2009 AFC Champions League group stage

Main article: AFC Champions League 2009

The AFC Champions League 2009 group stage matches will take place between 10 March and 20 May 2009.

1 Groups
2 References

Groups

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Hilal	6	4	2	0	10	4	+6	14
Pakhtakor	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13
Saba Battery	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5
Al-Ahli	6	0	1	5	6	14	−8	1

10 March 2009 19:15 (UTC+4)	Al-Ahli	1 – 2	Pakhtakor	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 2,551 Referee: Abdullah Al-Hilali (Oman)
	Abd Rabo 89'	Report	Ahmedov 25' Z. Tadjiyev 67'

11 March 2009^[1] 18:40 (UTC+3)	Al-Hilal	1 – 1	Saba Battery	King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
	Hawsawi 33'	Report	Farzaneh 14'

17 March 2009 15:00 (UTC+3:30)	Saba Battery	0 – 0	Al-Ahli	Yadegar Emam Stadium, Qom Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)
		Report

17 March 2009 17:00 (UTC+5)	Pakhtakor	1 – 1	Al-Hilal	Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 10,454 Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
	Z. Tadjiyev 57'	Report	Rădoi 55' (pen.)

7 April 2009 16:00 (UTC+4:30)	Saba Battery	0 – 2	Pakhtakor	Yadegar Emam Stadium, Qom Attendance: 3,645 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)
		Report	Z. Tadjiyev 56' F. Tadjiyev 64'

7 April 2009 20:35 (UTC+3)	Al-Hilal	2 – 1	Al-Ahli	King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
	Al-Qahtani 32' Rădoi 90+3' (pen.)	Report	A. Khalil 12'

22 April 2009 17:30 (UTC+5)	Pakhtakor	2 – 1	Saba Battery	Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)
	Ahmedov 36' (pen.) Andreev 49'	Report	Nouri 5'

22 April 2009 19:35 (UTC+4)	Al-Ahli	1 – 3	Al-Hilal	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
	Abd Rabo 3'	Report	El Taib 32' Rădoi 53' Al-Qahtani 64'

6 May 2009 16:30 (UTC+4:30)	Saba Battery	0 – 1	Al-Hilal	Yadegar Emam Stadium, Qom Attendance: 900 Referee: Tan Hai (China)
		Report	El Taib 42'

6 May 2009 18:30 (UTC+5)	Pakhtakor	2 – 0	Al-Ahli	Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)
	Z. Tadjiyev 38' Geynrikh 58'	Report

20 May 2009 20:50 (UTC+3)	Al-Hilal	2 – 0	Pakhtakor	King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 11,251 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
	Al-Anbar 37' Al-Swaileh 64'	Report

20 May 2009 19:50 (UTC+4)	Al-Ahli	3 – 5	Saba Battery	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 326 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)
	Khamis 31' (pen.) Al-Hawasin 45' (pen.) Meydavoudi 66'	Report	Fazli 68' Shafiei 74' Nouri 75' Yousefi 82' Hamrang 87'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Persepolis	4	2	1	1	5	6	−1	7
Al-Shabab	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7
Al-Gharafa	4	1	0	3	7	7	−1	3

Sharjah withdrew from the competition with two games remaining. All results were declared null and void ^[2]

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. ^[3]

10 March 2009 15:00 (UTC+3:30)	Persepolis	3 – 1	Sharjah	Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
	Karimi 28' Nikbakht 31' Norouzi 34'	Report	Abdulwahab 55'

10 March 2009 18:15 (UTC+3)	Al-Gharafa	1 – 3	Al-Shabab	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha Attendance: 500 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Araújo 40'	Report	Marcelo Camacho 5' Bin Saran 23' Al-Shamrani 44'

17 March 2009 20:30 (UTC+3)	Al-Shabab	0 – 0	Persepolis	King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Choi Myung-Yong (Korea Republic)
		Report

17 March 2009 19:15 (UTC+4)	Sharjah	0 – 2	Al-Gharafa	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)
		Report	Kamil 16' Araújo 53'

8 April 2009 19:20 (UTC+4)	Sharjah	1 – 3	Al-Shabab	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tan Hai (China)
	Anderson Barbosa 12'	Report	Al-Shamrani 21' (pen.) Otaif 42' Marcelo Camacho 49'

8 April 2009 16:00 (UTC+4:30)	Persepolis	3 – 1	Al-Gharafa	Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 53,204 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
	Zare 36' (pen.) Touré 45+1' Nikbakht 47'	Report	Fernandão 69'

