La Siria, grazie al fatto di aver schierato in campo entrambe le finaliste della AFC 2004, prende il posto del Bahrein (i cui club si erano ritirati l’anno precedente) fra i 14 paesi i cui club partecipano alla AFC Champions League 2005 (mature countries). I successivi 14 paesi (developing countries) partecipanp alla AFC Cup; tutti gli altri (emerging countries) partecipano alla neonata Presidents Cup, una sorta di competizione continentale di “terzo livello”.

PRIMA FASE

N.B.: Al-Ittihad Jeddah (KSA) ammesso direttamente ai quarti di finale in qualità di detentore del titolo.

GRUPPO A

Paas FC

-

Al-Rayyan SC

2-1

2-1

Al-Salmiya SC

-

Al-Shurta Baghdad

3-1

1-0

Al-Shurta Baghdad

-

Paas FC

1-1

0-1

Al-Rayyan SC

-

Al-Salmiya SC

2-1

0-2

Al-Rayyan SC

-

Al-Shurta Baghdad

2-0

0-0

Paas FC

-

Al-Salmiya SC

5-1

1-0

CLASSIFICA

P.ti

G

V

N

P

GF

GS

PaasFC (IRN)

16

6

5

1

0

12

4

Al-Salmiya SC (KUW)

9

6

3

0

3

8

9

Al-Rayyan SC (QAT)

7

6

2

1

3

6

7

Al-Shurta Baghdad (IRQ)

2

6

0

2

4

2

8

GRUPPO B

Al-Ain FC

-

Al-Wahda Damascus

3-0

3-2

Al-Shabab Riyadh

-

Sepahan FC

1-1

0-1

Al-Wahda Damascus

-

Al-Shabab Riyadh

1-2

1-3

Sepahan FC

-

Al-Ain FC

1-1

2-3

Al-Wahda Damascus

-

Sepahan FC

1-3

0-2

Al-Ain  FC

-

Al-Shabab Riyadh

3-0

0-1

CLASSIFICA

P.ti

G

V

N

P

GF

GS

Al-AinFC (UAE)

13

6

4

1

1

13

6

Sepahan FC (IRN)

11

6

3

2

1

10

6

Al-Shabab Riyadh (KSA)

10

6

3

1

2

7

7

Al-Wahda Damascus (SYR)

0

6

0

0

6

5

16

GRUPPO C

FK Neftchi Fergana

-

Al-Kuwait SC

1-0

0-1

Al-Sadd SC

-

Al-Ahly Dubai

2-0

1-2

Al-Kuwait SC

-

Al-Sadd SC

0-1

0-1

Al-Ahly Dubai

-

FK Neftchi Fergana

3-0

0-3

Al-Kuwait SC

-

Al-Ahly Dubai

1-0

3-3

FK Neftchi Fergana

-

Al-Sadd SC

2-0

2-3

CLASSIFICA

P.ti

G

V

N

P

GF

GS

Al-Sadd SC (QAT)

12

6

4

0

2

8

6

FK Neftchi Fergana (UZB)

9

6

3

0

3

8

7

Al-Kuwait SC (KUW)

7

6

2

1

3

5

6

Al-Ahly Dubai (UAE)

7

6

2

1

3

8

10

GRUPPO D

Al-Zawra SC

-

Al-Ahly Jeddah

1-2

1-5

Al-Jaish Damascus

-

Pakhtakor Tashkent

0-2

1-4

Al-Ahly Jeddah

-

Al-Jaish Damascus

3-1

4-0

Pakhtakor Tashkent

-

Al-Zawra SC

1-2

0-1

Al-Zawra SC

-

Al-Jaish Damascus

1-5

0-0

Al-Ahly Jeddah

-

Pakhtakor Tashkent

3-0

1-2

CLASSIFICA

P.ti

G

V

N

P

GF

GS

Al-Ahly Jeddah (KSA)

15

6

5

0

1

18

5

Pakhtakor Tashkent (UZB)

9

6

3

0

3

9

8

Al-Zawra SC (IRQ)

7

6

2

1

3

6

13

Al-Jaish Damascus (SYR)

4

6

1

1

4

7

14

GRUPPO E

Shenzhen Jianlibao

-

Jubilo Iwata

1-0

0-3

Hoang Anh Gia Lai

-

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

1-5

0-6

Jubilo Iwata

-

Hoang Anh Gia Lai

6-0

1-0

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

-

Shenzhen Jianlibao

0-0

0-1

Jubilo Iwata

-

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

0-1

1-2

Shenzhen Jianlibao

-

Hoang Anh Gia Lai

5-0

2-0

CLASSIFICA

P.ti

G

V

N

P

GF

GS

Shenzhen Jianlibao(CHN)

13

6

4

1

1

9

3

Suwon Samsung Bluewings (KOR)

13

6

4

1

1

14

3

Jubilo Iwata (PPN)

9

6

3

0

3

11

4

Hoang Anh Gia Lai (VIE)

