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
Al-Qadsia 6 3 1 2 14 7 +7 10[a] 2–0 1–2 5–2
Al-Suwaiq 6 3 1 2 8 9 −1 10[a] 1–5 0–0 2–0
Al-Faisaly 6 2 3 1 10 7 +3 9 1–1 2–3 1–1
Al-Ittihad 6 1 1 4 5 14 −9 4 1–0 0–2 1–4
Source:
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
Al-Qadsia 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 6
Al-Suwaiq 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0
Source:
Al-Qadsia 2–0 Al-Suwaiq
Al-Mutairi 8'
Al Soma 51'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Al-Faisaly 1–1 Al-Ittihad
Al-Sheikh 30' Report Fares 49' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,000
Al-Suwaiq 0–0 Al-Faisaly
Report
Attendance: 500
Al-Ittihad 1–0 Al-Qadsia
Kalasi 23' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)
Al-Suwaiq 2–0 Al-Ittihad
Al-Jalabubi 23'
Al-Saadi 83'		 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ma Ning (China P.R.)
Al-Qadsia 1–2 Al-Faisaly
Keita 14' Report Al-Maharmeh 53'
Hayel 73'
Attendance: 1,000
Al-Ittihad 0–2 Al-Suwaiq
Report Ablaye Gaye 23'
Al-Saadi 78'
Attendance: 150
Al-Faisaly 1–1 Al-Qadsia
Hayel 78' Report Al-Mutawa 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,500
Al-Suwaiq 1–5 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 1–4 Al-Faisaly
Ewerson 90+1' Report Al-Maharmeh 5'
Attiah 38'
Hayel 81', 87'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)
Al-Faisaly 2–3 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 5–2 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
Erbil 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 1–1 2–1 2–0
Kazma 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 1–2 1–1 3–0
Al-Oruba 6 2 2 2 10 8 +2 8 2–2 1–2 4–1
East Bengal 6 0 0 6 2 14 −12 0 0–2 1–2 0–1
Source:
East Bengal 0–1 Al-Oruba
Report Alao 45+1' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000
Arbil 1–1 Kazma
Efe 78' Report Al Harby 71'
Attendance: 12,000
Al-Oruba 2–2 Arbil
Naggar 66', 87' Report Sabagh 42'
Radhi 54'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
East Bengal 0–2 Arbil
Report Radhi 76'
Al Hussain 90+4'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe (Singapore)
Al-Oruba 1–2 Kazma
Abdulkareem 34' Report Nasser 74' (pen.)
Faraj 85'
Attendance: 324
Arbil 2–0 East Bengal
Al Hussain 45+1' (pen.), 47' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)
Kazma 1–1 Al-Oruba
Nasser 86' Report Alao 57' (pen.)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
Al-Oruba 4–1 East Bengal
Duke 6', 34'
Sharyan 59'
Al-Gabr 71'		 Report Edmilson 78'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
Kazma 1–2 Arbil
Nasser 45+3' (pen.) Report Halgurd 16'
Khalaf 57'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)
East Bengal 1–2 Kazma
Edmilson 18' Report Al Ajmi 8'
Al Azmi 90+1'
Attendance: 1,000
Arbil 2–1 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
Al-Ettifaq 6 4 2 0 18 7 +11 14 2–2 0–0 2–0
Al-Kuwait 6 3 2 1 17 10 +7 11 1–5 1–0 7–1
Al-Ahed 6 2 1 3 7 11 −4 7 1–3 0–4 5–3
VB 6 0 1 5 9 23 −14 1 3–6 2–2 0–1
Source:
Al-Kuwait 1–5 Al-Ettifaq
Rogerinho 86' Report Tagliabué 51' (pen.), 53', 81'
Al-Salem 78'
Walibi 90+4'
Attendance: 2,000
Al-Ahed 5–3 VB
Chaito 29'
Lambin 32'
Dakik 54'
Atwi 77'
Zreik 80'		 Report Cengiz 56', 65'
Tadevosyan 90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,100
VB 2–2 Al-Kuwait
Wright 32'
Shamweel 54'		 Report Khamis 73'
Fané 90+2'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Wang Di (China P.R.)