21 April 2009 20:40 (UTC+3)	Al-Shabab	5 – 0	Sharjah	King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 2,950 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
	Bin Saran 16', 64' Al-Shamrani 42' (pen.), 47', 58'	Report

21 April 2009 18:30 (UTC+3)	Al-Gharafa	5 – 1	Persepolis	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
	Fernandão 8' Araújo 43', 45+1', 81' Nashat Akram 69'	Report	Karimi 76'

6 May 2009 19:30 (UTC+4)	Sharjah	Cancelled	Persepolis	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
				Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah

6 May 2009 20:45 (UTC+3)	Al-Shabab	1 – 0	Al-Gharafa	King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
	Al-Shamrani 90+2' (pen.)	Report

20 May 2009 17:00 (UTC+4:30)	Persepolis	1 – 0	Al-Shabab	Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 31,321 Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)
	Khalili 46'	Report

20 May 2009 18:45 (UTC+3)	Al-Gharafa	Cancelled	Sharjah	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha
				Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ittihad	6	3	3	0	14	4	+10	12
Umm-Salal	6	2	2	2	6	13	−7	8
Al-Jazira	6	0	5	1	6	7	−1	5
Esteghlal	6	0	4	2	6	8	−2	4

11 March 2009 17:30 (UTC+4)	Al-Jazira	0 – 1	Umm-Salal	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 6,920 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
		Report	Hubail 90+2'

11 March 2009 20:30 (UTC+3)	Al-Ittihad	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Masaaki Iemeto (Japan)
	Moteab 87' Aboucherouane 90+3'	Report	Borhani 77'

18 March 2009 15:00 (UTC+3:30)	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Al-Jazira	Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Kazemi 45+4'	Report	Fernando Baiano 10'

18 March 2009 18:00 (UTC+3)	Umm-Salal	1 – 3	Al-Ittihad	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Tan Hai (China)
	N'Diaye 29'	Report	Al-Montashari 42' Renato 56' Aboucherouane 61'

7 April 2009 19:00 (UTC+3)	Umm-Salal	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)
	Fábio César 67'	Report

7 April 2009 19:00 (UTC+4)	Al-Jazira	0 – 0	Al-Ittihad	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 11,830 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
		Report

22 April 2009 16:00 (UTC+4:30)	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Umm-Salal	Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 27,165 Referee: Abdullah Al-Hilali (Oman)
	Borhani 45'	Report	Ghanem 70'

22 April 2009 20:40 (UTC+3)	Al-Ittihad	1 – 1	Al-Jazira	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
	Al-Muwallad 40'	Report	Fernando Baiano 71'

5 May 2009 17:00 (UTC+4:30)	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Al-Ittihad	Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 15,855 Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
	Alizadeh 89'	Report	Aboucherouane 80'

5 May 2009 19:00 (UTC+3)	Umm-Salal	2 – 2	Al-Jazira	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
	Hubail 54', 65'	Report	Khater 22' Fernando Baiano 29'

19 May 2009 20:50 (UTC+3)	Al-Ittihad	7 – 0	Umm-Salal	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah Attendance: 7,594 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Renato 8', 85' Hazazi 17', 25', 52' Al-Saqri 56' Al-Meshal 77'	Report

19 May 2009 20:30 (UTC+4)	Al-Jazira	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
	Mabkhout 49' Saad 70'	Report	Alizadeh 79' Shakouri 84'

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ettifaq	6	4	0	2	15	8	+7	12
Bunyodkor	6	2	2	2	5	9	−4	8
Sepahan	6	2	1	3	9	7	+2	7
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7

11 March 2009 15:30 (UTC+3:30)	Sepahan	2 – 0	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	Foolad Shahr Stadium, Esfahan Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)
	Jafarpour 2' Sá 90+3'	Report

11 March 2009 17:00 (UTC+5)	Bunyodkor	2 – 1	Al-Ettifaq	JAR Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 9,120 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)
	Soliev 27', 48'	Report	Bashir 68'

18 March 2009 20:30 (UTC+4)	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	2 – 0	Bunyodkor	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
	Obaid 3' Mguni 39'	Report

18 March 2009 20:00 (UTC+3)	Al-Ettifaq	2 – 1	Sepahan	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
	Al-Qahtani 64' Al-Hamed 86'	Report	Khatibi 45+2'

