2013 AFC Champions League knockout stage

The knock-out stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League was played from 14 May to 9 November 2013. A total of 16 teams competed in the knock-out stage.[1]

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualified for the knock-out stage. Both West Asia Zone and East Asia Zone had eight teams qualified.

Group Winners Runners-up
West Asia Zone (Groups A–D)
A Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab Qatar El Jaish
B Qatar Lekhwiya United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
C Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Qatar Al-Gharafa
D Iran Esteghlal Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
East Asia Zone (Groups E–H)
E South Korea FC Seoul Thailand Buriram United
F China Guangzhou Evergrande South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
G Uzbekistan Bunyodkor China Beijing Guoan
H Japan Kashiwa Reysol Australia Central Coast Mariners

Format

In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[1]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.[2]

Round First leg Second leg
Round of 16 14–15 May 2013 21–22 May 2013
Quarter-finals 21 August 2013 18 September 2013
Semi-finals 25 September 2013 2 October 2013
Final 25 or 26 October 2013 8 or 9 November 2013

Bracket

In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group in the same zone, with the group winners hosting the second leg.[1] The matchups were determined as follows:

West Asia Zone
  • Winner Group A vs. Runner-up Group C
  • Winner Group C vs. Runner-up Group A
  • Winner Group B vs. Runner-up Group D
  • Winner Group D vs. Runner-up Group B
East Asia Zone
  • Winner Group E vs. Runner-up Group G
  • Winner Group G vs. Runner-up Group E
  • Winner Group F vs. Runner-up Group H
  • Winner Group H vs. Runner-up Group F

The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final (to decide the order of two legs) was held on 20 June 2013, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3] In this draw, teams from different zones could play each other, and the "country protection" rule was applied: if there are exactly two teams from the same association, they may not play each other in the quarter-finals; however, if there are more than two teams from the same association, they may play each other in the quarter-finals.

  Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                             
 Qatar El Jaish 1 0 1  
 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 1 2 3  
   Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 1 0 1  
   South Korea FC Seoul 1 1 2  
 China Beijing Guoan 0 1 1
 South Korea FC Seoul 0 3 3  
   South Korea FC Seoul 2 2 4  
   Iran Esteghlal 0 2 2  
 United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab Al-Arabi 2 0 2  
 Iran Esteghlal 4 0 4  
   Iran Esteghlal 1 2 3
   Thailand Buriram United 0 1 1  
 Thailand Buriram United 2 0 2
 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 1 0 1  
   South Korea FC Seoul 2 1 3
   China Guangzhou Evergrande(a) 2 1 3
 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 2 2  
 Japan Kashiwa Reysol 2 3 5  
   Japan Kashiwa Reysol (a) 1 2 3
   Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 1 2 3  
 Qatar Al-Gharafa 1 0 1
 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 2 3 5  
   Japan Kashiwa Reysol 1 0 1
   China Guangzhou Evergrande 4 4 8  
 Australia Central Coast Mariners 1 0 1  
 China Guangzhou Evergrande 2 3 5  
   China Guangzhou Evergrande 2 4 6
   Qatar Lekhwiya 0 1 1  
 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 0 2 2
 Qatar Lekhwiya 1 2 3  

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 14 and 15 May 2013, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 May 2013.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Asia Zone
Al-Gharafa Qatar 1–5 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 1–2 0–3
El Jaish Qatar 1–3 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 1–1 0–2
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 2–3 Qatar Lekhwiya 0–1 2–2
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi United Arab Emirates 2–4 Iran Esteghlal 2–4 0–0
East Asia Zone
Beijing Guoan China 1–3 South Korea FC Seoul 0–0 1–3
Buriram United Thailand 2−1 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 2–1 0−0
Central Coast Mariners Australia 1–5 China Guangzhou Evergrande 1–2 0–3
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea 2–5 Japan Kashiwa Reysol 0–2 2–3

First leg

14 May 2013
18:00 UTC+7
Buriram United Thailand 2–1 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Anawin  17'
Ekkachai  76'		 Report Taran  45+1'
New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram
Attendance: 18,603
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

14 May 2013
19:30 UTC+8
Beijing Guoan China 0–0 South Korea FC Seoul
Report
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 36,458
Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

14 May 2013
19:00 UTC+3
El Jaish Qatar 1–1 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Anderson  76' Report Al-Musa  45+1'

15 May 2013
21:00 UTC+3
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 0–1 Qatar Lekhwiya
Report Msakni  81'

Second leg

21 May 2013
19:30 UTC+9
FC Seoul South Korea 3–1 China Beijing Guoan
Adi  60'
Yun Il-Lok  70'
Koh Myong-Jin  90+4'		 Report Kanouté  9'
Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 14,437
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

FC Seoul won 3–1 on aggregate.

