A total of 32 teams, 16 from West Asia and 16 from East Asia, competed in the 2011 AFC Champions League group stage. They included 30 direct entries and 2 winners of the qualifying play-off (one from West Asia and one from East Asia).
The draw for the group stage was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 7 December 2010. [1] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Clubs from the same country may not be drawn into the same group. [2]
In each group, teams played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 1–2 March, 15–16 March, 5–6 April, 19–20 April, 3–4 May, and 10–11 May 2011. [3]
The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage. [4]
The clubs are ranked according to points and tie breakers are in following order: [4]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEP | HIL | GHA | JAZ | |
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1 | Sepahan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 13 [a] | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | |
2 | Al-Hilal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 13 [a] | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | ||
3 | Al-Gharafa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 5–2 | ||
4 | Al-Jazira | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — |
Al-Jazira | 0 – 0 | Al-Gharafa |
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Report |
Al-Gharafa | 0 – 1 | Al-Hilal |
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Report | Wilhelmsson 9' |
Sepahan | 2 – 0 | Al-Gharafa |
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Aghili 54' (pen.) Jamshidian 66' | Report |
Al-Hilal | 3 – 1 | Al-Jazira |
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Kamel 4' Al-Qahtani 14' Al-Shalhoub 90+4' | Report | Jumaa 19' |
Al-Gharafa | 1 – 0 | Sepahan |
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Diané 19' | Report |
Al-Gharafa | 5 – 2 | Al-Jazira |
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Mahmoud 10', 62', 80' Diané 48' Al Zain 60' | Report | Jumaa 31' Ricardo Oliveira 37' (pen.) |
Al-Hilal | 2 – 0 | Al-Gharafa |
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Al-Qahtani 47' Al-Fraidi 82' | Report |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SAD | NAS | EST | PAK | |
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1 | Al-Sadd | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
2 | Al-Nassr | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 8 [a] | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–0 | ||
3 | Esteghlal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 8 [a] | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 4–2 | ||
4 | Pakhtakor | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — |
Pakhtakor | 2 – 2 | Al-Nassr |
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Karimov 45' Sharofetdinov 61' | Report | Al-Mutwa 51' Miladinović 88' (o.g.) |
Al-Sadd | 2 – 1 | Pakhtakor |
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Lee Jung-Soo 45' Afif 61' | Report | Abdukholiqov 57' |
Al-Sadd | 1 – 0 | Al-Nassr |
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Lee Jung-Soo 61' | Report |
Esteghlal | 4 – 2 | Pakhtakor |
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Hawar 12' Majidi 23' Seyed-Salehi 57' Borhani 90+3' | Report | Savić 4' Shikhov 90' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ITT | BUN | WAH | PER | |
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1 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
2 | Bunyodkor | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–0 | ||
3 | Al-Wahda | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | Persepolis | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 5 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — |
Al-Ittihad | 3 – 1 | Persepolis |
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Ziaya 13', 75' Noor 48' (pen.) | Report | Zare 19' |
Bunyodkor | 0 – 1 | Al-Ittihad |
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Report | Al-Muwallad 34' |
Persepolis | 1 – 1 | Al-Wahda |
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Badamaki 66' | Report | Ameen 54' |
Bunyodkor | 0 – 0 | Persepolis |
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Report |
Al-Wahda | 0 – 3 | Al-Ittihad |
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Report | Ziaya 33' Abushgeer 45+1' Paulo Jorge 87' |
Al-Ittihad | 0 – 0 | Al-Wahda |
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Report |
Persepolis | 3 – 2 | Al-Ittihad |
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Ali Asgari 14', 69' Arifi 16' | Report | Al-Rashid 19', 90+4' |
Al-Wahda | 2 – 0 | Persepolis |
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Saleh 13' Al Shehhi 70' | Report |
Al-Ittihad | 1 – 1 | Bunyodkor |
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Assis 30' | Report | Trifunović 14' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZOB | SHA | EMI | RAY | |
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1 | Zob Ahan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
2 | Al-Shabab | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | ||
3 | Emirates | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | Al-Rayyan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |
Al-Rayyan | 1 – 3 | Zob Ahan |
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Al Marri 13' | Report | Khalatbari 11' Igor Castro 24' Hadadifar 71' |
Al-Shabab | 1 – 0 | Al-Rayyan |
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Al-Shamrani 76' | Report |
Al-Rayyan | 2 – 0 | Emirates |
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Ghafoor Murad 74' Alaaeldin 90+5' | Report |
Zob Ahan | 0 – 1 | Al-Shabab |
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Report | Bin Sultan 57' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GAM | TIA | JEJ | MEL | |
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1 | Gamba Osaka | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 10 [a] | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | |
2 | Tianjin Teda | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 [a] | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | ||
3 | Jeju United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
4 | Melbourne Victory | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 6 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — |
Jeju United | 0 – 1 | Tianjin Teda |
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Report | Yu Dabao 55' |
Gamba Osaka | 5 – 1 | Melbourne Victory |
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Takei 4' Adriano 7' (pen.) Lee Keun-Ho 10' Futagawa 62' Kim Seung-Yong 90+1' | Report | Muscat 21' (pen.) |
Melbourne Victory | 1 – 2 | Jeju United |
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Allsopp 37' | Report | Park Hyun-Beom 41' Lee Hyun-Ho 84' |
