2014 AFC Champions League group stage

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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 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
Al-Rayyan
 6 1 0 5 9 15 −6 3 0–2 2–3 1–0 —
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Rayyan
Caicedo 3'
Barrada 9'
Al Ghilani 73'		 Report González 59'
Uche 90+2'
Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 13,528
)
Al-Rayyan Qatar
1–0Iran Esteghlal
Uche 14' Report
Australia
)
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia1–3United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
Otaif 53' Report Mabkhout 7'
Qasem 12'
Jucilei 56'
Australia
)
Esteghlal Iran2–2United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
Ghazi 17'
Omranzadeh 65'		 Report Barrada 6', 56'
Attendance: 6,350
Al-Rayyan
Rafinha
48', 56'		 Report Uche 9', 41'
Al-Korbi 18'
King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 4,680
)
19:40 UTC+4
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates0–1Iran Esteghlal
Report Ghazi 69'
Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 13,550
)
18:45 UTC+3
Al-Rayyan Qatar
0–2Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Report
Fallatah
90+2'
Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 729
)
18:55 UTC+3
Al-Rayyan Qatar
2–3United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
Yakubu 48' (pen.)
Haroon 53'		 Report Barrada 45'
Mabkhout 60'
Cho Yong-hyung 90' (o.g.)
Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 950
)
20:35 UTC+3
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia2–1Iran Esteghlal
Menegazzo 82' (pen.)
Al-Dosari 90+5'		 Report Borhani 47'
King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 4,100
)
21:00 UTC+4:30
Al-Rayyan
Kébé 54', 73'
Ghazi 60'		 Report Khalfan 81'
Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia
)
20:30 UTC+4
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates1–2Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Ali 58' Report
Al-Ruwaili
35', 89'
Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 2,952
)

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
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 Arabia
0–0Uzbekistan 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'
Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 3,600
)
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan1–1Iran Foolad
Shodiev 90+2' Report Karami 74'
Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 1,950
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait
)
Al-Fateh
Zoteev 43'
Shodiev 83'
Rakhmatullaev
85'		 Report Fuakumputu 68'
Al-Hamdan 79'
Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 2,150
)
Al-Fateh Saudi Arabia
1–5Iran Foolad
Al-Nakhli 62' Report
Chimba 10', 36' (pen.), 44' (pen.)
Rezaei 78', 90+4' (pen.
)
Australia
)
El Jaish Qatar1–2Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Muntari 52' Report Symonenko 13'
Rashidov 90+4'
Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq
)

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
Al-Ittihad
 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 2–1 — 3–1 2–0
3
Lekhwiya
 6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 7 0–5 2–0 — 0–0
4
Tractor Sazi
 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5 2–2 1–0 0–1 —
Source: Soccerway
Al-Ittihad
Ansarifard 82' Report
Hong Kong
)
Lekhwiya
Diaky 13'
Gyan 65'		 Report Weiss 40'
Australia
)
Tractor Sazi
Report
Attendance: 2,477
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia
2–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Fallatah
68', 75'		 Report Gyan 38'
King Abdul Aziz Stadium, Mecca
Attendance: 16,571
)
Tractor Sazi
Gyan 16', 73'
M. Abdulrahman 37'		 Report Fakhreddini 42'
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 7,103
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan
)
19:00 UTC+4:30
Tractor Sazi Iran
2–2United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Daghighi 20'
Ahmadzadeh 61'		 Report Gyan 54'
M. Abdulrahman 59'
Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore
)
20:30 UTC+3
Lekhwiya
Fallatah 16'
Ab. Assiri
26', 79'		 Report Lami 21'
King Abdul Aziz Stadium, Mecca
Attendance: 15,498
)
18:30 UTC+3
Lekhwiya Qatar
0–5United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Report Diaky 26'
Brosque 43'
M. Abdulrahman 57'
Gyan 70', 90+2'
Australia
)
Tractor Sazi
Fallatah
60'		 Report
Australia
)
Al-Ittihad
Sharahili 22' (o.g.) Report Al-Ghamdi 36' (pen.)
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 8,606
)
20:00 UTC+4:30
Lekhwiya
Report Bougherra 73' (pen.)
Sahand Stadium, Tabriz
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
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
Al-Ahli
 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 7 0–0 1–1 — 0–0
4
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.
Sepahan
Ibrahim 18'
Belhadj 87'
Tabata 90+2'		 Report Sharifi 78'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 5,000
)
20:25 UTC+3
Al-Ahli
Al-Shamrani 60', 74' Report
Jiménez 53'
Grafite
58'
Uzbekistan
)
Al-Hilal
Bulku 18'
Sharifi 72'
Sukaj 90+1'		 Report Castillo 28'
Neves 33'
Australia
)
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates
1–1Qatar Al-Sadd
Grafite 68' Report Belhadj 24'
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 5,749
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR
)
Al-Hilal
Al-Bloushi 26'
Belhadj 66'		 Report Neves 45+1', 56'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 7,761
)
20:20 UTC+4
Sepahan
Report
Uzbekistan
)
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia
5–0Qatar Al-Sadd
Al-Qahtani 3' (pen.)
Al-Deayea 28'
Al-Shamrani 34', 58', 62'		 Report
King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 18,321
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan
)
Al-Hilal
Report
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 9,400
)
20:50 UTC+3
Al-Ahli
Ibrahim 34'
Tabata 79'		 Report Grafite 15'
Australia
)
Sepahan
Al-Shamrani 45+2' Report
King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
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
Shandong Luneng Taishan
 6 1 2 3 9 11 −2 5 2–4 1–2 1–1 —
Source: [citation needed]
Shandong Luneng Taishan China
1–1Thailand 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'
Australia
)
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'
New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram
Attendance: 10,610
)
Shandong Luneng Taishan
Kim Tae-su 32'
Kim Seung-dae 78'		 Report Vágner Love 13' (pen.), 23' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,368
Buriram United Thailand2–2Japan Cerezo Osaka
Theeraton 10'
Suchao
41'		 Report Yamashita 65', 88'
Australia
)
Shandong Luneng Taishan China
2–4South Korea Pohang Steelers
Du Wei 85'
Han Peng 90+3'		 Report
Go Moo-yul 35'
Kim Tae-su 65' (pen.)
Kim Seung-dae 71'
Liu Binbin 83' (o.g.
)
Uzbekistan
)
Cerezo Osaka Japan0–2South Korea Pohang Steelers
Report Lee Myung-joo 23'
Kim Seung-dae 65'
Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates
)
18:00 UTC+7
Shandong Luneng Taishan
Hirano 35' Report
New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram
Attendance: 14,266
)
Shandong Luneng Taishan China
1–2Japan Cerezo Osaka
Vágner Love 19' (pen.) Report Kakitani 46'
Forlán 48'
Attendance: 26,379

