2005 AFC Champions League

2005 AFC Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	March 2005 - November 2005
Teams	29
Final positions
Champions	Al-Ittihad (2nd title)
Runners-up	Al Ain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	98
Goals scored	286 (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)	N.A.
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The 2005 AFC Champions League was the 24th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 3rd edition under the current AFC Champions League title.

The championship was retained by the Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad with a 5-3 aggregate victory over UAE side Al Ain. Following a 1-1 draw at the Tahnon Bin Mohammed Stadium in Al Ain in the first leg, Ittihad recorded a 4-2 victory at the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah to lift the trophy for the second consecutive season.

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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
PAS	6	5	1	0	12	4	16
Al Salmiya	6	3	0	3	8	9	9
Al Rayyan	6	2	1	3	6	7	7
Al Shurta	6	0	2	4	2	8	2

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Al Ain	6	4	1	1	13	6	13
Sepahan	6	3	2	1	10	6	11
Al Shabab	6	3	1	2	7	7	10
Al Wahda	6	0	0	6	5	16	0

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Al Sadd	6	4	0	2	8	6	12
Neftchi	6	3	0	3	8	7	9
Al Kuwait	6	2	1	3	5	6	7
Al Ahli	6	2	1	3	8	10	7

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Al Ahli	6	5	0	1	18	5	15
Pakhtakor Tashkent	6	3	0	3	9	8	9
Al Zawra	6	2	1	3	6	13	7
Al Jaish	6	1	1	4	7	14	4

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Shenzhen Jianlibao	6	4	1	1	9	3	13
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	6	4	1	1	14	3	13
Jubilo Iwata	6	3	0	3	11	4	9
Hoang Anh GL	6	0	0	6	1	25	0

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Shandong Luneng Taishan	6	6	0	0	15	2	18
Yokohama F. Marinos	6	4	0	2	10	4	12
PSM Makassar	6	1	1	4	4	14	4
BEC Tero	6	0	1	5	3	12	1

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Busan I'Park	6	6	0	0	25	0	18
Krung Thai	6	3	0	3	5	9	9
Persebaya	6	1	1	4	2	10	4
Binh Dinh	6	1	1	4	2	15	4

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 Ahli	3-4	Shenzhen Jianlibao	2-1	1-3 (aet)
Shandong Luneng Taishan	3-8	Al-Ittihad	1-1	2-7
Busan I'Park	5-1	Al Sadd	3-0	2-1
Al Ain	4-4	PAS	1-1	3-3

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
Shenzhen Jianlibao	0-6	Al Ain	0-6	0-0
Al-Ittihad	7-0	Busan I'Park	5-0	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 Ain	3-5	Al-Ittihad	1-1	2-4

See also

• 2005 FIFA Club World Championship

External links

• AFC Champions League 2005 Official Page (English)
• AFC Champions League 2005 at RSSSF.com