2006 AFC Champions League

The 2006 AFC Champions League was the 25th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the fourth edition under the current AFC Champions League title. Al-Ittihad automatically qualified for the quarter-finals as the title holders.

2006 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates8 March - 8 November 2006
Teams25
Final positions
Champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (1st title)
Runners-up Al-Karamah
Tournament statistics
Matches played78
Goals scored250 (3.21 per match)
Top scorer(s) Magno Alves
(8 goals)
Best player(s) Choi Jin-cheul[1]

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won their first AFC Champions League title after beating Al-Karamah 3–2 on aggregate in the final. Jeonbuk also became the first team in history of Asia to have won the Champions League before the national league title (they won their first K League championship three years later, in 2009).

Format
Group stage

A total of 28 clubs were divided into seven groups of four,[lower-alpha 1] according to the region. Each club played double round-robin (home and away) against fellow three group members for a total of six matches. Clubs received three points for a win, one for a tie, and no points for a loss. The clubs were ranked according to points. If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied:

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

The seven group winners along with the defending champion advanced to the quarter-finals.

Knockout round

All 8 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 played over two legs, home and away, and the aggregate score decided the winner. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, clubs played extra time, where the away goals rule still applied. If still tied, the game went to penalties.

  1. As two clubs from Group F and two clubs from Group G were disqualified, the remaining clubs in these groups played each other home and away.

Teams
West Asia East Asia
Quarter-finals
Team Qualifying method Team Qualifying method
Al-Ittihad Defending champions
Group Stage
Team Qualifying method Team Qualifying method
Foolad 2004–05 Iran Pro League champions Dalian Shide 2005 Chinese Super League champions &
2005 Chinese FA Cup winners
Saba Battery 2004–05 Hazfi Cup winners and 2005 Iranian Super Cup winners Shanghai Shenhua 2005 Chinese Super League runners-up
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2004–05 Iraqi Premier League champions Persipura Jayapura[Note DSQ] 2005 Liga Indonesia Premier Division champions
Al-Minaa 2004–05 Iraqi Premier League runners-up Arema Malang[Note DSQ] 2005 Copa Indonesia winners
Al Qadisiya 2004–05 Kuwaiti Premier League champions Gamba Osaka 2005 J.League Division 1 champions
Al-Arabi 2005 Kuwait Emir Cup winners Tokyo Verdy 1969 2004 Emperor's Cup winners
Al-Gharafa 2004–05 Qatar Stars League champions Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2005 K League champions
Al Sadd 2004–05 Emir of Qatar Cup winners Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2005 Korean FA Cup winners
Al Hilal 2004–05 Saudi Premier League champions &
2004–05 Saudi Crown Prince Cup winners		 TTM FC[Note DSQ] 2004–05 Thai League champions
Al Shabab 2004–05 Saudi Premier League runners-up PEA FC[Note DSQ] 2004–05 Thai League runners-up
Al-Ittihad 2004–05 Syrian Premier League champions &
2004-05 Syrian Cup winners		 Đồng Tâm Long An 2005 V-League champions &
2005 Vietnamese Cup winners
Al-Karamah 2004–05 Syrian Premier League runners-up Da Nang 2005 V-League runners-up
Al Wahda 2004–05 UAE Football League champions
Al Ain 2004–05 UAE President's Cup winners
Pakhtakor 2005 Uzbek League champions &
2005 Uzbekistan Cup winners
Mash'al 2005 Uzbek League runners-up
Notes
    1. ^
      The two clubs from Indonesia (Persipura Jayapura and Arema Malang) and the two clubs from Thailand (TTM FC and PEA FC) were disqualified from the competition by the AFC for failing to submit their player registration forms in time. Consequently, Groups F and G only have two teams each.

