2006 AFC Champions League

Summary

The 2006 AFC Champions League was the 25th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the fourth edition under the current AFC Champions League title. Al-Ittihad automatically qualified for the quarter-finals as the title holders.

2006 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates8 March - 8 November 2006
Teams25
Final positions
ChampionsSouth Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (1st title)
Runners-upSyria Al-Karamah
Tournament statistics
Matches played78
Goals scored250 (3.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Magno Alves
(8 goals)
Best player(s)South Korea Choi Jin-cheul[1]
2005
2007

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won their first AFC Champions League title after beating Al-Karamah 3–2 on aggregate in the final. Jeonbuk also became the first team in history of Asia to have won the Champions League before the national league title (they won their first K League championship three years later, in 2009).

Format edit

Group stage

A total of 28 clubs were divided into seven groups of four,[a] according to the region. Each club played double round-robin (home and away) against fellow three group members for a total of six matches. Clubs received three points for a win, one for a tie, and no points for a loss. The clubs were ranked according to points. If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied:

  • Points earned between the clubs in question
  • Goal difference between the clubs in question
  • Goals for between the clubs in question
  • Points earned within the group
  • Goal difference 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 8 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 played over two legs, home and away, and the aggregate score decided the winner. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, clubs played extra time, where the away goals rule still applied. If still tied, the game went to penalties.

  1. ^ As two clubs from Group F and two clubs from Group G were disqualified, the remaining clubs in these groups played each other home and away.

Teams edit

West Asia East Asia
Quarter-finals
Team Qualifying method Team Qualifying method
  Al-Ittihad Defending champions
Group Stage
Team Qualifying method Team Qualifying method
  Foolad 2004–05 Iran Pro League champions   Dalian Shide 2005 Chinese Super League champions &
2005 Chinese FA Cup winners
  Saba Battery 2004–05 Hazfi Cup winners and 2005 Iranian Super Cup winners   Shanghai Shenhua 2005 Chinese Super League runners-up
  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2004–05 Iraqi Premier League champions   Persipura Jayapura[Note DSQ] 2005 Liga Indonesia Premier Division champions
  Al-Minaa 2004–05 Iraqi Premier League runners-up   Arema Malang[Note DSQ] 2005 Copa Indonesia winners
  Al Qadisiya 2004–05 Kuwaiti Premier League champions   Gamba Osaka 2005 J.League Division 1 champions
  Al-Arabi 2005 Kuwait Emir Cup winners   Tokyo Verdy 1969 2004 Emperor's Cup winners
  Al-Gharafa 2004–05 Qatar Stars League champions   Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2005 K League champions
  Al Sadd 2004–05 Emir of Qatar Cup winners   Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2005 Korean FA Cup winners
  Al Hilal 2004–05 Saudi Premier League champions &
2004–05 Saudi Crown Prince Cup winners
  TTM FC[Note DSQ] 2004–05 Thai League champions
  Al Shabab 2004–05 Saudi Premier League runners-up   PEA FC[Note DSQ] 2004–05 Thai League runners-up
  Al-Ittihad 2004–05 Syrian Premier League champions &
2004-05 Syrian Cup winners
  Đồng Tâm Long An 2005 V-League champions &
2005 Vietnamese Cup winners
  Al-Karamah 2004–05 Syrian Premier League runners-up   Da Nang 2005 V-League runners-up
  Al Wahda 2004–05 UAE Football League champions
  Al Ain 2004–05 UAE President's Cup winners
  Pakhtakor 2005 Uzbek League champions &
2005 Uzbekistan Cup winners
  Mash'al 2005 Uzbek League runners-up
Notes
  1. ^
    The two clubs from Indonesia (Persipura Jayapura and Arema Malang) and the two clubs from Thailand (TTM FC and PEA FC) were disqualified from the competition by the AFC for failing to submit their player registration forms in time. Consequently, Groups F and G only have two teams each.