8 April 2009 18:00 (UTC+5)	Bunyodkor	2 – 2	Sepahan	JAR Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)
	Salomov 27' Ashurmatov 74'	Report	Aghili 45+2' Emad Mohammed 60'

8 April 2009 20:00 (UTC+3)	Al-Ettifaq	4 – 1	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
	Tagoe 7', 82' Bashir 16', 67'	Report	Abdullah 45+3'

21 April 2009 16:00 (UTC+4:30)	Sepahan	0 – 1	Bunyodkor	Foolad Shahr Stadium, Esfahan Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
		Report	Kapadze 19'

21 April 2009 19:30 (UTC+4)	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	1 – 4	Al-Ettifaq	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
	Marcos Assunção 15' (pen.)	Report	Tagoe 30', 54', 84' Al-Qahtani 90+4'

5 May 2009 20:30 (UTC+4)	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	2 – 1	Sepahan	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 720 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
	Mguni 1' Saad 51'	Report	Emad Mohammed 70'

5 May 2009 20:00 (UTC+3)	Al-Ettifaq	4 – 0	Bunyodkor	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
	Tagoe 16', 38' Bashir 48' Al-Raja 81'	Report

19 May 2009 17:00 (UTC+4:30)	Sepahan	3 – 0	Al-Ettifaq	Foolad Shahr Stadium, Esfahan Attendance: 400 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
	Papi 2' Asghari 52' Azizzadeh 81'	Report

19 May 2009 19:00 (UTC+5)	Bunyodkor	0 – 0	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	JAR Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Abdullah Al-Hilali (Oman)
		Report

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nagoya Grampus	6	3	3	0	10	4	+6	12
Newcastle Jets	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	6	2	0	4	4	10	−6	6
Beijing Guoan	6	1	2	3	4	5	−1	5

10 March 2009 19:30 (UTC+9)	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	1 – 3	Nagoya Grampus	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 3,156 Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)
	Cho Jin-Soo 25'	Report	Yoshida 54' Davi 77' Magnum 87'

10 March 2009 20:00 (UTC+8)	Beijing Guoan	2 – 0	Newcastle United Jets	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
	R. Griffiths 7' Du Wenhui 90+3'	Report

17 March 2009 19:00 (UTC+9)	Nagoya Grampus	0 – 0	Beijing Guoan	Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya Attendance: 7,374 Referee: Hasan Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
		Report

17 March 2009 20:00 (UTC+10)	Newcastle United Jets	2 – 0	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle Attendance: 7,314 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
	Petrovski 15', 43'	Report

7 April 2009 19:00 (UTC+9)	Nagoya Grampus	1 – 1	Newcastle United Jets	Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya Attendance: 7,198 Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
	Tamada 65'	Report	Elrich 9'

7 April 2009 19:00 (UTC+9)	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	1 – 0	Beijing Guoan	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 1,389 Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (UAE)
	Oh Jang-Eun 69'	Report

22 April 2009 20:00 (UTC+10)	Newcastle United Jets	0 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle Attendance: 8,492 Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)
		Report	Ogawa 57'

22 April 2009 20:00 (UTC+8)	Beijing Guoan	0 – 1	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 32,465 Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
		Report	Oh Jang-Eun 73'

6 May 2009 15:00 (UTC+9)	Nagoya Grampus	4 – 1	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya Attendance: 9,049 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
	Ogawa 14', 72' Maki 23' Davi 59'	Report	Kim Shin-Wook 42'

6 May 2009 20:00 (UTC+10)	Newcastle United Jets	2 – 1	Beijing Guoan	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle Attendance: 6,106 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)
	Petrovski 88' Rooney 90+4	Report	R. Griffiths 69'

20 May 2009 19:00 (UTC+8)	Beijing Guoan	1 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 14,080 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
	Guo Hui 81'	Report	Niikawa 35'

20 May 2009 19:30 (UTC+9)	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	0 – 1	Newcastle United Jets	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)
		Report	Hoffman 36'

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Gamba Osaka	6	5	0	1	17	4	+13	15
FC Seoul	6	3	1	2	14	11	+3	10
Shandong Luneng	6	2	1	3	10	9	+1	7
Sriwijaya	6	1	0	5	7	24	−17	3

10 March 2009 19:00 (UTC+9)	Gamba Osaka	3 – 0	Shandong Luneng	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita Attendance: 10,312 Referee: Mohamed Al-Saeedi (UAE)
	Leandro 20' Endo 72' (pen.) Sasaki 79'	Report

