2008 AFC Champions League
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 12 March - 12 November 2008 |
Teams | 29 |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 98 |
Goals scored | 275 (2.81 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (9 goals) |
Best player(s) | |
The 2008 AFC Champions League was the 27th AFC Champions League, the top-level Asian club football tournament, and the 6th under the current AFC Champions League title. It was the last AFC Champions League before the competition expanded to 32 teams.
Format[edit]
- Group stage
A total of 28 clubs were divided into seven 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 the other three teams in their group, a total of 6 matches each. Clubs received three points for a win, one point for a draw and no points 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 difference between the clubs in question
- Goal difference within the group
- Goals for within the group
The seven group winners and the defending champion advanced to the quarter-finals.
- Knockout stage
All eight clubs were randomly paired together, with the restriction that clubs from the same country could not face each other in the quarter-finals. The games were played over two legs, home and away; the team with the higher aggregate score was declared the match winner. If the aggregate score could not produce a winner, "away goals rule" was used. If the two teams were still tied, extra time was played, at the end of which the "away goals rule" was again applied if the scores were tied. If still tied, the game would go to penalties.
Schedule[edit]
- Group stage draw - 12 December 2007
- Group round: 12–19 March, 9–23 April, 7–21 May
- Knockout stage draw - 24 May 2008
- Quarter-finals: 17–24 September
- Semi-finals: 8–22 October
- Final: 5 and 12 November
Participating clubs[edit]
Indonesia were initially allocated two entries as per previous years. However, on 12 December 2007, the AFC awarded one to Thailand and the other one to Vietnam because the Indonesian domestic league and cup tournament wouldn't be completed in time for the start of the tournament. Both Thailand and Vietnam therefore effectively recovered the entries they had lost the previous year.
- Notes
- ^ Japan (JPN): 2007 J.League Division 1 runners-up, Urawa Red Diamonds, had already qualified for the AFC Champions League as defending champions.
Group stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 13 | |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 7 | |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 6 |
Sepahan | 0–2 | |
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Report | Jésus Gomez Al Agha |
Al-Ittihad | 1–0 | |
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Magno Alves |
Report |
Al-Ittihad | 0–1 | |
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Report | Magno Alves |
Al-Ittihad | 0–2 | |
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Report | Hasanov Kapadze |
Sepahan | 2–1 | |
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Seyed Salehi Aghily |
Report | Al-Meshal |
Bunyodkor | 1–0 | |
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Kapadze |
Report |
Al-Ittihad | 0–1 | |
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Report | Mohammed |
Al-Ittihad | 2–1 | |
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Laurens Jésus Gomez |
Report | Aghily |
Bunyodkor | 2–0 | |
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Soliev Djeparov |
Report |
Sepahan | 1–1 | |
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Ali Mohammadi |
Report | Gochguliev |
Al-Ittihad | 3–0 | |
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Al-Nemri Hazazi |
Report |
Group B[edit]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 12 | |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 5 |
Al Wasl | 0–1 | |
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Report | Alwan |
Al Kuwait | 1–1 | |
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Ajab |
Report | Zaynadpour |
Saipa | 2–0 | |
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Traoré Ansarifard |
Report |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0–1 | |
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Report | Vaziri |
Al Wasl | 1–1 | |
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André Dias |
Report | Traoré |
Al Kuwait | 1–2 | |
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Ajab |
Report | Kadhim Abdul-Mohsen |
Group C[edit]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 11 | |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 9 | |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | |
6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 |
Al-Ahli | 1–1 | |
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Al Thagafi |
Report | Al Hamwi |
Al-Sadd | 0–2 | |
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Report | Al Hamwi Jenyat |
Al-Karamah | 1–0 | |
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Jenyat |
Report |
Al-Wahda | 1–0 | |
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Al Shehhi |
Report |
Al-Karamah | 0–0 | |
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Report |
Group D[edit]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 11 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 11 | |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 8 | |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 |
Pakhtakor | 0–1 | |
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Report | Ajab |
Erbil | 1–1 | |
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Muslim Mubarak |
Report | Araújo |
Al Qadisiya | 1–1 | |
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Al Salama |
Alwan |
Al-Gharafa | 2–2 | |
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Mahmoud Araújo |
Report | Aliqulov F. Tadjiyev |
Al Qadisiya | 1–0 | |
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Ajab |
Report |
Al-Gharafa | 0–1 | |
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Report | Al-Mutwa |
Erbil | 1–5 | |
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Sabah |
Report | Siamand Kuziboyev Marković Geynrikh Kholmatov |
Al Qadisiya | 2–2 | |