    Group stage

    Group A

    Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    Al Qadisiya 6 3 2 1 9 11 −2 11
    Pakhtakor 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10
    Al-Ittihad 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8
    Foolad 6 1 1 4 8 9 −1 4
    Source:
    Foolad 6–0 Al Qadisiya
    Rameshgar 10'
    Soleimani 27'
    Badavi 34'
    Khaziravi 54'
    Ahmadi 59'
    Montazeri 72'
    Attendance: 7,000
    Pakhtakor 2–0 Al-Ittihad
    Inomov 16'
    Kletskov 85'
    Attendance: 32,000
    Al-Ittihad 0–0 Foolad
    Al Qadisiya 2–1 Pakhtakor
    Al-Otaibi 87'
    Al-Mutawa 90'    		 Soliev 45'
    Attendance: 3,500
    Pakhtakor 2–0 Foolad
    Tadjiyev 13'
    Djeparov 37'
    Attendance: 12,000
    Al-Ittihad 2–2 Al Qadisiya
    Homsi 23'
    Al Agha 83'    		 Al-Mutawa 20' (pen.)
    Tarab 90' (o.g.)
    Foolad 1–3 Pakhtakor
    Soleimani 34' Bayramov 46'
    Kiryan 48'
    Tadjiyev 57'
    Attendance: 4,000
    Al Qadisiya 1–0 Al-Ittihad
    Al-Mutawa 83'
    Attendance: 7,000
    Al Qadisiya 2–0 Foolad
    Al-Mutawa 3', 90+3' (pen.)
    Al-Ittihad 2–1 Pakhtakor
    Al Rashad 17'
    Al Damen 45+2'    		 Ponomarev 20'
    Pakhtakor 2–2 Al Qadisiya
    Bayramov 12'
    Soliev 90'    		 Fadhel 7'
    Al-Salamah 58'
    Attendance: 18,000
    Foolad 1–2 Al-Ittihad
    Kolahkaj 77' Al Damen 21'
    Boudaka 73'
    Attendance: 500

    Group B

    Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    Al Ain 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13
    Al-Hilal 6 3 1 2 12 7 +5 10
    Mash'al 6 2 2 2 7 11 −4 8
    Al-Minaa 6 0 2 4 6 11 −5 2
    Source: afcchampionsleague.com
    Al-Minaa 0–1 Mash'al
    Kholmurodov 31'
    Attendance: 100
    Al Ain 2–0 Al-Hilal
    Ali 42'
    Kelly 49'
    Attendance: 12,500
    Mash'al 1–1 Al Ain
    Mirholdirshaev 90+4' Diaky 15'
    Attendance: 10,000
    Al-Hilal 3–1 Al-Minaa
    Tavares 31'
    Aoda 60' (o.g.)
    Al-Qahtani 90'    		 Hamoud 45'
    Attendance: 30,000
    Al Ain 2–1 Al-Minaa
    Jestrović 14', 33' (pen.) Jabbar 15'
    Attendance: 9,000
    Al-Hilal 5–0 Mash'al
    Al-Mouri 30'
    Giovanni 34'
    Al-Swaileh 63'
    Camacho 79'
    Al-Shalhoub 85'
    Attendance: 27,000
    Mash'al 2–1 Al-Hilal
    Karaev 50'
    Kholmurodov 82'    		 Al-Dosari 90+2'
    Attendance: 6,000
    Al-Minaa 1–2 Al Ain
    Falah 7' Kelly 64' (pen.)
    Diaky 66'
    Attendance: 250
    Mash'al 2–2 Al-Minaa
    Hasanov 30'
    Mirholdirshaev 72'    		 Abdulkazem 12'
    Abdulsattar 60'
    Attendance: 3,000
    Al-Hilal 2–1 Al Ain
    Camacho 33'
    Al-Shalhoub 86' (pen.)    		 Jestrović 49'
    Attendance: 60,000
    Al Ain 2–1 Mash'al
    Jestrović 35', 45' Kholmurodov 23'
    Attendance: 7,000
    Al-Minaa 1–1 Al-Hilal
    Falah 34' Giovanni 48'
    Attendance: 200

