AFC Champions League 2008
AFC Champions League 2008 | |
---|---|
Cup winners | Gamba Osaka |
Beginning | March 2008 |
The End | November 2008 |
Teams | 28 + 1 |
Games | 56 |
Gates | 272 (ø 4.86 per game) |
spectator | 986546 (ø 17.617 per game) |
Top scorer | Nantawat Thaensopa (9 goals) |
← AFC Champions League 2007 |
The AFC Champions League 2008 was the 27th edition of the highest continental competition in Asia, which was held for the sixth time under its current name.
Participating teams
In addition to the defending champion Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan), 28 other clubs from 14 countries took part in this competition. Indonesia was originally entitled to two starting places, because the association had problems to finish its competitions on time, another place was given to Thailand and Vietnam.
West asia
Iraq (2) |
FC Arbil (Iraqi champion) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Iraqi runner-up) |
Qatar (2) |
Al-Sadd (Qatar Master) Al-Gharafa (Qatar Vice Master) |
Kuwait (2) |
Al Kuwait Kaifan (Kuwaiti Champion) Al Qadsia Kuwait (Kuwaiti Cup Winner) |
Saudi Arabia (2) |
Al-Ittihad (Saudi champion) Al-Ahli (Saudi cup winner) |
Syria (2) |
Al-Karama (Syrian champion and cup winner) Al-Ittihad (Syrian runner-up) |
UAE (2) |
Al-Wasl (UAE champion and cup winner) Al-Wahda (UAE runner-up) |
East asia
People's Republic of China (2) |
Changchun Yatai (Chinese Champion and Cup Winner) Beijing Guoan (Chinese Vice Champion) |
Japan (2) |
Kashima Antlers (Japanese Champion) Gamba Osaka (3rd place and finalist of the Emperors Cup) |
South Korea (2) |
Pohang Steelers (South Korean Champion) Chunnam Dragons (South Korean Cup Winner) |
Central Asia
Iran (2) |
Saipa Tehran (Iranian Champion) Sepahan Isfahan (Iranian Cup Winner) |
Uzbekistan (2) |
Paxtakor Tashkent (Uzbek Master) Bunjodkor Tashkent (Uzbek Vice Master) |
South East Asia
Australia (2) |
Melbourne Victory (Australian champions) Adelaide United (Australian runner-up champions) |
Thailand (2) |
FC Chonburi (Thai champions) FC Krung Thai Bank (Thai vice champions) |
Vietnam (2) |
Becamex Bình Dương (Vietnamese champion) ĐPM Nam Định (Vietnamese cup winner) |
mode
Group stage
In the group stage, 28 teams played in seven groups with four teams each in league mode (first and second leg). The teams were divided according to geographical aspects. Teams from West and Central Asia played in groups A to D, teams from East and Southeast Asia competed in groups E to G. In addition to Urawa Red Diamonds, the defending champion of the previous edition, who does not take part in the group stage, the seven group winners qualified for the quarter-finals.
The tournament was played with the three-point rule .
Final round
The quarter-finals were drawn, but it was not possible for two teams from the same country to meet directly. The teams played the tournament winner in the knockout system with a return game, whereby the away goals rule applied. If no winner had been determined in the second leg and / or final after regular playing time and extra time, the winner would have been determined on penalties .
The tournament winner qualified for the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup .
game schedule
- Group stage: March 12, March 19, April 9, April 23, May 7, May 21
- Quarter-finals: September 17th, September 24th
- Semi-finals: October 8th, October 22nd
- Finale: November 5th, November 12th
Group stage
BYE: Urawa Reds
Group A
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Bunjodkor Tashkent | 6th | 4th | 1 | 1 | 8: 2 | +6 | 13 |
2. | Al-Ittihad | 6th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6: 5 | +1 | 9 |
3. | Sepahan Isfahan | 6th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5: 8 | −3 | 7th |
4th | Al-Ittihad | 6th | 2 | 0 | 4th | 4: 8 | −4 | 6th |
March 12, 2008 | Sepahan Isfahan | 0: 2 (0: 1) | Al-Ittihad |
Foolad Shahr Stadium , Isfahan Spectators: 15,000 Referee: Ben Williams |
report |
Jésus Gomez (21st) Abdul Fattah Alaga (87th) |
March 12, 2008 | Al-Ittihad | 1: 0 (0: 0) | Bunjodkor Tashkent |
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium , Jeddah Spectators: 7,500 Referee: Yūichi Nishimura |
Magno Alves (80th) | report |
March 19, 2008 | Al-Ittihad | 0: 1 (0: 0) | Al-Ittihad |
Aleppo International Stadium , Aleppo Spectators: 41,000 Referee: Abdullah Balideh |
report | Magno Alves (78th) |
March 19, 2008 | Bunjodkor Tashkent | 2: 0 (0: 0) | Sepahan Isfahan |
MHSK Stadioni , Tashkent Spectators: 13,000 Referee: Fareed Al Marzouqi |
Ulugbek Baqoyev (61.) Timur Kapadze (80.) |
report |
April 9, 2008 | Al-Ittihad | 0: 2 (0: 0) | Bunjodkor Tashkent |
Aleppo International Stadium , Aleppo Spectators: 20,000 Referee: Kim Dong-jin |
report |
Jasur Hasanov (50th) Timur Kapadze (65th) |
April 9, 2008 | Sepahan Isfahan | 2: 1 (0: 0) | Al-Ittihad |
Azadi Stadium , Tehran Spectators: 6,000 Referee: Sun Baojie |
Seyed Mohammad Salehi (59.) Hadi Aghily (71.) |
report | Talal Al-Meshal (89th) |
April 23, 2008 | Bunjodkor Tashkent | 1: 0 (1: 0) | Al-Ittihad |
MHSK Stadioni , Tashkent Spectators: 12,000 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir |
Timur Kapadze (29.) | report |
April 23, 2008 | Al-Ittihad | 0: 1 (0: 0) | Sepahan Isfahan |
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium , Jeddah Spectators: 4,000 Referee: Saad Alfadhli |
report | Emad Mohammed (70.) |
May 7, 2008 | Al-Ittihad | 2: 1 (0: 0) | Sepahan Isfahan |
Aleppo International Stadium , Aleppo Spectators: 4,000 Referee: Naser Al Ghafary |
Jonathan Laurens (61.) Jésus Gomez (64.) |
report | Hadi Aghily (48th) |
May 7, 2008 | Bunjodkor Tashkent | 2: 0 (2: 0) | Al-Ittihad |
MHSK Stadioni , Tashkent Spectators: 13,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohammed Salleh |
Anvarjon Soliev (10th) Server Djeparov (38th) |
report |
May 21, 2008 | Sepahan Isfahan | 1: 1 (1: 0) | Bunjodkor Tashkent |
Azadi Stadium , Tehran Spectators: 150 Referee: Abdullah Mohamed Al Hilali |
Jalaladin Ali Mohammadi (2nd) | report | Gochguli Gochguliev (72nd) |
May 21, 2008 | Al-Ittihad | 3: 0 (2: 0) | Al-Ittihad |
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium , Jeddah Spectators: 600 Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman |
Sultan Alnumare (30th), (50th) Naif Hazazi (42nd) |
report |
Group B
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Saipa Tehran | 6th | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7: 3 | +4 | 12 |
2. | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 6th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5: 5 | ± 0 | 8th |
3. | Al-Wasl | 6th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5: 7 | −2 | 7th |
4th | Al Kuwait Kaifan | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4: 6 | −2 | 5 |
March 12, 2008 | Al-Wasl | 0: 1 (0: 1) | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
Zabeel Stadium , Dubai Spectators: 7,500 Referee: Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi |
report | Ali Alwan (32nd) |
March 12, 2008 | Al Kuwait Kaifan | 1: 1 (1: 0) | Saipa Tehran |
Al-Kuwait SC Stadium , Kuwait City Spectators: 7,000 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou |
Khalid Sa'ad (44th) | report | Milad Zaynadpour (66th) |
March 19, 2008 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0-0 | Al Kuwait Kaifan |
Al-Kuwait SC Stadium , Kuwait City Spectators: 4,000 Referee: Muhsen Basma |
report |
March 19, 2008 | Saipa Tehran | 2: 0 (1: 0) | Al-Wasl |
Enghelab Stadium , Karadsch Spectators: 8,000 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto |
Issa Traore (45th) Karim Ansarifard (57th) |
report |
April 9, 2008 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0: 1 (0: 0) | Saipa Tehran |
Al-Kuwait SC Stadium , Kuwait City Spectators: 1,000 Referee: Salem Mahmoud Mujghef |
report | Amir Vaziri (46th) |
April 9, 2008 | Al-Wasl | 1: 0 (0: 0) | Al Kuwait Kaifan |
Zabeel Stadium , Dubai Spectators: 4,622 Referee: Yūichi Nishimura |
Tariq Hassan (75.) | report |
April 23, 2008 | Saipa Tehran | 1: 1 (0: 0) | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
Enghelab Stadium , Karadsch Spectators: 10,000 Referee: Ravshan Ermatov |
Kianoush Rahmati (63rd) | report | Ahmed Iyad (71st) |
April 23, 2008 | Al Kuwait Kaifan | 2: 1 | Al-Wasl |
Al-Kuwait SC Stadium , Kuwait City Spectators: 1,500 Referee: Mahmood Al Ghatrifi |
Khaled Ajab 10., 42. | report | Essa Ali 4. |
May 7, 2008 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1: 2 (0: 0) | Al-Wasl |
Al-Kuwait SC Stadium , Kuwait City Spectators: 100 Referee: Hai Tan |
Ibrahim Kamel (69.) | report |
Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi (49th) Alexander Oliveira (64th) |
May 7, 2008 | Saipa Tehran | 1: 0 (1: 0) | Al Kuwait Kaifan |
Enghelab Stadium , Karaje Spectators: 10,000 Referee: Sun Baojie |
Kianoush Rahmati (24.) | report |
May 21, 2008 | Al-Wasl | 1: 1 (1: 0) | Saipa Tehran |
Zabeel Stadium , Dubai Spectators: 1,500 Referee: Mark Shield |
André Dias (90th + 2 ') | report | Issa Traoré (21.) |
May 21, 2008 | Al Kuwait Kaifan | 1: 2 (1: 1) | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
Al-Kuwait SC Stadium , Kuwait City Spectators: 250 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto |
Khaled Ajab (22.) | report |
Haitham Kadhim (17th) Yasir Abdul-Muhsen (48th) |
Group C
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Al-Karama | 6th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8: 3 | +5 | 11 |
2. | Al-Wahda | 6th | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6: 7 | −1 | 9 |
3. | Al-Sadd | 6th | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6: 8 | −2 | 6th |
4th | Al-Ahli | 6th | 0 | 4th | 2 | 5: 7 | −2 | 4th |
March 12, 2008 | Al-Sadd | 2: 1 (2: 0) | Al-Ahli |
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium , Doha Spectators: 6,000 Referee: Ravshan Ermatov |
Emerson (6th) Felipe (26th) |
report | Val Baiano (73rd) |
March 12, 2008 | Al-Karama | 4: 1 (2: 0) | Al-Wahda |
Chālid-ibn-al-Walīd Stadium , Homs Spectators: 30,000 Referee: Abdullah Mohamed Al Hilali |
Feras Esmaeel (3rd) Zyad Chaabo (27th), (48th) Mohammad Al Hamwi (80th) |
report | Mohamed Al Shehhi (83rd) |
March 19, 2008 | Al-Ahli | 1: 1 (1: 1) | Al-Karama |
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium , Jeddah Spectators: 15,000 Referee: Sun Baojie |
Al Thagafi (15.) | report | Mohammad Al Hamwi (44th) |
March 19, 2008 | al-Wahda | 2: 2 (1: 1) | Al-Sadd |
Al-Nahyan Stadium , Abu Dhabi Spectators: 1,000 Referee: Ben Williams |
Pinga (17th) Mohamed Al Shehhi (85th) |
report |
Carlos Tenorio (44th) Emerson (71st) |
April 9, 2008 | Al-Ahli | 0-0 | Al-Wahda |
