2019 AFC Champions League
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The 2019 AFC Champions League was the 38th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 17th under the current AFC Champions League title.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Qualifying: 5–19 February 2019 Competition proper: 4 March – 24 November 2019 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 51 (from 22 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Al-Hilal (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 126 |
| Goals scored | 354 (2.81 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,796,810 (14,260 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Bafétimbi Gomis (11 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Bafétimbi Gomis |
| Fair play award | Urawa Red Diamonds |
← 2018 2020 →
(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs) | |
Al-Hilal defeated Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 on aggregate in the final to earn a record-tying third Champions League title. As winners, they qualified for the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.
Kashima Antlers were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Guangzhou Evergrande in the quarter-finals on away goals.
Association team allocation
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The 46 AFC member associations (excluding the associate member Northern Mariana Islands) were ranked, based on their national team's and clubs' performance over the last four years in AFC competitions, with the allocation of slots for the 2019 and 2020 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2017 AFC rankings (Entry Manual Article 2.3):[2]
- The associations were split into two regions:
- West Region consisted of the associations from the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA), and the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).
- East Region consisted of the associations from the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) and the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF).
- In each region, there were four groups in the group stage, including a total of 12 direct slots, with the 4 remaining slots filled through play-offs.
- The top 12 associations in each region as per the AFC rankings were eligible to enter the AFC Champions League, as long as they fulfill the AFC Champions League criteria.
- The top six associations in each region got at least one direct slot in the group stage, while the remaining associations get only play-off slots (as well as AFC Cup group stage slots):
- The associations ranked 1st and 2nd each got three direct slots and one play-off slot.
- The associations ranked 3rd and 4th each got two direct slots and two play-off slots.
- The associations ranked 5th each got one direct slot and two play-off slots.
- The associations ranked 6th each got one direct slot and one play-off slot.
- The associations ranked 7th to 12th each got one play-off slot.
- The maximum number of slots for each association was one-third of the total number of eligible teams in the top division.
- If any association gave up its direct slots, they were redistributed to the highest eligible association, with each association limited to a maximum of three direct slots.
- If any association gave up its play-off slots, they were annulled and not redistributed to any other association.
Association ranking
For the 2019 AFC Champions League, the associations were allocated slots according to their association ranking which was published on 15 December 2017,[3] which took into account their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, as well as their national team's FIFA World Rankings, between 2014 and 2017.[2][4]
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- Notes
- ^ Australia (AUS): The top division run by the Football Federation Australia, the A-League, only had nine Australia-based teams in the 2017–18 season, so Australia could only get a maximum of three total slots (Entry Manual 5.4).[2]
- ^ Bahrain (BHR): Bahrain did not have any teams which had an AFC Champions League license.[5]
- ^ Syria (SYR): Syria did not implement the AFC Champions League club licensing system.[5]
Teams
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The following 51 teams from 22 associations entered the competition.
In the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count only those since the 2002–03 season (including qualifying rounds), when the competition was rebranded as the AFC Champions League. TH means title holders.
- Notes
- ^ Malaysia (MAS): Pahang, the 2018 Malaysia FA Cup winners, were suspended from all AFC tournaments for not being permitted to apply for AFC licenses for two years. As a result, Perak, the 2018 Malaysia Super League runners-up, entered the qualifying play-offs.[6][7][8]
- ^ Singapore (SIN): Albirex Niigata Singapore, the 2018 Singapore Premier League champions, is a satellite team of Japanese club Albirex Niigata and thus ineligible to represent Singapore in AFC club competitions. As a result, Home United, the league runners-up, entered the qualifying play-offs.