    Group C

    Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    Al-Karamah 6 4 0 2 10 11 −1 12
    Saba Battery 6 3 1 2 13 8 +5 10
    Al-Wahda 6 2 1 3 14 15 −1 7
    Al-Gharafa 6 2 0 4 11 14 −3 6
    Source:
    Al Gharafa 0–2 Saba Battery
    Daei 47', 52'
    Attendance: 350
    Al-Karamah 2–1 Al-Wahda
    Al Hamwi 45+2'
    Turkmani 86'    		 Matar 13'
    Attendance: 30,000
    Saba Battery 1–2 Al-Karamah
    Daei 16' Al-Hussain 63'
    Ibrahim 90'
    Attendance: 7,000
    Al-Wahda 2–0 Al Gharafa
    Matar 27'
    Maurito 45'
    Attendance: 10,000
    Al Gharafa 4–0 Al-Karamah
    Hubail 59' (pen.), 71'
    Ali 81'
    Quaye 89'
    Attendance: 500
    Saba Battery 2–2 Al-Wahda
    Ghasemian 24'
    Akbari 27'    		 Maurito 60'
    Mitrović 62'
    Attendance: 6,000
    Al-Wahda 2–4 Saba Battery
    Golmohammadi 40' (o.g.)
    Masoud 86'    		 Avdić 29'
    Beigi 33', 52'
    Bakhtiarizadeh 48'
    Attendance: 7,000
    Al-Karamah 3–1 Al Gharafa
    Turkmani 67', 74'
    Rifai 83' (pen.)    		 El Assas 65'
    Attendance: 5,000
    Saba Battery 4–1 Al Gharafa
    Avdić 72'
    Daei 77', 83'
    Golmohammadi 90'    		 Al-Mazroui 55'
    Attendance: 3,000
    Al-Wahda 4–2 Al-Karamah
    Ameen 19'
    Abdul Razzaq 21'
    Ahmed 64'
    Al Menhali 84'    		 Rifai 31' (pen.)
    Jenyat 40'
    Al Gharafa 5–3 Al-Wahda
    Hubail 23', 66', 73'
    Al Shammari 29'
    Sergio 72' (pen.)    		 Ameen 16'
    Al Menhali 60', 89'
    Attendance: 350
    Al-Karamah 1–0 Saba Battery
    Rifai 31'
    Attendance: 35,000

    Group D

    Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    Al-Shabab 6 4 1 1 9 6 +3 13
    Al Sadd 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13
    Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 6
    Al-Arabi 6 1 0 5 5 12 −7 3
    Source:
    Al-Arabi 0–1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
    Abdul-Ghani 76'
    Attendance: 2,500
    Al-Shabab 0–0 Al Sadd
    Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0–2 Al-Shabab
    Attram 36', 45'
    Al Sadd 4–1 Al-Arabi
    Ibrahim 32'
    Tenorio 51' (pen.)
    Al-Kuwari 62'
    Ahmed 73'    		 Al-Khatib 48'
    Attendance: 3,500
    Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0–2 Al Sadd
    Tenorio 58'
    Mohamed 87'
    Al-Arabi 3–0 Al-Shabab
    Al-Khatib 21', 87'
    Jarragh 68'
    Attendance: 1,000
    Al Sadd 3–0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
    Al-Kuwari 23'
    Felipe 83'
    Mohamed 90'
    Attendance: 1,200
    Al-Shabab 2–0 Al-Arabi
    Al-Shamrani 11'
    Attram 13'
    Attendance: 5,000
    Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–0 Al-Arabi
    Abdul-Ghani 31', 45'
    Kathem 74'
    Attendance: 100
    Al Sadd 2–3 Al-Shabab
    Tenorio 83', 90' Akram 22'
    Al-Shamrani 39'
    Attram 56'
    Attendance: 2,000
    Al-Arabi 1–2 Al Sadd
    Al Qhareeb 34' Felipe 63'
    Ahmed 79'
    Attendance: 350
    Al-Shabab 2–1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
    Al-Shamrani 41'
    Akram 69'    		 Khodair 35'
    Attendance: 3,000