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium , Jeddah Spectators: 8,000 Referee: Saad Alfadhli |
report |
April 9, 2008 | Al-Sadd | 0: 2 (0: 0) | Al-Karama |
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium , Doha Spectators: 6,000 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir |
report |
Mohamad Al Hamwi (69.) Aatef Jenyat (73.) |
April 23, 2008 | Al-Wahda | 2: 1 (1: 0) | Al-Ahli |
Al-Nahyan Stadium , Abu Dhabi Spectators: 5,000 Referee: Mark Alexander Shield |
Josiel (35.), (84.) | report | Waleed Al Gizani (81st) |
April 23, 2008 | Al-Karama | 1: 0 (0: 0) | Al-Sadd |
Chālid-ibn-al-Walīd Stadium , Homs Spectators: 25,000 Referee: Matthew Breeze |
Aatef Jenyat (78th) | report |
May 7, 2008 | Al-Ahli | 2: 2 (2: 1) | Al-Sadd |
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium Spectators: 1,500 Referee: Yūichi Nishimura |
Hussain Sulimani (28th), (42nd) | report |
Mohammed Gholam (32nd, pen ) Yusef Ali (50th) |
May 7, 2008 | Al-Wahda | 1: 0 (0: 0) | Al-Karama |
Al-Nahyan Stadium , Abu Dhabi Spectators: 6,000 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura |
Mohamed Al Shehhi (90.) | report |
May 21, 2008 | Al-Sadd | 0-0 | Al-Wahda |
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium , Doha Spectators: 800 Referee: Lee Gi Young |
report |
May 21, 2008 | Al-Karama | 0-0 | Al-Ahli |
Chālid-ibn-al-Walīd Stadium , Homs Spectators: 15,000 Referee: Ravshan Ermatov |
report |
Group D
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Al Qadsia Kuwait | 6th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8: 7 | +1 | 11 |
2. | Paxtakor Tashkent | 6th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13: 6 | +7 | 11 |
3. | Arbil FC | 6th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8:11 | −3 | 8th |
4th | Al-Gharafa | 6th | 0 | 2 | 4th | 3: 8 | −5 | 2 |
March 12, 2008 | Paxtakor Tashkent | 0: 1 (0: 0) | Al Qadsia Kuwait |
MHSK Stadioni , Tashkent Spectators: 12,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh |
report | Ahmad Ajab (90.) |
March 12, 2008 | FC Arbil | 1: 1 (0: 1) | Al-Gharafa |
Prinz-Mohammed-Stadion , Zarqa Spectators: 250 Referee: Talaat Najm |
Muslim Mubarak (61.) | report | Araújo (13.) |
March 19, 2008 | Al Qadsia Kuwait | 1: 1 (0: 1) | FC Arbil |
Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium , Kuwait City Spectators: 8,000 Referee: Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi |
Khalaf Al Salama (81st) | report | Ahmad Salah Alwan (28th) |
March 19, 2008 | Al-Gharafa | 2: 2 (0: 0) | Paxtakor Tashkent |
Al-Gharafa Stadium , Qatar Spectators: 2,000 Referee: Lee Gi Young |
Yunis Mahmud (57.) Araújo (65.) |
report |
Asror Aliqulov (68th) Zaynitdin Tadjiyev (85th) |
April 9, 2008 | Al Qadsia Kuwait | 1: 0 (0: 0) | Al-Gharafa |
Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium , Kuwait City Spectators: 5,000 Referee: Mahmood Al Ghatrifi |
Ahmad Ajab (62nd) | report |
April 9, 2008 | Paxtakor Tashkent | 2: 0 (0: 0) | FC Arbil |
MHSK Stadioni , Tashkent Spectators: 10,000 Referee: Masoud Moradi |
Akmal Holmatov (47.) Alexander Geynrikh (52.) |
report |
April 23, 2008 | Al-Gharafa | 0: 1 (0: 0) | Al Qadsia Kuwait |
Al-Gharafa Stadium , Qatar Spectators: 1,000 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama |
report | Bader Al-Mutwa (89th) |
April 23, 2008 | FC Arbil | 1: 5 (1: 1) | Paxtakor Tashkent |
Prince Mohammed Stadium , Zarqa Spectators: 180 Referee: Mohamed Al Marzouqi |
Haidar Sabbah (19.) | report |
Salah Al-Deen Siamand (38., own goal) Nodirbek Kuziboyev (69.) Darko Marković (73.), (81.) Akmal Holmatov (90.) |
May 7, 2008 | Al Qadsia Kuwait | 2: 2 (2: 1) | Paxtakor Tashkent |
Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium , Kuwait City Spectators: 18,000 Referee: Salem Mahmoud Mujghef |
