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).

Main article: 2011 AFC Champions League

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SEP HIL GHA JAZ
1 Sepahan 6 4 1 1 14 5 +9 13[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 2–0 5–1
2 Al-Hilal 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 13[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 — 2–0 3–1
3 Al-Gharafa 6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 7 1–0 0–1 — 5–2
4 Al-Jazira 6 0 1 5 7 20 −13 1 1–4 2–3 0–0 —
Source:
Notes:
  1. Tiebreakers: Sepahan and Al-Hilal are ranked by their head-to-head records: Sepahan (4 pts), Al-Hilal (1 pt).
Al-Jazira 0 – 0 Al-Gharafa
Report
Attendance: 9,625
Al-Hilal 1 – 2 Sepahan
Wilhelmsson  90+3' Report Touré  51'
Januário  60'
Attendance: 15,000
Al-Gharafa 0 – 1 Al-Hilal
Report Wilhelmsson  9'
Attendance: 8,310
Sepahan 5 – 1 Al-Jazira
Jamshidian  2', 24'
Touré  56'
Janjuš  65'
Kazemian  90'		 Report Baré  54'
Attendance: 2,520
Sepahan 2 – 0 Al-Gharafa
Aghili  54' (pen.)
Jamshidian  66'		 Report
Attendance: 5,668
Al-Hilal 3 – 1 Al-Jazira
Kamel  4'
Al-Qahtani  14'
Al-Shalhoub  90+4'		 Report Jumaa  19'
Attendance: 13,421
Al-Gharafa 1 – 0 Sepahan
Diané  19' Report
Attendance: 3,426
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
Al-Jazira 2 – 3 Al-Hilal
Mabkhout  44'
Qasem  45'		 Report Al-Qahtani  56', 65'
Rădoi  77' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,154
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Sepahan 1 – 1 Al-Hilal
Navidkia  55' Report Al-Zori  46'
Attendance: 8,833
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
Al-Gharafa 5 – 2 Al-Jazira
Mahmoud  10', 62', 80'
Diané  48'
Al Zain  60'		 Report Jumaa  31'
Ricardo Oliveira  37' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,786
Al-Jazira 1 – 4 Sepahan
Baré  14' Report Kazemian  32'
Touré  60,71'
Enayati  90+1'
Attendance: 2,265
Al-Hilal 2 – 0 Al-Gharafa
Al-Qahtani  47'
Al-Fraidi  82'		 Report
Attendance: 19,123
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAD NAS EST PAK
1 Al-Sadd 6 2 4 0 8 6 +2 10 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 2–2 2–1
2 Al-Nassr 6 2 2 2 10 7 +3 8[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 — 2–1 4–0
3 Esteghlal 6 2 2 2 11 10 +1 8[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 2–1 — 4–2
4 Pakhtakor 6 1 2 3 8 14 −6 5 1–1 2–2 2–1 —
Source:
Notes:
  1. Tiebreakers: Al-Nassr and Esteghlal are also tied on their head-to-head records (3 pts, 0 GD, 3 GF), and so are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Pakhtakor 2 – 2 Al-Nassr
Karimov  45'
Sharofetdinov  61'		 Report Al-Mutwa  51'
Miladinović  88' (o.g.)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Esteghlal 1 – 1 Al-Sadd
Majidi  27' Report Keita  88'
Attendance: 15,000
Al-Nassr 2 – 1 Esteghlal
Sulaimani  60'
Al-Harthi  81'		 Report Omranzadeh  21'
Attendance: 12,878
Al-Sadd 2 – 1 Pakhtakor
Lee Jung-Soo  45'
Afif  61'		 Report Abdukholiqov  57'
Attendance: 3,782
Al-Sadd 1 – 0 Al-Nassr
Lee Jung-Soo  61' Report
Attendance: 8,603
Esteghlal 4 – 2 Pakhtakor
Hawar  12'
Majidi  23'
Seyed-Salehi  57'
Borhani  90+3'		 Report Savić  4'
Shikhov  90'
Attendance: 17,654
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)
Pakhtakor 2 – 1 Esteghlal
Andreev  28'
Krimets  88'		 Report Borhani  45'
Attendance: 7,000
Al-Nassr 1 – 1 Al-Sadd
Sulaimani  75' Report Siddiq  37'
Attendance: 18,421
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
Al-Sadd 2 – 2 Esteghlal
Ibrahim  54'
Al-Haydos  76'		 Report Majidi  6', 37'
Attendance: 5,060
Al-Nassr 4 – 0 Pakhtakor
Hamood  8'
Al-Mutwa  24', 65'
Al-Sahlawi  61'		 Report
Attendance: 4,034
Pakhtakor 1 – 1 Al-Sadd
Andreev  60' Report Siddiq  90+3'
Attendance: 2,950
Esteghlal 2 – 1 Al-Nassr
Majidi  62'
Hawar  89'		 Report Al-Mutwa  60'
Attendance: 85,422
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ITT BUN WAH PER
1 Al-Ittihad Jeddah 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 0–0 3–1
2 Bunyodkor 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9 0–1 — 3–2 0–0
3 Al-Wahda 6 1 3 2 6 8 −2 6 0–3 1–1 — 2–0
4 Persepolis 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5 3–2 1–3 1–1 —
Source:
Al-Wahda 1 – 1 Bunyodkor
Hugo  88' Report Haydarov  85'
Attendance: 5,622
Al-Ittihad 3 – 1 Persepolis
Ziaya  13', 75'
Noor  48' (pen.)		 Report Zare  19'
Attendance: 10,787
Bunyodkor 0 – 1 Al-Ittihad
Report Al-Muwallad  34'
Attendance: 6,150
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Persepolis 1 – 1 Al-Wahda
Badamaki  66' Report Ameen  54'
Attendance: 15,000
Bunyodkor 0 – 0 Persepolis
Report
Attendance: 7,000
Al-Wahda 0 – 3 Al-Ittihad
Report Ziaya  33'
Abushgeer  45+1'
Paulo Jorge  87'
Attendance: 7,873
Persepolis 1 – 3 Bunyodkor
Arifi  87' Report Rajabov  60'
Karimov  71' (pen.)
Karpenko  90+5'
Attendance: 31,765
Persepolis 3 – 2 Al-Ittihad
Ali Asgari  14', 69'
Arifi  16'		 Report Al-Rashid  19', 90+4'
Attendance: 25,486
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
Bunyodkor 3 – 2 Al-Wahda
Trifunović  11', 35'
Soliev  85'		 Report Matar  2'
Hugo  54' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,600
Al-Wahda 2 – 0 Persepolis
Saleh  13'
Al Shehhi  70'		 Report
Attendance: 1,900
Al-Ittihad 1 – 1 Bunyodkor
Assis  30' Report Trifunović  14'
Attendance: 7,882