10 March 2009 19:00 (UTC+7)	Sriwijaya	2 – 4	FC Seoul	Jakabaring Stadium, Palembang Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (UAE)
	Ngon 70', 74'	Report	Jung Jo-Gook 32' Kim Chi-Woo 57', 68' Kim Seung-Yong 78'

17 March 2009 20:00 (UTC+9)	FC Seoul	2 – 4	Gamba Osaka	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 11,197 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
	Jung Jo-Gook 53' Lee Sang-Hyup 90+3'	Report	Yamazaki 13' Leandro 61', 74', 83'

17 March 2009 15:30 (UTC+8)	Shandong Luneng	5 – 0	Sriwijaya	Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan Attendance: 8,347 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
	Li Jinyu 16', 26' Han Peng 20' Mrdaković 80', 84'	Report

8 April 2009 19:00 (UTC+9)	Gamba Osaka	5 – 0	Sriwijaya	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita Attendance: 10,249 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
	Leandro 40', 44' Ammar 49' (o.g.) Yamaguchi 51' M. Yasuda 67'	Report

8 April 2009 15:30 (UTC+8)	Shandong Luneng	2 – 0	FC Seoul	Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan Attendance: 13,586 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
	Lü Zheng 54' Han Peng 72'	Report

21 April 2009 19:00 (UTC+7)	Sriwijaya	0 – 3	Gamba Osaka	Jakabaring Stadium, Palembang Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)
		Report	Leandro 30' Sasaki 45' Cho Jae-Jin 75'

21 April 2009 19:00 (UTC+9)	FC Seoul	1 – 1	Shandong Luneng	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 5,471 Referee: Hasan Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
	Park Yong-Ho 24'	Report	Cichero 79'

5 May 2009 17:00 (UTC+9)	FC Seoul	5 – 1	Sriwijaya	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 15,295 Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)
	Damjanović 17', 72', 90+2' Sim Woo-Yeon 75', 79'	Report	Gumbs 62'

6 May 2009 19:30 (UTC+8)	Shandong Luneng	0 – 1	Gamba Osaka	Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan Attendance: 20,132 Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
		Report	Leandro 59'

20 May 2009 19:00 (UTC+9)	Gamba Osaka	1 – 2	FC Seoul	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita Attendance: 6,861 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
	Usami 64'	Report	Damjanović 74' Kim Han-Yoon 90+1'

20 May 2009 20:00 (UTC+7)	Sriwijaya	4 – 2	Shandong Luneng	Jakabaring Stadium, Palembang Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
	Gumbs 53' Krangar 73', 80' Nasuha 87'	Report	Han Peng 42' Gao Di 43'

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kashima Antlers	6	4	1	1	16	6	+10	13
Suwon Bluewings	6	4	0	2	12	8	+4	12
Shanghai Shenhua	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8
Singapore Armed Forces	6	0	1	5	4	19	−15	1

11 March 2009 20:00 (UTC+9)	Suwon Bluewings	4 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 14,126 Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)
	Li Weifeng 44' Edu 45+1' Hong Soon-Hak 82' Park Hyun-Beom 90+1'	Report	Marquinhos 90+2'

11 March 2009 20:00 (UTC+8)	Shanghai Shenhua	4 – 1	Singapore Armed Forces	Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
	Barcos 25' (pen.), 90+4' Yu Tao 74' Yin Xifu 85'	Report	Wilkinson 64'

18 March 2009 19:00 (UTC+9)	Kashima Antlers	2 – 0	Shanghai Shenhua	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima Attendance: 6,375 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
	Nozawa 45' Osako 80'	Report

18 March 2009 19:30 (UTC+8)	Singapore Armed Forces	0 – 2	Suwon Bluewings	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 3,867 Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
		Report	Edu 65' (pen.), 71'

7 April 2009 19:30 (UTC+8)	Singapore Armed Forces	1 – 4	Kashima Antlers	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 4,406 Referee: Hasan Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
	Osman 26'	Report	Motoyama 23' Uchida 43' Osako 47'　 Aoki 90+3'

7 April 2009 20:00 (UTC+8)	Shanghai Shenhua	2 – 1	Suwon Bluewings	Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohamed Al-Saeedi (UAE)
	Vâlkanov 18' Hleb 76'	Report	Li Weifeng 65'

