2014 AFC Champions League group stage
The group stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League was played from 25 February to 23 April 2014. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage.[1]
Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 10 December 2013, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
The following 32 teams (16 from West Asia Zone, 16 from East Asia Zone) were entered into the group stage draw, which included the 28 automatic qualifiers and the four qualifying play-off winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw:
Zone | Teams |
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West Asia Zone (Groups A–D) |
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East Asia Zone (Groups E–H) |
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Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.
Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[1]
- Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
- Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned (away goals do not apply)
- Goal difference in all the group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play
- Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card)
- Drawing of lots
Groups
The matchdays were 25–26 February, 11–12 March, 18–19 March, 1–2 April, 15–16 April, and 22–23 April 2014.[3]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 15 | Advanced to Round of 16 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | ||
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 10 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | |||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
Al-Rayyan ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Al-Mehyani ![]() Fallatah ![]() |
Al-Rayyan ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Yakubu ![]() Haroon ![]() |
Report | Barrada ![]() Mabkhout ![]() Cho Yong-hyung ![]() |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 14 | Advanced to Round of 16 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | |||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 2 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Notes:
- Tiebreakers: Bunyodkor and El-Jaish are tied on head-to-head record and overall goal difference, and so are ranked on overall goals scored.
Al-Fateh ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Bunyodkor ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Zoteev ![]() Shodiev ![]() Rakhmatullaev ![]() |
Report | Fuakumputu ![]() Al-Hamdan ![]() |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | Advanced to Round of 16 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | ||
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 7 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 5 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
Tractor Sazi ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Ansarifard ![]() |
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Lekhwiya ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Lekhwiya ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Soria ![]() Nam Tae-hee ![]() |
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Al-Ain ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Gyan ![]() M. Abdulrahman ![]() |
Report | Fakhreddini ![]() |
Tractor Sazi ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Daghighi ![]() Ahmadzadeh ![]() |
Report | Gyan ![]() M. Abdulrahman ![]() |
Al-Ittihad ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Ab. Assiri ![]() Fallatah ![]() |
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Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 9 | Advanced to Round of 16 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 8 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 |
- Al-Ahli and Sepahan are ranked on head-to-head record.
Al-Hilal ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Al-Shamrani ![]() |
Report | Jiménez ![]() Grafite ![]() |
Sepahan ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Van Dijk ![]() |
Report | Khalil ![]() Al Hammadi ![]() |
Al-Sadd ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Al-Bloushi ![]() Belhadj ![]() |
Report | Neves ![]() |
Al-Ahli ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Hilal ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Qahtani ![]() Al-Deayea ![]() Al-Shamrani ![]() |
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Al-Ahli ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Hilal ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Shamrani ![]() |
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Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 12 | Advanced to Round of 16 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | ||
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 8 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | |||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 5 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
Shandong Luneng Taishan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Liu Binbin ![]() |
Report | Adisak ![]() |
Pohang Steelers ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Bae Chun-suk ![]() |
Report | Kakitani ![]() |
Cerezo Osaka ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Kakitani ![]() |
Report | Aloísio ![]() Vágner Love ![]() |
Buriram United ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Adisak ![]() |
Report | Kim Tae-su ![]() Kim Seung-dae ![]() |
Cerezo Osaka ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Kakitani ![]() Minamino ![]() Forlán ![]() |
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Pohang Steelers ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Kim Tae-su ![]() Kim Seung-dae ![]() |
Report | Vágner Love ![]() |
Buriram United ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Theeraton ![]() Suchao ![]() |
Report | Yamashita ![]() |
Shandong Luneng Taishan ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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Du Wei ![]() Han Peng ![]() |
Report | Go Moo-yul ![]() Kim Tae-su ![]() Kim Seung-dae ![]() Liu Binbin ![]() |
Cerezo Osaka ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Lee Myung-joo ![]() Kim Seung-dae ![]() |
Shandong Luneng Taishan ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Vágner Love ![]() |
Report | Kakitani ![]() Forlán ![]() |
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | Advanced to Round of 16 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
- Beijing Guoan and Central Coast Mariners are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Chiba ![]() |
Report | Ha Dae-sung ![]() |
FC Seoul ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Osmar ![]() Yun Il-lok ![]() |
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Central Coast Mariners ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Sterjovski ![]() |
Report | Shiotani ![]() |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Takahagi ![]() Shiotani ![]() |
Report | Rafael Costa ![]() |
Beijing Guoan ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Shao Jiayi ![]() Utaka ![]() |
Report | Fitzgerald ![]() |
Central Coast Mariners ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Seip ![]() |
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FC Seoul ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Yun Il-lok ![]() Rafael Costa ![]() |
Report | Notsuda ![]() Hwang Seok-ho ![]() |
Central Coast Mariners ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Hutchinson ![]() |
Beijing Guoan ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Shao Jiayi ![]() Guerrón ![]() |
Report | Ishihara ![]() Zhao Hejing ![]() |
FC Seoul ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Kang Seung-jo ![]() Yun Ju-tae ![]() |
Report | Yu Yang ![]() |
Group G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Advanced to Round of 16 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | ||
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 7 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Melbourne Victory are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Lee Seung-gi ![]() Leonardo ![]() |
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Guangzhou Evergrande ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Huang Bowen ![]() Diamanti ![]() Elkeson ![]() |
Report | Contreras ![]() Broxham ![]() |
Melbourne Victory ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Ansell ![]() Barbarouses ![]() |
Report | Lee Dong-gook ![]() |
Yokohama F. Marinos ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Hanato ![]() |
Report | Diamanti ![]() |
Melbourne Victory ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Barbarouses ![]() |
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Guangzhou Evergrande ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Gao Lin ![]() Liao Lisheng ![]() |
Report | Lee Dong-gook ![]() |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Leonardo ![]() |
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Yokohama F. Marinos ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Ito ![]() Nakamachi ![]() Hyodo ![]() |
Report | Troisi ![]() J. Jeggo ![]() |
Melbourne Victory ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Milligan ![]() Troisi ![]() |
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Yokohama F. Marinos ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Saitō ![]() |
Report | Han Kyo-won ![]() |
Guangzhou Evergrande ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Elkeson ![]() |
Report | Saitō ![]() |
Group H
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 12 | Advanced to Round of 16 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 5–0 | ||
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 12 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
- Western Sydney Wanderers and Kawasaki Frontale are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.
Western Sydney Wanderers ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Šantalab ![]() |
Report | Kim Shin-wook ![]() Ko Chang-hyun ![]() Kang Min-soo ![]() |
Kawasaki Frontale ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Renato ![]() |
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Ulsan Hyundai ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Yoo Jun-soo ![]() Kim Shin-wook ![]() |
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Guizhou Renhe ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Bridge ![]() |
Ulsan Hyundai ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Rafinha ![]() |
Report | Yang Hao ![]() |
Kawasaki Frontale ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Nakamura ![]() Oshima ![]() |
Report | Haliti ![]() |
Guizhou Renhe ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Chen Zijie ![]() Qu Bo ![]() |
Report | Yoo Jun-soo ![]() |
Ulsan Hyundai ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Bridge ![]() Šantalab ![]() |
Guizhou Renhe ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Nakamura ![]() |
Western Sydney Wanderers ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Cole ![]() Haliti ![]() Mooy ![]() Ono ![]() Topor-Stanley ![]() |
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Kawasaki Frontale ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Kobayashi ![]() Ōkubo ![]() Jeci ![]() |
Report | Rafinha ![]() |
References
- "AFC Champions League 2014 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
- "AFC Champions League 2014 Group Stage draw". AFC. 10 December 2013.
- "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014" (PDF). AFC.
External links
- AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com