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2011 AFC Champions League group stage

Football tournament group stage

Football tournament group stage

Main article: 2011 AFC Champions League

A total of 32 teams, 16 from West Asia and 16 from East Asia, competed in the 2011 AFC Champions League group stage. They included 30 direct entries and 2 winners of the qualifying play-off (one from West Asia and one from East Asia).

The draw for the group stage was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 7 December 2010. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Clubs from the same country may not be drawn into the same group.

In each group, teams played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 1–2 March, 15–16 March, 5–6 April, 19–20 April, 3–4 May, and 10–11 May 2011.

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers

The clubs are ranked according to points and tie breakers are in following order:

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; (Away goals do not apply)
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches; (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card)
  8. Drawing of lots.

Groups

Group A

Januário

Touré Janjuš Kazemian

Jamshidian

Al-Qahtani
Al-Shalhoub

Qasem Rădoi

Diané
Al Zain Ricardo Oliveira

Touré
Enayati

Al-Fraidi

Group B

Sharofetdinov Miladinović

Al-Harthi

Afif

Majidi
Seyed-Salehi
Borhani
Shikhov

Krimets

Al-Haydos

Al-Mutwa Al-Sahlawi

Hawar

Group C

Noor

Abushgeer Paulo Jorge

Karimov Karpenko

Arifi

Soliev Hugo

Al Shehhi

Group D

Igor Castro

Ahmed

Igor Castro
Hadadifar

Muath Shuhail

Alaaeldin

Group E

Adriano Lee Keun-Ho
Futagawa
Kim Seung-Yong

Lee Hyun-Ho

Cao Yang

Bae Ki-Jong

Muscat

Takei

Wu Weian Cao Yang

Usami

Group F

Bari

Ou Kyoung-Jun Molina

Keita
Fujimoto

Nagai

Damjanović

Elias

;Notes

  • Note 1: Nagoya Grampus v Al-Ain postponed from 15 March 2011 to 12 April 2011 due to earthquake in Japan.

Group G

Wang Yongpo

Huang Bowen
Luiz Henrique

Obina
Han Peng
Mozhapa
Wang Yongpo

Rodrigo Pimpão
Inui

Kim Dong-Chan
Jeong Shung-Hoon
Kang Seung-Jo

Kiyotake Inui Kurata

Group H

Oh Jang-Eun

Gabriel
Koroki

Jamieson Bridge

Neretljak
Yeom Ki-Hoon

Nozawa

Shin Se-Gye

;Notes

  • Note 2: The Kashima Antlers v Sydney FC match was postponed from 16 March 2011 to 10 May 2011 due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The return match, Sydney FC v Kashima Antlers, was brought forward from 10 May 2011 to 13 April 2011. All home matches of the Kashima Antlers were moved to the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo as the Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima was damaged in the earthquake.

References

References

  1. [http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-champions-league/31705-mouth-watering-matches-on-the-acl-agenda Mouth-watering matches on the ACL agenda]{{dead link. (June 2017)
  2. "AFC Champions League 2011 Draw Mechanism for Play-off Stage & Preliminary Stage (Group & Round of 16)".
  3. "2011 AFC Champions League Official Match Schedule".
  4. "AFC Champions League 2011 Competitions Regulations".
  5. [http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-champions-league/33749--embargoed-acl-update-nagoya-grampus-al-ain-match-on AFC President offers condolences]
  6. [http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-champions-league/34004-nagoya-vs-al-ain ACL update: Nagoya Grampus-Al Ain match to be played as scheduled]
  7. "Dates set for Sydney FC v Kashima Antlers".
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