22 April 2009 19:00 (UTC+9)	Kashima Antlers	5 – 0	Singapore Armed Forces	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima Attendance: 6,027 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Nozawa 29' Koroki 38', 74' Ogasawara 50' Osako 54'	Report

22 April 2009 19:00 (UTC+9)	Suwon Bluewings	2 – 1	Shanghai Shenhua	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 10,068 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
	Lee Sang-Ho 41' Bae Ki-Jong 44'	Report	Vâlkanov 12'

5 May 2009 15:00 (UTC+9)	Kashima Antlers	3 – 0	Suwon Bluewings	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
	Oiwa 27' Marquinhos 32', 75'	Report

5 May 2009 19:30 (UTC+8)	Singapore Armed Forces	1 – 1	Shanghai Shenhua	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 2,838 Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (UAE)
	Latiff 29'	Report	Barcos 90+1'

19 May 2009 19:30 (UTC+9)	Suwon Bluewings	3 – 1	Singapore Armed Forces	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 9,148 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
	Bae Ki-Jong 5' Lee Sang-Ho 45+1' Seo Dong-Hyun 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Đurić 42'

19 May 2009 20:00 (UTC+8)	Shanghai Shenhua	1 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
	Milligan 9'	Report	Marquinhos 31'

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pohang Steelers	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12
Kawasaki Frontale	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10
Tianjin Teda	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
Central Coast Mariners	6	0	2	4	5	13	−8	2

11 March 2009 20:00 (UTC+10)	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 0	Pohang Steelers	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford Attendance: 6,870 Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
		Report

11 March 2009 19:00 (UTC+9)	Kawasaki Frontale	1 – 0	Tianjin Teda	Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki Attendance: 12,125 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
	Renatinho 16'	Report

18 March 2009 19:30 (UTC+9)	Pohang Steelers	1 – 1	Kawasaki Frontale	Steelyard Stadium, Pohang Attendance: 7,335 Referee: Abdullah Al-Hilali (Oman)
	Kim Jae-Sung 12'	Report	Terada 24'

18 March 2009 20:00 (UTC+8)	Tianjin Teda	2 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 27,005 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)
	Éber 37' Wu Wei'an 66'	Report	Caceres 48' Simon 61'

8 April 2009 20:00 (UTC+10)	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 5	Kawasaki Frontale	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford Attendance: 9,419 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
		Report	Jong Tae-Se 8' Taniguchi 22' Juninho 37' K. Nakamura 49' Renatinho 70'

8 April 2009 19:00 (UTC+9)	Pohang Steelers	1 – 0	Tianjin Teda	Steelyard Stadium, Pohang Attendance: 7,034 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
	Hwang Jin-Sung 67'	Report

21 April 2009 19:00 (UTC+9)	Kawasaki Frontale	2 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki Attendance: 8,419 Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (UAE)
	Juninho 46'　 Renatinho 81'	Report	Simon 59'

21 April 2009 20:00 (UTC+8)	Tianjin Teda	0 – 0	Pohang Steelers	TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 19,831 Referee: Mohamed Al-Saeedi (UAE)
		Report

5 May 2009 13:00 (UTC+9)	Pohang Steelers	3 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	Steelyard Stadium, Pohang Attendance: 11,539 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
	Denilson 8', 71', 88'	Report	Kwasnik 54', 57'

5 May 2009 19:30 (UTC+8)	Tianjin Teda	3 – 1	Kawasaki Frontale	TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 15,717 Referee: Hasan Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
	Ma Leilei 12', 19' Tommasi 90+4'	Report	Renatinho 51'

19 May 2009 19:00 (UTC+9)	Kawasaki Frontale	0 – 2	Pohang Steelers	Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki Attendance: 13,633 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
		Report	Noh Byung-Joon 12' Denilson 72'

19 May 2009 20:00 (UTC+10)	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 1	Tianjin Teda	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford Attendance: 5,843 Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
		Report	Mao Biao 64'

References

^ Postponed from the 10th to the 11th because of a sandstorm. [1]
^ Sharjah SC withdraw from ACL
^ Sharjah found guilty of fielding an ineligible player

AFC club football seasons

AFC Champions League seasons, 1967–present

Asian Champion Club Tournament 1967–1971	0 19670 · 1968–68 · 0 1969 0 19700 · 0 1971

Asian Club Championship 1985–2002	1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 2000–01 · 2001–02

