2004 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates10 February – 1 December 2004
Teams26
Final positions
ChampionsSaudi Arabia Al-Ittihad (1st title)
Runners-upSouth Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Tournament statistics
Matches played80
Goals scored252 (3.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Kim Do-hoon
(9 goals)
Best player(s)Saudi Arabia Redha Tukar
2005 →

The 2004 AFC Champions League was the 23rd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 2nd edition under the current AFC Champions League title. The title was won by Al-Ittihad over Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.

Format

Group Stage

A total of 28 clubs were divided into 7 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 fellow three group members, a total of 6 matches each. Clubs received 3pts for a win, 1pt for a tie, 0pts for a loss. The clubs were ranked according to points and tie breakers were in the following order:

The seven group winners along with the defending champion advanced to the quarter-finals.

Knockout Round

All 8 clubs were randomly matched; however, the only restriction was that the clubs from the same country could not face each other in the quarter-finals. The games were conducted in 2 legs, home and away, and the aggregate score decided the match winner. If the aggregate score couldn't produce a winner, "away goals rule" was used. If still tied, clubs played extra time, where "away goals rule" still applied. If still tied, the game went to penalties.

Teams

For this year the competition was restricted to clubs from countries considered 'mature' in the 'Vision Asia' paper of AFC President Mohamed Bin Hammam, with clubs from 'developing' countries entering the newly created AFC Cup and 'emerging' nations to enter the AFC President's Cup from 2005 onwards.

Qualified Teams

West Asia East Asia
Quarter Finals
Team Qualifying method Team Qualifying method
United Arab Emirates Al Ain Defending champions
Group Stage
Team Qualifying method Team Qualifying method
Bahrain Riffa 2002–03 Bahraini Premier League champions China Shanghai Shenhua 2003 Chinese Jia-A League champions
Bahrain Al-Ahli 2003 King's Cup winners China Dalian Shide 2002 Chinese Jia-A League champions
Iran Sepahan 2002–03 Iran Pro League champions Indonesia Persik Kediri 2003 Liga Indonesia Premier Division champions
Iran Zob Ahan 2002–03 Hazfi Cup winners Indonesia PSM Makassar 2003 Liga Indonesia Premier Division runners-up
Iraq Al-Shorta Chosen by the Iraq Football Association[Note IRQ] Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 2003 J.League Division 1 champions
Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Chosen by the Iraq Football Association[Note IRQ] Japan Júbilo Iwata 2003 Emperor's Cup winners
Kuwait Al Qadisiya 2002–03 Kuwaiti Premier League champions &
2003 Kuwait Emir Cup winners 		South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2003 K League champions
Kuwait Al-Arabi 2002–03 Kuwaiti Premier League runners-up South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2003 Korean FA Cup winners
Qatar Qatar SC 2002–03 Qatar Stars League champions Thailand Krung Thai Bank 2002–03 Thai League champions
Qatar Al Sadd 2002–03 Emir of Qatar Cup winners Thailand BEC-Tero Sasana 2002–03 Thai League runners-up
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 2002–03 Saudi Premier League champions Vietnam Hoang Anh Gia Lai 2003 V-League champions
Saudi Arabia Al Hilal 2003 Saudi Crown Prince Cup winners Vietnam Binh Dinh 2003 Vietnamese Cup winners
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 2002–03 UAE Football League runners-up[Note UAE]
United Arab Emirates Sharjah 2002–03 UAE President's Cup winners
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 2003 Uzbek League champions &
2003 Uzbekistan Cup winners
Uzbekistan Neftchi Fergana 2003 Uzbek League runners-up
Notes
  1. ^
    Iraq (IRQ): The 2002–03 Iraqi First Division League was stopped on 28 March 2003 as a result of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's government which lead to the formation of a new IFA committee. Al-Shorta and Al-Najaf were first and second respectively at the time of its cancellation and so were chosen to represent Iraq in the AFC Champions League. However Al-Najaf informed the IFA that they were not ready to participate and the IFA thus gave the slot to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya who were 5th at the time of the cancellation and the next highest-placed team in the table that had not already been admitted into a continental or regional competition. When informed by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) that participation in the AFC Champions League should be for the league champions and the FA Cup winners (Al-Talaba), the IFA asked the AFC to give it freedom in choosing its participating clubs due to the league not being completed. The AFC agreed to the IFA's request and therefore Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya entered the competition alongside Al-Shorta.
  2. ^
    United Arab Emirates (UAE): 2002–03 UAE Football League champions, Al Ain, had already qualified for the AFC Champions League as defending champions.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 4 2 1 1 3 1 +2 7
Iran Zob Ahan 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 5
Qatar Qatar SC 4 0 3 1 3 4 −1 3
Bahrain Riffa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Riffa withdrew, citing security concerns; they were suspended from AFC competitions for two years.
Zob Ahan1–0Pakhtakor
Pakhtakor1–0Qatar SC
Zob Ahan3–3Qatar SC
Qatar SC0–0Zob Ahan
Pakhtakor2–0Zob Ahan
Qatar SC0–0Pakhtakor

