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The 2019 AFC Champions League group stage was played from 4 March to 29 May 2019. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout stage of the 2019 AFC Champions League. The postponement of Group A fixture between Zob Ahan and Al-Nassr made the group stage conclude a week behind schedule.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 22 November 2018, 16:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four: four groups each in the West Region (Groups A–D) and the East Region (Groups E–H). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

The mechanism of the draw was as follows:

• For the West Region, there was no associations draw due to country protection. A draw was held for each of the four associations with more than one direct entrant (United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran) to determine for each team their group positions:
  • The three direct entrants of the United Arab Emirates were drawn to positions A1, B2, or C3, while the play-off winners West 1 (which their play-off team may advance from) were allocated to position D4.
  • The three direct entrants of Saudi Arabia were drawn to positions B1, C2, or D3, while the play-off winners West 2 (which their play-off team may advance from) were allocated to position A4.
  • The two direct entrants of Qatar were drawn to positions C1 or D2, while the play-off winners West 3 and 4 (which their play-off teams may advance from) were drawn to positions A3 or B4.
  • The two direct entrants of Iran were drawn to positions D1 or C4.
  • The direct entrants of Uzbekistan and Iraq were allocated to positions B3 and A2 respectively.
• For the East Region, a draw was held for the two associations with three direct entrants (South Korea, China) to determine the order of associations. After the associations draw, a draw was held for each of the four associations with more than one direct entrant (South Korea, China, Japan, Australia) to determine for each team their group positions:
  • The three direct entrants of the first association drawn (South Korea or China) were drawn to positions E1, F2, or G3, while the play-off winners East 1 or 2 (which their play-off team may advance from) were allocated to position H4.
  • The three direct entrants of the second association drawn (South Korea or China) were drawn to positions F1, G2, or H3, while the play-off winners East 1 or 2 (which their play-off team may advance from) were allocated to position E4.
  • The two direct entrants of Japan were drawn to positions G1 or H2, while the play-off winners East 3 and 4 (which their play-off teams may advance from) were either allocated to F4 and E3 respectively (if South Korea were the first association drawn), or drawn to positions E3 or F4 (if China were the first association drawn).
  • The two direct entrants of Australia were either drawn to positions H1 or F3 (if South Korea were the first association drawn, or if China were the first association drawn and the play-off winners East 4 were drawn to position E3), or positions H1 or E2 (if China were the first association drawn and the play-off winners East 3 were drawn to position E3).
  • The direct entrants of Thailand and Malaysia were allocated to either positions G4 and E2 (if South Korea were the first association drawn), positions F3 and G4 (if China were the first association drawn and the play-off winners East 4 were drawn to position E3), or positions E2 and G4 (if China were the first association drawn and the play-off winners East 3 were drawn to position E3) respectively.

The following 32 teams entered into the group stage draw, which included the 24 direct entrants and the eight winners of the play-off round of the qualifying play-offs, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.

Region	Groups	Teams
West Region	A–D	Al-Ain	Al-Wahda	Al-Wasl	Pakhtakor (Winners of Play-off West 1)
		Al-Hilal	Al-Ittihad	Al-Ahli	Al-Nassr (Winners of Play-off West 2)
		Al-Duhail	Al-Sadd	Al-Rayyan (Winners of Play-off West 3)	Zob Ahan (Winners of Play-off West 4)
		Persepolis	Esteghlal	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Al-Zawraa
East Region	E–H	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Daegu FC	Gyeongnam FC	Ulsan Hyundai (Winners of Play-off East 1)
		Shanghai SIPG	Beijing FC	Guangzhou Evergrande	Shandong Luneng (Winners of Play-off East 2)
		Kawasaki Frontale	Urawa Red Diamonds	Sanfrecce Hiroshima (Winners of Play-off East 3)	Kashima Antlers (Winners of Play-off East 4)
		Sydney FC	Melbourne Victory	Buriram United	Johor Darul Ta'zim

Format

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.5):

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
5. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
6. Goal difference in all group matches;
7. Goals scored in all group matches;
8. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams playing each other in the last round of the group were tied;
9. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
10. Association ranking.

Schedule

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.

