2006 AFC Champions League

The 2006 AFC Champions League was the 25th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 4th edition under the current AFC Champions League title. Al-Ittihad qualified automatically to the quarter-finals as Cup 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)

On 8 November 2006, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won the AFC Champions League title after beating Al-Karamah 3-2 on aggregate. It was their first ever title. Jeonbuk also became the first team in history of Asia to have won the Champions League before the national league title (winning their first K-League championship three years later, in 2009).

Format
Group Stage

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:

  • Points earned between the clubs in question
  • Goal Differential between the clubs in question
  • Goals For between the clubs in question
  • Points earned within the group
  • Goal Differential within the group
  • Goals For within the group

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

*Since two clubs from group F and two clubs from group G were disqualified, the remaining clubs in group F and G played against each other home and away.

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 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.

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:
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'		 Antonio Carlos  65' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,000
Đồng Tâm Long An 2–4 Shanghai Shenhua
Antonio Carlos  29'
Fabio 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 (2005 Champion) 2 0 2  
Al-Karamah (aet) 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. 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. 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. 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
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