AFC Champions League 2005

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2005 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates March 2005 - November 2005
Teams 28 + 1 
Final positions
Champions Flag of Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad (2nd title)
Second place Flag of the United Arab Emirates Al Ain
Tournament statistics
Matches played 98
Goals scored 286  (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s) N.A.

The AFC Champions League 2005 is the 24th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 3rd edition under the current AFC Champions League title.

The championship was retained by the Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad with a 5-3 aggregate victory over UAE side Al Ain. Following a 1-1 draw at the Tahnon Bin Mohammed Stadium in Al Ain in the first leg, Ittihad recorded a 4-2 victory at the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah to lift the trophy for the second consecutive season.

Contents

[edit] Format

Group Stage

A total of 28 clubs are divided into 7 groups of four, based on region i.e. East Asian and Southeast Asian clubs are drawn in Group E to F, while rest are grouped in Group A to D. Each club plays double round-robin (home and away) against fellow three group members, a total of 6 matches each. Clubs receive 3pts for a win, 1pt for a tie, 0pts for a loss. The clubs are ranked according to points and tie breakers are in following order:

  • Points earned between the clubs in question
  • Goal Differential between the clubs in question
  • Goal For between the clubs in question
  • Points earned within the group
  • Goal Differential within the group
  • Goal For within the group

The seven group winners along with the defending champions qualifies to the quarter-finals.


Knockout Round

All 8 clubs are randomly matched; however, the only restriction is that the clubs from same country cannot face each other in the quarterfinals. The games are conduced in 2 legs, home and away, and the aggregates goals decides the match winner. If the aggregate goals cannot produce an winner, away goal rules in used. If still tied, clubs play extra time, where away goal rule still applies. If stilled tied, the game goes to penalties.

[edit] Group Stage

[edit] Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Flag of Iran PAS 6 5 1 0 12 4 16
Flag of Kuwait Al Salmiya 6 3 0 3 8 9 9
Flag of Qatar Al Rayyan 6 2 1 3 6 7 7
Flag of Iraq Al Shurta 6 0 2 4 2 8 2

[edit] Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Flag of the United Arab Emirates Al Ain 6 4 1 1 13 6 13
Flag of Iran Sepahan 6 3 2 1 10 6 11
Flag of Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 6 3 1 2 7 7 10
Flag of Syria Al Wahda 6 0 0 6 5 16 0

[edit] Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Flag of Qatar Al Sadd 6 4 0 2 8 6 12
Flag of Uzbekistan Neftchi 6 3 0 3 8 7 9
Flag of Kuwait Al Kuwait 6 2 1 3 5 6 7
Flag of the United Arab Emirates Al Ahli 6 2 1 3 8 10 7

[edit] Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Flag of Saudi Arabia Al Ahli 6 5 0 1 18 5 15
Flag of Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent 6 3 0 3 9 8 9
Flag of Iraq Al Zawra 6 2 1 3 6 13 7
Flag of Syria Al Jaish 6 1 1 4 7 14 4

[edit] Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Flag of the People's Republic of China Shenzhen Jianlibao 6 4 1 1 9 3 13
Flag of South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 6 4 1 1 14 3 13
Flag of Japan Jubilo Iwata 6 3 0 3 11 4 9
Flag of Vietnam Hoang Anh GL 6 0 0 6 1 25 0

[edit] Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Flag of the People's Republic of China Shandong Luneng 6 6 0 0 15 2 18
Flag of Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 6 4 0 2 10 4 12
Flag of Indonesia PSM Makassar 6 1 1 4 4 14 4
Flag of Thailand BEC Tero 6 0 1 5 3 12 1

[edit] Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Flag of South Korea Busan I'Park 6 6 0 0 25 0 18
Flag of Thailand Krung Thai 6 3 0 3 5 9 9
Flag of Indonesia Persebaya 6 1 1 4 2 10 4
Flag of Vietnam Binh Dinh 6 1 1 4 2 15 4

[edit] Quarter finals

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

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Al Ahli Flag of Saudi Arabia 3-4 Flag of the People's Republic of China Shenzhen Jianlibao 2-1 1-3 (aet)
Shandong Luneng Flag of the People's Republic of China 3-8 Flag of Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 1-1 2-7
Busan I'Park Flag of South Korea 5-1 Flag of Qatar Al Sadd 3-0 2-1
Al Ain Flag of the United Arab Emirates 4-4 Flag of Iran PAS 1-1 3-3

[edit] Semi-finals

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

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Shenzhen Jianlibao Flag of the People's Republic of China 0-6 Flag of the United Arab Emirates Al Ain 0-6 0-0
Al-Ittihad Flag of Saudi Arabia 7-0 Flag of South Korea Busan I'Park 5-0 2-0

[edit] Final

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

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Al Ain Flag of the United Arab Emirates 3-5 Flag of Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 1-1 2-4

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