0

6

0

0

6

1

25

GRUPPO F

BEC Tero Sasana

-

PSM Makassar

0-1

2-2

Yokohama FlügelsMarinos

-

Shandong Luneng Taishan

0-1

1-2

PSM Makassar

-

Yokohama FlügelsMarinos

0-2

0-3

Shandong Luneng Taishan

-

BEC Tero Sasana

1-0

4-0

PSM Makassar

-

Shandong Luneng Taishan

0-1

1-6

BEC Tero Sasana

-

Yokohama FlügelsMarinos

1-2

0-2

CLASSIFICA

P.ti

G

V

N

P

GF

GS

Shandong Luneng Taishan(CHN)

18

6

6

0

0

15

2

Yokohama FlügelsMarinos (JPN)

12

6

4

0

2

10

4

PSM Makassar (IDN)

4

6

1

1

4

4

14

BEC Tero Sasana (THA)

1

6

0

1

5

3

12

GRUPPO G

Busan I’Park

-

Binh Dinh FC

8-0

4-0

Persebaya

-

Krung Thai Bank

1-2

0-1

Binh Dinh FC

-

Persebaya

0-0

0-1

Krung Thai Bank

-

Busan I’Park

0-2

0-4

Binh Dinh FC

-

Krung Thai Bank

1-2

1-0

Busan I’Park

-

Persebaya

4-0

3-0

CLASSIFICA

P.ti

G

V

N

P

GF

GS

Busan I’Park (KOR)

18

6

6

0

0

25

0

Krung Thai Bank FC (THA)

9

6

3

0

3

5

9

Persebaya Surabaya (IDN)

4

6

1

1

4

2

10

Binh Dinh FC (VIE)

4

6

1

1

4

2

15

QUARTI DI FINALE

Al-Ahly Jeddah (KSA)

-

Shenzhen Jianlibao (CHN)

2-1

1-3

(1)

Shandong Luneng Taishan (CHN)

-

Al-Ittihad Jeddah (KSA)

1-1

2-7

Busan I’Park (KOR)

-

Al-Sadd SC (QAT)

3-0

2-1

Al-Ain FC (UAE)

-

Paas FC (IRN)

1-1

3-3

(1): dopo i tempi supplementari.

SEMIFINALI

Al-Ain FC (UAE)

-

Shenzhen Jianlibao (CHN)

6-0

0-0

Busan I’Park (KOR)

-

Al-Ittihad Jeddah (KSA)

0-5

0-2

FINALE ANDATA

26/10/2005, AL-AIN, Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium

AL-AIN FC (UAE)

-

AL-ITTIHAD JEDDAH (KSA)

1-1

AL-AIN FC: Mutaz Abdulla, Fabricio Lopes, Humaid Fakher, Subait Khater, Ali Msarri, Shehab Ahmed, Ali Al-Wehaibi (Sultan Rashed 75’), Helal Saeed, Mohamed Kallon, Rami Yaslam, Mohammed Noor. Allenatore: Milan Máčala (CZE).

AL-ITTIHAD JEDDAH: Mabrouk Zaid, Osama Al-Muwallad, Hamad Al-Montashari, Redha Tukar, Ahmed Dokhi, Mohammed Ameen (Khamis Al-Zahrani 80’), Mohamed Noor, Dejan Petković, Sergio Herrera, Saud Khariri (Khamis Owairan 60’), Hamzah Falatah (Joseph-Désiré Job 60’), Mohamed Kallon. Allenatore: Anghel Iordanescu (ROU).

Marcatori: Ali Msarri (AA) 50’, Mohamed Kallon (AI) 85’ rig..

Arbitro: --. Spettatori: 15.000.

FINALE RITORNO

05/11/2005, GEDDA, Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

AL-ITTIHAD JEDDAH (KSA)

-

AL-AIN FC (UAE)

4-2

AL-ITTIHAD JEDDAH: Mabrouk Zaid, Osama Al-Muwallad, Hamad Al-Montashari, Redha Tukar, Ahmed Dokhi, Mohammed Ameen, Mohamed Noor (Abdullah Al-Shahrani 85’), Dejan Petković, Saud Khariri, Hamzah Falatah (Joseph-Désiré Job 46’), Mohamed Kallon (Ahmed Dokhi 61’). Allenatore: Anghel Iordanescu (ROU).

AL-AIN FC: Mutaz Abdulla, Fabricio Lopes, Ali Msarri, Humaid Fakher (Abdulla Ali 46’), Subait Khater, Shehab Ahmed, Ali Al-Wehaibi (Sultan Rashed 60’), Helal Saeed (Ousman Jallow 60’), Luis Tejada, Rami Yaslam, Mohammed Noor. Allenatore: Milan Máčala (CZE).

Marcatori: Mohamed Kallon (AI) 2’, Mohammed Noor (AI) 33’, Shebab Ahmed (AA) 55’, Joseph-Désiré Job (AI) 57’, Ahmed Dokhi (AI) 69’, Luis Tejada (AA) 90’.

Arbitro: --. Spettatori: 27.000.

MARCATORI

6 reti

Mohamed Kallon (SLE)

Al-Ittihad Jeddah (KSA)