2009 AFC Champions League group stage

The 2009 AFC Champions League group stage was played from 10 March to 20 May 2009. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knock-out stage of the 2009 AFC Champions League.

Groups

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Al-Hilal 6 4 2 0 10 4 +6 14 Advance to knockout stage
2   Pakhtakor 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13
3   Saba Qom 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5
4   Al-Ahli 6 0 1 5 6 14 −8 1
Al-Ahli  1–2  Pakhtakor
Abd Rabo   89' Report Ahmedov   25'
Z. Tadjiyev   67'
Attendance: 2,551
Al-Hilal  1–1  Qom
Hawsawi   33' Report Hamid Reza Farzaneh   14'

Qom  0–0  Al-Ahli
Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)
Pakhtakor  1–1  Al-Hilal
Z. Tadjiyev   57' Report Rădoi   55' (pen.)

Qom  0–2  Pakhtakor
Report Z. Tadjiyev   56'
F. Tadjiyev   64'
Attendance: 3,645
Al-Hilal  2–1  Al-Ahli
Al-Qahtani   32'
Rădoi   90+3' (pen.)
Report A. Khalil   12'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)

Pakhtakor  2–1  Qom
Ahmedov   36' (pen.)
Andreev   49'
Report Nouri   5'
Al-Ahli  1–3  Al-Hilal
Abd Rabo   3' Report Al Taib   32'
Rădoi   53'
Al-Qahtani   64'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Qom  0–1  Al-Hilal
Report El Taib   42'
Attendance: 900
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Pakhtakor  2–0  Al-Ahli
Z. Tadjiyev   38'
Geynrikh   58'
Report

Al-Hilal  2–0  Pakhtakor
Al-Anbar   37'
Al-Swaileh   64'
Report
Al-Ahli  3–5  Qom
Khamis   31' (pen.)
Al-Hawasin   45' (pen.)
Meydavoudi   66'
Report Fazli   68'
Shafiei   74'
Nouri   75'
Yousefi   82'
Hamrang   87'

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Persepolis 4 2 1 1 5 6 −1 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Al-Shabab 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 7
3   Al-Gharafa 4 1 0 3 7 8 −1 3
4   Sharjah[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[b]
Source: WorldFootball.net
Notes:
  1. ^ Sharjah were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player Abdelaziz Mohamed Al Mazam during the team’s AFC Champions League match against Al Shabab of Saudi Arabia on 8.4.09. Thus, Al Sharjah were fined USD 4000 and the match was awarded to Al Shabab 3-0.[2]
  2. ^ Sharjah withdrew from the competition with two games remaining. Their results were expunged.[3]
Persepolis  Annulled
3–1
  Sharjah
Karimi   28'
Nikbakht   31'
Norouzi   34'
Report Abdulwahab   55'
Attendance: 55,000
Al-Gharafa  1–3  Al-Shabab
Araújo   40' Report Marcelo Camacho   5'
Bin Saran   23'
Al-Shamrani   44'

Al-Shabab  0–0  Persepolis
Report
Sharjah  Annulled
(0–2)
  Al-Gharafa
Report Kamil   16'
Araújo   53'
Attendance: 2,000

Sharjah  Annulled
(1–3)
  Al-Shabab
Anderson Barbosa   12' Report Al-Shamrani   21' (pen.)
Otaif   42'
Marcelo Camacho   49'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Persepolis  3–1  Al-Gharafa
Zare   36' (pen.)
Touré   45+1'
Nikbakht   47'
Report Fernandão   69'
Attendance: 53,204

Al-Shabab  Annulled
(5–0)
  Sharjah
Bin Saran   16', 64'
Al-Shamrani   42' (pen.), 47', 58'
Report
Al-Gharafa  5–1  Persepolis
Fernandão   8'
Araújo   43', 45+1', 81'
Nashat Akram   69'
Report Karimi   76'
Attendance: 1,000

Sharjah  Cancelled  Persepolis
Al-Shabab  1–0  Al-Gharafa
Al-Shamrani   90+2' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

Persepolis  1–0  Al-Shabab
Khalili   46' Report
Attendance: 31,321
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)
Al-Gharafa  Cancelled  Sharjah

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Al-Ittihad 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 12 Advance to knockout stage
2   Umm-Salal 6 2 2 2 6 13 −7 8
3   Al-Jazira 6 0 5 1 6 7 −1 5
4   Esteghlal 6 0 4 2 6 8 −2 4
Al-Jazira  0–1  Umm-Salal
Report Hubail   90+2'
Al-Ittihad  2–1  Esteghlal
Moteab   89'
Aboucherouane   90+3'
Report Borhani   77'

