2008 AFC Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	March 2008 - November 2008
Teams	28 + 1
Final positions
Champions	Gamba Osaka
Runner-up	Adelaide United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	98
Goals scored	275 (2.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nantawat Thansopa (9 goals)
Best player	Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka)

The AFC Champions League 2008 was the 27th AFC Champions League, the top-level Asian club football tournament, and the 6th under the current AFC Champions League title. It was the last AFC Champions League before the competition expands to 32 teams.

Contents 1 Participating clubs 2 Format 3 Schedule 4 Group stage 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 4.3 Group C 4.4 Group D 4.5 Group E 4.6 Group F 4.7 Group G 5 Knockout stage 5.1 Bracket 5.2 Quarter-finals 5.3 Semi-finals 5.4 Final 6 Top scorers 7 Fair Play Award 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

[edit] Participating clubs

Along with the defending champion, Urawa Red Diamonds, 28 other clubs from fourteen countries qualified based on performance in domestic league and cup competitions. Urawa Red Diamonds entered the competition at the quarter-finals. The draw for group stage took place on 12 December 2007.

Defending Champion (1)
Japan (1)	Urawa Red Diamonds (2007 ACL Winners, 2007 J. League Runners-up, & 2006 Emperor's Cup Winners)
East Asia & ASEAN (12)
Australia (2)	Melbourne Victory (2006-07 A-League Champions and Premiers) Adelaide United (2006-07 A-League Premiership and Championship Runners-up)
China (2)	Changchun Yatai (2007 Chinese Super League Champions) Beijing Guoan (2007 Chinese Super League Runners-up)
Indonesia (0)†
Japan (2)	Kashima Antlers (2007 J. League Champions) Gamba Osaka (2007 J. League Third place and 2006 Emperor's Cup Runners-up)
South Korea (2)	Pohang Steelers (2007 K-League Champions) Chunnam Dragons (2007 Korean FA Cup Winners)
Thailand (2)†	Chonburi FC (2007 Thailand Premier League Champions) Krung Thai Bank FC (2007 Thailand Premier League Runners-up)
Vietnam (2)†	Bình Dương F.C. (V-League 2007 Champions) Nam Dinh F.C. (2007 Vietnamese Cup Winners)
Central & South Asia and West Asia (16)
Iran (2)	Saipa (2006-07 Persian Gulf Cup Champions) Sepahan (2007 Hazfi Cup Winners)
Iraq (2)	Arbil FC (Iraqi Premier League 2006-07 Champions) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Iraqi Premier League 2006-07 Runners-up)
Kuwait (2)	Al Kuwait Kaifan (2006-07 Kuwaiti Premier League Champions) Al Qadisiya Kuwait (2007 Kuwait Emir Cup Winners)
Qatar (2)	Al-Sadd (2006-07 Qatari League Champions and 2006-07 Emir of Qatar Cup Winners) Al-Gharafa (2006-07 Qatari League Runners-up)
Saudi Arabia (2)	Al-Itthihad Jeddah (2006-07 Saudi Premier League Champions) Al-Ahli Jeddah (2006-07 Crown Prince Cup Winners)
Syria (2)	Al-Karamah (2006-07 Syrian League Champions and 2006-07 Syrian Cup Winners) Al-Ittihad Aleppo (2006-07 Syrian League Runners-up)
United Arab Emirates (2)	Al Wasl FC (2006-07 UAE League Champions and 2006-07 UAE Emir Cup Winners) Al-Wahda (2006-07 UAE League Runners-up)
Uzbekistan (2)	FC Pakhtakor (2007 Uzbek League Champions); FC Bunyodkor (2007 Uzbek League Runners-up)

† In the 2008 edition, Indonesia were allocated two slots just like the older editions. However, on 12 December 2007, AFC awarded one Indonesian slots to Thailand and the other one to Vietnam, due to delay in Indonesian domestic league and cup tournament^[1], allowing both Thai and Vietnamese slots to be total of two.

