The group stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League was played from 25 February to 23 April 2014.
A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage.
[1] The draw for the group stage was held on 10 December 2013, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The following 32 teams (16 from West Zone, 16 from East Zone) were entered into the group-stage draw, which included the 28 automatic qualifiers and the four qualifying play-off winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw: 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.