2012 AFC Cup group stage

The 2012 AFC Cup group stage was contested by a total of 32 teams (20 from West Asia Zone and 12 from East Asia Zone). They included:

The draw for the group stage was held at the AFC house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 6 December 2011, 15:00 UTC+08:00.[1] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Clubs from the same country may not be drawn into the same group.

In each group, teams played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 6–7 March, 20–21 March, 3–4 April, 10–11 April, 24–25 April, and 8–9 May 2012.[2] The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage.[3]

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:[3]

  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; (Away goals do not apply)
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches; (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card)
  8. Drawing of lots.

Groups

Each team had been numbered from 1 to 4, the numbers determine the order of the fixtures:[3]

  • Match Day 1: 1 vs 4, 3 vs 2
  • Match Day 2: 2 vs 1, 4 vs 3
  • Match Day 3: 1 vs 3, 4 vs 2
  • Match Day 4: 3 vs 1, 2 vs 4
  • Match Day 5: 4 vs 1, 2 vs 3
  • Match Day 6: 1 vs 2, 3 vs 4

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 6312147+710
Oman Al-Suwaiq 631289110
Jordan Al-Faisaly 6231107+39
Syria Al-Ittihad 611451494

Tiebreakers
  • Al-Qadsia and Al-Suwaiq are ranked by their head-to-head record (as shown below).
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 220071+66
Oman Al-Suwaiq 20021760
Al-Qadsia Kuwait 2–0 Oman Al-Suwaiq
Al Mutairi  8'
Al Soma  51'
Report
Al-Faisaly Jordan 1–1 Syria Al-Ittihad
Al-Sheikh  30' Report Fares  49' (pen.)

Al-Suwaiq Oman 0–0 Jordan Al-Faisaly
Report
Al-Ittihad Syria 1–0 Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Kalasi  23' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

Al-Suwaiq Oman 2–0 Syria Al-Ittihad
Al-Jalabubi  23'
Al-Saadi  83'
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ma Ning (China P.R.)
Al-Qadsia Kuwait 1–2 Jordan Al-Faisaly
Keita  14' Report Al-Maharmeh  53'
Hayel  73'

Al-Ittihad Syria 0–2 Oman Al-Suwaiq
Report Ablaye Gaye  23'
Al-Saadi  78'
Attendance: 150
Al-Faisaly Jordan 1–1 Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Hayel  78' Report Al-Mutawa  73' (pen.)

Al-Suwaiq Oman 1–5 Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Ablaye Gaye  24' Report Al Enezi  2', 31'
Al Fadhel  70'
Al Mutairi  74'
Al-Mutawa  79'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Al-Ittihad Syria 1–4 Jordan Al-Faisaly
Ewerson  90+1' Report Al-Maharmeh  5'
Attiah  38'
Hayel  81', 87'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)

Al-Faisaly Jordan 2–3 Oman Al-Suwaiq
Hayel  34'
Al-Maharmeh  86'
Report Al-Noufali  8'
Al-Saadi  48'
Al-Saadi  84'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Al-Qadsia Kuwait 5–2 Syria Al-Ittihad
Hadj Aïssa  2', 48'
Al Mutairi  42', 52'
Al Soma  45'
Report Omar  32'
Al Hasan  90+3'
Notes

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iraq Arbil 6420115+614
Kuwait Kazma 6321106+411
Yemen Al-Oruba 6222108+28
India East Bengal 6006214120
East Bengal India 0–1 Yemen Al-Oruba
Report Alao  45+1' (pen.)
Arbil Iraq 1–1 Kuwait Kazma
Efe  78' Report Al Harby  71'
Attendance: 12,000

Al-Oruba Yemen 2–2 Iraq Arbil
Naggar  66', 87' Report Sabagh  42'
Radhi  54'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
Kazma Kuwait 3–0 India East Bengal
Nasser  38'
Al Wuhaib  44'
Jammeh  58'
Report

East Bengal India 0–2 Iraq Arbil
Report Radhi  76'
Al Hussain  90+4'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe (Singapore)
Al-Oruba Yemen 1–2 Kuwait Kazma
Abdulkareem  34' Report Nasser  74' (pen.)
Faraj  85'

Arbil Iraq 2–0 India East Bengal
Al Hussain  45+1' (pen.), 47' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)
Kazma Kuwait 1–1 Yemen Al-Oruba
Nasser  86' Report Alao  57' (pen.)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

Al-Oruba Yemen 4–1 India East Bengal
Duke  6', 34'
Sharyan  59'
Al-Gabr  71'
Report Edmilson  78'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
Kazma Kuwait 1–2 Iraq Arbil
Nasser  45+3' (pen.) Report Halgurd  16'
Khalaf  57'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)

East Bengal India 1–2 Kuwait Kazma
Edmilson  18' Report Al Ajmi  8'
Al Azmi  90+1'
Arbil Iraq 2–1 Yemen Al-Oruba
Karim  32' (pen.)
Radhi  62'
Report Al-Ghazi  12'
Attendance: 6,000
Notes

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 6420187+1114
Kuwait Al-Kuwait 63211710+711
Lebanon Al-Ahed 621371147
Maldives VB 6015923141
Al-Kuwait Kuwait 1–5 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
Rogerinho  86' Report Tagliabué  51' (pen.), 53', 81'
Al-Salem  78'
Walibi  90+4'
Al-Ahed Lebanon 5–3 Maldives VB
Chaito  29'
Mustafa  32'
Dakik  54'
Atwi  77'
Zreik  80'
Report Cengiz  56', 65'
Tadevosyan  90' (o.g.)

