International football competition
The 2019 AFC Champions League was the thirty-eighth edition of Asia ‘s premier club football tournament, organized by the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ), and the 17th under the current AFC Champions League style. [ 1 ] Al-Hilal defeated Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 on aggregate in the final examination to earn a record third base Champions League title. As winners, they qualified for the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.
Kashima Antlers were the defend champions, but were eliminated by Guangzhou Evergrande in the quarter-finals on off goals .
Association team allotment [edit ]
The 46 AFC penis associations ( excluding the consort member Northern Mariana Islands ) were ranked, based on their national team ‘s and clubs ‘ performance over the end 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 [edit ]
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 report their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, deoxyadenosine monophosphate 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 [2] The exceed division run by the Football Federation Australia, the A-League, only had nine Australia-based teams in the 2017–18 season, so Australia could entirely get a maximum of three total slots ( Entry Manual 5.4 ) .
- ^Bahrain (BHR): Bahrain did not have any teams which had an AFC Champions League license.[5] bahrain did not have any teams which had an AFC Champions League license .
- ^Syria (SYR): Syria did not implement the AFC Champions League club licensing system.[5] Syria did not implement the AFC Champions League club license arrangement.
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Teams [edit ]
The following 51 teams from 22 associations entered the rival. 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.
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schedule [edit ]
The agenda 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 [edit ]
In the qualifying play-offs, each draw was played as a single meet. extra meter and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the achiever 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 mastermind entrants. All losers in each polish 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 anterior to the group stage pull on 22 November 2018. [ 10 ] Teams from the like association could not be placed into the same bind .
preliminary attack 1 [edit ]
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
Al-Wehdat  |
2–3 |  Al-Kuwait
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preliminary turn 2 [edit ]
Play-off round [edit ]
Group degree [edit ]
The string 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 lapp group. In the group phase, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runner-up of each group advanced to the attack of 16 of the knockout stage .
| Tiebreakers |
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The teams were ranked according to points ( 3 points for a winnings, 1 steer for a tie, 0 points for a loss ). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the come order ( Regulations Article 10.5 ) : [ 1 ]
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Group A [edit ]
Group B [edit ]
Group C [edit ]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIL | DUH | EST | AIN | |
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| 1 |  Al-Hilal
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 |  Al-Duhail
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 9 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | ||
| 3 |  Esteghlal
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 |  Al-Ain
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — |
Group D [edit ]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SAD | AHL | PAK | PER | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Sadd
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Al-Ahli
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 |  Pakhtakor
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Persepolis
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — |
Group E [edit ]
Group F [edit ]
Group G [edit ]
Group H [edit ]
Knockout stage [edit ]
In the hard 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 [edit ]
The bracket was decided after the hook 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 [edit ]
In the circle of 16, the winners of one group played the runner-up of another group from the same region, with the group winners hosting the second stage, and the matchups determined by the group stagecoach draw .
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 2 July 2019. [ 12 ] In the quarter-finals, the four rung of 16 winners from the West Region ( whose identity was not known at the time of the reap ) 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 seed or country protection .
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 club of legs determined by the quarter-final draw .
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Al-Sadd |
5–6 | Al-Hilal
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1–4 | 4–2 |
final [edit ]
In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of leg ( first leg hosted by team from the West Region, irregular leg hosted by team from the East Region ) reversed from the previous season ‘s final .
Al-Hilal won 3–0 on aggregate.
Awards [edit ]
top scorers [edit ]
Team eliminated / dormant for this round.
Player was not in the team but team still active for this round .
note : Goals scored in the qualify play-offs are not counted when determining top scorer ( Regulations Article 64.4 ). [ 1 ] informant : AFC [ 16 ]
player of the workweek awards [edit ]
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
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