 1–1 Saba Qom
Hawsawi  33' Report Farzaneh  14'
Attendance: 19,000
Saba Qom 0–0 Al-Ahli
Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)
Pakhtakor 1–1 Al-Hilal
Z. Tadjiyev  57' Report Rădoi  55' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,454
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
Saba Qom 0–2 Pakhtakor
Report Z. Tadjiyev  56'
F. Tadjiyev  64'
Attendance: 3,645
Al-Hilal 2–1 Al-Ahli
Al-Qahtani  32'
Rădoi  90+3' (pen.)		 Report A. Khalil  12'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
Pakhtakor 2–1 Saba Qom
Ahmedov  36' (pen.)
Andreev  49'		 Report Nouri  5'
Attendance: 17,000
Al-Ahli 1–3 Al-Hilal
Abd Rabo  3' Report Al Taib  32'
Rădoi  53'
Al-Qahtani  64'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Saba Qom 0–1 Al-Hilal
Report El Taib  42'
Attendance: 900
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Pakhtakor 2–0 Al-Ahli
Z. Tadjiyev  38'
Geynrikh  58'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Al-Hilal 2–0 Pakhtakor
Al-Anbar  37'
Al-Swaileh  64'		 Report
Attendance: 11,251
Al-Ahli 3–5 Saba Qom
Khamis  31' (pen.)
Al-Hawasin  45' (pen.)
Meydavoudi  66'		 Report Fazli  68'
Shafiei  74'
Nouri  75'
Yousefi  82'
Hamrang  87'
Attendance: 326

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Persepolis 4 2 1 1 5 6 −1 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Al-Shabab 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 7
3 Al-Gharafa 4 1 0 3 7 8 −1 3
4 Sharjah[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[lower-alpha 2]
Source: WorldFootball.net
Notes:
  1. 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. [2]
  2. Sharjah withdrew from the competition with two games remaining. Their results were expunged.[3]
Persepolis Annulled
3–1		 Sharjah
Karimi  28'
Nikbakht  31'
Norouzi  34'		 Report Abdulwahab  55'
Attendance: 55,000
Al-Gharafa 1–3 Al-Shabab
Araújo  40' Report Marcelo Camacho  5'
Bin Saran  23'
Al-Shamrani  44'
Attendance: 500
Al-Shabab 0–0 Persepolis
Report
Attendance: 9,000
Sharjah Annulled
(0–2)		 Al-Gharafa
Report Kamil  16'
Araújo  53'
Attendance: 2,000
Sharjah Annulled
(1–3)		 Al-Shabab
Anderson Barbosa  12' Report Al-Shamrani  21' (pen.)
Otaif  42'
Marcelo Camacho  49'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Persepolis 3–1 Al-Gharafa
Zare  36' (pen.)
Touré  45+1'
Nikbakht  47'		 Report Fernandão  69'
Attendance: 53,204
Al-Shabab Annulled
(5–0)		 Sharjah
Bin Saran  16', 64'
Al-Shamrani  42' (pen.), 47', 58'		 Report
Attendance: 2,950
Al-Gharafa 5–1 Persepolis
Fernandão  8'
Araújo  43', 45+1', 81'
Nashat Akram  69'		 Report Karimi  76'
Attendance: 1,000
Sharjah Cancelled Persepolis
Al-Shabab 1–0 Al-Gharafa
Al-Shamrani  90+2' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
Persepolis 1–0 Al-Shabab
Khalili  46' Report
Attendance: 31,321
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)
Al-Gharafa Cancelled Sharjah

