2004 AFC Champions League

2004 AFC Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	10 February - 1 December 2004
Teams	26
Final positions
Champions	Al-Ittihad (1st title)
Runners-up	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Tournament statistics
Matches played	80
Goals scored	252 (3.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kim Do-hoon (9 goals)

The 2004 AFC Champions League was the 23rd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 2nd edition under the current AFC Champions League title. The title was won by Al-Ittihad over Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.

Format

Group Stage

A total of 28 clubs were divided into 7 groups of four, based on region i.e. East Asian and Southeast Asian clubs were drawn in groups E to G, while the rest were grouped in groups A to D. Each club played double round-robin (home and away) against fellow three group members, a total of 6 matches each. Clubs received 3pts for a win, 1pt for a tie, 0pts for a loss. The clubs were ranked according to points and tie breakers were in the following order:

• Points earned between the clubs in question
• Goal Differential between the clubs in question
• Goals For between the clubs in question
• Points earned within the group
• Goal Differential 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 conducted in 2 legs, home and away, and the aggregate score decided the match winner. If the aggregate score couldn't produce a winner, "away goals rule" was used. If still tied, clubs played extra time, where "away goals rule" still applied. If still tied, the game went to penalties.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pakhtakor	4	2	1	1	3	1	+2	7
Zob Ahan	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5
Qatar SC	4	0	3	1	3	4	−1	3
Riffa 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

¹ Riffa withdrew, citing security concerns; they were suspended from AFC competitions for two years.

11 February 2004	Zob Ahan	1–0	Pakhtakor
25 February 2004	Pakhtakor	1–0	Qatar SC
6 April 2004	Zob Ahan	3–3	Qatar SC
21 April 2004	Qatar SC	0–0	Zob Ahan
5 May 2004	Pakhtakor	2–0	Zob Ahan
19 May 2004	Qatar SC	0–0	Pakhtakor

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Wahda	4	1	3	0	3	0	+3	6
Al Sadd	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	5
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	4	1	1	2	1	4	−3	4
Al Qadisiya 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

¹ On 20 April, following the match between Al-Qadisiya and Al-Sadd, Kuwaiti security personnel assaulted the visiting players; Al-Qadisiya were ejected from the competition and banned from AFC competitions for three years. Their record was expunged.

11 February 2004	Al Wahda	0–0	Al Sadd
25 February 2004	Al Sadd	1–0	Al Quwa Al Jawiya
6 April 2004	Al Wahda	3–0	Al Quwa Al Jawiya
6 April 2004	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	0–0	Al Wahda
5 May 2004	Al Sadd	0–0	Al Wahda
18 May 2004	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	1–0	Al Sadd

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sharjah	6	5	1	0	16	4	+12	16
Al-Hilal	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13
Al-Shurta	6	2	0	4	9	9	0	6
Al-Ahli 1	6	0	0	6	0	18	−18	0

¹ Al-Ahli withdrew as the Bahraini FA called up seven of their players for the national team and Olympic squads for their World Cup and Olympic Games qualifying matches. They were fined and all of the other teams in the group were awarded 3-0 walkover victories against them.^[1]

10 February 2004	Sharjah	2–0	Al Shurta
25 February 2004	Al Hilal	0–0	Sharjah
6 April 2004	Al Shurta	1–2	Al Hilal
21 April 2004	Al Hilal	2–0	Al Shurta
4 May 2004	Al Shurta	2–3	Sharjah
18 May 2004	Sharjah	5–2	Al Hilal

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ittihad	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13
Sepahan	6	4	1	1	15	10	+5	13
Al-Arabi	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8
Neftchi	6	0	0	6	5	18	−13	0

10 February 2004	Sepahan	4–0	Neftchi
11 February 2004	Al Ittihad	2–0	Al Arabi
24 February 2004	Neftchi	1–3	Al Ittihad
24 February 2004	Al Arabi	2–2	Sepahan
7 April 2004	Sepahan	3–2	Al Ittihad
20 April 2004	Al Ittihad	4–0	Sepahan
21 April 2004	Al Arabi	3–2	Neftchi
4 May 2004	Neftchi	1–3	Sepahan
4 May 2004	Al Arabi	0–0	Al-Ittihad
18 May 2004	Sepahan	3–1	Al Arabi
18 May 2004	Al-Ittihad	3–0	Neftchi
26 May 2004	Neftchi	1–2	Al Arabi