Ahmad Ajab (20th) Khalaf Al Salama (45th, pen ) |
report |
Odil Ahmedov (36th) Zaynitdin Tadjiyev (81st) |
May 7, 2008 | Al-Gharafa | 0: 1 (0: 1) | FC Arbil |
Al-Gharafa Stadium , Qatar Spectators: 200 Referee: Muhsen Basma |
report | Ahmad Salah Alwan (29.) |
May 21, 2008 | Paxtakor Tashkent | 2: 0 (1: 0) | Al-Gharafa |
MHSK Stadioni , Tashkent Spectators: 3,000 Referee: Satop Tongkhan |
Zaynitdin Tadjiyev (19th) Odil Ahmedov (88th, pen ) |
report |
May 21, 2008 | FC Arbil | 4: 2 (0: 2) | Al Qadsia Kuwait |
Prinz-Mohammed-Stadion , Zarqa Spectators: 120 Referee: Hedayat Mombini |
Luay Salah (52nd), (70th), (79th) Ahmad Salah Alwan (89th) |
report |
Saadoun Al Shammari (23rd) Ali Al-Kandri (34th) |
Group E
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Adelaide United | 6th | 4th | 2 | 0 | 9: 2 | +7 | 14th |
2. | Changchun Yatai FC | 6th | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10: 3 | +7 | 12 |
3. | Pohang Steelers | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6: 7 | −1 | 5 |
4th | Becamex Bình Dương | 6th | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4:17 | −13 | 1 |
March 12, 2008 | Changchun Yatai FC | 2: 1 (1: 0) | Becamex Bình Dương |
Changchun City Stadium , Changchun Spectators: 10,000 Referee: Ali Al Badwawi |
Du Zhenyu (4th) Cui Wei (70th) |
report | Nguyễn Anh Đức (53.) |
March 12, 2008 | Pohang Steelers | 0: 2 (0: 1) | Adelaide United |
Steelyard Stadium , Pohang Spectators: 8,436 Referee: Mohsen Torky |
report |
Robert Cornthwaite (3rd) Bruce Djite (59th) |
March 19, 2008 | Becamex Bình Dương | 1: 4 (1: 0) | Pohang Steelers |
Gò Đậu Stadium , Thủ Dầu Một Spectators: 12,000 Referee: Salem Mahmoud Mujghef |
Robson De Lima (11th) | report |
Denilson (49th), (58th) Kim Jae-Sung (56th) Cho Hyo-Jin (64th) |
March 19, 2008 | Adelaide United | 0-0 | Changchun Yatai FC |
Hindmarsh Stadium , Adelaide Spectators: 10,510 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama |
report |
April 9, 2008 | Becamex Bình Dương | 1: 2 (1: 0) | Adelaide United |
Gò Đậu Stadium , Thủ Dầu Một Spectators: 15,000 Referee: Atallah Jatli Al Enezi |
Philani (85.) | report |
Diego Walsh (10th) Richie Alagich (78th) |
April 9, 2008 | Changchun Yatai FC | 1: 0 (0: 0) | Pohang Steelers |
Changchun City Stadium , Changchun Spectators: 18,000 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou |
Guillaume Dah Zadi (86.) | report |
April 23, 2008 | Adelaide United | 4: 1 (0: 0) | Becamex Bình Dương |
Hindmarsh Stadium , Adelaide Spectators: 13,802 Referee: Mohamed Al Hilali |
Lucas Pantelis (56th) Travis Dodd (58th), (62nd) Diego Walsh (77th) |
report | Phạm Minh Đức (65.) |
April 23, 2008 | Pohang Steelers | 2: 2 (1: 0) | Changchun Yatai FC |
Steelyard Stadium , Pohang Spectators: 5,468 Referee: Satop Tongkhan |
Hwang Jae-Won (64th) Hwang Jin-Sung (90th) |
report |
Wang Dong (35th) Du Zhenyu (70th) |
May 7, 2008 | Becamex Bình Dương | 0: 5 (0: 3) | Changchun Yatai FC |
Gò Đậu Stadium , Thủ Dầu Một Spectators: 4,000 Referee: Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi |
report |
Wang Bo (2nd), (37th) Guillaume Dah Zadi (13th) Yan Feng (78th) Samuel Caballero (90th, pen ) |
May 7, 2008 | Adelaide United | 1: 0 (0: 0) | Pohang Steelers |
Hindmarsh Stadium , Adelaide Spectators: 11,805 Referee: Ravshan Ermatov |
Diego Walsh (63rd) | report |
May 21, 2008 | Changchun Yatai FC | 0-0 | Adelaide United |
Changchun City Stadium , Changchun Spectators: 4,571 Referee: Abdulrahman Recho |
report |
May 21, 2008 | Pohang Steelers | 0-0 | Becamex Bình Dương |
Steelyard Stadium , Pohang Spectators: 20,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh |
report |
Group F.