• Matches in the West Region were played on Mondays and Tuesdays. Two groups were played on each day, with the following groups played on Mondays:
  • Matchdays 1 and 2: Groups A and B
  • Matchday 3: Groups A and C
  • Matchday 4: Groups B and D
  • Matchdays 5 and 6: Groups C and D
• Matches in the East Region were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Two groups were played on each day, with the following groups played on Tuesdays:
  • Matchdays 1 and 2: Groups E and F
  • Matchday 3: Groups E and G
  • Matchday 4: Groups F and H
  • Matchdays 5 and 6: Groups G and H

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZOB	NAS	ZAW	WAS
1	Zob Ahan	6	3	3	0	10	5	+5	12	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	0–0	2–0
2	Al-Nassr	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	10			2–3	—	4–1	3–1
3	Al-Zawraa	6	2	2	2	14	9	+5	8			2–2	1–2	—	5–0
4	Al-Wasl	6	1	0	5	4	18	−14	3			1–3	1–0	1–5	—

Al-Wasl	1–0	Al-Nassr
Fabio Lima 62' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report

Zob Ahan	0–0	Al-Zawraa
	Live Report Stats Report

Al-Zawraa	5–0	Al-Wasl
Saeed 22' Abbas 36', 51' Abdul-Raheem 75' Jwayed 84' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report

Al-Nassr	2–3	Zob Ahan
Giuliano 5' Hamdallah 58' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report	Nejadmehdi 30' Mohammadzadeh 39' Motahari 90+1'

Al-Wasl	1–3	Zob Ahan
Caio 14'	Live Report Stats Report	Osaguona 16' Motahari 35' Bou Hamdan 86'

Al-Nassr	4–1	Al-Zawraa
Al Salem 24' (pen.) Al-Shehri 29' Hawsawi 59' Giuliano 90+4'	Live Report Stats Report	Fadhel 12'

Al-Zawraa	1–2	Al-Nassr
Abbas 30'	Live Report Stats Report	Al-Shehri 56' Al-Farshan 90+8'

Zob Ahan	2–0	Al-Wasl
Cheraghali 2' Motahari 15'	Live Report Stats Report

Al-Zawraa	2–2	Zob Ahan
Abbas 44' Abdul-Raheem 61'	Live Report Stats Report	Niknafs 28' Habibzadeh 90+2'

Al-Nassr	3–1	Al-Wasl
Giuliano 30' Al-Jumeiah 34' Al Salem 56'	Live Report Stats Report	Khamis 90'

Al-Wasl	1–5	Al-Zawraa
Mohammed 5'	Live Report Stats Report	Abbas 22', 45+1' Fadhel 39' Jalal 51' Abdul-Raheem 59'

Zob Ahan	0–0	Al-Nassr
	Live Report Stats Report

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WAH	ITH	LOK	RAY
1	Al-Wahda	6	4	1	1	14	9	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	4–1	3–1	4–3
2	Al-Ittihad	6	3	2	1	13	9	+4	11			1–1	—	3–2	5–1
3	Lokomotiv Tashkent	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7			2–0	1–1	—	3–2
4	Al-Rayyan	6	1	0	5	9	17	−8	3			1–2	0–2	2–1	—

Lokomotiv Tashkent	2–0	Al-Wahda
Abdukholiqov 5' Tukhtakhodjaev 90+3'	Live Report Stats Report

Al-Ittihad	5–1	Al-Rayyan
Al-Muwallad 45', 78' Al-Aryani 45+1' Al-Sahafi 48' Al-Ghamdi 70' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report	Viera 23'

Al-Rayyan	2–1	Lokomotiv Tashkent
Lucca 38' Rivas 58'	Live Report Stats Report	Turapov 4'

Al-Wahda	4–1	Al-Ittihad
Al-Menhali 16' Leonardo 52', 90+1' Matar 80'	Live Report Stats Report	Al-Shamrani 56'

Al-Rayyan	1–2	Al-Wahda
Rivas 52'	Live Report Stats Report	Tagliabúe 67' Leonardo 90+3' (pen.)

