2015 AFC Cup group stage

The 2015 AFC Cup group stage was played from 24 February to 13 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 Cup.[1]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 11 December 2014, 15:00 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 27 automatic qualifiers and the five 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)

Note: Teams in italics played in the AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, but failed to advance to the AFC Champions League group stage (had they advanced to the AFC Champions League group stage, they would have been replaced by another team from the same association).

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 were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be 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, 10–11 March, 17–18 March, 14–15 April, 28–29 April, and 12–13 May 2015.[3]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WEH WAH NAH SZG
1 Al-Wehdat 6 4 1 1 16 3 +13 13 Advance to knockout stage — 0–1 4–0 5–1
2 Al-Wahda 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11 1–1 — 1–2 3–1
3 Al-Nahda 6 2 1 3 7 11 −4 7 0–3 0–0 — 4–1
4 Salam Zgharta 6 1 0 5 5 18 −13 3 0–3 0–2 2–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al-Wahda 1–2 Al-Nahda
Jaafar  15' Report Voullany  41'
S. Al-Shamsi  68'
Al-Buraimi Sports Complex, Al-Buraimi (Oman)[A]
Attendance: 1,005
Al-Wehdat 5–1 Salam Zgharta
Shelbaieh  7', 82'
Rateb  24'
Za'tara  90+2', 90+3'		 Report Galán  34'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
Salam Zgharta 0–2 Al-Wahda
Report Dakka  45'
Hamdoko  90'
Attendance: 1,847
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Al-Nahda 0–3 Al-Wehdat
Report Abu Amarah  20' (pen.)
Za'tara  76'
Elhadji Malick  90+2'
Al-Buraimi Sports Complex, Al-Buraimi
Attendance: 3,000
Salam Zgharta 2–1 Al-Nahda
Al Mal  38', 62' Report Al-Ruzaiqi  45+2'
Attendance: 1,033
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Al-Wehdat 0–1 Al-Wahda
Report Omari  6' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
Al-Nahda 4–1 Salam Zgharta
Voullany  14', 19'
Al-Nuaimi  28'
M. Al-Shamsi  90+1'		 Report Galán  48' (pen.)
Al-Buraimi Sports Complex, Al-Buraimi
Attendance: 300
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
Al-Wahda 1–1 Al-Wehdat
Hamdoko  88' Report Abu Amarah  27' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Salam Zgharta 0–3 Al-Wehdat
Report Abu Amarah  25'
Deeb  38'
Elhadji Malick  65'
Attendance: 854
Al-Nahda 0–0 Al-Wahda
Report
Al-Buraimi Sports Complex, Al-Buraimi
Attendance: 400
Al-Wehdat 4–0 Al-Nahda
Deeb  35'
Elias  38'
Al-Basha  75'
Za'tara  89'		 Report
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Al-Wahda 3–1 Salam Zgharta
Jaafar  43', 57'
Omari  90'		 Report Al Jassem  90+3'
Attendance: 108
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SHO JAZ TWN HID
1 Al-Shorta 6 2 3 1 14 7 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage — 4–0 6–2 2–2
2 Al-Jazeera 6 2 3 1 6 7 −1 9 1–1 — 2–0 1–0
3 Taraji Wadi Al-Nes 6 1 3 2 6 11 −5 6 1–0 1–1 — 1–1
4 Al-Hidd 6 0 5 1 6 7 −1 5 1–1 1–1 1–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Taraji Wadi Al-Nes 1–1 Al-Jazeera
S. Yousef  90+4' Report Al-Nawateer  31'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Al-Shorta 2–2 Al-Hidd
Salem  2' (pen.)
Kalaf  13'		 Report Rico  28'
Ayyash  45+1'
Attendance: 50
Al-Jazeera 1–1 Al-Shorta
Franco  12' Report Karim  7' (pen.)
