2006 AFC Champions League


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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
ChampionsSouth Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (1st title)
Runners-upSyria Al-Karamah
Tournament statistics
Matches played78
Goals scored250 (3.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Magno Alves
(8 goals)
Best player(s)South Korea Choi Jin-cheul[1]

← 2005

2007 →

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).

Group stage

A total of 28 clubs were divided into seven groups of four,[a] 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.
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.

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
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
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
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
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
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[a]
  Arema Malang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
  1. ^ a b TTM FC and Arema Malang were disqualified for failing to fill in their player registration forms in time.
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[a]
  PEA FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
  1. ^ a b Persipura Jayapura and PEA FC were disqualified for failing to fill in their player registration forms in time.
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
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.)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 4–3 on aggregate.

Al Qadisiya won 5–2 on aggregate.

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

Al-Karamah won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 6–4 on aggregate.

Al-Karamah won 1–0 on aggregate.

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

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate.

  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 1 4 2 1 8
2   Fernandinho   Gamba Osaka 4 2 6
  Nenad Jestrović   Al Ain 2 1 2 1
4   Ali Daei   Saba Battery 2 1 2 5
  Gao Lin   Shanghai Shenhua 3 1 1
  A'ala Hubail   Al-Gharafa 2 3
  Kim Hyeung-bum   Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 1 2
  Bader Al-Mutawa   Al Qadisiya 1 1 1 2
  Zé Carlos   Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 2 1 1
10   Godwin Attram   Al-Shabab 2 1 1 4
  Choi Sung-kuk   Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1 2 1
  Mohannad Ibrahim   Al-Karamah 1 2 1
  Carlos Tenorio   Al Sadd 1 1 2
  Zou Jie   Dalian Shide 1 1 1 1
  1. ^ "전북 현대 AFC 챔피언스리그 우승". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 9 November 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2021.