    Group E

    Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13
    Dalian Shide 6 4 0 2 7 6 +1 12
    Gamba Osaka 6 3 1 2 26 7 +19 10
    Da Nang 6 0 0 6 1 27 −26 0
    Source:
    Da Nang 0–2 Dalian Shide
    Zou Jie 40'
    Ji Mingyi 48'
    Attendance: 20,000
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3–2 Gamba Osaka
    Milton 29'
    Kim Hyeung-bum 70', 84'    		 Endō 15'
    Magno Alves 59'
    Attendance: 2,700
    Dalian Shide 1–0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
    Zou Jie 40'
    Attendance: 21,000
    Gamba Osaka 15–0 Da Nang
    Endō 8' (pen.)
    Fernandinho 20', 21', 37', 78'
    Bando 24'
    Magno Alves 42', 49', 70', 86'
    Maeda 77', 80'
    Miyamoto 82'
    Hashimoto 85'
    Ienaga 90'
    Attendance: 3,832
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3–0 Da Nang
    Milton 23'
    Kim Hyeung-bum 40'
    Botti 80'
    Attendance: 748
    Gamba Osaka 3–0 Dalian Shide
    Endō 48' (pen.)
    Magno Alves 56', 71'
    Attendance: 5,555
    Da Nang 0–1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
    Zé Carlos 21'
    Attendance: 2,000
    Dalian Shide 2–0 Gamba Osaka
    Zou Jie 19'
    Zhang Yaokun 48'
    Attendance: 10,000
    Gamba Osaka 1–1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
    Yamaguchi 73' Cho Jin-soo 45'
    Attendance: 12,470
    Dalian Shide 1–0 Da Nang
    Liu Cheng 4'
    Attendance: 12,000
    Da Nang 1–5 Gamba Osaka
    Rogerio 72' (pen.) Fernandinho 21', 45'
    Magno Alves 36'
    Futagawa 53'
    Yamaguchi 75'
    Attendance: 1,000
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3–1 Dalian Shide
    Kim Hyeung-bum 66', 88'
    Wang Jung-hyun 81'    		 Zou Jie 58'
    Attendance: 5,400

    Group F

    Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
    Tokyo Verdy 1969 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
    TTM FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 1]
    Arema Malang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 1]
    Source:
    Notes:
    1. TTM FC and Arema Malang were disqualified for failing to fill in their player registration forms in time.
    Tokyo Verdy 1969 0–2 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
    Choi Sung-kuk 57'
    Machado 71'
    Attendance: 18,000
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1–0 Tokyo Verdy 1969
    Lee Chun-soo 43'
    Attendance: 3,150

    Group G

    Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    Shanghai Shenhua 2 2 0 0 7 3 +4 6
    Đồng Tâm Long An 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0
    Persipura Jayapura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 1]
    PEA FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 1]
    Source:
    Notes:
    1. Persipura Jayapura and PEA FC were disqualified for failing to fill in their player registration forms in time.
    Shanghai Shenhua 3–1 Đồng Tâm Long An
    Wang Ke 6'
    Xie Hui 11', 51'    		 Carlos 65' (pen.)
    Attendance: 18,000
    Đồng Tâm Long An 2–4 Shanghai Shenhua
    Carlos 29'
    Santos 62'    		 Gao Lin 45', 90', 90+1'
    Yu Tao 65'
    Attendance: 3,000

    Knock-out stage

    Bracket
    Quarter finals Semi-finals Final
                
    Shanghai Shenhua 1 2 3
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 4 4
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 4 6
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 3 1 4
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 6 1 7
    Al-Shabab 0 0 0
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 1 3
    Al-Karamah 0 2 2
    Al-Ittihad 2 0 2
    Al-Karamah (a.e.t.) 0 4 4
    Al-Karamah 0 1 1
    Al Qadisiya 0 0 0
    Al Qadisiya 2 3 5
    Al Ain 2 0 2

    Quarter-finals
    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 7–0 Al-Shabab 6–0 1–0
    Shanghai Shenhua 3–4 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–0 2–4
    Al Qadisiya 5–2 Al Ain 2–2 3–0
    Al-Ittihad (2005 Champion) 2–4 Al-Karamah 2–0 0–4 (a.e.t.)

