AFC_Champions_League_2007

2007 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	7 March – 14 November 2007
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Urawa Red Diamonds (1st title)
Runners-up	Sepahan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	92
Goals scored	230 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mota; (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Yuichiro Nagai
Fair play award	Urawa Red Diamonds
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2007 AFC Champions League

26th edition of premier club football tournament organized by the AFC

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.

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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.

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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.

[table_hth_EST0.27931351367352-1] Esteghlal was disqualified for failing to submit their players list in time.

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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~~^{[Note DSQ]}	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

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

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^{[lower-alpha 1]}

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

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

AFC_Champions_League_2007

2007 AFC Champions League

Format

Participating clubs

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

Top scorers

See also

External links

References

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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

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

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

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.)

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mota	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	7
2	Kim Dong-hyun	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	5
2	Mehdi Seyed Salehi	Sepahan	5
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