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Kashima Antlers | 6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28: 3 | +25 | 15th |
2. | Beijing Guoan | 6th | 4th | 0 | 2 | 14: 9 | +5 | 12 |
3. | Krung Thai Bank FC | 6th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20:27 | −7 | 7th |
4th | ĐPM Nam Định | 6th | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4:27 | −23 | 1 |
March 12, 2008 | FC Krung Thai Bank | 1: 9 (0: 3) | Kashima Antlers |
Chulalongkorn University Stadium , Bangkok Spectators: 2,000 Referee: Muhsen Basma |
Kassim Kone (64th) | report |
Yūzō Tashiro (15th), (50th) Daiki Iwamasa (21st) Takuya Nozawa (34th), (90th) Marquinhos (47th), (69th), (71th) Ryūta Sasaki (73th) |
March 12, 2008 | ĐPM Nam Định | 1: 3 (1: 0) | Beijing Guoan |
MỹĐình National Stadium , Hanoi Spectators: 600 Referee: Kim Dong Jin |
Lê Văn Duyệt (14.) | report |
Yan Xiangchuang (57th) Du Wenhui (60th) Zhang Shuai (90th) |
March 19, 2008 | Kashima Antlers | 6: 0 (1: 0) | ĐPM Nam Định |
Kashima Soccer Stadium , Kashima Spectators: 7,087 Referee: Mohamad Mansour |
Masashi Motoyama (25th), (48th) Marquinhos (58th), (67th) Yūzō Tashiro (73rd) Danilo (90th) |
report |
March 19, 2008 | Beijing Guoan | 4: 2 (1: 0) | FC Krung Thai Bank |
Fengtai Stadium , Beijing , People's Republic of China Spectators: 14,000 Referee: Atallah Jatli |
Du Wenhui (39.), (73.) Walter Martínez (51.), (75.) |
report |
Nantawat Thaensopa (58th) Peerapong Pichitchotirat (63rd) |
April 9, 2008 | Kashima Antlers | 1: 0 (0: 0) | Beijing Guoan |
Kashima Soccer Stadium , Kashima Spectators: 6,487 Referee: Mohsen Torki |
Danilo 52. | report |
April 9, 2008 | FC Krung Thai Bank | 9: 1 (3: 0) | ĐPM Nam Định |
Chulalongkorn University Stadium , Bangkok Spectators: 500 Referee: Hedayat Mombeni |
Kassim Kone (4th), (44th), (90th), (90th + 2 ') Nantawat Thaensopa (8th), (46th), (59th), Pichitphong Choeichiu 64th Tanat Wongsupphalak (70th) ) |
report | Trần Đức Dương (64.) |
April 23, 2008 | Beijing Guoan | 1: 0 (1: 0) | Kashima Antlers |
Fengtai Stadium , Beijing Spectators: 16,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh |
Tiago (41.) | report |
April 23, 2008 | ĐPM Nam Định | 2: 2 (1: 1) | FC Krung Thai Bank |
Mỹ Đình National Stadium , Hanoi Spectators: 2,000 Referee: Mohammad Dharman |
Hoàng Ngọc Linh (2nd), (47.) | report |
Nantawat Thaensopa (21st) Pichitphong Choeichiu (90th) |
May 7, 2008 | Kashima Antlers | 8: 1 (3: 0) | FC Krung Thai Bank |
Kashima Soccer Stadium , Kashima Spectators: 5,540 Referee: Matthew Breeze |
Daiki Iwamasa 19. Shinzō Kōroki 21. Yūzō Tashiro 45. Takuya Nozawa 46., 66. Mitsuo Ogasawara 50. Danilo 74., 83. |
report | Peerapong Pichitchotirat 90. |
May 7, 2008 | Beijing Guoan | 3: 0 (2: 0) | ĐPM Nam Định |
Fengtai Stadium , Beijing Spectators: 9,000 Referee: Kadhum Auda |
Guo Hui (14th, pen ) Yang Hao (32nd), (78th) |
report |
May 21, 2008 | FC Krung Thai Bank | 5: 3 (3: 0) | Beijing Guoan |
Chulalongkorn University Stadium , Bangkok Spectators: 400 Referee: Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi |
Nantawat Thaensopa (10.), (44.), (49.), (69., pen ) Peerapong Pichitchotirat (27.) |
report | Tiago (67., pen ), (70.), (77., pen ) |
May 21, 2008 | ĐPM Nam Định | 0: 4 (0: 1) | Kashima Antlers |
Mỹ Đình National Stadium , Hanoi Spectators: 1,200 Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi |
report |
Yūzō Tashiro (27th) Shinzō Kōroki (47th) Masashi Motoyama (75th) Danilo (87th) |
Group G
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Gamba Osaka | 6th | 4th | 2 | 0 | 14: 8 | +6 | 14th |
2. | Melbourne Victory | 6th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10:11 | −1 | 7th |
3. | Chunnam Dragons | 6th | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8:10 | −2 | 6th |
4th | Chonburi FC | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7:10 | −3 | 5 |
March 12, 2008 | Melbourne Victory | 2: 0 (1: 0) | Chunnam Dragons |
Telstra Dome , Melbourne Spectators: 23,656 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir |
Kevin Muscat (28th) Rodrigo Vargas (66th) |
report |
March 12, 2008 | Gamba Osaka | 1: 1 (0: 0) | Chonburi FC |
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium , Osaka Spectators: 7,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeni |
Lucas (90.) | report | Arthit Suntornphit (59.) |
March 19, 2008 | Chunnam Dragons | 3: 4 (2: 1) | Gamba Osaka |