[edit] Format

Group stage

A total of 28 clubs were divided into seven groups of four, based on region, i.e. East Asian and Southeast Asian clubs are drawn in Group E to G, while rest are grouped in Group A to D. Each club played double round-robin (home and away) against the other three teams in their group, a total of 6 matches each. Clubs received three points for a win, one point for a draw and no points for a loss. The clubs were ranked according to points and tie breakers are in following order:

• Points earned between the clubs in question
• Goal difference between the clubs in question
• Goal difference within the group
• Goals for within the group

The seven group winners and the defending champions qualified for the quarter-finals.

Knockout stage

All eight clubs were randomly paired together, with the restriction that clubs from same country could not face each other in the quarter-finals. The games were played over two legs, home and away, the team with the higher aggregate goal total being declared the match winner. If the aggregate goals could not produce a winner, away goals rule was used. If the two teams were still tied, extra time was played, at the end of which the away goals rule was again applied if the scores were tied. If still tied, the game would go to penalties.

[edit] Schedule

Group stage draw - 12 December 2007

• Group round: 12 March, 19 March, 9 April, 23 April, 7 May, 21 May

Knockout stage draw - 24 May 2008

• Quarter-finals: 17 September, 24 September
• Semi-finals: 8 October, 22 October
• Final: 5 November, 12 November

[edit] Group stage

[edit] Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bunyodkor	6	4	1	1	8	2	+6	13
Al-Ittihad Jeddah	6	3	0	3	6	5	+1	9
Sepahan	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	7
Al-Ittihad Aleppo	6	2	0	4	4	8	−4	6

2008-03-12	Sepahan	0 – 2	Al-Ittihad Aleppo	Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
		Report	Jésus Gomez  21' Al Agha  87'

2008-03-12	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	1 – 0	Bunyodkor	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
	Magno Alves  80'	Report

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2008-03-19	Al-Ittihad Aleppo	0 – 1	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	Aleppo International Stadium, Aleppo Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
		Report	Magno Alves  78'

2008-03-19	Bunyodkor	2 – 0	Sepahan	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Fareed Al Marzouqi (UAE)
	Bakayev  61' Kapadze  80'	Report

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2008-04-09	Al-Ittihad Aleppo	0 – 2	Bunyodkor	Aleppo International Stadium, Aleppo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
		Report	Hasanov  50' Kapadze  65'

2008-04-09	Sepahan	2 – 1	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
	Seyed Salehi  59' Aghily  71'	Report	Al-Meshal  89'

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2008-04-23	Bunyodkor	1 – 0	Al-Ittihad Aleppo	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
	Kapadze  29'	Report

2008-04-23	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	0 – 1	Sepahan	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Saad Kameel Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
		Report	Mohammed  70'

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2008-05-07	Al-Ittihad Aleppo	2 – 1	Sepahan	Aleppo International Stadium, Aleppo Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Naser Al Ghafary (Jordan)
	Laurens  61' Jésus Gomez  64'	Report	Aghily  48'

2008-05-07	Bunyodkor	2 – 0	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
	Soliev  10' Djeparov  38'	Report

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2008-05-21	Sepahan	1 – 1	Bunyodkor	Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 150 Referee: Abdullah Mohamed Al Hilali (Oman)
	Ali Mohammadi  2'	Report	Gochguliev  72'

2008-05-21	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	3 – 0	Al-Ittihad Aleppo	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah Attendance: 600 Referee: Shamsuzzaman Tayeb Hasan (Bangladesh)
	Al-Nemri  30'  50' Hazazi  42'	Report

[edit] Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saipa	6	3	3	0	7	3	4	12
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
Al Wasl	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7
Al Kuwait Kaifan	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2	5

2008-03-12	Al Wasl	0 – 1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
		Report	Alwan  32'

2008-03-12	Al Kuwait Kaifan	1 – 1	Saipa	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)
	Ajab  44'	Report	Zaynadpour  66'

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2008-03-19	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0 – 0	Al Kuwait Kaifan	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
		Report

2008-03-19	Saipa	2 – 0	Al Wasl	Enghelab Stadium, Karaj Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto (Japan)
	Traoré  45' Ansarifard  57'	Report

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2008-04-09	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0 – 1	Saipa	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Salem Mahmoud Mujghef (Jordan)
		Report	Vaziri  45+1'

2008-04-09	Al Wasl	1 – 0	Al Kuwait Kaifan	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 4,622 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
	Hassan  75'	Report

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2008-04-23	Saipa	1 – 1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Enghelab Stadium, Karaj Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Rahmati  63' (pen.)	Report	Ayad  71'

2008-04-23	Al Kuwait Kaifan	2 – 1	Al Wasl	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mahmood Al Ghatrifi (Oman)
	Ajab  10' Al Awadhi  42'	Report	Ali  4' (pen.)

