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The AFC Champions League 2004 is 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Group stage

[edit] 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] 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

[edit] Group E

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] External links

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

Contents

[edit] Format

[edit] Group stage

[edit] Group A

[edit] Group B

[edit] Group C

[edit] Group D

[edit] Group E

[edit] Group F

[edit] Group G

[edit] Quarter finals

[edit] Semi-finals

[edit] Final

[edit] External links