Liga Champions AFC 2007 adalah edisi ke-26 dari turnamen tingkat pertama klub-klub sepak bola Asia dan edisi ke-5 dengan nama Liga Champions AFC.

Liga Champions AFC 2007
Informasi turnamen
Jadwal
penyelenggaraan
Maret 2007 - November 2007
Jumlah
tim peserta
28
Hasil turnamen
JuaraJepang Urawa Red Diamonds (gelar ke-1)
Tempat keduaIran Sepahan
Statistik turnamen
Jumlah
pertandingan
92
Jumlah gol230 (2,5 per pertandingan)
Pemain terbaikJepang Yuichiro Nagai (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Pencetak gol
terbanyak
Brasil Mota (7 gol)
2006
2008

Klub Jepang Urawa Red Diamonds menjadi juara untuk pertama kalinya, mengalahkan Sepahan dari Iran dan menjadi klub Jepang keempat yang memenangkan kejuaraan tingkat Asia.

Klub peserta

Along with the defending champion, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, 28 other clubs from fourteen countries qualified based on performance in domestic league and cup competitions. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors entered the competition at the quarter-finals.

The draw took place in Kuala Lumpur on December 22, allocating teams into seven groups. In February, the AFC disqualified Esteghlal Tehran from Group B for failing to register their players in time.[1] This reduced the number of competing teams to 28.

Defending Champions (1)
  Korea Republic (1) Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2006 AFC Champions League winners)
East Asia & ASEAN (12)
  Australia (2) Adelaide United (2005–06 A-League premiers)
Sydney FC (2005–06 A-League champions)
  China (2) Shandong Luneng Taishan (2006 Chinese Super League champions and 2006 Chinese FA Cup winners)
Shanghai Shenhua (2006 Chinese Super League runners-up)
  Indonesia (2) Persik Kediri (2006 Liga Indonesia Premier Division champions)
Arema Malang (2006 Copa Indonesia winners)
  Japan (2) Urawa Red Diamonds (2006 J. League Division 1 champions and 2006–07 Emperor's Cup winners)
Kawasaki Frontale (2006 J. League Division 1 runners-up)
  Korea Republic (2) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2006 K-League champions)
Chunnam Dragons (2006 Korean FA Cup winners)
  Thailand (1) Bangkok University FC (2006 Thailand Premier League champions)
  Vietnam (1) Gach Dong Tam Long An (2006 V-League champions)
Central & South Asia and West Asia (16) (15)
  Iran (2) (1) Esteghlal Tehran (2005–06 Iran Pro League champions)
Sepahan (2005–06 Hazfi Cup winners)
  Iraq (2) Al-Zawraa (2005–06 Iraqi Premier League champions)
Najaf FC (2005–06 Iraqi Premier League runners-up)
  Kuwait (2) Al Kuwait Kaifan (2005–06 Kuwaiti Premier League champions)
Al-Arabi (2006 Kuwait Emir Cup winners)
  Qatar (2) Al Sadd (2005–06 Qatar Stars League champions)
Al-Rayyan (2006 Emir of Qatar Cup winners)
  Saudi Arabia (2) Al-Shabab (2005–06 Saudi Premier League champions)
Al-Hilal (2005–06 Saudi Crown Prince Cup winners)
  Syria (2) Al-Karamah (2005–06 Syrian League champions)
Al Ittihad (2005–06 Syrian Cup winners)
  UAE (2) Al-Wahda (2005–06 UAE Football League runners-up)
Al Ain Club (2005–06 UAE Emir Cup winners)
  Uzbekistan (2) FC Pakhtakor (2006 Uzbek League champions and 2006 Uzbekistani Cup winners)
Neftchi Farg'ona (2006 Uzbek League runners-up)

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
  • 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 an 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.

Babak penyisihan grup

Grup A

Tim Main M S K MG KG SG
Poin
  Al-Wahda 6 4 1 1 13 6 +7 13
  Al-Zawraa 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11
  Al-Arabi 6 2 1 3 10 12 −2 7
  Al-Rayyan 6 0 2 4 3 11 −8 2





Grup B

Tim Main M S K MG KG SG
Poin
  Al-Hilal 4 2 2 0 5 1 +4 8
  Pakhtakor 4 2 0 2 3 5 −2 6
  Al Kuwait 4 0 2 2 2 4 −2 2
  Esteghlal (*) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

(*) Esteghlal was disqualified for failing to submit their players list in time.






