Liga Champions AFC 2007
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Liga Champions AFC 2007


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Liga Champions AFC 2007 adalah edisi ke-26 dari turnamen tingkat pertama klub-klub sepak bola Asia dan edisi ke-5 dengan nama Liga Champions AFC.

Klub Jepang Urawa Red Diamonds menjadi juara untuk pertama kalinya, mengalahkan Sepahan dari Iran dan menjadi klub Jepang keempat yang memenangkan kejuaraan tingkat Asia.

Klub peserta 
Along with the defending champion, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, 28 other clubs from fourteen countries qualified based on performance in domestic league and cup competitions. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors entered the competition at the quarter-finals.

The draw took place in Kuala Lumpur on December 22, allocating teams into seven groups. In February, the AFC disqualified Esteghlal Tehran from Group B for failing to register their players in time. This reduced the number of competing teams to 28.

Format 
Group Stage
A total of 28 clubs are divided into 7 groups of four, based on region i.e. East Asian and Southeast Asian clubs are drawn in Group E to F, while rest are grouped in Group A to D. Each club plays double round-robin (home and away) against fellow three group members, a total of 6 matches each. Clubs receive 3pts for a win, 1pt for a tie, 0pts for a loss. The clubs are ranked according to points and tie breakers are in following order:
 Points earned between the clubs in question
 Goal Differential between the clubs in question
 Points earned within the group
 Goal Differential within the group
 Goal For within the group

The seven group winners along with the defending champions qualifies to the quarter-finals.

Knockout Round
All 8 clubs are randomly matched; however, the only restriction is that the clubs from same country cannot face each other in the quarterfinals. The games are conduced in 2 legs, home and away, and the aggregates goals decides the match winner. If the aggregate goals cannot produce an winner, away goal rules in used. If still tied, clubs play extra time, where away goal rule still applies. If stilled tied, the game goes to penalties.

Babak grup 
Babak grup dimainkan pada 7 dan 21 Maret, 11 dan 25 April, serta 9 dan 23 Mei 2007.

Grup A

Grup B

Grup C

Grup D

Grup E

Grup F

Grup G

Babak gugur

Peta

Perempat final 

Aggregat 0–0. Sepahan menang pada adu penalti dengan skor 5–4.

Aggregat 1–1. Al-Wahda menang menurut peraturan gol tandang.

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma menang dengan aggregat 4–1.

Urawa Red Diamonds menang dengan aggregat 4–1.

Semifinal 

Aggregat 4–4. Urawa Red Diamonds menang pada adu penalti dengan skor 5–3.

Sepahan menang dengan aggregat 3–1.

Final 

Urawa Red Diamonds menang dengan aggregat 3–1.

Juara

Pencetak gol terbanyak

Lihat juga 
 Piala Dunia Antarklub FIFA 2007

Pranala luar 
 AFC Champions League Official Page (English) 
 AFC Calendar of Events 2007
 Champions League 2007, Group Stage Draw from official site.
 Champions League 2007, Knockout Stage Draw from official site.

Referensi 

 
2007
Liga Champions AFC