2015 AFC Champions League group stage

The 2015 AFC Champions League group stage was played from 24 February to 6 May 2015. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout stage of the 2015 AFC Champions League.[1]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 11 December 2014, 16:00 UTC+8, at the Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel 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 Zone, 16 from East Zone) were entered into the group stage draw, which included the 24 automatic qualifiers and the eight qualifying play-off winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw:

Zone Teams
West Zone
(Groups A–D)
East Zone
(Groups E–H)

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]

  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;
  4. Greater number of away goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 10 apply;
  6. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  7. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  8. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  9. 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);
  10. Team who belongs to the member association with the higher AFC ranking.

Groups

The matchdays were 24–25 February, 3–4 March, 17–18 March, 7–8 April, 21–22 April, and 5–6 May 2015.[3]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LEK PER NSR BYD
1 Lekhwiya 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13 Advance to knockout stage — 3–0 1–1 1–0
2 Persepolis 6 4 0 2 7 7 0 12 3–0 — 1–0 2–1
3 Al-Nassr 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8 1–3 3–0 — 1–1
4 Bunyodkor 6 0 1 5 2 7 −5 1 0–1 0–1 0–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Persepolis 3–0 Lekhwiya
Bengar  60'
Norouzi  66'
Nouri  83' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 15,350
Al-Nassr 1–1 Bunyodkor
Estoyanoff  51' Report Urinboev  14'
Attendance: 23,664
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
Bunyodkor 0–1 Persepolis
Report Nouri  21' (pen.)
Attendance: 21,285
Lekhwiya 1–1 Al-Nassr
Weiss  51' Report Musa  47' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3,840
Bunyodkor 0–1 Lekhwiya
Report Nam Tae-hee  28' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,820
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Al-Nassr 3–0 Persepolis
Mierzejewski  32'
Estoyanoff  86'
Al-Raheb  90+5'		 Report
Attendance: 20,315
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Persepolis 1–0 Al-Nassr
Taremi  62' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Lekhwiya 1–0 Bunyodkor
Weiss  43' Report
Attendance: 3,188
Bunyodkor 0–1 Al-Nassr
Report Mierzejewski  33'
Attendance: 3,153
Lekhwiya 3–0 Persepolis
Msakni  69'
Nam Tae-hee  83'
Afif  90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 4,877
Al-Nassr 1–3 Lekhwiya
Al-Raheb  36' Report Msakni  28'
Nam Tae-hee  32'
Soria  58' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,915
Persepolis 2–1 Bunyodkor
Nouri  49' (pen.)
Jurabaev  73' (o.g.)		 Report Rashidov  61'
Attendance: 100,000

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AIN NAF PAK SHB
1 Al-Ain 6 3 3 0 7 2 +5 12 Advance to knockout stage — 3–0 1–1 0–0
2 Naft Tehran 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 1–1 — 1–1 2–1
3 Pakhtakor 6 1 3 2 6 8 −2 6 0–1 2–1 — 0–2
4 Al-Shabab 6 1 2 3 5 8 −3 5 0–1 0–3 2–2 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Pakhtakor 2–1 Naft Tehran
Makharadze  48'
Sergeev  85'		 Report Ghorbani  59'
Attendance: 4,913
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Al-Ain 0–0 Al-Shabab
Report
Attendance: 15,426
Naft Tehran 1–1 Al-Ain
Kouroshi  50' Report Gyan  58' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Al-Shabab 2–2 Pakhtakor
Al-Khaibari  35'
Hazazi  84'		 Report Sergeev  62'
Makharadze  71' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,404
Pakhtakor 0–1 Al-Ain
Report Stoch  61'
Attendance: 8,675
Naft Tehran 2–1 Al-Shabab
Motahari  86'
Padovani  90'		 Report Hazazi  43' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,560
Al-Ain 1–1 Pakhtakor
Kembo  20' Report Sergeev  45+2'
Attendance: 6,872
Al-Shabab 0–3 Naft Tehran
Report Amiri  57'
Motahari  83'
Aliyari  90+1'
Attendance: 5,035
Naft Tehran 1–1 Pakhtakor
Rezaei  25' Report Kozak  36'
Attendance: 1,840
Al-Shabab 0–1 Al-Ain
Report Gyan  58'
Attendance: 1,977
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Al-Ain 3–0 Naft Tehran
Abdulrahman  63'
Gyan  74'
Kembo  87'		 Report
Attendance: 4,299

