2004 AFC Champions League

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 who defeated Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in the final.

2004 AFC Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	10 February – 1 December 2004
Teams	26
Final positions
Champions	Al-Ittihad (1st title)
Runners-up	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Tournament statistics
Matches played	80
Goals scored	252 (3.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kim Do-hoon (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Redha Tukar
← 2002–03 2005 →

Al Ain were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in the quarter-finals.

Format

Group Stage

A total of 28 clubs were divided into seven 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 six matches each. Clubs received three points for a win, one for a draw, and zero for a loss. The clubs were ranked according to points and tie breakers were in the following order:

1. Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
4. Goal difference in all group matches;
5. Goals scored in all group matches;

The seven group winners along with the defending champion (Al Ain) advanced to the quarter-finals.

Knockout stage

An open draw was held for the knockout stage; teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other. Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time and penalty shoot-outs were used to decide the winner if necessary.

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  Bahrain  China  Indonesia  Iran  Iraq  Japan  Kuwait  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  South Korea  Thailand  United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan  Vietnam

Developing countries  Bangladesh  Hong Kong  India  Jordan  Lebanon  Malaysia  Maldives  Myanmar  North Korea  Oman  Singapore  Syria  Turkmenistan  Yemen

Emerging countries  Afghanistan  Bhutan  Brunei  Cambodia  Timor-Leste  Guam  Kyrgyzstan  Laos  Macau  Mongolia    Nepal  Pakistan  Palestine  Philippines  Sri Lanka  Taiwan  Tajikistan

Qualified Teams

West Asia		East Asia
Quarter Finals
Team	Qualifying method	Team	Qualifying method
Al Ain	2002–03 AFC Champions League champions
Group Stage
Team	Qualifying method	Team	Qualifying method
Riffa	2002–03 Bahraini Premier League champions	Shanghai Shenhua	2003 Chinese Jia-A League champions
Al-Ahli	2003 King's Cup winners	Dalian Shide	2002 Chinese Jia-A League champions
Sepahan	2002–03 Iran Pro League champions	Persik Kediri	2003 Liga Indonesia Premier Division champions
Zob Ahan	2002–03 Hazfi Cup winners	PSM Makassar	2003 Liga Indonesia Premier Division runners-up
Al-Shorta	Chosen by the Iraq Football Association[Note IRQ]	Yokohama F. Marinos	2003 J.League Division 1 champions
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya		Júbilo Iwata	2003 Emperor's Cup winners
Al Qadisiya	2002–03 Kuwaiti Premier League champions 2003 Kuwait Emir Cup winners	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2003 K League champions
Al-Arabi	2002–03 Kuwaiti Premier League runners-up	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2003 Korean FA Cup winners
Qatar SC	2002–03 Qatar Stars League champions	Krung Thai Bank	2002–03 Thai League champions
Al Sadd	2002–03 Emir of Qatar Cup winners	BEC-Tero Sasana	2002–03 Thai League runners-up
Al-Ittihad	2002–03 Saudi Premier League champions	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	2003 V-League champions
Al Hilal	2003 Saudi Crown Prince Cup winners	Binh Dinh	2003 Vietnamese Cup winners
Al-Wahda	2002–03 UAE Football League runners-up[Note UAE]
Sharjah	2002–03 UAE President's Cup winners
Pakhtakor	2003 Uzbek League champions 2003 Uzbekistan Cup winners
Neftchi Fergana	2003 Uzbek League runners-up

Notes

1. ^
   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 led to the formation of a new IFA committee. Al-Shorta and Al-Najaf were first and second respectively at the outbreak of the war and so were chosen to represent Iraq in the AFC Champions League. However the IFA later deemed that Al-Najaf were not ready to participate and 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.
2. ^
   United Arab Emirates (UAE): As 2002–03 UAE Football League champions, Al Ain, qualified for the AFC Champions League as defending champions, the spot reserved for the UAE Football League champions was passed onto the runners-up of the league.