Al-Ittihad	3–2	Lokomotiv Tashkent
Al-Shamrani 48' (pen.) Al-Muwallad 50', 90+4' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report	Iskanderov 70' Rajevac 82'

Lokomotiv Tashkent	1–1	Al-Ittihad
Abdukholiqov 36'	Live Report Stats Report	Romarinho 12'

Al-Wahda	4–3	Al-Rayyan
Leonardo 8', 56', 82', 89'	Live Report Stats Report	Soria 2' Rivas 6', 21'

Al-Wahda	3–1	Lokomotiv Tashkent
Tagliabúe 59' Leonardo 77' (pen.) Ibrahim 90+1'	Live Report Stats Report	Abdukholiqov 47'

Al-Rayyan	0–2	Al-Ittihad
	Live Report Stats Report	Al-Shamrani 62' Romarinho 67'

Lokomotiv Tashkent	3–2	Al-Rayyan
Mirzaev 35' Abdukholiqov 47', 61'	Live Report Stats Report	Tabata 1' Viera 22'

Al-Ittihad	1–1	Al-Wahda
Romarinho 68'	Live Report Stats Report	Al-Menhali 71'

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HIL	DUH	EST	AIN
1	Al-Hilal	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–1	1–0	2–0
2	Al-Duhail	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9			2–2	—	3–0	2–2
3	Esteghlal	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	8			2–1	1–1	—	1–1
4	Al-Ain	6	0	2	4	4	10	−6	2			0–1	0–2	1–2	—

Al-Duhail	3–0	Esteghlal
Benatia 56' El-Arabi 73' Afif 90+1'	Live Report Stats Report

Al-Ain	0–1	Al-Hilal
	Live Report Stats Report	Al-Shalhoub 65'

Esteghlal	1–1	Al-Ain
Bagheri 53'	Live Report Stats Report	Shiotani 85'

Al-Hilal	3–1	Al-Duhail
Carlos Eduardo 25' Al-Bulaihi 77' Gomis 79'	Live Report Stats Report	Nakajima 75'

Al-Duhail	2–2	Al-Ain
Boudiaf 9' El-Arabi 32'	Live Report Stats Report	Maroof 36' Berg 58'

Esteghlal	2–1	Al-Hilal
A. Karimi 5' Montazeri 30'	Live Report Stats Report	Gomis 71'

Al-Hilal	1–0	Esteghlal
Giovinco 51'	Live Report Stats Report

Al-Ain	0–2	Al-Duhail
	Live Report Stats Report	Ali 3' El-Arabi 66'

Esteghlal	1–1	Al-Duhail
Cheshmi 53'	Live Report Stats Report	Edmilson 55'

Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Ain
Bahebri 1' Al-Shalhoub 90'	Live Report Stats Report

Al-Duhail	2–2	Al-Hilal
El-Arabi 15' Muneer 90+2'	Live Report Stats Report	Gomis 29', 55'

Al-Ain	1–2	Esteghlal
Berg 13'	Live Report Stats Report	Daneshgar 22' Tabrizi 45+1'

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAD	AHL	PAK	PER
1	Al-Sadd	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	2–1	1–0
2	Al-Ahli	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	9			2–0	—	2–1	2–1
3	Pakhtakor	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8			2–2	1–0	—	1–0
4	Persepolis	6	2	1	3	6	5	+1	7			2–0	2–0	1–1	—

Persepolis	1–1	Pakhtakor
Budimir 25'	Live Report Stats Report	Bikmaev 5'

Al-Ahli	2–0	Al-Sadd
Al Somah 32' (pen.), 76'	Live Report Stats Report

Pakhtakor	1–0	Al-Ahli
Bikmaev 62'	Live Report Stats Report

Al-Sadd	1–0	Persepolis
Bounedjah 90+5'	Live Report Stats Report

Pakhtakor	2–2	Al-Sadd
Alijonov 9' Ćeran 41'	Live Report Stats Report	Xavi 6', 16'

Persepolis	2–0	Al-Ahli
Khalilzadeh 18' Alipour 48'	Live Report Stats Report

Al-Ahli	2–1	Persepolis
Al Somah 30' (pen.), 83'	Live Report Stats Report	Khalilzadeh 90+3'

Al-Sadd	2–1	Pakhtakor
Xavi 9' Bounedjah 87'	Live Report Stats Report	Krimets 30'

Pakhtakor	1–0	Persepolis
Sergeev 86'	Live Report Stats Report

Al-Sadd	2–1	Al-Ahli
Asad 9' Afif 12'	Live Report Stats Report	Al Somah 51' (pen.)