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2008-05-07	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1 – 2	Al Wasl	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 100 Referee: Hai Tan (China PR)
	Kamel  69'	Report	Al-Enazi  49' Oliveira  64'

2008-05-07	Saipa	1 – 0	Al Kuwait Kaifan	Enghelab Stadium, Karaj Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
	Rahmati  24'	Report

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2008-05-21	Al Wasl	1 – 1	Saipa	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	André Dias  90+2'	Report	Traoré  21'

2008-05-21	Al Kuwait Kaifan	1 – 2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 250 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto (Japan)
	Ajab  22'	Report	Kadhim  17' Abdul-Mohsen  48'

[edit] Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Karamah	6	3	2	1	8	3	5	11
Al-Wahda	6	2	3	1	6	7	−1	9
Al-Sadd	6	1	3	2	6	8	−2	6
Al-Ahli Jeddah	6	0	4	2	5	7	−2	4

2008-03-12	Al-Sadd	2 – 1	Al-Ahli Jeddah	Al Sadd Stadium, Doha Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Emerson  6' Felipe  26'	Report	Val Baiano  73'

2008-03-12	Al-Karamah	4 – 1	Al-Wahda	Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Abdullah Mohamed Al Hilali (Oman)
	Esmaeel  3' Chaabo  27'  48' Al Hamwi  80'	Report	Al Shehhi  83'

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2008-03-19	Al-Ahli Jeddah	1 – 1	Al-Karamah	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
	Al Thagafi  15'	Report	Al Hamwi  44'

2008-03-19	Al-Wahda	2 – 2	Al-Sadd	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
	Pinga  17' Al Shehhi  85	Report	Tenorio  44' Emerson  71'

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2008-04-09	Al-Ahli Jeddah	0 – 0	Al-Wahda	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Saad Kameel Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)
		Report

2008-04-09	Al-Sadd	0 – 2	Al-Karamah	Al Sadd Stadium, Doha Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
		Report	Al Hamwi  69' Jenyat  73'

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2008-04-23	Al-Wahda	2 – 1	Al-Ahli Jeddah	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Josiel  35'  84'	Report	Al Gizani  81'

2008-04-23	Al-Karamah	1 – 0	Al-Sadd	Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
	Jenyat  78'	Report

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2008-05-07	Al-Ahli Jeddah	2 – 2	Al-Sadd	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
	Sulimani  28'  42'	Report	Gholam  32' (pen.) Ahmed  50'

2008-05-07	Al-Wahda	1 – 0	Al-Karamah	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)
	Al Shehhi  90'	Report

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2008-05-21	Al-Sadd	0 – 0	Al-Wahda	Al Sadd Stadium, Doha Attendance: 800 Referee: Lee Gi Young (Korea Republic)
		Report

2008-05-21	Al-Karamah	0 – 0	Al-Ahli Jeddah	Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
		Report

[edit] Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Qadisiya Kuwait	6	3	2	1	8	7	1	11
Pakhtakor	6	3	2	1	13	6	7	11
Arbil	6	2	2	2	8	11	−3	8
Al-Gharafa	6	0	2	4	3	8	−5	2

2008-03-12	Pakhtakor	0 – 1	Al Qadisiya Kuwait	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
		Report	Ajab  90+1'

2008-03-12	Arbil	1 – 1	Al-Gharafa	Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa Attendance: 250 Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)
	Muslim Mubarak  61'	Report	Araújo  13'

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2008-03-19	Al Qadisiya Kuwait	1 – 1	Arbil	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City Referee: Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
	Al Salama  81'		Alwan  28' (pen.)