Grup C

Tim Main M S K MG KG SG
Poin
  Al-Karamah 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 11
  Neftchi 6 3 1 2 6 7 −1 10
  Najaf FC 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8
  Al Sadd 6 1 1 4 6 10 −4 4

21 Maret 2007
Al Sadd   1–4   Najaf FC
Talal Al Bloushi   45' (Laporan) Aqeel Mohammed   47'
Saeed Mohsen   55'   86' (pen.)
Karrar Jassim   70'
Al Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Penonton: 1.500
Wasit: Ben Williams (Australia)

11 April 2007
Al Sadd   2–0   Neftchi
Khalfan Ibrahim   65'
Emerson   75'
(Laporan)
Al Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Penonton: 2.000
Wasit: Tan Hai (Tiongkok)



Grup D

Tim Main M S K MG KG SG
Poin
  Sepahan 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13
  Al-Shabab 6 3 1 2 9 3 +6 10
  Al Ain 6 1 3 2 5 8 −3 6
  Al-Ittihad 6 0 3 3 3 13 −10 3





Grup E

Tim Main M S K MG KG SG
Poin
  Urawa Red Diamonds 6 2 4 0 9 5 +4 10
  Sydney FC 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9
  Persik Kediri 6 2 1 3 6 16 −10 7
  Shanghai Shenhua 6 1 2 3 7 4 +3 5





Grup F

Tim Main M S K MG KG SG
Poin
  Kawasaki Frontale 6 5 1 0 15 4 +11 16
  Chunnam Dragons 6 3 1 2 7 8 −1 10
  Arema Malang 6 1 1 4 2 9 −7 4
  Bangkok University 6 0 3 3 4 7 −3 3





Grup G

Tim Main M S K MG KG SG
Poin
  Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 6 4 1 1 13 6 +7 13
  Shandong Luneng Taishan 6 4 1 1 12 8 +4 13
  Adelaide United 6 2 2 2 9 6 +3 8
  Gach Dong Tam Long An 6 0 0 6 4 18 −14 0





Knock-out stage

Bracket

Templat:8TeamBracket-CCL

Quarter-finals

Tim 1 Agregat Tim 2 Leg 1 Leg 2
Sepahan   0–0 (5–4p)   Kawasaki Frontale 0–0 0–0 (p.w.)
Al-Wahda   1–1 (a)   Al-Hilal 0–0 1–1
Seognam Ilhwa Chunma   4–1   Al-Karamah 2–1 2–0
Urawa Red Diamonds   4–1   Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
(2006 Champion)
2–1 2–0

Leg pertama


19 September 2007
Al-Wahda   0–0   Al-Hilal
Report


Leg kedua

  • Sepahan melaju dengan aggregat 5–4 on penalties after 0–0 aggregate score

  • Al-Wahda melaju dengan aggregat on away goals rule with 1–1 aggregate score

  • Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma melaju dengan aggregat 4–1

  • Urawa Red Diamonds melaju dengan aggregat 4–1


Semi-finals

Tim 1 Agregat Tim 2 Leg 1 Leg 2
Sepahan   3–1   Al-Wahda 3–1 0–0
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma   4–4 (3–5p)   Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 2–2 (p.w.)

Leg pertama


Leg kedua

  • Urawa Red Diamonds melaju dengan skor 5–3 pada adu penalti setelah imbang aggregat 4–4

24 October 2007
Al-Wahda   0–0   Sepahan
Report
  • Sepahan melaju dengan aggregat 3–1


Final

Tim 1 Agregat Tim 2 Leg 1 Leg 2
Sepahan   1–3   Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 0–2

Leg pertama

Leg kedua

  • Urawa Red Diamonds menang dengan aggregat 3–1

Juara

Liga Champions AFC
2007
 
Urawa Red Diamonds
Gelar pertama

Pencetak gol terbanyak

Peringkat Pemain Klub Gol
1   Mota   Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 7
2   Mehdi Seyed Salehi   Sepahan 5
  Kim Dong Hyun   Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
4   Steve Corica   Sydney FC 4
  Rodrigão   Al-Hilal
  Firas Al Khatib   Al-Arabi
  Saeed Mohsen   Najaf FC
  Travis Dodd   Adelaide United
  Robson Ponte   Urawa Red Diamonds
10   Magnum   Kawasaki Frontale 3
  Juninho   Kawasaki Frontale
  Kengo Nakamura   Kawasaki Frontale
  Wang Yongpo   Shandong Luneng Taishan
  Li Jinyu   Shandong Luneng Taishan
  Emad Mohammed   Sepahan
  Mahmoud Karimi   Sepahan
  Fernando   Adelaide United FC
  Mamadou Bagayoko   Al-Wahda
  Waleed Al Gizani   Al-Shabab
  Diego Alonso   Shanghai Shenhua
  Iyad Mando   Al-Karamah
  Senghor Koupouleni   Al-Karamah
  Tatsuya Tanaka   Urawa Red Diamonds
  Yuichiro Nagai   Urawa Red Diamonds
  Yuki Abe   Urawa Red Diamonds
  Choi Sung-Kuk   Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

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