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2015 AFC Cup group stage

The 2015 AFC Cup group stage was played from 24 February to 13 May 2015. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout stage of the 2015 AFC Cup.[1]

Draw edit

The draw for the group stage was held on 11 December 2014, 15:00 UTC+8, at the Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

The following 32 teams (16 from West Zone, 16 from East Zone) were entered into the group stage draw, which included the 27 automatic qualifiers and the five qualifying play-off winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw:

Zone Teams
West Zone
(Groups A–D)
East Zone
(Groups E–H)

Note: Teams in italics played in the AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, but failed to advance to the AFC Champions League group stage (had they advanced to the AFC Champions League group stage, they would have been replaced by another team from the same association).

Format edit

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.

Tiebreakers edit

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[1]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Greater number of away goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 10 apply;
  6. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  7. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  8. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  9. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  10. Team who belongs to the member association with the higher AFC ranking.

Groups edit

The matchdays were 24–25 February, 10–11 March, 17–18 March, 14–15 April, 28–29 April, and 12–13 May 2015.[3]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WEH WAH NAH SZG
1   Al-Wehdat 6 4 1 1 16 3 +13 13 Advance to knockout stage — 0–1 4–0 5–1
2   Al-Wahda 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11 1–1 — 1–2 3–1
3   Al-Nahda 6 2 1 3 7 11 −4 7 0–3 0–0 — 4–1
4   Salam Zgharta 6 1 0 5 5 18 −13 3 0–3 0–2 2–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al-Wahda  1–2  Al-Nahda
Jaafar   15' Report Voulany   41'
S. Al-Shamsi   68'
Attendance: 1,005
Al-Wehdat  5–1  Salam Zgharta
Shelbaieh   7', 82'
Rateb   24'
Za'tara   90+2', 90+3'		 Report Galán   34'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
Salam Zgharta  0–2  Al-Wahda
Report Dakka   45'
Hamdoko   90'
Attendance: 1,847
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Al-Nahda  0–3  Al-Wehdat
Report Abu Amarah   20' (pen.)
Za'tara   76'
Elhadji Malick   90+2'
Attendance: 3,000
Salam Zgharta  2–1  Al-Nahda
Al Mal   38', 62' Report Al-Ruzaiqi   45+2'
Attendance: 1,033
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Al-Wehdat  0–1  Al-Wahda
Report Omari   6' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,500
Al-Nahda  4–1  Salam Zgharta
Voulany   14', 19'
Al-Nuaimi   28'
M. Al-Shamsi   90+1'		 Report Galán   48' (pen.)
Attendance: 300
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
Al-Wahda  1–1  Al-Wehdat
Hamdoko   88' Report Abu Amarah   27' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Salam Zgharta  0–3  Al-Wehdat
Report Abu Amarah   25'
Deeb   38'
Elhadji Malick   65'
Attendance: 854
Al-Wehdat  4–0  Al-Nahda
Deeb   35'
Elias   38'
Al-Basha   75'
Za'tara   89'		 Report
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Al-Wahda  3–1  Salam Zgharta
Jaafar   43', 57'
Omari   90'		 Report Al Jassem   90+3'
Attendance: 108
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SHO JAZ TWN HID
1   Al-Shorta 6 2 3 1 14 7 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage — 4–0 6–2 2–2
2   Al-Jazeera 6 2 3 1 6 7 −1 9 1–1 — 2–0 1–0
3   Taraji Wadi Al-Nes 6 1 3 2 6 11 −5 6 1–0 1–1 — 1–1
4   Al-Hidd 6 0 5 1 6 7 −1 5 1–1 1–1 1–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al-Shorta  2–2  Al-Hidd
Salem   2' (pen.)
Kalaf   13'		 Report Rico   28'
Ayyash   45+1'
Attendance: 50
Al-Jazeera  1–1  Al-Shorta
Franco   12' Report Karim   7' (pen.)
Attendance: 700
Al-Hidd  1–1  Taraji Wadi Al-Nes
Adnan   4' Report H. Abuhammad   90+4'
Attendance: 300
Al-Shorta  6–2  Taraji Wadi Al-Nes
Abdul-Zahra   20', 35'
Kalaf   34'
Hussein   45+1', 90+1'
Ismail   63'		 Report Zidan   40', 86'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Al-Hidd  1–1  Al-Jazeera
Rico   54' Report Abu Hudaib   68'
Attendance: 300
Taraji Wadi Al-Nes  1–0  Al-Shorta
S. Yousef   83' Report
Attendance: 900
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
Al-Jazeera  1–0  Al-Hidd
Al-Natour   75' Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Al-Jazeera  2–0  Taraji Wadi Al-Nes
Al-Nawateer   26'
Tannous   50'		 Report
Attendance: 473
Al-Hidd  1–1  Al-Shorta
Omosuyi   77' Report Boukar   82'
Attendance: 100
Al-Shorta  4–0  Al-Jazeera
Hussein   19', 53'
Caion   50'
Salem   76'		 Report
Attendance: 100
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Teams from Iraq were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IST QAD ERB AHA
1   Istiklol 6 3 2 1 12 8 +4 11 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 1–3 5–2
2   Al-Qadsia 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 2–2 — 1–2 2–0
3   Erbil 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 7 0–0 0–1 — 2–3
4   Ahal 6 2 0 4 8 13 −5 6 1–2 0–1 2–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Istiklol  1–3  Erbil
Nadhim   60' (o.g.) Report Hussein   35'
Sabah   65'
Salah   75'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Al-Qadsia  2–0  Ahal
Saleh   58'
Abdullah   63'		 Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Ahal  1–2  Istiklol
Orazow   28' (pen.) Report Fatkhuloev   4'
