2006 AFC Champions League

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

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.

Teams

West AsiaEast Asia
Quarter-finals
TeamQualifying methodTeamQualifying method
Al-IttihadDefending champions
Group Stage
TeamQualifying methodTeamQualifying method
Foolad2004–05 Iran Pro League champions Dalian Shide2005 Chinese Super League champions &
2005 Chinese FA Cup winners
Saba Battery2004–05 Hazfi Cup winners and 2005 Iranian Super Cup winners Shanghai Shenhua2005 Chinese Super League runners-up
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya2004–05 Iraqi Premier League champions Persipura Jayapura[Note DSQ]2005 Liga Indonesia Premier Division champions
Al-Minaa2004–05 Iraqi Premier League runners-up Arema Malang[Note DSQ]2005 Copa Indonesia winners
Al Qadisiya2004–05 Kuwaiti Premier League champions Gamba Osaka2005 J.League Division 1 champions
Al-Arabi2005 Kuwait Emir Cup winners Tokyo Verdy 19692004 Emperor's Cup winners
Al-Gharafa2004–05 Qatar Stars League champions Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i2005 K League champions
Al Sadd2004–05 Emir of Qatar Cup winners Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors2005 Korean FA Cup winners
Al Hilal2004–05 Saudi Premier League champions &
2004–05 Saudi Crown Prince Cup winners
TTM FC[Note DSQ]2004–05 Thai League champions
Al Shabab2004–05 Saudi Premier League runners-up PEA FC[Note DSQ]2004–05 Thai League runners-up
Al-Ittihad2004–05 Syrian Premier League champions &
2004-05 Syrian Cup winners
Đồng Tâm Long An2005 V-League champions &
2005 Vietnamese Cup winners
Al-Karamah2004–05 Syrian Premier League runners-up Da Nang2005 V-League runners-up
Al Wahda2004–05 UAE Football League champions
Al Ain2004–05 UAE President's Cup winners
Pakhtakor2005 Uzbek League champions &
2005 Uzbekistan Cup winners
Mash'al2005 Uzbek League runners-up
Notes

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Al Qadisiya6321911−211
Pakhtakor6312117+410
Al-Ittihad622267−18
Foolad611489−14
Source: [citation needed]
Foolad 6–0 Al Qadisiya
Rameshgar 10'
Soleimani 27'
Badavi 34'
Khaziravi 54'
Ahmadi 59'
Montazeri 72'

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

Pakhtakor 2–0 Foolad
Tadjiyev 13'
Djeparov 37'

Foolad 1–3 Pakhtakor
Soleimani 34'Bayramov 46'
Kiryan 48'
Tadjiyev 57'

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

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Al Ain6411106+413
Al-Hilal6312127+510
Mash'al6222711−48
Al-Minaa6024611−52
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'

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Al-Karamah64021011−112
Saba Battery6312138+510
Al-Wahda62131415−17
Al-Gharafa62041114−36
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'

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 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

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Al-Shabab641196+313
Al Sadd6411135+813
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya620459−46
Al-Arabi6105512−73
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-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

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors6411115+613
Dalian Shide640276+112
Gamba Osaka6312267+1910
Da Nang6006127−260
Source: [citation needed]
Da Nang 0–2 Dalian Shide
Zou Jie 40'
Ji Mingyi 48'
Attendance: 20,000

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

Gamba Osaka 3–0 Dalian Shide
Endō 48' (pen.)
Magno Alves 56', 71'
Attendance: 5,555

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

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i220030+36
Tokyo Verdy 1969200203−30
TTM FC00000000[a]
Arema Malang00000000[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:

Group G

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Shanghai Shenhua220073+46
Đồng Tâm Long An200237−40
Persipura Jayapura00000000[a]
PEA FC00000000[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
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

Bracket

Quarter finalsSemi-finalsFinal
            
Shanghai Shenhua123
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors044
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors246
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i314
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i617
Al-Shabab000
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors213
Al-Karamah022
Al-Ittihad202
Al-Karamah (a.e.t.)044
Al-Karamah011
Al Qadisiya000
Al Qadisiya235
Al Ain202

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 7–0 Al-Shabab6–01–0
Shanghai Shenhua 3–4 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors1–02–4
Al Qadisiya 5–2 Al Ain2–23–0
Al-Ittihad (2005 Champion) 2–4 Al-Karamah2–00–4 (a.e.t.)

First leg



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

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

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6–4 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i2–34–1
Al-Karamah 1–0 Al Qadisiya0–01–0

First leg


Al-Karamah 0–0 Al Qadisiya

Second leg

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 6–4 on aggregate.


Al-Karamah won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3–2 Al-Karamah2–01–2

First leg

Second leg

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate.

Top scorers

  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
RankPlayerClub MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2 F1 F2 Total
1 Magno Alves Gamba Osaka14218
2 Fernandinho Gamba Osaka426
Nenad Jestrović Al Ain2121
4 Ali Daei Saba Battery2125
Gao Lin Shanghai Shenhua311
A'ala Hubail Al-Gharafa23
Kim Hyeung-bum Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors212
Bader Al-Mutawa Al Qadisiya1112
Zé Carlos Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors1211
10 Godwin Attram Al-Shabab2114
Choi Sung-kuk Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i121
Mohannad Ibrahim Al-Karamah121
Carlos Tenorio Al Sadd112
Zou Jie Dalian Shide1111

See also

References