Dubai
Riyadh
Jeddah
Qatar
Tehran
Saipa (p)
Zob Ahan (p)
Tashkent
AGMK (p)
Baghdad
Istiklol (p)
Minerva Punjab (p)
Al-Wehdat (p)
Al-Kuwait (p)
Yeongnam
Shandong L (p)
West Kanto
S Hiroshima (p)
Kashima A (p)
Newcastle Jets (p)
Chiangrai U (p)
Bangkok U (p)
Perak (p)
Kitchee (p)
Hanoi (p)
Ceres–Negros (p)
Home U (p)
Persija (p)
Yangon U (p)
Baghdad teams
Al-Zawraa
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (p)
Dubai teams
Al-Wasl
Al-Nasr (p)
Tashkent teams
Lokomotiv Tashkent
Pakhtakor Tashkent (p)
Qatar teams
Al-Duhail
Al-Sadd
Al-Rayyan (p)
Al-Gharafa (p)
Al-Zawraa Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (p)Dubai teams
Al-Wasl Al-Nasr (p)Tashkent teams
Lokomotiv Tashkent Pakhtakor Tashkent (p)Qatar teams
Al-Duhail Al-Sadd Al-Rayyan (p) Al-Gharafa (p)West Kanto teams
Kawasaki Frontale
Urawa Red Diamonds
Yeongnam teams
Daegu
Gyeongnam
Ulsan Hyundai (p)
Kawasaki Frontale Urawa Red DiamondsYeongnam teams
Daegu Gyeongnam Ulsan Hyundai (p)Location of teams of the 2019 AFC Champions League.
West Region
East Region
(p) Qualifying play-off participants
West Region East Region(p) Qualifying play-off participants
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[9]
| Stage | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary stage | Preliminary round 1 | No draw | 5 February 2019 | |
| Preliminary round 2 | 12 February 2019 | |||
| Play-off stage | Play-off round | 19 February 2019 | ||
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 22 November 2018 | 4–6 March 2019 | |
| Matchday 2 | 11–13 March 2019 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 8–10 April 2019 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 22–24 April 2019 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 6–8 May 2019 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 20–22 May 2019 | |||
| Knockout stage | Round of 16 | 18–19 June 2019 (E), 5–6 August 2019 (W) | 25–26 June 2019 (E), 12–13 August 2019 (W) | |
| Quarter-finals | 2 July 2019 | 26–28 August 2019 | 16–18 September 2019 | |
| Semi-finals | 1–2 October 2019 | 22–23 October 2019 | ||
| Final | 9 November 2019 | 24 November 2019 | ||
Qualifying play-offs
In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.2). The eight winners of the play-off round (four each from both West Region and East Region) advanced to the group stage to join the 24 direct entrants. All losers in each round from associations with only play-off slot entered the AFC Cup group stage.[1] The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region, determined based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match, was officially announced by the AFC prior to the group stage draw on 22 November 2018.[10] Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same tie.
Preliminary round 1
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
Ceres–Negros  |
1–2 |  Yangon United |
Home United  |
1–3 |  Persija Jakarta |
Preliminary round 2
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
Perak  |
1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) |
 Kitchee |
Bangkok United  |
0–1 |  Hanoi |
| Chiangrai United |
3–1 | Yangon United |
Newcastle Jets  |
3–1 (a.e.t.) | Persija Jakarta |
Play-off round
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
Ulsan Hyundai  |
5–1 | Perak |
Shandong Luneng  |
4–1 | Hanoi |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima  |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) |
Chiangrai United |
| Kashima Antlers |
4–1 | Newcastle Jets |
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 22 November 2018, 16:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[10] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four: four groups each in the West Region (Groups A–D) and the East Region (Groups E–H). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage.