AFC Champions League 2002–present	2000–00 · 2001–01 · 2002–03 · 2003–03 · 0 20040 · 0 20050 · 0 20060 · 0 20070 · 0 20080 · 0 20090 0 20100 · 0 20110 · 0 20120

AFC Champions League finals

Finals	2000–00 · 2001–01 · 0 20030 · 2003–03 · 0 20040 · 0 20050 · 0 20060 · 0 20070 · 0 20080 · 0 2009 0 20100 · 0 2011

Records and statistics · Winning managers

AFC Cup seasons, 2004–present

AFC Cup 2004–present	0 20040 · 0 20050 · 0 20060 · 0 20070 · 0 20080 · 0 2009 0 20100 · 0 20110 · 0 20120

AFC Cup finals

Finals	0 20040 · 0 20050 · 0 20060 · 0 20070 · 0 20080 · 0 2009 0 20100 · 0 2011

AFC President's Cup seasons, 2005–present

AFC President's Cup 2005–present	0 20050 · 0 20060 · 0 20070 · 0 20080 · 0 2009 0 20100 · 0 20110 · 0 20120

Defunct tournaments

Asian Cup Winners' Cup 1990–2002	1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 2000–01 · 2001–02

Asian Super Cup 1995–2002	0 19950 · 0 19960 · 0 19970 · 0 19980 · 0 19990 · 0 2000 0 20010 · 0 2002

2009 in Asian Football (AFC)

Domestic leagues	Australia '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Bahrain '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Bangladesh '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Bhutan · Brunei '09–'10 · Cambodia · China · Chinese Taipei · Guam '08–'09 '09–'10 · Hong Kong '08–'09 · '09–'10 · India '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Indonesia '08–'09 · '09 '10 · Iran '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Iraq '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Japan · Jordan '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Korea Republic · Kuwait '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Kyrgyzstan · Lebanon '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Macau · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Myanmar '09 · '09–'10 · Oman '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Pakistan · Palestine '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Qatar '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Saudi Arabia '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Tajikistan · Thailand · Turkmenistan · UAE '08–'09 · '09 '10 · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen '08–'09 · '09–'10

Domestic cups	Bahrain · Hong Kong League Cup '08–'09 · FA Cup · Shield '09–'10 · India Shield · Durand Cup · Fed Cup '09–'10 · Iran '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Japan Emperor's Cup '08 Final · League Cup · Emperor's Cup '09 · Jordan FA Cup '08–'09 · Shield · FA Cup '09–'10 · Korea Republic FA Cup · League Cup · Kuwait Fed Cup '08–'09 · Crown Prince Cup · Emir Cup · Fed Cup '09–'10 · Lebanon FA Cup '08–'09 · Elite Cup · FA Cup '09–'10 · Malaysia FA Cup · Malaysia Cup · Oman · Pakistan · Qatar Emir Cup · Sheikh Jassem Cup · Stars Cup · Singapore Singapore Cup · League Cup · Saudi Arabia King Cup of Champions · Syria '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Thailand FA Cup · Queen's Cup · Turkmenistan · UAE Emirates Cup '08–'09 · President's Cup '08–'09 · Emirates Cup '09–'10 · President's Cup '09–'10

Regional club competitions	Gulf Club Champions Cup

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League (Qualifying play-off · Group stage · Knockout stage · Final) AFC Cup (Group stage · Knockout stage · Final) AFC President's Cup

2009 AFC Champions League

Champions	Pohang Steelers

Runners-up	Al-Ittihad

Eliminated in Semi-finals	Nagoya Grampus • Umm-Salal

Eliminated in Quarter finals	Bunyodkor • Pakhtakor Tashkent • FC Seoul • Kawasaki Frontale

Eliminated in Round of 16	Al-Ettifaq • Al-Hilal • Al-Shabab • Gamba Osaka • Kashima Antlers • Newcastle United Jets • Persepolis • Suwon Bluewings

Eliminated in group stage	Al-Ahli • Al-Gharafa • Al-Jazira • Al-Shabab • Beijing Guoan • Central Coast Mariners • Esteghlal • Saba Qom • Sepahan • Shandong Luneng • Shanghai Shenhua • Sharjah † • Singapore Armed Forces • Sriwijaya • Tianjin Teda • Ulsan Hyundai † Withdrew from the competition after 4 matches.

Schedule • Qualifying play-off • Group stage • Knockout stage • Final