AFC Champions League 2007

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = AFC Champions League
year = 2007
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country =
dates = March 2007 - November 2007
num_teams = 27 + 1
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venues =
cities =
champion_other = flagicon|JPN Urawa Red Diamonds
count = 1
second_other= flagicon|IRN Sepahan F.C.
matches = 92
goals = 230
attendance =
top_scorer = flagicon|Brazil Mota (7 goals)
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The AFC Champions League 2007 is the 26th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 5th edition under the current AFC Champions League title.

Japanese side Urawa Red Diamonds became the first-time champions, beating Sepahan F.C. of Iran.

Participated Teams

Along with the defending champion, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, 28 other clubs from fourteen countries qualified based on performance in domestic league and cup competitions. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors will enter the competition at the quarter-finals.

The draw took place in Kuala Lumpur on December 22, allocating teams into seven groups. In February, the AFC disqualified Esteghlal Tehran from Group B for failing to register their players in time. [ [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/news/index.asp?aid=46789&cid=1381&sqid=768 article missing] ] This reduced the number of competing teams to 28.

* Esteghlal Tehran was disqualified from the competition.

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date = March 7, 2007
team1 = Al-Hilal
score = 1–1
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1381&mtid=12055 (Report)]
team2 = Al Kuwait Kaifan
goals1 = Rodrigão 16'
goals2 = Fahad Shaheen 90'
stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
attendance = 50,000
referee = flagicon|Malaysia Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh----footballbox
date = March 21, 2007
team1 = Al Kuwait Kaifan
score = 0–1
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1381&mtid=12057 (Report)]
team2 = FC Pakhtakor
goals1 =
goals2 = Aleksandr Kletskov 69'
stadium = Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait
attendance = 3,000
referee = flagicon|Thailand Satop Tongkhan----footballbox
date = April 11, 2007
team1 = FC Pakhtakor
score = 0–2
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1381&mtid=12059 (Report)]
team2 = Al-Hilal
goals1 =
goals2 = Omar Al-Ghamdi 54'
Rodrigão 59'
stadium = Army Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
attendance = 10,000
referee = flagicon|China Junjie Huang----footballbox
date = April 25, 2007
team1 = Al-Hilal
score = 2–0
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1381&mtid=12060 (report)]
team2 = FC Pakhtakor
goals1 = Rodrigão 30', 90'(pen)
goals2 =
stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
attendance = 40,000
referee = flagicon|South Korea Lee Gi-young----footballbox
date = May 9, 2007
team1 = Al Kuwait Kaifan
score = 0–0
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1381&mtid=12063 (Report)]
team2 = Al-Hilal
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait
attendance = 7,000
referee = flagicon|Bahrain Jasim Karim----footballbox
date = May 23, 2007
team1 = FC Pakhtakor
score = 2–1
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1381&mtid=12064 (Report)]
team2 = Al Kuwait Kaifan
goals1 = Uche Iheruome 45' Shakhboz Erkinov 59'
goals2 = Faraj Laheeb 71'
stadium = Army Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
attendance = 3,000
referee = flagicon|Singapore Shamsul Maidin

Group C

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date = March 7, 2007
team1 = Shanghai Shenhua
score = 1–2
report = [http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=7228&pageid=495 (Report)]
team2 = Sydney FC
goals1 = Xie Hui 78'
goals2 = Steve Corica 8'
Ufuk Talay 23'
stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai, China
attendance = 12,000
referee = flagicon|South Korea Lee Gi Youngfootballbox
date = March 7, 2007
team1 = Urawa Red Diamonds
score = 3–0
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1384&mtid=12098 (Report)]
team2 = Persik Kediri
goals1 = Nobuhisa Yamada 12'
Yuichiro Nagai 45'
Shinji Ono 76'
goals2 =
stadium = Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan
attendance = 31,303
referee = flagicon|South Korea Kim Dong Jin----footballbox
date = March 21, 2007
team1 = Persik Kediri
score = 1–0
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1384&mtid=12100 (Report)]
team2 = Shanghai Shenhua
goals1 = Bertha Yuana Putra 71'
goals2 =
stadium = Manahan Stadium, Surakarta, Indonesia
attendance = 5,000
referee = flagicon|Bahrain Abdulhameed Ebrahim