2008-03-19	Al-Gharafa	2 – 2	Pakhtakor	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Lee Gi Young (Korea Republic)
	Mahmoud  57' Araújo  65'	Report	Aliqulov  68' Tadjiyev  85'

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2008-04-09	Al Qadisiya Kuwait	1 – 0	Al-Gharafa	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mahmood Al Ghatrifi (Oman)
	Ajab  62'	Report

2008-04-09	Pakhtakor	2 – 0	Arbil	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
	Holmatov  47' Geynrikh  52' (pen.)	Report

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2008-04-23	Al-Gharafa	0 – 1	Al Qadisiya Kuwait	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)
		Report	Al-Mutwa  89'

2008-04-23	Arbil	1 – 5	Pakhtakor	Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa Attendance: 180 Referee: Mohamed Al Marzouqi (UAE)
	Sabah  19'	Report	Siamand  38' (o.g.) Kuziboyev  69' Marković  73' Geynrikh  81' Holmatov  90+3'

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2008-05-07	Al Qadisiya Kuwait	2 – 2	Pakhtakor	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 18000 Referee: Salem Mahmoud Mujghef (Jordan)
	Ajab  20' Al Salama  45' (pen.)	Report	Ahmedov  36' Tadjiyev  81'

2008-05-07	Al-Gharafa	0 – 1	Arbil	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha Attendance: 200 Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
		Report	Alwan  29'

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2008-05-21	Pakhtakor	2 – 0	Al-Gharafa	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
	Tadjiyev  19' Ahmedov  88' (pen.)	Report

2008-05-21	Arbil	4 – 2	Al Qadisiya Kuwait	Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa Attendance: 120 Referee: Hedayat Mombini (Iran)
	Salah  52'  70'  79' Alwan  89'	Report	Al Shammari  23' Al-Kandri  34'

[edit] Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Adelaide United	6	4	2	0	9	2	7	14
Changchun Yatai	6	3	3	0	10	3	7	12
Pohang Steelers	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5
Bình Dương	6	0	1	5	4	17	−13	1

2008-03-12	Changchun Yatai	2 – 1	Bình Dương	Changchun City Stadium, Changchun Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)
	Du Zhenyu  4' Cui Wei  70'	Report	Nguyễn Anh Đức  53'

2008-03-12	Pohang Steelers	0 – 2	Adelaide United	Steelyard Stadium, Pohang Attendance: 8,436 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
		Report	Cornthwaite  3' Djite  59'

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2008-03-19	Bình Dương	1 – 4	Pohang Steelers	Go Dau Stadium, Thu Dau Mot Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Salem Mahmoud Mujghef (Jordan)
	Robson De Lima  11' (pen.)	Report	Denilson  49' (pen.)  58' (pen.) Kim Jae-Sung  56' Choi Hyo-Jin  64'

2008-03-19	Adelaide United	0 – 0	Changchun Yatai	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 10,510 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)
		Report

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2008-04-09	Bình Dương	1 – 2	Adelaide United	Go Dau Stadium, Thu Dau Mot Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Atallah Jatli Al Enezi (Kuwait)
	Philani  85'	Report	Diego  10' Alagich  78'

2008-04-09	Changchun Yatai	1 – 0	Pohang Steelers	Changchun City Stadium, Changchun Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)
	Dah Zadi  86'	Report

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2008-04-23	Adelaide United	4 – 1	Bình Dương	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 13,802 Referee: Mohamed Al Hilali (Oman)
	Pantelis  56' Dodd  58' 62' Diego  77'	Report	Phạm Minh Đức  65'

2008-04-23	Pohang Steelers	2 – 2	Changchun Yatai	Steelyard Stadium, Pohang Attendance: 5,468 Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
	Hwang Jae-Won  64' Hwang Jin-Sung  90'	Report	Wang Dong  35' Du Zhenyu  70'

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2008-05-07	Bình Dương	0 – 5	Changchun Yatai	Go Dau Stadium, Thu Dau Mot Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
		Report	Wang Bo  2' 37' Dah Zadi  13' Yan Feng  78' Caballero  90' (pen.)

