2015 AFC Champions League group stage

The 2015 AFC Champions League group stage was played from 24 February to 6 May 2015. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout stage of the 2015 AFC Champions League.[1]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 11 December 2014, 16:00 UTC+8, at the Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel 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 24 automatic qualifiers and the eight 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;
  4. Greater number of away goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 10 apply;
  6. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  7. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  8. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  9. 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);
  10. Team who belongs to the member association with the higher AFC ranking.

Groups

The matchdays were 24–25 February, 3–4 March, 17–18 March, 7–8 April, 21–22 April, and 5–6 May 2015.[3]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LEK PER NSR BYD
1 Qatar Lekhwiya 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13 Advance to knockout stage — 3–0 1–1 1–0
2 Iran Persepolis 6 4 0 2 7 7 0 12 3–0 — 1–0 2–1
3 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8 1–3 3–0 — 1–1
4 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 6 0 1 5 2 7 −5 1 0–1 0–1 0–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Persepolis Iran3–0Qatar Lekhwiya
Bengar 60'
Norouzi 66'
Nouri 83' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 15,350
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia1–1Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Estoyanoff 51' Report Urinboev 14'
Attendance: 23,664
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan0–1Iran Persepolis
Report Nouri 21' (pen.)
Attendance: 21,285
Lekhwiya Qatar1–1Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Weiss 51' Report Musa 47' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3,840
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan0–1Qatar Lekhwiya
Report Nam Tae-hee 28' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,820
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia3–0Iran Persepolis
Mierzejewski 32'
Estoyanoff 86'
Al-Raheb 90+5'		 Report
Attendance: 20,315
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Persepolis Iran1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Taremi 62' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Lekhwiya Qatar1–0Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Weiss 43' Report
Attendance: 3,188
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan0–1Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Report Mierzejewski 33'
Attendance: 3,153
Lekhwiya Qatar3–0Iran Persepolis
Msakni 69'
Nam Tae-hee 83'
Afif 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 4,877
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia1–3Qatar Lekhwiya
Al-Raheb 36' Report Msakni 28'
Nam Tae-hee 32'
Soria 58' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,915
Persepolis Iran2–1Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Nouri 49' (pen.)
Jurabaev 73' (o.g.)		 Report Rashidov 61'
Attendance: 100,000

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AIN NAF PAK SHB
1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 6 3 3 0 7 2 +5 12 Advance to knockout stage — 3–0 1–1 0–0
2 Iran Naft Tehran 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 1–1 — 1–1 2–1
3 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 6 1 3 2 6 8 −2 6 0–1 2–1 — 0–2
4 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 6 1 2 3 5 8 −3 5 0–1 0–3 2–2 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan2–1Iran Naft Tehran
Makharadze 48'
Sergeev 85'		 Report Ghorbani 59'
Attendance: 4,913
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates0–0Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Report
Attendance: 15,426
Naft Tehran Iran1–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Kouroshi 50' Report Gyan 58' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia2–2Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Al-Khaibari 35'
Hazazi 84'		 Report Sergeev 62'
Makharadze 71' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,404
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan0–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Report Stoch 61'
Attendance: 8,675
Naft Tehran Iran2–1Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Motahari 86'
Padovani 90'		 Report Hazazi 43' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,560
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates1–1Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Kembo 20' Report Sergeev 45+2'
Attendance: 6,872
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia0–3Iran Naft Tehran
Report Amiri 57'
Motahari 83'
Aliyari 90+1'
Attendance: 5,035
Naft Tehran Iran1–1Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Rezaei 25' Report Kozak 36'
Attendance: 1,840
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia0–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Report Gyan 58'
Attendance: 1,977
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan0–2Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Report Al-Shameri 6'
Al Asta 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,638
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates3–0Iran Naft Tehran
Abdulrahman 63'
Gyan 74'
Kembo 87'		 Report
Attendance: 4,299

