AFC Champions League 2006

The AFC Champions League 2006 is an Asian soccer tournament in which 24 club teams from 12 national associations take part. The competition started on March 8, 2006.

Attendees

In contrast to the UEFA Champions League , not all Asian associations are eligible to participate; only 14 associations designated by the AFC are eligible to participate. Each country sends the respective champion and the cup winner or the runner-up.

Associations

According to the AFC, the 14 strongest Asian nations are currently:

• For Central and West Asia:

Syria  Iran  Iraq

Kuwait  Qatar  Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan

• For East Asia:

People's Republic of China  Indonesia

Japan  South Korea

Thailand  Vietnam

The 28 participants from these countries were divided into seven groups of four - again separated into East and West Asia. The seven group winners play the Asian champions together with the defending champion ( Al-Ittihad from Saudi Arabia) in the knockout system . On March 13, 206, the participants from Thailand and Indonesia were excluded from the tournament because they had not announced their squad by the registration deadline.

Group stage

BYE: Al-Ittihad 

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Al Qadsia Kuwait	6th	3	2	1	009:110	−2	11
2.	Pakhtakor Tashkent	6th	3	1	2	011: 700	+4	10
3.	Al-Ittihad	6th	2	2	2	006: 700	−1	08th
4th	Foolad Ahvaz	6th	1	1	4th	008: 900	−1	04th

March 8, 2006
Foodlad	6-0	Al Qadisiya	Dastgerdi Stadium	Tehran
Pakhtakor Tashkent	2-0	Al Ittihad	Pakhtakor Stadium	Tashkent
March 22, 2006
Al Ittihad	0-0	Foolad	Al Hamadania Stadium	Aleppo
Al Qadisiya	2: 1	Pakhtakor Tashkent	Friendship & Peace Stadium	Kuwait City
April 12, 2006
Pakhtakor Tashkent	2-0	Foolad	Pakhtakor Stadium	Tashkent
Al Ittihad	2: 2	Al Qadisiya	Al Hamadania Stadium	Aleppo
April 26, 2006
Foolad	1: 3	Pakhtakor Tashkent	Dastegerdi Stadium	Tehran
Al Qadisiya	1-0	Al Ittihad	Friendship & Peace Stadium	Kuwait City
May 3, 2006
Al Qadisiya	2-0	Foolad	Friendship & Peace Stadium	Kuwait City
Al Ittihad	2: 1	Pakhtakor Tashkent	Al Hamadania Stadium	Aleppo
May 17, 2006
Foolad	1: 2	Al Ittihad	Dastgerdi Stadium	Tehran
Pakhtakor Tashkent	2: 2	Al Qadisiya	Pakhtakor Stadium	Tashkent

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Al Ain Club	6th	4th	1	1	010: 600	+4	13
2.	Al-Hilal	6th	3	1	2	012: 700	+5	10
3.	FK Mash'al Mubarek	6th	2	2	2	007:110	−4	08th
4th	Al-Mina'a	6th	0	2	4th	006:110	−5	02

March 8, 2006
Al Mina'a	0: 1	Mash'al	Sabah Al Salem Stadium	Kuwait City
Al Ain Club	2-0	Al Hilal	Tahnon Bin Mohammed Stadium	al-Ain
March 22, 2006
Mash'al	1: 1	Al Ain Club	Nasaf stadium	Qarshi
Al Hilal	3: 1	Al Mina'a	King Fahd International	Riad
April 12, 2006
Al Ain Club	2: 1	Al Mina'a	Tahnon Bin Mohammed Stadium	al-Ain
Al Hilal	5-0	Mash'al	King Fahd International	Riad
April 26, 2006
Mash'al	2: 1	Al Hilal	Nadaf stadium	Qarshi
Al Mina'a	1: 2	Al Ain Club	Friendship & Peace Stadium	Kuwait City
May 3, 2006
Mash'al	2: 2	Al Mina'a	Nasaf stadium	Qarshi
Al Hilal	2: 1	Al Ain Club	King Fahd International	Riad
May 17, 2006
Al-Ain	2: 1	Mash'al	Tahnon Bin Mohammed Stadium	al-Ain
Al Mina'a	1: 1	Al Hilal	Sabah Al Salem Stadium	Kuwait City

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Al-Karama	6th	4th	0	2	010:110	−1	12
2.	Saba Battery	6th	3	1	2	013: 800	+5	10
3.	Al-Wahda	6th	2	1	3	014:150	−1	07th
4th	Al-Gharafa	6th	2	0	4th	011:140	−3	06th

March 8, 2006
Al Gharafa	0: 2	Saba Battery	Al Gharafa Stadium	Doha
Al Karama	2: 1	Al Wahda	Khaled Ibn Al Waleed Stadium	Homs
March 22, 2006
Saba Battery	1: 2	Al Karama	Saba Battery Stadium	Tehran
Al Wahda	2-0	Al Gharafa	Al-Nahyan Stadium	Abu Dhabi
April 12, 2006
Saba Battery	2: 2	Al Whada	Saba Battery Stadium	Tehran
Al Gharafa	4-0	Al Karama	Al Gharafa Stadium	Doha
April 26, 2006
Al Wahda	2: 4	Saba Battery	Al-Nahyan Stadium	Abu Dhabi
Al Karama	3: 1	Al Gharafa	Khaled Ibn Al Waleed Stadium	Homs
May 3, 2006
Saba Battery	4: 1	Al Gharafa	Saba Battery Stadium	Tehran
Al Wahda	4: 2	Al Karama	Al-Nahyan Stadium	Abu Dhabi
May 17, 2006
Al Gharafa	5: 3	Al Wahda	Al Gharafa Stadium	Doha
Al Karama	1-0	Saba Battery	Khaled Ibn Al Waleed Stadium	Homs

