2007 AFC Champions League

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
• 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 eight 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.

Participating clubs

After their admission into the AFC, Australia were granted two entries. Because of this, both Thailand and Vietnam were restricted to entering just one club, with a second club from each country playing in the AFC Cup.

;Notes

Group stage

The draw took place in Kuala Lumpur on 22 December, allocating teams into seven groups. In February, the AFC disqualified Esteghlal Tehran from Group B for failing to register their players in time.

Group matches were scheduled to be played over match days on 7 March 21 March 11 April 25 April 9 and 23 May 2007.

Group A

Saleh Al Menhali Bashir Saeed

Bashir Saeed

Firas Al Khatib

Ahmad Ibrahim Nawaf Falah

Haidar Alo Ali Mamadou Bagayoko

Khaled Khalaf
Jarrah Al Zuhair Yaser Matar Abdul-Salam Abood
Haidar Sabah

Group B

Rodrigão

Shakhboz Erkinov

Group C

Abdalrahman Akkari

Saeed Mohsen
Karrar Jassim

Nosirbek Otakuziev

Emerson

Qassim Faraj Fahd Awde
Senghor Koupouleni

Nasim Shoimov

Group D

Waleed Al-Gizani

Naji Majrashi
Waleed Al-Gizanii

Msalam Faiez
Frank Ongfiang Emad Mohammed

Waleed Al-Gizani

Mohammad Nori
Emad Mohammed

Group E

Ufuk Talay Yuichiro Nagai
Shinji Ono

Ufuk Talay Yuichiro Nagai

Budi Sudarsono

Alex Brosque

Budi Sudarsono Robson Ponte
Yuki Abe

Gao Lin
Diego Alonso
Sergio Blanco

Group F

Kengo Nakamura

Sandro Cardoso

Magnum

Chong Tese

Song Tae-Lim Kraisorn Pancharoen Taku Harada

Takahisa Nishiyama

Group G

Kim Dong-hyun
Adrian Neaga

Wang Yongpo Travis Dodd

Wang Yongpo
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Shu Chang Nathan Burns Choi Sung-Kuk

Son Dae-Ho
Mota

Knock-out stage

Bracket

| team-width=200

| RD1-team1=IRN Sepahan | RD1-score1-1=0 | RD1-score1-2=0 | RD1-score1-agg=0 (5) | RD1-team2=JPN Kawasaki Frontale | RD1-score2-1=0 | RD1-score2-2=0 | RD1-score2-agg=0 (4)

| RD1-team3=UAE Al-Wahda (a) | RD1-score3-1=0 | RD1-score3-2=1 | RD1-score3-agg=1 | RD1-team4=KSA Al-Hilal | RD1-score4-1=0 | RD1-score4-2=1 | RD1-score4-agg=1

| RD1-team5=KOR Seognam Ilhwa Chunma | RD1-score5-1=2 | RD1-score5-2=2 | RD1-score5-agg=4 | RD1-team6=SYR Al-Karamah | RD1-score6-1=1 | RD1-score6-2=0 | RD1-score6-agg=1

| RD1-team7=JPN Urawa Red Diamonds | RD1-score7-1=2 | RD1-score7-2=2 | RD1-score7-agg=4 | RD1-team8=KOR Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | RD1-score8-1=1 | RD1-score8-2=0 | RD1-score8-agg=1

| RD2-team1=IRN Sepahan | RD2-score1-1=3 | RD2-score1-2=0 | RD2-score1-agg=3 | RD2-team2=UAE Al-Wahda | RD2-score2-1=1 | RD2-score2-2=0 | RD2-score2-agg=1 | RD2-team3=KOR Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | RD2-score3-1=2 | RD2-score3-2=2 | RD2-score3-agg=4 (3) | RD2-team4=JPN Urawa Red Diamonds | RD2-score4-1=2 | RD2-score4-2=2 | RD2-score4-agg=4 (5)

| RD3-team1=IRN Sepahan | RD3-score1-1=1 | RD3-score1-2=0 | RD3-score1-agg=1 | RD3-team2=JPN Urawa Red Diamonds | RD3-score2-1=1 | RD3-score2-2=2 | RD3-score2-agg=3

Quarter-finals

First leg

Cho Byung-Kuk

Tatsuya Tanaka

Second leg

Kazuki Ganaha Masahiro Ohashi Hiroyuki Taniguchi Shuhei Terada Moharram Navidkia Abu Al-Hail Farshad Bahadorani Jalal Akbari

• Sepahan progress 5–4 on penalties after 0–0 aggregate score

• Al-Wahda progress on away goals rule with 1–1 aggregate score

Kim Dong-hyun

• Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma progress 4–1 on aggregate

Choi Jin-cheul

• Urawa Red Diamonds progress 4–1 on aggregate

Semi-finals

First leg

Kim Do-Heon Robson Ponte

Moharram Navidkia

Second leg

Makoto Hasebe Kim Dong-hyun Washington Yuki Abe Yuichiro Nagai Tadaaki Hirakawa Choi Sung-Kuk Kim Dong-hyun Park Jin-Sub

• Urawa Red Diamonds progress 5–3 on penalties after 4–4 aggregate score

• Sepahan progress 3–1 on aggregate

Final

Main article: 2007 AFC Champions League Final

First leg

Second leg

Yuki Abe

• Urawa Red Diamonds win 3–1 on aggregate

Top scorers

References