Attendance: 700
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
Al-Hidd 1–1 Taraji Wadi Al-Nes
Adnan  4' Report H. Abuhammad  90+4'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
Al-Shorta 6–2 Taraji Wadi Al-Nes
Abdul-Zahra  20', 35'
Kalaf  34'
Hussein  45+1', 90+1'
Ismail  63'		 Report Zidan  40', 86'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Al-Hidd 1–1 Al-Jazeera
Rico  54' Report Abu Hudaib  68'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
Taraji Wadi Al-Nes 1–0 Al-Shorta
S. Yousef  83' Report
Attendance: 900
Al-Jazeera 1–0 Al-Hidd
Al-Natour  75' Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Al-Jazeera 2–0 Taraji Wadi Al-Nes
Al-Nawateer  26'
Tannous  50'		 Report
Attendance: 473
Al-Hidd 1–1 Al-Shorta
Omosuyi  77' Report Boukar  82'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
Al-Shorta 4–0 Al-Jazeera
Hussein  19', 53'
Caion  50'
Salem  76'		 Report
Attendance: 100
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Teams from Iraq were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IST QAD ERB AHA
1 Istiklol 6 3 2 1 12 8 +4 11 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 1–3 5–2
2 Al-Qadsia 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 2–2 — 1–2 2–0
3 Erbil 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 7 0–0 0–1 — 2–3
4 Ahal 6 2 0 4 8 13 −5 6 1–2 0–1 2–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Istiklol 1–3 Erbil
Nadhim  60' (o.g.) Report Hussein  35'
Sabah  65'
Salah  75'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Al-Qadsia 2–0 Ahal
Saleh  58'
Abdullah  63'		 Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Ahal 1–2 Istiklol
Orazow  28' (pen.) Report Fatkhuloev  4'
Makhmudov  66'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)
Erbil 0–1 Al-Qadsia
Report Subotić  77'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Ahal 2–1 Erbil
Annaýew  29', 90+1' Report Salah  30'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)
Al-Qadsia 2–2 Istiklol
Al-Mutawa  3' (pen.), 54' Report Dzahlilov  36'
Vasiev  45+1'
Attendance: 475
Istiklol 2–0 Al-Qadsia
Davronov  53' (pen.)
Dzhalilov  63'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Erbil 2–3 Ahal
Mahmoud  41', 65' (pen.) Report Babajanow  47'
Garadanow  73', 75'
Attendance: 50
Ahal 0–1 Al-Qadsia
Report Al-Mutawa  20'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Lee Min-hu (South Korea)
Erbil 0–0 Istiklol
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
Al-Qadsia 1–2 Erbil
Aman  49' Report Salah  45+1'
Khalid  52'
Attendance: 300
Istiklol 5–2 Ahal
Dzhalilov  9', 90+1'
Makhmudov  28'
Bleda  31'
Şermetow  53' (o.g.)		 Report Garadanow  32'
Annadurdyýew  90+3'
Attendance: 12,000
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Teams from Iraq were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JAI KUW RIF NEJ
1 Al-Jaish 6 4 2 0 6 1 +5 14 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 1–1 1–0
2 Al-Kuwait 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 0–1 — 2–1 4–1
3 Riffa 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 0–1 2–1 — 2–1
4 Al-Nejmeh 6 0 1 5 4 12 −8 1 0–2 1–2 1–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al-Kuwait 4–1 Al-Nejmeh
Al Saqer  16'
Hakem  52'
Hammami  83'
Hezam  89'		 Report Sy  40'
Attendance: 600
Riffa 0–1 Al-Jaish
Report Moustafa  66'
Attendance: 300
Al-Jaish 1–0 Al-Nejmeh
Salkeni  88' Report
Attendance: 30
Al-Kuwait 2–1 Riffa
Al Sanea  51'
Al Buraiki  73'		 Report Deeb  27'
Attendance: 400
Al-Jaish 0–0 Al-Kuwait
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Çarymyrat Gurbanow (Turkmenistan)
Riffa 2–1 Al-Nejmeh
Obregón  5'
Saeed  35'		 Report Takaji  45+2' (pen.)
Attendance: 100
Al-Nejmeh 1–1 Riffa
Atwi  22' Report Deeb  32'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Al-Kuwait 0–1 Al-Jaish
Report Kogale  6'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)
Al-Nejmeh 1–2 Al-Kuwait
Sy  22' Report Rogerinho  2', 46'
Attendance: 300
Al-Jaish 1–1 Riffa
Moustafa  36' Report Hashem  73'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
Riffa 2–1 Al-Kuwait
Ahmed  15'
Al Azmi  74' (o.g.)		 Report Al Buraiki  20'
Attendance: 100
Al-Nejmeh 0–2 Al-Jaish
Report Moustafa  35' (pen.)
