2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C

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Group C of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. The group's first round of matches began on 10 July and its last matches were played on 18 July. All six group matches were played at venues in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The group consisted of hosts Malaysia, Iran, Uzbekistan and China PR.

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Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 321063+37Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 320192+76
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 311176+14
4Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (H)3003112110
Source: Asian Cup 2007
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

All times are UTC+8.

Malaysia vs China PR

Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg1 – 5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Indra Putra Soccerball shade.svg74' Report Han Peng Soccerball shade.svg15', 55'
Shao Jiayi Soccerball shade.svg36'
Wang Dong Soccerball shade.svg51', 90+3'
Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 21,155
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
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Malaysia
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China PR
GK1 Azizon Abdul Kadir
DF3 Mohd Fauzi Nan
DF7 Kaironnisam Sahabudin Hussain (c)
DF19 Rosdi Talib
MF5 Mohd Norhafiz Zamani Misbah
MF10 Mohammad Hardi Jaafar
MF12 Muhammad Shukor Adan Yellow card.svg 40'
MF15 Shahrulnizam Mustapa Sub off.svg 46'
MF18 Mohd Fadzli Saari Sub off.svg 58'
FW14 Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli Sub off.svg 62'
FW20 Hairuddin Omar
Substitutions:
MF9 Eddy Helmi Abdul Manan Sub on.svg 46'
DF17 K. Nanthakumar Sub on.svg 58'
FW13 Indra Putra Mahayuddin Yellow card.svg 73'Sub on.svg 62'
Manager:
Norizan Bakar
GK1 Li Leilei
DF3 Sun Xiang
DF4 Zhang Yaokun
DF5 Li Weifeng Yellow card.svg 75'
DF7 Sun Jihai
MF6 Shao Jiayi Sub off.svg 67'
MF10 Zheng Zhi (c)Yellow card.svg 77'
MF15 Wang Dong
MF18 Zhou Haibin
FW9 Han Peng Sub off.svg 72'
FW20 Mao Jianqing Sub off.svg 88'
Substitutions:
MF8 Li Tie Sub on.svg 67'
FW11 Dong Fangzhuo Sub on.svg 72'
MF19 Zheng Bin Sub on.svg 88'
Manager:
Zhu Guanghu

Man of the Match:
Han Peng (China PR)

Assistant referees:
Hamdi Al-Kadri (Syria)
Kadom Arab Mohammad (Iraq)
Fourth official:
Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Iran vs Uzbekistan

Iran  Flag of Iran.svg2 – 1Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Hosseini Soccerball shade.svg55'
Kazemian Soccerball shade.svg78'
Report Rezaei Soccerball shade.svg16' (o.g.)
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Uzbekistan
GK1 Hassan Roudbarian
DF5 Rahman Rezaei
DF12 Jalal Hosseini
MF2 Mehdi Mahdavikia (c)Yellow card.svg 77'
MF4 Andranik Teymourian Yellow card.svg 49'
MF6 Javad Nekounam
MF7 Ferydoon Zandi
MF8 Ali Karimi Sub off.svg 90'
FW9 Vahid Hashemian Sub off.svg 73'
FW10 Rasoul Khatibi Sub off.svg 46'
FW16 Reza Enayati
Substitutions:
MF17 Javad Kazemian Yellow card.svg 78'Sub on.svg 46'
MF11 Mehrzad Madanchi Sub on.svg 73'
DF15 Hadi Aghily Sub on.svg 90'
Manager:
Amir Ghalenoei
GK1 Pavel Bugalo
DF2 Hayrulla Karimov
DF4 Aziz Ibrahimov
DF17 Aleksey Nikolaev
DF23 Vitaly Denisov
MF7 Azizbek Haydarov Sub off.svg 61'
MF8 Server Djeparov (c)
MF18 Timur Kapadze
MF19 Islom Inomov Yellow card.svg 81'
FW9 Pavel Solomin Sub off.svg 64'
FW10 Ulugbek Bakayev Sub off.svg 81'
Substitutions:
FW11 Marat Bikmaev Sub on.svg 64'
MF13 Hikmat Hashimov Sub on.svg 61'
FW15 Alexander Geynrikh Sub on.svg 81'
Manager:
Rauf Inileev