| Tiebreakers |
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The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.5):[1]
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Group A
Source: AFC
Group B
Source: AFC
Group C
Source: AFC
Group D
Source: AFC
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SDL | KAS | GYE | JDT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shandong Luneng |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 10 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Gyeongnam FC |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | 2–2 | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Johor Darul Ta'zim |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |
Source: AFC
Group F
Source: AFC
Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JEO | URA | BJG | BUR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |
| 2 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Beijing FC |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Buriram United |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — |
Source: AFC
Group H
Source: AFC
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the two regions until the final. Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 11.3).[1]
Bracket
The bracket was decided after the draw for the quarter-finals, which was held on 2 July 2019, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[11][12]
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Al-Nassr
| 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Al-Wahda
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Nassr
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Al-Sadd
| 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Duhail
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Sadd
| 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Sadd
| 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| West Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Hilal
| 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ittihad
| 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Zob Ahan
| 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ittihad
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Hilal
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ahli
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Hilal
| 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Hilal
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shanghai SIPG (p)
| 1 | 1 | 2 (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
| 1 | 1 | 2 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shanghai SIPG
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds (a)
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds
| 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ulsan Hyundai
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| East Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Guangzhou Evergrande
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Guangzhou Evergrande (p)
| 2 | 2 | 4 (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shandong Luneng
| 1 | 3 | 4 (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Guangzhou Evergrande (a)
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kashima Antlers
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kashima Antlers (a)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Round of 16
In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group from the same region, with the group winners hosting the second leg, and the matchups determined by the group stage draw.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kashima Antlers |
3–3 (a) | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
1–0 | 2–3 |
| Guangzhou Evergrande |
4–4 (6–5 p) | Shandong Luneng |
2–1 | 2–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
4–2 | Ulsan Hyundai |
1–2 | 3–0 |
| Shanghai SIPG |
2–2 (5–3 p) | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 2 July 2019.[12] In the quarter-finals, the four round of 16 winners from the West Region (whose identity was not known at the time of the draw) played in two ties, and the four round of 16 winners from the East Region played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding or country protection.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai SIPG |
3–3 (a) | Urawa Red Diamonds |
2–2 | 1–1 |
| Guangzhou Evergrande |
1–1 (a) | Kashima Antlers |
0–0 | 1–1 |
Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the two quarter-final winners from the West Region played each other, and the two quarter-final winners from the East Region played each other, with the order of legs determined by the quarter-final draw.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
3–0 | Guangzhou Evergrande |
2–0 | 1–0 |
Final
In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs (first leg hosted by team from the West Region, second leg hosted by team from the East Region) reversed from the previous season's final.
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 0–2 | Al-Hilal |
|---|---|---|
| Live Report Stats Report |