Salkeni  84'
Attendance: 1
Notes
  1. ^ a b
    Fixtures between Al-Kuwait and Al-Nejmeh were reversed from original order.
  2. ^ a b c
    Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSJ BGL MAZ WAR
1 Persipura Jayapura 6 5 1 0 17 4 +13 16 Advance to knockout stage — 3–1 0–0 6–0
2 Bengaluru FC 6 4 0 2 8 8 0 12 1–3 — 2–1 1–0
3 Maziya 6 2 1 3 7 6 +1 7 1–2 1–2 — 2–0
4 Warriors 6 0 0 6 1 15 −14 0 1–3 0–1 0–2 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Warriors 1–3 Persipura Jayapura
Ahmad  69' Report Koné  30'
Boaz  34'
Alom  58'
Attendance: 1,117
Bengaluru FC 2–1 Maziya
Chhetri  67'
Sampingiraj  90+3'		 Report Umair  89' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,614
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
Persipura Jayapura 3–1 Bengaluru FC
Kabes  4'
Robertino  23', 50'		 Report Vineeth  90'
Attendance: 16,263
Referee: Wang Di (China)
Maziya 2–0 Warriors
Abdulla  47'
Rodríguez  88'		 Report
Attendance: 700
Maziya 1–2 Persipura Jayapura
Abdulla  78' Report Boaz  35'
Koné  77'
Attendance: 580
Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)
Bengaluru FC 1–0 Warriors
Walker  36' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 5,264
Referee: Ho Wai Sing (Hong Kong)
Persipura Jayapura 0–0 Maziya
Report
Attendance: 12,623
Warriors 0–1 Bengaluru FC
Report R. Singh  76'
Attendance: 988
Referee: Lee Min-hu (South Korea)
Persipura Jayapura 6–0 Warriors
Paulin  19'
Kabes  41', 58'
Boaz  53', 56'
Pangkali  88'		 Report
Attendance: 9,823
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)
Maziya 1–2 Bengaluru FC
Rodríguez  60' Report Chhetri  70' (pen.), 78'
Attendance: 962
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
Warriors 0–2 Maziya
Report Umair  49'
Rodríguez  90+3'
Attendance: 631
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JDT KIT EBG BAL
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 6 5 0 1 11 3 +8 15 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 4–1 3–0
2 Kitchee 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 2–0 — 2–2 3–0
3 East Bengal 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 5 0–1 1–1 — 3–0
4 Balestier Khalsa 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 3 0–1 1–2 2–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Kitchee 3–0 Balestier Khalsa
Xu Deshuai  21'
Ngan Lok Fung  67'
Tarrés  90'		 Report
Attendance: 2,167
Referee: Çarymyrat Gurbanow (Turkmenistan)
Johor Darul Ta'zim 4–1 East Bengal
Nazrin  9'
Safiq  38' (pen.)
Suppiah  47'
Safee  53'		 Report Martins  35'
Attendance: 12,212
East Bengal 1–1 Kitchee
Martins  74' Report Belencoso  30'
Attendance: 3,501
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
Kitchee 2–0 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Belencoso  27'
Tarrés  35'		 Report
Attendance: 2,277
East Bengal 3–0 Balestier Khalsa
B. Singh  22'
Hussein  71' (o.g.)
Martins  75'		 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2–0 Kitchee
Figueroa  17'
Safiq  44' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 10,154
Referee: Wang Di (China)
Balestier Khalsa 1–2 Kitchee
Fadhil  33' Report Belencoso  14', 61'
Attendance: 512
East Bengal 0–1 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Report Gaikwad  6' (o.g.)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Kitchee 2–2 East Bengal
Lam Ka Wai  15'
Xu Deshuai  59'		 Report Martins  80'
Lobo  89'
Attendance: 1,372
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
Johor Darul Ta'zim 3–0 Balestier Khalsa
Safee  76'
Safiq  85'
Figueroa  90'		 Report
Attendance: 10,110
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SCA PAH GLO YAD
1 South China 6 6 0 0 19 3 +16 18 Advance to knockout stage — 3–1 3–0 3–1
2 Pahang 6 2 2 2 11 10 +1 8 0–1 — 0–0 7–4
3 Global 6 1 2 3 5 12 −7 5 1–6 0–0 — 4–1
4 Yadanarbon 6 1 0 5 10 20 −10 3 0–3 2–3 2–0 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Yadanarbon 2–3 Pahang
Stewart  35' (o.g.)
