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 Zone, 16 from East 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
West Zone
(Groups A–D)
East Zone
(Groups E–H)

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]

  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. Penalty shoot-out 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 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)
  8. 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 SHB JAZ EST RAY
1 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 6 5 0 1 12 8 +4 15 Advance to knockout stage — 1–3 2–1 4–3
2 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira 6 3 1 2 12 10 +2 10 1–2 — 0–1 3–2
3 Iran Esteghlal 6 2 1 3 7 7 0 7 0–1 2–2 — 3–1
4 Qatar Al-Rayyan 6 1 0 5 9 15 −6 3 0–2 2–3 1–0 —
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates3–2Qatar Al-Rayyan
Caicedo 3'
Barrada 9'
Al Ghilani 73'		 Report González 59'
Uche 90+2'
Attendance: 13,528
Esteghlal Iran0–1Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Report Khalili 58'
Attendance: 23,300
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
Al-Rayyan Qatar1–0Iran Esteghlal
Uche 14' Report
Attendance: 2,394
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia1–3United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
Otaif 53' Report Mabkhout 7'
Qasem 12'
Jucilei 56'
Attendance: 4,286
Esteghlal Iran2–2United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
Ghazi 17'
Omranzadeh 65'		 Report Barrada 6', 56'
Attendance: 6,350
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia4–3Qatar Al-Rayyan
Al-Marshedi 3'
Otaif 22'
Rafinha 48', 56'		 Report Uche 9', 41'
Al-Korbi 18'
Attendance: 4,680
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates0–1Iran Esteghlal
Report Ghazi 69'
Attendance: 13,550
Al-Rayyan Qatar0–2Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Report Al-Mehyani 7'
Fallatah 90+2'
Attendance: 729
Al-Rayyan Qatar2–3United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
Yakubu 48' (pen.)
Haroon 53'		 Report Barrada 45'
Mabkhout 60'
Cho Yong-hyung 90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 950
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia2–1Iran Esteghlal
Menegazzo 82' (pen.)
Al-Dosari 90+5'		 Report Borhani 47'
Attendance: 4,100
Esteghlal Iran3–1Qatar Al-Rayyan
Kébé 54', 73'
Ghazi 60'		 Report Khalfan 81'
Attendance: 330
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates1–2Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Ali 58' Report Al-Ruwaili 35', 89'
Attendance: 2,952
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FLD BUN JSH FAT
1 Iran Foolad 6 4 2 0 11 3 +8 14 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 3–1 1–0
2 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8[a] 1–1 — 1–2 3–2
3 Qatar El Jaish 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8[a] 0–0 1–2 — 2–0
4 Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh 6 0 2 4 3 11 −8 2 1–5 0–0 0–0 —
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 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 Saudi Arabia0–0Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Report
Attendance: 13,200
El Jaish Qatar0–0Iran Foolad
Report
Attendance: 5,417
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan1–2Qatar El Jaish
Pardaev 90+3' Report Nilmar 34', 69'
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Foolad Iran1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh
Rahmani 68' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 37,391
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan1–1Iran Foolad
Shodiev 90+2' Report Karami 74'
Attendance: 1,950
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Al-Fateh Saudi Arabia0–0Qatar El Jaish
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Foolad Iran1–0Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Vali 77' Report
Attendance: 24,175
El Jaish Qatar2–0Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh
Nilmar 58' (pen.)
Fayez 89'		 Report
Attendance: 5,024
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan3–2Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh
Zoteev 43'
Shodiev 83'
Rakhmatullaev 85'		 Report Fuakumputu 68'
Al-Hamdan 79'
Attendance: 2,150
Foolad Iran3–1Qatar El Jaish
Rahmani 21'
Rezaei 45'
Chimba 90+3'		 Report Nilmar 10'
Attendance: 38,452
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Al-Fateh Saudi Arabia1–5Iran Foolad
Al-Nakhli 62' Report Chimba 10', 36' (pen.), 44' (pen.)
Rezaei 78', 90+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 300
El Jaish Qatar1–2Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Muntari 52' Report Symonenko 13'
Rashidov 90+4'
Attendance: 5,184

