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Topic: AFC Champions League

	AFC Champions League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The AFC Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition between the champions and cup winners of the top 14 Asian leagues.
		Like the CAF Champions League, the Asian Champions League is not as prestigious as its European counterpart, the UEFA Champions League.
		From 2002/03 the Asian Champions Cup and Asian Cup Winners Cup were merged into one competition and was rebranded the AFC Champions League.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/AFC_Champions_League (458 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Asian Champions League
		The AFC Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition between club Champions and cup winners of the top 14 Asian leagues.
		From 2002 / 03 the Asian Champions Cup and Asian Cup Winners Cup were merged into one competition and was rebranded the AFC Champions League.
		Dates for the early rounds of the AFC Champions League in East and West Asia have been fixed, so as to create a focus for supporters throughout the continent, and the draw graded so as to match teams of similar ability and avoid heavy losses.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Asian-Champions-League (425 words)

	Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For example, during the 2005-06 season of the FA Premier League, an average of 2.48 goals per match were scored.
		In league competitions games may end in a draw, but in some knockout competitions if a game is tied at the end of regulation time it may go into extra time, which consists of two further 15-minute periods.
		The most prestigious competitions in club football are the respective continental championships, which are generally contested between national champions, for example the UEFA Champions League in Europe and the Copa Libertadores in South America.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Football_(soccer) (4181 words)

	Draw made for ACL 2005 season
		Vietnam champions Hoang Anh Gia Lai are the other team in a tricky Group E. With just the winners of the seven groups going through to the quarter-finals to join recently-crowned 2004 champions Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia, Shenzhen have a big task on their hands.
		Syria were awarded two spots in the AFC Champions League after both their representatives reached the final of the AFC Cup.
		AFC General Secretary Dato' Peter Velappan said at the draw on Tuesday that the AFC Champions League was proving a great success.
	www.iransportspress.com /print.php?a=1267 (496 words)

	Persian League
		AFC - Esteghlal's Mehdi Hasheminasab kept a promise to his team's passionate fans and made a point to Iranian national team coach Branko Ivancovic as he sparked the Tehran giants to victory over Uzbekistan's Neftchi this week in the final qualifying round of the inaugural AFC Champions League.
		In the wake of Esteghlal's poor recent form in their domestic league, the 31-year-old defender had promised an improved effort against Neftchi as his club seeks to advance to the lucrative group stage of the US$3 million continental competition.
		The AFC Champions League, which was launched in August, replaces the Asian Club Championship, the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the Asian Super Cup.
	www.persianleague.com /news/morenews.cfm?news=748 (854 words)

	rediff.com sports: Mohun Bagan win 'away' Champions League tie
		India's champion club Mohun Bagan took a huge step towards making it to the second round in the AFC Champions League when they beat Sri Lankan's Saunders 2-0 in their 'away' match of Zone II [East Asia], in Colombo on Wednesday night.
		The three-time Indian National Football League champions scored once in each half to beat the Sri Lankan side, which lays claim to being the oldest club side in Asia.
		The new AFC Champions League, which offers US$500,000 in prize-money for the winners, has replaced the Asian Club Championship, the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the Asian Super Cup and is the continent's premier club competition.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2002/sep/13bagan.htm (563 words)

	Asian Football Confederation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The AFC runs the Asian Cup, a competition for the national football teams of Asia held every four years, as well as the Asian World Cup Qualifying Tournament and the AFC Challenge Cup.
		The most prestigious (and oldest of the current AFC club competitions) is the AFC Champions League tournament, based on the UEFA Champions League, formed in 2002/03 with the amalgamation of the Asian Champions Cup and the Asian Cup Winners Cup.
		The Asian Ladies Football Confederation helped organise the AFC Women's Championship, first held in 1975, as well as the AFC's women's under-19 and the women's under-17 championships.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation (568 words)

