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The 2007 AFC Champions League was the 26th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 5th edition under the current AFC Champions League title.

Japanese side Urawa Red Diamonds became champions for the first time, beating Sepahan of Iran and becoming the fourth Japanese club to win the Asian championship, and qualified for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.

Format

Group Stage

A total of 28 clubs were divided into 7 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 fellow three group members, a total of 6 matches each. Clubs received 3pts for a win, 1pt for a tie, 0pts 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 Differential between the clubs in question
• Points earned within the group
• Goal Differential within the group
• Goals For within the group

The seven group winners along with the defending champion advanced to the quarter-finals.

Knockout Round

All eight clubs were randomly matched; however, the only restriction was that the clubs from the same country could not face each other in the quarter-finals. The games were conducted in 2 legs, home and away, and the aggregate score decided the match winner. If the aggregate score couldn't produce a winner, "away goals rule" was used. If still tied, clubs played extra time, where "away goals rule" still applied. If still tied, the game went to penalties.

Participating clubs

After their admission into the AFC, Australia were granted two entries. Because of this, both Thailand and Vietnam were restricted to entering just one club, with a second club from each country playing in the AFC Cup.

West Asia		East Asia
Quarter-finals
Team	Qualifying method	Team	Qualifying method
		Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Defending champions
Group Stage
Team	Qualifying method	Team	Qualifying method
Esteghlal	2005–06 Iran Pro League champions	Adelaide United	2005–06 A-League premiers
Sepahan	2005–06 Hazfi Cup winners	Sydney FC	2006 A-League Grand Final winners
Al-Zawraa	2005–06 Iraqi Premier League champions	Shandong Luneng Taishan	2006 Chinese Super League champions & 2006 Chinese FA Cup winners
Al-Najaf	2005–06 Iraqi Premier League runners-up	Shanghai Shenhua	2006 Chinese Super League runners-up
Kuwait SC	2005–06 Kuwaiti Premier League champions	Persik Kediri	2006 Liga Indonesia Premier Division champions
Al-Arabi	2006 Kuwait Emir Cup winners	Arema Malang	2006 Copa Indonesia winners
Al Sadd	2005–06 Qatar Stars League champions	Urawa Red Diamonds	2006 J.League Division 1 champions & 2006 Emperor's Cup winners
Al-Rayyan	2005–06 Emir of Qatar Cup winners	Kawasaki Frontale	2006 J.League Division 1 runners-up
Al Shabab	2005–06 Saudi Premier League champions	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2006 K League champions
Al Hilal	2005–06 Saudi Crown Prince Cup winners	Chunnam Dragons	2006 Korean FA Cup winners
Al-Karamah	2005–06 Syrian Premier League champions	Bangkok University FC	2006 Thailand Premier League champions
Al-Ittihad	2005–06 Syrian Cup winners	Gach Dong Tam Long An	2006 V-League winners
Al Wahda	2005–06 UAE Football League runners-up
Al Ain	2005–06 UAE President's Cup winners
Pakhtakor	2006 Uzbek League champions & 2006 Uzbekistan Cup winners
Neftchi Fergana	2006 Uzbek League runners-up

Notes

1. Esteghlal were disqualified from the competition by the AFC for failing to submit their player registration form in time. Consequently, Group B was reduced to three teams.

Group stage

The draw took place in Kuala Lumpur on 22 December, allocating teams into seven groups. In February, the AFC disqualified Esteghlal Tehran from Group B for failing to register their players in time.

Group matches were scheduled to be played over match days on 7 March 21 March 11 April 25 April 9 and 23 May 2007.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Wahda	6	4	1	1	13	6	+7	13
Al-Zawraa	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11
Al-Arabi	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	7
Al-Rayyan	6	0	2	4	3	11	−8	2

Al-Arabi	0–1	Al-Zawraa
	(Report)	Muslim Mubarak 66'

Al-Rayyan	0–1	Al-Wahda
	(Report)	Mohamed al-Shehhi 81'

Al-Wahda	4–1	Al-Arabi
Mamadou Bagayoko 40' 56' (pen.) Saleh Al Menhali 63' Bashir Saeed 68'	6(Report)	Mohamed Jarragh 35'