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date = March 21, 2007
team1 = Sydney FC
score = 2–2
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1384&mtid=12101 (Report)]
team2 = Urawa Red Diamonds
goals1 = David Carney 1'
Ufuk Talay 23' (pen)
goals2 = Robson Ponte 30'
Yuichiro Nagai 55'
stadium = Aussie Stadium, Sydney, Australia
attendance = 21,010
referee = flagicon|Malaysia Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh----

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date = April 11, 2007
team1 = Urawa Red Diamonds
score = 1–0
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?aid=47146&cid=1384&mtid=12103&sqid=249 (Report)]
team2 = Shanghai Shenhua
goals1 = Yuki Abe 45'
goals2 =
stadium = Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan
attendance = 28,828
referee = flagicon|Iran Masoud Moradifootballbox
date = April 12, 2007
team1 = Persik Kediri
score = 2–1
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1384&mtid=12102 (Report)]
team2 = Sydney FC
goals1 = Aris Budi Prasetyo 25'
Budi Sudarsono 70'
goals2 = Steve Corica 8'
stadium = Manahan Stadium, Surakarta, Indonesia
attendance = 15,000
referee = flagicon|Qatar Abdulla Mohamed Balideh----footballbox
date = April 25, 2007
team1 = Shanghai Shenhua
score = 0–0
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1384&mtid=12104 (Report)]
team2 = Urawa Red Diamonds
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai, China
attendance = 10,000
referee = flagicon|Oman Mahmood Al Ghatrifi

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date = April 25, 2007
team1 = Sydney FC
score = 3–0
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1384&mtid=12105 (Report)]
team2 = Persik Kediri
goals1 = Steve Corica 24', 90'
Alex Brosque 73'
goals2 =
stadium = Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia
attendance = 10,075
referee = flagicon|Vietnam Minh Tri Vo----footballbox
date = May 9, 2007
team1 = Persik Kediri
score = 3-3
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1384&mtid=12106 (Report)]
team2 = Urawa Red Diamonds
goals1 = Christian Gonzalez 23'(pen), 31'
Budi Sudarsono 83'
goals2 = Shinji Ono 9'(pen)
Robson Ponte 50'
Yuki Abe 62'
stadium = Manahan Stadium, Surakarta, Indonesia
attendance = 10,000
referee = flagicon|Bangladesh Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman

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date = May 9, 2007
team1 = Sydney FC
score = 0–0
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1384&mtid=12107 (Report 1] [http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=7571&pageid=11 2)]
team2 = Shanghai Shenhua
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Aussie Stadium, Sydney, Australia
attendance = 14,786
referee = flagicon|Singapore Abdul Bashir

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date = May 23, 2007
team1 = Urawa Red Diamonds
score = 0–0
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1384&mtid=12108 (Report)]
team2 = Sydney FC
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan
attendance = 44,793
referee = flagicon|United Arab Emirates Fareed Al-Marzouqi

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date = May 23, 2007
team1 = Shanghai Shenhua
score = 6–0
report = [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1384&mtid=12109 (Report)]
team2 = Persik Kediri
goals1 = Xie Hui 8' Gao Lin 25' Diego Alonso 79', 87', 90' Sergio Blanco 86'
goals2 =
stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai, China
attendance = 8,000
referee =

Group F

Top Scorers

External links

* [http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/news/ AFC Champions League Official Page (English)]
* [http://www.the-afc.com/english/calendarevent/pdf/AFC_Comps_calendar_2007.pdf AFC Calendar of Events 2007]
* [http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/draw/acl2007/ Champions League 2007, Group Stage Draw] from official site.
* [http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/draw/acl2007-knockout/ Champions League 2007, Knockout Stage Draw] from official site.

References

AFC Champions League Seasons