Participating clubs
After their admission into the AFC, Australia were granted two entries. Because of this, both Thailand and Vietnam were restricted to entering just one club, with a second club from each country playing in the AFC Cup.
- Notes
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 March – 14 November 2007 |
| Teams | 27 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Urawa Red Diamonds (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Sepahan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 92 |
| Goals scored | 230 (2.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Mota (7 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Yuichiro Nagai |
| Fair play award | Urawa Red Diamonds |
← 2006 2008 → | |
The 2007 AFC Champions League was the 26th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 5th edition under the current AFC Champions League title.
Japanese side Urawa Red Diamonds became champions for the first time, beating Sepahan of Iran and becoming the fourth Japanese club to win the Asian championship, and qualified for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.
A total of 28 clubs were divided into 7 groups of four, based on region i.e. East Asian and Southeast Asian clubs were drawn in groups E to G, while the rest were grouped in groups A to D. Each club played double round-robin (home and away) against fellow three group members, a total of 6 matches each. Clubs received 3pts for a win, 1pt for a tie, 0pts for a loss. The clubs were ranked according to points and tie breakers were in the following order:
The seven group winners along with the defending champion advanced to the quarter-finals.
All eight clubs were randomly matched; however, the only restriction was that the clubs from the same country could not face each other in the quarter-finals. The games were conducted in 2 legs, home and away, and the aggregate score decided the match winner. If the aggregate score couldn't produce a winner, "away goals rule" was used. If still tied, clubs played extra time, where "away goals rule" still applied. If still tied, the game went to penalties.
After their admission into the AFC, Australia were granted two entries. Because of this, both Thailand and Vietnam were restricted to entering just one club, with a second club from each country playing in the AFC Cup.
The draw took place in Kuala Lumpur on 22 December, allocating teams into seven groups. In February, the AFC disqualified Esteghlal Tehran from Group B for failing to register their players in time.[ citation needed ]
Group matches were scheduled to be played over match days on 7 March 21 March 11 April 25 April 9 and 23 May 2007.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
| Al-Arabi | 0–1 | Al-Zawraa |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Muslim Mubarak  66' |
| Al-Rayyan | 0–1 | Al-Wahda |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Mohamed al-Shehhi 81' |
| Al-Wahda | 4–1 | Al-Arabi |
|---|---|---|
| Mamadou Bagayoko 40'56' (pen.) Saleh Al Menhali 63'Bashir Saeed 68' | 6(Report) | Mohamed Jarragh 35' |
| Al-Zawraa | 1–2 | Al-Wahda |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Abd Ali 46' | (Report) | Abdulrahim Jumaa 13' Bashir Saeed 74' |
| Al-Rayyan | 1–3 | Al-Arabi |
|---|---|---|
| Thiago Ribeiro 44' | (report) | Khaled Khalaf 25' Firas Al Khatib 63', 69' |
| Al-Wahda | 1–1 | Al-Zawraa |
|---|---|---|
| Abdulrahim Jumaa 57' | (report) | Haidar Sabah 75' |
| Al-Zawraa | 3–2 | Al-Arabi |
|---|---|---|
| Wissam Kadhim 21' Ahmad Ibrahim 70'Nawaf Falah 78' | (Report) | Firas Al Khatib 50', 84' |
| Al-Wahda | 3–0 | Al-Rayyan |
|---|---|---|
| Maurito 8' Haidar Alo Ali 30' (pen.)Mamadou Bagayoko 76' (pen.) | (Report) |
| Al-Arabi | 3–2 | Al-Wahda |
|---|---|---|
| Khaled Abd Al Kudos 6' Khaled Khalaf 55'Jarrah Al Zuhair 87' | (Report) | Saeed Salem 23' Yaser Matar 90' |
| Al-Rayyan | 1–3 | Al-Zawraa |
|---|---|---|
| Saoud Khames 75' | (Report) | Salman Mesbeh 13' (o.g.) Abdul-Salam Abood 26'Haidar Sabah 34' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 [a] |
| Al-Hilal | 1–1 | Al Kuwait |
|---|---|---|
| Rodrigão 16' | (Report) | Fahad Awadh 90' |
| Al Kuwait | 0–1 | Pakhtakor |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Aleksandr Kletskov 69' |
| Pakhtakor | 0–2 | Al-Hilal |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Omar Al-Ghamdi 54' Rodrigão 59' |
| Pakhtakor | 2–1 | Al Kuwait |
|---|---|---|
| Uche Iheruome 45' Shakhboz Erkinov 59' | (Report) | Faraj Laheeb 71' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