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 4 1 3 0 3 0 +3 6
Qatar Al Sadd 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 5
Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4 1 1 2 1 4 −3 4
Kuwait Al Qadisiya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ On 20 April, following the match between Al-Qadisiya and Al-Sadd, Kuwaiti security personnel assaulted the visiting players; Al-Qadisiya were ejected from the competition and banned from AFC competitions for three years. Their matches were deleted from the records.
Al Wahda0–0Al Sadd
Al Sadd1–0Al Quwa Al Jawiya
Al Wahda3–0Al Quwa Al Jawiya
Al Quwa Al Jawiya0–0Al Wahda
Al Sadd0–0Al Wahda
Al Quwa Al Jawiya1–0Al Sadd

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United Arab Emirates Sharjah 4 3 1 0 10 4 +6 10
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 7
Iraq Al-Shurta 4 0 0 4 3 9 −6 0
Bahrain Al-Ahli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Al-Ahli withdrew as the Bahraini FA called up seven of their players for the national team and Olympic squads for their World Cup and Olympic Games qualifying matches.[1]
Sharjah2–0Al Shurta
Al Hilal0–0Sharjah
Al Shurta1–2Al Hilal
Al Hilal2–0Al Shurta
Al Shurta2–3Sharjah
Sharjah5–2Al Hilal

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13
Iran Sepahan 6 4 1 1 15 10 +5 13
Kuwait Al-Arabi 6 2 2 2 8 10 −2 8
Uzbekistan Neftchi 6 0 0 6 5 18 −13 0
Source: [citation needed]
Sepahan4–0Neftchi
Al Ittihad2–0Al Arabi
Neftchi1–3Al Ittihad
Al Arabi2–2Sepahan
Sepahan3–2Al Ittihad
Al Ittihad4–0Sepahan
Al Arabi3–2Neftchi
Neftchi1–3Sepahan
Al Arabi0–0Al-Ittihad
Sepahan3–1Al Arabi
Al-Ittihad3–0Neftchi
Neftchi1–2Al Arabi

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 4 0 2 14 5 +9 12
Japan Jubilo Iwata 6 4 0 2 14 11 +3 12
China Shanghai Shenhua 6 3 0 3 7 9 −2 9
Thailand BEC Tero 6 1 0 5 6 16 −10 3
Source: [citation needed]
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors1–2Jubilo Iwata
BEC Tero4–1Shanghai Shenhua
Jubilo Iwata3–0BEC Tero
Shanghai Shenhua0–1Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Jubilo Iwata2–1Shanghai Shenhua
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors4–0BEC Tero
BEC Tero0–4Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Shanghai Shenhua3–2Jubilo Iwata
Shanghai Shenhua1–0BEC Tero
Jubilo Iwata2–4Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
BEC Tero2–3Jubilo Iwata
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors0–1Shanghai Shenhua

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
China Dalian Shide 6 5 0 1 11 5 +6 15
Vietnam Hoang Anh Gia Lai 6 2 1 3 10 10 0 7
Thailand Krung Thai Bank 6 2 1 3 8 11 −3 7
Indonesia PSM Makassar 6 2 0 4 9 12 −3 6
Source: [citation needed]
Krung Thai0–2Dalian Shide
Gia Lai5–1PSM Makassar
Dalian Shide2–0Gia Lai
PSM Makassar2–3Krung Thai
Gia Lai0–1Krung Thai
PSM Makassar0–1Dalian Shide
Krung Thai2–2Gia Lai
Dalian Shide2–1PSM Makassar
Dalian Shide3–1Krung Thai
PSM Makassar3–0Gia Lai
Gia Lai3–1Dalian Shide
Krung Thai1–2PSM Makassar

