2008 AFC Champions League
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 12 March - 12 November 2008 |
Teams | 29 |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 98 |
Goals scored | 275 (2.81 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
(9 goals) |
Best player |
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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.
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 entered the competition at the quarter-finals. The draw for group stage took place on 12 December 2007.
† In the 2008 edition, Indonesia were allocated two slots just like the older editions. However, on 12 December 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.
Format
- 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
- 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
Group stage
Group A
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
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 |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
0 – 0 | |
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Report |
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
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-Ahli |
2 – 2 | |
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Taher Zakaria Sulimani |
Report | Gholam Ahmed |
Al-Wahda |
1 – 0 | |
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Al Shehhi |
Report |
Al-Karamah |
0 – 0 | |
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Report |
Group D
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
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 De Lima |
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 |
Pohang Steelers |
0 – 0 | |
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Report |
Group F
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 Zhang Shuai |
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 |
Beijing Guoan |
3 – 0 | |
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Guo Hui Yang Hao |
Report |
Krung Thai Bank |
5 – 3 | |
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Thansopa Pichitchotirat |
Report | Tiago |
- 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
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 | Chung Joon-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
Bracket
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
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
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
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 |
Winners
AFC Champions League 2008 Winners |
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Gamba Osaka 1st Title |
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 2008 AFC Champions League are as follows:
Fair Play Award
See also
References
- ↑ "article missing". Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2007.