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	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.
		From 2002/03 the Asian Champions Cup and Asian Cup Winners Cup were merged into one competition and was rebranded the AFC Champions League.
		The first goalkeeper scoring in Champions League is Fabio dos Santos of Dong Tam, in the match with Shanghai Shenhua, in 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/AFC_Champions_League (626 words)

	SI.com - Soccer - Al Ain boycott threat overshadows Asian CL semis - Tuesday April 08, 2003 09:39 AM
		The SARS outbreak has already forced the Asian federation to postpone a regional qualifying series for the women's soccer World Cup -- due to be held in China in September and October -- and delay two qualifying matches for the 2004 Olympics.
		Meanwhile, BEC-Tero, the two-time champion of Thailand's premier league, is under intense domestic pressure to repeat the achievements of the now-defunct club Thai Farmers Bank, which won back-to-back Asian Club Championship titles in 1993 and 1994.
		The two-time Uzbek national league champion's superb home record helped it survive a grueling series of six matches against Jordan's Al Wihdat, Qatar's Al Etehad and Al Ahli of the UAE in the group stages.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2003/04/08/asian_cl_preview_ap (971 words)

	Asian Champions League 2005 :: Soccerphile
		The Iranian champions, Pas have not had the best of times trying to defend their third title domestically and may welcome the continental distraction, especially if they can repeat the success of 1992 when they lifted the Asian Club Championship.
		The 2003 Asian Champions, Al Ain, fell to Chonbuk Motors of Korea in their attempt to defend their title last season.
		The champions of China and Korea find themselves pitted against each other in Group E. K-League winners; Suwon Samsung Bluewings won the Asian Club Championship in 2000 and 2001 and will be the team to beat in the group.
	www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/news/korean-soccer/asian-cup-2005.html (880 words)

	Penpix of Saudi Arabia's World Cup squad
		Was a member of the Saudi squad that took part in the 2004 Asian Cup in China and played in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where he conceded eight goals in the 8-0 defeat to Germany.
		The 2005 Asian Player of the Year is one of the most important members of the team and his ability to score goals makes him a major asset.
		Another player from two-times defending Asian champions Al Ittihad who is expected to be part of the backbone of the Saudi team.
	in.rediff.com /sports/2006/may/29saudi.htm (1054 words)

	Sports Australia - Football Opinion: Asian Champions League Beckons [Sep 20, 2005]
		One of the major benefits coming out of Australia's move from the Oceania to the Asian Football Confederation is the chance for two of our club sides to play in the lucrative and, increasingly prestigious, Asian Champions League.
		That way the development of juniors, our future A-League players, and the maintenance of match-fitness for other squad members could be kept under the control of the A-League clubs.
		If the team that is top at that time is not given a place in the Asian Champions League, a grave injustice will have been done.
	sportsaustralia.com /articles/sep05/artid3782.html (868 words)

	are we doomed for Asian Champions League? - Irankicks Football Talk
		After the war the Azadegan League was established and Pas came back onto the Iranian football scene in a big way.
		They won the inaugural season of the 1991-92 Azadegan League and were allowed to participate in the 1992-93 Asian Club Championship.
		In any country when a team get the championship of their own league, they start to have couple good recruits for the continent club championship but in Iran right after their own championship, they give up their good players.
	www.irankicks.com /ikboard/showthread.php?p=404933#post404933 (911 words)

	A-League snaps up two Asian Champions League spots. 17/07/2006. ABC News Online
		A-League snaps up two Asian Champions League spots.
		"This decision was made based on the technical performance and match results of the Thai and Vietnamese clubs in recent seasons of the AFC Champions League," an AFC statement said.
		The AFC said it would meet with officials from Football Federation Australia to discuss qualification, with the two places likely to go to the A-League champions and minor premiers.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200607/s1688536.htm (298 words)

	Stephane MOT - K-League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hallelujah left the league two years later but could very well make it again to the top.
		What the league and what Korean soccer needs is clubs with a soul, deeply rooted in cities and regions, bringing life to the brand new World Cup stadia.
		The 3 champions of South Korea, China and Japan (K-League, China Super League and J-League) compete for this cup crowning Far East Asia as the soccer elite of the continent..
	www.geocities.com /stephanemot/E-stephanemot-k-league.html (1512 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)