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AIN ITT LEK TRA
1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 6 3 2 1 14 7 +7 11 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 2–1 3–1
2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 2–1 — 3–1 2–0
3 Qatar Lekhwiya 6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 7 0–5 2–0 — 0–0
4 Iran Tractor Sazi 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5 2–2 1–0 0–1 —
Source: Soccerway
Tractor Sazi Iran1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Ansarifard 82' Report
Attendance: 35,420
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates2–1Qatar Lekhwiya
Diaky 13'
Gyan 65'		 Report Weiss 40'
Attendance: 4,936
Lekhwiya Qatar0–0Iran Tractor Sazi
Report
Attendance: 2,477
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia2–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Fallatah 68', 75' Report Gyan 38'
Attendance: 16,571
Lekhwiya Qatar2–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Soria 22'
Nam Tae-hee 79' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 3,382
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates3–1Iran Tractor Sazi
Gyan 16', 73'
M. Abdulrahman 37'		 Report Fakhreddini 42'
Attendance: 7,103
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Tractor Sazi Iran2–2United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Daghighi 20'
Ahmadzadeh 61'		 Report Gyan 54'
M. Abdulrahman 59'
Attendance: 39,120
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia3–1Qatar Lekhwiya
Fallatah 16'
Ab. Assiri 26', 79'		 Report Lami 21'
Attendance: 15,498
Lekhwiya Qatar0–5United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Report Diaky 26'
Brosque 43'
M. Abdulrahman 57'
Gyan 70', 90+2'
Attendance: 3,850
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia2–0Iran Tractor Sazi
Ab. Assiri 18'
Fallatah 60'		 Report
Attendance: 30,405
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates1–1Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Sharahili 22' (o.g.) Report Al-Ghamdi 36' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,606
Tractor Sazi Iran0–1Qatar Lekhwiya
Report Bougherra 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,960
Referee: Wang Di (China PR)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIL SAD AHL SEP
1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 6 2 3 1 12 7 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage — 5–0 2–2 1–0
2 Qatar Al-Sadd 6 2 2 2 8 14 −6 8 2–2 — 2–1 3–1
3 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 7 0–0 1–1 — 0–0
4 Iran Sepahan 6 2 1 3 9 8 +1 7 3–2 4–0 1–2 —
Source: [citation needed]
Tiebreakers
  • Al-Ahli and Sepahan are ranked on head-to-head record.
Al-Sadd Qatar3–1Iran Sepahan
Ibrahim 18'
Belhadj 87'
Tabata 90+2'		 Report Sharifi 78'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia2–2United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
Al-Shamrani 60', 74' Report Jiménez 53'
Grafite 58'
Attendance: 38,520
Sepahan Iran3–2Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Bulku 18'
Sharifi 72'
Sukaj 90+1'		 Report Castillo 28'
Neves 33'
Attendance: 3,250
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates1–1Qatar Al-Sadd
Grafite 68' Report Belhadj 24'
Attendance: 5,749
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
Sepahan Iran1–2United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
Van Dijk 74' Report Khalil 39'
Al Hammadi 90+5'
Attendance: 6,800
Al-Sadd Qatar2–2Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Al-Bloushi 26'
Belhadj 66'		 Report Neves 45+1', 56'
Attendance: 7,761
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates0–0Iran Sepahan
Report
Attendance: 7,500
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia5–0Qatar Al-Sadd
Al-Qahtani 3' (pen.)
Al-Deayea 28'
Al-Shamrani 34', 58', 62'		 Report
Attendance: 18,321
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Sepahan Iran4–0Qatar Al-Sadd
Sharifi 48', 56'
Sukaj 63'
Majid 90+3' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 6,350
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates0–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Report
Attendance: 9,400
Al-Sadd Qatar2–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
Ibrahim 34'
Tabata 79'		 Report Grafite 15'
Attendance: 3,680
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia1–0Iran Sepahan
Al-Shamrani 45+2' Report
Attendance: 49,650

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POH CER BUR SHD
1 South Korea Pohang Steelers 6 3 3 0 11 6 +5 12 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 0–0 2–2
2 Japan Cerezo Osaka 6 2 2 2 10 9 +1 8 0–2 — 4–0 1–3
3 Thailand Buriram United 6 1 3 2 5 9 −4 6 1–2 2–2 — 1–0
4 China Shandong Luneng Taishan 6 1 2 3 9 11 −2 5 2–4 1–2 1–1 —
Source: [citation needed]
Shandong Luneng Taishan China1–1Thailand Buriram United
Liu Binbin 83' Report Adisak 90+2'
Attendance: 26,365
Pohang Steelers South Korea1–1Japan Cerezo Osaka
Bae Chun-suk 61' Report Kakitani 11'
Attendance: 10,426
Cerezo Osaka Japan1–3China Shandong Luneng Taishan
Kakitani 84' Report Aloísio 5'
Vágner Love 26', 56'
Attendance: 11,865
Buriram United Thailand1–2South Korea Pohang Steelers
Adisak 69' Report Kim Tae-su 19'
Kim Seung-dae 24'
Attendance: 10,610
Cerezo Osaka Japan4–0Thailand Buriram United
Kakitani 4'
Minamino 34', 82'
Forlán 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 11,259
Buriram United Thailand2–2Japan Cerezo Osaka
Theeraton 10'
Suchao 41'		 Report Yamashita 65', 88'
Attendance: 14,029
Buriram United Thailand1–0China Shandong Luneng Taishan
Hirano 35' Report
Attendance: 14,266
Pohang Steelers South Korea0–0Thailand Buriram United
Report
Attendance: 3,714

