2009 AFC Champions League
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The 2009 AFC Champions League was the 28th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 7th under the current AFC Champions League title. The final was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 7 November 2009. The winners, South Korean club Pohang Steelers, qualified for the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.
The champions league was expanded to 35 clubs this year, with 5 teams starting from a knockout qualifying stage. An extra stage in the knockout phase was added so that the runners up as well as the winners from the group stage would progress. The previous season winner no longer got a bye through to the knockout round. Each team was allowed to field a maximum of four foreign players this season, one of whom had to be from an AFC Member Association country.
Qualification
A total of 35 teams participated in the 2009 AFC Champions League.[1]
AFC assessment ranking
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Allocation of entries
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2009 AFC Champions League:
Qualifying play-off: (5 teams)
- Template:Flagicon United Arab Emirates, Template:Flagicon Indonesia, Template:Flagicon Singapore, Template:Flagicon Thailand, Template:Flagicon India each have 1 team qualify
Group stage: (32 teams)
- 2 qualifying play-off entries
- 4 teams qualified: Template:Flagicon Japan, Template:Flagicon China, Template:Flagicon Iran, Template:Flagicon South Korea, Template:Flagicon Saudi Arabia
- 3 teams qualified: Template:Flagicon United Arab Emirates
- 2 teams qualified: Template:Flagicon Australia, Template:Flagicon Uzbekistan, Template:Flagicon Qatar
- 1 team qualified: Template:Flagicon Indonesia
The following teams had qualified for qualifying play-off, but were removed as their leagues did not meet the Champions League criteria:
| Team | Original qualification |
|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Binh Duong | 2008 V-League champions |
| Template:Flagicon Muharraq | 2008 AFC Cup winners |
| Template:Flagicon Safa | 2008 AFC Cup runners-up |
Teams
In the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count only those since the 2002–03 season (including qualifying rounds), when the competition was rebranded as the AFC Champions League. TH means title holders.
- Number of appearances (including qualifying rounds) since the 2002/03 season, when the competition was rebranded as the AFC Champions League
Schedule
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Qualifying play-off
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Preliminary round
{{#lst:2009 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off|Preliminary round}}
Play-off round
{{#lst:2009 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off|Play-off round}}
Group stage
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Each club played double round-robin (home and away) against fellow three group members, a total of 6 matches each. Each team had been numbered from 1 to 4, the numbers determine the order of the fixtures.
- Match Day 1: 1 vs 4, 3 vs 2
- Match Day 2: 2 vs 1, 4 vs 3
- Match Day 3: 1 vs 3, 4 vs 2
- Match Day 4: 3 vs 1, 2 vs 4
- Match Day 5: 4 vs 1, 2 vs 3
- Match Day 6: 1 vs 2, 3 vs 4
Clubs receive 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked according to points and tie breakers are in following order:
- Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; (Away goals do not apply)
- Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; (Away goals do not apply)
- Goal difference in all the group matches;
- Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
- Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
- Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches; (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card)
- Drawing of lots.
Winners and runners-up of each group qualified for the next round.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group F
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Group G
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Group H
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Knockout stage
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Bracket
{{#lst:2009 AFC Champions League knockout stage|Bracket}}
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 of the 2009 AFC Champions League was held on 7 January 2009, along with the draw for the group stage. The West Asian matches were played on 26 and 27 May. The East Asian matches were played on 24 June.
{{#lst:2009 AFC Champions League knockout stage|Round of 16}}
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals and the remaining knockout rounds took place at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 29 June 2009. The first leg matches were played on 23–24 September, with the second leg matches were played on 30 September. {{#lst:2009 AFC Champions League knockout stage|Quarter-finals}}
Semi-finals
The first leg matches were played on 21 October, with the second leg matches were played on 28 October 2009. {{#lst:2009 AFC Champions League knockout stage|Semi-finals}}
Final
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Top scorers
Note: Goals scored in qualifying round not counted.
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| 1 | Template:Flagicon Leandro | Template:Flagicon Gamba Osaka | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Prince Tagoe | Template:Flagicon Al-Ettifaq | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Denilson | Template:Flagicon Pohang Steelers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Shamrani | Template:Flagicon Al-Shabab | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Mohammed Noor | Template:Flagicon Al-Ittihad | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Yoshizumi Ogawa | Template:Flagicon Nagoya Grampus | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Hicham Aboucherouane | Template:Flagicon Al-Ittihad | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Dejan Damjanović | Template:Flagicon FC Seoul | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Renatinho | Template:Flagicon Kawasaki Frontale | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Zaynitdin Tadjiyev | Template:Flagicon Pakhtakor | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Araújo | Template:Flagicon Al-Gharafa | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Fair Play Award
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See also
References
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