Buriram United won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Ahli won 3–1 on aggregate.

21 May 2013
20:50 UTC+3
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia 3–0 Qatar Al-Gharafa
Tagliabué  35', 48'
Radeah  90+2'		 Report

Al-Shabab won 5–1 on aggregate.

Kashiwa Reysol won 5–2 on aggregate.

Guangzhou Evergrande won 5–1 on aggregate.

22 May 2013
18:30 UTC+3
Lekhwiya Qatar 2–2 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Dia  14'
Musa  52'		 Report Al-Faraj  64'
Al-Shalhoub  78' (pen.)

Lekhwiya won 3–2 on aggregate.

Esteghlal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 21 August 2013, and the second legs were played on 18 September 2013.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia 1–2 South Korea FC Seoul 1–1 0–1
Esteghlal Iran 3–1 Thailand Buriram United 1–0 2–1
Kashiwa Reysol Japan 3–3 (a) Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 1–1 2–2
Guangzhou Evergrande China 6–1 Qatar Lekhwiya 2–0 4–1

First leg

21 August 2013
20:15 UTC+4:30
Esteghlal Iran 1–0 Thailand Buriram United
Heydari  2' Report
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 95,300
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

21 August 2013
21:00 UTC+3
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia 1–1 South Korea FC Seoul
Al-Sawadi  81' Report Damjanović  10'

Second leg

18 September 2013
19:30 UTC+9
FC Seoul South Korea 1–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Damjanović  90' Report
Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 18,094
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

FC Seoul won 2–1 on aggregate.

18 September 2013
18:00 UTC+7
Buriram United Thailand 1–2 Iran Esteghlal
Osmar  38' Report Omranzadeh  53'
Teymourian  90+2'
New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram
Attendance: 19,006
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Esteghlal won 3–1 on aggregate.

Guangzhou Evergrande won 6–1 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate. Kashiwa Reysol won on away goals.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 25 September 2013, and the second legs were played on 2 October 2013.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Seoul South Korea 4–2 Iran Esteghlal 2–0 2–2
Kashiwa Reysol Japan 1–8 China Guangzhou Evergrande 1–4 0–4

First leg

25 September 2013
19:30 UTC+9
FC Seoul South Korea 2–0 Iran Esteghlal
Damjanović  39'
Go Yo-Han  47'		 Report

Second leg

Guangzhou Evergrande won 8–1 on aggregate.

2 October 2013
19:00 UTC+3:30
Esteghlal Iran 2–2 South Korea FC Seoul
Samuel  50'
Ghazi  75'		 Report Ha Dae-Sung  37'
Kim Jin-Kyu  80' (pen.)
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 88,330
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

FC Seoul won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

The first leg was played on 26 October 2013, and the second leg was played on 9 November 2013.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Seoul South Korea 3–3 (a) China Guangzhou Evergrande 2–2 1–1

3–3 on aggregate. Guangzhou Evergrande won on away goals.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "AFC Champions League 2013 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  2. ↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2013" (PDF). AFC.
  3. ↑ "Al Ahli renew Korean acquaintances in quarter-finals". AFC. 20 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Match history between El Jaish and Al Ahli". goalzz.com. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "El Jaish hold Ahli, Al Gharafa lose". Doha Stadium Plus. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  6. ↑ الجيش يخطف تعادلاً ثميناً أمام الأهلي السعودي في دوري أبطال آسيا (in Arabic). eljaish.com. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  7. ↑ تفاصيل الجيش يختتم اليوم استعداداته لمواجهة الأهلي السعودي في قطر نيوز (in Arabic). newsqa.net. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.

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