Persepolis	2–0	Al-Sadd
Torabi 16' Alipour 67'	Live Report Stats Report

Al-Ahli	2–1	Pakhtakor
Al Somah 69' Ghareeb 90+2'	Live Report Stats Report	Sergeev 88'

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SDL	KAS	GYE	JDT
1	Shandong Luneng	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–2	2–1	2–1
2	Kashima Antlers	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10			2–1	—	0–1	2–1
3	Gyeongnam FC	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8			2–2	2–3	—	2–0
4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	4			0–1	1–0	1–1	—

Kashima Antlers	2–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Hirato 43' Serginho 56'	Live Report Stats Report	Diogo 80'

Gyeongnam FC	2–2	Shandong Luneng
Woo Joo-sung 60' Kim Seung-jun 68'	Live Report Stats Report	Pellè 21', 77'

Shandong Luneng	2–2	Kashima Antlers
Pellè 20' (pen.), 41'	Live Report Stats Report	Ito 10', 14'

Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–1	Gyeongnam FC
Diogo 68' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report	Kwak Tae-hwi 52'

Gyeongnam FC	2–3	Kashima Antlers
Inukai 56' (o.g.) Mutch 71'	Live Report Stats Report	Woo Joo-sung 75' (o.g.) Kanamori 90+1' Serginho 90+3'

Shandong Luneng	2–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Fellaini 30' Pellè 39' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report	Safawi 59'

Kashima Antlers	0–1	Gyeongnam FC
	Live Report Stats Report	Kunimoto 63'

Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–1	Shandong Luneng
	Live Report Stats Report	Pellè 22'

Shandong Luneng	2–1	Gyeongnam FC
Hao Junmin 64' Fellaini 87'	Live Report Stats Report	Kim Seung-jun 43'

Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–0	Kashima Antlers
Syafiq 69'	Live Report Stats Report

Gyeongnam FC	2–0	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Castaignos 65' Kunimoto 90+4'	Live Report Stats Report

Kashima Antlers	2–1	Shandong Luneng
Ito 68', 70'	Live Report Stats Report	Fellaini 11'

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAN	GZE	DAE	MVC
1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	5	0	1	9	4	+5	15	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	2–0	2–1
2	Guangzhou Evergrande	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10			2–0	—	1–0	4–0
3	Daegu FC	6	3	0	3	10	6	+4	9			0–1	3–1	—	4–0
4	Melbourne Victory	6	0	1	5	4	17	−13	1			1–3	1–1	1–3	—

Melbourne Victory	1–3	Daegu FC
Toivonen 29'	Live Report Stats Report	Cesinha 31' Hwang Soon-min 51' Edgar 61'

Guangzhou Evergrande	2–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Talisca 19' Paulinho 26'	Live Report Stats Report

Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1	Melbourne Victory
Higashi 3' Watari 86'	Live Report Stats Report	Honda 71'

Daegu FC	3–1	Guangzhou Evergrande
Edgar 24', 43' Kim Dae-won 81'	Live Report Stats Report	Talisca 53'

Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Daegu FC
Vieira 10' (pen.) Watari 26'	Live Report Stats Report

Guangzhou Evergrande	4–0	Melbourne Victory
Talisca 6', 10' Yang Liyu 42' Broxham 73' (o.g.)	Live Report Stats Report

Melbourne Victory	1–1	Guangzhou Evergrande
Ingham 26'	Live Report Stats Report	Huang Bowen 24'

Daegu FC	0–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
	Live Report Stats Report	Araki 34'

Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	Guangzhou Evergrande
Sasaki 15'	Live Report Stats Report

Daegu FC	4–0	Melbourne Victory
Edgar 9' (pen.) Jeong Tae-wook 53' Kim Dae-won 80' Jung Seon-ho 83'	Live Report Stats Report

Guangzhou Evergrande	1–0	Daegu FC
Jeong Tae-wook 64' (o.g.)	Live Report Stats Report

Melbourne Victory	1–3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Toivonen 70'	Live Report Stats Report	T. Matsumoto 5' Minagawa 73' Morishima 75'

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JEO	URA	BJG	BUR
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	3–1	0–0
2	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	10			0–1	—	3–0	3–0
3	Beijing FC	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7			0–1	0–0	—	2–0
4	Buriram United	6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	4			1–0	1–2	1–3	—

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	3–1	Beijing FC
Han Kyo-won 14' Lee Dong-gook 48' Kim Shin-wook 71'	Live Report Stats Report	Zhang Xizhe 41'

Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Buriram United
Makino 50' Hashioka 75', 88'	Live Report Stats Report

Buriram United	1–0	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Supachok 50'	Live Report Stats Report

Beijing FC	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Live Report Stats Report

