2006 AFC Champions League

2006 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates8 March - 8 November 2006
Teams25
Final positions
Champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (1st title)
Runners-up Al-Karamah
Tournament statistics
Matches played78
Goals scored250 (3.21 per match)
Top scorer(s) Magno Alves
(8 goals)
Best player(s) Choi Jin-cheul[1]
2005
2007

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.

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.

  1. ^ As two clubs from Group F and two clubs from Group G were disqualified, the remaining clubs in these groups played each other home and away.

Teams

West Asia East Asia
Quarter-finals
Team Qualifying method Team Qualifying method
Al-Ittihad Defending champions
Group Stage
Team Qualifying method Team Qualifying method
Foolad 2004–05 Iran Pro League champions Dalian Shide 2005 Chinese Super League champions &
2005 Chinese FA Cup winners
Saba Battery 2004–05 Hazfi Cup winners and 2005 Iranian Super Cup winners Shanghai Shenhua 2005 Chinese Super League runners-up
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2004–05 Iraqi Premier League champions Persipura Jayapura[Note DSQ] 2005 Liga Indonesia Premier Division champions
Al-Minaa 2004–05 Iraqi Premier League runners-up Arema Malang[Note DSQ] 2005 Copa Indonesia winners
Al Qadisiya 2004–05 Kuwaiti Premier League champions Gamba Osaka 2005 J.League Division 1 champions
Al-Arabi 2005 Kuwait Emir Cup winners Tokyo Verdy 1969 2004 Emperor's Cup winners
Al-Gharafa 2004–05 Qatar Stars League champions Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2005 K League champions
Al Sadd 2004–05 Emir of Qatar Cup winners Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2005 Korean FA Cup winners
Al Hilal 2004–05 Saudi Premier League champions &
2004–05 Saudi Crown Prince Cup winners
TTM FC[Note DSQ] 2004–05 Thai League champions
Al Shabab 2004–05 Saudi Premier League runners-up PEA FC[Note DSQ] 2004–05 Thai League runners-up
Al-Ittihad 2004–05 Syrian Premier League champions &
2004-05 Syrian Cup winners
Đồng Tâm Long An 2005 V-League champions &
2005 Vietnamese Cup winners
Al-Karamah 2004–05 Syrian Premier League runners-up Da Nang 2005 V-League runners-up
Al Wahda 2004–05 UAE Football League champions
Al Ain 2004–05 UAE President's Cup winners
Pakhtakor 2005 Uzbek League champions &
2005 Uzbekistan Cup winners
Mash'al 2005 Uzbek League runners-up
Notes
  1. ^
    The two clubs from Indonesia (Persipura Jayapura and Arema Malang) and the two clubs from Thailand (TTM FC and PEA FC) were disqualified from the competition by the AFC for failing to submit their player registration forms in time. Consequently, Groups F and G only have two teams each.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Qadisiya 6 3 2 1 9 11 −2 11
Pakhtakor 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10
Al-Ittihad 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8
Foolad 6 1 1 4 8 9 −1 4
Source:
Foolad 6–0 Al Qadisiya
Rameshgar 10'
Soleimani 27'
Badavi 34'
Khaziravi 54'
Ahmadi 59'
Montazeri 72'
Pakhtakor 2–0 Al-Ittihad
Inomov 16'
Kletskov 85'

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 Qadisiya 1–0 Al-Ittihad
Al-Mutawa 83'

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Ain 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13
Al-Hilal 6 3 1 2 12 7 +5 10
Mash'al 6 2 2 2 7 11 −4 8
Al-Minaa 6 0 2 4 6 11 −5 2
Al-Minaa 0–1 Mash'al
Kholmurodov 31'
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'
Al-Minaa 1–1 Al-Hilal
Falah 34' Giovanni 48'

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Karamah 6 4 0 2 10 11 −1 12
Saba Battery 6 3 1 2 13 8 +5 10
Al-Wahda 6 2 1 3 14 15 −1 7
Al-Gharafa 6 2 0 4 11 14 −3 6
Source:
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'

