AFC Champions League 2008

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2008 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	March 2008 - November 2008
Teams	28 + 1
Final positions
Champions	TBA
Second place	TBA
Tournament statistics
Matches played	84
Goals scored	235  (2.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nantawat Thansopa (9 goals)

The AFC Champions League 2008 is the 27th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 6th edition under the current AFC Champions League title.

Contents 1 Participating Clubs 2 Format 3 Schedule 4 Group Stage 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 4.3 Group C 4.4 Group D 4.5 Group E 4.6 Group F 4.7 Group G 5 Knockout stage 5.1 Bracket 5.2 Quarter-finals 5.3 Semi-finals 5.4 Final 6 Top Scorers 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Participating Clubs

Along with the defending champion, Urawa Red Diamonds, 28 other clubs from fourteen countries qualified based on performance in domestic league and cup competitions. Urawa Red Diamonds will enter the competition at the quarter-finals. The draw for group stage took place in December 12, 2007.

Defending Champion (1)
Japan (1)	Urawa Red Diamonds (2007 ACL Winners, 2007 J. League Runners-up, & 2006 Emperor's Cup Winners)
East Asia & ASEAN (12)
Australia (2)	Melbourne Victory (2006-07 A-League Champions and Premiers) Adelaide United (2006-07 A-League Championship Runners-up)
China (2)	Changchun Yatai (2007 Chinese Super League Champions) Beijing Guoan (2007 Chinese Super League Runners-up)
Indonesia (0)†
Japan (2)	Kashima Antlers (2007 J. League Champions) Gamba Osaka (2007 J. League Third place and 2006 Emperor's Cup Runners-up)
Korea Republic (2)	Pohang Steelers (2007 K-League Champions) Chunnam Dragons (2007 Korean FA Cup Winners)
Thailand (2)†	Chonburi FC (2007 Thailand Premier League Champions) Krung Thai Bank FC (2007 Thailand Premier League Runners-up)
Vietnam (2)†	Bình Dương F.C. (2007 V-League Champions) Nam Dinh F.C. (2007 Vietnamese Cup Winners)
Central & South Asia and West Asia (16)
Iran (2)	Saipa F.C. (2006-07 Persian Gulf Cup Champions) Sepahan F.C. (2007 Hazfi Cup Winners)
Iraq (2)	Arbil FC (2006-07 Iraq Super League Champions) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (2006-07 Iraq Super League Runners-up)
Kuwait (2)	Al Kuwait Kaifan (2006-07 Kuwaiti Premier League Champions) Al Qadisiya Kuwait (2007 Kuwait Emir Cup Winners)
Qatar (2)	Al-Sadd (2006-07 Qatari League Champions and 2006-07 Emir of Qatar Cup Winners) Al-Gharafa (2006-07 Qatari League Runners-up)
Saudi Arabia (2)	Al-Itthihad Jeddah (2006-07 Saudi Premier League Champions) Al-Ahli Jeddah (2006-07 Crown Prince Cup Winners)
Syria (2)	Al-Karamah (2006-07 Syrian League Champions and 2006-07 Syrian Cup Winners) Al-Ittihad Aleppo (2006-07 Syrian League Runners-up)
UAE (2)	Al Wasl FC (2006-07 UAE League Champions and 2006-07 UAE Emir Cup Winners) Al-Wahda (2006-07 UAE League Runners-up)
Uzbekistan (2)	FC Pakhtakor (2007 Uzbek League Champions); PFC Kuruvchi (2007 Uzbek League Runners-up)

† In the 2008 edition, Indonesia were allocated two slots just like the older editions. However, on December 12, 2007, AFC awarded one Indonesian slots to Thailand and the other one to Vietnam, due to delay in Indonesian domestic league and cup tournament^[1], allowing both Thai and Vietnamese slots to be total of two.

[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 G, 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 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 still tied, the game goes to penalties.