Al-Ettifaq 0–0 Al-Ahed
Report
Attendance: 2,360
Al-Ahed 0–4 Al-Kuwait
Report Rogerinho 2'
Al-Shammari 20'
Khamis 50', 80'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
VB 3–6 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 1–0 Al-Ahed
Baba 82' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)
Al-Ettifaq 2–0 VB
Al-Mubarak 51'
Al-Sulim 62'		 Report
Attendance: 1,632
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
VB 0–1 Al-Ahed
Report Bazzi 9'
Attendance: 300
Al-Ettifaq 2–2 Al-Kuwait
Tagliabué 56', 90' Report Fané 42'
Al Kandari 51'
Attendance: 1,500
Al-Ahed 1–3 Al-Ettifaq
Zreik 90+2' Report Al-Mubarak 39'
Al-Thiab 89'
Al-Shehri 90+4'
Attendance: 200
Al-Kuwait 7–1 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
Al-Wehdat 6 4 0 2 15 9 +6 12 3–1 2–1 5–0
Neftchi Farg'ona 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 11 2–1 3–1 3–0
Al-Orouba 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7 4–2 0–0 1–0
Salgaocar 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 4 1–2 2–2 3–1
Source:
Neftchi Farg'ona 2–1 Al-Wehdat
Alijonov 8' (pen.)
Berdiev 79'		 Report Shelbaieh 90+1'
Attendance: 10,350
Al-Orouba 1–0 Salgaocar
Al-Mashari 67' Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)
Salgaocar 2–2 Neftchi Farg'ona
Sueoka 45+2'
Oliveira 82'		 Report Isroilov 26'
Alijonov 59'
Attendance: 5,250
Al-Wehdat 2–1 Al-Orouba
Salah 41'
Shelbaieh 67'		 Report Al-Mashari 75'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Neftchi Farg'ona 3–1 Al-Orouba
Yaqubov 12'
Berdiev 42' (pen.)
Saidov 61'		 Report Teixeira 90+4'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)
Al-Wehdat 5–0 Salgaocar
Deeb 25' (pen.)
Elias 47'
Al-Sabah 72'
Shelbaieh 90'
Abu Hwaiti 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 6,541
Al-Orouba 0–0 Neftchi Farg'ona
Report
Attendance: 100
Salgaocar 1–2 Al-Wehdat
Ahmed 71' Report Abu Hwaiti 8'
Shelbaieh 82'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Salgaocar 3–1 Al-Orouba
Fernandes 45+1'
Gonsalves 48'
Bevan 64'		 Report Teixeira 81' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,007
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Al-Wehdat 3–1 Neftchi Farg'ona
Shelbaieh 5', 57'
Al-Sabah 84'		 Report Isroilov 34'
Attendance: 9,206
Neftchi Farg'ona 3–0 Salgaocar
Smolyachenko 1', 50'
Berdiev 77'		 Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)
Al-Orouba 4–2 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
Al-Shorta 6 5 0 1 14 6 +8 15 3–2 3–2 3–0
Al-Zawra'a 6 4 0 2 12 5 +7 12 2–1 1–0 5–0
Safa 6 3 0 3 6 7 −1 9 0–2 1–0 1–0
Al-Tilal 6 0 0 6 1 15 −14 0 0–2 0–2 1–2
Source:
Al-Shorta 3–2 Al-Zawra'a
Leonardo 23'
Rafe 69', 71'		 Report Jabbar 60'
Mohammed Saad 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 400
Al-Zawra'a 5–0 Al-Tilal
Mohammed Saad 27' (pen.), 52'
Hesham Mohammed 59', 84'
Ali Saad 87'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Safa 0–2 Al-Shorta
Report Rafe 73', 90+3'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)
Al-Zawra'a 1–0 Safa
Ibrahim 85' Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
Al-Shorta 3–0 Al-Tilal
Rafe 63'
Al Waked 72'
Awad 76'		 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
Al-Tilal 0–2 Al-Shorta
Report Hurmuz 80' (o.g.)