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZOB SHA EMI RAY
1 Zob Ahan 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 13 Advance to knockout stage — 0–1 2–1 1–0
2 Al-Shabab 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11 0–0 — 4–1 1–0
3 Emirates 6 2 0 4 6 10 −4 6 0–1 2–1 — 2–0
4 Al-Rayyan 6 1 1 4 4 8 −4 4 1–3 1–1 2–0 —
Source:
Zob Ahan 2 – 1 Emirates
Hosseini  45+1'
Igor Castro  53'		 Report Daoudi  39'
Attendance: 3,480
Al-Rayyan 1 – 1 Al-Shabab
Itamar  34' (pen.) Report Al-Shamrani  59'
Attendance: 3,509
Emirates 2 – 0 Al-Rayyan
Daoudi  5'
Ahmed  24'		 Report
Attendance: 5,150
Referee: Lee Min-Hu (Korea Republic)
Al-Shabab 0 – 0 Zob Ahan
Report
Attendance: 3,920
Al-Rayyan 1 – 3 Zob Ahan
Al Marri  13' Report Khalatbari  11'
Igor Castro  24'
Hadadifar  71'
Attendance: 3,009
Al-Shabab 4 – 1 Emirates
Keita  45+4', 50'
Muath  74'
Shuhail  85'		 Report Daoudi  5'
Attendance: 4,652
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Emirates 2 – 1 Al-Shabab
Bouguèche  25', 41' Report Bin Saran  45'
Attendance: 5,250
Zob Ahan 1 – 0 Al-Rayyan
Farhadi  21' Report
Attendance: 3,351
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Emirates 0 – 1 Zob Ahan
Report Ghazi  80'
Attendance: 5,450
Al-Rayyan 2 – 0 Emirates
Ghafoor Murad  74'
Alaaeldin  90+5'		 Report
Attendance: 607
Zob Ahan 0 – 1 Al-Shabab
Report Bin Sultan  57'
Attendance: 4,160