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 6 5 0 1 24 4 +20 15
Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 6 5 0 1 19 3 +16 15
Indonesia Persik Kediri 6 1 1 4 5 27 −22 4
Vietnam Binh Dinh 6 0 1 5 3 17 −14 1
Source: [citation needed]
Binh Dinh0–3Yokohama F. Marinos
Persik Kediri1–2Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Yokohama F. Marinos4–0Persik Kediri
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma2–0Binh Dinh
Binh Dinh2–2Persik Kediri
Yokohama F. Marinos1–2Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Persik Kediri1–0Binh Dinh
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma0–1Yokohama F. Marinos
Yokohama F. Marinos6–0Binh Dinh
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma15–0Persik Kediri
Persik Kediri1–4Yokohama F. Marinos
Binh Dinh1–3Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Quarter finals Semi-finals Final
            
China Dalian Shide 1 0 1
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 1 1 2
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 2 2 4
South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 2 3
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 0 1 1
South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 4 5
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 1 5 6
South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3 0 3
South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 6 5 11
United Arab Emirates Sharjah 0 2 2
South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 0 2 2
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 1 0 1
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 1 4 5

Quarter-finals

First-leg home team shown first. First-leg home team score shown first for both legs.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 1–5 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0–1 1–4
Dalian Shide China 1–2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 1–1 0–1
Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates 1–5 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 1–1 0–4
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma South Korea 11–2 United Arab Emirates Sharjah 6–0 5–2

First leg

Dalian Shide China1–1Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Zou Jie 66' Mario Carević 25'
People's Stadium, Dalian
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates0–1South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Luís André Gomes 90+3'
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma South Korea6–0United Arab Emirates Sharjah
Kim Do-Hoon 20'
Lee Ki-Hyung 49'
Dudu 52', 65' (pen.)
Do Jae-Joon 81'
Denis Laktionov 89'
Seongnam 2 Stadium, Seongnam
Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates1–1Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Antonin Koutouan 10' Ildar Magdeev 85'
Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Second leg

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea4–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Namkung Do 53'
Paulo Rink 69'
Luís André Gomes 90+1'
Park Dong-Hyuk 90+3'		 Rami Yaslam 88'
Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 5–1 on aggregate.

Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia1–0China Dalian Shide
Tukar 68'
Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Al-Ittihad won 2–1 on aggregate.

Pakhtakor Uzbekistan4–0United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda
Anvarjon Soliev 21'
Vladimir Shishelov 44', 90'
Abdullah Salem 86' (o.g.)
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Pakhtakor won 5–1 on aggregate.

Sharjah United Arab Emirates2–5South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Simba Ndaye 44'
Anderson 66'		 Dudu 11', 25'
Marcelo 20'
Kim Do-Hoon 32'
Denis Laktionov 74'
Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma won 11–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

First-leg home team shown first. First-leg home team score shown first for both legs.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 4–3 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–1 2–2
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma South Korea 2–0 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 0–0 2–0

First leg

Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia2–1South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Noor 27'
Montashari 87'		 Botti 85'
Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma South Korea0–0Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Seongnam 2 Stadium, Seongnam

Second leg

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea2–2Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Paulo Rink 32'
Botti 43'		 Tcheco 68' (pen.)
Osama 89'
Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju

Al-Ittihad won 4–3 on aggregate.

Pakhtakor Uzbekistan0–2South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Kim Do-Hoon 37'
Dudu 56'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

First-leg home team shown first. First-leg home team score shown first for both legs.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 6–3 South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1–3 5–0

First leg

Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia1–3South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Tukar 28' Denis Laktionov 26'
Kim Do-Hoon 80'
Jang Hak-Young 88'
Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Second leg

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma South Korea0–5Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Tukar 29'
Idris 45+4'
Noor 56', 78'
Abushgeer 90+5'
Seongnam Stadium, Seongnam

Al-Ittihad won 6–3 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ AFC confirm Ahli withdrawal

External links

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