| Al-Karamah | 2–1 | Al Sadd |
|---|---|---|
| Senghor Koupouleni 70' Abdalrahman Akkari 85' | (Report) | Magid Mohamed 22' |
| Al Sadd | 1–4 | Najaf FC |
|---|---|---|
| Talal Al Bloushi 45' | (Report) | Aqeel Mohammed 47' Saeed Mohsen 55'86' (pen.)Karrar Jassim 70' |
| Neftchi | 2–1 | Al-Karamah |
|---|---|---|
| Anvar Berdiev 27' Nosirbek Otakuziev 77' | (Report) | Firas Issmael 32' |
| Al Sadd | 2–0 | Neftchi |
|---|---|---|
| Khalfan Ibrahim 65' Emerson 75' | (Report) |
| Al Karamah | 1–1 | Najaf FC |
|---|---|---|
| Fahd Awde 90' (pen.) | (Report) | Falah Hasan Kadhim 71' |
| Najaf FC | 2–4 | Al-Karamah |
|---|---|---|
| Saeed Mohsen 7' (pen.) Qassim Faraj 86' (pen.) | (Report) | Jehad Al Hussein 46', 52' Fahd Awde 50'Senghor Koupouleni 65' |
| Neftchi | 2–1 | Al Sadd |
|---|---|---|
| Iqboljon Akramov 1' Nasim Shoimov 41' | (Report) | Emerson 17' |
| Al Sadd | 1–1 | Al-Karamah |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Nasser 16' | (Report) | Iyad Mando 44' |
| Neftchi | 1–1 | Najaf FC |
|---|---|---|
| Kholmatov 43' | (Report) | Ali Mohammed 60' |
| Al-Karamah | 2–0 | Neftchi |
|---|---|---|
| Iyad Mando 12', 50' | (Report) |
| Najaf FC | 1–0 | Al Sadd |
|---|---|---|
| Saeed Mohsen 78' | (Report) |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Sepahan | 2–1 | Al-Ittihad |
|---|---|---|
| Mehdi Seyed Salehi 19', 29' | (Report) | Anas Sari 12' |
| Al Ain | 0–2 | Al-Shabab |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Godwin Attram 45' Waleed Al-Gizani 72' |
| Al-Shabab | 0–1 | Sepahan |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Mehdi Seyed Salehi 83' |
| Al-Ittihad | 0–0 | Al Ain |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) |
| Al-Shabab | 4–0 | Al-Ittihad |
|---|---|---|
| Abdullah Al Dosari 35', 48' Naji Majrashi 60' (pen.)Waleed Al-Gizanii 79' | (Report) |
| Al Ain | 3–2 | Sepahan |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Al-Wehaibi 6' Msalam Faiez 44'Frank Ongfiang 84' | (Report) | Mehdi Seyed Salehi 8' Emad Mohammed 65' |
| Sepahan | 1–1 | Al Ain |
|---|---|---|
| Hossein Papi 49' | (Report) | Hawar Mulla Mohammed 86' |
| Al-Ittihad | 1–1 | Al-Shabab |
|---|---|---|
| Ammar Rihawi 36' | (Report) | Ahmed Ateef 65' |
| Al-Shabab | 2–0 | Al Ain |
|---|---|---|
| Abdullah Al Astaa 59' Waleed Al-Gizani 88' | (Report) |
| Al-Ittihad | 0–5 | Sepahan |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail 10' Mohammad Nori 40', 55'Emad Mohammed 70', 90' |
| Al Ain | 1–1 | Al-Ittihad |
|---|---|---|
| Ghareeb Hareb 53' | (Report) | Anas Sari 90' |
| Sepahan | 1–0 | Al-Shabab |
|---|---|---|
| Mehdi Seyed Salehi 33' | (Report) |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 1–2 | Sydney FC |
|---|---|---|
| Xie Hui 78' | (Report) | Steve Corica 8' Ufuk Talay 23' |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 3–0 | Persik Kediri |
|---|---|---|
| Nobuhisa Yamada 12' Yuichiro Nagai 45'Shinji Ono 76' | (Report) |
| Sydney FC | 2–2 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
|---|---|---|
| David Carney 1' Ufuk Talay 23' (pen.) | (Report) | Robson Ponte 30' Yuichiro Nagai 55' |
| Persik Kediri | 2–1 | Sydney FC |
|---|---|---|
| Aris Budi Prasetyo 25' Budi Sudarsono 70' | (Report) | Steve Corica 8' |
| Sydney FC | 3–0 | Persik Kediri |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Corica 54', 90' Alex Brosque 73' | (Report) |
| Persik Kediri | 3–3 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
|---|---|---|
| Cristian Gonzáles 23' (pen.)31' Budi Sudarsono 83' | (Report) | Shinji Ono 9' (pen.) Robson Ponte 50'Yuki Abe 62' |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 0–0 | Sydney FC |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 6–0 | Persik Kediri |
|---|---|---|
| Xie Hui 8' Gao Lin 25'Diego Alonso 79', 87', 90'Sergio Blanco 86' | (Report) |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Arema Malang | 1–3 | Kawasaki Frontale |
|---|---|---|
| Elie Aiboy 12' | (Report) | Magnum 1', 73' Kengo Nakamura 82' |
| Chunnam Dragons | 2–0 | Arema Malang |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Tae-Su 48' Sandro Cardoso 82' | (Report) |
| Chunnam Dragons | 1–3 | Kawasaki Frontale |
|---|---|---|
| Kang Min-Soo 90' | (Report) | Juninho 29' (pen.)70' Magnum 57' |
| Bangkok University | 0–0 | Arema Malang |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 3–0 | Chunnam Dragons |
|---|---|---|
| Juninho 25' Chong Tese 81', 87' | (Report) |