VB Maldives 2–2 Kuwait Al-Kuwait
Wright  32'
Shamweel  54'
Report Khamis  73'
Fané  90+2'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Wang Di (China P.R.)
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia 0–0 Lebanon Al-Ahed
Report

Al-Ahed Lebanon 0–4 Kuwait Al-Kuwait
Report Rogerinho  2'
Al-Shammari  20'
Khamis  50', 80'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
VB Maldives 3–6 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
Mansaray  39'
Shamweel  59'
Hussain  63'
Report Tagliabué  5', 10', 35'
Al-Hamed  43'
Al Thyab  48'
Al-Sulim  90'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)

Al-Kuwait Kuwait 1–0 Lebanon Al-Ahed
Baba  82' Report
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia 2–0 Maldives VB
Al-Mubarak  51'
Al-Sulim  62'
Report

VB Maldives 0–1 Lebanon Al-Ahed
Report Bazzi  9'
Attendance: 300
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia 2–2 Kuwait Al-Kuwait
Tagliabué  56', 90' Report Fané  42'
Al Kandari  51'

Al-Ahed Lebanon 1–3 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
Zreik  90+2' Report Al-Mubarak  39'
Al-Thiab  89'
Al-Shehri  90+4'
Al-Kuwait Kuwait 7–1 Maldives VB
Al Kandari  3'
Rogerinho  43'
Khamis  61'
Jameel  64' (o.g.)
Seumen  68', 85'
Waleed  90+1'
Report Nashid  45+3'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ibrahim Al-Hosni (Oman)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Jordan Al-Wehdat 6402159+612
Uzbekistan Neftchi Farg'ona 6321117+411
Oman Al-Oruba 621381027
India Salgaocar 611461484
Neftchi Farg'ona Uzbekistan 2–1 Jordan Al-Wehdat
Alijonov  8' (pen.)
Berdiev  79'
Report Shelbaieh  90+1'
Attendance: 10,350
Al-Oruba Oman 1–0 India Salgaocar
Al-Mashari  67' Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)

Salgaocar India 2–2 Uzbekistan Neftchi Farg'ona
Sueoka  45+2'
Oliveira  82'
Report Isroilov  26'
Alijonov  59'
Al-Wehdat Jordan 2–1 Oman Al-Oruba
Salah  41'
Shelbaieh  67'
Report Al-Mashari  75'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

Neftchi Farg'ona Uzbekistan 3–1 Oman Al-Oruba
Yaqubov  12'
Berdiev  42' (pen.)
Saidov  61'
Report Teixeira  90+4'
Al-Wehdat Jordan 5–0 India Salgaocar
Deeb  25' (pen.)
Elias  47'
Al-Sabah  72'
Shelbaieh  90'
Abu Hwaiti  90+3'
Report

Al-Oruba Oman 0–0 Uzbekistan Neftchi Farg'ona
Report
Salgaocar India 1–2 Jordan Al-Wehdat
Ahmed  71' Report Abu Hwaiti  8'
Shelbaieh  82'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Salgaocar India 3–1 Oman Al-Oruba
Fernandes  45+1'
Gonsalves  48'
Bevan  64'
Report Teixeira  81' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,007
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Al-Wehdat Jordan 3–1 Uzbekistan Neftchi Farg'ona
Shelbaieh  5', 57'
Al-Sabah  84'
Report Isroilov  34'
Attendance: 9,206

Neftchi Farg'ona Uzbekistan 3–0 India Salgaocar
Smolyachenko  1', 50'
Berdiev  77'
Report
Attendance: 14,000
Al-Oruba Oman 4–2 Jordan Al-Wehdat
Al-Mukhaini  19', 31'
Al-Wahaibi  34'
Al-Mashaikhi  89'
Report Deeb  29'
Ra'fat  86' (pen.)

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Syria Al-Shorta 6501146+815
Iraq Al-Zawra'a 6402125+712
Lebanon Safa 63036719
Yemen Al-Tilal 6006115140
Al-Tilal Yemen 1–2 Lebanon Safa
Boqshan  40' Report Azar  21', 52'
Al-Shorta Syria 3–2 Iraq Al-Zawra'a
Leonardo  23'
Rafe  69', 71'
Report Jabbar  60'
Mohammed Saad  85' (pen.)
Attendance: 400

Al-Zawra'a Iraq 5–0 Yemen Al-Tilal
Mohammed Saad  27' (pen.), 52'
Hesham Mohammed  59', 84'
Ali Saad  87'
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Safa Lebanon 0–2 Syria Al-Shorta
Report Rafe  73', 90+3'