Man of the Match:
Javad Kazemian (Iran)

Assistant referees:
Yaser Ahmad Marad (Kuwait)
Mohammed Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Fourth official:
Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Uzbekistan vs Malaysia

Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg5 – 0Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Shatskikh Soccerball shade.svg10', 89'
Kapadze Soccerball shade.svg30'
Bakayev Soccerball shade.svg45+2' (pen.)
Ibrahimov Soccerball shade.svg85'
Report
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Uzbekistan
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Malaysia
GK12 Ignatiy Nesterov
RB19 Islom Inomov Yellow card.svg 24'
CB2 Hayrulla Karimov
CB6 Anzur Ismailov Sub off.svg 50'
LB17 Aleksey Nikolaev
CM26 Victor Karpenko
CM18 Timur Kapadze
CM23 Vitaliy Denisov Sub off.svg 68'
AM8 Server Djeparov
CF16 Maksim Shatskikh (c)
CF10 Ulugbek Bakayev Yellow card.svg 57'Sub off.svg 63'
Substitutions:
DF4 Aziz Ibrahimov Sub on.svg 50'
FW15 Alexander Geynrikh Sub on.svg 63'
FW9 Pavel Solomin Sub on.svg 68'
Manager:
Rauf Inileev
GK1 Azizon Abdul Kadir
CB12 Muhammad Shukor Adan
CB7 Kaironnisam Sahabudin Hussain (c)Yellow card.svg 36'
CB17 K. Nanthakumar
RWB6 Thirumurugan Veeran
LWB19 Rosdi Talib Yellow card.svg 9'
RM15 Shahrulnizam Mustapa
CM10 Mohammad Hardi Jaafar Sub off.svg 83'
CM22 Mohd Ivan Yusoff Sub off.svg 55'
LM13 Indra Putra Mahayuddin
CF20 Hairuddin Omar Sub off.svg 71'
Substitutions:
MF11 Mohd Nor Farhan Muhammad Sub on.svg 55'
FW14 Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli Sub on.svg 71'
MF18 Mohd Fadzli Saari Sub on.svg 83'
Manager:
Norizan Bakar

Man of the Match:
Maksim Shatskikh (Uzbekistan)

Assistant referees:
Hamdi Al-Kadri (Syria)
Kadom Arab Mohammad (Iraq)
Fourth official:
Muhsen Basma (Iran)

China PR vs Iran

China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg2 – 2Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Shao Jiayi Soccerball shade.svg7'
Mao Jianqing Soccerball shade.svg33'
Report Zandi Soccerball shade.svg45+1'
Nekounam Soccerball shade.svg74'
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China PR
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Iran
GK1 Li Leilei
DF3 Sun Xiang
DF4 Zhang Yaokun
DF5 Li Weifeng Yellow card.svg 59'
DF7 Sun Jihai
MF6 Shao Jiayi
MF10 Zheng Zhi (c)Yellow card.svg 27'
MF15 Wang Dong Sub off.svg 61'
MF18 Zhou Haibin Yellow card.svg 90+2'
FW9 Han Peng Yellow card.svg 46'Sub off.svg 79'
FW20 Mao Jianqing Sub off.svg 68'
Substitutions:
MF12 Zhao Xuri Sub on.svg 61'
DF2 Du Wei Sub on.svg 79'
FW14 Zhu Ting Sub on.svg 68'
Manager:
Zhu Guanghu
GK1 Hassan Roudbarian
DF2 Mehdi Mahdavikia (c)
DF5 Rahman Rezaei Yellow card.svg 40'
DF12 Jalal Hosseini
DF13 Hossein Kaebi Sub off.svg 46'
MF4 Andranik Teymourian
MF6 Javad Nekounam Yellow card.svg 6'
MF7 Ferydoon Zandi Sub off.svg 89'
MF8 Ali Karimi Sub off.svg 46'
FW9 Vahid Hashemian
FW16 Reza Enayati
Substitutions:
MF14 Iman Mobali Sub on.svg 46'
MF17 Javad Kazemian Sub on.svg 46'
MF11 Mehrzad Madanchi Yellow card.svg 90+1'Sub on.svg 89'
Manager:
Amir Ghalenoei