Group stage

Al-Hilal

Al-Ittihad

Qatar

Isfahan

Al-Ain

Sharjah

Al Wahda

Pakhtakor

Neftchi Fergana

Baghdad

Bahrain

Kuwait City

Yokohama F Marinos

Jubilo Iwata

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Shanghai Shenhua

Dalian Shide

Bangkok

Persik Kediri

PSM Makassar

Hoang Anh Gia Lai

Binh Dinh

Baghdad teams
Al-Shorta
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Isfahan teams
Sepahan
Zob Ahan

Qatar teams
Al-Sadd
Qatar SC

Kuwait City teams
Al Qadisiya
Al-Arabi

Bahrain teams
Al Riffa
Al Ahli

Greater Bangkok teams
Krung Thai Bank
BEC-Tero Sasana

Location of teams of the 2004 AFC Champions League.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D; Pink: Group E;
Green: Group F; Blue: Group G; Cyan: Quarter-finals;

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAK	ZOB	QAT	RIF
1	Pakhtakor	4	2	1	1	3	1	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–0	1–0	Canc.
2	Zob Ahan	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5			1–0	—	3–3	Canc.
3	Qatar SC	4	0	3	1	3	4	−1	3			0–0	0–0	—	2–0
4	Riffa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0[a]			Canc.	0–0	Canc.	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Riffa withdrew a week prior to their match against Pakhtakor, citing security concerns. Their previous results were voided and they were suspended from AFC competitions for two years.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WAH	SAD	QWJ	QAD
1	Al-Wahda	4	1	3	0	3	0	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	3–0	Canc.
2	Al Sadd	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	5			0–0	—	1–0	0–1
3	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	4	1	1	2	1	4	−3	4			0–0	1–0	—	0–1
4	Al Qadisiya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0[a]			1–3	0–0	1–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. On 20 April, following the match between Al-Qadisiya and Al-Sadd, Kuwaiti security personnel assaulted the visiting players; Al-Qadisiya were subsequently ejected from the competition and banned from AFC competitions for three years.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SHA	HIL	SHR	AHL
1	Sharjah	4	3	1	0	10	4	+6	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	5–2	2–0	Canc.
2	Al-Hilal	4	2	1	1	6	6	0	7			0–0	—	2–0	Canc.
3	Al-Shurta	4	0	0	4	3	9	−6	0			2–3	1–2	—	Canc.
4	Al-Ahli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0[a]			Canc.	Canc.	Canc.	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ITJ	SEP	ARB	NEF
1	Al-Ittihad	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13[a]	Advance to knockout stage		—	4–0	2–0	3–0
2	Sepahan	6	4	1	1	15	10	+5	13[a]			3–2	—	3–1	4–0
3	Al-Arabi	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8			0–0	2–2	—	3–2
4	Neftchi	6	0	0	6	5	18	−13	0			1–3	1–3	1–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Al-Ittihad +3, Sepahan −3.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JHM	JUB	SHA	BEC
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6	4	0	2	14	5	+9	12[a]	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–2	0–1	4–0
2	Jubilo Iwata	6	4	0	2	14	11	+3	12[a]			2–4	—	2–1	3–0
3	Shanghai Shenhua	6	3	0	3	7	9	−2	9			0–1	3–2	—	1–0
4	BEC Tero	6	1	0	5	6	16	−10	3			0–4	2–3	4–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors +1, Jubilo Iwata −1.

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DLS	KTB	HAG	PSM
1	Dalian Shide	6	5	0	1	11	5	+6	15	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–1	2–0	2–1
2	Krung Thai Bank	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	7[a]			0–2	—	2–2	1–2
3	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	6	2	1	3	10	10	0	7[a]			3–1	0–1	—	5–1
4	PSM Makassar	6	2	0	4	9	12	−3	6			0–1	2–3	3–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Krung Thai Bank 4, Hoang Anh Gia Lai 1.