Al-Zawra'a Iraq 1–0 Lebanon Safa
Ibrahim  85' Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
Al-Shorta Syria 3–0 Yemen Al-Tilal
Rafe  63'
Al Waked  72'
Awad  76'
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)

Al-Tilal Yemen 0–2 Syria Al-Shorta
Report Hurmuz  80' (o.g.)
Abadi  90+2'
Safa Lebanon 1–0 Iraq Al-Zawra'a
Atwi  90+1' Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

Al-Zawra'a Iraq 2–1 Syria Al-Shorta
Qasem  58'
Hesham Mohammed  65'
Report Rafe  86'
Attendance: 3,000
Safa Lebanon 1–0 Yemen Al-Tilal
Al-Zoughbi  10' Report

Al-Tilal Yemen 0–2 Iraq Al-Zawra'a
Report Sabah  13'
Hussein  77'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe (Singapore)
Al-Shorta Syria 3–2 Lebanon Safa
Rafe  18' (pen.), 50'
Habib  70'
Report Saadi  20'
Kaddoura  90'
Notes

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Hong Kong Kitchee 632194+511
Malaysia Terengganu 6312108+210
Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An 62136937
Singapore Tampines Rovers 61233745
Sông Lam Nghệ An Vietnam 0–1 Malaysia Terengganu
Report Manaf  51'
Attendance: 6,142
Kitchee Hong Kong 3–1 Singapore Tampines Rovers
Liang Zicheng  3', 62'
Tarrés  66'
Report Ali  20'
Attendance: 1,314

Terengganu Malaysia 0–2 Hong Kong Kitchee
Report Tarrés  44'
Chu Siu Kei  75'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Tampines Rovers Singapore 0–0 Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An
Report
Attendance: 368
Referee: Ma Ning (China P.R.)

Kitchee Hong Kong 2–0 Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An
Rehman  11'
Chu Siu Kei  73'
Report
Attendance: 1,760

Sông Lam Nghệ An Vietnam 1–0 Hong Kong Kitchee
Nguyễn Hồng Việt  56' Report
Attendance: 1,500

Terengganu Malaysia 6–2 Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An
Ashaari  5'
Doe  12', 34', 73'
Hadi  38'
Joseph  87'
Report Phạm Văn Quyến  29'
Hoàng Văn Bình  84'

Kitchee Hong Kong 2–2 Malaysia Terengganu
Tarrés  9', 45' Report Ashaari  14'
Hadi  69'
Attendance: 1,179

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Thailand Chonburi 6420105+514
Singapore Home United 631296+310
Hong Kong Citizen 621391237
Myanmar Yangon United 60244952
Yangon United Myanmar 1–1 Thailand Chonburi
Jovanović  41' Report Etae  90+3'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Fan Qi (China P.R.)
Home United Singapore 3–1 Hong Kong Citizen
Ihata  62'
Mendy  66'
Qiu Li  87'
Report Nakamura  45+1'
Attendance: 1,023
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

Chonburi Thailand 1–0 Singapore Home United
Takam  69' Report
Citizen Hong Kong 2–1 Myanmar Yangon United
Hélio  51'
Baise  90'
Report Jovanović  65'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,026

Yangon United Myanmar 0–0 Singapore Home United
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ibrahim Al-Hosni (Oman)
Chonburi Thailand 2–0 Hong Kong Citizen
Chaiman  49' (pen.)
Diakité  60'
Report

Home United Singapore 3–1 Myanmar Yangon United
Qiu Li  70'
Mendy  75', 80'
Report Ristic  37'
Attendance: 3,146
Referee: Wang Di (China P.R.)
Citizen Hong Kong 3–3 Thailand Chonburi
Nakamura  8'
Chiu Chun Kit  90+1'
Sham Kwok Fai  90+4'
Report Samana  20'
On-Mo  69'
Etae  88'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,210
Referee: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)

Citizen Hong Kong 1–2 Singapore Home United
Sham Kwok Fai  17' Report Mendy  77'
Anzité  90+2'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,390
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

Home United Singapore 1–2 Thailand Chonburi
Daud  86' Report On-Mo  5'
Kachaplayuk  77'
Attendance: 1,393

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Malaysia Kelantan 6411105+513
Indonesia Arema 6213121207
Vietnam Navibank Sài Gòn 6213101227
Myanmar Ayeyawady United 621371037
Tiebreakers
  • Arema, Navibank Sài Gòn and Ayeyawady United are ranked by their head-to-head record (as shown below).
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Indonesia Arema 4211116+57
Vietnam Navibank Sài Gòn 420291016
Myanmar Ayeyawady United 41124844
Arema Indonesia 1–1 Myanmar Ayeyawady United
Chmelo  28' Report Dinata  63' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ibrahim Al-Hosni (Oman)
Kelantan Malaysia 0–0 Vietnam Navibank Sài Gòn
Report
Attendance: 5,452
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

Ayeyawady United Myanmar 3–1 Malaysia Kelantan
Nwaneri  6' (o.g.)
Aung Kyaw Myo  42'
Ngangue  81'
Report Ghaddar  66' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)
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