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Ittihad 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Umm-Salal 6 2 2 2 6 13 −7 8
3 Al-Jazira 6 0 5 1 6 7 −1 5
4 Esteghlal 6 0 4 2 6 8 −2 4
Source: WorldFootball.net
Al-Jazira 0–1 Umm-Salal
Report Hubail  90+2'
Attendance: 6,920
Al-Ittihad 2–1 Esteghlal
Moteab  89'
Aboucherouane  90+3'		 Report Borhani  77'
Attendance: 19,000
Esteghlal 1–1 Al-Jazira
Kazemi  45+4' Report Fernando Baiano  10'
Attendance: 40,000
Umm-Salal 1–3 Al-Ittihad
N'Diaye  29' Report Al-Montashari  42'
Renato  56'
Aboucherouane  61'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Umm-Salal 1–0 Esteghlal
Fábio César  67' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Al-Jazira 0–0 Al-Ittihad
Report
Attendance: 11,830
Esteghlal 1–1 Umm-Salal
Borhani  45' Report Ghanem  70'
Attendance: 27,165
Al-Ittihad 1–1 Al-Jazira
Al-Muwallad  40' Report Fernando Baiano  71'
Attendance: 23,000
Esteghlal 1–1 Al-Ittihad
Alizadeh  89' Report Aboucherouane  80'
Attendance: 15,855
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
Umm-Salal 2–2 Al-Jazira
Hubail  54', 65' Report Khater  22'
Fernando Baiano  29'
Attendance: 2,000
Al-Ittihad 7–0 Umm-Salal
Renato  8', 85'
Hazazi  17', 25', 52'
Al-Saqri  56'
Al-Meshal  77'		 Report
Attendance: 7,594
Al-Jazira 2–2 Esteghlal
Mabkhout  49'
Saad  70'		 Report Alizadeh  79'
Shakouri  84'
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Ettifaq 6 4 0 2 15 8 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Bunyodkor 6 2 2 2 5 9 −4 8
3 Sepahan 6 2 1 3 9 7 +2 7
4 Al-Shabab 6 2 1 3 6 11 −5 7
Source: WorldFootball.net
Sepahan 2–0 Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
Jafarpour  2'
Sá  90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Bunyodkor 2–1 Al-Ettifaq
Soliev  27', 48' Report Bashir  68'
Attendance: 9,120
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi 2–0 Bunyodkor
Obaid  3'
Mguni  39'		 Report
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
Al-Ettifaq 2–1 Sepahan
Al-Qahtani  64'
Al-Hamed  86'		 Report Khatibi  45+2'
Attendance: 7,000
Bunyodkor 2–2 Sepahan
Salomov  27'
Ashurmatov  74'		 Report Aghili  45+2'
Emad Mohammed  60'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)
Al-Ettifaq 4–1 Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
Tagoe  7', 82'
Bashir  16', 67'		 Report Abdullah  45+3'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Sepahan 0–1 Bunyodkor
Report Kapadze  19'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi 1–4 Al-Ettifaq
Marcos Assunção  15' (pen.) Report Tagoe  30', 54', 84'
Al-Qahtani  90+4'
Attendance: 1,500
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi 2–1 Sepahan
Mguni  1'
Saad  51'		 Report Emad Mohammed  70'
Attendance: 720
Al-Ettifaq 4–0 Bunyodkor
Tagoe  16', 38'
Bashir  48'
Al Raja  81'		 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Sepahan 3–0 Al-Ettifaq
Papi  2'
Asghari  52'
Azizzadeh  81'		 Report
Attendance: 400
Bunyodkor 0–0 Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
Report
Attendance: 8,500

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nagoya Grampus 6 3 3 0 10 4 +6 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Newcastle Jets 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10
3 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 6 2 0 4 4 10 −6 6
4 Beijing Guoan 6 1 2 3 4 5 −1 5
Source: WorldFootball.net
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1–3 Nagoya Grampus
Cho Jin-Soo  25' Report Yoshida  54'
Davi  77'
Magnum  87'
Attendance: 3,156
Beijing Guoan 2–0 Newcastle United Jets
R. Griffiths  7'
Du Wenhui  90+3'		 Report
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
Nagoya Grampus 0–0 Beijing Guoan
Report
Attendance: 7,374
Newcastle United Jets 2–0 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Petrovski  15', 43' Report
Attendance: 7,314
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Nagoya Grampus 1–1 Newcastle United Jets
Tamada  65' Report Elrich  9'
Attendance: 7,198
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1–0 Beijing Guoan
Oh Jang-Eun  69' Report
Attendance: 1,389
Newcastle United Jets 0–1 Nagoya Grampus
Report Ogawa  57'
Attendance: 8,492
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)
Beijing Guoan 0–1 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Report Oh Jang-Eun  73'
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 32,465
Nagoya Grampus 4–1 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Ogawa  14', 72'
Maki  23'
Davi  59'		 Report Kim Shin-Wook  42'
Attendance: 9,049
Newcastle United Jets 2–1 Beijing Guoan
Petrovski  88'
Rooney  90+4'		 Report R. Griffiths  69'
Attendance: 6,106
Beijing Guoan 1–1 Nagoya Grampus
Guo Hui  81' Report Niikawa  35'
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 14,080
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 0–1 Newcastle United Jets
Report Hoffman  36'
Attendance: 2,000