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GAM TIA JEJ MEL
1 Gamba Osaka 6 3 1 2 13 7 +6 10[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 3–1 5–1
2 Tianjin Teda 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 — 3–0 1–1
3 Jeju United 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7 2–1 0–1 — 1–1
4 Melbourne Victory 6 1 3 2 7 11 −4 6 1–1 2–1 1–2 —
Source:
Notes:
  1. Tiebreakers: Gamba Osaka and Tianjin Teda are ranked by their head-to-head records: Gamba Osaka (3 pts, +1 GD), Tianjin Teda (3 pts, –1 GD).
Jeju United 0 – 1 Tianjin Teda
Report Yu Dabao  55'
Attendance: 5,245
Gamba Osaka 5 – 1 Melbourne Victory
Takei  4'
Adriano  7' (pen.)
Lee Keun-Ho  10'
Futagawa  62'
Kim Seung-Yong  90+1'		 Report Muscat  21' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,949
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)
Tianjin Teda 2 – 1 Gamba Osaka
Chen Tao  25'
Cao Yang  53' (pen.)		 Report Lee Keun-Ho  31'
Attendance: 26,866
Jeju United 2 – 1 Gamba Osaka
Shin Young-Rok  53'
Bae Ki-Jong  64'		 Report Nakazawa  23'
Attendance: 2,167
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Tianjin Teda 1 – 1 Melbourne Victory
Zorić  19' Report Muscat  52'
Attendance: 25,456
Melbourne Victory 2 – 1 Tianjin Teda
Hernández  44'
Muscat  45+1' (pen.)		 Report Chen Tao  37'
Attendance: 5,693
Gamba Osaka 3 – 1 Jeju United
Adriano  26', 48'
Takei  88'		 Report Shin Young-Rok  67'
Attendance: 11,398
Melbourne Victory 1 – 1 Gamba Osaka
Leijer  12' Report Nakazawa  43'
Attendance: 7,437
Tianjin Teda 3 – 0 Jeju United
Olguín  8'
Wu Weian  21'
Cao Yang  72' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 26,683
Gamba Osaka 2 – 0 Tianjin Teda
Endo  74'
Usami  90+4' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 7,939

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SEO NAG AIN HAN
1 FC Seoul 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11 Advance to knockout stage — 0–2 3–0 3–0
2 Nagoya Grampus 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 1–1 — 4–0 1–0
3 Al-Ain 6 2 1 3 4 9 −5 7 0–1 3–1 — 1–0
4 Hangzhou Greentown 6 1 2 3 3 6 −3 5 1–1 2–0 0–0 —
Source:
Hangzhou Greentown 2 – 0 Nagoya Grampus
Ramírez  60'
Bari  86'		 Report
Attendance: 28,674
Al-Ain 0 – 1 FC Seoul
Report Damjanović  25'
Attendance: 5,128
Nagoya Grampus 1 – 1 FC Seoul
Nagai  14' Report Choi Hyun-Tae  61'
Attendance: 7,348
Nagoya Grampus 4 – 0 Al-Ain
Kanazaki  27', 45+1'
Keita  61' (o.g.)
Fujimoto  77'		 Report
Attendance: 5,914
FC Seoul 0 – 2 Nagoya Grampus
Report Kanazaki  26'
Nagai  81'
Attendance: 10,927
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
FC Seoul 3 – 0 Al-Ain
Ko Yo-Han  16'
Damjanović  39', 72'		 Report
Attendance: 23,623
Hangzhou Greentown 1 – 1 FC Seoul
Zeng Yue  90+2' Report Bang Seung-Hwan  66'
Attendance: 12,178
Al-Ain 3 – 1 Nagoya Grampus
Al Merri  21'
Elias  39', 50' (pen.)		 Report Fujimoto  49'
Attendance: 892
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
Notes