2008-05-07	Adelaide United	1 – 0	Pohang Steelers	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 11,805 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Diego  63'	Report

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2008-05-21	Pohang Steelers	0 – 0	Bình Dương	Steelyard Stadium, Pohang Attendance: 4,571 Referee: Abdulrahman Recho (Syria)
		Report

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2008-05-22	Changchun Yatai	0 – 0	Adelaide United	Changchun City Stadium, Changchun Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
		Report

[edit] Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kashima Antlers	6	5	0	1	28	3	25	15
Beijing Guoan	6	4	0	2	14	9	5	12
Krung Thai Bank	6	2	1	3	20	27	−7	7
Nam Định	6	0	1	5	4	27	−23	1

2008-03-12	Krung Thai Bank	1 – 9	Kashima Antlers	Chulalongkorn University Sports Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
	Kone  64'	Report	Tashiro  15'  50' Iwamasa  21' Nozawa  34'  90+2' Marquinhos  47'  69'  71' Sasaki  73'

2008-03-12	Nam Dinh	1 – 3	Beijing Guoan	My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 600 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
	Lê Văn Duyệt  14'	Report	Yan Xiangchuang  57' Du Wenhui  60' Zhang Shuai  90+1'

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2008-03-19	Kashima Antlers	6 – 0	Nam Dinh	Kashima Stadium, Kashima Attendance: 7,087 Referee: Mohamad Mansour (Lebanon)
	Motoyama  25'  48' Marquinhos  58'  67' Tashiro  73' Danilo  90+2'	Report

2008-03-19	Beijing Guoan	4 – 2	Krung Thai Bank	Beijing Fengtai Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Atallah Jatli (Kuwait)
	Du Wenhui  39'  73' Martínez  51'  75'	Report	Thansopa  58' Pichitchotirat  63'

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2008-04-09	Kashima Antlers	1 – 0	Beijing Guoan	Kashima Stadium, Kashima Attendance: 6,487 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
	Danilo  52'	Report

2008-04-09	Krung Thai Bank	9 – 1	Nam Dinh	Chulalongkorn University Sports Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 500 Referee: Hedayat Mombeni (Iran)
	Kone  4'  44'  90+1'  90+2' Thansopa  8'  46'  59' Choeichiu  64' Wongsuparuk  70'	Report	Trần Đức Dương  64'

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2008-04-23	Beijing Guoan	1 – 0	Kashima Antlers	Beijing Fengtai Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
	Tiago  41'	Report

2008-04-23	Nam Dinh	2 – 2	Krung Thai Bank	My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohammad Dharman (Qatar)
	Hoàng Ngọc Linh  2'  47'	Report	Thansopa  21' Choeichiu  90'

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2008-05-07	Kashima Antlers	8 – 1	Krung Thai Bank	Kashima Stadium, Kashima Attendance: 5,540 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
	Iwamasa  19' Koroki  21' Tashiro  45' Nozawa  46' 66' Ogasawara  50' Danilo  74' 83'	Report	Pichitchotirat  90'

2008-05-07	Beijing Guoan	3 – 0	Nam Dinh	Beijing Fengtai Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
	Guo Hui  14' (pen.) Yang Hao  32'  78'	Report

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2008-05-21	Krung Thai Bank	5 – 3	Beijing Guoan	Chulalongkorn University Sports Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 400 Referee: Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi (UAE)
	Thansopa  10'  44'  49'  69' (pen.) Pichitchotirat  27'	Report	Tiago  67' (pen.)  70'  77' (pen.)

2008-05-21	Nam Dinh	0 – 4	Kashima Antlers	My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (UAE)
		Report	Tashiro  27' Koroki  47' Motoyama  75' Danilo  87'

[edit] Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Gamba Osaka	6	4	2	0	14	8	6	14
Melbourne Victory	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7
Chunnam Dragons	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2	6
Chonburi	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5

2008-03-12	Melbourne Victory	2 – 0	Chunnam Dragons	Telstra Dome, Melbourne Attendance: 23,656 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
	Muscat  28' (pen.) Vargas  66'	Report

2008-03-12	Gamba Osaka	1 – 1	Chonburi	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeni (Iran)
	Lucas  90+4'	Report	Sunthornpit  59'

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2008-03-19	Chunnam Dragons	3 – 4	Gamba Osaka	Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Shamsuzzaman Tayeb Hasan (Bangladesh)
	Simões  4' Kim Tae-Su  27'  60' (pen.)	Report	Futagawa  30' Bando  53'  75' Yasuda  58'

