2012 AFC Cup group stage

The 2012 AFC Cup group stage was contested by a total of 32 teams (20 from West Asia Zone and 12 from East Asia Zone). They included:

The draw for the group stage was held at the AFC house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 6 December 2011, 15:00 UTC+08:00.[1] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Clubs from the same country may not be drawn into the same group.

In each group, teams played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 6–7 March, 20–21 March, 3–4 April, 10–11 April, 24–25 April, and 8–9 May 2012.[2] The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage.[3]

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:[3]

  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; (Away goals do not apply)
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches; (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card)
  8. Drawing of lots.

Groups

Each team had been numbered from 1 to 4, the numbers determine the order of the fixtures:[3]

  • Match Day 1: 1 vs 4, 3 vs 2
  • Match Day 2: 2 vs 1, 4 vs 3
  • Match Day 3: 1 vs 3, 4 vs 2
  • Match Day 4: 3 vs 1, 2 vs 4
  • Match Day 5: 4 vs 1, 2 vs 3
  • Match Day 6: 1 vs 2, 3 vs 4

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts QAD SUW FAI ITT
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 6 3 1 2 14 7 +7 10[a] 2–0 1–2 5–2
Oman Al-Suwaiq 6 3 1 2 8 9 −1 10[a] 1–5 0–0 2–0
Jordan Al-Faisaly 6 2 3 1 10 7 +3 9 1–1 2–3 1–1
Syria Al-Ittihad 6 1 1 4 5 14 −9 4 1–0 0–2 1–4
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tiebreakers: Al-Qadsia and Al-Suwaiq are ranked by their head-to-head record (Al-Qadsia: 6 pts; Al-Suwaiq: 0 pts).
Tiebreakers
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 6
Oman Al-Suwaiq 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Faisaly Jordan1–1Syria Al-Ittihad
Al-Sheikh 30' Report Fares 49' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,000
Al-Suwaiq Oman0–0Jordan Al-Faisaly
Report
Attendance: 500
Al-Ittihad Syria1–0Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Kalasi 23' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)
Al-Suwaiq Oman2–0Syria Al-Ittihad
Al-Jalabubi 23'
Al-Saadi 83'		 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ma Ning (China P.R.)
Al-Qadsia Kuwait1–2Jordan Al-Faisaly
Keita 14' Report Al-Maharmeh 53'
Hayel 73'
Attendance: 1,000
Al-Ittihad Syria0–2Oman Al-Suwaiq
Report Ablaye Gaye 23'
Al-Saadi 78'
Attendance: 150
Al-Faisaly Jordan1–1Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Hayel 78' Report Al-Mutawa 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,500
Al-Suwaiq Oman1–5Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Ablaye Gaye 24' Report Al Enezi 2', 31'
Al Fadhel 70'
Al-Mutairi 74'
Al-Mutawa 79'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Al-Ittihad Syria1–4Jordan Al-Faisaly
Ewerson 90+1' Report Al-Maharmeh 5'
Attiah 38'
Hayel 81', 87'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)
Al-Faisaly Jordan2–3Oman Al-Suwaiq
Hayel 34'
Al-Maharmeh 86'		 Report Al-Noufali 8'
Al-Saadi 48'
Al-Saadi 84'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Al-Qadsia Kuwait5–2Syria Al-Ittihad
Hadj Aïssa 2', 48'
Al-Mutairi 42', 52'
Al Soma 45'		 Report Omar 32'
Al Hasan 90+3'
Attendance: 3,800
Notes