	ESPN.com Soccernet Global: News - Asian Champions League winners to receive £330,000
		The figure was released on Tuesday at the launch of the new competition, which is modelled on the European Champions League.
		The league has been created by the Asian Football Confederation to give clubs in the continent more incentive to play in Asia-wide tournaments with prize money and subsidies for staging games topping £2,000,000.
		The preliminary stages will finish on November 27 with the big guns of Asian football entering the competition at the 16-team group stage to be played in four venues from March 9-15 next year.
	www.soccernet.com /global/news/2002/0813/20020813asianchamps.html (339 words)

	Asian Football: Asian Champions League & 2007 AFC Asian Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The AFC Asian Cup 2007 Official Website: "Korea Republic skipper Kim Nam-il could be ruled out of next weekâs AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifier against Iran after injuring his pelvis in Suwon Samsung Bluewingsâ 2-0 win over Goyang Kookmin Bank in the semi-final of the Korea FA Cup on Wednesday."
		Not surprisingly given his size, the 25-year-old has been a colossus in the Al Karama defence since joining the Syrian side just prior to the start of the AFC Champions League knockout stage, helping the team to three consecutive clean sheets during their run to the final.
		The AFC Asian Cup 2007 Official Website: "KUWAIT CITY â“ Kuwait coach Mihai Stoichita has taken the nine-time Gulf Cup winners to Al Ain in the UAE to prepare his side for their crucial AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Bahrain on November 15.
	www.neurotribe.net /afblog (1953 words)

	ABC Sport - Football - A-League snaps up two Asian Champions League spots
		Two teams from the A-League will be offered places in the 2007 Asian Champions League after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) decided to cut Thailand and Vietnam's allocation.
		No Thai team has progressed from the group stages since BEC Tero Sesana reached the inaugural AFC Champions League final in 2003.
		Sydney FC were the winners of the inaugural A-League title earlier this year.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200607/s1688512.htm (365 words)

	Two Australian clubs handed Asian Champions League spots \| Breaking News \| Guardian Unlimited Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		"This decision was made based on the technical performance and match results of the Thai and Vietnamese clubs in recent seasons of the AFC Champions League," an AFC statement said on Monday.
		The AFC said it would meet with officials from Football Federation Australia to discuss qualification, with the two places likely to go to the A League champions and the top club from the regular season.
		Sydney FC were the winners of the inaugural A League title in March and the 2006-07 competition started last weekend.
	football.guardian.co.uk /breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-5955670,00.html (265 words)

	SI.com - Soccer - Seongnam storms into Asian Champions League final - Wednesday October 27, 2004 11:36AM
		K-League title holders Ilhwa advanced after a goalless draw with the Uzbeki champions in the first leg of their semi-final in Korea last week.
		The result was a devastating blow to Pakhtakor, who were knocked out at the same stage last year and had not conceded a goal at home in 10 Asian Champions League matches.
		Their misery was compounded when defender Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov was sent off for a "professional" foul on Kim as he looked likely to score his second of the game.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/soccer/10/27/asian.champions/index.html (283 words)

	Persian League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		AFP - The richest competition in Asian football comes out of hibernation this weekend with 16 teams battling it out for places in the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League.
		Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Mohammed bin Hammam is describing the start of the quarter-final round as "the biggest week ever in Asian club football" - and has called on fans to get behind the competition.
		Though Asian football has made big strides at international level over the past decade - with South Korea´s rollercoaster ride into the World Cup semi-finals last year the crowning achievement - the club game in the region has not enjoyed as high a profile.
	www.persianleague.com /news/Morenews.cfm?News=1117 (583 words)

	Football News - Soccer Headlines
		If anybody doubted the reigning champions' ability and desire to hang onto their continental crown, seven goals in Jeddah will have put such doubts to bed.
		Reigning champions Al-Ittihad powered past Shandong Luneng in the second leg of the Asian Champions League quarter-final with a massive 7-2 win in Jeddah to take the tie 8-3 on aggregate.
		Amazingly the Chinese side took the league after 16 minutes to go 2-1 ahead in the tie as a whole, but Osama Al Harbi headed home the equaliser three minutes later.
	www.isfa.com /news?id=18351 (294 words)

	IranFootballOnline.com » Asian Champions League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Foolad’s AFC Champions League campaign ended in disappointment as the Iranian side went down to a lacklustre 2-1 defeat against Al Ittihad from Syria.
		Al Karama skipper Abdul Kader Refai converted a first-half free kick as the recently-crowned Syrian champions beat Iran’s Saba Battery 1-0 to become the first team from their country to advance to the knockout stage of the AFC Champions League.
		Al Wahda’s struggles in front of goal continued in the second half and Ismail Matar’s powerful strike from inside the penalty area was parried by Tolja in the 69th minute as the Iranians did enough to keep their qualification hopes alive.
	www.iranfootballonline.com /wordpress/?cat=10 (3027 words)