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SEO	MAR	PSK	BDN
1	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	6	5	0	1	24	4	+20	15[a]	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–1	15–0	2–0
2	Yokohama F. Marinos	6	5	0	1	19	3	+16	15[a]			1–2	—	4–0	6–0
3	Persik Kediri	6	1	1	4	5	27	−22	4			1–2	1–4	—	1–0
4	Binh Dinh	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1			1–3	0–3	2–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker.

Knock-out stage

Bracket

	Quarter finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Dalian Shide	1	0	1
	Al-Ittihad	1	1	2
							Al-Ittihad	2	2	4
							Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1	2	3
	Al-Ain	0	1	1
	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1	4	5
													Al-Ittihad	1	5	6
													Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3	0	3
	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	6	5	11
	Sharjah	0	2	2
							Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	0	2	2
							Pakhtakor	0	0	0
	Al-Wahda	1	0	1
	Pakhtakor	1	4	5

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 14 and 15 September, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 September 2004.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ain	1–5	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–1	1–4
Dalian Shide	1–2	Al-Ittihad	1–1	0–1
Al-Wahda	1–5	Pakhtakor	1–1	0–4
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	11–2	Sharjah	6–0	5–2

Matches

14 September 2004

Al-Ain	0–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
		Gomes 90+3'

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

21 September 2004

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	4–1	Al-Ain
Namkung Do 53' Paulo Rink 69' Gomes 90+1' Park Dong-Hyuk 90+3'		Yaslam 88'

Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 5–1 on aggregate.

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14 September 2004

Dalian Shide	1–1	Al-Ittihad
Zou Jie 66'		Carević 25'

People's Stadium, Dalian

21 September 2004

Al-Ittihad	1–0	Dalian Shide
Tukar 68'

Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Al-Ittihad won 2–1 on aggregate.

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15 September 2004

Al-Wahda	1–1	Pakhtakor
Koutouan 10'		Magdeev 85'

Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

22 September 2004

Pakhtakor	4–0	Al-Wahda
Soliev 21' Shishelov 44', 90' Salem 86' (o.g.)

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Pakhtakor won 5–1 on aggregate.

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15 September 2004

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	6–0	Sharjah
Kim Do-Hoon 20' Lee Ki-Hyung 49' Dudu 52', 65' (pen.) Do Jae-Joon 81' Laktionov 89'

Seongnam 2 Stadium, Seongnam

22 September 2004

Sharjah	2–5	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Ndaye 44' Anderson 66'		Dudu 11', 25' Marcelo 20' Kim Do-Hoon 32' Laktionov 74'

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma won 11–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 19 and 20 October, and the second legs were played on 26 and 27 October 2004.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ittihad	4–3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	2–2
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2–0	Pakhtakor	0–0	2–0

Matches

19 October 2004

Al-Ittihad	2–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Noor 27' Montashari 87'		Botti 85'

Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

26 October 2004

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–2	Al-Ittihad
Rink 32' Botti 43'		Tcheco 68' (pen.) Osama 89'

Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju

Al-Ittihad won 4–3 on aggregate.

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20 October 2004

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	0–0	Pakhtakor

Seongnam 2 Stadium, Seongnam

27 October 2004

Pakhtakor	0–2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
		Kim Do-Hoon 37' Dudu 56'

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

The first leg was played on 24 November, and the second leg was played on 1 December 2004.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ittihad	6–3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1–3	5–0

Matches

24 November 2004

Al-Ittihad	1–3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Tukar 28'		Laktionov 26' Kim Do-Hoon 80' Jang Hak-Young 88'

Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

1 December 2004

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	0–5	Al-Ittihad
		Tukar 29' Idris 45+4' Noor 56', 78' Abushgeer 90+5'

Seongnam Stadium, Seongnam

Al-Ittihad won 6–3 on aggregate.

See also

• 2004 AFC Cup