2005 AFC Champions League

2005 AFC Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	March 2005 - November 2005
Teams	29
Final positions
Champions	Al-Ittihad Jeddah (2nd title)
Runners-up	Al Ain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	98
Goals scored	286 (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mohammed Kallon (Al-Ittihad Jeddah) with 6 Goals

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.

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:

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

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 conducted 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 still 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

March 9, 2005	PAS	2–1	Al Rayyan
March 9, 2005	Al Salmiya	3–1	Al Shurta
March 15, 2005	Al Shurta	1–1	PAS
March 16, 2005	Al Rayyan	2–1	Al Salmiya
April 6, 2005	Al Rayyan	2–0	Al Shurta
April 6, 2005	PAS	5–1	Al Salmiya
April 19, 2005	Al Shurta	0–0	Al Rayyan
April 20, 2005	Al Salmiya	0–1	PAS
May 10, 2005	Al Shurta	0–1	Al Salmiya
May 11, 2005	Al Rayyan	2–1	PAS
May 25, 2005	PAS	1–0	Al Shurta
May 25, 2005	Al Salmiya	2–0	Al Rayyan

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

March 9, 2005	Al Ain	3–0	Al Wahda
March 9, 2005	Al Shabab	1–1	Sepahan
March 16, 2005	Al Wahda	1–2	Al Shabab
March 16, 2005	Sepahan	1–1	Al Ain
April 6, 2005	Al Wahda	1–3	Sepahan
April 6, 2005	Al Ain	3–0	Al Shabab
April 20, 2005	Al Shabab	1–0	Al Ain
April 20, 2005	Sepahan	2–0	Al Wahda
May 11, 2005	Al Wahda	2–3	Al Ain
May 11, 2005	Sepahan	1–0	Al Shabab
May 25, 2005	Al Ain	3–2	Sepahan
May 25, 2005	Al Shabab	3–1	Al Wahda

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

March 9, 2005	Neftchi	1–0	Al Kuwait
March 9, 2005	Al Sadd	2–0	Al Ahli
March 16, 2005	Al Kuwait	0–1	Al Sadd
March 16, 2005	Al Ahli	3–0	Neftchi
April 6, 2005	Neftchi	2–0	Al Sadd
April 6, 2005	Al Kuwait	1–0	Al Ahli
April 20, 2005	Al Ahli	3–3	Al Kuwait
April 20, 2005	Al Sadd	3–2	Neftchi
May 11, 2005	Al Kuwait	1–0	Neftchi
May 11, 2005	Al Ahli	2–1	Al Sadd
May 25, 2005	Neftchi	3–0note	Al Ahli
May 25, 2005	Al Sadd	1–0	Al Kuwait

Note: awarded 3–0 to Neftchi because Al Ahli failed to show up.

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

March 8, 2005	Al Zawra	1–2	Al Ahli
March 9, 2005	Al Jaish	0–2	Pakhtakor Tashkent
March 16, 2005	Al Ahli	3–1	Al Jaish
March 16, 2005	Pakhtakor Tashkent	1–2	Al Zawra
April 5, 2005	Al Zawra	1–5	Al Jaish
April 6, 2005	Al Ahli	3–0	Pakhtakor Tashkent
April 20, 2005	Pakhtakor Tashkent	2–1	Al Ahli
April 20, 2005	Al Jaish	0–0	Al Zawra
May 11, 2005	Al Ahli	5–1	Al Zawra
May 11, 2005	Pakhtakor Tashkent	4–1	Al Jaish
May 24, 2005	Al Zawra	1–0	Pakhtakor Tashkent
May 25, 2005	Al Jaish	0–4	Al Ahli

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

March 9, 2005	Shenzhen Jianlibao	1–0	Jubilo Iwata
March 9, 2005	Hoang Anh GL	1–5	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
March 16, 2005	Jubilo Iwata	6–0	Hoang Anh GL
March 16, 2005	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–0	Shenzhen Jianlibao
April 6, 2005	Shenzhen Jianlibao	5–0	Hoang Anh GL
April 6, 2005	Jubilo Iwata	0–1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
April 20, 2005	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–1	Jubilo Iwata
April 20, 2005	Hoang Anh GL	0–2	Shenzhen Jianlibao
May 11, 2005	Jubilo Iwata	3–0	Shenzhen Jianlibao
May 11, 2005	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	6–0	Hoang Anh GL
May 25, 2005	Shenzhen Jianlibao	1–0	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
May 25, 2005	Hoang Anh GL	0–1	Jubilo Iwata

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

March 9, 2005	BEC Tero	0–1	PSM Makassar
March 9, 2005	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–1	Shandong Luneng Taishan
March 16, 2005	PSM Makassar	0–2	Yokohama F. Marinos
March 16, 2005	Shandong Luneng Taishan	1–0	BEC Tero
April 6, 2005	PSM Makassar	0–1	Shandong Luneng Taishan
April 6, 2005	BEC Tero	1–2	Yokohama F. Marinos
April 20, 2005	Shandong Luneng Taishan	6–1	PSM Makassar
April 20, 2005	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–0	BEC Tero
May 11, 2005	PSM Makassar	2–2	BEC Tero
May 11, 2005	Shandong Luneng Taishan	2–1	Yokohama F. Marinos
May 25, 2005	BEC Tero	0–4	Shandong Luneng Taishan
May 25, 2005	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–0	PSM Makassar

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

March 9, 2005	Busan I'Park	8–0	Binh Dinh
March 9, 2005	Persebaya	1–2	Krung Thai
March 16, 2005	Binh Dinh	0–0	Persebaya
March 16, 2005	Krung Thai	0–2	Busan I'Park
April 6, 2005	Binh Dinh	1–2	Krung Thai
April 6, 2005	Busan I'Park	4–0	Persebaya
April 20, 2005	Krung Thai	0–1	Binh Dinh
April 20, 2005	Persebaya	0–3	Busan I'Park
May 11, 2005	Binh Dinh	0–4	Busan I'Park
May 11, 2005	Krung Thai	1–0	Persebaya
May 25, 2005	Busan I'Park	4–0	Krung Thai
May 25, 2005	Persebaya	1–0	Binh Dinh

Knockout stage

	Quarter finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Al Ahli	2	1	3
	Shenzhen Jianlibao (aet)	1	3	4
							Shenzhen Jianlibao	0	0	0
							Al Ain	6	0	6
	Al Ain (a)	1	3	4
	PAS	1	3	4
													Al Ain	1	2	3
													Al-Ittihad Jeddah	1	4	5
	Shandong Luneng Taishan	1	2	3
	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	1	7	8
							Al-Ittihad Jeddah	5	2	7
							Busan I'Park	0	0	0
	Busan I'Park	3	2	5
	Al Sadd	0	1	1

Quarter finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

See also

• 2005 FIFA Club World Championship

External links

• AFC Champions League 2005 Official Page (English)
• AFC Champions League 2005 at RSSSF.com

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