Saba Battery 1–2 Al-Karamah
Daei 16' Al-Hussain 63'
Ibrahim 90'
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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Shabab 6 4 1 1 9 6 +3 13
Al Sadd 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 6
Al-Arabi 6 1 0 5 5 12 −7 3
Source:
Al-Arabi 0–1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Abdul-Ghani 76'

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-Shabab 2–0 Al-Arabi
Al-Shamrani 11'
Attram 13'

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13
Dalian Shide 6 4 0 2 7 6 +1 12
Gamba Osaka 6 3 1 2 26 7 +19 10
Da Nang 6 0 0 6 1 27 −26 0
Source:
Da Nang 0–2 Dalian Shide
Zou Jie 40'
Ji Mingyi 48'
Attendance: 20,000

Dalian Shide 1–0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Zou Jie 40'
Attendance: 21,000
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

Da Nang 0–1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Zé Carlos 21'
Attendance: 2,000
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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
Tokyo Verdy 1969 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
TTM FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Arema Malang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ a b TTM FC and Arema Malang were disqualified for failing to fill in their player registration forms in time.

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Shanghai Shenhua 2 2 0 0 7 3 +4 6
Đồng Tâm Long An 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0
Persipura Jayapura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
PEA FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Persipura Jayapura and PEA FC were disqualified for failing to fill in their player registration forms in time.
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 finals Semi-finals Final
            
Shanghai Shenhua 1 2 3
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 4 4
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 4 6
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 3 1 4
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 6 1 7
Al-Shabab 0 0 0
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 1 3
Al-Karamah 0 2 2
Al-Ittihad 2 0 2
Al-Karamah (a.e.t.) 0 4 4
Al-Karamah 0 1 1
Al Qadisiya 0 0 0
Al Qadisiya 2 3 5
Al Ain 2 0 2

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 7–0 Al-Shabab 6–0 1–0
Shanghai Shenhua 3–4 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–0 2–4
Al Qadisiya 5–2 Al Ain 2–2 3–0
Al-Ittihad (2005 Champion) 2–4 Al-Karamah 2–0 0–4 (a.e.t.)

First leg

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 6–0 Al-Shabab
Lee Chun-soo 22'
Lee Sang-ho 28'
Choi Sung-kuk 35', 78'
Leandrão 69'
Machado 87'
Attendance: 3,873


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 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6–4 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2–3 4–1
Al-Karamah 1–0 Al Qadisiya 0–0 1–0

First leg


Al-Karamah 0–0 Al Qadisiya

Second leg

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 6–4 on aggregate.


Al Qadisiya 0–1 Al-Karamah
Jenyat 15'

Al-Karamah won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3–2 Al-Karamah 2–0 1–2

First leg

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–0 Al-Karamah
Yeom Ki-hun 59'
Botti 90+1'
Attendance: 25,830

Second leg

Al-Karamah 2–1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Mando 54'
Ibrahim 61'
Zé Carlos 86'

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate.

Top scorers

  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
Rank Player Club MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2 F1 F2 Total
1 Magno Alves Gamba Osaka 1 4 2 1 8
2 Fernandinho Gamba Osaka 4 2 6
Nenad Jestrović Al Ain 2 1 2 1
4 Ali Daei Saba Battery 2 1 2 5
Gao Lin Shanghai Shenhua 3 1 1
A'ala Hubail Al-Gharafa 2 3
Kim Hyeung-bum Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 1 2
Bader Al-Mutawa Al Qadisiya 1 1 1 2
Zé Carlos Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 2 1 1
10 Godwin Attram Al-Shabab 2 1 1 4
Choi Sung-kuk Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1 2 1
Mohannad Ibrahim Al-Karamah 1 2 1
Carlos Tenorio Al Sadd 1 1 2
Zou Jie Dalian Shide 1 1 1 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "전북 현대 AFC 챔피언스리그 우승". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 9 November 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2021.