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SEO HIR BEI CCM
1 South Korea FC Seoul 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 Advance to knockout stage — 2–2 2–1 2–0
2 Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9 2–1 — 1–1 1–0
3 China Beijing Guoan 6 1 3 2 7 8 −1 6 1–1 2–2 — 2–1
4 Australia Central Coast Mariners 6 2 0 4 4 7 −3 6 0–1 2–1 1–0 —
Source: [citation needed]
Tiebreakers
  • Beijing Guoan and Central Coast Mariners are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.
FC Seoul South Korea2–0Australia Central Coast Mariners
Osmar 32' (pen.)
Yun Il-lok 56'		 Report
Attendance: 6,491
Central Coast Mariners Australia2–1Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Sterjovski 23', 32' Report Shiotani 21'
Attendance: 2,168
Beijing Guoan China1–1South Korea FC Seoul
Utaka 20' Report Go Yo-han 71'
Attendance: 33,813
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan2–1South Korea FC Seoul
Takahagi 53'
Shiotani 79'		 Report Rafael Costa 60'
Attendance: 6,281
Beijing Guoan China2–1Australia Central Coast Mariners
Shao Jiayi 45'
Utaka 63'		 Report Fitzgerald 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 32,198
Central Coast Mariners Australia1–0China Beijing Guoan
Seip 73' Report
Attendance: 3,316
FC Seoul South Korea2–2Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Yun Il-lok 53'
Rafael Costa 90+4' (pen.)		 Report Notsuda 20'
Hwang Seok-ho 70'
Attendance: 8,897
Central Coast Mariners Australia0–1South Korea FC Seoul
Report Hutchinson 90+2' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,118
Beijing Guoan China2–2Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Shao Jiayi 55'
Guerrón 60'		 Report Ishihara 66'
Zhao Hejing 70' (o.g.)
Attendance: 36,738
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan1–0Australia Central Coast Mariners
Yamagishi 72' Report
Attendance: 9,778
FC Seoul South Korea2–1China Beijing Guoan
Kang Seung-jo 43'
Yun Ju-tae 57'		 Report Yu Yang 88'
Attendance: 9,562
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GUA JEO MEL YFM
1 China Guangzhou Evergrande 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 Advance to knockout stage — 3–1 4–2 2–1
2 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8 1–0 — 0–0 3–0
3 Australia Melbourne Victory 6 2 2 2 9 9 0 8 2–0 2–2 — 1–0
4 Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 7 1–1 2–1 3–2 —
Source: [citation needed]
Tiebreakers
  • Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Melbourne Victory are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea3–0Japan Yokohama F. Marinos
Lee Seung-gi 61', 69'
Leonardo 72' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 8,328
Guangzhou Evergrande China4–2Australia Melbourne Victory
Huang Bowen 59'
Diamanti 65', 85'
Elkeson 71'		 Report Contreras 37'
Broxham 41'
Attendance: 39,841
Guangzhou Evergrande China3–1South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Gao Lin 17', 21'
Liao Lisheng 61'		 Report Lee Dong-gook 39'
Attendance: 39,987
Melbourne Victory Australia2–0China Guangzhou Evergrande
Milligan 2'
Troisi 90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 13,120
Guangzhou Evergrande China2–1Japan Yokohama F. Marinos
Elkeson 11', 38' Report Saitō 85'
Attendance: 39,874
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea0–0Australia Melbourne Victory
Report
Attendance: 12,891

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WSW KAW ULS GUI
1 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers 6 4 0 2 11 5 +6 12 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 1–3 5–0
2 Japan Kawasaki Frontale 6 4 0 2 7 5 +2 12 2–1 — 3–1 1–0
3 South Korea Ulsan Hyundai 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7 0–2 2–0 — 1–1
4 China Guizhou Renhe 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4 0–1 0–1 3–1 —
Source: [citation needed]
Tiebreakers
  • Western Sydney Wanderers and Kawasaki Frontale are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.
Kawasaki Frontale Japan1–0China Guizhou Renhe
Renato 31' Report
Attendance: 9,609
Ulsan Hyundai South Korea2–0Japan Kawasaki Frontale
Yoo Jun-soo 84'
Kim Shin-wook 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 2,535
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia1–0Japan Kawasaki Frontale
Haliti 3' Report
Attendance: 9,292
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)
Ulsan Hyundai South Korea1–1China Guizhou Renhe
Rafinha 58' (pen.) Report Yang Hao 87'
Attendance: 3,150
Ulsan Hyundai South Korea0–2Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
Report Bridge 60'
Šantalab 80'
Attendance: 2,500
Guizhou Renhe China0–1Japan Kawasaki Frontale
Report Nakamura 38'
Attendance: 25,161
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia5–0China Guizhou Renhe
Cole 7'
Haliti 75'
Mooy 81' (pen.)
Ono 85'
Topor-Stanley 88'		 Report
Attendance: 11,099

References

  1. ^ a b "AFC Champions League 2014 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  2. ^ "AFC Champions League 2014 Group Stage draw". AFC. 10 December 2013.
  3. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014" (PDF). AFC.

External links

  • AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com
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