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[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 1–2 5–2
Al-Suwaiq 6 3 1 2 8 9 −1 10[lower-alpha 1] 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. 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
Kazma 3–0 East Bengal
Nasser  38'
Al Wuhaib  44'
Jammeh  58'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000
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-Oruba 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-Oruba 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
Referee: Çarymyrat Gurbanow (Turkmenistan)
Al-Wehdat 2–1 Al-Oruba
Salah  41'
Shelbaieh  67'		 Report Al-Mashari  75'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Neftchi Farg'ona 3–1 Al-Oruba
Yaqubov  12'
Berdiev  42' (pen.)
Saidov  61'		 Report Teixeira  90+4'
Attendance: 14,000
Al-Wehdat 5–0 Salgaocar
Deeb  25' (pen.)
Elias  47'
Al-Sabah  72'
Shelbaieh  90'
Abu Hwaiti  90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 6,541
Al-Oruba 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-Oruba
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-Oruba 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-Tilal 1–2 Safa
Boqshan  40' Report Azar  21', 52'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Çarymyrat Gurbanow (Turkmenistan)
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
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 2–0 Sông Lam Nghệ An
Rehman  11'
Chu Siu Kei  73'		 Report
Attendance: 1,760
Terengganu 0–2 Tampines Rovers
Report Đurić  37', 90'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Çarymyrat Gurbanow (Turkmenistan)
Sông Lam Nghệ An 1–0 Kitchee
Nguyễn Hồng Việt  56' Report
Attendance: 1,500
Terengganu 6–2 Sông Lam Nghệ An
Ashaari  5'
Doe  12', 34', 73'
Hadi  38'
Joseph  87'		 Report Phạm Văn Quyến  29'
Hoàng Văn Bình  84'
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
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'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,026
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'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,210
Referee: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)
Citizen 1–2 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 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[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 6–2 1–1
Navibank Sài Gòn 6 2 1 3 10 12 −2 7[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 3–1 4–1
Ayeyawady United 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 7[lower-alpha 1] 3–1 0–3 2–0
Source:
Notes:
  1. 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. "AFC Cup 2012 Competitions Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  4. "Yemen, Syria clubs to play in neutral venue". AFC. 27 February 2012.
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