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIL SAD FOO LOK
1 Al-Hilal 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 2–0 3–1
2 Al-Sadd 6 3 1 2 9 9 0 10 1–0 — 1–0 6–2
3 Foolad 6 1 3 2 2 4 −2 6 0–0 0–0 — 1–0
4 Lokomotiv Tashkent 6 1 1 4 10 13 −3 4 1–2 5–0 1–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Foolad 0–0 Al-Sadd
Report
Attendance: 37,843
Al-Hilal 3–1 Lokomotiv Tashkent
Kariri  11'
Al-Salem  14'
Neves  71'		 Report Mirzayev  39'
Attendance: 17,440
Lokomotiv Tashkent 1–1 Foolad
Zoteev  6' Report Jama'ati  32'
Attendance: 7,456
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Al-Sadd 1–0 Al-Hilal
Ibrahim  29' Report
Attendance: 6,843
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Foolad 0–0 Al-Hilal
Report
Attendance: 37,452
Al-Sadd 6–2 Lokomotiv Tashkent
Ibrahim  27' (pen.), 50'
Al-Haydos  34'
Belhadj  40'
Hassan  63'
Grafite  66'		 Report Kojašević  56'
J. J. Hasanov  77' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,100
Lokomotiv Tashkent 5–0 Al-Sadd
Bikmaev  7', 14'
Shoakhmedov  55'
Kojašević  79'
Koryan  90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 3,852
Al-Hilal 2–0 Foolad
Al-Shamrani  46'
Al-Shahrani  61'		 Report
Attendance: 20,087
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Lokomotiv Tashkent 1–2 Al-Hilal
Abdukholiqov  90+4' Report Al Abed  56'
Al-Zori  72'
Attendance: 3,974
Al-Sadd 1–0 Foolad
Muriqui  42' Report
Attendance: 3,455
Foolad 1–0 Lokomotiv Tashkent
Jahantigh  89' Report
Attendance: 2,142
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Al-Hilal 2–1 Al-Sadd
Al-Salem  20'
Kasola  69' (o.g.)		 Report Al-Haydos  32' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,394

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHS AHU NSF TRA
1 Al-Ahli 6 3 3 0 11 7 +4 12 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 2–1 2–0
2 Al-Ahli 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 3–3 — 0–0 3–2
3 Nasaf Qarshi 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 0–0 0–1 — 2–1
4 Tractor Sazi 6 1 1 4 7 11 −4 4 2–2 1–0 1–2 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nasaf Qarshi 2–1 Tractor Sazi
Shomurodov  46'
Karimov  52'		 Report Edinho  32'
Attendance: 11,160
Al-Ahli 3–3 Al-Ahli
Al Hammadi  19', 79'
Khalil  43'		 Report Osvaldo  2'
Al-Mogahwi  41'
Al-Jassim  57'
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Tractor Sazi 1–0 Al-Ahli
Ahmadzadeh  40' Report
Attendance: 25,830
Al-Ahli 2–1 Nasaf Qarshi
Al Soma  22'
Al-Amari  78'		 Report Geworkýan  65'
Attendance: 19,855
Al-Ahli 0–0 Nasaf Qarshi
Report
Attendance: 3,121
Al-Ahli 2–0 Tractor Sazi
Al-Jassim  71', 79' Report
Attendance: 45,482
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Tractor Sazi 2–2 Al-Ahli
Edinho  60'
Saghebi  77'		 Report Al Soma  74', 90'
Attendance: 32,500
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Nasaf Qarshi 0–1 Al-Ahli
Report Ribeiro  81'
Attendance: 15,500
Tractor Sazi 1–2 Nasaf Qarshi
Kiani  52' Report Geworkýan  59', 71'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
Al-Ahli 2–1 Al-Ahli
Abu Radeah  78'
Bruno César  90+4'		 Report Ribeiro  16'
Attendance: 15,842
Al-Ahli 3–2 Tractor Sazi
Ribeiro  58'
Khalil  77', 88'		 Report Bayrami  21'
Nariman Jahan  67'
Attendance: 3,540
Nasaf Qarshi 0–0 Al-Ahli
Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KSW JHM SLT BBD
1 Kashiwa Reysol 6 3 2 1 14 9 +5 11 Advance to knockout stage — 3–2 2–1 5–1
2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 3 2 1 14 6 +8 11 0–0 — 4–1 3–0
3 Shandong Luneng Taishan 6 2 1 3 13 17 −4 7 4–4 1–4 — 3–1
4 Becamex Bình Dương 6 1 1 4 6 15 −9 4 1–0 1–1 2–3 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0–0 Kashiwa Reysol
Report
Attendance: 13,422
Becamex Bình Dương 2–3 Shandong Luneng Taishan
Oseni  48'
Wang Qiang  56' (o.g.)		 Report Wang Yongpo  47'
Yang Xu  61', 81'
Attendance: 8,913
Kashiwa Reysol 5–1 Becamex Bình Dương
Kudo  42', 67'
Vranković  44' (o.g.)
Kim Chang-soo  56'
Otani  75'		 Report Oseni  82'
Attendance: 5,694
Shandong Luneng Taishan 4–4 Kashiwa Reysol
Wang Yongpo  4'
Júnior Urso  34'
Montillo  37'
Yang Xu  49' (pen.)		 Report Leandro  23'
Kudo  29'
Cristiano  32', 76'
Attendance: 21,631
Kashiwa Reysol 3–2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Eduardo  9'
Taketomi  20', 39'		 Report Lee Dong-gook  67', 81'
Attendance: 7,424