Makhmudov   66'
Attendance: 14,000
Erbil  0–1  Al-Qadsia
Report Subotić   77'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Ahal  2–1  Erbil
Annaýew   29', 90+1' Report Salah   30'
Attendance: 6,000
Al-Qadsia  2–2  Istiklol
Al-Mutawa   3' (pen.), 54' Report Dzahlilov   36'
Vasiev   45+1'
Attendance: 475
Istiklol  2–0  Al-Qadsia
Davronov   53' (pen.)
Dzhalilov   63'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Erbil  2–3  Ahal
Mahmoud   41', 65' (pen.) Report Babajanow   47'
Garadanow   73', 75'
Attendance: 50
Ahal  0–1  Al-Qadsia
Report Al-Mutawa   20'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Lee Min-hu (South Korea)
Al-Qadsia  1–2  Erbil
Aman   49' Report Salah   45+1'
Khalid   52'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
Istiklol  5–2  Ahal
Dzhalilov   9', 90+1'
Makhmudov   28'
Bleda   31'
Şermetow   53' (o.g.)		 Report Garadanow   32'
Annadurdyýew   90+3'
Attendance: 12,000
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Teams from Iraq were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JAI KUW RIF NEJ
1   Al-Jaish 6 4 2 0 6 1 +5 14 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 1–1 1–0
2   Al-Kuwait 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 0–1 — 2–1 4–1
3   Riffa 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 0–1 2–1 — 2–1
4   Al-Nejmeh 6 0 1 5 4 12 −8 1 0–2 1–2 1–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al-Kuwait  4–1  Al-Nejmeh
Al Saqer   16'
Hakem   52'
Hammami   83'
Hezam   89'		 Report Sy   40'
Attendance: 600
Riffa  0–1  Al-Jaish
Report Moustafa   66'
Attendance: 300
Al-Jaish  1–0  Al-Nejmeh
Salkeni   88' Report
Attendance: 30
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
Al-Kuwait  2–1  Riffa
Al Sanea   51'
Al Buraiki   73'		 Report Deeb   27'
Attendance: 400
Riffa  2–1  Al-Nejmeh
Obregón   5'
Saeed   35'		 Report Takaji   45+2' (pen.)
Attendance: 100
Al-Nejmeh  1–1  Riffa
Atwi   22' Report Deeb   32'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Al-Kuwait  0–1  Al-Jaish
Report Kogale   6'
Attendance: 500
Al-Nejmeh  1–2  Al-Kuwait
Sy   22' Report Rogerinho   2', 46'
Attendance: 300
Al-Jaish  1–1  Riffa
Moustafa   36' Report Hashem   73'
Attendance: 100
Riffa  2–1  Al-Kuwait
Ahmed   15'
Al Azmi   74' (o.g.)		 Report Al Buraiki   20'
Attendance: 100
Al-Nejmeh  0–2  Al-Jaish
Report Moustafa   35' (pen.)
Salkeni   84'
Attendance: 1
Notes
  1. ^ a b
    Fixtures between Al-Kuwait and Al-Nejmeh were reversed from original order.
  2. ^ a b c
    Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSJ BGL MAZ WAR
1   Persipura Jayapura 6 5 1 0 17 4 +13 16 Advance to knockout stage — 3–1 0–0 6–0
2   Bengaluru FC 6 4 0 2 8 8 0 12 1–3 — 2–1 1–0
3   Maziya 6 2 1 3 7 6 +1 7 1–2 1–2 — 2–0
4   Warriors 6 0 0 6 1 15 −14 0 1–3 0–1 0–2 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Warriors  1–3  Persipura Jayapura
Ahmad   69' Report Koné   30'
Boaz   34'
Alom   58'
Attendance: 1,117
Bengaluru FC  2–1  Maziya
Chhetri   67'
Sampingiraj   90+3'		 Report Umair   89' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,614
Persipura Jayapura  3–1  Bengaluru FC
Kabes   4'
Robertino   23', 50'		 Report Vineeth   90'
Attendance: 16,263
Referee: Wang Di (China)
Maziya  2–0  Warriors
Abdulla   47'
Rodríguez   88'		 Report
Attendance: 700
Maziya  1–2  Persipura Jayapura
Abdulla   78' Report Boaz   35'
Koné   77'
Attendance: 580
Bengaluru FC  1–0  Warriors
Walker   36' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 5,264
Persipura Jayapura  0–0  Maziya
Report
Attendance: 12,623
Warriors  0–1  Bengaluru FC
Report R. Singh   76'
Attendance: 988
Referee: Lee Min-hu (South Korea)
Persipura Jayapura  6–0  Warriors
Paulin   19'
Kabes   41', 58'
Boaz   53', 56'
Pangkali   88'		 Report
Attendance: 9,823
Maziya  1–2  Bengaluru FC
Rodríguez   60' Report Chhetri   70' (pen.), 78'
Attendance: 962
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
Warriors  0–2  Maziya
Report Umair   49'
Rodríguez   90+3'
Attendance: 631
Bengaluru FC  1–3  Persipura Jayapura
U. Singh   24' Report Robertino   29'
Wanggai   72'
Boaz   77'
Attendance: 3,148
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JDT KIT EBG BAL
1   Johor Darul Ta'zim 6 5 0 1 11 3 +8 15 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 4–1 3–0
2   Kitchee 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 2–0 — 2–2 3–0
3   East Bengal 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 5 0–1 1–1 — 3–0
4   Balestier Khalsa 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 3 0–1 1–2 2–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Kitchee  3–0  Balestier Khalsa
Xu Deshuai   21'
Ngan Lok Fung   67'
Tarrés   90'		 Report
Attendance: 2,167
Johor Darul Ta'zim  4–1  East Bengal
Nazrin   9'
Safiq   38' (pen.)
Suppiah   47'
Safee   53'		 Report Martins   35'
Attendance: 12,212
East Bengal  1–1  Kitchee
Martins   74' Report Belencoso   30'
Attendance: 3,501
Kitchee  2–0  Johor Darul Ta'zim
Belencoso   27'
Tarrés   35'		 Report
Attendance: 2,277
East Bengal  3–0  Balestier Khalsa
B. Singh   22'
Hussein   71' (o.g.)
Martins   75'		 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Johor Darul Ta'zim  2–0  Kitchee
Figueroa   17'
Safiq   44' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 10,154
Referee: Wang Di (China)
Balestier Khalsa  1–2  Kitchee
Fadhil   33' Report Belencoso   14', 61'
Attendance: 512
Kitchee  2–2  East Bengal
Lam Ka Wai   15'
Xu Deshuai   59'		 Report Martins   80'
Lobo   89'
Attendance: 1,372
Johor Darul Ta'zim  3–0  Balestier Khalsa
Safee   76'
Safiq   85'
Figueroa   90'		 Report
Attendance: 10,110