Group D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Al-Shabab	6th	4th	1	1	009: 600	+3	13
2.	Al-Sadd	6th	4th	1	1	013: 500	+8	13
3.	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	6th	2	0	4th	005: 900	−4	06th
4th	Al-Arabi	6th	1	0	5	005:120	−7	03

March 8, 2006
Al Arabi	0: 1	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	Sabah Al Salem Stadium	Kuwait City
Al Shabab	0-0	Al Sadd	King Fahd International Stadium	Riad
March 22, 2006
Al Quwa Al Jawiya	0: 2	Al Shabab	Tripoli Municipal Stadium	Tripoli
Al Sadd	4: 1	Al Arabi	Al-Sadd Sports Club	Doha
April 12, 2006
Al Quwa Al Jawiya	0: 2	Al Sadd	Tripoli Municipal Stadium	Tripoli
Al Arabi	3-0	Al Shabab	Sabah Al Salem Stadium	Kuwait City
April 26, 2006
Al Sadd	3-0	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	Al Sadd Sports Club	Doha
Al Shabab	2-0	Al Arabi	King Fahd International Stadium	Riad
May 3, 2006
Al Quwa Al Jawiya	3-0	Al Arabi	Tripoli Municipal Stadium	Tripoli
Al Sadd	2: 3	Al Shabab	Al Sadd Sports Club	Doha
May 17, 2006
Al Arabi	1: 2	Al Sadd	Sabah Al Salem Stadium	Kuwait City
Al Shabab	2: 1	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	King Fahd International Stadium	Riad

Group E

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6th	4th	1	1	011: 500	+6	13
2.	Dalian Shide	6th	4th	0	2	007: 600	+1	12
3.	Gamba Osaka	6th	3	1	2	026: 700	+19	10
4th	Da Nang FC	6th	0	0	6th	001:270	−26	00

March 8, 2006
Da Nang	0: 2	Dalian Shide	San Chi Lang Stadium	Đà Nẵng
Chonbuk	3: 2	Gamba Osaka	Jeonju World Cup Stadium	Jeonju
March 22, 2006
Dalian Shide	1-0	Chonbuk	Jin Zhou Stadium	Dalian
Gamba Osaka	15: 00	Da Nang	Expo '70 stadium	Osaka
April 12, 2006
Chonbuk	3-0	Da Nang	Jeonju World Cup Stadium	Jeonju
Gamba Osaka	3-0	Dalian Shide	Expo '70 stadium	Osaka
April 26, 2006
Da Nang	0: 1	Chonbuk	San Chi Lang Stadium	Đà Nẵng
Dalian Shide	2-0	Gamba Osaka	Jin Zhou Stadium	Dalian
May 3, 2006
Gamba Osaka	1: 1	Chonbuk	Expo '70 stadium	Osaka
Dalian Shide	1-0	Da Nang	Jin Zhou Stadium	Dalian
May 17, 2006
Da Nang	1: 5	Gamba Osaka	San Chi Lang Stadium	Đà Nẵng
Chonbuk	3: 1	Dalian Shide	Jeonju World Cup Stadium	Jeonju

Group F.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	2	2	0	0	003-000	+3	06th
2.	Tokyo Verdy	2	0	0	2	000: 300	−3	00

March 8, 2006
T. Verdy	0: 2	Ulsan	National Stadium	Tokyo
May 3, 2006
Ulsan	1-0	T. Verdy	Ulsan Munsu Stadium	Ulsan

Group G

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Shanghai Shenhua	2	2	0	0	007: 300	+4	06th
2.	Đồng Tâm Long An	2	0	0	2	003: 700	−4	00

March 8, 2006
Shenhua	3: 1	Đồng Tâm	Yuan Shen Stadium	Shanghai
May 3, 2006
Đồng Tâm	2: 4	Shenhua	Long An Stadium	Vietnam

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played on September 13 and 20, 2006, the draw for the quarter-finals took place on June 2, 2006 in Kuala Lumpur .

	total		First leg	Return leg
Al-Ittihad	2: 4	Al-Karama	2-0	0: 4 a.d.
Shanghai Shenhua	3: 4	Jeonbuk FC	1-0	2: 4
Al-Qadisiya	5: 2	Al Ain Club	2: 2	3-0
Ulsan	7-0	Al Shabab	6-0	1-0

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on September 27th and October 18th, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Al-Karama	1-0	Al-Qadisiya	0-0	1-0
Jeonbuk FC	6: 4	Ulsan	2: 3	4: 1

final

	total		First leg	Return leg
Jeonbuk FC	3: 2	Al-Karama	2-0	1: 2