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GAM SNM BUR GRF
1 Gamba Osaka 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 1–1 0–2
2 Seongnam FC 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 2–0 — 2–1 0–0
3 Buriram United 6 3 1 2 12 7 +5 10 1–2 2–1 — 5–0
4 Guangzhou R&F 6 1 1 4 3 13 −10 4 0–5 0–1 1–2 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Gamba Osaka 0–2 Guangzhou R&F
Report Hamdallah  10'
Wang Song  80'
Attendance: 8,848
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Seongnam FC 2–0 Gamba Osaka
Bueno  8' (pen.)
Hwang Ui-jo  67'		 Report
Attendance: 7,813
Guangzhou R&F 0–1 Seongnam FC
Report Hwang Ui-jo  27'
Attendance: 8,638
Gamba Osaka 1–1 Buriram United
Abe  39' Report Theeraton  62'
Attendance: 6,469
Seongnam FC 0–0 Guangzhou R&F
Report
Attendance: 5,777
Buriram United 1–2 Gamba Osaka
Theeraton  9' Report Lins  41'
Omori  87'
Attendance: 23,987
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Guangzhou R&F 0–5 Gamba Osaka
Report Patric  14', 45'
Abe  44', 68'
Usami  70'
Attendance: 8,647
Buriram United 5–0 Guangzhou R&F
Diogo  12', 38', 56'
Túñez  36'
Macena  59'		 Report
Attendance: 17,331

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BJG SSB BRI URA
1 Beijing Guoan 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 0–1 2–0
2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11 1–1 — 3–1 2–1
3 Brisbane Roar 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 0–1 3–3 — 1–2
4 Urawa Red Diamonds 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 4 1–1 1–2 0–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Brisbane Roar 0–1 Beijing Guoan
Report Shao Jiayi  90+3'
Attendance: 6,851
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Brisbane Roar
Report Borrello  3'
Attendance: 13,527
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Beijing Guoan 1–0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Damjanović  65' Report
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 35,567
Beijing Guoan 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds
Batalla  78'
Yu Dabao  84'		 Report
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 38,355
Brisbane Roar 3–3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Borrello  13'
Clut  22', 80'		 Report Seo Jung-jin  39', 50'
Jong Tae-se  71'
Attendance: 5,197
Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Beijing Guoan
Makino  74' Report Yu Dabao  33'
Attendance: 13,683
Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Ljubijankić  69' Report Ko Cha-won  74'
Kaio  89'
Attendance: 13,924
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Beijing Guoan 0–1 Brisbane Roar
Report Kaluđerović  39'
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 35,578
Brisbane Roar 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds
Kaluđerović  70' Report Koroki  24'
Muto  57'
Attendance: 5,941

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GET SEO WSW KSM
1 Guangzhou Evergrande 6 3 1 2 9 9 0 10 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 0–2 4–3
2 FC Seoul 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 9 0–0 — 0–0 1–0
3 Western Sydney Wanderers 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 8 2–3 1–1 — 1–2
4 Kashima Antlers 6 2 0 4 10 13 −3 6 2–1 2–3 1–3 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Kashima Antlers 1–3 Western Sydney Wanderers
Doi  68' Report Shoji  54' (o.g.)
Takahagi  86'
Bridge  90+3'
Attendance: 7,736
Guangzhou Evergrande 1–0 FC Seoul
Goulart  31' Report
Attendance: 46,749
Western Sydney Wanderers 2–3 Guangzhou Evergrande
La Rocca  57'
Castelen  90+5'		 Report Goulart  19', 58', 64'
Attendance: 11,418
FC Seoul 1–0 Kashima Antlers
Kim Jin-kyu  66' Report
Attendance: 5,790
Guangzhou Evergrande 4–3 Kashima Antlers
Goulart  10', 62'
Elkeson  57'
Zhao Xuri  90+2'		 Report Takasaki  36'
Doi  51'
Shibasaki  90+3'
Attendance: 48,651
Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 FC Seoul
Bulut  12' Report Go Yo-han  72'
Attendance: 7,073
Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 Kashima Antlers
Rukavytsya  24' Report Doi  66'
Kanazaki  90+1'
Attendance: 5,221
FC Seoul 0–0 Guangzhou Evergrande
Report
Attendance: 17,157
Guangzhou Evergrande 0–2 Western Sydney Wanderers
Report Bridge  33'
Juric  90+3'
Attendance: 35,641
Kashima Antlers 2–3 FC Seoul
Akasaki  8'
Shibasaki  79'		 Report Lee Woong-hee  36'
Osmar  51'
Molina  90+1'
Attendance: 19,233

References
  1. "AFC Champions League 2015 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  2. "AFC Champions League 2015 Draw". AFC. 12 December 2014.
  3. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.
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