[edit] Schedule

Group Round Draw - December 12, 2007

• Group round: March 12, March 19, April 9, April 23, May 7, May 21

Final Round Draw - May 24, 2008

• Quarter finals: September 17, September 24
• Semi finals: October 8, October 22
• Finals: November 5, November 12

[edit] Group Stage

[edit] Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
PFC Kuruvchi	6	4	1	1	8	2	6	13
Al-Ittihad Jeddah	6	3	0	3	6	5	1	9
Sepahan F.C.	6	2	1	3	5	8	-3	7
Al-Ittihad Aleppo	6	2	0	4	4	8	-4	6

March 12, 2008	Sepahan F.C.	0 – 2	Al-Ittihad Aleppo	Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan, Iran Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ben Williams
		Report	Jésus Gomez  21' Abdul Fattah Alaga  87'

March 12, 2008	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	1 – 0	PFC Kuruvchi	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
	Magno Alves  80'	Report

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March 19, 2008	Al-Ittihad Aleppo	0 – 1	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	Aleppo International Stadium, Aleppo, Syria Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Abdullah Balideh
		Report	Magno Alves  78'

March 19, 2008	PFC Kuruvchi	2 – 0	Sepahan F.C.	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Fareed Al Marzouqi
	Ulugbek Bakayev  61' Timur Kapadze  80'	Report

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April 9, 2008	Al-Ittihad Aleppo	0 – 2	PFC Kuruvchi	Aleppo International Stadium, Aleppo, Syria Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Kim Dong Jin
		Report	Jasur Hasanov  50' Timur Kapadze  65'

April 9, 2008	Sepahan F.C.	2 – 1	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Sun Baojie
	Seyed Mohammad Salehi  59' Hadi Aghily  71'	Report	Talal Al-Meshal  89'

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April 23, 2008	PFC Kuruvchi	1 – 0	Al-Ittihad Aleppo	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir
	Timur Kapadze  29'	Report

April 23, 2008	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	0 – 1	Sepahan F.C.	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Saad Kameel Al Fadhli
		Report	Emad Mohammed  70'

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May 7, 2008	Al-Ittihad Aleppo	2 – 1	Sepahan F.C.	Aleppo International Stadium, Aleppo, Syria Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Naser Al Ghafary
	Jonathan Laurens  61' Jésus Gomez  64'	Report	Hadi Aghily  48'

May 7, 2008	PFC Kuruvchi	2 – 0	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh
	Anvarjon Soliev  10' Server Djeparov  38'	Report

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May 21, 2008	Sepahan F.C.	1 – 1	PFC Kuruvchi	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Attendance: 150 Referee: Abdullah Mohamed Al Hilali
	Jalaladin Ali Mohammadi  2'	Report	Gochguli Gochguliev  72'

May 21, 2008	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	3 – 0	Al-Ittihad Aleppo	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Attendance: 600 Referee: Shamsuzzaman Tayeb Hasan
	Sultan Alnumare  30'  50' Naif Hazazi  42'	Report

[edit] Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saipa F.C.	6	3	3	0	7	3	4	12
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
Al Wasl FC	6	2	1	3	5	7	-2	7
Al Kuwait Kaifan	6	1	2	3	4	6	-2	5

March 12, 2008	Al Wasl FC	0 – 1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, UAE Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi
		Report	Ali Alwan  32'

March 12, 2008	Al Kuwait Kaifan	1 – 1	Saipa F.C.	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou
	Khaled Ajab  44'	Report	Milad Zaynadpour  66'

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March 19, 2008	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0 – 0	Al Kuwait Kaifan	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Muhsen Basma
		Report

March 19, 2008	Saipa F.C.	2 – 0	Al Wasl FC	Enghelab Stadium, Karaj, Iran Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
	Issa Traore  45' Karim Ansarifard  57'	Report

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April 9, 2008	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0 – 1	Saipa F.C.	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Salem Mahmoud Mujghef
		Report	Amir Vaziri  45+1'

April 9, 2008	Al Wasl FC	1 – 0	Al Kuwait Kaifan	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, UAE Attendance: 4,622 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
	Tariq Hassan  75'	Report

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April 23, 2008	Saipa F.C.	1 – 1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Enghelab Stadium, Karaj, Iran Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
	Kianoush Rahmati  63' (pen)	Report	Ahmed Iyad  71'

April 23, 2008	Al Kuwait Kaifan	2 – 1	Al Wasl FC	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mahmood Al Ghatrifi
	Khaled Ajab  10' Abdul Rahman Al Awadhi  42'	Report	Essa Ali  4pen'

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May 7, 2008	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1 – 2	Al Wasl FC	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 100 Referee: Hai Tan
	Ibrahim Kamel  69'	Report	Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi  49' Alexander Oliveira  64'

May 7, 2008	Saipa F.C.	1 – 0	Al Kuwait Kaifan	Enghelab Stadium, Karaj, Iran Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sun Baojie
	Kianoush Rahmati  24'	Report