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al Qadisiya 6 3 2 1 9 11 −2 11
  Pakhtakor 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10
  Al-Ittihad 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8
  Foolad 6 1 1 4 8 9 −1 4
Source:[citation needed]
Foolad  6–0  Al Qadisiya
Rameshgar   10'
Soleimani   27'
Badavi   34'
Khaziravi   54'
Ahmadi   59'
Montazeri   72'
Pakhtakor  2–0  Al-Ittihad
Inomov   16'
Kletskov   85'

Al Qadisiya  2–1  Pakhtakor
Al-Otaibi   87'
Al-Mutawa   90'
Soliev   45'

Pakhtakor  2–0  Foolad
Tadjiyev   13'
Djeparov   37'
Al-Ittihad  2–2  Al Qadisiya
Homsi   23'
Al Agha   83'
Al-Mutawa   20' (pen.)
Tarab   90' (o.g.)

Foolad  1–3  Pakhtakor
Soleimani   34' Bayramov   46'
Kiryan   48'
Tadjiyev   57'
Al Qadisiya  1–0  Al-Ittihad
Al-Mutawa   83'

Al-Ittihad  2–1  Pakhtakor
Al Rashad   17'
Al Damen   45+2'
Ponomarev   20'

Pakhtakor  2–2  Al Qadisiya
Bayramov   12'
Soliev   90'
Fadhel   7'
Al-Salamah   58'
Foolad  1–2  Al-Ittihad
Kolahkaj   77' Al Damen   21'
Boudaka   73'

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al Ain 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13
  Al-Hilal 6 3 1 2 12 7 +5 10
  Mash'al 6 2 2 2 7 11 −4 8
  Al-Minaa 6 0 2 4 6 11 −5 2
Source: afcchampionsleague.com
Al-Minaa  0–1  Mash'al
Kholmurodov   31'
Al Ain  2–0  Al-Hilal
Ali   42'
Kelly   49'

Mash'al  1–1  Al Ain
Mirholdirshaev   90+4' Diaky   15'
Attendance: 10,000
Al-Hilal  3–1  Al-Minaa
Tavares   31'
Aoda   60' (o.g.)
Al-Qahtani   90'
Hamoud   45'
Attendance: 30,000

Al Ain  2–1  Al-Minaa
Jestrović   14', 33' (pen.) Jabbar   15'
Al-Hilal  5–0  Mash'al
Al-Mouri   30'
Giovanni   34'
Al-Swaileh   63'
Camacho   79'
Al-Shalhoub   85'
Attendance: 27,000

Mash'al  2–1  Al-Hilal
Karaev   50'
Kholmurodov   82'
Al-Dosari   90+2'
Attendance: 6,000
Al-Minaa  1–2  Al Ain
Falah   7' Kelly   64' (pen.)
Diaky   66'

Mash'al  2–2  Al-Minaa
Hasanov   30'
Mirholdirshaev   72'
Abdulkazem   12'
Abdulsattar   60'
Attendance: 3,000
Al-Hilal  2–1  Al Ain
Camacho   33'
Al-Shalhoub   86' (pen.)
Jestrović   49'
Attendance: 60,000

Al Ain  2–1  Mash'al
Jestrović   35', 45' Kholmurodov   23'
Al-Minaa  1–1  Al-Hilal
Falah   34' Giovanni   48'

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Karamah 6 4 0 2 10 11 −1 12
  Saba Battery 6 3 1 2 13 8 +5 10
  Al-Wahda 6 2 1 3 14 15 −1 7
  Al-Gharafa 6 2 0 4 11 14 −3 6
Source:[citation needed]
Al Gharafa  0–2  Saba Battery
Daei   47', 52'
Attendance: 350
Al-Karamah  2–1  Al-Wahda
Al Hamwi   45+2'
Turkmani   86'
Matar   13'

Saba Battery  1–2  Al-Karamah
Daei   16' Al-Hussain   63'
Ibrahim   90'
Al-Wahda  2–0  Al Gharafa
Matar   27'
Maurito   45'
Attendance: 10,000

Al Gharafa  4–0  Al-Karamah
Hubail   59' (pen.), 71'
Ali   81'
Quaye   89'
Attendance: 500
Saba Battery  2–2  Al-Wahda
Ghasemian   24'
Akbari   27'
Maurito   60'
Mitrović   62'

