2015 AFC Champions League group stage

The group stage of the 2015 AFC Champions League will played from 24 February to 6 May 2015. A total of 32 teams will compete in the group stage.

Draw

The draw for the group stage will be held on 11 December 2014, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 32 teams will be drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association can not be drawn into the same group.

The 32 teams (16 from West Asia Zone, 16 from East Asia Zone) which entered into the group stage draw will included 24 automatic qualifiers and eight qualifying play-off winners, whose identity will not be not known at the time of the draw:

Format

In the group stage, each group will play on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group will advance to the round of 16.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

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. Penalty shoot-out 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 a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card)
8. Drawing of lots

Groups

The matchdays will be 24–25 February, 3–4 March, 17–18 March, 7–8 April, 21–22 April and 5–6 May.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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References

External links

• AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com