Asian Champions League Draw

[savvas]

Groups

Group A:

A1: Al Arabi (Kuwait)
A2: Al Wahda (UAE)
A3: Al Rayyan (Qatar)
A4: Al Zawra (Iraq)

Group B:

B1: Pakhtakor (Uzbekistan)
B2: Kuwait Sports Club (Kuwait)
B3: Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
B4: Esteghlal (Iran)

Group C:

C1: Al Karameh (Syria)
C2: Neftchi (Uzbekistan)
C3: Al Najaf (Iraq)
C4: Al Sadd (Qatar)

Group D:

D1: Al Ain (UAE)
D2: Al Ittihad (Syria)
D3: Sepahan (Iran)
D4: Al Shabab (Saudi Arabia)

Group E:

E1: Urawa Reds (Japan)
E2: Sydney FC (Australia)
E3: Shanghai Shenhua (China)
E4: Persik Kediri (Indonesia)

Group F:

F1: Bangkok University (Thailand)
F2: Kawasaki Frontale (Japan)
F3: Arema Malang (Indonesia)
F4: Chunnam Dragons (Korea Republic)

Group G:

G1: Adelaide United (Australia)
G2: Dong Tam Long An (Vietnam)
G3: Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (Korea Republic)
G4: Shandong Luneng (China)

AFC Champions League 2006 Champions – Jeonbuk Motors (Korea Republic)

AFC Champions League 2007 - Match Day Schedule

Match Day 1 – Wed 7 March 2007:
Match Day 2 – Wed 21 March 2007:
Match Day 3 – Wed 11 April 2007:
Match Day 4 – Wed 25 April 2007:
Match Day 5 – Wed 9 May 2007:
Match Day 6 – Wed 23 May 2007:

Match Day 7: 19 September 2007 (Quarter-Final 1st Leg)
Match Day 8: 26 September 2007 (Quarter-Final 2nd Leg)

Match Day 9: 3 October 2007 (Semi-Final 1st Leg)
Match Day 10: 24 October 2007 (Semi-Final 2nd Leg)

Match Day 11: 7 November 2007 (Final 1st Leg)
Match Day 12: 14 November 2007 (Final 2nd Leg)

Adelaide United's opponents

Gach Dong Tam Long An (Vietnam)
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Long An Stadium

Club Honours:
V-League Champions 2005, 2006
Vietnam Cup Winners 2005
Ground: Long An Stadium
Capacity: 15,000

Shandong Luneng (China)
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Shandong Stadium

Club Honours:
Chinese Super League Winners 2006
Chinese Super League Runners-up 2004
CSL Cup Winners 2004
Jia A Champions 1999
Chinese FA Cup Winners 1995, 1999, 2004
China FA Cup Runners-up 2005
Ground: Shandong Stadium
Capacity: 45,000


Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (Korea Republic)
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Seongnam 2 Stadium

Club honours:
Champions: 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006
FA Cup: 1999
Korean Super Cup: 2002
Adidas Cup: 1992, 2002
Hauzen Cup: 2004
A3 Nissan Cup: 2004
Asian Champions Cup: 1996
Asian Super Cup: 1996
Ground: Seongnam 2 Stadium
Capacity: 16,000

All these clubs are fairly new clubs and haven't been around for to long to have a massive history.

Thoughts? I don't know to much about the Asian teams but in all the headlines it has stated that both Sydney & Adelaide have been put in hard groups. Adelaide apparently having the harder group then Sydney and one of the hardest in the champions league.

[Dogme]

Shouldn't there be a Group H? If not, are the two third place teams with the most points going through to the quarter finals? I don't think Adelaide will have too many problems dealing with the Vietnamese side, but the others might prove tough.

[savvas]

Shouldn't there be a Group H? If not, are the two third place teams with the most points going through to the quarter finals? I don't think Adelaide will have too many problems dealing with the Vietnamese side, but the others might prove tough.

Nah, There is no Group H, I don't think Asia is good enough to have more teams from other countries fill in another group. It will bring down the quality of the Asian Champions League. I mean they have university's entered in the Asian Champions League. I reckon for Vietnam and those countries they should do it like Europe and have qualifying stages to make it through to the champions league because they just don't have the teams good enough for the standard of the Asian Champions League at the moment like some other Asian countries have. No offense. But again when you think about it the other countries don't have too many better teams. Soon they will have four teams coming in from Australia to the Champions League in my opinion, just give it a couple of years for Australian teams to do well in the Champions League and maybe win one and they will make it 4 teams. How the Champions League works for this year is that top of each group goes through to the quater finals and last years champions in also entered into the finals which is some Korean team as far as I know. Ah well, so far Australia's inclusion in the Asian Champions League has atleast rised the quality of clubs. Last year they had two teams from Thailand & Malaysia I think it was entered in but now they have brang it down to one which is good.

[Kan]

Wow Urara reds up against Sydney. They have a great bunch of supporters the Reds just check it out on youtube! This is so exciiting and to think that we are in the comp in 2008 when our new stadium will be finished.

[savvas]

Wow Urara reds up against Sydney. They have a great bunch of supporters the Reds just check it out on youtube! This is so exciiting and to think that we are in the comp in 2008 when our new stadium will be finished.

Man...... I just checked them out, they definately have a good supporter group, they will kick The Cove's ass and Sydney FC's ass easily. I didn't expect teams in Asia to be this good, ah well that shows the little I know about about Asia. There is going to be some tough competiton in the near future. Some of there top clubs have the ablility to match it with some of the top clubs from Europe. I was very suprised when I saw this. Well for all the Sydney supporters I have to say good luck to you but it just doesn't look too possible from what I see, they have some top internationals in there squad. Well, I guess as they play with a high standard that will raise the standards of Sydney FC, but they can't afford to make mistakes like they do in the A-League they just can't loose the ball and think they have a chance of beating them. They will have to play very well against some top players. It will be interesting to see how both Adelaide and Sydney go. I think they will need a couple of marquee signings for this tournament, couple of players that can make an impact like Dwight Yorke & Bonito Carbone did. And I think both Adelaide & Sydney will need to make a couple of marquee signing for the crowds if they want to outsing these clubs in the Champions League lol :D Well, At the moment I think the only club that will be capable of matching these clubs is Melbourne Victory. They can easily match them if they play at their best capabilities and the crowd sings at their best capabilities like at Olympic Park which I think we will hopefully get considering it is the Asian Champions League and we want to show all the Asian clubs who we are and that we know how to sing as well as them. Well, Goodluck again Adelaide & Sydney I wish you well and I hope you represent Australia well and make us proud as Australian's. I'm sure Melbourne will do good if they can maintain these standards and even better improve on them! Let the good & exciting times for Australian club football in Asia begin....... :D

[IncredibleLE]

seongnam will probably be the toughest club to face adelaide. they are the current korean league cup champions. but never underestimate any club. sydney is gonna have a tough time. Urawa has to be one of the strongest clubs in asia right now. they have an incredible line-up. and shanghai is one of the better clubs in the tourney.
kinda pissed that they took one of Viet Nam's spots to give to an Australian club but you guys will probably have a club that would do better than a vietnamese club. still stinging from when gamba osake beat my boys 13-0 last year.