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May 21, 2008	Al Wasl FC	1 – 1	Saipa F.C.	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, UAE Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mark Shield
	André Dias  90+2'	Report	Issa Traoré  21'

May 21, 2008	Al Kuwait Kaifan	1 – 2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 250 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
	Khaled Ajab  22'	Report	Haitham Kadhim  17' Yasir Abdul-Muhsen  48'

[edit] Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Karamah	6	3	2	1	8	3	5	11
Al-Wahda	6	2	3	1	6	7	-1	9
Al-Sadd	6	1	3	2	6	8	-2	6
Al-Ahli Jeddah	6	0	4	2	5	7	-2	4

March 12, 2008	Al-Sadd	2 – 1	Al-Ahli Jeddah	Al Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
	Emerson  6' Felipe  26'	Report	Val Baiano  73'

March 12, 2008	Al-Karamah	4 – 1	Al-Wahda	Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs, Syria Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Abdullah Mohamed Al Hilali
	Feras Esmaeel  3' Zyad Chaabo  27' 48' Mohammad Al Hamwi  80'	Report	Mohamed Al Shehhi  83'

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March 19, 2008	Al-Ahli Jeddah	1 – 1	Al-Karamah	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sun Baojie
	Al Thagafi  15'	Report	Mohammad Al Hamwi  44'

March 19, 2008	Al-Wahda	2 – 2	Al-Sadd	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ben Williams
	Pinga  17' Mohamed Al Shehhi  85	Report	Carlos Tenorio  44' Emerson  71'

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April 9, 2008	Al-Ahli Jeddah	0 – 0	Al-Wahda	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Saad Kameel Al-Fadhli
		Report

April 9, 2008	Al-Sadd	0 – 2	Al-Karamah	Al Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir
		Report	Mohamad Al Hamwi  69' Aatef Jenyat  73'

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April 23, 2008	Al-Wahda	2 – 1	Al-Ahli Jeddah	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mark Shield
	Josiel  35'  84'	Report	Waleed Al Gizani  81'

April 23, 2008	Al-Karamah	1 – 0	Al-Sadd	Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs, Syria Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Aatef Jenyat  78'	Report

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May 7, 2008	Al-Ahli Jeddah	2 – 2	Al-Sadd	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
	Hussain Sulimani  28'  42'	Report	Mohammed Gholam  32' (pen) Yusef Ahmed  50'

May 7, 2008	Al-Wahda	1 – 0	Al-Karamah	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura
	Mohamed Al Shehhi  90'	Report

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May 21, 2008	Al-Sadd	0 – 0	Al-Wahda	Al Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar Attendance: 800 Referee: Lee Gi Young
		Report

May 21, 2008	Al-Karamah	0 – 0	Al-Ahli Jeddah	Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs, Syria Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
		Report

[edit] Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Qadisiya Kuwait	6	3	2	1	8	7	1	11
FC Pakhatakor	6	3	2	1	13	6	7	11
Arbil FC	6	2	2	2	8	11	-3	8
Al-Gharafa	6	0	2	4	3	8	-5	2

March 12, 2008	FC Pakhatakor	0 – 1	Al Qadisiya Kuwait	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh
		Report	Ahmad Ajab  90+1'

March 12, 2008	Arbil FC	1 – 1	Al-Gharafa	Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa, Jordan Attendance: 250 Referee: Talaat Najm
	Muslim Mubarak  61'	Report	Araújo  13'

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March 19, 2008	Al Qadisiya Kuwait	1 – 1	Arbil FC	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium Referee: Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi
	Khalaf Al Salama  81'		Ahmad Salah Alwan  28' (pen)

March 19, 2008	Al-Gharafa	2 – 2	FC Pakhatakor	Al-Gharafa Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Lee Gi Young
	Younis Mahmoud  57' Araújo  65'	Report	Asror Aliqulov  68' Zaynitdin Tadjiyev  85'

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April 9, 2008	Al Qadisiya Kuwait	1 – 0	Al-Gharafa	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mahmood Al Ghatrifi
	Ahmad Ajab  62'	Report

April 9, 2008	FC Pakhatakor	2 – 0	Arbil FC	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Masoud Moradi
	Akmal Holmatov  47' Alexander Geynrikh  52' (pen)	Report

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April 23, 2008	Al-Gharafa	0 – 1	Al Qadisiya Kuwait	Al-Gharafa Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama
		Report	Bader Al-Mutwa  89'

April 23, 2008	Arbil FC	1 – 5	FC Pakhatakor	Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa, Jordan Attendance: 180 Referee: Mohamed Al Marzouqi
	Haidar Sabah  19'	Report	Salah Al-Deen Siamand  38' (og) Nodirbek Kuziboyev  69' Darko Marković  73' Alexander Geynrikh  81' Akmal Holmatov  90+3'

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May 7, 2008	Al Qadisiya Kuwait	2 – 2	FC Pakhatakor	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium Attendance: 18000 Referee: Salem Mahmoud Mujghef
	Ahmad Ajab  20' Khalaf Al Salama  45' (pen)	Report	Odil Ahmedov  36' Zaynitdin Tadjiyev  81'

May 7, 2008	Al-Gharafa	0 – 1	Arbil FC	Al-Gharafa Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Muhsen Basma
		Report	Ahmad Salah Alwan  29'

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May 21, 2008	FC Pakhatakor	2 – 0	Al-Gharafa	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Satop Tongkhan
	Zaynitdin Tadjiyev  19' Odil Ahmedov  88' (pen)	Report

May 21, 2008	Arbil FC	4 – 2	Al Qadisiya Kuwait	Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa, Jordan Attendance: 120 Referee: Hedayat Mombini
	Luay Salah  52'  70'  79' Ahmad Salah Alwan  89'	Report	Saadoun Al Shammari  23' Ali Al-Kandri  34'

[edit] Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Adelaide United	6	4	2	0	9	2	7	14
Changchun Yatai	6	3	3	0	10	3	7	12
Pohang Steelers	6	1	2	3	6	7	-1	5
Bình Dương	6	0	1	5	4	17	-13	1

March 12, 2008	Changchun Yatai	2 – 1	Binh Duong	Changchun City Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ali Al Badwawi
	Du Zhenyu  4' Cui Wei  70'	Report	Nguyễn Anh Đức  53'

March 12, 2008	Pohang Steelers	0 – 2	Adelaide United FC	Steelyard Stadium, Pohang Attendance: 8,436 Referee: Mohsen Torky
		Report	Robert Cornthwaite  3' Bruce Djite  59'

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March 19, 2008	Binh Duong	1 – 4	Pohang Steelers	Go Dau Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Salem Mahmoud Mujghef
	Robson De Lima  11' (pen)	Report	Denilson  49' (pen),  58' (pen) Kim Jae-Sung  56' Cho Hyo-Jin  64'

March 19, 2008	Adelaide United FC	0 – 0	Changchun Yatai	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 10,510 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama
		Report

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April 9, 2008	Binh Duong	1 – 2	Adelaide United FC	Go Dau Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Atallah Jatli Al Enezi
	Philani  85'	Report	Diego Walsh  10' Richie Alagich  78'

April 9, 2008	Changchun Yatai	1 – 0	Pohang Steelers	Changchun City Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou
	Guillaume Dah Zadi  86'	Report

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April 23, 2008	Adelaide United FC	4 – 1	Binh Duong	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 13,802 Referee: Mohamed Al Hilali
	Lucas Pantelis  56' Travis Dodd  58' 62' Diego Walsh  77'	Report	Phạm Minh Đức  65'

April 23, 2008	Pohang Steelers	2 – 2	Changchun Yatai	Steelyard Stadium, Pohang Attendance: 5,468 Referee: Satop Tongkhan
	Hwang Jae-Won  64' Hwang Jin-Sung  90'	Report	Wang Dong  35' Du Zhenyu  70'

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May 7, 2008	Binh Duong	0 – 5	Changchun Yatai	Go Dau Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi
		Report	Wang Bo  2' 37' Guillaume Dah Zadi  13' Yan Feng  78' Samuel Caballero  90' (pen)

May 7, 2008	Adelaide United FC	1 – 0	Pohang Steelers	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 11,805 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
	Diego Walsh  63'	Report

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May 21, 2008	Pohang Steelers	0 – 0	Binh Duong	Steelyard Stadium, Pohang Attendance: 4,571 Referee: Abdulrahman Recho
		Report

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May 22, 2008	Changchun Yatai	0 – 0	Adelaide United FC	Changchun City Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh
		Report

[edit] Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kashima Antlers	6	5	0	1	28	3	25	15
Beijing Guoan	6	4	0	2	14	9	5	12
Krung Thai Bank FC	6	2	1	3	20	27	-7	7
Nam Dinh F.C.	6	0	1	5	4	27	-23	1

March 12, 2008	Krung Thai Bank FC	1 – 9	Kashima Antlers	Chulalongkorn University Sports Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Muhsen Basma
	Kassim Kone  64'	Report	Yuzo Tashiro  15'  50' Daiki Iwamasa  21' Takuya Nozawa  34'  90+2' Marquinhos  47'  69'  71' Ryuta Sasaki  73'

March 12, 2008	Nam Dinh F.C.	1 – 3	Beijing Guoan	My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 600 Referee: Kim Dong Jin
	Lê Văn Duyệt  14'	Report	Yan Xiangchuang  57' Du Wenhui  60' Zhang Shuai  90+1'

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March 19, 2008	Kashima Antlers	6 – 0	Nam Dinh F.C.	Kashima Stadium Attendance: 7,087 Referee: Mohamad Mansour
	Masashi Motoyama  25'  48' Marquinhos  58'  67' Yuzo Tashiro  73' Danilo  90+2'	Report

March 19, 2008	Beijing Guoan	4 – 2	Krung Thai Bank FC	Beijing Fengtai Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Atallah Jatli
	Du Wenhui  39'  73' Walter Martínez  51'  75'	Report	Nantawat Thaensopa  58' Peerapong Pichitchotirat  63'

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April 9, 2008	Kashima Antlers	1 – 0	Beijing Guoan	Kashima Stadium Attendance: 6,487 Referee: Mohsen Torky
	Danilo  52'	Report

April 9, 2008	Krung Thai Bank FC	9 – 1	Nam Dinh F.C.	Chulalongkorn University Sports Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 500 Referee: Hedayat Mombeni
	Kassim Kone  4'  44'  90+1'  90+2' Nantawat Thaensopa  8'  46'  59' Phichitphong Choeichiu  64' Tanat Wongsupphalak  70'	Report	Trần Đức Dương  64'

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April 23, 2008	Beijing Guoan	1 – 0	Kashima Antlers	Beijing Fengtai Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh
	Tiago  41'	Report

April 23, 2008	Nam Dinh F.C.	2 – 2	Krung Thai Bank FC	My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohammad Dharman
	Hoàng Ngọc Linh  2'  47'	Report	Nantawat Thaensopa  21' Phichitphong Choeichiu  90'

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May 7, 2008	Kashima Antlers	8 – 1	Krung Thai Bank FC	Kashima Stadium Attendance: 5,540 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Daiki Iwamasa  19' Shinzo Koroki  21' Yuzo Tashiro  45' Takuya Nozawa  46' 66' Mitsuo Ogasawara  50' Danilo  74' 83'	Report	Peerapong Pichitchotirat  90'

May 7, 2008	Beijing Guoan	3 – 0	Nam Dinh F.C.	Beijing Fengtai Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Kadhum Auda
	Guo Hui  14' (pen) Yang Hao  32'  78'	Report

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May 21, 2008	Krung Thai Bank FC	5 – 3	Beijing Guoan	Chulalongkorn University Sports Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 400 Referee: Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi
	Nantawat Thaensopa  10'  44'  49'  69' (pen) Peerapong Pichitchotirat  27'	Report	Tiago  67' (pen)  70'  77' (pen)

May 21, 2008	Nam Dinh F.C.	0 – 4	Kashima Antlers	My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi
		Report	Yuzo Tashiro  27' Shinzo Koroki  47' Masashi Motoyama  75' Danilo  87'

[edit] Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Gamba Osaka	6	4	2	0	14	8	6	14
Melbourne Victory	6	2	1	3	10	11	-1	7
Chunnam Dragons	6	1	3	2	8	10	-2	6
Chonburi FC	6	1	2	3	7	10	-3	5

March 12, 2008	Melbourne Victory FC	2 – 0	Chunnam Dragons	Telstra Dome, Melbourne Attendance: 23,656 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir
	Kevin Muscat  28' (pen) Rodrigo Vargas  66'	Report

March 12, 2008	Gamba Osaka	1 – 1	Chonburi FC	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeni
	Lucas  90+4'	Report	Arthit Suntornphit  59'

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March 19, 2008	Chunnam Dragons	3 – 4	Gamba Osaka	Gwang-Yang Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Shamsuzzaman Tayeb Hasan
	Victor Simões  4' Kim Tae-Su  27',  60' (pen)	Report	Takahiro Futagawa  30' Ryuji Bando  53'  75' Michihiro Yasuda  58'

March 19, 2008	Chonburi FC	3 – 1	Melbourne Victory FC	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kadhum Auda
	Ney Fabiano  45' Stephane Baga  79',  90+5'	Report	Daniel Allsopp  57'

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April 9, 2008	Chunnam Dragons	1 – 0	Chonburi FC	Gwang-Yang Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Abdullah Mohamed Al Hilali
	Victor Simões  90'	Report

April 9, 2008	Melbourne Victory FC	3 – 4	Gamba Osaka	Telstra Dome, Melbourne Attendance: 23,857 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh
	Daniel Allsopp  4'  65' Rodrigo Vargas  41'	Report	Takahiro Futagawa  31' Baré  38' Satoshi Yamaguchi  68' Lucas  89'

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April 23, 2008	Chonburi FC	2 – 2	Chunnam Dragons	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hai Tan
	Pipob On-Mo  56' Panuwat Jinta  88'	Report	Chung Joon-Yeon  5' Kim Myung-Woon  48'

April 23, 2008	Gamba Osaka	2 – 0	Melbourne Victory FC	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 8,132 Referee: Ali Al Badwawi
	Masato Yamazaki  31'  57'	Report

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May 7, 2008	Chunnam Dragons	1 – 1	Melbourne Victory FC	Gwang-Yang Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Abdullah Balideh
	Ko Ki-Gu  37'	Report	Tom Pondeljak  4'

May 7, 2008	Chonburi FC	0 – 2	Gamba Osaka	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou
		Report	Masato Yamazaki  64' Lucas  76'

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May 21, 2008	Melbourne Victory FC	3 – 1	Chonburi FC	Telstra Dome, Melbourne Attendance: 9,558 Referee: Salem Mahmoud Mujghef
	Kevin Muscat  56' Archie Thompson  65' Carlos Hernández  77'	Report	Ney Fabiano  55'

May 21, 2008	Gamba Osaka	1 – 1	Chunnam Dragons	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 7,160 Referee: Sun Baojie
	Takahiro Futagawa  75'	Report	Yoo Hong-Youl  86' (pen)

[edit] Knockout stage

Main article: AFC Champions League 2008 - Knockout Stage

[edit] Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Al-Karamah

Gamba Osaka

Al Qadisiya Kuwait

Urawa Red Diamonds

Saipa F.C.

PFC Kuruvchi

Kashima Antlers

Adelaide United

[edit] Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Saipa	1	PFC Kuruvchi	17 Sept	24 Sept
Kashima Antlers	2	Adelaide United	17 Sept	24 Sept
Al Qadisiya Kuwait	3	Urawa Red Diamonds	17 Sept	24 Sept
Al-Karamah	4	Gamba Osaka	17 Sept	24 Sept

[edit] Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Winners match 1	1	Winners match 2	8 Oct	22 Oct
Winners match 4	2	Winners match 3	8 Oct	22 Oct

[edit] Final

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Winners match 2		Winners match 1	5 Nov	12 Nov

[edit] Top Scorers

The top scorers from the 2008 AFC Champions League as of 21 May 2008 are as follows:

(Players in bold are still active in the competition.)

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nantawat Thansopa	Krung Thai Bank	9
2	Marquinhos	Kashima Antlers	5
	Kassim Kone	Krung Thai Bank
	Yuzo Tashiro	Kashima Antlers
	Danilo	Kashima Antlers
6	Takuya Nozawa	Kashima Antlers	4
	Tiago	Beijing Guoan
8	Lucas Severino	Gamba Osaka	3
	Masato Yamazaki	Gamba Osaka
	Takahiro Futagawa	Gamba Osaka
	Du Wenhui	Beijing Guoan
	Daniel Allsopp	Melbourne Victory
	Mohammad Al Hamwi	Al Karamah
	Timur Kapadze	PFC Kuruvchi
	Diego Walsh	Adelaide United FC
	Ahmad Salah Alwan	Arbil FC
	Luay Salah	Arbil FC
	Ahmad Ajab	Al Qadisiya Kuwait
	Khaled Ajab	Al Kuwait Kaifan
	Peerapong Pichitchotirat	Krung Thai Bank

[edit] See also

• Iraqi clubs at the AFC Champions League
• Thai Clubs in Asian Club Championship
• Thai Clubs at The AFC Champions League

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• AFC Champions League Official Page (English)
• AFC Champions League on goalzz.com
• AFC Calendar of Events 2008

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