Al-Zawraa	0–0	Al-Rayyan
	(Report)

Al-Zawraa	1–2	Al-Wahda
Ahmad Abd Ali 46'	(Report)	Abdulrahim Jumaa 13' Bashir Saeed 74'

Al-Arabi	1–1	Al-Rayyan
Jarrah Al Zuhair 60'	(Report)	Adel Lamy 52'

Al-Rayyan	1–3	Al-Arabi
Thiago Ribeiro 44'	(report)	Khaled Khalaf 25' Firas Al Khatib 63', 69'

Al-Wahda	1–1	Al-Zawraa
Abdulrahim Jumaa 57'	(report)	Haidar Sabah 75'

Al-Zawraa	3–2	Al-Arabi
Wissam Kadhim 21' Ahmad Ibrahim 70' Nawaf Falah 78'	(Report)	Firas Al Khatib 50', 84'

Al-Wahda	3–0	Al-Rayyan
Maurito 8' Haidar Alo Ali 30' (pen.) Mamadou Bagayoko 76' (pen.)	(Report)

Al-Arabi	3–2	Al-Wahda
Khaled Abd Al Kudos 6' Khaled Khalaf 55' Jarrah Al Zuhair 87'	(Report)	Saeed Salem 23' Yaser Matar 90'

Al-Rayyan	1–3	Al-Zawraa
Saoud Khames 75'	(Report)	Salman Mesbeh 13' (o.g.) Abdul-Salam Abood 26' Haidar Sabah 34'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Hilal	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4	8
Pakhtakor	4	2	0	2	3	5	−2	6
Al Kuwait	4	0	2	2	2	4	−2	2
Esteghlal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1. Esteghlal was disqualified for failing to submit their players list in time.

Al-Hilal	1–1	Al Kuwait
Rodrigão 16'	(Report)	Fahad Awadh 90'

Al Kuwait	0–1	Pakhtakor
	(Report)	Aleksandr Kletskov 69'

Pakhtakor	0–2	Al-Hilal
	(Report)	Omar Al-Ghamdi 54' Rodrigão 59'

Al-Hilal	2–0	Pakhtakor
Rodrigão 30' 90' (pen.)	(report)

Al Kuwait	0–0	Al-Hilal
	(Report)

Pakhtakor	2–1	Al Kuwait
Uche Iheruome 45' Shakhboz Erkinov 59'	(Report)	Faraj Laheeb 71'

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Karamah	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11
Neftchi	6	3	1	2	6	7	−1	10
Najaf FC	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8
Al Sadd	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4

Al-Karamah	2–1	Al Sadd
Senghor Koupouleni 70' Abdalrahman Akkari 85'	(Report)	Magid Mohamed 22'

Najaf FC	0–1	Neftchi
	(Report)	Kholmatov 71'

Al Sadd	1–4	Najaf FC
Talal Al Bloushi 45'	(Report)	Aqeel Mohammed 47' Saeed Mohsen 55' 86' (pen.) Karrar Jassim 70'

Neftchi	2–1	Al-Karamah
Anvar Berdiev 27' Nosirbek Otakuziev 77'	(Report)	Firas Issmael 32'

Al Sadd	2–0	Neftchi
Khalfan Ibrahim 65' Emerson 75'	(Report)

Al Karamah	1–1	Najaf FC
Fahd Awde 90' (pen.)	(Report)	Falah Hasan Kadhim 71'

Najaf FC	2–4	Al-Karamah
Saeed Mohsen 7' (pen.) Qassim Faraj 86' (pen.)	(Report)	Jehad Al Hussein 46', 52' Fahd Awde 50' Senghor Koupouleni 65'

Neftchi	2–1	Al Sadd
Iqboljon Akramov 1' Nasim Shoimov 41'	(Report)	Emerson 17'

Al Sadd	1–1	Al-Karamah
Ali Nasser 16'	(Report)	Iyad Mando 44'

Neftchi	1–1	Najaf FC
Kholmatov 43'	(Report)	Ali Mohammed 60'

Al-Karamah	2–0	Neftchi
Iyad Mando 12', 50'	(Report)

