2004 AFC Champions League

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
Third place	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Pakhtakor
Tournament statistics
Matches played	80
Goals scored	252 (3.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kim Do-hoon (9 Goals)

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 over Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.

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
• Goals For 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 8 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.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pakhtakor	4	2	1	1	3	1	+2	7
Zob Ahan	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5
Qatar SC	4	0	3	1	3	4	−1	3
Riffa 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

¹ Riffa withdrew, citing security concerns; they were suspended from AFC competitions for two years.

11 February 2004	Zob Ahan	1–0	Pakhtakor
25 February 2004	Pakhtakor	1–0	Qatar SC
6 April 2004	Zob Ahan	3–3	Qatar SC
21 April 2004	Qatar SC	0–0	Zob Ahan
5 May 2004	Pakhtakor	2–0	Zob Ahan
19 May 2004	Qatar SC	0–0	Pakhtakor

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Wahda	4	1	3	0	3	0	+3	6
Al Sadd	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	5
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	4	1	1	2	1	4	−3	4
Al Qadisiya 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

11 February 2004	Al Wahda	0–0	Al Sadd
25 February 2004	Al Sadd	1–0	Al Quwa Al Jawiya
6 April 2004	Al Wahda	3–0	Al Quwa Al Jawiya
6 April 2004	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	0–0	Al Wahda
5 May 2004	Al Sadd	0–0	Al Wahda
18 May 2004	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	1–0	Al Sadd

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sharjah	4	3	1	0	10	4	+6	10
Al-Hilal	4	2	1	1	6	6	0	7
Al Shurta	4	0	0	4	3	9	−6	0
Al-Ahli 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

¹ Al-Ahli withdrew following the decision by the Bahraini FA to retain 7 of their players for the national team and Olympic squads for their World Cup and Olympic Games qualifying matches; no penalties were imposed.

10 February 2004	Sharjah	2–0	Al Shurta
25 February 2004	Al Hilal	0–0	Sharjah
6 April 2004	Al Shurta	1–2	Al Hilal
21 April 2004	Al Hilal	2–0	Al Shurta
4 May 2004	Al Shurta	2–3	Sharjah
18 May 2004	Sharjah	5–2	Al Hilal

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ittihad	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13
Sepahan	6	4	1	1	15	10	+5	13
Al-Arabi	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8
Neftchi	6	0	0	6	5	18	−13	0

10 February 2004	Sepahan	4–0	Neftchi
11 February 2004	Al Ittihad	2–0	Al Arabi
24 February 2004	Neftchi	1–3	Al Ittihad
24 February 2004	Al Arabi	2–2	Sepahan
7 April 2004	Sepahan	3–2	Al Ittihad
20 April 2004	Al Ittihad	4–0	Sepahan
21 April 2004	Al Arabi	3–2	Neftchi
4 May 2004	Neftchi	1–3	Sepahan
4 May 2004	Al Arabi	0–0	Al-Ittihad
18 May 2004	Sepahan	3–1	Al Arabi
18 May 2004	Al-Ittihad	3–0	Neftchi
26 May 2004	Neftchi	1–2	Al Arabi

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6	4	0	2	14	5	+9	12
Jubilo Iwata	6	4	0	2	14	11	+3	12
Shanghai Shenhua	6	3	0	3	7	9	−2	9
BEC Tero	6	1	0	5	6	16	−10	3

11 February 2004	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–2	Jubilo Iwata
11 February 2004	BEC Tero	4–1	Shanghai Shenhua
25 February 2004	Jubilo Iwata	3–0	BEC Tero
25 February 2004	Shanghai Shenhua	0–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
6 April 2004	Jubilo Iwata	2–1	Shanghai Shenhua
7 April 2004	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	4–0	BEC Tero
20 April 2004	BEC Tero	0–4	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
22 April 2004	Shanghai Shenhua	3–2	Jubilo Iwata
5 May 2004	Shanghai Shenhua	1–0	BEC Tero
12 May 2004	Jubilo Iwata	2–4	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
19 May 2004	BEC Tero	2–3	Jubilo Iwata
19 May 2004	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–1	Shanghai Shenhua

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dalian Shide	6	5	0	1	11	5	+6	15
Hoang Anh	6	2	1	3	10	10	0	7
Krung Thai	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	7
PSM Makassar	6	2	0	4	9	12	−3	6

10 February 2004	Krung Thai	0–2	Dalian Shide
11 February 2004	Hoang Anh	5–1	PSM Makassar
24 February 2004	Dalian Shide	2–0	Hoang Anh
25 February 2004	PSM Makassar	2–3	Krung Thai
6 April 2004	Hoang Anh	0–1	Krung Thai
7 April 2004	PSM Makassar	0–1	Dalian Shide
21 April 2004	Krung Thai	2–2	Hoang Anh
21 April 2004	Dalian Shide	2–1	PSM Makassar
4 May 2004	Dalian Shide	3–1	Krung Thai
5 May 2004	PSM Makassar	3–0	Hoang Anh
18 May 2004	Hoang Anh	3–1	Dalian Shide
18 May 2004	Krung Thai	1–2	PSM Makassar

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	6	5	0	1	24	4	+20	15
Yokohama F. Marinos	6	5	0	1	19	3	+16	15
Persik Kediri	6	1	1	4	5	27	−22	4
Binh Dinh	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1

10 February 2004	Binh Dinh	0–3	Yokohama F. Marinos
11 February 2004	Persik Kediri	1–2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
24 February 2004	Yokohama F. Marinos	4–0	Persik Kediri
25 February 2004	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2–0	Binh Dinh
7 April 2004	Binh Dinh	2–2	Persik Kediri
7 April 2004	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
21 April 2004	Persik Kediri	1–0	Binh Dinh
21 April 2004	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	0–1	Yokohama F. Marinos
5 May 2004	Yokohama F. Marinos	6–0	Binh Dinh
11 May 2004	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	15-0	Persik Kediri
19 May 2004	Persik Kediri	1–4	Yokohama F. Marinos
19 May 2004	Binh Dinh	1–3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Knock-out stage

Quarter finals

First-leg home team shown first. First-leg home team score shown first for both legs.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ain (2003 Champion)	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

First leg

14 September 2004

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

People's Stadium, Dalian

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14 September 2004

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

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

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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' Denis Laktionov 89'

Seongnam 2 Stadium, Seongnam

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15 September 2004

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

Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Second leg

21 September 2004

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

Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 5–1 on aggregate.

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21 September 2004

Al-Ittihad	1–0	Dalian Shide
Tukar 68'

PAF Stadium, Jeddah

Al-Ittihad won 2–1 on aggregate.

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22 September 2004

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

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Pakhtakor won 5–1 on aggregate.

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22 September 2004

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

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma won 11–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First-leg home team shown first. First-leg home team score shown first for both legs.

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

First leg

19 October 2004

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

PAF Stadium, Jeddah

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20 October 2004

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	0–0	Pakhtakor

Seongnam 2 Stadium, Seongnam

Second leg

26 October 2004

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–2	Al-Ittihad
Paulo 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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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

First-leg home team shown first. First-leg home team score shown first for both legs.

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

First leg

24 November 2004

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

PAF Stadium, Jeddah

Second leg

1 December 2004

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

Seongnam 2 Stadium, Seongnam

Al-Ittihad won 6–3 on aggregate.

Champions

2004 AFC Champions League Al-Ittihad First Title

External links

• AFC Champions League 2004 Official Page (English)
• AFC Champions League 2004 at RSSSF.com