23rd edition of premier club football tournament organized by the AFC
International football competition
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.
Teams
For this year the competition was restricted to clubs from countries considered 'mature' in the 'Vision Asia' paper of AFC President Mohamed Bin Hammam, with clubs from 'developing' countries entering the newly created AFC Cup and 'emerging' nations to enter the AFC President's Cup from 2005 onwards.
Mature countries | Developing countries | Emerging countries |
Qualified Teams
- Notes
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Iraq (IRQ): The
2002–03 Iraqi First Division League was stopped on 28 March 2003 as a result of the
2003 invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of
Saddam Hussein's government which lead to the formation of a new
IFA committee.
Al-Shorta and
Al-Najaf were first and second respectively at the time of its cancellation and so were chosen to represent
Iraq in the AFC Champions League. However Al-Najaf informed the IFA that they were not ready to participate and the IFA thus gave the slot to
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya who were 5th at the time of the cancellation and the next highest-placed team in the table that had not already been admitted into a continental or regional competition. When informed by the
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) that participation in the AFC Champions League should be for the league champions and the
FA Cup winners (
Al-Talaba), the IFA asked the AFC to give it freedom in choosing its participating clubs due to the league not being completed. The AFC agreed to the IFA's request and therefore Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya entered the competition alongside Al-Shorta.
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Group stage
Group A
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
- ^ Riffa withdrew, citing security concerns; they were suspended from AFC competitions for two years.
Group B
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
- ^ 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 matches were deleted from the records.
Al Sadd | 1–0 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya |
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Al Wahda | 3–0 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya |
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Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 0–0 | Al Wahda |
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Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 1–0 | Al Sadd |
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Group C
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
- ^ 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.[1]
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 |
Source: [citation needed]
Group E
Source: [citation needed]
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1–2 | Jubilo Iwata |
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BEC Tero | 4–1 | Shanghai Shenhua |
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Shanghai Shenhua | 0–1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
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Jubilo Iwata | 2–1 | Shanghai Shenhua |
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Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 4–0 | BEC Tero |
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BEC Tero | 0–4 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
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Shanghai Shenhua | 3–2 | Jubilo Iwata |
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Shanghai Shenhua | 1–0 | BEC Tero |
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Jubilo Iwata | 2–4 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
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Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 0–1 | Shanghai Shenhua |
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Group F
Source: [citation needed]
Krung Thai | 0–2 | Dalian Shide |
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PSM Makassar | 2–3 | Krung Thai |
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PSM Makassar | 0–1 | Dalian Shide |
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Dalian Shide | 2–1 | PSM Makassar |
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Dalian Shide | 3–1 | Krung Thai |
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Krung Thai | 1–2 | PSM Makassar |
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Group G
Source: [citation needed]
Binh Dinh | 0–3 | Yokohama F. Marinos |
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Persik Kediri | 1–2 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
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Yokohama F. Marinos | 4–0 | Persik Kediri |
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Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 2–0 | Binh Dinh |
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Binh Dinh | 2–2 | Persik Kediri |
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Yokohama F. Marinos | 1–2 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
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Persik Kediri | 1–0 | Binh Dinh |
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Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 0–1 | Yokohama F. Marinos |
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Yokohama F. Marinos | 6–0 | Binh Dinh |
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Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 15–0 | Persik Kediri |
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Persik Kediri | 1–4 | Yokohama F. Marinos |
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Binh Dinh | 1–3 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
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Knock-out stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
First-leg home team shown first. First-leg home team score shown first for both legs.
First leg
Second leg
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 5–1 on aggregate.
Al-Ittihad won 2–1 on aggregate.
Pakhtakor won 5–1 on aggregate.
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma won 11–2 on aggregate.
Semifinals
First-leg home team shown first. First-leg home team score shown first for both legs.
First leg
Second leg
Al-Ittihad won 4–3 on aggregate.
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.
First leg
Second leg
Al-Ittihad won 6–3 on aggregate.
References
- ^ AFC confirm Ahli withdrawal
External links
- AFC Champions League 2004 Official Page (English)
- AFC Champions League 2004 at RSSSF.com
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