	Korea's Chonbuk win Asian Champions League \| Breaking News \| Guardian Unlimited Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Al Karama won the second leg of the final 2-1 but the Brazilian's late goal made the difference after the Koreans won the first leg 2-0 a week ago.
		Chonbuk Motors are the first east Asian team to win championship and will now represent the continent at the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan in December.
		Al Karama coach Mohammed Kwid said his young team's second place finish was an achievement considering their lack of resources compared with the Korean side.
	football.guardian.co.uk /breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6201088,00.html (294 words)

	Avdic and Jestrovic score in 5th round of Asian Champions Legaue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Two Ex-Yu strikers scored in the 5th round of the Asian Champions League: Serbian striker Nenad Jestrovic and Bosnian striker Alen Avdic.
		Hazifi Cup winners Saba Battery from Iran claimed a vital victory in the 5th round of their Group C Asian Champions League qualifiers.
		Needing a victory to avoid another early exit from the competition, the Saudi Arabian league winner Al Hilal took the lead through Brazilian midfielder Camacho before the 30 year old Serbian striker Nenad Jestrovic claimed the equalizer for Al Ain in the second half.
	www.jadransport.org /articles/2802.html (483 words)

	Shimizu, Dalian Shide battle to draw in AFC Champions League Asian Economic News - Find Articles
		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 (234 words)

	ESPNsoccernet - Global - Sydney and Adelaide heading to Champions League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The FFA had wanted their two representatives to qualify from the current 2006/7 A-League season which finishes in February, a month before the 2007 Asian Champions League gets under way.
		However, the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) Competitions Committee rejected the request on Tuesday, insisting Sydney and Adelaide -- the two top teams from the 2005/6 season -- will be selected for next year's tournament.
		The FFA confirmed the two leading teams from the current season would be eligible for the 2008 Asian Champions League.
	soccernet.espn.go.com /news/story?id=393331&cc=5739 (330 words)

	USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Chonbuk, missing leading goal scorers Kim Hyeung-bum and Botti to suspensions, came back twice to level, thanks to Brazil-born forward Ze Carlo's penalty in the 26th, and midfielder Yeom Ki-hun's score a minute after halftime.
		While Chonbuk endured it's first Champions home loss of the season, Al Karama's draw ended its perfect run of six home victories in the tournament this year at Homs, including last week's 4-0 defeat of two-time defending champion Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia.
		Al Qadisiya's leading tournament scorer, Bader Al Mutwa, surprisingly appeared as the first of three second-half substitutes in the 61st minute after team officials said his ankle was too injured to play, but he couldn't add to his five goals.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/world/asian-champions-rdp.htm (248 words)

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		SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- Chinese international Li Jinyu scored in the first half Wednesday as Shandong Luneng held on to defeat BEC Tero Sasana of Thailand 1-0 in the Asian Champions League.
		Li, regarded as one of China's best up and coming strikers, found the net in the 29th minute before a hometown crowd in the northern city of Jinan.
		Chinese teams have found unexpected success in the Asian Champions League so far, despite China's elimination from World Cup qualifying and chaos in the domestic Super League that has forced a one-month postponement of the season's start.
	cbs.sportsline.com /print/soccer/story/8296523 (243 words)

	The Ulsan Pear » Blog Archive » Asian Champions League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Hyundai (Ulsan) Tigers, the defending champions of the Korean Pro Soccer Federation’s ‘K-League’, are not only playing regular league games, but are also engaged in the Asian Champions League.
		As K-League victors, the ACL pits the Tigers against world class teams from all over Asia who have won their respective leagues.
		The next ACL game to be held here in Ulsan will be on October18th, provided the Tigers prevail in their game in Saudi Arabia on the 27th of September.
	ulsanpear.biz /wordpress/?p=432 (347 words)

	Asian Champions' Cup
		Tournament for Asian champions; there was a long interruption between the first four tournaments (the Asian Club Championship), dominated by the Israeli teams, and the current series.
		From 2002/03 the tournament merged with the Asian Cup Winners' Cup into an Asian Champions' League.
		From 2004 on, only the 14 'mature' member associations of AFC are entitled to register clubs for the Champions' League; the so-called 'developing' members are relegated to the newly created AFC Cup.
	www.rsssf.com /tablesa/as1.html (204 words)

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