2008-03-19	Chonburi	3 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
	Ney Fabiano  45' Baga  79'  90+5'	Report	Allsopp  57'

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2008-04-09	Chunnam Dragons	1 – 0	Chonburi	Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang Attendance: 500 Referee: Abdullah Mohamed Al Hilali (Oman)
	Simões  90'	Report

2008-04-09	Melbourne Victory	3 – 4	Gamba Osaka	Telstra Dome, Melbourne Attendance: 23,857 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
	Allsopp  4'  65' Vargas  41'	Report	Futagawa  31' Baré  38' Yamaguchi  68' Lucas  89'

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2008-04-23	Chonburi	2 – 2	Chunnam Dragons	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hai Tan (China PR)
	On-Mo  56' Jinta  88'	Report	Chung Joon-Yeon  5' Kim Myung-Woon  48'

2008-04-23	Gamba Osaka	2 – 0	Melbourne Victory	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita Attendance: 8,132 Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)
	Yamazaki  31'  57'	Report

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2008-05-07	Chunnam Dragons	1 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
	Ko Ki-Gu  37'	Report	Pondeljak  4'

2008-05-07	Chonburi	0 – 2	Gamba Osaka	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)
		Report	Yamazaki  64' Lucas  76'

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2008-05-21	Melbourne Victory	3 – 1	Chonburi	Telstra Dome, Melbourne Attendance: 9,558 Referee: Salem Mahmoud Mujghef (Jordan)
	Muscat  56' Thompson  65' Hernández  77'	Report	Ney Fabiano  55'

2008-05-21	Gamba Osaka	1 – 1	Chunnam Dragons	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita Attendance: 7,160 Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
	Futagawa  75'	Report	Yoo Hong-Youl  86' (pen.)

[edit] Knockout stage

[edit] Bracket

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	Al-Karamah		1	0	1
	Gamba Osaka		2	2	4
								Gamba Osaka		1	3	4
								Urawa Red Diamonds		1	1	2
	Al Qadisiya Kuwait		3	0	3
	Urawa Red Diamonds		2	2	4
															Gamba Osaka		3	2	5
															Adelaide United		0	0	0
	Kashima Antlers		1	0	1
	Adelaide United		1	1	2
								Adelaide United		3	0	3
								Bunyodkor		0	1	1
	Saipa		2	1	3
	Bunyodkor		2	5	7

[edit] Quarter-finals

The first leg matches were played on 17 September, and the second leg matches were played on 24 September 2008.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Saipa	3–7	Bunyodkor	2–2	1–5
Kashima Antlers	1–2	Adelaide United	1–1	0–1
Al Qadisiya Kuwait	3–4	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–2	0–2
Al-Karamah	1–4	Gamba Osaka	1–2	0–2

[edit] Semi-finals

The first leg matches were played on 8 October, and the second leg matches were played on 22 October 2008.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gamba Osaka	4–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	3–1
Adelaide United	3–1	Bunyodkor	3–0	0–1

[edit] Final

The first and second legs of the final were played on 5 November and 12 November 2008, respectively.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gamba Osaka	5–0	Adelaide United	3–0	2–0

AFC Champions League 2008 Winners
Gamba Osaka 1st Title

Gamba Osaka is the fifth Japanese club to win the Asian championship.

[edit] Top scorers

The top scorers from the 2008 AFC Champions League are as follows:

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nantawat Thansopa	Krung Thai Bank	9
2	Lucas	Gamba Osaka	6
3	Marquinhos	Kashima Antlers	5
	Masato Yamazaki	Gamba Osaka
	Kone Kassim	Krung Thai Bank
	Yuzo Tashiro	Kashima Antlers
	Danilo	Kashima Antlers
8	Takuya Nozawa	Kashima Antlers	4
	Tiago	Beijing Guoan
	Villanueva	Bunyodkor
	Diego Walsh	Adelaide United

[edit] Fair Play Award

Gamba Osaka

[edit] See also

• 2008 FIFA Club World Cup

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• AFC Champions League Official Page (English)
• AFC Champions League on goalzz.com
• AFC Calendar of Events 2008

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