| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 March – 14 November 2007 |
| Teams | 27 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 92 |
| Goals scored | 230 (2.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | (7 goals) |
| Best player | |
| Fair play award | |
←2006 2008 → | |
The2007AFC 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.
Japanese sideUrawa Red Diamonds became champions for the first time, beatingSepahan ofIran and becoming the fourth Japanese club to win the Asian championship, and qualified for the2007 FIFA Club World Cup.
A total of 28 clubs were divided into 7 groups of four, based on region i.e. East Asian and Southeast Asian clubs were drawn in groups E to G, while the rest were grouped in groups A to D. Each club played double round-robin (home and away) against fellow three group members, a total of 6 matches each. Clubs received 3pts for a win, 1pt for a tie, 0pts for a loss. The clubs were ranked according to points and tie breakers were in the following order:
The seven group winners along with the defending champion advanced to the quarter-finals.
All eight 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 conducted in 2 legs, home and away, and the aggregate score decided the match winner. If the aggregate score couldn't produce a winner, "away goals rule" was used. If still tied, clubs played extra time, where "away goals rule" still applied. If still tied, the game went to penalties.
After their admission into theAFC,Australia were granted two entries. Because of this, bothThailand andVietnam were restricted to entering just one club, with a second club from each country playing in theAFC Cup.
The draw took place inKuala Lumpur on 22 December, allocating teams into seven groups. In February, the AFC disqualifiedEsteghlal Tehran from Group B for failing to register their players in time.[citation needed]
Group matches were scheduled to be played over match days on 7 March 21 March 11 April 25 April 9 and 23 May 2007.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 13 | |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 7 | |
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 2 |
| Al-Wahda | 4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mamadou Bagayoko Saleh Al Menhali Bashir Saeed | 6(Report) | Mohamed Jarragh |
| Al-Rayyan | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiago Ribeiro | (report) | Khaled Khalaf Firas Al Khatib |
| Al-Zawraa | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Wissam Kadhim Ahmad Ibrahim Nawaf Falah | (Report) | Firas Al Khatib |
| Al-Wahda | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Maurito Haidar Alo Ali Mamadou Bagayoko | (Report) |
| Al-Arabi | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Khaled Abd Al Kudos Khaled Khalaf Jarrah Al Zuhair | (Report) | Saeed Salem Yaser Matar |
| Al-Rayyan | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Saoud Khames | (Report) | Salman Mesbeh Abdul-Salam Abood Haidar Sabah |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 8 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[a] |
| Al-Hilal | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rodrigão | (Report) | Fahad Awadh |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 11 | |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 10 | |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 |
| Al-Karamah | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Senghor Koupouleni Abdalrahman Akkari | (Report) | Magid Mohamed |
| Al Sadd | 1–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Talal Al Bloushi | (Report) | Aqeel Mohammed Saeed Mohsen Karrar Jassim |
| Al Sadd | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Khalfan Ibrahim Emerson | (Report) |
| Al Karamah | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fahd Awde | (Report) | Falah Hasan Kadhim |
| Najaf FC | 2–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Saeed Mohsen Qassim Faraj | (Report) | Jehad Al Hussein Fahd Awde Senghor Koupouleni |
| Neftchi | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kholmatov | (Report) | Ali Mohammed |
| Al-Karamah | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Iyad Mando | (Report) |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 10 | |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | |
| 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 3 |
| Sepahan | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mehdi Seyed Salehi | (Report) | Anas Sari |
| Al-Shabab | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Abdullah Al Dosari Naji Majrashi Waleed Al-Gizanii | (Report) |
| Al Ain | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Al-Wehaibi Msalam Faiez Frank Ongfiang | (Report) | Mehdi Seyed Salehi Emad Mohammed |
| Al-Ittihad | 0–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Mohammad Nori Emad Mohammed |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 7 | |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 |
| Sydney FC | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| David Carney Ufuk Talay | (Report) | Robson Ponte Yuichiro Nagai |
| Sydney FC | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Corica Alex Brosque | (Report) |
| Persik Kediri | 3–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cristian Gonzáles Budi Sudarsono | (Report) | Shinji Ono Robson Ponte Yuki Abe |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 6–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Xie Hui Gao Lin Diego Alonso Sergio Blanco | (Report) |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 16 | |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 10 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 4 | |
| 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
| Arema Malang | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Elie Aiboy | (Report) | Magnum Kengo Nakamura |
| Chunnam Dragons | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kang Min-Soo | (Report) | Juninho Magnum |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Juninho Chong Tese | (Report) |
| Chunnam Dragons | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Seung-Hyun Song Tae-Lim | (Report) | Kittisak Siriwaen Kraisorn Pancharoen |
| Bangkok University | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ekkaphan Petvises | (Report) | Taku Harada Takahisa Nishiyama |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 13 | |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 13 | |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 0 |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mota Kim Dong-hyun Adrian Neaga | (Report) | Kabanga Tshamala |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Aleksandar Živković Wang Yongpo | (Report) | Cho Byung-Kuk |
| Gach Dong Tam Long An | 2–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kabanga Tshamala Nguyễn Việt Thắng | (Report) | Wang Yongpo Li Jinyu |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Li Wei Shu Chang | (Report) | Fernando Nathan Burns |
| Gach Dong Tam Long An | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Phan Van Tai Em | (Report) | Mota Choi Sung-Kuk |
| Adelaide United | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Travis Dodd | (Report) |
| Quarter finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
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| 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 (3) | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 (5) | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepahan | 0–0 (5–4p) | 0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | |
| Al-Wahda | 1–1 (a) | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Seognam Ilhwa Chunma | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 4–1 | (2006 Champion) | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Makoto Hasebe Tatsuya Tanaka | Report | Choi Jin-cheul |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Juninho Kazuki Ganaha Masahiro Ohashi Hiroyuki Taniguchi Shuhei Terada | 4–5 | |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepahan | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 4–4 (3–5p) | 2–2 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mota Kim Do-Heon | Report | Tatsuya Tanaka Robson Ponte |
| Sepahan | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mahmoud Karimi Moharram Navidkia | Report | Mohamed Al Shehhi |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepahan | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 |