Najaf FC	1–0	Al Sadd
Saeed Mohsen 78'	(Report)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sepahan	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13
Al-Shabab	6	3	1	2	9	3	+6	10
Al Ain	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6
Al-Ittihad	6	0	3	3	3	13	−10	3

Sepahan	2–1	Al-Ittihad
Mehdi Seyed Salehi 19', 29'	(Report)	Anas Sari 12'

Al Ain	0–2	Al-Shabab
	(Report)	Godwin Attram 45' Waleed Al-Gizani 72'

Al-Shabab	0–1	Sepahan
	(Report)	Mehdi Seyed Salehi 83'

Al-Ittihad	0–0	Al Ain
	(Report)

Al-Shabab	4–0	Al-Ittihad
Abdullah Al Dosari 35', 48' Naji Majrashi 60' (pen.) Waleed Al-Gizanii 79'	(Report)

Al Ain	3–2	Sepahan
Ali Al-Wehaibi 6' Msalam Faiez 44' Frank Ongfiang 84'	(Report)	Mehdi Seyed Salehi 8' Emad Mohammed 65'

Sepahan	1–1	Al Ain
Hossein Papi 49'	(Report)	Hawar Mulla Mohammed 86'

Al-Ittihad	1–1	Al-Shabab
Ammar Rihawi 36'	(Report)	Ahmed Ateef 65'

Al-Shabab	2–0	Al Ain
Abdullah Al Astaa 59' Waleed Al-Gizani 88'	(Report)

Al-Ittihad	0–5	Sepahan
	(Report)	Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail 10' Mohammad Nori 40', 55' Emad Mohammed 70', 90'

Al Ain	1–1	Al-Ittihad
Ghareeb Hareb 53'	(Report)	Anas Sari 90'

Sepahan	1–0	Al-Shabab
Mehdi Seyed Salehi 33'	(Report)

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Urawa Red Diamonds	6	2	4	0	9	5	+4	10
Sydney FC	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	9
Persik Kediri	6	2	1	3	6	16	−10	7
Shanghai Shenhua	6	1	2	3	7	4	+3	5

Shanghai Shenhua	1–2	Sydney FC
Xie Hui 78'	(Report)	Steve Corica 8' Ufuk Talay 23'

Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Persik Kediri
Nobuhisa Yamada 12' Yuichiro Nagai 45' Shinji Ono 76'	(Report)

Persik Kediri	1–0	Shanghai Shenhua
Bertha Yuana Putra 71'	(Report)

Sydney FC	2–2	Urawa Red Diamonds
David Carney 1' Ufuk Talay 23' (pen.)	(Report)	Robson Ponte 30' Yuichiro Nagai 55'

Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Shanghai Shenhua
Yuki Abe 45'	(Report)

Persik Kediri	2–1	Sydney FC
Aris Budi Prasetyo 25' Budi Sudarsono 70'	(Report)	Steve Corica 8'

Shanghai Shenhua	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds
	(Report)

Sydney FC	3–0	Persik Kediri
Steve Corica 54', 90' Alex Brosque 73'	(Report)

Persik Kediri	3–3	Urawa Red Diamonds
Cristian Gonzáles 23' (pen.) 31' Budi Sudarsono 83'	(Report)	Shinji Ono 9' (pen.) Robson Ponte 50' Yuki Abe 62'

Sydney FC	0–0	Shanghai Shenhua
	(Report 1 2)

Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0	Sydney FC
	(Report)

Shanghai Shenhua	6–0	Persik Kediri
Xie Hui 8' Gao Lin 25' Diego Alonso 79', 87', 90' Sergio Blanco 86'	(Report)

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kawasaki Frontale	6	5	1	0	15	4	+11	16
Chunnam Dragons	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10
Arema Malang	6	1	1	4	2	9	−7	4
Bangkok University	6	0	3	3	4	7	−3	3

Bangkok University	0–0	Chunnam Dragons
	(Report)

Arema Malang	1–3	Kawasaki Frontale
Elie Aiboy 12'	(Report)	Magnum 1', 73' Kengo Nakamura 82'

Chunnam Dragons	2–0	Arema Malang
Kim Tae-Su 48' Sandro Cardoso 82'	(Report)

