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 (Jeddah) over Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.

Format

Group Stage

A total of 28 clubs are divided into 7 groups of four, based on region i.e. East Asian and Southeast Asian clubs are drawn in Group E to F, while rest are grouped in Group A to D. Each club plays double round-robin (home and away) against fellow three group members, a total of 6 matches each. Clubs receive 3pts for a win, 1pt for a tie, 0pts for a loss. The clubs are ranked according to points and tie breakers are in following order:

• Points earned between the clubs in question
• Goal Differential between the clubs in question
• Goal For between the clubs in question
• Points earned within the group
• Goal Differential within the group
• Goal For within the group

The seven group winners along with the defending champions qualifies to the quarter-finals.

Knockout Round

All 8 clubs are randomly matched; however, the only restriction is that the clubs from same country cannot face each other in the quarterfinals. The games are conduced in 2 legs, home and away, and the aggregates goals decides the match winner. If the aggregate goals cannot produce a winner, away goal rules in used. If still tied, clubs play extra time, where away goal rule still applies. If stilled tied, the game goes to penalties.

Group stage

Group A

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

Group B

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

¹ 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.

Group C

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

¹ Al Ahly 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.

Group D

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

Group E

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

Group F

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

Group G

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

Quarter finals

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

Team 1	Agg.	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

Semi-finals

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

Team 1	Agg.	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

Final

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

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

External links

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