The 2012 AFC Champions League group stage was contested by a total of 32 teams (16 from West Zone and 16 from East Zone). They included:
The draw for the group stage was held at the AFC house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 6 December 2011, 16:00 UTC+08:00. [1] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Clubs from the same country may not be drawn into the same group.
In each group, teams played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 6–7 March, 20–21 March, 3–4 April, 17–18 April, 1–2 May, and 15–16 May 2012. [2] The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage. [3]
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order: [3]
Each team had been numbered from 1 to 4, the numbers determine the order of the fixtures: [3]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JAZ | EST | RAY | NQA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | |
| 2 | | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 11 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | ||
| 3 | | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 6 | 3–4 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — |
| Nasaf Qarshi | 2–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Musaev Rabee | Report | Abdullah Mousa Baré Oliveira |
| Nasaf Qarshi | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Tabata |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ITT | YAS | PAK | ARA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | |
| 2 | | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 11 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | — |
| Al-Ittihad | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Abdelghani Abousaban Omar | Report |
| Pakhtakor | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sharofetdinov | Report | Fawzi |
| Al-Arabi | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pisculichi | Report | Hazazi Al-Montashari |
| Pakhtakor | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Karimov Sharofetdinov Abdukholiqov | Report | Pisculichi |
| Al-Ittihad | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hazazi | Report |
| Baniyas | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Al-Arabi | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Abdukholiqov |
| Pakhtakor | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Klimiashvili | Report | Hazazi Abousaban |
| Baniyas | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Senghor Abdulrahman | Report |
| Al-Ittihad | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Abd Rabo N'Guessi Abdelghani | Report | Khoukhi |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEP | AHL | NAS | LEK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 10 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 [a] | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 [a] | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — |
| Lekhwiya | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nam Tae-Hee | Report |
| Al-Ahli | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Simões | Report | Correa |
| Al-Ahli | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jaizawi Simões Al-Mousa | Report | Diané |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIL | PER | GHA | SHA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 11 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 6–1 | ||
| 3 | | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 | 3–3 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — |
| Al-Shabab | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Al-Hilal | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Shalhoub | Report [ permanent dead link ] | Karimi |
| Persepolis | 6–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Zayed G. Rezaei Karimi Feshangchi | Report | Ciel |
| Al-Gharafa | 3–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tardelli El Assas | Report [ permanent dead link ] | Hermach El-Arabi Al-Zori |
| Al-Shabab | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ciel | Report [ permanent dead link ] | Yoo Byung-Soo |
| Al-Gharafa | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | G. Rezaei Zayed Kazemian |
| Persepolis | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Karimi | Report | Mubarak |
| Persepolis | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | El-Arabi |
| Al-Shabab | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Essa Obaid | Report | Zayed Pooladi Badamaki |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ADE | BYD | POH | GMB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 | ||
| 3 | | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | — |
| Gamba Osaka | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kim Tae-Su Rendulić Asamoah |
| Adelaide United | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mullen | Report |
| Pohang Steelers | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Turaev Murzoev |
| Adelaide United | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Djite | Report |
| Pohang Steelers | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Jin-Yong Asamoah | Report |
| Gamba Osaka | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | van Dijk Sato |
| Bunyodkor | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gafurov | Report |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ULS | TOK | BBR | BEG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 11 | 2–2 | — | 4–2 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 3 [a] | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 3 [a] | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
| Brisbane Roar | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Yazawa Hasegawa |
| Ulsan Hyundai | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Shin-Wook Go Seul-Ki | Report | Piao Cheng |
| FC Tokyo | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tokunaga Kajiyama | Report | Kim Seung-Yong Maranhão |
| Beijing Guoan | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Piao Cheng | Report | Nichols |
| Ulsan Hyundai | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Jae-Seong | Report | Fitzgerald |
| Beijing Guoan | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Wang Xiaolong | Report | Hasegawa |
| Brisbane Roar | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Stefanutto | Report | Vélez Kwak Tae-Hwi |
| FC Tokyo | 4–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Takahashi Mukuhara Watanabe | Report | Berisha Broich |
| Beijing Guoan | 2–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhang Xizhe Shao Jiayi | Report | Kim Shin-Wook Kim Seung-Yong Maranhão |
| Brisbane Roar | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Berisha | Report | Li Hanbo |
| Ulsan Hyundai | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kang Min-Soo | Report |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SIC | NGY | CCM | TTD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 10 [a] | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | |
| 2 | | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 10 [a] | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | ||
| 3 | | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 6 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 5–1 | ||
| 4 | | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — |
| Nagoya Grampus | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Kanazaki | Report | Héverton |
| Central Coast Mariners | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Zwaanswijk | Report | Tulio |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Han Sang-Woon | Report | Goian |
| Central Coast Mariners | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kwasnik | Report | Santos |
| Tianjin Teda | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Fujimoto Tamada Nagai |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Chang-Hoon Santos Kim Sung-hwan Jovančić | Report |
| Central Coast Mariners | 5–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| McBreen Rose McGlinchey Amini | Report | Liao Bochao |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Han Sang-Woon | Report | Park Jin-Po |
| Nagoya Grampus | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tamada Fujimoto Tulio | Report |
| Tianjin Teda | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Yoon Bit-Garam Jovančić |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GEG | KSR | JHM | BRU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 10 [a] | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | |
| 2 | | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 10 [a] | 0–0 | — | 5–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 9 | 1–5 | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | ||
| 4 | | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 6 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | — |
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jeong Shung-hoon | Report [ permanent dead link ] | Cléo Conca Muriqui |
| Buriram United | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jirawat Jadigerov | Report | Tanaka Sakai |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 5–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nasu Leandro Domingues Tanaka Barada | Report | Huang Bowen |
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cléo | Report [ permanent dead link ] | Suchao Acheampong |
| Buriram United | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report [ permanent dead link ] | Lee Seung-hyun Seo Sang-min |
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Dong-gook Park Won-jae | Report | Ohandza |
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Conca Muriqui | Report [ permanent dead link ] | Sakai |
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Conca | Report [ permanent dead link ] | Lee Seung-hyun Lee Dong-gook |
| Buriram United | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Suriya | Report | Gao Lin Conca |