Kawasaki Frontale	1–1	Bangkok University
Patiparn Phetphun 78' (o.g.)	(Report)	Suriya Domtaisong 7'

Chunnam Dragons	1–3	Kawasaki Frontale
Kang Min-Soo 90'	(Report)	Juninho 29' (pen.) 70' Magnum 57'

Bangkok University	0–0	Arema Malang
	(Report)

Arema Malang	1–0	Bangkok University
Bruno Casimir 56'	(Report)

Kawasaki Frontale	3–0	Chunnam Dragons
Juninho 25' Chong Tese 81', 87'	(Report)

Chunnam Dragons	3–2	Bangkok University
Kim Seung-Hyun 28' Song Tae-Lim 79', 90'	(Report)	Kittisak Siriwaen 11' Kraisorn Pancharoen 39'

Kawasaki Frontale	3–0	Arema Malang
Kengo Nakamura 4', 70' Taku Harada 80'	(Report)

Bangkok University	1–2	Kawasaki Frontale
Ekkaphan Petvises 40'	(Report)	Taku Harada 17' Takahisa Nishiyama 63'

Arema Malang	0–1	Chunnam Dragons
	(Report)	Ju Kwang-Youn 47'

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	6	4	1	1	13	6	+7	13
Shandong Luneng Taishan	6	4	1	1	12	8	+4	13
Adelaide United	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	8
Gach Dong Tam Long An	6	0	0	6	4	18	−14	0

Adelaide United	0–1	Shandong Luneng Taishan
	(Report)	Michael Valkanis 47' (o.g.)

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	4–1	Gach Dong Tam Long An
Mota 9', 69' (pen.) Kim Dong-hyun 70' Adrian Neaga 81'	(Report)	Kabanga Tshamala 87'

Shandong Luneng Taishan	2–1	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Aleksandar Živković 62' (pen.) Wang Yongpo 78'	(Report)	Cho Byung-Kuk 77'

Gach Dong Tam Long An	0–2	Adelaide United
	(Report)	Fernando 18' Travis Dodd 30'

Shandong Luneng Taishan	4–0	Gach Dong Tam Long An
Han Peng 42', 52' Wang Yongpo 54' Li Jinyu 74'	(Report)

Adelaide United	2–2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Fernando 48' Bruce Djite 55'	(Report)	Kim Dong-hyun 57' Mota 75'

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1–0	Adelaide United
Choi Sung-Kuk 29'	(Report)

Gach Dong Tam Long An	2–3	Shandong Luneng Taishan
Kabanga Tshamala 14' Nguyễn Việt Thắng 36'	(Report)	Wang Yongpo 29' Li Jinyu 49', 90'

Shandong Luneng Taishan	2–2	Adelaide United
Li Wei 39' Shu Chang 56'	(Report)	Fernando 36' (pen.) Nathan Burns 48'

Gach Dong Tam Long An	1–2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Phan Van Tai Em 45'	(Report)	Mota 17' Choi Sung-Kuk 83'

Adelaide United	3–0	Gach Dong Tam Long An
Travis Dodd 7', 22', 49'	(Report)

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3–0	Shandong Luneng Taishan
Kim Dong-hyun 37' Son Dae-Ho 42' Mota 71'	(Report)

Knock-out stage

Bracket

	Quarter finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Sepahan (p)	0	0	0 (5)
	Kawasaki Frontale	0	0	0 (4)
							Sepahan	3	0	3
							Al-Wahda	1	0	1
	Al-Wahda (a)	0	1	1
	Al-Hilal	0	1	1
													Sepahan	1	0	1
													Urawa Red Diamonds	1	2	3
	Seognam Ilhwa Chunma	2	2	4
	Al-Karamah	1	0	1
							Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2	2	4 (3)
							Urawa Red Diamonds (p)	2	2	4 (5)
	Urawa Red Diamonds	2	2	4
	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1	0	1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sepahan	0–0 (5–4p)	Kawasaki Frontale	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)
Al-Wahda	1–1 (a)	Al-Hilal	0–0	1–1
Seognam Ilhwa Chunma	4–1	Al-Karamah	2–1	2–0
Urawa Red Diamonds	4–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2006 Champion)	2–1	2–0

