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 |
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West Zone (Groups A–D) |
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East Zone (Groups E–H) |
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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]
- Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Greater number of away goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all the group matches;
- Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
- 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);
- 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 | |
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1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | ||
2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | |||
3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | 1–3 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | |||
4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |
Al-Nassr | 1–1 | |
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Estoyanoff |
Report | Urinboev |
Bunyodkor | 0–1 | |
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Report | Nouri |
Bunyodkor | 0–1 | |
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Report | Nam Tae-hee |
Al-Nassr | 3–0 | |
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Mierzejewski Estoyanoff Al-Raheb |
Report |
Persepolis | 1–0 | |
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Taremi |
Report |
Bunyodkor | 0–1 | |
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Report | Mierzejewski |
Lekhwiya | 3–0 | |
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Msakni Nam Tae-hee Afif |
Report |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AIN | NAF | PAK | SHB | |
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1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | ||
2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | |||
3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | |||
4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | — |
Pakhtakor | 2–1 | |
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Makharadze Sergeev |
Report | Ghorbani |
Al-Shabab | 2–2 | |
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Al-Khaibari Hazazi |
Report | Sergeev Makharadze |
Al-Shabab | 0–3 | |
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Report | Amiri Motahari Aliyari |
Naft Tehran | 1–1 | |
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Rezaei |
Report | Kozak |
Pakhtakor | 0–2 | |
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Report | Al-Shameri Al Asta |
Al-Ain | 3–0 | |
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Abdulrahman Gyan Kembo |
Report |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIL | SAD | FOO | LOK | |
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1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | ||
2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 6–2 | |||
3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 6 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | |||
4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 4 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | — |
Al-Sadd | 6–2 | |
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Ibrahim Al-Haydos Belhadj Hassan Grafite |
Report | Kojašević J. J. Hasanov |
Al-Hilal | 2–0 | |
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Al-Shamrani Al-Shahrani |
Report |
Lokomotiv Tashkent | 1–2 | |
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Abdukholiqov |
Report | Al Abed Al-Zori |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AHS | AHU | NSF | TRA | |
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1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3–3 | — | 0–0 | 3–2 | |||
3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | |||
4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — |
Nasaf Qarshi | 2–1 | |
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Shomurodov Karimov |
Report | Edinho |
Al-Ahli | 3–3 | |
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Al Hammadi Khalil |
Report | Osvaldo Al-Mogahwi Al-Jassim |
Tractor Sazi | 1–0 | |
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Ahmadzadeh |
Report |
Al-Ahli | 2–1 | |
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Al Soma Al-Amari |
Report | Geworkýan |
Al-Ahli | 0–0 | |
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Report |
Nasaf Qarshi | 0–1 | |
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Report | Ribeiro |
Tractor Sazi | 1–2 | |
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Kiani |
Report | Geworkýan |
Al-Ahli | 2–1 | |
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Abu Radeah Bruno César |
Report | Ribeiro |
Al-Ahli | 3–2 | |
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Ribeiro Khalil |
Report | Bayrami Nariman Jahan |
Nasaf Qarshi | 0–0 | |
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Report |
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KSW | JHM | SLT | BBD | |
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1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | ||
2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 11 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 3–0 | |||
3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 7 | 4–4 | 1–4 | — | 3–1 | |||
4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — |
Becamex Bình Dương | 2–3 | |
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Oseni Wang Qiang |
Report | Wang Yongpo Yang Xu |
Shandong Luneng Taishan | 1–4 | |
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Yang Xu |
Report | Edu Han Kyo-won Lee Jae-sung Leonardo |
Kashiwa Reysol | 5–1 | |
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Kudo Vranković Kim Chang-soo Otani |
Report | Oseni |
Kashiwa Reysol | 2–1 | |
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Taketomi Wako |
Report | Montillo |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 3–0 | |
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Eninho Lee Dong-gook |
Report |
Shandong Luneng Taishan | 4–4 | |
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Wang Yongpo Júnior Urso Montillo Yang Xu |