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JEO CER SHL ARE
1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 5 0 1 14 2 +12 15 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 1–0 6–0
2 Cerezo Osaka 6 4 0 2 11 4 +7 12 1–0 — 4–0 2–1
3 Shandong Luneng 6 2 1 3 9 8 +1 7 1–2 2–0 — 5–0
4 Arema 6 0 1 5 2 22 −20 1 0–4 0–4 1–1 —
Source:
Cerezo Osaka 2 – 1 Arema
Rodrigo Pimpão  14', 76' Report Alam Shah  50' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,856
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Shandong Luneng 2 – 0 Cerezo Osaka
Renato Silva  22'
Wang Yongpo  32'		 Report
Attendance: 20,821
Arema 0 – 4 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Report Kim Ji-Woong  25'
Huang Bowen  77'
Luiz Henrique  82', 88'
Attendance: 30,000
Arema 1 – 1 Shandong Luneng
Fakhrudin  90+3' (pen.) Report Obina  8'
Attendance: 5,600
Cerezo Osaka 1 – 0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Inui  53' Report
Attendance: 11,351
Shandong Luneng 5 – 0 Arema
Deng Zhuoxiang  25'
Obina  44'
Han Peng  71'
Mozhapa  81'
Wang Yongpo  90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 10,059
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)
Arema 0 – 4 Cerezo Osaka
Report Kiyotake  30'
Rodrigo Pimpão  43'
Inui  46', 60'
Attendance: 4,000
Shandong Luneng 1 – 2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Zhou Haibin  40' Report Lee Dong-Gook  31', 53'
Attendance: 17,343
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 – 0 Arema
Lovrek  1', 45+2', 60'
Kim Dong-Chan  9'
Jeong Shung-Hoon  27'
Kang Seung-Jo  77'		 Report
Attendance: 6,439
Cerezo Osaka 4 – 0 Shandong Luneng
Rodrigo Pimpão  39'
Kiyotake  47'
Inui  73'
Kurata  81'		 Report
Attendance: 9,035

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SUW KSH SYD SHS
1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 6 3 3 0 12 3 +9 12[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 3–1 4–0
2 Kashima Antlers 6 3 3 0 9 3 +6 12[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 — 2–1 2–0
3 Sydney FC 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5 0–0 0–3 — 1–1
4 Shanghai Shenhua 6 0 2 4 3 13 −10 2 0–3 0–0 2–3 —
Source:
Notes:
  1. Tiebreakers: Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Kashima Antlers are also tied on their head-to-head records (2 pts, 0 GD, 2 GF), and so are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4 – 0 Shanghai Shenhua
Ha Tae-Gyun  2', 60', 76'
Oh Jang-Eun  42'		 Report
Attendance: 5,393
Sydney FC 1 – 1 Shanghai Shenhua
Carle  12' Report Riascos  6'
Attendance: 7,007
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1 – 1 Kashima Antlers
Yeom Ki-Hoon  67' Report K. Nakata  71'
Attendance: 7,689
Sydney FC 0 – 3 Kashima Antlers
Report Nozawa  41'
Gabriel  51'
Koroki  90+2'
Attendance: 7,320
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)
Shanghai Shenhua 2 – 3 Sydney FC
Jiang Jiajun  8'
Jamieson  52' (o.g.)		 Report Cazarine  45+1', 59'
Bridge  90+3'
Attendance: 10,215
Kashima Antlers 2 – 0 Shanghai Shenhua
Koroki  32', 80' Report
Attendance: 11,954
Kashima Antlers 2 – 1 Sydney FC
Osako  64'
Nozawa  84'		 Report Jurman  26'
Attendance: 3,164
Shanghai Shenhua 0 – 3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Report Ha Tae-Gyun  13', 55'
Shin Se-Gye  89'
Attendance: 6,730
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Notes

References
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