First leg

Sepahan	0–0	Kawasaki Frontale
	Report

Al-Wahda	0–0	Al-Hilal
	Report

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2–1	Al-Karamah
Kim Min-ho 72' Cho Byung-Kuk 74'	Report	Senghor Koupouleni 9'

Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Makoto Hasebe 4' Tatsuya Tanaka 59'	Report	Choi Jin-cheul 90'

Second leg

Kawasaki Frontale	0–0	Sepahan
	Report
Penalties
Juninho Kazuki Ganaha Masahiro Ohashi Hiroyuki Taniguchi Shuhei Terada	4–5	Hadi Aghili Moharram Navidkia Abu Al-Hail Farshad Bahadorani Jalal Akbari

• Sepahan progress 5–4 on penalties after 0–0 aggregate score

Al-Hilal	1–1	Al-Wahda
Tarik El Taib 85'	Report	Ismail Matar 18'

• Al-Wahda progress on away goals rule with 1–1 aggregate score

Al-Karamah	0–2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
	Report	Mota 9' Kim Dong-hyun 71'

• Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma progress 4–1 on aggregate

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–2	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Report	Tatsuya Tanaka 3' Choi Jin-cheul 66' (o.g.)

• Urawa Red Diamonds progress 4–1 on aggregate

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sepahan	3–1	Al-Wahda	3–1	0–0
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	4–4 (3–5p)	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2	2–2 (a.e.t.)

First leg

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2–2	Urawa Red Diamonds
Mota 10' Kim Do-Heon 80'	Report	Tatsuya Tanaka 52' Robson Ponte 65' (pen.)

Sepahan	3–1	Al-Wahda
Mahmoud Karimi 11', 58' Moharram Navidkia 85' (pen.)	Report	Mohamed Al Shehhi 48'

Second leg

Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Washington 21' Makoto Hasebe 73'	Report	Choi Sung-Kuk 56' Kim Dong-hyun 69'
Penalties
Robson Ponte Washington Yuki Abe Yuichiro Nagai Tadaaki Hirakawa	5–3	Kim Sang-Sik Choi Sung-Kuk Kim Dong-hyun Park Jin-Sub

• Urawa Red Diamonds progress 5–3 on penalties after 4–4 aggregate score

Al-Wahda	0–0	Sepahan
	Report

• Sepahan progress 3–1 on aggregate

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sepahan	1–3	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	0–2

First leg

Sepahan	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds
Mahmoud Karimi 47'	Report	Robson Ponte 45'

Second leg

Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	Sepahan
Yuichiro Nagai 22' Yuki Abe 71'	Report

• Urawa Red Diamonds win 3–1 on aggregate

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mota	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	7
2	Kim Dong-hyun	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	5
	Mehdi Seyed Salehi	Sepahan
4	Rodrigão	Al-Hilal	4
	Firas Al Khatib	Al-Arabi
	Saeed Mohsen	Najaf FC
	Steve Corica	Sydney FC
	Travis Dodd	Adelaide United
	Robson Ponte	Urawa Red Diamonds
10	Magnum	Kawasaki Frontale	3
	Juninho	Kawasaki Frontale
	Kengo Nakamura	Kawasaki Frontale
	Wang Yongpo	Shandong Luneng Taishan
	Li Jinyu	Shandong Luneng Taishan
	Emad Mohammed	Sepahan
	Mahmoud Karimi	Sepahan
	Mamadou Bagayoko	Al-Wahda
	Waleed Al-Gizani	Al-Shabab
	Diego Alonso	Shanghai Shenhua
	Fernando	Adelaide United
	Iyad Mando	Al-Karamah
	Senghor Koupouleni	Al-Karamah
	Tatsuya Tanaka	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Yuichiro Nagai	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Yuki Abe	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Choi Sung-Kuk	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

See also

• 2007 FIFA Club World Cup

External links

• AFC Champions League Official Page (English)
• AFC Calendar of Events 2007
• Champions League 2007, Group Stage Draw from official site.
• Champions League 2007, Knockout Stage Draw from official site.

References

• 2007 AFC Champions League
• 2007 in AFC football