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.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan1–1China Beijing Guoan
Chiba 77' Report Ha Dae-sung 62'
Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates
)
Beijing Guoan China1–1South Korea FC Seoul
Utaka 20' Report Go Yo-han 71'
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 33,813
)
Beijing Guoan China2–1Australia Central Coast Mariners
Shao Jiayi 45'
Utaka 63'		 Report
Fitzgerald 85' (pen.
)
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 32,198
)
Beijing Guoan China2–2Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Shao Jiayi 55'
Guerrón 60'		 Report Ishihara 66'
Zhao Hejing 70' (o.g.)
Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia
)

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
GUA
 JEO MEL YFM
1
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
Leonardo 72' (pen.
)		 Report
Attendance: 8,328
Guangzhou Evergrande China
4–2Australia Melbourne Victory
Huang Bowen 59'
Diamanti 65', 85'
Elkeson 71'		 Report Contreras 37'
Broxham 41'
Attendance: 39,841
Melbourne Victory Australia2–2South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Ansell 31'
Barbarouses 81'		 Report Lee Dong-gook 76', 79'
Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates
)
19:30 UTC+9
Guangzhou Evergrande
Hanato 21' Report Diamanti 38'
Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia
)
Guangzhou Evergrande
Leonardo
76'		 Report
Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia
)
19:30 UTC+9
Yokohama F. Marinos Japan3–2Australia Melbourne Victory
Ito 21'
Nakamachi 27'
Hyodo 89'		 Report
J. Jeggo
90+2'
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 7,395
)
Yokohama F. Marinos Japan2–1South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Saitō 64', 65' Report Han Kyo-won 7'
Uzbekistan
)
Guangzhou Evergrande China
2–1Japan Yokohama F. Marinos
Elkeson 11', 38' Report Saitō 85'
Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates
)

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
Ulsan Hyundai
 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7 0–2 2–0 — 1–1
4
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.
Ulsan Hyundai
Šantalab
1'		 Report Kim Shin-wook 35'
Ko Chang-hyun 43'
Kang Min-soo 66'
Attendance: 11,212
Guizhou Renhe
Renato
31'		 Report
Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia
)
Guizhou Renhe China
0–1Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
Report Bridge 10'
Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore
)
Guizhou Renhe
Rafinha 58' (pen.
)		 Report Yang Hao 87'
Attendance: 3,150
Kawasaki Frontale Japan2–1Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
Nakamura 74'
Oshima 88'		 Report Haliti 24'
Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki
Attendance: 10,943
)
20:00 UTC+8
Ulsan Hyundai
Chen Zijie 39', 89'
Qu Bo 52'		 Report Yoo Jun-soo 34'
Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates
)
Guizhou Renhe China
0–1Japan Kawasaki Frontale
Report Nakamura 38'
Attendance: 25,161
Guizhou Renhe
Cole 7'
Haliti 75'
Mooy 81' (pen.)
Ono 85'
Topor-Stanley 88'		 Report
Attendance: 11,099
Ulsan Hyundai
Kobayashi 32'
Ōkubo 34'
Jeci 77'		 Report
Rafinha
35'
Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore
)

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.

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