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6	4	0	2	14	5	+9	12
Jubilo Iwata	6	4	0	2	14	11	+3	12
Shanghai Shenhua	6	3	0	3	7	9	−2	9
BEC Tero	6	1	0	5	6	16	−10	3

11 February 2004	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–2	Jubilo Iwata
11 February 2004	BEC Tero	4–1	Shanghai Shenhua
25 February 2004	Jubilo Iwata	3–0	BEC Tero
25 February 2004	Shanghai Shenhua	0–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
6 April 2004	Jubilo Iwata	2–1	Shanghai Shenhua
7 April 2004	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	4–0	BEC Tero
20 April 2004	BEC Tero	0–4	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
22 April 2004	Shanghai Shenhua	3–2	Jubilo Iwata
5 May 2004	Shanghai Shenhua	1–0	BEC Tero
12 May 2004	Jubilo Iwata	2–4	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
19 May 2004	BEC Tero	2–3	Jubilo Iwata
19 May 2004	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–1	Shanghai Shenhua

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dalian Shide	6	5	0	1	11	5	+6	15
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	6	2	1	3	10	10	0	7
Krung Thai Bank	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	7
PSM Makassar	6	2	0	4	9	12	−3	6

10 February 2004	Krung Thai	0–2	Dalian Shide
11 February 2004	Hoang Anh	5–1	PSM Makassar
24 February 2004	Dalian Shide	2–0	Hoang Anh
25 February 2004	PSM Makassar	2–3	Krung Thai
6 April 2004	Hoang Anh	0–1	Krung Thai
7 April 2004	PSM Makassar	0–1	Dalian Shide
21 April 2004	Krung Thai	2–2	Hoang Anh
21 April 2004	Dalian Shide	2–1	PSM Makassar
4 May 2004	Dalian Shide	3–1	Krung Thai
5 May 2004	PSM Makassar	3–0	Hoang Anh
18 May 2004	Hoang Anh	3–1	Dalian Shide
18 May 2004	Krung Thai	1–2	PSM Makassar

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	6	5	0	1	24	4	+20	15
Yokohama F. Marinos	6	5	0	1	19	3	+16	15
Persik Kediri	6	1	1	4	5	27	−22	4
Binh Dinh	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1

10 February 2004	Binh Dinh	0–3	Yokohama F. Marinos
11 February 2004	Persik Kediri	1–2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
24 February 2004	Yokohama F. Marinos	4–0	Persik Kediri
25 February 2004	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2–0	Binh Dinh
7 April 2004	Binh Dinh	2–2	Persik Kediri
7 April 2004	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
21 April 2004	Persik Kediri	1–0	Binh Dinh
21 April 2004	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	0–1	Yokohama F. Marinos
5 May 2004	Yokohama F. Marinos	6–0	Binh Dinh
11 May 2004	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	15-0	Persik Kediri
19 May 2004	Persik Kediri	1–4	Yokohama F. Marinos
19 May 2004	Binh Dinh	1–3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Knock-out stage

Bracket

	Quarter finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Dalian Shide	1	0	1
	Al-Ittihad	1	1	2
							Al-Ittihad	2	2	4
							Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1	2	3
	Al-Ain (2003 Champion)	0	1	1
	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1	4	5
													Al-Ittihad	1	5	6
													Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3	0	3
	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	6	5	11
	Sharjah	0	2	2
							Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	0	2	2
							Pakhtakor	0	0	0
	Al-Wahda	1	0	1
	Pakhtakor	1	4	5

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-Ain (2003 Champion)	1–5	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–1	1–4
Dalian Shide	1–2	Al-Ittihad	1–1	0–1
Al-Wahda	1–5	Pakhtakor	1–1	0–4
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	11–2	Sharjah	6–0	5–2

First leg

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Second leg

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Al-Ittihad won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Pakhtakor won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma won 11–2 on aggregate.

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
Al-Ittihad	4–3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	2–2
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2–0	Pakhtakor	0–0	2–0

First leg

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Second leg

Al-Ittihad won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma won 2–0 on aggregate.

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-Ittihad	6–3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1–3	5–0

First leg

Second leg

Al-Ittihad won 6–3 on aggregate.

Champions

2004 AFC Champions League Al-Ittihad First Title

References

External links

• AFC Champions League 2004 Official Page (English)
• AFC Champions League 2004 at RSSSF.com