AFC Champions League 2009

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2009 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	11 March 2009 - 06 November 2009
Teams	32
Tournament statistics
Matches played	0 out of 117

AFC Champions League 2009 will be the 28th AFC Champions League. It will be played between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation. The winner will plays in 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.

The champions league will be expanded to 32 clubs this year. An extra stage in the knockout phase will be added so that the runners up as well as the winners from the group stage will progress. The previous season winner will no longer get a bye through to the knockout round.

The AFC Calendar for 2009 ^[1] has a two-legged playoff round scheduled for 18 February and 25 February. There is also a standard six matchday group phase (from March to May) plus a "seventh matchday" (separately for East and West zones) before the two-legged quarter finals in September, two-legged semi finals in October and a one-off final in November.

Contents 1 Qualification 1.1 AFC Final Assessment Ranking 1.2 Allocation of entries per association 2 Qualifying teams 2.1 Qualifying play-off 2.2 Group stage 3 Round and draw dates 4 Qualifying Play-off 4.1 East Asia 4.2 West Asia 5 Group Stage 5.1 Group A 5.2 Group B 5.3 Group C 5.4 Group D 5.5 Group E 5.6 Group F 5.7 Group G 5.8 Group H 6 Knockout Stage 6.1 Bracket 6.2 Round of Sixteen 6.3 Quarter-finals 6.4 Semi-finals 6.5 Final 7 Notes and References 8 External links

[edit] Qualification

A total of 38 teams will participate in the 2009 Champions League^[2].

[edit] AFC Final Assessment Ranking

P	Associations	Pts (Total 500)	Spots
			Group stage	Qualifying play-off	AFC Cup
1	Japan	470	4	0	0
2	Korea Republic	438	4	0	0
3	China PR	415	4	0	0
4	Saudi Arabia	359	4	0	0
5	UAE	349	4	0	0
6	Iran	336	4	0	0
7	Australia	306	2	0	0
8	Indonesia	287	1	0	1
9	Singapore	237	0	1	1
10	Syria	229	0	1	1
11	Uzbekistan	229	0	1	1
12	Qatar	226	0	1	1
13	Thailand	213	0	1	1
14	Jordan	212	1	0	1
15	Vietnam	211	0	1	1
16	Kuwait	203	1	0	1
17	India	199	1	0	1
18	Malaysia	179	0	0	2
19	Hong Kong	148	0	0	2
20	Oman	140	0	0	2
21	Bahrain	139	0	0	2

	East Asia
	West Asia
	Meet the criteria
	Ensured to meet the criteria by 1 October 2008
	Not ensured to meet the criteria by 1 October 2008
	Do not meet the criteria

[edit] Allocation of entries per association

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2009 Champions League:

Qualifying play-off: (8 teams)

• Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Syria, Uzbekistan and Qatar each have 1 team qualify
• AFC Cup 2008 Champions and Runners-up

Group stage: (32 teams)

• 2 qualifying play-off entries
• 4 teams qualify: Japan, Korea Republic, China PR, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iran
• 2 teams qualify: Australia
• 1 team qualify: Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, India

[edit] Qualifying teams

[edit] Qualifying play-off

East Asia S.League 2008 Champions Thailand Premier League 2008 Champions V-League 2008 Champions AFC Cup 2008 Champions / Runners-up

West Asia Al-Karamah Uzbek League 2008 Champions Al-Gharafa AFC Cup 2008 Champions / Runners-up

[edit] Group stage

East Asia J. League 2008 Champions J. League 2008 Runners-up J. League 2008 3rd place Emperor's Cup 2008 Champions K-League 2008 Champions K-League 2008 Runners-up K-League 2008 3rd place Korean FA Cup 2008 Champions Chinese Super League 2008 Champions Chinese Super League 2008 Runners-up Chinese Super League 2008 3rd place Chinese Super League 2008 4th place Central Coast Mariners Newcastle Jets Sriwijaya East Asia Play-off Winner

West Asia Al-Hilal Al-Ittihad Al-Shabab Al-Ittifaq Al Shabab Al Arabi Al-Jazira Al-Ahli Al Wasl Persepolis Sepahan Saba Battery Esteghlal or Pegah[3] Al-Wihdat Al Kuwait Dempo West Asia Play-off Winner

[edit] Round and draw dates

Date	Event
2009-01-07	Draw for Group stage
2009-02-18	Qualifying Play-off Semi-finals
2009-02-25	Qualifying Play-off Finals
2009-03-11	Group stage, Matchday 1
2009-03-18	Group stage, Matchday 2
2009-04-08	Group stage, Matchday 3
2009-04-22	Group stage, Matchday 4
2009-05-06	Group stage, Matchday 5
2009-05-20	Group stage, Matchday 6
2009-05-27	Round of 16, West Asia
2009-06-24	Round of 16, East Asia
TBC	Draw for remaining rounds
2009-09-23	Quarter-finals, 1st leg
2009-09-30	Quarter-finals, 2nd leg
2009-10-21	Semi-finals, 1st leg
2009-10-28	Semi-finals, 2nd leg
2009-11-06	Final

[edit] Qualifying Play-off

[edit] East Asia

	Semi-finals				Final

[edit] West Asia

	Semi-finals				Final
	Al-Karamah
	Al-Gharafa

[edit] Group Stage

The draw of Group stage will be held on 07 January 2009.

Each club plays double round-robin (home and away) against fellow three group members, a total of 6 matches each. Clubs receive 3pts for a win, 1pt for a tie, 0pts for a loss. The clubs are ranked according to points and tie breakers are in following order:

• Points earned between the clubs in question
• Goal Differential between the clubs in question
• Goal Differential within the group
• Goal For within the group

Winners and runners-up of each group qualifies to the next round.

[edit] Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Al-Wihdat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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[edit] Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Al Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

– – – – – – – – – Al Kuwait – – –

[edit] Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dempo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

– – – – – – – – – Dempo – – –

[edit] Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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[edit] Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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[edit] Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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[edit] Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sriwijaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

– – – – – – – – – Sriwijaya – – –

[edit] Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

– – – – – – – – – – – –

[edit] Knockout Stage

[edit] Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
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[edit] Round of Sixteen

2009-05-27	Winner of Group A	v	Runner-up of Group D

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2009-05-27	Winner of Group B	v	Runner-up of Group C

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2009-05-27	Winner of Group C	v	Runner-up of Group B

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2009-05-27	Winner of Group D	v	Runner-up of Group A

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2009-06-24	Winner of Group E	v	Runner-up of Group H

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2009-06-24	Winner of Group F	v	Runner-up of Group G

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2009-06-24	Winner of Group G	v	Runner-up of Group F

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2009-06-24	Winner of Group H	v	Runner-up of Group E

[edit] Quarter-finals

First leg

2009-09-23		v

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2009-09-23		v

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2009-09-23		v

Second Leg

2009-09-30		v

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2009-09-30		v

[edit] Semi-finals

First leg

2009-10-21		v

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2009-10-21		v

Second Leg

2009-10-28		v

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2009-10-28		v

[edit] Final

2009-11-06		v

[edit] Notes and References

[edit] External links

• AFC Champions League Official Page (English)

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