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ERB KAZ ORU KEB
Iraq Erbil 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 1–1 2–1 2–0
Kuwait Kazma 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 1–2 1–1 3–0
Yemen Al-Oruba 6 2 2 2 10 8 +2 8 2–2 1–2 4–1
India East Bengal 6 0 0 6 2 14 −12 0 0–2 1–2 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
East Bengal India0–1Yemen Al-Oruba
Report Alao 45+1' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000
Arbil Iraq1–1Kuwait Kazma
Efe 78' Report Al Harby 71'
Attendance: 12,000
Al-Oruba Yemen2–2Iraq Arbil
Naggar 66', 87' Report Sabagh 42'
Radhi 54'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
East Bengal India0–2Iraq Arbil
Report Radhi 76'
Al Hussain 90+4'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe (Singapore)
Al-Oruba Yemen1–2Kuwait Kazma
Abdulkareem 34' Report Nasser 74' (pen.)
Faraj 85'
Attendance: 324
Arbil Iraq2–0India East Bengal
Al Hussain 45+1' (pen.), 47' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)
Kazma Kuwait1–1Yemen Al-Oruba
Nasser 86' Report Alao 57' (pen.)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
Al-Oruba Yemen4–1India East Bengal
Duke 6', 34'
Sharyan 59'
Al-Gabr 71'		 Report Edmilson 78'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
Kazma Kuwait1–2Iraq Arbil
Nasser 45+3' (pen.) Report Halgurd 16'
Khalaf 57'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)
East Bengal India1–2Kuwait Kazma
Edmilson 18' Report Al Ajmi 8'
Al Azmi 90+1'
Attendance: 1,000
Arbil Iraq2–1Yemen Al-Oruba
Karim 32' (pen.)
Radhi 62'		 Report Al-Ghazi 12'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Naser Al Ghafari (Jordan)
Notes

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ETT KUW AHE VB
Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 6 4 2 0 18 7 +11 14 2–2 0–0 2–0
Kuwait Al-Kuwait 6 3 2 1 17 10 +7 11 1–5 1–0 7–1
Lebanon Al-Ahed 6 2 1 3 7 11 −4 7 1–3 0–4 5–3
Maldives VB 6 0 1 5 9 23 −14 1 3–6 2–2 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Kuwait Kuwait1–5Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
Rogerinho 86' Report Tagliabué 51' (pen.), 53', 81'
Al-Salem 78'
Walibi 90+4'
Attendance: 2,000
Al-Ahed Lebanon5–3Maldives VB
Chaito 29'
Lambin 32'
Dakik 54'
Atwi 77'
Zreik 80'		 Report Cengiz 56', 65'
Tadevosyan 90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,100
VB Maldives2–2Kuwait Al-Kuwait
Wright 32'
Shamweel 54'		 Report Khamis 73'
Fané 90+2'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Wang Di (China P.R.)
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia0–0Lebanon Al-Ahed
Report
Attendance: 2,360
Al-Ahed Lebanon0–4Kuwait Al-Kuwait
Report Rogerinho 2'
Al-Shammari 20'
Khamis 50', 80'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
VB Maldives3–6Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
Mansaray 39'
Shamweel 59'
Hussain 63'		 Report Tagliabué 5', 10', 35'
Al-Hamed 43'
Al Thyab 48'
Al-Sulim 90'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
Al-Kuwait Kuwait1–0Lebanon Al-Ahed
Baba 82' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia2–0Maldives VB
Al-Mubarak 51'
Al-Sulim 62'		 Report
Attendance: 1,632
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
VB Maldives0–1Lebanon Al-Ahed
Report Bazzi 9'
Attendance: 300
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia2–2Kuwait Al-Kuwait
Tagliabué 56', 90' Report Fané 42'
Al Kandari 51'
Attendance: 1,500
Al-Ahed Lebanon1–3Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
Zreik 90+2' Report Al-Mubarak 39'
Al-Thiab 89'
Al-Shehri 90+4'
Attendance: 200
Al-Kuwait Kuwait7–1Maldives VB
Al Kandari 3'
Rogerinho 43'
Khamis 61'
Jameel 64' (o.g.)
Seumen 68', 85'
Waleed 90+1'		 Report Nashid 45+3'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ibrahim Al-Hosni (Oman)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts WEH NEF ORU SAL
Jordan Al-Wehdat 6 4 0 2 15 9 +6 12 3–1 2–1 5–0
Uzbekistan Neftchi Farg'ona 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 11 2–1 3–1 3–0
Oman Al-Orouba 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7 4–2 0–0 1–0
India Salgaocar 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 4 1–2 2–2 3–1
Source: [citation needed]
Neftchi Farg'ona Uzbekistan2–1Jordan Al-Wehdat
Alijonov 8' (pen.)
Berdiev 79'		 Report Shelbaieh 90+1'
Attendance: 10,350
Al-Orouba Oman1–0India Salgaocar
Al-Mashari 67' Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)
Salgaocar India2–2Uzbekistan Neftchi Farg'ona
Sueoka 45+2'
Oliveira 82'		 Report Isroilov 26'
Alijonov 59'
Attendance: 5,250
Al-Wehdat Jordan2–1Oman Al-Orouba
Salah 41'
Shelbaieh 67'		 Report Al-Mashari 75'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Neftchi Farg'ona Uzbekistan3–1Oman Al-Orouba
Yaqubov 12'
Berdiev 42' (pen.)
Saidov 61'		 Report Teixeira 90+4'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)
Al-Wehdat Jordan5–0India Salgaocar
Deeb 25' (pen.)
Elias 47'
Al-Sabah 72'
Shelbaieh 90'
Abu Hwaiti 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 6,541
Al-Orouba Oman0–0Uzbekistan Neftchi Farg'ona
Report
Attendance: 100
Salgaocar India1–2Jordan Al-Wehdat
Ahmed 71' Report Abu Hwaiti 8'
Shelbaieh 82'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Salgaocar India3–1Oman Al-Orouba
Fernandes 45+1'
Gonsalves 48'
Bevan 64'		 Report Teixeira 81' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,007
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Al-Wehdat Jordan3–1Uzbekistan Neftchi Farg'ona
Shelbaieh 5', 57'
Al-Sabah 84'		 Report Isroilov 34'
Attendance: 9,206
Neftchi Farg'ona Uzbekistan3–0India Salgaocar
Smolyachenko 1', 50'
Berdiev 77'		 Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)
Al-Orouba Oman4–2Jordan Al-Wehdat
Al-Mukhaini 19', 31'
Al-Wahaibi 34'
Al-Mashaikhi 89'		 Report Deeb 29'
Ra'fat 86' (pen.)
Attendance: 210