Al-Wahda  2–4  Saba Battery
Golmohammadi   40' (o.g.)
Masoud   86'
Avdić   29'
Beigi   33', 52'
Bakhtiarizadeh   48'
Attendance: 7,000
Al-Karamah  3–1  Al Gharafa
Turkmani   67', 74'
Rifai   83' (pen.)
El Assas   65'

Saba Battery  4–1  Al Gharafa
Avdić   72'
Daei   77', 83'
Golmohammadi   90'
Al-Mazroui   55'
Al-Wahda  4–2  Al-Karamah
Ameen   19'
Abdul Razzaq   21'
Ahmed   64'
Al Menhali   84'
Rifai   31' (pen.)
Jenyat   40'

Al Gharafa  5–3  Al-Wahda
Hubail   23', 66', 73'
Al Shammari   29'
Sergio   72' (pen.)
Ameen   16'
Al Menhali   60', 89'
Attendance: 350
Al-Karamah  1–0  Saba Battery
Rifai   31'

Group D edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Shabab 6 4 1 1 9 6 +3 13
  Al Sadd 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13
  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 6
  Al-Arabi 6 1 0 5 5 12 −7 3
Source:[citation needed]

Al Sadd  4–1  Al-Arabi
Ibrahim   32'
Tenorio   51' (pen.)
Al-Kuwari   62'
Ahmed   73'
Al-Khatib   48'
Attendance: 3,500

Al-Arabi  3–0  Al-Shabab
Al-Khatib   21', 87'
Jarragh   68'

Al Sadd  3–0  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Kuwari   23'
Felipe   83'
Mohamed   90'
Attendance: 1,200
Al-Shabab  2–0  Al-Arabi
Al-Shamrani   11'
Attram   13'

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya  3–0  Al-Arabi
Abdul-Ghani   31', 45'
Kathem   74'
Al Sadd  2–3  Al-Shabab
Tenorio   83', 90' Akram   22'
Al-Shamrani   39'
Attram   56'
Attendance: 2,000

Al-Arabi  1–2  Al Sadd
Al Qhareeb   34' Felipe   63'
Ahmed   79'
Al-Shabab  2–1  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Shamrani   41'
Akram   69'
Khodair   35'

Group E edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13
  Dalian Shide 6 4 0 2 7 6 +1 12
  Gamba Osaka 6 3 1 2 26 7 +19 10
  Da Nang 6 0 0 6 1 27 −26 0
Source:[citation needed]
Da Nang  0–2  Dalian Shide
Zou Jie   40'
Ji Mingyi   48'
Attendance: 20,000
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors  3–2  Gamba Osaka
Milton   29'
Kim Hyeung-bum   70', 84'
Endō   15'
Magno Alves   59'

Dalian Shide  1–0  Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Zou Jie   40'
Attendance: 21,000
Gamba Osaka  15–0  Da Nang
Endō   8' (pen.)
Fernandinho   20', 21', 37', 78'
Bando   24'
Magno Alves   42', 49', 70', 86'
Maeda   77', 80'
Miyamoto   82'
Hashimoto   85'
Ienaga   90'
Attendance: 3,832

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors  3–0  Da Nang
Milton   23'
Kim Hyeung-bum   40'
Botti   80'
Gamba Osaka  3–0  Dalian Shide
Endō   48' (pen.)
Magno Alves   56', 71'
Attendance: 5,555

Da Nang  0–1  Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Zé Carlos   21'
Attendance: 2,000
Dalian Shide  2–0  Gamba Osaka
Zou Jie   19'
Zhang Yaokun   48'
Attendance: 10,000

Dalian Shide  1–0  Da Nang
Liu Cheng   4'
Attendance: 12,000

Da Nang  1–5  Gamba Osaka
Rogerio   72' (pen.) Fernandinho   21', 45'
Magno Alves   36'
Futagawa   53'
Yamaguchi   75'
Attendance: 1,000

Group F edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
  Tokyo Verdy 1969 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
  TTM FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
  Arema Malang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source:[citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b TTM FC and Arema Malang were disqualified for failing to fill in their player registration forms in time.
Tokyo Verdy 1969  0–2  Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Choi Sung-kuk   57'
Machado   71'
Attendance: 18,000