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Al-Hilal won 3–0 on aggregate.
Awards
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Main awards
| Award | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player[13] |  Bafétimbi Gomis |
Al-Hilal |
| Top Goalscorer[13] | Bafétimbi Gomis |
Al-Hilal |
| Fair Play Award[13] | — | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| Best Goal[14] | Shojae Khalilzadeh |
Persepolis |
All-Star Squad
Source:[15]
| Position | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Shusaku Nishikawa |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
| Abdullah Al-Mayouf |
Al-Hilal | |
| Defenders | Takahiro Sekine |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
| Tomoaki Makino |
Urawa Red Diamonds | |
| Mohammed Al-Breik |
Al-Hilal | |
| Park Ji-soo |
Guangzhou Evergrande | |
| Daisuke Suzuki |
Urawa Red Diamonds | |
| Midfielders | Akram Afif |
Al-Sadd |
 Léo Silva |
Kashima Antlers | |
| Talisca |
Guangzhou Evergrande | |
| Oscar |
Shanghai SIPG | |
| Nam Tae-hee |
Al-Duhail | |
| Salman Al-Faraj |
Al-Hilal | |
 Sebastian Giovinco |
Al-Hilal | |
 Gabi |
Al-Sadd | |
| Paulinho |
Guangzhou Evergrande | |
| Forwards | Romarinho |
Al-Ittihad |
| Shinzo Koroki |
Urawa Red Diamonds | |
| Hulk |
Shanghai SIPG | |
 André Carrillo |
Al-Hilal | |
| Giuliano de Paula |
Al-Nassr | |
| Bafétimbi Gomis |
Al-Hilal | |
| Salem Al-Dawsari |
Al-Hilal |
Opta Best XI
Source:[16]
| Position | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Shusaku Nishikawa |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
| Defenders | Yasser Al-Shahrani |
Al-Hilal |
| Park Ji-soo |
Guangzhou Evergrande | |
| Ali Al-Bulaihi |
Al-Hilal | |
| Daiki Hashioka |
Urawa Red Diamonds | |
| Midfielders | Oscar |
Shanghai SIPG |
| Giuliano |
Al-Nassr | |
| Leonardo |
Al-Wahda | |
| Forwards | Shinzo Koroki |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
| Bafétimbi Gomis |
Al-Hilal | |
 Omar Al Somah |
Al-Ahli |
Fans' Best XI
Source:[16]
| Position | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Abdullah Al-Mayouf |
Al-Hilal |
| Defenders | Yasser Al-Shahrani |
Al-Hilal |
| Tarek Salman |
Al-Sadd | |
| Ali Al-Bulaihi |
Al-Hilal | |
| Mohammed Barqesh |
Al-Wahda | |
| Midfielders | Salem Al-Dawsari |
Al-Hilal |
| Giuliano |
Al-Nassr | |
| Leonardo |
Al-Wahda | |
| Forwards | Sebastian Giovinco |
Al-Hilal |
| Bafétimbi Gomis |
Al-Hilal | |
| Omar Al Somah |
Al-Ahli |
Top scorers
Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
Player was not in the team but team still active for this round.
| Rank | Player | Team | MD1 | MD2 | MD3 | MD4 | MD5 | MD6 | 2R1 | 2R2 | QF1 | QF2 | SF1 | SF2 | F1 | F2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bafétimbi Gomis |
Al-Hilal |
1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||||||
| 2 | Leonardo |
Al-Wahda |
2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||
| 3 | Shinzo Koroki |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| 4 | Omar Al Somah |
Al-Ahli |
2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| 5 |  Alaa Abbas |
Al-Zawraa |
2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Giuliano |
Al-Nassr |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Hulk |
Shanghai SIPG |
1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Graziano Pellè |
Shandong Luneng |
2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 9 |  Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov |
Lokomotiv Tashkent |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Akram Afif |
Al-Sadd |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Romarinho |
Al-Ittihad |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Talisca |
Guangzhou Evergrande |
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Note: Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs are not counted when determining top scorer (Regulations Article 64.4).[1]
Source: AFC[17]
Player of the week awards
| Matchday | Toyota Player of the Week | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | Ref. | |
| Group stage | |||
| Matchday 1 | Cesinha |
Daegu FC |
[18] |
| Matchday 2 | Alaa Abbas |
Al-Zawraa |
[19] |
| Matchday 3 | Talisca |
Guangzhou Evergrande |
[20] |
| Matchday 4 | Leonardo |
Al-Wahda |
[21] |
| Matchday 5 | Hulk |
Shanghai SIPG |
[22] |
| Matchday 6 | Yasuto Wakizaka |
Kawasaki Frontale |
[23] |
| Knockout stage | |||
| Round of 16 1st leg – East | Kenyu Sugimoto |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
[24] |
| Round of 16 2nd leg – East | Shoma Doi |
Kashima Antlers |
[25] |
| Round of 16 1st leg – West | Bafétimbi Gomis |
Al-Hilal |
[26] |
| Round of 16 2nd leg – West | Romarinho |
Al-Ittihad |
[27] |
| Quarter-finals 1st leg | Giuliano |
Al-Nassr |
[28] |
| Quarter-finals 2nd leg | Salem Al-Dawsari |
Al-Hilal |
[29] |
| Semi-finals 1st leg | Bafétimbi Gomis |
Al-Hilal |
[30] |
| Semi-finals 2nd leg | Shusaku Nishikawa |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
[31] |
| Final 1st leg | Mohammed Al-Breik |
Al-Hilal |
[32] |
| Final 2nd leg | Salem Al-Dawsari |
Al-Hilal |
[33] |
See also
References
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