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Ajab Al Salama |
Report | Ahmedov Z. Tadjiyev |
Al-Gharafa | 0–1 | |
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Report | Alwan |
Pakhtakor | 2–0 | |
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Z. Tadjiyev Ahmedov |
Report |
Erbil | 4–2 | |
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Salah Alwan |
Report | Al Shammari Al-Kandri |
Group E[edit]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 14 | |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 12 | |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 1 |
Changchun Yatai | 2–1 | |
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Du Zhenyu Cui Wei |
Report | Nguyễn Anh Đức |
Pohang Steelers | 0–2 | |
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Report | Cornthwaite Djite |
Bình Dương | 1–4 | |
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Robson |
Report | Denilson Kim Jae-sung Choi Hyo-jin |
Bình Dương | 1–2 | |
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Philani |
Report | Diego Alagich |
Changchun Yatai | 1–0 | |
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Dah Zadi |
Report |
Adelaide United | 4–1 | |
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Pantelis Dodd Diego |
Report | Phạm Minh Đức |
Pohang Steelers | 2–2 | |
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Hwang Jae-won Hwang Jin-sung |
Report | Wang Dong Du Zhenyu |
Bình Dương | 0–5 | |
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Report | Wang Bo Dah Zadi Yan Feng Caballero |
Adelaide United | 1–0 | |
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Diego |
Report |
Group F[edit]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 3 | +25 | 15 | |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 12 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 7 | |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 27 | −23 | 1 |
Krung Thai Bank | 1–9 | |
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Kone |
Report | Tashiro Iwamasa Nozawa Marquinhos Sasaki |
Nam Dinh | 1–3 | |
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Lê Văn Duyệt |
Report | Yan Xiangchuang Du Wenhui |
Kashima Antlers | 6–0 | |
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Motoyama Marquinhos Tashiro Danilo |
Report |
Beijing Guoan | 4–2 | |
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Du Wenhui Martínez |
Report | Thansopa Pichitchotirat |
Kashima Antlers | 1–0 | |
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Danilo |
Report |
Krung Thai Bank | 9–1 | |
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Kone Thansopa Choeichiu Wongsuparuk |
Report | Trần Đức Dương |
Beijing Guoan | 1–0 | |
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Tiago |
Report |
Nam Dinh | 2–2 | |
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Hoàng Ngọc Linh |
Report | Thansopa Choeichiu |
Kashima Antlers | 8–1 | |
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Iwamasa Koroki Tashiro Nozawa Ogasawara Danilo |
Report | Pichitchotirat |
Krung Thai Bank | 5–3 | |
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Thansopa Pichitchotirat |
Report | Tiago |
Nam Dinh | 0–4 | |
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Report | Tashiro Koroki Motoyama Danilo |
- Notes
- Note 2: Nam Định played their home matches at Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi as their own Thiên Trường Stadium did not meet AFC criteria.
Group G[edit]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 14 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 |
Melbourne Victory | 2–0 | |
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Muscat Vargas |
Report |
Gamba Osaka | 1–1 | |
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Lucas |
Report | Sunthornpit |
Chunnam Dragons | 3–4 | |
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Simões Kim Tae-su |
Report | Futagawa Bando Yasuda |
Chonburi | 3–1 | |
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Ney Fabiano Baga |
Report | Allsopp |
Chunnam Dragons | 1–0 | |
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Simões |
Report |
Melbourne Victory | 3–4 | |
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Allsopp Vargas |
Report | Futagawa Baré Yamaguchi Lucas |
Chonburi | 2–2 | |
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On-Mo Jinta |
Report | Jeong Jun-yeon Kim Myung-woon |
Gamba Osaka | 2–0 | |
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Yamazaki |
Report |
Chunnam Dragons | 1–1 | |
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Ko Ki-gu |
Report | Pondeljak |
Chonburi | 0–2 | |
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Report | Yamazaki Lucas |
Melbourne Victory | 3–1 | |
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Muscat Thompson Hernández |
Report | Ney Fabiano |
Gamba Osaka | 1–1 | |
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Futagawa |
Report | Yoo Hong-youl |
- Notes
- Note 3: Chonburi played their home matches at Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok as their own Chonburi Municipality Stadium did not meet AFC criteria.
Knock-out stage[edit]
Bracket[edit]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Quarter-finals[edit]
The first leg matches were played on 17 September, and the second leg matches were played on 24 September 2008.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al-Karamah |
1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
Al Qadisiya |
3–4 | (2007 Champion) |
3–2 | 0–2 |
Kashima Antlers |
1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
Saipa |
3–7 | 2–2 | 1–5 |
Semi-finals[edit]
The first leg matches were played on 8 October, and the second leg matches were played on 22 October 2008.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Gamba Osaka |
4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
Adelaide United |
3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
Final[edit]
The first and second legs of the final were played on 5 and 12 November 2008, respectively.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Gamba Osaka |
5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
Top scorers[edit]
The top scorers from the 2008 AFC Champions League are as follows: