East and South East Asian Check List 2007.
Relegated Kyoto Purple Sanga, Cerezo Osaka and Avispa Fukuopa (on play off)
Promoted Yogohama, Kashiwa Reysol and Vissel Kobe (via play off)
No promotion/relegation between Division 2 and JFL due to no suitable candidate finishing high enough.
First Division (18 teams) will play a 34 game season from March 3rd to December 1st.
Midweek fixtures 3 May (Thursday), 20 June (Wednesday), 29 August (Wednesday),
Break after round 18 (30 June) until 11 August.
Fixture list - http://www.wldcup.com/Asia/jleague/schedule.html
Second Division (13 teams) will play a 48 game season from March 3rd to December 1st.
52 dates every team has four free dates due to uneven number.
Fixture list - http://www.wldcup.com/Asia/j2/schedule.html
Champions League 2007
Chongqing Lifan relegated from last seasons 15 team super league
Henan Jianye and Zhejiang Lucheng promoted to give 16 teams now.
Season runs from March 3 to November 11
Break after 15 rounds, from 23 June to 12 August
Midweek fixtures 20 June, 22 August, 5 September
There is no Chinese Cup this season.
Fixture list - http://www.soccerway.com/national/china-pr/super-league/2007/regular-season//fixtures
Champions League 2007 Shangdong
(Champions) and
No Promotion or relegation, 14 team division.
26 game season from 3 March to 10 October.
Break after 14 rounds, from June 23 to August 8
Midweek fixtures, 8 August. 15 August, 28 August, 10 October
Fixture list http://www.soccerway.com/national/korea-republic/k-league/2007/regular-season//fixtures
Champions League 2007 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (Champions) and Chumnam Dragons (Cup winners). Chonbuk Motors (Champions League holders) exempt from group stages.
13 team Super League and 11 team Premier League already under way.
From last seasons Super League, Selangor MPPJ have dropped out of the league, no relegation.
From last seasons Premier League
Keddah,
Pulau Pinang NFTA and Kelantan TNB relegated.
Kuala Muda, ATM and Kuala Lumpur Plus are new teams.
Super League season resumes on February 14, and runs until June 13, then August 1st and 4th
Premier League resumes on February 13, and runs until June 12, then final round on July 31st.
The Malaysia Cup runs after the league season concludes.
Full details from www.fam.org.my
Malaysian Grounds List
Super League
Perlis Stadium Utama Negeri, Kangar
Selangor Shah Alam
Pulau Pinang Bandaraya,
(
Kedah Stadium Darul Aman, Alor Star
Johor FC Stadium Jcord, Pasir Gudang
Perak Stadium Perak,
Pahang Stadium Darul Makmur, Kuantan
Melaka Stadium Hang Jebat, Melaka
Melaka Telekom Stadium MPPJ, Kalana Jaya, (Pelita Jaya) was ground of Selangor MPPJ
DPMM Stadium Sultan Hassanal
Negeri Sembilan Stadium Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Paroi near Seremban
Terengganu Stadium Sultan Narirruddin Shah, Kuala Terengganu
Johor Pasir Gudang Stadium Dato Hassan Yunus (Larkin), Johor Bahru (i.e. not Pasir Gudang)
KL Plus - Stadium Tuanku
Abdul Rahman, Paroi near Seremban share with Negeri Sembilan or as per
Kelantan Stadium Sultan Mohd IV,
Kuala Muda Stadium Darul Aman, Alor Star share with Kedah
UPB Shah Alam share with Selangor
Shanzan Muda Stadium Darul Makmar, Kuantan Share with Pahang
PKNS Stadium MPPJ, Kelana Jaya, (Pelita Jaya) share with Melaka Telekom
Kuala Lunpur
Stadium Bolaspeak, Cheras,
ATM Stadium MPS, Selayang
PDRM Stadium MPS, Selayang share with ATM
Some Premier matches appear to be listed at wrong grounds. Be careful!!
S League details not yet available.
League will have 12 teams, up from 11. Sporting Afrique not competing
Two new teams are Liaoning Guangyuan and Korean Super Reds.
The
The Korean Super Reds will represent
Koreans in
The Singapore Cup 2006 included a number of
non-Singaporean teams, but all matches were played in
The dispute between the Thai Premier and Thai Professional Leagues has been settled.
The Thailand League will involve all 12 teams from the Premier League 2006
Plus Royal Thai Police and Royal Thai Navy from Division One
Plus Telephone Organisation and Nakhom Pathom from the Professional League.
Runners-up Osotspa M150 will play in the AFC Cup
Expected start date of League March 16 no fixtures yet.
Mitsu Haier Hai Phong and Thep Pomina Tien Giang relegated
Dong Thap, Halida Thanh Hoa and Huda Hue promoted.
Top division will have 14 teams
26 rounds of fixtures from March 3 to September 23 with a break from June 17 to August 4.
Champions Dong Tam Long An in AFC Champions League
Cup winners Hoa Phat Hanoi in AFC Cup
Fixture List - http://www.soccerway.com/national/vietnam/v-league/2007/regular-season//fixtures
Premier Division (Divisi Utama) of 36 teams divided into two groups, Barat (west) and Timur (east)
Top four in each division qualifies For Big
8 competition (Besar 8) in two groups each held in a
single venue, followed by semi-finals and finals in
The dates for the finals are group I December 11/13/15
Group II, December 12/14/16
Semi-finals December 20 Final December 22.
There was no relegation at the end of last season, with the top two from each group at the next level promoted.
Fixtures February 3rd to April
29 and August 4 to December 2nd
http://www.soccerway.com/national/indonesia/divisi-utama/2007/timur---east//fixtures
http://www.soccerway.com/national/indonesia/divisi-utama/2007/barat---west//fixtures
Persik Kediri (Champions) and Arema (
The AFC Champions League (Eastern half of Draw) also includes 2 Australian clubs
Sydney and Adelaide United, based on the 2005-6 season.
The AFC Cup also includes two clubs from
The AFC Presidents Cup (third ranking
competition) will be held in
Dordoi-Dynamo (Kyrgyzstan/holders), Pakistan Army, Ratnam Sports (Sri Lanka), Khemara (Cambodia), Regar-Tadaz (Tajikistan), Tatung (Taiwan), Transport United (Bhutan) and the champions of Nepal.