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts SHO ZAW SAF TIL
Syria Al-Shorta 6 5 0 1 14 6 +8 15 3–2 3–2 3–0
Iraq Al-Zawra'a 6 4 0 2 12 5 +7 12 2–1 1–0 5–0
Lebanon Safa 6 3 0 3 6 7 −1 9 0–2 1–0 1–0
Yemen Al-Tilal 6 0 0 6 1 15 −14 0 0–2 0–2 1–2
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Shorta Syria3–2Iraq Al-Zawra'a
Leonardo 23'
Rafe 69', 71'		 Report Jabbar 60'
Mohammed Saad 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 400
Al-Zawra'a Iraq5–0Yemen Al-Tilal
Mohammed Saad 27' (pen.), 52'
Hesham Mohammed 59', 84'
Ali Saad 87'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Safa Lebanon0–2Syria Al-Shorta
Report Rafe 73', 90+3'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)
Al-Zawra'a Iraq1–0Lebanon Safa
Ibrahim 85' Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
Al-Shorta Syria3–0Yemen Al-Tilal
Rafe 63'
Al Waked 72'
Awad 76'		 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
Al-Tilal Yemen0–2Syria Al-Shorta
Report Hurmuz 80' (o.g.)
Abadi 90+2'
Attendance: 100
Safa Lebanon1–0Iraq Al-Zawra'a
Atwi 90+1' Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Al-Zawra'a Iraq2–1Syria Al-Shorta
Qasem 58'
Hesham Mohammed 65'		 Report Rafe 86'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
Safa Lebanon1–0Yemen Al-Tilal
Al-Zoughbi 10' Report
Attendance: 75
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Al-Tilal Yemen0–2Iraq Al-Zawra'a
Report Sabah 13'
Hussein 77'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe (Singapore)
Al-Shorta Syria3–2Lebanon Safa
Rafe 18' (pen.), 50'
Habib 70'		 Report Saadi 20'
Kaddoura 90'
Attendance: 100
Notes

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KIT TER SNA TAM
Hong Kong Kitchee 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11 2–2 2–0 3–1
Malaysia Terengganu 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 0–2 6–2 0–2
Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 1–0 0–1 3–0
Singapore Tampines Rovers 6 1 2 3 3 7 −4 5 0–0 0–1 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Sông Lam Nghệ An Vietnam0–1Malaysia Terengganu
Report Manaf 51'
Attendance: 6,142
Kitchee Hong Kong3–1Singapore Tampines Rovers
Liang Zicheng 3', 62'
Tarrés 66'		 Report Ali 20'
Attendance: 1,314
Terengganu Malaysia0–2Hong Kong Kitchee
Report Tarrés 44'
Chu Siu Kei 75'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Kitchee Hong Kong2–0Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An
Rehman 11'
Chu Siu Kei 73'		 Report
Attendance: 1,760
Kitchee Hong Kong2–2Malaysia Terengganu
Tarrés 9', 45' Report Ashaari 14'
Hadi 69'
Attendance: 1,179

