Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Abu Dhabi: Al Wasl will be looking to improve on last year’s AFC Champions League showing ahead of their opening Group A game of the 2019 edition against Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr at Al Wasl Stadium on Monday.
The Emirati side endured a poor campaign on the continent, losing all six of their games, but return for the second successive year after finishing third in the 2017-18 UAE Pro League.
The Abu Dhabi side are having an inconsistent season domestically and they currently sit in the bottom half of the table, but they warmed up for their continental opener with a 2-1 victory over Emirates on Friday.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Kuala Lumpur: After nearly a month of captivating action in the preliminary and play-off stages, the Continent’s top 32 teams will kick start the 2019 AFC Champions League Group Stage on Monday when Uzbekistan’s PFC Lokomotiv host Group B opponents Al Wahda FSCC from the UAE in Tashkent at 4:00pm (local time).
The thrilling Group B action will continue just hours later when two-time AFC Champions League winners Al Ittihad from Saudi Arabia take on Qatar’s Al Rayyan SC, who will be looking to reach the knockout rounds for the first time.
Meanwhile in Group A, all eyes will be on Al Zawraa Club, who will be the first Iraqi side to feature in the competition’s group stage since 2008 when they travel to IR Iran to face Zobahan FC at the Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan at 7:00pm (local time). Dubai-based Al Wasl FC and Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr complete the Group A action as both sides prepare to battle in the UAE at 7:20pm (local time).
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Kuala Lumpur: The hotly anticipated 2019 AFC Champions League group stage kicks off in the East Zone with the 16 sides beginning their campaigns on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Holders Kashima Antlers will be among the main draws, while Groups E to H feature a total of five former champions and three debutants in what promises to be an exciting round of fixtures.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Kuala Lumpur: The group stage of the 2019 AFC Champions League gets underway in West Asia on Monday and Tuesday with the 16 sides in Groups A to D opening their campaigns.
Iraqi teams return to the AFC Champions League for the first time in over a decade as Al Zawraa line-up in Group A, while all three past winners from West Asia - Al Ain, Al Ittihad and Al Sadd - are present in the group stage.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Johor: Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) captain Hariss Harun has admitted that he can’t wait for his side's debut AFC Champions League campaign to get underway as the Malaysian team get set to face holders Kashima Antlers in Group E at Kashima Soccer Stadium on Tuesday.
After exiting in the qualifying rounds in each of the past four years, Johor have finally realised their ambition of joining the Continent’s elite in Asia’s premier club competition, with the 2018 Malaysia Super League champions gaining automatic entry into the 2019 group stage.
And they could have been given no tougher introduction than at the home of the defending champions Kashima, who eased past Australia’s Newcastle Jets 4-1 in the play-off round to qualify for the group stage.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Changwon: Former AFC Champions League winner Kwak Tae-hwi has admitted that he hopes to create more memories as Korea Republic's Gyeongnam FC get set to make their tournament debut at home to China’s Shandong Luneng in Group E on Tuesday.
The vastly experienced 37-year-old defender captained Ulsan Hyundai to the AFC Champions League title in 2012, scoring the first goal in a 3-0 victory over Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli in the final, as they completed a stunning run of nine victories in a row to be crowned kings of Asia.
Kwak, who joined the Changwon side prior to the 2019 campaign, then finished as a runner-up with Al Hilal in 2014, and, more recently, was part of the FC Seoul team that eliminated Tuesday’s opponents at the quarter-final stage in 2016.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Riyadh: Al Nassr completed a quartet of Saudi clubs at the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage after cruising past Uzbekistan’s AGMK 4-0 on Tuesday night.
Al Hilal, Al Ahli and Al Ittihad had qualified directly to the group stage, but the Riyadh-based club had to navigate a play-off first to join the rest of the kingdom’s ‘Big four’.
The debutants from Uzbekistan had two clear-cut chances in an otherwise compact first half at Prince Faisal bin Fahad Stadium in the Saudi capital.