2005 AFC Champions League

2005 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates March 2005 - November 2005
Teams 29
Final positions
Champions Al-Ittihad (2nd title)
Runners-up Al Ain
Tournament statistics
Matches played 98
Goals scored 286 (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s) N.A.
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The 2005 AFC Champions League was the 24th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 3rd edition under the current AFC Champions League title.

The championship was retained by the Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad with a 5-3 aggregate victory over UAE side Al Ain. Following a 1-1 draw at the Tahnon Bin Mohammed Stadium in Al Ain in the first leg, Ittihad recorded a 4-2 victory at the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah to lift the trophy for the second consecutive season.

Contents

Format

Group Stage

A total of 28 clubs are divided into 7 groups of four, based on region i.e. East Asian and Southeast Asian clubs are drawn in Group E to F, while rest are grouped in Group A to D. 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:

The seven group winners along with the defending champions qualifies to the quarter-finals.

Knockout Round

All 8 clubs are randomly matched; however, the only restriction is that the clubs from same country cannot face each other in the quarterfinals. The games are conduced in 2 legs, home and away, and the aggregates goals decides the match winner. If the aggregate goals cannot produce a winner, away goal rules in used. If still tied, clubs play extra time, where away goal rule still applies. If stilled tied, the game goes to penalties.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
PAS 6 5 1 0 12 4 16
Al Salmiya 6 3 0 3 8 9 9
Al Rayyan 6 2 1 3 6 7 7
Al Shurta 6 0 2 4 2 8 2

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Al Ain 6 4 1 1 13 6 13
Sepahan 6 3 2 1 10 6 11
Al Shabab 6 3 1 2 7 7 10
Al Wahda 6 0 0 6 5 16 0

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Al Sadd 6 4 0 2 8 6 12
Neftchi 6 3 0 3 8 7 9
Al Kuwait 6 2 1 3 5 6 7
Al Ahli 6 2 1 3 8 10 7

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Al Ahli 6 5 0 1 18 5 15
Pakhtakor Tashkent 6 3 0 3 9 8 9
Al Zawra 6 2 1 3 6 13 7
Al Jaish 6 1 1 4 7 14 4

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Shenzhen Jianlibao 6 4 1 1 9 3 13
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 6 4 1 1 14 3 13
Jubilo Iwata 6 3 0 3 11 4 9
Hoang Anh GL 6 0 0 6 1 25 0

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Shandong Luneng Taishan 6 6 0 0 15 2 18
Yokohama F. Marinos 6 4 0 2 10 4 12
PSM Makassar 6 1 1 4 4 14 4
BEC Tero 6 0 1 5 3 12 1

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Busan I'Park 6 6 0 0 25 0 18
Krung Thai 6 3 0 3 5 9 9
Persebaya 6 1 1 4 2 10 4
Binh Dinh 6 1 1 4 2 15 4

Quarter finals

First-leg home team shown first. First-leg home team score shown first for both legs.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Al Ahli 3-4 Shenzhen Jianlibao 2-1 1-3 (aet)
Shandong Luneng Taishan 3-8 Al-Ittihad 1-1 2-7
Busan I'Park 5-1 Al Sadd 3-0 2-1
Al Ain 4-4 PAS 1-1 3-3

Semi-finals

First-leg home team shown first. First-leg home team score shown first for both legs.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Shenzhen Jianlibao 0-6 Al Ain 0-6 0-0
Al-Ittihad 7-0 Busan I'Park 5-0 2-0

Final

First-leg home team shown first. First-leg home team score shown first for both legs.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Al Ain 3-5 Al-Ittihad 1-1 2-4

See also

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