Urawa Red Diamonds	0–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Live Report Stats Report	Adriano 77'

Buriram United	1–3	Beijing FC
Suphanat 80'	Live Report Stats Report	Bakambu 2', 29', 54'

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	Urawa Red Diamonds
Lopes 12' Kim Shin-wook 48'	Live Report Stats Report	Koroki 58'

Beijing FC	2–0	Buriram United
Augusto 55' (pen.) Ba Dun 76'	Live Report Stats Report

Buriram United	1–2	Urawa Red Diamonds
Pedro 13'	Live Report Stats Report	Koroki 3' Muto 23'

Beijing FC	0–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Live Report Stats Report	Kim Shin-wook 17'

Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Beijing FC
Nagasawa 34' Muto 41' Koroki 81'	Live Report Stats Report

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–0	Buriram United
	Live Report Stats Report

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ULS	SSI	KAW	SYD
1	Ulsan Hyundai	6	3	2	1	5	7	−2	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	1–0	1–0
2	Shanghai SIPG	6	2	3	1	13	8	+5	9			5–0	—	1–0	2–2
3	Kawasaki Frontale	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	8			2–2	2–2	—	1–0
4	Sydney FC	6	0	3	3	5	11	−6	3			0–0	3–3	0–4	—

Sydney FC	0–0	Ulsan Hyundai
	Live Report Stats Report

Shanghai SIPG	1–0	Kawasaki Frontale
Hulk 89' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report

Ulsan Hyundai	1–0	Shanghai SIPG
Júnior 66'	Live Report Stats Report

Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	Sydney FC
Saitō 83'	Live Report Stats Report

Sydney FC	3–3	Shanghai SIPG
De Jong 3' Le Fondre 32' (pen.) Brosque 84'	Live Report Stats Report	Lü Wenjun 27' Yu Hai 36' Elkeson 89'

Ulsan Hyundai	1–0	Kawasaki Frontale
Kim Su-an 90+1'	Live Report Stats Report

Kawasaki Frontale	2–2	Ulsan Hyundai
Kobayashi 8' Chinen 82'	Live Report Stats Report	Park Yong-woo 17' Júnior 31'

Shanghai SIPG	2–2	Sydney FC
Elkeson 47' Wang Shenchao 59'	Live Report Stats Report	O'Neill 33' Le Fondre 62'

Ulsan Hyundai	1–0	Sydney FC
Diskerud 59'	Live Report Stats Report

Kawasaki Frontale	2–2	Shanghai SIPG
Damião 13' Taniguchi 66'	Live Report Stats Report	Hulk 6', 71'

Sydney FC	0–4	Kawasaki Frontale
	Live Report Stats Report	Wakizaka 9', 20' Tanaka 28' Damião 59'

Shanghai SIPG	5–0	Ulsan Hyundai
Oscar 7', 42', 76' Li Shenglong 67' Hu Jinghang 88'	Live Report Stats Report

Notes

1. ^ The identity of the first group stage team from Uzbekistan, the second and third group stage teams from South Korea, and the second group stage teams from China and Japan was not known at the time of the group stage draw.
2. ^ Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia were played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.
3. ^ The Zob Ahan v Al-Nassr match, originally scheduled to be played on 21 May 2019, 21:00 UTC+3, at Karbala Sports City, Karbala (Iraq), was postponed due to safety concerns. The match was rescheduled to 29 May 2019 and moved to a new venue.

References

1. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". AFC. 1 October 2018.
2. ^ "2019 AFC Champions League Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
3. ^ "AFC Champions League 2019 match between Zob Ahan and Al Nassr postponed due to safety concerns". Fox Sports Asia. 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
4. "Continent's elite set for 2019 campaign". AFC. 22 November 2018.
5. "亚冠小组赛抽签规则有变 极端情况中日韩冠军同组" (in Chinese).
6. "AFC Champions League 2019 Official Match Schedule". AFC.
7. "Zobahan vs Al Nassr tie postponed". Asian Football Confederation. 21 May 2019.
8. "Iran's Zob Ahan, Saudi's Al Nassr match new date, venue announced". Mehr News Agency. 22 May 2019.
9. "Zobahan vs Al Nassr tie on May 29". AFC. 23 May 2019.

External links

• AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com
• AFC Champions League 2019, stats.the-AFC.com

• 2019 AFC Champions League
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• April 2019 sports events in Asia
• May 2019 sports events in Asia