Man of the Match:
Mao Jianqing (China PR)

Assistant referees:
Mohammed Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Abdullah Al Amouri (Oman)
Fourth official:
Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

Malaysia vs Iran

Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg0 – 2Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Report Nekounam Soccerball shade.svg29' (pen.)
Teymourian Soccerball shade.svg77'
Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 4,520
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
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Iran
GK1 Azizon Abdul Kadir
DF2 Mohd Hamzani Omar Sub off.svg 73'
DF6 Thirumurugan Veeran
DF7 Kaironnisam Sahabudin Hussain (c)
DF17 K. Nanthakumar
DF19 Rosdi Talib
DF23 Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak
MF12 Muhammad Shukor Adan Yellow card.svg 44'
MF15 Shahrulnizam Mustapa Sub off.svg 68'
FW8 Mohd Safee Mohd Sali Sub off.svg 53'
FW13 Indra Putra Mahayuddin
Substitutions:
MF10 Mohammad Hardi Jaafar Sub on.svg 53'
MF11 Mohd Nor Farhan Muhammad Sub on.svg 68'
DF3 Mohd Fauzi Nan Sub on.svg 73'
Manager:
Norizan Bakar
GK1 Hassan Roudbarian
DF5 Rahman Rezaei
DF12 Jalal Hosseini
MF2 Mehdi Mahdavikia (c)
MF4 Andranik Teymourian
MF6 Javad Nekounam
MF7 Ferydoon Zandi
MF8 Ali Karimi
MF14 Iman Mobali Sub off.svg 52'
FW9 Vahid Hashemian Yellow card.svg 39'Sub off.svg 79'
FW16 Reza Enayati Sub off.svg 46'
Substitutions:
FW10 Rasoul Khatibi Yellow card.svg 63'Sub on.svg 46'
MF17 Javad Kazemian Sub on.svg 52'
FW18 Mehdi Rajabzadeh Sub on.svg 79'
Manager:
Amir Ghalenoei

Man of the Match:
Javad Nekounam (Iran)

Assistant referees:
Hamdi Al-Kadri (Syria)
Mohammed Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Fourth official:
Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Uzbekistan vs China PR

Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg3 – 0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Shatskikh Soccerball shade.svg72'
Kapadze Soccerball shade.svg86'
Geynrikh Soccerball shade.svg90+4'
Report
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China PR
GK12 Ignatiy Nesterov
DF2 Hayrulla Karimov Yellow card.svg 59'
DF4 Aziz Ibrahimov Sub off.svg 90+3'
DF17 Aleksey Nikolaev
DF23 Vitaliy Denisov Sub off.svg 63'
DF28 Anvar Gafurov
MF7 Azizbek Haydarov
MF8 Server Djeparov
MF18 Timur Kapadze
FW10 Ulugbek Bakayev Yellow card.svg 6'Sub off.svg 46'
FW16 Maksim Shatskikh (c)
Substitutions:
FW15 Alexander Geynrikh Sub on.svg 46'
MF26 Victor Karpenko Sub on.svg 63'
FW9 Pavel Solomin Sub on.svg 90+3'
Manager:
Rauf Inileev
GK22 Yang Jun
DF2 Du Wei
DF3 Sun Xiang
DF4 Zhang Yaokun
DF7 Sun Jihai (c)
DF13 Zhang Shuai Sub off.svg 78'
MF6 Shao Jiayi
MF18 Zhou Haibin Yellow card.svg 57'
FW9 Han Peng
FW11 Dong Fangzhuo Sub off.svg 70'
FW20 Mao Jianqing Sub off.svg 41'
Substitutions:
MF15 Wang Dong Sub on.svg 41'
MF12 Zhao Xuri Sub on.svg 70'
FW14 Zhu Ting Yellow card.svg 88'Sub on.svg 78'
Manager:
Zhu Guanghu

Man of the Match:
Maksim Shatskikh (Uzbekistan)

Assistant referees:
Yaser Ahmad Marad (Kuwait)
Abdullah Al Amouri (Oman)
Fourth official:
Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

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