Esteghlal  1–1  Al-Jazira
Kazemi   45+4' Report Fernando Baiano   10'
Attendance: 40,000
Umm-Salal  1–3  Al-Ittihad
N'Diaye   29' Report Al-Montashari   42'
Renato   56'
Aboucherouane   61'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China)

Umm-Salal  1–0  Esteghlal
Fábio César   67' Report

Esteghlal  1–1  Umm-Salal
Borhani   45' Report Ghanem   70'
Attendance: 27,165

Esteghlal  1–1  Al-Ittihad
Alizadeh   89' Report Aboucherouane   80'
Attendance: 15,855
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
Umm-Salal  2–2  Al-Jazira
Hubail   54', 65' Report Khater   22'
Fernando Baiano   29'
Attendance: 2,000

Al-Ittihad  7–0  Umm-Salal
Renato   8', 85'
Hazazi   17', 25', 52'
Al-Saqri   56'
Al-Meshal   77'
Report
Al-Jazira  2–2  Esteghlal
Mabkhout   49'
Saad   70'
Report Alizadeh   79'
Shakouri   84'

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Al-Ettifaq 6 4 0 2 15 8 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage
2   Bunyodkor 6 2 2 2 5 9 −4 8
3   Sepahan 6 2 1 3 9 7 +2 7
4   Al-Shabab 6 2 1 3 6 11 −5 7
Sepahan  2–0  Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
Jafarpour   2'
  90+3'
Report
Bunyodkor  2–1  Al-Ettifaq
Soliev   27', 48' Report Bashir   68'
Attendance: 9,120

Al-Shabab Al-Arabi  2–0  Bunyodkor
Obaid   3'
Mguni   39'
Report
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
Al-Ettifaq  2–1  Sepahan
Al-Qahtani   64'
Al-Hamed   86'
Report Khatibi   45+2'

Bunyodkor  2–2  Sepahan
Salomov   27'
Ashurmatov   74'
Report Aghili   45+2'
Emad Mohammed   60'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)
Al-Ettifaq  4–1  Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
Tagoe   7', 82'
Bashir   16', 67'
Report Abdullah   45+3'

Sepahan  0–1  Bunyodkor
Report Kapadze   19'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi  1–4  Al-Ettifaq
Marcos Assunção   15' (pen.) Report Tagoe   30', 54', 84'
Al-Qahtani   90+4'
Attendance: 1,500

Al-Shabab Al-Arabi  2–1  Sepahan
Mguni   1'
Saad   51'
Report Emad Mohammed   70'
Al-Ettifaq  4–0  Bunyodkor
Tagoe   16', 38'
Bashir   48'
Al Raja   81'
Report

Sepahan  3–0  Al-Ettifaq
Papi   2'
Asghari   52'
Azizzadeh   81'
Report
Bunyodkor  0–0  Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
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Attendance: 8,500

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Nagoya Grampus 6 3 3 0 10 4 +6 12 Advance to knockout stage
2   Newcastle Jets 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10
3   Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 6 2 0 4 4 10 −6 6
4   Beijing Guoan 6 1 2 3 4 5 −1 5
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i  1–3  Nagoya Grampus
Cho Jin-Soo   25' Report Yoshida   54'
Davi   77'
Magnum   87'
Attendance: 3,156
Beijing Guoan  2–0  Newcastle United Jets
R. Griffiths   7'
Du Wenhui   90+3'
Report
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)


Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i  1–0  Beijing Guoan
Oh Jang-Eun   69' Report
Attendance: 1,389

Newcastle United Jets  0–1  Nagoya Grampus
Report Ogawa   57'

Nagoya Grampus  4–1  Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Ogawa   14', 72'
Maki   23'
Davi   59'
Report Kim Shin-Wook   42'

Beijing Guoan  1–1  Nagoya Grampus
Guo Hui   81' Report Niikawa   35'
Attendance: 14,080
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Gamba Osaka 6 5 0 1 17 4 +13 15 Advance to knockout stage
2   FC Seoul 6 3 1 2 14 11 +3 10
3   Shandong Luneng 6 2 1 3 10 9 +1 7
4   Sriwijaya 6 1 0 5 7 24 −17 3
Gamba Osaka  3–0  Shandong Luneng
Leandro   20'
Endo   72' (pen.)
Sasaki   79'
Report
Attendance: 10,312
Sriwijaya  2–4  FC Seoul
Ngon   70', 74' Report Jung Jo-Gook   32'
Kim Chi-Woo   57', 68'
Kim Seung-Yong   78'
Attendance: 20,000