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIL SAD FOO LOK
1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 2–0 3–1
2 Qatar Al-Sadd 6 3 1 2 9 9 0 10 1–0 — 1–0 6–2
3 Iran Foolad 6 1 3 2 2 4 −2 6 0–0 0–0 — 1–0
4 Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent 6 1 1 4 10 13 −3 4 1–2 5–0 1–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Foolad Iran0–0Qatar Al-Sadd
Report
Attendance: 37,843
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia3–1Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
Kariri 11'
Al-Salem 14'
Neves 71'		 Report Mirzayev 39'
Attendance: 17,440
Lokomotiv Tashkent Uzbekistan1–1Iran Foolad
Zoteev 6' Report Jama'ati 32'
Attendance: 7,456
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Al-Sadd Qatar1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Ibrahim 29' Report
Attendance: 6,843
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Foolad Iran0–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Report
Attendance: 37,452
Al-Sadd Qatar6–2Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
Ibrahim 27' (pen.), 50'
Al-Haydos 34'
Belhadj 40'
Hassan 63'
Grafite 66'		 Report Kojašević 56'
J. J. Hasanov 77' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,100
Lokomotiv Tashkent Uzbekistan5–0Qatar Al-Sadd
Bikmaev 7', 14'
Shoakhmedov 55'
Kojašević 79'
Koryan 90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 3,852
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia2–0Iran Foolad
Al-Shamrani 46'
Al-Shahrani 61'		 Report
Attendance: 20,087
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Lokomotiv Tashkent Uzbekistan1–2Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Abdukholiqov 90+4' Report Al Abed 56'
Al-Zori 72'
Attendance: 3,974
Al-Sadd Qatar1–0Iran Foolad
Muriqui 42' Report
Attendance: 3,455
Foolad Iran1–0Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
Jahantigh 89' Report
Attendance: 2,142
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia2–1Qatar Al-Sadd
Al-Salem 20'
Kasola 69' (o.g.)		 Report Al-Haydos 32' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,394

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHS AHU NSF TRA
1 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 6 3 3 0 11 7 +4 12 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 2–1 2–0
2 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 3–3 — 0–0 3–2
3 Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 0–0 0–1 — 2–1
4 Iran Tractor Sazi 6 1 1 4 7 11 −4 4 2–2 1–0 1–2 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan2–1Iran Tractor Sazi
Shomurodov 46'
Karimov 52'		 Report Edinho 32'
Attendance: 11,160
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates3–3Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Al Hammadi 19', 79'
Khalil 43'		 Report Osvaldo 2'
Al-Mogahwi 41'
Al-Jassim 57'
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Tractor Sazi Iran1–0United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
Ahmadzadeh 40' Report
Attendance: 25,830
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia2–1Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
Al Soma 22'
Al-Amari 78'		 Report Geworkýan 65'
Attendance: 19,855
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates0–0Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
Report
Attendance: 3,121
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia2–0Iran Tractor Sazi
Al-Jassim 71', 79' Report
Attendance: 45,482
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Tractor Sazi Iran2–2Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Edinho 60'
Saghebi 77'		 Report Al Soma 74', 90'
Attendance: 32,500
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan0–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
Report Ribeiro 81'
Attendance: 15,500
Tractor Sazi Iran1–2Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
Kiani 52' Report Geworkýan 59', 71'
Attendance: 15,000
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia2–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
Abu Radeah 78'
Bruno César 90+4'		 Report Ribeiro 16'
Attendance: 15,842
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates3–2Iran Tractor Sazi
Ribeiro 58'
Khalil 77', 88'		 Report Bayrami 21'
Nariman Jahan 67'
Attendance: 3,540
Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan0–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KSW JHM SLT BBD
1 Japan Kashiwa Reysol 6 3 2 1 14 9 +5 11 Advance to knockout stage — 3–2 2–1 5–1
2 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 3 2 1 14 6 +8 11 0–0 — 4–1 3–0
3 China Shandong Luneng Taishan 6 2 1 3 13 17 −4 7 4–4 1–4 — 3–1
4 Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương 6 1 1 4 6 15 −9 4 1–0 1–1 2–3 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea0–0Japan Kashiwa Reysol
Report
Attendance: 13,422
Becamex Bình Dương Vietnam2–3China Shandong Luneng Taishan
Oseni 48'
Wang Qiang 56' (o.g.)		 Report Wang Yongpo 47'
Yang Xu 61', 81'
Attendance: 8,913
Kashiwa Reysol Japan5–1Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương
Kudo 42', 67'
Vranković 44' (o.g.)
Kim Chang-soo 56'
Otani 75'		 Report Oseni 82'
Attendance: 5,694
Kashiwa Reysol Japan2–1China Shandong Luneng Taishan
Taketomi 23'
Wako 90+2'		 Report Montillo 51'
Attendance: 7,657
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea3–0Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương
Eninho 16'
Lee Dong-gook 41', 88'		 Report
Attendance: 6,704
Becamex Bình Dương Vietnam1–1South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Dieng 90+3' Report Eninho 31'
Attendance: 4,000
Kashiwa Reysol Japan3–2South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Eduardo 9'
Taketomi 20', 39'		 Report Lee Dong-gook 67', 81'
Attendance: 7,424