	Syria AFC Soccer Sports
		Al Ittihad were drawn yesterday against Syrian underdogs Al Karama in the AFC Champions League...
		the two representatives of Iran in the AFC Champions League, failed to advance to the quarterfinals.
		Foolad's disappointing AFC Champions League campaign which began with a 6-0 hammering of Al Qadisiya ended with a 2-1 home defeat to Al Ittihad of Syria, which...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Sports/Soccer/AFC/Syria (329 words)

	Persian League
		Now the 55-year-old German is trying to ready Iranian champions Pirouzi, who he joined as coach in January, for their opening match against Iraq's Al Talaba in Group D of the AFC Champions League in Tashkent, and Schmidt says the atmosphere, the anticipation and excitement is just the same.
		Pirouzi, the winners of last season's inaugural Pro League in Iran and of its predecessor, the Azadegan, four times between 1996 and 2000, are seasoned campaigners in Asia's continental competitions.
		The Tehran side reached the semi-finals of the Asian Club Championship four times in the six seasons prior to it being replaced by the AFC Champions League as the continent's elite club competition.
	www.persianleague.com /news/Morenews.cfm?News=1119 (287 words)

	Afc Champion league 2004
		The Thai side were placed in arguably the toughest of the seven first-stage groups when the official draw for the AFC Champions League 2004 season was conducted at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
		BEC are in Group E, a virtual 'group of death' that also includes Chinese league champions Shanghai Shenhua, Korean Cup winners Chonbuk Motors and Japan's Jubilo Iwata.
		The Group Stage of the AFC Champions League will run from February to May, and with only the winners of each group advancing to the knock-out stages of the competition, none of the competing teams will be able to afford any slip-ups during the opening round.
	www.irankicks.com /history/acl04.shtml (211 words)

	Persian Football (PFDC) : Your Source for Iranian football news.
		AFC - JEDDAH, Revenge is only part of the motive as Saudi Arabia champions Al Ittihad and J.League title holders Yokohama F Marinos return to action in the AFC Champions League this week as part of a full slate of games on Matchday Four.
		Only the top team in each AFC Champions League group will advance to the last eight of this year's tournament and that creates plenty of intrigue and drama for this week's fixtures, which are ostensibly the return legs of Matchday Three games played earlier this month.
		But having suffered a 2-1 reverse to the Korean champions in their own stadium just two weeks ago, the Marinos are expected to make things extremely difficult for their hosts as they seek a win to put themselves back into the race for top spot.
	www.persianfootball.com /news/national/EplkuVpypZgwSmsAuZ.shtml (706 words)

	: EEkyZZkAkZVtCfwJSL
		(AFC) UAE, Persian Gulf - A spectacular own goal by Iran international Mohammad Nosrati three minutes before half-time gave Al Ain, of the United Arab Emirates, a share of the spoils in the first leg of their AFC Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday night.
		Al Ain, the 2003 AFC Champions League winners, included new signings Luis Tejada, Alberto Blanco (both from Panama) and Nwoha Onyekachi, of Nigeria, in their starting line-up, but it was the visitors who started the brightest, with Issa Traore, their Malian striker, full of early running.
		Moments later, the Nigerian was denied his first AFC Champions League goal when Koushki slid in to deny the burly striker from six yards out.
	www.irankicks.com /newscast/data/fullstory/EEkyZZkAkZVtCfwJSL.php (666 words)