Group G edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SCA PAH GLO YAD
1   South China 6 6 0 0 19 3 +16 18 Advance to knockout stage — 3–1 3–0 3–1
2   Pahang 6 2 2 2 11 10 +1 8 0–1 — 0–0 7–4
3   Global 6 1 2 3 5 12 −7 5 1–6 0–0 — 4–1
4   Yadanarbon 6 1 0 5 10 20 −10 3 0–3 2–3 2–0 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Yadanarbon  2–3  Pahang
Stewart   35' (o.g.)
Djawa   55' (pen.)		 Report Nwakaeme   6', 12'
Gopi   89'
Attendance: 10,115
Global  1–6  South China
M. Jónsson   87' Report McBreen   2', 27'
Lo Kong Wai   39'
Chan Wai Ho   50'
Awal   66', 75'
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
South China  3–1  Yadanarbon
Lo Kong Wai   13'
Awal   19'
McBreen   38'		 Report Zaw Linn Tun   88'
Attendance: 2,511
Pahang  0–0  Global
Report
Attendance: 7,000
Yadanarbon  2–0  Global
Djawa   52'
Win Htay Kyaw   90+4'		 Report
Attendance: 1,550
Pahang  0–1  South China
Report Chan Siu Ki   13'
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
South China  3–1  Pahang
Chan Siu Kwan   10'
Lo Kong Wai   53'
Sealy   56'		 Report Nwakaeme   62'
Attendance: 2,820
Global  4–1  Yadanarbon
Hartmann   16' (pen.), 40'
Bahadoran   60'
González   83'		 Report Yan Paing   19'
Attendance: 2,000
South China  3–0  Global
Cheng Lai Hin   40'
Mališić   55'
McBreen   90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 1,708
Pahang  7–4  Yadanarbon
Nwakaeme   7', 32', 59'
Conti   18'
Saarvindaran   48', 87'
Hafiz   85'		 Report Djawa   45+1'
Hlaing Bo Bo   58', 68'
Win Naing Soe   90+1'
Attendance: 2,758
Global  0–0  Pahang
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Yadanarbon  0–3  South China
Report McBreen   27', 60'
Lam Hok Hei   40'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