Group G edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Shanghai Shenhua 2 2 0 0 7 3 +4 6
  Đồng Tâm Long An 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0
  Persipura Jayapura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
  PEA FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source:[citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Persipura Jayapura and PEA FC were disqualified for failing to fill in their player registration forms in time.
Shanghai Shenhua  3–1  Đồng Tâm Long An
Wang Ke   6'
Xie Hui   11', 51'
Carlos   65' (pen.)
Đồng Tâm Long An  2–4  Shanghai Shenhua
Carlos   29'
Santos   62'
Gao Lin   45', 90', 90+1'
Yu Tao   65'
Attendance: 3,000

Knock-out stage edit

Bracket edit

Quarter finals Semi-finals Final
            
  Shanghai Shenhua 1 2 3
  Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 4 4
  Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 4 6
  Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 3 1 4
  Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 6 1 7
  Al-Shabab 0 0 0
  Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 1 3
  Al-Karamah 0 2 2
  Al-Ittihad 2 0 2
  Al-Karamah (a.e.t.) 0 4 4
  Al-Karamah 0 1 1
  Al Qadisiya 0 0 0
  Al Qadisiya 2 3 5
  Al Ain 2 0 2

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i   7–0   Al-Shabab 6–0 1–0
Shanghai Shenhua   3–4   Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–0 2–4
Al Qadisiya   5–2   Al Ain 2–2 3–0
Al-Ittihad (2005 Champion)   2–4   Al-Karamah 2–0 0–4 (a.e.t.)

First leg edit

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i  6–0  Al-Shabab
Lee Chun-soo   22'
Lee Sang-ho   28'
Choi Sung-kuk   35', 78'
Leandrão   69'
Machado   87'
Attendance: 3,873


Al Qadisiya  2–2  Al Ain
Al-Salamah   45', 48' Jestrović   23'
Dodô   66'

Al-Ittihad  2–0  Al-Karamah
Keita   43'
Borgetti   46'

Second leg edit

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors  4–2  Shanghai Shenhua
Zé Carlos   44', 61'
Yeom Ki-hun   69'
Jung Jong-kwan   78'
Gao Lin   35'
Jancker   89'

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 4–3 on aggregate.


Al Ain  0–3  Al Qadisiya
Bashir   25', 90'
Al-Hinai   90+3'

Al Qadisiya won 5–2 on aggregate.


Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i won 7–0 on aggregate.


Al-Karamah  4–0 (a.e.t.)  Al-Ittihad
Mando   41'
Omaier   49'
Ibrahim   104', 110'

Al-Karamah won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors   6–4   Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2–3 4–1
Al-Karamah   1–0   Al Qadisiya 0–0 1–0

First leg edit


Al-Karamah  0–0  Al Qadisiya

Second leg edit

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 6–4 on aggregate.


Al Qadisiya  0–1  Al-Karamah
Jenyat   15'

Al-Karamah won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors   3–2   Al-Karamah 2–0 1–2

First leg edit

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors  2–0  Al-Karamah
Yeom Ki-hun   59'
Botti   90+1'
Attendance: 25,830

Second leg edit

Al-Karamah  2–1  Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Mando   54'
Ibrahim   61'
Zé Carlos   86'

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate.

Top scorers edit

  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
Rank Player Club MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2 F1 F2 Total
1   Magno Alves   Gamba Osaka 1 4 2 1 8
2   Fernandinho   Gamba Osaka 4 2 6
  Nenad Jestrović   Al Ain 2 1 2 1
4   Ali Daei   Saba Battery 2 1 2 5
  Gao Lin   Shanghai Shenhua 3 1 1
  A'ala Hubail   Al-Gharafa 2 3
  Kim Hyeung-bum   Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 1 2
  Bader Al-Mutawa   Al Qadisiya 1 1 1 2
  Zé Carlos   Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 2 1 1
10   Godwin Attram   Al-Shabab 2 1 1 4
  Choi Sung-kuk   Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1 2 1
  Mohannad Ibrahim   Al-Karamah 1 2 1
  Carlos Tenorio   Al Sadd 1 1 2
  Zou Jie   Dalian Shide 1 1 1 1

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "전북 현대 AFC 챔피언스리그 우승". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 9 November 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

External links edit

  • AFC Champions League 2006 Official Page (English)