	Be proud to represent Asia: Hammam - My Football Forum - Your World Cup Forum
		This year’s AFC Champions League features a total of 29 teams including the league champions and cup winners of the top 14 countries in the AFC’s ‘Vision Asia’ ranking.
		Clubs are the base and foundation of all of our development work at the AFC and we all believe that without clubs and stable leagues, there will not be any development of football,” he said.
		The AFC Champions League seminar is an opportunity for competing clubs and their national associations to meet and connect with the tournament’s organizing committee ahead of the start of this year’s competition.
	www.myfootballforum.com /showthread.php?t=10691 (592 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Indonesian champion Persik Kediri is gearing up to take on contender Korean champion Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in a Group G match in the first leg of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League 2004 season at Brawijaya Stadium, Kediri, East Java, on Wednesday.
		Seongnam, a double-hat-trick Korean League champion in 1993, 1994, and 1995, and in 2001, 2002, 2003, was selected as the best club of Asia by the AFC for winning the Asian Club Cup, Asia Super Club and Afro-Asia Club Champion Tournament and accomplishing a Grand Slam in the last century.
		The group stage of the AFC Champions League will be pplayed on a double round-robin league basis and concludes on Wednesday, May 5.
	www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20040211.I01 (536 words)

	AFC Asian Football Confederation - Official Website Of The Asian Football Confederation
		Vietnam was represented by two clubs in the AFC Champions League this season.
		The AFC Cup this year, sees 18 competing teams split into five groups with the tournament being played on a home-and-away basis, kicking off on 9 March 2005.
		A total of 28 teams will compete in the Group Stage of the AFC Champions League, which features seven groups of four clubs divided according to geographical regions.
	www.the-afc.com /english/fanclub/default.asp?section=fanclub&subsection=fanzone (483 words)

	Hanoi dominates junior contest
		However, the problem here is whether coach Songamsak and Hoa Lam Binh Dinh will pursue their target at the AFC Champions League or not when their results in the V-League leave much to be desired.
		The AFC Champions League is still a very large playground for Vietnamese clubs.
		After being aware of the AFC Champions League draw, Hoang Anh Gia Lai made adjustments in their strategies with a focus on the Southeast Asian Champions League, due to kick off this July, after the V-League ends.
	www.nhandan.com.vn /english/sport/020305/champion.htm (477 words)

	Asian Champions League Semi-Final :: Soccerphile
		Even Bucheon, who finished 70 points adrift of the winners a year ago, have held the champs in both meetings this season, as the team in yellow and blue have amassed a mere twenty-one points in eighteen games prompting many on the peninsula to claim that Seongnam’s stranglehold on the K-League is over.
		Or maybe the six-time Korean Champions are simply shifting their attention elsewhere, for just as the team has struggled domestically, it has excelled internationally- namely in the Asian Champions League.
		In the quarter-finals, UAE outfit Sharjah were contemptuously brushed aside 11-2 on aggregate to earn a semi-final clash with Uzbekistan’s champions Pakhtakor who were still smarting over an unexpected defeat at the same stage of the 2003 competition at the hands of Thai team, BEC Tero Sasana, 3-2 on aggregate.
	www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/news/korean-soccer/seongnam.html (1173 words)

	Asian's elite prepare for battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Al Ain, whose superb record in the AFC Champions League is only bettered by their nemesis Al Ittihad, have cleared out the foreign legion of players who featured in last season’s campaign and highly regarded coach Milan Macala has also departed.
		Group C is expected to be a close affair between Al Wahda, the league champions of UAE, Qatar’s Al Gharafa, coached by flamboyant Frenchman Bruno Metsu who tasted AFC Champions League glory with Al Ain in 2003, and the Ali Daei-inspired Saba Battery of Iran.
		The four teams in Group D all have previous experience in the AFC Champions League and the race for the one qualifying spot is expected to be close.
	www.champress.net /english/index.php?page=show_det&id=2653 (1116 words)

	Persian Football (PFDC) : Your Source for Iranian football news.
		F.A. - ESFAHAN, While Sepahan maybe setting the pace in Group B of the AFC Champions League 2005, Stanko Poklepovicâs side continue to struggle domestically as they were held 1-1 by Abu Moslem for their 12th draw in 26 games this season.
		Behnem Abolghasempour, who has had just one substitute appearance in the AFC Champions League to date, gave head coach Mustafa Denizli plenty to think about ahead of the ACL clash with the Qataris when he drew Pas level in the 17th minute before making it 2-1 five minutes before the break.
		Meanwhile, league leaders Foolad continued to home in on what would be their first ever Iran title â“ and with it a place in next yearâs AFC Champions League â“ when Eman Mobali converted a 27th minute spot kick to give the Ahvaz side a 1-0 victory over Fajre Sepassi.
	www.persianfootball.com /readstory.php?storyid=EEEVyElVVFOdIaSqfh (361 words)