| Chunnam Dragons | 3–2 | Bangkok University |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Seung-Hyun 28' Song Tae-Lim 79', 90' | (Report) | Kittisak Siriwaen 11' Kraisorn Pancharoen 39' |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 3–0 | Arema Malang |
|---|---|---|
| Kengo Nakamura 4', 70' Taku Harada 80' | (Report) |
| Bangkok University | 1–2 | Kawasaki Frontale |
|---|---|---|
| Ekkaphan Petvises 40' | (Report) | Taku Harada 17' Takahisa Nishiyama 63' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 4–1 | Gach Dong Tam Long An |
|---|---|---|
| Mota 9', 69' (pen.) Kim Dong-hyun 70'Adrian Neaga 81' | (Report) | Kabanga Tshamala 87' |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan | 2–1 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
|---|---|---|
| Aleksandar Živković 62' (pen.) Wang Yongpo 78' | (Report) | Cho Byung-Kuk 77' |
| Gach Dong Tam Long An | 0–2 | Adelaide United |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Fernando 18' Travis Dodd 30' |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan | 4–0 | Gach Dong Tam Long An |
|---|---|---|
| Han Peng 42', 52' Wang Yongpo 54'Li Jinyu 74' | (Report) |
| Adelaide United | 2–2 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
|---|---|---|
| Fernando 48' Bruce Djite 55' | (Report) | Kim Dong-hyun 57' Mota 75' |
| Gach Dong Tam Long An | 2–3 | Shandong Luneng Taishan |
|---|---|---|
| Kabanga Tshamala 14' Nguyễn Việt Thắng 36' | (Report) | Wang Yongpo 29' Li Jinyu 49', 90' |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan | 2–2 | Adelaide United |
|---|---|---|
| Li Wei 39' Shu Chang 56' | (Report) | Fernando 36' (pen.) Nathan Burns 48' |
| Gach Dong Tam Long An | 1–2 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
|---|---|---|
| Phan Van Tai Em 45' | (Report) | Mota 17' Choi Sung-Kuk 83' |
| Adelaide United | 3–0 | Gach Dong Tam Long An |
|---|---|---|
| Travis Dodd 7', 22', 49' | (Report) |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 3–0 | Shandong Luneng Taishan |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Dong-hyun 37' Son Dae-Ho 42'Mota 71' | (Report) |
| Quarter finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Sepahan (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (5) | ||||||||||||||
| Kawasaki Frontale | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Sepahan | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Wahda | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Wahda (a) | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Hilal | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Sepahan | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Seognam Ilhwa Chunma | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Karamah | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 2 | 2 | 4 (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds (p) | 2 | 2 | 4 (5) | ||||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepahan | 0–0 (5–4p) | Kawasaki Frontale | 0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
| 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 |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 2–1 | Al-Karamah |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Min-ho 72' Cho Byung-Kuk 74' | Report | Senghor Koupouleni 9' |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 0–0 | Sepahan |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
Juninho  Kazuki Ganaha Masahiro Ohashi Hiroyuki Taniguchi  Shuhei Terada | 4–5 | Hadi Aghili Moharram Navidkia Abu Al-Hail Farshad Bahadorani Jalal Akbari |
| Al-Hilal | 1–1 | Al-Wahda |
|---|---|---|
| Tarik El Taib 85' | Report | Ismail Matar 18' |
| Al-Karamah | 0–2 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Mota 9' Kim Dong-hyun 71' |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepahan | 3–1 | Al-Wahda | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 4–4 (3–5p) | Urawa Red Diamonds | 2–2 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 2–2 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
|---|---|---|
| Mota 10' Kim Do-Heon 80' | Report | Tatsuya Tanaka 52' Robson Ponte 65' (pen.) |
| Sepahan | 3–1 | Al-Wahda |
|---|---|---|
| Mahmoud Karimi 11', 58' Moharram Navidkia 85' (pen.) | Report | Mohamed Al Shehhi 48' |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepahan | 1–3 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Sepahan | 1–1 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
|---|---|---|
| Mahmoud Karimi 47' | Report | Robson Ponte 45' |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2–0 | Sepahan |
|---|---|---|
| Yuichiro Nagai 22' Yuki Abe 71' | Report |
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