    First leg
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 6–0 Al-Shabab
    Lee Chun-soo 22'
    Lee Sang-ho 28'
    Choi Sung-kuk 35', 78'
    Leandrão 69'
    Machado 87'
    Attendance: 3,873
    Shanghai Shenhua 1–0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
    Gao Lin 32'
    Attendance: 5,000
    Al Qadisiya 2–2 Al Ain
    Al-Salamah 45', 48' Jestrović 23'
    Dodô 66'
    Attendance: 9,000
    Al-Ittihad 2–0 Al-Karamah
    Keita 43'
    Borgetti 46'
    Attendance: 20,000

    Second leg
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 4–2 Shanghai Shenhua
    Zé Carlos 44', 61'
    Yeom Ki-hun 69'
    Jung Jong-kwan 78'    		 Gao Lin 35'
    Jancker 89'
    Attendance: 9,000

    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Al Ain 0–3 Al Qadisiya
    Bashir 25', 90'
    Al-Hinai 90+3'
    Attendance: 10,000

    Al Qadisiya won 5–2 on aggregate.

    Al-Shabab 0–1 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
    Park Dong-hyuk 49'
    Attendance: 2,000

    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i won 7–0 on aggregate.

    Al-Karamah 4–0 (a.e.t.) Al-Ittihad
    Mando 41'
    Omaier 49'
    Ibrahim 104', 110'
    Attendance: 25,000

    Al-Karamah won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Semi-finals
    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6–4 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2–3 4–1
    Al-Karamah 1–0 Al Qadisiya 0–0 1–0

    First leg
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–3 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
    Zé Carlos 26' (pen.)
    Yeom Ki-hun 46'    		 Yoo Kyoung-youl 6'
    Vinícius 37'
    Choi Sung-kuk 82'
    Attendance: 12,473
    Al-Karamah 0–0 Al Qadisiya
    Attendance: 35,000

    Second leg
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1–4 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
    Lee Chun-soo 70' Choi Jin-cheul 10'
    Jung Jong-kwan 20'
    Lim You-hwan 68'
    Lee Kwang-hyun 81'
    Attendance: 15,836

    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 6–4 on aggregate.

    Al Qadisiya 0–1 Al-Karamah
    Jenyat 15'
    Attendance: 20,000

    Al-Karamah won 1–0 on aggregate.

    Final
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    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3–2 Al-Karamah 2–0 1–2

    First leg
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–0 Al-Karamah
    Yeom Ki-hun 59'
    Botti 90+1'
    Attendance: 25,830

    Second leg
    Al-Karamah 2–1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
    Mando 54'
    Ibrahim 61'    		 Zé Carlos 86'
    Attendance: 40,000

    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Top scorers
      Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
    Rank Player Club MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2 F1 F2 Total
    1 Magno Alves Gamba Osaka 1421 8
    2 Fernandinho Gamba Osaka 42 6
    Nenad Jestrović Al Ain 2121
    4 Ali Daei Saba Battery 212 5
    Gao Lin Shanghai Shenhua 311
    A'ala Hubail Al-Gharafa 23
    Kim Hyeung-bum Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 212
    Bader Al-Mutawa Al Qadisiya 1112
    Zé Carlos Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1211
    10 Godwin Attram Al-Shabab 211 4
    Choi Sung-kuk Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 121
    Mohannad Ibrahim Al-Karamah 121
    Carlos Tenorio Al Sadd 112
    Zou Jie Dalian Shide 1111

    See also

    References
    1. "전북 현대 AFC 챔피언스리그 우승". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 9 November 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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