Gwangyang Football Stadium Spectators: 3,000 Referee: Shamsuzzaman Tayeb Hasan |
Victor Simões (4th) Kim Tae-Su (27th), (60th) |
report |
Takahiro Futagawa (30th) Ryūji Bando (53rd), (75th) Michihiro Yasuda (58th) |
March 19, 2008 | Chonburi FC | 3: 1 (1: 0) | Melbourne Victory |
Suphachalasai Stadium , Bangkok Spectators: 10,000 Referee: Kadhum Auda |
Ney Fabiano (45.) Stephane Baga (79.), (90.) |
report | Daniel Allsopp (57.) |
April 9, 2008 | Chunnam Dragons | 1: 0 (0: 0) | Chonburi FC |
Gwangyang Football Stadium Spectators: 500 Referees: Abdullah Mohamed Al Hilali |
Victor Simões (90.) | report |
April 9, 2008 | Melbourne Victory | 3: 4 (2: 2) | Gamba Osaka |
Telstra Dome , Melbourne Spectators: 23,857 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh |
Daniel Allsopp (4th), (65th) Rodrigo Vargas (41st) |
report |
Takahiro Futagawa (31st) Baré (38th) Satoshi Yamaguchi (68th) Lucas (89th) |
April 23, 2008 | Chonburi FC | 2: 2 (0: 1) | Chunnam Dragons |
Suphachalasai Stadium , Bangkok Spectators: 10,000 Referee: Hai Tan |
Pipob On-Mo (56th) Panuwat Jinta (88th) |
report |
Chung Joon-Yeon (5th) Kim Myung-Woon (48th) |
April 23, 2008 | Gamba Osaka | 2: 0 (1: 0) | Melbourne Victory |
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium , Osaka Spectators: 8,132 Referee: Ali Al Badwawi |
Masato Yamazaki (31st), (57th) | report |
May 7, 2008 | Chunnam Dragons | 1: 1 (1: 1) | Melbourne Victory |
Gwangyang Football Stadium , Chunnam Spectators: 3,000 Referee: Abdullah Balideh |
Ko Ki-Gu (37th) | report | Tom Pondeljak (4th) |
May 7, 2008 | Chonburi FC | 0: 2 (0: 0) | Gamba Osaka |
Suphachalasai Stadium , Bangkok Spectators: 10,000 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou |
report |
Masato Yamazaki (64th) Lucas (76th) |
May 21, 2008 | Melbourne Victory | 3: 1 (0: 0) | Chonburi FC |
Telstra Dome , Melbourne Spectators: 9,558 Referee: Salem Mahmoud Mujghef |
Kevin Muscat (56th) Archie Thompson (65th) Carlos Hernández (77th) |
report | Ney Fabiano (55th) |
May 21, 2008 | Gamba Osaka | 1: 1 (0: 0) | Chunnam Dragons |
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium , Osaka Spectators: 7,160 Referee: Sun Baojie |
Takahiro Futagawa (75th) | report | Yoo Hong-Youl (86th, pen ) |
Final round
Quarter finals
The quarter-finals were played in two legs. The first leg took place on September 17th and the second leg on September 24th.
First legs
September 17, 2008 | Al-Karama | 1: 2 (1: 0) | Gamba Osaka |
Khaled Ibn Al Waleed Stadium , Homs Spectators: 17,000 Referee: Matthew Breeze |
Belal Abduldaim (7th) | report |
Satoshi Yamaguchi (70th) Masato Yamazaki (77th) |
September 17, 2008 | Al Qadsia Kuwait | 3: 2 (1: 1) | Urawa Red Diamonds |
Mohammed Al Hamad Stadium , Kuwait City Spectators: 12,000 Referee: Masoud Moradi |
Fahed EAJ Alebrahim (18th) Selim Benachour (57th) Khalaf MMS Almutairi (84th) |
report | Edmílson dos Santos Silva (33.), (90.) |
September 17, 2008 | Saipa Tehran | 2: 2 (2: 2) | Bunjodkor Tashkent |
Azadi Stadium , Tehran Spectators: 40,000 Referee: Saad Alfadhli |
Iman Razaghirad (19th) Kianoush Rahmati (40th) |
report |
José Villanueva (12th) Rivaldo (20th) |
September 17, 2008 | Kashima Antlers | 1: 1 (0: 1) | Adelaide United |
Kashima Soccer Stadium , Kashima (Ibaraki) Spectators: 7,004 Referee: Gi Young Lee |
Robert Cornthwaite (47th, own goal) | report | Travis Dodd (37th) |
Return legs
September 24, 2008 | Gamba Osaka | 2: 0 (0: 0) | Al-Karama |
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium , Osaka Spectators: 9,656 Referee: Sun Baojie |
Masato Yamazaki 83. Roniéliton dos Santos 85. |
report |
September 24, 2008 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 2: 0 (1: 0) | Al Qadsia Kuwait |
Saitama Stadium , Saitama Spectators: 41,790 Referee: Ben Williams |
Takahito Soma (31st) Marcus Tulio Tanaka (54th) |
report |
September 24, 2008 | Bunjodkor Tashkent | 5: 1 (3: 0) | Saipa Tehran |
MHSK Stadioni , Tashkent Spectators: 15,000 Referee: Muhsen Basma |
José Villanueva (9th), (19th), (52nd) Rivaldo (45th) Luiz Carlos Nascimento Júnior (68th) |
report | Saber Mirghorbani 47. |
September 24, 2008 | Adelaide United | 1: 0 (0: 0) | Kashima Antlers |
Hindmarsh Stadium , Adelaide Spectators: 16,965 Referee: Saad Alfadhli |
Robert Cornthwaite (72nd) | report |
Semifinals
The semi-finals were played in two legs. The first legs took place on October 8th and the second legs on October 22nd.