Group H edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSB AYE NRA LAO
1   Persib Bandung 6 3 3 0 10 5 +5 12 Advance to knockout stage — 3–3 4–1 1–0
2   Ayeyawady United 6 2 4 0 13 9 +4 10 1–1 — 0–0 4–3
3   New Radiant 6 1 2 3 4 10 −6 5 0–1 0–3 — 2–1
4   Lao Toyota FC 6 0 3 3 7 10 −3 3 0–0 2–2 1–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Persib Bandung  4–1  New Radiant
Jufriyanto   15'
Konaté   42'
Atep   45+1'
Yandi   90+2'		 Report Ali   60'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
Lao Toyota FC  2–2  Ayeyawady United
Sitthideth   63'
Phatthana   65'		 Report Naumov   21', 57'
Attendance: 1,500
Ayeyawady United  1–1  Persib Bandung
Fonseca   58' Report Atep   45'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
New Radiant  2–1  Lao Toyota FC
Okoro   69'
Ali   88' (pen.)		 Report Maitee   38'
Attendance: 2,375
New Radiant  0–3  Ayeyawady United
Report Fonseca   34'
Naumov   86', 90+3'
Attendance: 2,452
Ayeyawady United  4–3  Lao Toyota FC
Fonseca   9', 86'
Naumov   69' (pen.), 80'		 Report Phatthana   28' (pen.)
Maitee   42'
Honma   74'
Attendance: 120
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
New Radiant  0–1  Persib Bandung
Report Ridwan   14'
Attendance: 500
Persib Bandung  3–3  Ayeyawady United
Supardi   29'
Ridwan   52'
Konaté   90' (pen.)		 Report Naumov   44', 76' (pen.)
Nay Lin Aung   90+3'
Attendance: 12,250
Referee: Wang Di (China)
Lao Toyota FC  1–1  New Radiant
Honma   82' Report Fasir   34'
Attendance: 200

References edit

  1. ^ a b "AFC Cup 2015 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  2. ^ "AFC Cup 2015 Draw". AFC. 12 December 2014.
  3. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.

External links edit

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