	LAST KICK » Blog Archive » Tough AFC Champions League 2006 draw for Foolad
		The 2004/05 UAE President’s Cup champions will be relishing the chance of payback against a club from Saudi Arabia after losing last month’s 2005 AFC Champions League final 5-3 on aggregate to Jeddah side Al Ittihad, who will once again enter the competition at teh quarter-final stage as defending champions.
		Al Ain faced Al Hilal in the first edition of the AFC Champions League when each group was played in a centralised venue and the UAE outfit made the most of their home field advantage winning 1-0 courtesy of Gharib Harib’s 12th minute penalty on route to becoming the first ever ACL champions.
		Al Sadd, 2005 ACL quarter-finalists, are in Group D with three other sides who all have previous AFC Champions League experience, namely Al Quwa Al Jawiya, the Iraq ‘Air Force’ side, Al Arabi of Kuwait and Al Shabab, who represented Saudi Arabia in last year’s event.
	www.lastkick.com /?p=397 (892 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		The Saudi league champions were Asia's most successful club side prior to the introduction of the AFC Champions League, lifting five major continental trophies.
		The four-time Qatari champions are coached by Frenchman Bruno Metsu, the man who led Senegal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Al Ain to gold in the competition's inaugural edition.
		Inspired by striking legend Saeed Owairan, the Riyadh giants were the dominant force in Saudi football in the early 1990s, but their only appearance at the AFC Champions League last year did little to boost morale.
	www.fifa.com /en/comp/index/0,2442,115442,00.html?comp=CWC&year=2005&articleid=115442 (1117 words)

	Khaleej Times Online - Al Ain qualify for AFC Champions League
		ABU DHABI — Al Ain qualified for the 2006 AFC Champions League with victory over Al Wahda here at the Zayed Sports City stadium on Thursday night to claim the UAE season-ending President’s Cup for a third time in their history.
		The victory was sweet revenge for the AFC Champions League quarter finalists after Al Wahda claimed the National Football League title to prevent the ‘Purple Nation’ from celebrating their fourth consecutive national championship.
		Al Wahda having won the league became the first team from the Emirates to qualify for the 2006 AFC Champions League.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?section=sports&xfile=data/sports/2005/June/sports_June295.xml (573 words)

	news - AFC Champions League: The long chase begins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Pakhtakor, semi-finalists in the first two editions of the AFC Champions League, go into their fourth consecutive competition as the undisputed favourites to win their group.
		Despite finishing bottom of the group on their debut in the AFC Champions League in 2004, the Baghdad power managed to defeat Al Sadd, a result that sent UAE side Al Wahda through to the last eight.
		Eight-time Chinese Super League champions Dalian Shide reached the knockout stage in their two previous appearances at the AFC Champions League.
	www.noticias.info /asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=151943&src=0 (1160 words)

	Asian Economic News: Shimizu, Dalian Shide battle to draw in AFC Champions League
		The J-League side Shimizu S-Pulse battled to a scoreless draw with China's Dalian Shide in Sunday's first-round group B match in the inaugural AFC Champions League in Dalian, China.
		Shimizu are competing in the league in their capacity as last year's Emperor's Cup holders.
		The Asian Football Confederation launched the Champions League last August by regrouping the Asian Club Championship, the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the Asian Super Cup with the main purpose of enhancing the overall level of Asian club teams.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0WDP/is_2003_March_10/ai_98545434 (218 words)

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