Report | Leandro Kudo Cristiano |
Becamex Bình Dương | 1–1 | |
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Dieng |
Report | Eninho |
Kashiwa Reysol | 3–2 | |
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Eduardo Taketomi |
Report | Lee Dong-gook |
Shandong Luneng Taishan | 3–1 | |
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Yang Xu Júnior Urso |
Report | Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 4–1 | |
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Lee Jae-sung Kim Hyung-il Eninho Edu |
Report | Wang Tong |
Becamex Bình Dương | 1–0 | |
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Lê Công Vinh |
Report |
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GAM | SNM | BUR | GRF | |
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1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | ||
2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | |||
3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 5–0 | |||
4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 4 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |
Gamba Osaka | 0–2 | |
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Report | Hamdallah Wang Song |
Buriram United | 2–1 | |
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Prakit Macena |
Report | Narubadin |
Seongnam FC | 2–0 | |
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Bueno Hwang Ui-jo |
Report |
Guangzhou R&F | 1–2 | |
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Lu Lin |
Report | Go Seul-ki Macena |
Guangzhou R&F | 0–1 | |
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Report | Hwang Ui-jo |
Gamba Osaka | 1–1 | |
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Abe |
Report | Theeraton |
Buriram United | 1–2 | |
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Theeraton |
Report | Lins Omori |
Seongnam FC | 2–1 | |
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Kim Do-heon Nam Joon-jae |
Report | Diogo |
Guangzhou R&F | 0–5 | |
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Report | Patric Abe Usami |
Gamba Osaka | 2–1 | |
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Usami Lins |
Report | Hwang Ui-jo |
Buriram United | 5–0 | |
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Diogo Túñez Macena |
Report |
Group G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BJG | SSB | BRI | URA | |
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1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | ||
2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | |||
3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | 0–1 | 3–3 | — | 1–2 | |||
4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
Brisbane Roar | 0–1 | |
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Report | Shao Jiayi |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 2–1 | |
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Oh Beom-seok Léo |
Report | Moriwaki |
Beijing Guoan | 1–0 | |
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Damjanović |
Report |
Beijing Guoan | 2–0 | |
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Batalla Yu Dabao |
Report |
Brisbane Roar | 3–3 | |
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Borrello Clut |
Report | Seo Jung-jin Jong Tae-se |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 1–1 | |
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Makino |
Report | Yu Dabao |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 3–1 | |
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Kwon Chang-hoon Seo Jung-jin Yeom Ki-hun |
Report | DeVere |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 1–2 | |
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Ljubijankić |
Report | Ko Cha-won Kaio |
Beijing Guoan | 0–1 | |
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Report | Kaluđerović |
Brisbane Roar | 1–2 | |
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Kaluđerović |
Report | Koroki Muto |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 1–1 | |
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Léo |
Report | Damjanović |
Group H
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GET | SEO | WSW | KSM | |
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1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | ||
2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | |||
3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 8 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | |||
4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 6 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | — |
Kashima Antlers | 1–3 | |
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Doi |
Report | Shoji Takahagi Bridge |
Guangzhou Evergrande | 1–0 | |
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Goulart |
Report |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 2–3 | |
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La Rocca Castelen |
Report | Goulart |
FC Seoul | 1–0 | |
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Kim Jin-kyu |
Report |
Guangzhou Evergrande | 4–3 | |
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Goulart Elkeson Zhao Xuri |
Report | Takasaki Doi Shibasaki |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 1–1 | |
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Bulut |
Report | Go Yo-han |
Kashima Antlers | 2–1 | |
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Endo Takasaki |
Report | Elkeson |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 1–2 | |
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Rukavytsya |
Report | Doi Kanazaki |
Guangzhou Evergrande | 0–2 | |
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Report | Bridge Juric |
Kashima Antlers | 2–3 | |
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Akasaki Shibasaki |
Report | Lee Woong-hee Osmar Molina |
References
- "AFC Champions League 2015 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
- "AFC Champions League 2015 Draw". AFC. 12 December 2014.
- "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.
External links
- AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com