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gamba Osaka 6 5 0 1 17 4 +13 15 Advance to knockout stage
2 FC Seoul 6 3 1 2 14 11 +3 10
3 Shandong Luneng 6 2 1 3 10 9 +1 7
4 Sriwijaya 6 1 0 5 7 24 −17 3
Source: WorldFootball.net
Gamba Osaka 3–0 Shandong Luneng
Leandro  20'
Endo  72' (pen.)
Sasaki  79'		 Report
Attendance: 10,312
Referee: Mohamed Al-Saeedi (UAE)
Sriwijaya 2–4 FC Seoul
Ngon  70', 74' Report Jung Jo-Gook  32'
Kim Chi-Woo  57', 68'
Kim Seung-Yong  78'
Attendance: 20,000
FC Seoul 2–4 Gamba Osaka
Jung Jo-Gook  53'
Lee Sang-Hyup  90+3'		 Report Yamazaki  13'
Leandro  61', 74', 83'
Attendance: 11,197
Shandong Luneng 5–0 Sriwijaya
Li Jinyu  16', 26'
Han Peng  20'
Mrdaković  80', 84'		 Report
Attendance: 8,347
Gamba Osaka 5–0 Sriwijaya
Leandro  40', 44'
Ammar  49' (o.g.)
Yamaguchi  51'
M. Yasuda  67'		 Report
Attendance: 10,249
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Shandong Luneng 2–0 FC Seoul
Lü Zheng  54'
Han Peng  72'		 Report
Attendance: 13,586
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Sriwijaya 0–3 Gamba Osaka
Report Leandro  30'
Sasaki  45'
Cho Jae-Jin  75'
Attendance: 9,000
FC Seoul 1–1 Shandong Luneng
Park Yong-Ho  24' Report Cichero  79'
Attendance: 5,471
FC Seoul 5–1 Sriwijaya
Damjanović  17', 72', 90+2'
Sim Woo-Yeon  75', 79'		 Report Gumbs  62'
Attendance: 15,295
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)
Shandong Luneng 0–1 Gamba Osaka
Report Leandro  59'
Attendance: 20,132
Gamba Osaka 1–2 FC Seoul
Usami  64' Report Damjanović  74'
Kim Han-Yoon  90+1'
Attendance: 6,861
Sriwijaya 4–2 Shandong Luneng
Gumbs  53'
Krangar  73', 80'
Nasuha  87'		 Report Han Peng  42'
Gao Di  43'
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kashima Antlers 6 4 1 1 16 6 +10 13 Advance to knockout stage
2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12
3 Shanghai Shenhua 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8
4 Singapore Armed Forces 6 0 1 5 4 19 −15 1
Source: WorldFootball.net
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4–1 Kashima Antlers
Li Weifeng  44'
Edu  45+1'
Hong Soon-Hak  82'
Park Hyun-Beom  90+1'		 Report Marquinhos  90+2'
Attendance: 14,126
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)
Shanghai Shenhua 4–1 Singapore Armed Forces
Barcos  25' (pen.), 90+4'
Yu Tao  74'
Yin Xifu  85'		 Report Wilkinson  64'
Attendance: 8,000
Kashima Antlers 2–0 Shanghai Shenhua
Nozawa  45'
Osako  80'		 Report
Attendance: 6,375
Singapore Armed Forces 0–2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Report Edu  65' (pen.), 71'
Attendance: 3,867
Singapore Armed Forces 1–4 Kashima Antlers
Osman  26' Report Motoyama  23'
Uchida  43'
Osako  47'　
Aoki  90+3'
Attendance: 4,406
Shanghai Shenhua 2–1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Vâlkanov  18'
Hleb  76'		 Report Li Weifeng  65'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohamed Al-Saeedi (UAE)
Kashima Antlers 5–0 Singapore Armed Forces
Nozawa  29'
Koroki  38', 74'
Ogasawara  50'
Osako  54'		 Report
Attendance: 6,027
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2–1 Shanghai Shenhua
Lee Sang-ho  41'
Bae Ki-Jong  44'		 Report Vâlkanov  12'
Attendance: 10,068
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Kashima Antlers 3–0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Oiwa  27'
Marquinhos  32', 75'		 Report
Attendance: 19,500
Singapore Armed Forces 1–1 Shanghai Shenhua
Latiff  29' Report Barcos  90+1'
Attendance: 2,838
Shanghai Shenhua 1–1 Kashima Antlers
Milligan  9' Report Marquinhos  31'
Attendance: 15,000

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pohang Steelers 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Kawasaki Frontale 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10
3 Tianjin Teda 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8
4 Central Coast Mariners 6 0 2 4 5 13 −8 2
Source: WorldFootball.net
Central Coast Mariners 0–0 Pohang Steelers
Report
Attendance: 6,870
Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Tianjin Teda
Renatinho  16' Report
Attendance: 12,125
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Pohang Steelers 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale
Kim Jae-Sung  12' Report Terada  24'
Attendance: 7,335
Tianjin Teda 2–2 Central Coast Mariners
Éber  37'
Wu Wei'an  66'		 Report Caceres  48'
Simon  61'
Attendance: 27,005
Central Coast Mariners 0–5 Kawasaki Frontale
Report Jong Tae-Se  8'
Taniguchi  22'
Juninho  37'
K. Nakamura  49'
Renatinho  70'
Attendance: 9,419
Pohang Steelers 1–0 Tianjin Teda
Hwang Jin-Sung  67' Report
Attendance: 7,034
Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Central Coast Mariners
Juninho  46'　
Renatinho  81'		 Report Simon  59'
Attendance: 8,419
Tianjin Teda 0–0 Pohang Steelers
Report
Attendance: 19,831
Referee: Mohamed Al-Saeedi (UAE)
Pohang Steelers 3–2 Central Coast Mariners
Denilson  8', 71', 88' Report Kwasnik  54', 57'
Attendance: 11,539
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Tianjin Teda 3–1 Kawasaki Frontale
Ma Leilei  12', 19'
Tommasi  90+4'		 Report Renatinho  51'
Attendance: 15,717
Kawasaki Frontale 0–2 Pohang Steelers
Report Noh Byung-Joon  12'
Denilson  72'
Attendance: 13,633
Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Tianjin Teda
Report Mao Biao  64'
Attendance: 5,843
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)

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