First legs
October 8, 2008 | Gamba Osaka | 1: 1 (0: 0) | Urawa Red Diamonds |
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium , Osaka Spectators: 17,166 Referee: Abdullah Mohamed Al Hilali |
Yasuhito Endō (81st) | report |
October 8, 2008 | Adelaide United | 3: 0 (0: 0) | Bunjodkor Tashkent |
Hindmarsh Stadium , Adelaide Attendance : 16,998 Referee: Sun Baojie |
Diego Walsh (57.) Fabian Barbiero (76.) Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues (89.) |
report |
Return legs
October 22, 2008 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 1: 3 (1: 0) | Gamba Osaka |
Saitama Stadium , Saitama Spectators: 53,287 Referee: Muhsen Basma |
Naohiro Takahara (36th) | report |
Satoshi Yamaguchi (51.) Tomokazu Myōjin (72.) Yasuhito Endō (77.) |
October 22, 2008 | Bunjodkor Tashkent | 1: 0 (0: 0) | Adelaide United |
MHSK Stadioni , Tashkent Spectators: 17,000 Referee: Ali Hamad Al Badwawi |
Anvarjon Soliev (78th) | report |
final
The final was played back and forth. The first leg took place on November 5th, the second leg on November 12th.
First legs
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Yōsuke Fujigaya - Sota Nakazawa , Satoshi Yamaguchi (captain), Akira Kaji - Yasuhito Endō , Takahiro Futagawa , Michihiro Yasuda (75th Takumi Shimohira ), Hayato Sasaki (69th Roni ), Tomokazu Myōjin (64th Masato Yamazaki ) - , Hideo Hashimoto Lucas Trainer: Akira Nishino |
Eugene Galekovic - Angelo Costanzo , Cássio (84th Robert Younis ), Scott Jamieson , Robert Cornthwaite , Sasa Ognenovski - Lucas Pantelis (73rd Jason Spagnuolo ), Kristian Sarkies , Travis Dodd (captain), Diego Walsh - Cristiano Trainer: Aurelio Vidmar |
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1-0 Lucas (37th) 2-0 Yasuhito Endō (43rd) 3-0 Michihiro Yasuda (89th) |
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Kristian Sarkies (35.), Angelo Costanzo (41.), Eugene Galekovic (90.) |
Return legs
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Mark Birighitti - Michael Valkanis , Cássio , Scott Jamieson , Robert Cornthwaite , Sasa Ognenovski - Kristian Sarkies (58th Jason Spagnuolo ), Travis Dodd (captain), Diego Walsh (69th Lucas Pantelis ), Paul Reid - Cristiano (69th Robert Younis ) Coach: Aurelio Vidmar |
Yōsuke fujigaya - Sota Nakazawa , Satoshi Yamaguchi (Captain), Akira Kaji - Yasuhito Endo , Takahiro Futagawa , Michihiro Yasuda (64. Takumi Shimohira ), Hayato Sasaki (58. Masato Yamazaki ), Tomokazu myojin (81. Ryuji Bando ), Hideo Hashimoto - Lucas Trainer: Akira Nishino |
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0: 1 Lucas (4th) 0: 2 Lucas (15th) |
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Cristiano (37.), Michael Valkanis (41.) | Yasuhito Endō (68.), Takumi Shimohira (83.) |
Best goal scorers
rank | player | club | Gates |
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1 | Nantawat Thaensopa | FC Krung Thai Bank | 9 |
2 | Lucas | Gamba Osaka | 6th |
3 | Marquinhos | Kashima Antlers | 5 |
Masato Yamazaki | Gamba Osaka | 5 | |
Kassim Kone | FC Krung Thai Bank FC | 5 | |
Yūzō Tashiro | Kashima Antlers | 5 | |
Danilo | Kashima Antlers | 5 |