2015 AFC Champions League group stage

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The 2015 AFC Champions League group stage was played from 24 February to 6 May 2015. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout stage of the 2015 AFC Champions League.[1]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 11 December 2014, 16:00 UTC+8, at the Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

The following 32 teams (16 from West Zone, 16 from East Zone) were entered into the group stage draw, which included the 24 automatic qualifiers and the eight qualifying play-off winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw:

Zone Teams
West Zone
(Groups A–D)
East Zone
(Groups E–H)

Format

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[1]

  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;
  4. Greater number of away goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 10 apply;
  6. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  7. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  8. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  9. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  10. Team who belongs to the member association with the higher AFC ranking.

Groups

The matchdays were 24–25 February, 3–4 March, 17–18 March, 7–8 April, 21–22 April, and 5–6 May 2015.[3]

Group A

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Persepolis Iran3–0Qatar Lekhwiya
Bengar 60'
Norouzi 66'
Nouri 83' (pen.)
Report

Bunyodkor Uzbekistan0–1Iran Persepolis
Report Nouri 21' (pen.)
Lekhwiya Qatar1–1Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Weiss 51' Report Musa 47' (o.g.)

Bunyodkor Uzbekistan0–1Qatar Lekhwiya
Report Nam Tae-hee 28' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,820
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia3–0Iran Persepolis
Mierzejewski 32'
Estoyanoff 86'
Al-Raheb 90+5'
Report

Persepolis Iran1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Taremi 62' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Lekhwiya Qatar1–0Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Weiss 43' Report

Bunyodkor Uzbekistan0–1Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Report Mierzejewski 33'
Lekhwiya Qatar3–0Iran Persepolis
Msakni 69'
Nam Tae-hee 83'
Afif 90+3'
Report

Persepolis Iran2–1Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Nouri 49' (pen.)
Jurabaev 73' (o.g.)
Report Rashidov 61'
Attendance: 100,000

Group B

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Pakhtakor Uzbekistan2–1Iran Naft Tehran
Makharadze 48'
Sergeev 85'
Report Ghorbani 59'
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates0–0Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Report

Naft Tehran Iran1–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Kouroshi 50' Report Gyan 58' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia2–2Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Al-Khaibari 35'
Hazazi 84'
Report Sergeev 62'
Makharadze 71' (pen.)

Pakhtakor Uzbekistan0–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Report Stoch 61'
Naft Tehran Iran2–1Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Motahari 86'
Padovani 90'
Report Hazazi 43' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,560

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates1–1Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Kembo 20' Report Sergeev 45+2'

Naft Tehran Iran1–1Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Rezaei 25' Report Kozak 36'
Attendance: 1,840
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia0–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Report Gyan 58'

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates3–0Iran Naft Tehran
Abdulrahman 63'
Gyan 74'
Kembo 87'
Report

Group C

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Foolad Iran0–0Qatar Al-Sadd
Report
Attendance: 37,843

Lokomotiv Tashkent Uzbekistan1–1Iran Foolad
Zoteev 6' Report Jama'ati 32'
Attendance: 7,456
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Al-Sadd Qatar1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Ibrahim 29' Report
Attendance: 6,843
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Foolad Iran0–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Report
Attendance: 37,452
Al-Sadd Qatar6–2Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
Ibrahim 27' (pen.), 50'
Al Haidos 34'
Belhadj 40'
Hassan 63'
Grafite 66'
Report Kojašević 56'
J. J. Hasanov 77' (pen.)

Lokomotiv Tashkent Uzbekistan5–0Qatar Al-Sadd
Bikmaev 7', 14'
Shoakhmedov 55'
Kojašević 79'
Koryan 90+1'
Report
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia2–0Iran Foolad
Al-Shamrani 46'
Al-Shahrani 61'
Report

Al-Sadd Qatar1–0Iran Foolad
Muriqui 42' Report

Foolad Iran1–0Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
Jahantigh 89' Report
Attendance: 2,142
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia2–1Qatar Al-Sadd
Al-Salem 20'
Kasola 69' (o.g.)
Report Al Haidos 32' (pen.)

Group D

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Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan2–1Iran Tractor Sazi
Shomurodov 46'
Karimov 52'
Report Edinho 32'
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates3–3Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Al Hammadi 19', 79'
Khalil 43'
Report Osvaldo 2'
Al-Mogahwi 41'
Al-Jassim 57'
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Tractor Sazi Iran1–0United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
Ahmadzadeh 40' Report
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia2–1Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
Al Soma 22'
Al-Amari 78'
Report Geworkýan 65'

Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates0–0Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
Report
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia2–0Iran Tractor Sazi
Al-Jassim 71', 79' Report
Attendance: 45,482
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Tractor Sazi Iran2–2Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Edinho 60'
Saghebi 77'
Report Al Soma 74', 90'
Attendance: 32,500
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan0–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
Report Ribeiro 81'

Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia2–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
Abu Radeah 78'
Bruno César 90+4'
Report Ribeiro 16'

Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates3–2Iran Tractor Sazi
Ribeiro 58'
Khalil 77', 88'
Report Bayrami 21'
Nariman Jahan 67'
Attendance: 3,540
Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan0–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Group E

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Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea0–0Japan Kashiwa Reysol
Report





Group F

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Gamba Osaka Japan0–2China Guangzhou R&F
Report Hamdallah 10'
Wang Song 80'
Attendance: 8,848
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)


Guangzhou R&F China0–1South Korea Seongnam FC
Report Hwang Ui-jo 27'
Attendance: 8,638
Gamba Osaka Japan1–1Thailand Buriram United
Abe 39' Report Theeraton 62'
Attendance: 6,469

Seongnam FC South Korea0–0China Guangzhou R&F
Report
Buriram United Thailand1–2Japan Gamba Osaka
Theeraton 9' Report Lins 41'
Omori 87'
Attendance: 23,987
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Guangzhou R&F China0–5Japan Gamba Osaka
Report Patric 14', 45'
Abe 44', 68'
Usami 70'

Buriram United Thailand5–0China Guangzhou R&F
Diogo 12', 38', 56'
Túñez 36'
Macena 59'
Report

Group G

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Brisbane Roar Australia0–1China Beijing Guoan
Report Shao Jiayi 90+3'
Attendance: 6,851
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)



Urawa Red Diamonds Japan1–1China Beijing Guoan
Makino 74' Report Yu Dabao 33'
Attendance: 13,683

Beijing Guoan China0–1Australia Brisbane Roar
Report Kaluđerović 39'

Group H

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Guangzhou Evergrande China1–0South Korea FC Seoul
Goulart 31' Report

FC Seoul South Korea1–0Japan Kashima Antlers
Kim Jin-kyu 66' Report



FC Seoul South Korea0–0China Guangzhou Evergrande
Report

References

  1. ^ a b "AFC Champions League 2015 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  2. ^ "AFC Champions League 2015 Draw". AFC. 12 December 2014.
  3. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.

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