Abadi 90+2'
Attendance: 100
Safa 1–0 Al-Zawra'a
Atwi 90+1' Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Al-Zawra'a 2–1 Al-Shorta
Qasem 58'
Hesham Mohammed 65'		 Report Rafe 86'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
Safa 1–0 Al-Tilal
Al-Zoughbi 10' Report
Attendance: 75
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Al-Tilal 0–2 Al-Zawra'a
Report Sabah 13'
Hussein 77'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe (Singapore)
Al-Shorta 3–2 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
Kitchee 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11 2–2 2–0 3–1
Terengganu 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 0–2 6–2 0–2
Sông Lam Nghệ An 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 1–0 0–1 3–0
Tampines Rovers 6 1 2 3 3 7 −4 5 0–0 0–1 0–0
Source:
Sông Lam Nghệ An 0–1 Terengganu
Report Manaf 51'
Attendance: 6,142
Kitchee 3–1 Tampines Rovers
Liang Zicheng 3', 62'
Tarrés 66'		 Report Ali 20'
Attendance: 1,314
Terengganu 0–2 Kitchee
Report Tarrés 44'
Chu Siu Kei 75'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Kitchee 2–2 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
Chonburi 6 4 2 0 10 5 +5 14 1–0 2–0 1–0
Home United 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 1–2 3–1 3–1
Citizen 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 7 3–3 1–2 2–1
Yangon United 6 0 2 4 4 9 −5 2 1–1 0–0 1–2
Source:
Yangon United 1–1 Chonburi
Jovanović 41' Report Etae 90+3'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Fan Qi (China P.R.)
Home United 3–1 Citizen
Ihata 62'
Mendy 66'
Qiu Li 87'		 Report Nakamura 45+1'
Attendance: 1,023
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Chonburi 1–0 Home United
Takam 69' Report
Attendance: 5,158
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Citizen 2–1 Yangon United
Hélio 51'
Baise 90'		 Report Jovanović 65'
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)
Yangon United 0–0 Home United
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ibrahim Al-Hosni (Oman)
Chonburi 2–0 Citizen
Chaiman 49' (pen.)
Diakité 60'		 Report
Attendance: 4,364
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Home United 3–1 Yangon United
Qiu Li 70'
Mendy 75', 80'		 Report Ristic 37'
Attendance: 3,146
Referee: Wang Di (China P.R.)
Citizen 3–3 Chonburi
Nakamura 8'
Chiu Chun Kit 90+1'
Sham Kwok Fai 90+4'		 Report Samana 20'
On-Mo 69'
Etae 88'
Attendance: 1,210
Referee: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)
Citizen 1–2 Home United
Sham Kwok Fai 17' Report Mendy 77'
Anzité 90+2'
Attendance: 1,390
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Home United 1–2 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
Kelantan 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13 3–0 0–0 1–0
Arema 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7[a] 1–3 6–2 1–1
Navibank Sài Gòn 6 2 1 3 10 12 −2 7[a] 1–2 3–1 4–1
Ayeyawady United 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 7[a] 3–1 0–3 2–0
Source:
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
Arema 4 2 1 1 11 6 +5 7
Navibank Sài Gòn 4 2 0 2 9 10 −1 6
Ayeyawady United 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 4
Source:
Arema 1–1 Ayeyawady United
Chmelo 28' Report Dinata 63' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ibrahim Al-Hosni (Oman)
Kelantan 0–0 Navibank Sài Gòn
Report
Attendance: 5,452
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Ayeyawady United 3–1 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 3–0 Arema
Ghaddar 22', 47', 89' Report
Attendance: 9,245
Arema 1–3 Kelantan
Chmelo 35' Report Ghaddar 16' (pen.), 59'
Zamri 86'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Ayeyawady United 2–0 Navibank Sài Gòn
Latiak 39'
Sithu Than 90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 522
Ayeyawady United 0–3 Arema
Report Jati 10'
Amiruddin 28'
Musafri 45'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Arema 6–2 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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