Djawa  55' (pen.)		 Report Nwakaeme  6', 12'
Gopi  89'
Attendance: 10,115
Global 1–6 South China
M. Jónsson  87' Report McBreen  2', 27'
Lo Kong Wai  39'
Chan Wai Ho  50'
Awal  66', 75'
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
South China 3–1 Yadanarbon
Lo Kong Wai  13'
Awal  19'
McBreen  38'		 Report Zaw Linn Tun  88'
Attendance: 2,511
Pahang 0–0 Global
Report
Attendance: 7,000
Yadanarbon 2–0 Global
Djawa  52'
Win Htay Kyaw  90+4'		 Report
Attendance: 1,550
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
Pahang 0–1 South China
Report Chan Siu Ki  13'
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
South China 3–1 Pahang
Chan Siu Kwan  10'
Lo Kong Wai  53'
Sealy  56'		 Report Nwakaeme  62'
Attendance: 2,820
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
Global 4–1 Yadanarbon
Hartmann  16' (pen.), 40'
Bahadoran  60'
González  83'		 Report Yan Paing  19'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
South China 3–0 Global
Cheng Lai Hin  40'
Mališić  55'
McBreen  90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 1,708
Pahang 7–4 Yadanarbon
Nwakaeme  7', 32', 59'
Conti  18'
Saarvindaran  48', 87'
Hafiz  85'		 Report Djawa  45+1'
Hlaing Bo Bo  58', 68'
Win Naing Soe  90+1'
Attendance: 2,758
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Global 0–0 Pahang
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Yadanarbon 0–3 South China
Report McBreen  27', 60'
Lam Hok Hei  40'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSB AYE NRA LAO
1 Persib Bandung 6 3 3 0 10 5 +5 12 Advance to knockout stage — 3–3 4–1 1–0
2 Ayeyawady United 6 2 4 0 13 9 +4 10 1–1 — 0–0 4–3
3 New Radiant 6 1 2 3 4 10 −6 5 0–1 0–3 — 2–1
4 Lao Toyota FC 6 0 3 3 7 10 −3 3 0–0 2–2 1–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Persib Bandung 4–1 New Radiant
Jufriyanto  15'
Konaté  42'
Atep  45+1'
Yandi  90+2'		 Report Ali  60'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
Lao Toyota FC 2–2 Ayeyawady United
Khanthavong  63'
Syvilay  65'		 Report Naumov  21', 57'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
Ayeyawady United 1–1 Persib Bandung
Fonseca  58' Report Atep  45'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
New Radiant 2–1 Lao Toyota FC
Okoro  69'
Ali  88' (pen.)		 Report Sihalad  38'
Attendance: 2,375
Persib Bandung 1–0 Lao Toyota FC
Atep  20' Report
Attendance: 18,552
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
New Radiant 0–3 Ayeyawady United
Report Fonseca  34'
Naumov  86', 90+3'
Attendance: 2,452
Ayeyawady United 0–0 New Radiant
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
Ayeyawady United 4–3 Lao Toyota FC
Fonseca  9', 86'
Naumov  69' (pen.), 80'		 Report Syvilay  28' (pen.)
Sihalad  42'
Honma  74'
Attendance: 120
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
New Radiant 0–1 Persib Bandung
Report Ridwan  14'
Attendance: 500
Persib Bandung 3–3 Ayeyawady United
Supardi  29'
Ridwan  52'
Konaté  90' (pen.)		 Report Naumov  44', 76' (pen.)
Nay Lin Aung  90+3'
Attendance: 12,250
Referee: Wang Di (China)
Lao Toyota FC 1–1 New Radiant
Honma  82' Report Fasir  34'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok (Hong Kong)

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