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CHO HOM CIT YAN
Thailand Chonburi 6 4 2 0 10 5 +5 14 1–0 2–0 1–0
Singapore Home United 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 1–2 3–1 3–1
Hong Kong Citizen 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 7 3–3 1–2 2–1
Myanmar Yangon United 6 0 2 4 4 9 −5 2 1–1 0–0 1–2
Source: [citation needed]
Yangon United Myanmar1–1Thailand Chonburi
Jovanović 41' Report Etae 90+3'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Fan Qi (China P.R.)
Home United Singapore3–1Hong Kong Citizen
Ihata 62'
Mendy 66'
Qiu Li 87'		 Report Nakamura 45+1'
Attendance: 1,023
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Chonburi Thailand1–0Singapore Home United
Takam 69' Report
Attendance: 5,158
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Citizen Hong Kong2–1Myanmar Yangon United
Hélio 51'
Baise 90'		 Report Jovanović 65'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)
Yangon United Myanmar0–0Singapore Home United
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ibrahim Al-Hosni (Oman)
Chonburi Thailand2–0Hong Kong Citizen
Chaiman 49' (pen.)
Diakité 60'		 Report
Attendance: 4,364
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Home United Singapore3–1Myanmar Yangon United
Qiu Li 70'
Mendy 75', 80'		 Report Ristic 37'
Attendance: 3,146
Referee: Wang Di (China P.R.)
Citizen Hong Kong3–3Thailand Chonburi
Nakamura 8'
Chiu Chun Kit 90+1'
Sham Kwok Fai 90+4'		 Report Samana 20'
On-Mo 69'
Etae 88'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,210
Referee: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)
Citizen Hong Kong1–2Singapore Home United
Sham Kwok Fai 17' Report Mendy 77'
Anzité 90+2'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,390
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Home United Singapore1–2Thailand Chonburi
Daud 86' Report On-Mo 5'
Kachaplayuk 77'
Attendance: 1,393

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KEL ARE NVB AYE
Malaysia Kelantan 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13 3–0 0–0 1–0
Indonesia Arema 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7[a] 1–3 6–2 1–1
Vietnam Navibank Sài Gòn 6 2 1 3 10 12 −2 7[a] 1–2 3–1 4–1
Myanmar Ayeyawady United 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 7[a] 3–1 0–3 2–0
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Tiebreakers: Arema, Navibank Sài Gòn and Ayeyawady United are ranked by their head-to-head record (Arema: 7 pts; Navibank Sài Gòn: 6 pts; Ayeyawady United: 4 pts).
Tiebreakers
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Indonesia Arema 4 2 1 1 11 6 +5 7
Vietnam Navibank Sài Gòn 4 2 0 2 9 10 −1 6
Myanmar Ayeyawady United 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 4
Source: [citation needed]
Arema Indonesia1–1Myanmar Ayeyawady United
Chmelo 28' Report Dinata 63' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ibrahim Al-Hosni (Oman)
Kelantan Malaysia0–0Vietnam Navibank Sài Gòn
Report
Attendance: 5,452
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Ayeyawady United Myanmar3–1Malaysia Kelantan
Nwaneri 6' (o.g.)
Aung Kyaw Myo 42'
Ngangue 81'		 Report Ghaddar 66' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)
Kelantan Malaysia3–0Indonesia Arema
Ghaddar 22', 47', 89' Report
Attendance: 9,245
Arema Indonesia1–3Malaysia Kelantan
Chmelo 35' Report Ghaddar 16' (pen.), 59'
Zamri 86'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Ayeyawady United Myanmar2–0Vietnam Navibank Sài Gòn
Latiak 39'
Sithu Than 90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 522
Ayeyawady United Myanmar0–3Indonesia Arema
Report Jati 10'
Amiruddin 28'
Musafri 45'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Arema Indonesia6–2Vietnam Navibank Sài Gòn
Chmelo 9' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.)
Musafri 35', 39'
Amiruddin 43', 79'		 Report Fonseca 64'
Nguyễn Quang Hải 70'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Fan Qi (China P.R.)

References

  1. ^ "AFC Cup 2012 - Group Stage draw". AFC. 2011-12-06.
  2. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2012" (PDF). AFC.
  3. ^ a b c "AFC Cup 2012 Competitions Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  4. ^ a b c d "Yemen, Syria clubs to play in neutral venue". AFC. 27 February 2012.

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