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GAM SNM BUR GRF
1 Japan Gamba Osaka 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 1–1 0–2
2 South Korea Seongnam FC 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 2–0 — 2–1 0–0
3 Thailand Buriram United 6 3 1 2 12 7 +5 10 1–2 2–1 — 5–0
4 China Guangzhou R&F 6 1 1 4 3 13 −10 4 0–5 0–1 1–2 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Gamba Osaka Japan0–2China Guangzhou R&F
Report Hamdallah 10'
Wang Song 80'
Attendance: 8,848
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Seongnam FC South Korea2–0Japan Gamba Osaka
Bueno 8' (pen.)
Hwang Ui-jo 67'		 Report
Attendance: 7,813
Guangzhou R&F China1–2Thailand Buriram United
Lu Lin 27' Report Go Seul-ki 44'
Macena 90'
Attendance: 9,308
Guangzhou R&F China0–1South Korea Seongnam FC
Report Hwang Ui-jo 27'
Attendance: 8,638
Gamba Osaka Japan1–1Thailand Buriram United
Abe 39' Report Theeraton 62'
Attendance: 6,469
Seongnam FC South Korea0–0China Guangzhou R&F
Report
Attendance: 5,777
Buriram United Thailand1–2Japan Gamba Osaka
Theeraton 9' Report Lins 41'
Omori 87'
Attendance: 23,987
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Seongnam FC South Korea2–1Thailand Buriram United
Kim Do-heon 27' (pen.)
Nam Joon-jae 38'		 Report Diogo 77'
Attendance: 3,762
Guangzhou R&F China0–5Japan Gamba Osaka
Report Patric 14', 45'
Abe 44', 68'
Usami 70'
Attendance: 8,647
Buriram United Thailand5–0China Guangzhou R&F
Diogo 12', 38', 56'
Túñez 36'
Macena 59'		 Report
Attendance: 17,331

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BJG SSB BRI URA
1 China Beijing Guoan 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 0–1 2–0
2 South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11 1–1 — 3–1 2–1
3 Australia Brisbane Roar 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 0–1 3–3 — 1–2
4 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 4 1–1 1–2 0–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Brisbane Roar Australia0–1China Beijing Guoan
Report Shao Jiayi 90+3'
Attendance: 6,851
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Urawa Red Diamonds Japan0–1Australia Brisbane Roar
Report Borrello 3'
Attendance: 13,527
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Beijing Guoan China1–0South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Damjanović 65' Report
Attendance: 35,567
Brisbane Roar Australia3–3South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Borrello 13'
Clut 22', 80'		 Report Seo Jung-jin 39', 50'
Jong Tae-se 71'
Attendance: 5,197
Urawa Red Diamonds Japan1–1China Beijing Guoan
Makino 74' Report Yu Dabao 33'
Attendance: 13,683
Urawa Red Diamonds Japan1–2South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Ljubijankić 69' Report Ko Cha-won 74'
Kaio 89'
Attendance: 13,924
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Beijing Guoan China0–1Australia Brisbane Roar
Report Kaluđerović 39'
Attendance: 35,578
Brisbane Roar Australia1–2Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Kaluđerović 70' Report Koroki 24'
Muto 57'
Attendance: 5,941
Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea1–1China Beijing Guoan
Léo 27' Report Damjanović 25'
Attendance: 14,380

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GET SEO WSW KSM
1 China Guangzhou Evergrande 6 3 1 2 9 9 0 10 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 0–2 4–3
2 South Korea FC Seoul 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 9 0–0 — 0–0 1–0
3 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 8 2–3 1–1 — 1–2
4 Japan Kashima Antlers 6 2 0 4 10 13 −3 6 2–1 2–3 1–3 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Kashima Antlers Japan1–3Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
Doi 68' Report Shoji 54' (o.g.)
Takahagi 86'
Bridge 90+3'
Attendance: 7,736
Guangzhou Evergrande China1–0South Korea FC Seoul
Goulart 31' Report
Attendance: 46,749
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia2–3China Guangzhou Evergrande
La Rocca 57'
Castelen 90+5'		 Report Goulart 19', 58', 64'
Attendance: 11,418
FC Seoul South Korea1–0Japan Kashima Antlers
Kim Jin-kyu 66' Report
Attendance: 5,790
Guangzhou Evergrande China4–3Japan Kashima Antlers
Goulart 10', 62'
Elkeson 57'
Zhao Xuri 90+2'		 Report Takasaki 36'
Doi 51'
Shibasaki 90+3'
Attendance: 48,651
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia1–1South Korea FC Seoul
Bulut 12' Report Go Yo-han 72'
Attendance: 7,073
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia1–2Japan Kashima Antlers
Rukavytsya 24' Report Doi 66'
Kanazaki 90+1'
Attendance: 5,221
FC Seoul South Korea0–0China Guangzhou Evergrande
Report
Attendance: 17,157
Guangzhou Evergrande China0–2Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
Report Bridge 33'
Juric 90+3'
Attendance: 35,641
Kashima Antlers Japan2–3South Korea FC Seoul
Akasaki 8'
Shibasaki 79'		 Report Lee Woong-hee 36'
Osmar 51'
Molina 90+1'
Attendance: 19,233

References

  1. ^ a b "AFC Champions League 2015 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  2. ^ "AFC Champions League 2015 Draw". AFC. 12 December 2014.
  3. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.

External links

  • AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com
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