Tianjin Teda | 2 – 1 | Gamba Osaka |
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Chen Tao 25' Cao Yang 53' (pen.) | Report | Lee Keun-Ho 31' |
Jeju United | 2 – 1 | Gamba Osaka |
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Shin Young-Rok 53' Bae Ki-Jong 64' | Report | Nakazawa 23' |
Tianjin Teda | 1 – 1 | Melbourne Victory |
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Zorić 19' | Report | Muscat 52' |
Melbourne Victory | 2 – 1 | Tianjin Teda |
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Hernández 44' Muscat 45+1' (pen.) | Report | Chen Tao 37' |
Gamba Osaka | 3 – 1 | Jeju United |
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Adriano 26', 48' Takei 88' | Report | Shin Young-Rok 67' |
Melbourne Victory | 1 – 1 | Gamba Osaka |
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Leijer 12' | Report | Nakazawa 43' |
Tianjin Teda | 3 – 0 | Jeju United |
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Olguín 8' Wu Weian 21' Cao Yang 72' (pen.) | Report |
Gamba Osaka | 2 – 0 | Tianjin Teda |
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Endo 74' Usami 90+4' (pen.) | Report |
Jeju United | 1 – 1 | Melbourne Victory |
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Kim Eun-Jung 25' | Report | Ferreira 61' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEO | NAG | AIN | HAN | |
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1 | FC Seoul | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
2 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | ||
3 | Al-Ain | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 7 | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | Hangzhou Greentown | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — |
Hangzhou Greentown | 2 – 0 | Nagoya Grampus |
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Ramírez 60' Bari 86' | Report |
Al-Ain | 0 – 1 | FC Seoul |
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Report | Damjanović 25' |
FC Seoul | 3 – 0 | Hangzhou Greentown |
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Damjanović 16' Ou Kyoung-Jun 70' Molina 80' | Report |
Nagoya Grampus | 1 – 1 | FC Seoul |
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Nagai 14' | Report | Choi Hyun-Tae 61' |
Hangzhou Greentown | 0 – 0 | Al-Ain |
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Report |
FC Seoul | 0 – 2 | Nagoya Grampus |
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Report | Kanazaki 26' Nagai 81' |
Al-Ain | 1 – 0 | Hangzhou Greentown |
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Abdulrahman 60' | Report |
Nagoya Grampus | 1 – 0 | Hangzhou Greentown |
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Fujimoto 77' (pen.) | Report |
FC Seoul | 3 – 0 | Al-Ain |
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Ko Yo-Han 16' Damjanović 39', 72' | Report |
Hangzhou Greentown | 1 – 1 | FC Seoul |
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Zeng Yue 90+2' | Report | Bang Seung-Hwan 66' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JEO | CER | SHL | ARE | |
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1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | |
2 | Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 12 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | ||
3 | Shandong Luneng | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 5–0 | ||
4 | Arema | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — |
Cerezo Osaka | 2 – 1 | Arema |
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Rodrigo Pimpão 14', 76' | Report | Alam Shah 50' (pen.) |
Shandong Luneng | 2 – 0 | Cerezo Osaka |
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Renato Silva 22' Wang Yongpo 32' | Report |
Arema | 0 – 4 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
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Report | Kim Ji-Woong 25' Huang Bowen 77' Luiz Henrique 82', 88' |
Cerezo Osaka | 1 – 0 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
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Inui 53' | Report |
Shandong Luneng | 5 – 0 | Arema |
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Deng Zhuoxiang 25' Obina 44' Han Peng 71' Mozhapa 81' Wang Yongpo 90+2' | Report |
Arema | 0 – 4 | Cerezo Osaka |
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Report | Kiyotake 30' Rodrigo Pimpão 43' Inui 46', 60' |
Shandong Luneng | 1 – 2 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
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Zhou Haibin 40' | Report | Lee Dong-Gook 31', 53' |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 6 – 0 | Arema |
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Lovrek 1', 45+2', 60' Kim Dong-Chan 9' Jeong Shung-Hoon 27' Kang Seung-Jo 77' | Report |
Cerezo Osaka | 4 – 0 | Shandong Luneng |
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Rodrigo Pimpão 39' Kiyotake 47' Inui 73' Kurata 81' | Report |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SUW | KSH | SYD | SHS | |
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1 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 12 [a] | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | |
2 | Kashima Antlers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 12 [a] | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
3 | Sydney FC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 5 | 0–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | ||
4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | — |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 4 – 0 | Shanghai Shenhua |
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Ha Tae-Gyun 2', 60', 76' Oh Jang-Eun 42' | Report |
Sydney FC | 1 – 1 | Shanghai Shenhua |
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Carle 12' | Report | Riascos 6' |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 1 – 1 | Kashima Antlers |
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Yeom Ki-Hoon 67' | Report | K. Nakata 71' |
Kashima Antlers | 1 – 1 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
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Tashiro 55' | Report | Yeom Ki-Hun 48' |
Shanghai Shenhua | 2 – 3 | Sydney FC |
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Jiang Jiajun 8' Jamieson 52' (o.g.) | Report | Cazarine 45+1', 59' Bridge 90+3' |
Kashima Antlers | 2 – 0 | Shanghai Shenhua |
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Koroki 32', 80' | Report |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 3 – 1 | Sydney FC |
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Ha Tae-Gyun 34' Neretljak 50' Yeom Ki-Hoon 80' | Report | Cazarine 51' |
Shanghai Shenhua | 0 – 3 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
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Report | Ha Tae-Gyun 13', 55' Shin Se-Gye 89' |
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