FC Seoul  2–4  Gamba Osaka
Jung Jo-Gook   53'
Lee Sang-Hyup   90+3'
Report Yamazaki   13'
Leandro   61', 74', 83'
Shandong Luneng  5–0  Sriwijaya
Li Jinyu   16', 26'
Han Peng   20'
Mrdaković   80', 84'
Report

Gamba Osaka  5–0  Sriwijaya
Leandro   40', 44'
Ammar   49' (o.g.)
Yamaguchi   51'
M. Yasuda   67'
Report
Attendance: 10,249
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Shandong Luneng  2–0  FC Seoul
Lü Zheng   54'
Han Peng   72'
Report
Attendance: 13,586
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Sriwijaya  0–3  Gamba Osaka
Report Leandro   30'
Sasaki   45'
Cho Jae-Jin   75'

FC Seoul  5–1  Sriwijaya
Damjanović   17', 72', 90+2'
Sim Woo-Yeon   75', 79'
Report Gumbs   62'
Attendance: 15,295
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)

Gamba Osaka  1–2  FC Seoul
Usami   64' Report Damjanović   74'
Kim Han-Yoon   90+1'
Sriwijaya  4–2  Shandong Luneng
Gumbs   53'
Krangar   73', 80'
Nasuha   87'
Report Han Peng   42'
Gao Di   43'
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Kashima Antlers 6 4 1 1 16 6 +10 13 Advance to knockout stage
2   Suwon Samsung Bluewings 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12
3   Shanghai Shenhua 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8
4   Singapore Armed Forces 6 0 1 5 4 19 −15 1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings  4–1  Kashima Antlers
Li Weifeng   44'
Edu   45+1'
Hong Soon-Hak   82'
Park Hyun-Beom   90+1'
Report Marquinhos   90+2'
Attendance: 14,126
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)
Shanghai Shenhua  4–1  Singapore Armed Forces
Barcos   25' (pen.), 90+4'
Yu Tao   74'
Yin Xifu   85'
Report Wilkinson   64'
Attendance: 8,000

Kashima Antlers  2–0  Shanghai Shenhua
Nozawa   45'
Osako   80'
Report

Singapore Armed Forces  1–4  Kashima Antlers
Osman   26' Report Motoyama   23'
Uchida   43'
Osako   47' 
Aoki   90+3'
Shanghai Shenhua  2–1  Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Vâlkanov   18'
Hleb   76'
Report Li Weifeng   65'
Attendance: 20,000

Kashima Antlers  5–0  Singapore Armed Forces
Nozawa   29'
Koroki   38', 74'
Ogasawara   50'
Osako   54'
Report
Suwon Samsung Bluewings  2–1  Shanghai Shenhua
Lee Sang-ho   41'
Bae Ki-Jong   44'
Report Vâlkanov   12'
Attendance: 10,068
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Kashima Antlers  3–0  Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Oiwa   27'
Marquinhos   32', 75'
Report
Singapore Armed Forces  1–1  Shanghai Shenhua
Latiff   29' Report Barcos   90+1'

Shanghai Shenhua  1–1  Kashima Antlers
Milligan   9' Report Marquinhos   31'

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Pohang Steelers 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12 Advance to knockout stage
2   Kawasaki Frontale 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10
3   Tianjin Teda 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8
4   Central Coast Mariners 6 0 2 4 5 13 −8 2
Kawasaki Frontale  1–0  Tianjin Teda
Renatinho   16' Report

Pohang Steelers  1–1  Kawasaki Frontale
Kim Jae-Sung   12' Report Terada   24'
Attendance: 7,335
Tianjin Teda  2–2  Central Coast Mariners
Éber   37'
Wu Wei'an   66'
Report Caceres   48'
Simon   61'


Kawasaki Frontale  2–1  Central Coast Mariners
Juninho   46' 
Renatinho   81'
Report Simon   59'
Tianjin Teda  0–0  Pohang Steelers
Report
Attendance: 19,831

Pohang Steelers  3–2  Central Coast Mariners
Denilson   8', 71', 88' Report Kwasnik   54', 57'
Attendance: 11,539
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Tianjin Teda  3–1  Kawasaki Frontale
Ma Leilei   12', 19'
Tommasi   90+4'
Report Renatinho   51'

Central Coast Mariners  0–1  Tianjin Teda
Report Mao Biao   64'
Attendance: 5,843
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)

References

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  1. ^ Postponed from the 10th to the 11th because of a sandstorm
  2. ^ Sharjah found guilty of fielding an ineligible player
  3. ^ "Sharjah SC withdraw from ACL". AFC. 2009-05-04. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-06.