2015 AFC Champions League knockout stage

Football tournament knockout stage The 2015 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 19 May to 21 November 2015. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2015 AFC Champions League.http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/acl_2015_competition_regulations_final.pdf AFC Champions League 2015 Competition Regulations AFC PDF Qualified teams The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage. Both West Zone and East Zone had eight teams qualified. ZoneGroupWinnersRunners-upWest Zone(Groups A–D)AQAT LekhwiyaIRN PersepolisBUAE Al-AinIRN Naft TehranCKSA Al-HilalQAT Al-SaddDKSA Al-AhliUAE Al-AhliEast Zone(Groups E–H)EJPN Kashiwa ReysolKOR Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsFJPN Gamba OsakaKOR Seongnam FCGCHN Beijing GuoanKOR Suwon Samsung BluewingsHCHN Guangzhou EvergrandeKOR FC Seoul Format In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split between the two zones until the final. 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. Schedule The schedule of each round was as follows.http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2015.pdf AFC AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015 PDF RoundFirst legSecond legRound of 1619–20 May 201526–27 May 2015Quarter-finals25–26 August 201515–16 September 2015Semi-finals29–30 September 201520–21 October 2015Final7 November 201521 November 2015 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. The matchups are determined as follows: West 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 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 was held on 18 June 2015, 16:00 UTC+8, at the Grand Millennium Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.http://www.the-afc.com/afc-champions-league-2015/al-hilal-to-face-lekhwiya-in-acl-quarter-finals Al Hilal to face Lekhwiya in ACL quarter-finals AFC 18 June 2015 Teams from different zones could not be drawn into the same tie, and there was no seeding or country protection, so teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.http://www.the-afc.com/afc-champions-league-2015/acl-quarter-finalists-to-learn-opponents-on-thursday ACL quarter-finalists to learn opponents on Thursday AFC 16 June 2015 In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined by the quarter-final draw: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2 (West Zone) and Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4 (East Zone), with winners QF2 and QF4 hosting the second leg. In the final, the finalist from the West Zone hosted the first leg, while the finalist from the East Zone hosted the second leg (no draw was held to determine the order of legs, as it was reversed from the previous season's final). 2 y n 200 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final IRN Persepolis 1 0 1 KSA Al-Hilal 0 3 3 QAT Al-Sadd 1 2 3 QAT Lekhwiya 2 2 4 IRN Naft Tehran (a) 1 1 2 KSA Al-Ahli 0 2 2 UAE Al-Ahli (a) 0 3 3 UAE Al-Ain 0 3 3 KOR Suwon Bluewings 2 2 4 JPN Kashiwa Reysol (a) 3 1 4 KOR Seongnam FC 2 0 2 CHN Guangzhou Evergrande 1 2 3 KOR Jeonbuk Motors 1 1 2 CHN Beijing Guoan 1 0 1 KOR FC Seoul 1 2 3 JPN Gamba Osaka 3 3 6 KSA Al-Hilal 4 2 6 QAT Lekhwiya 1 2 3 IRN Naft Tehran 0 1 1 UAE Al-Ahli 1 2 3 JPN Kashiwa Reysol 1 1 2 CHN Guangzhou Evergrande 3 1 4 KOR Jeonbuk Motors 0 2 2 JPN Gamba Osaka 0 3 3 KSA Al-Hilal 1 2 3 UAE Al-Ahli 1 3 4 CHN Guangzhou Evergrande 2 0 2 JPN Gamba Osaka 1 0 1 UAE Al-Ahli 0 0 0 CHN Guangzhou Evergrande 0 1 1 Round of 16 |- |+West Zone Al-Sadd QAT 3–4 Lekhwiya QAT 1–2 2–2 Persepolis IRN 1–3 Al-Hilal KSA 1–0 0–3 Al-Ahli UAE 3–3 (a) Al-Ain UAE 0–0 3–3 Naft Tehran IRN 2–2 (a) Al-Ahli KSA 1–0 1–2 |} |+East Zone Suwon Samsung Bluewings KOR 4–4 (a) Kashiwa Reysol JPN 2–3 2–1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR 2–1 Beijing Guoan CHN 1–1 1–0 FC Seoul KOR 3–6 Gamba Osaka JPN 1–3 2–3 Seongnam FC KOR 2–3 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 2–1 0–2 |} First leg "Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Beijing Guoan" 19 May 2015 19:00 UTC+9 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR 1–1 Report CHN Beijing Guoan Kim Kee-hee 13 Batalla 85 pen. Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju 12,409 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) "Suwon Samsung Bluewings v Kashiwa Reysol" 19 May 2015 19:30 UTC+9 Suwon Samsung Bluewings KOR 2–3 Report JPN Kashiwa Reysol Yeom Ki-hun 1Jong Tae-se 59 Barada 12Leandro 29 pen. 56 Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon 6,164 Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates) "Persepolis v Al-Hilal" 19 May 2015 19:30 UTC+4:30 Persepolis IRN 1–0 Report KSA Al-Hilal Digão 90+2 o.g. Azadi Stadium, Tehran 100,000 Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia) "Al-Sadd v Lekhwiya" 19 May 2015 19:15 UTC+3 Al-Sadd QAT 1–2 Report QAT Lekhwiya Al-Haydos 37 Soria 13Msakni 36 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan 4,682 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) "Seongnam FC v Guangzhou Evergrande" 20 May 2015 19:30 UTC+9 Seongnam FC KOR 2–1 Report CHN Guangzhou Evergrande Jorginho 23Kim Do-heon 90+5 pen. Huang Bowen 42 Tancheon Sports Complex, Seongnam 13,792 Mohsen Torky (Iran) "FC Seoul v Gamba Osaka" 20 May 2015 19:30 UTC+9 FC Seoul KOR 1–3 Report JPN Gamba Osaka Yun Ju-tae 90+2 Usami 63 86Yonekura 74 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 10,607 Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq) "Naft Tehran v Al-Ahli (KSA)" 20 May 2015 20:00 UTC+4:30 Naft Tehran IRN 1–0 Report KSA Al-Ahli Rezaei 34 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 13,370 Yudai Yamamoto (Japan) "Al-Ahli v Al-Ain" 20 May 2015 19:45 UTC+4 Al-Ahli UAE 0–0 Report UAE Al-Ain Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai 8,900 Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea) Second leg "Kashiwa Reysol v Suwon Samsung Bluewings" 26 May 2015 19:00 UTC+9 Kashiwa Reysol JPN 1–2 Report KOR Suwon Samsung Bluewings Kobayashi 65 Jong Tae-se 26Koo Ja-ryong 54 Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa 9,142 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) 4–4 on aggregate. Kashiwa Reysol won on away goals. "Beijing Guoan v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors" 26 May 2015 19:30 UTC+8 Beijing Guoan CHN 0–1 Report KOR Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Edu 73 Workers Stadium, Beijing 43,526 Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 2–1 on aggregate. "Lekhwiya v Al-Sadd" 26 May 2015 19:00 UTC+3 Lekhwiya QAT 2–2 Report QAT Al-Sadd Msakni 13Mohammad 83 Muriqui 36Assadalla 63 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 4,241 Masaaki Toma (Japan) Lekhwiya won 4–3 on aggregate. "Al-Hilal v Persepolis" 26 May 2015 21:05 UTC+3 Al-Hilal KSA 3–0 Report IRN Persepolis Al-Salem 29Al-Shalhoub 57 pen.A. Al-Dawsari 90+1 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 23,590 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Al-Hilal won 3–1 on aggregate. "Gamba Osaka v FC Seoul" 27 May 2015 19:00 UTC+9 Gamba Osaka JPN 3–2 Report KOR FC Seoul Patric 16Kurata 45Lins 86 Yun Ju-tae 58 90+2 Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita 9,597 Alireza Faghani (Iran) Gamba Osaka won 6–3 on aggregate. "Guangzhou Evergrande v Seongnam FC" 27 May 2015 20:00 UTC+8 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 2–0 Report KOR Seongnam FC Goulart 27 pen. 57 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 48,761 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Guangzhou Evergrande won 3–2 on aggregate. "Al-Ain v Al-Ahli" 27 May 2015 19:50 UTC+4 Al-Ain UAE 3–3 Report UAE Al-Ahli Gyan 5 78Eisa 90+2 Khamis 51Khalil 53 56 Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 14,270 Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq) 3–3 on aggregate. Al-Ahli won on away goals. "Al-Ahli (KSA) v Naft Tehran" 27 May 2015 20:45 UTC+3 Al-Ahli KSA 2–1 Report IRN Naft Tehran Al Soma 36 42 Padovani 31 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah 35,488 Kim Dong-jin (South Korea) 2–2 on aggregate. Naft Tehran won on away goals. Quarter-finals |- |+West Zone Al-Hilal KSA 6–3 Lekhwiya QAT 4–1 2–2 Naft Tehran IRN 1–3 Al-Ahli UAE 0–1 1–2 |} |+East Zone Kashiwa Reysol JPN 2–4 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 1–3 1–1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR 2–3 Gamba Osaka JPN 0–0 2–3 |} First leg "Kashiwa Reysol v Guangzhou Evergrande" 25 August 2015 19:00 UTC+9 Kashiwa Reysol JPN 1–3 Report CHN Guangzhou Evergrande Kudo 89 Suzuki 5 o.g.Paulinho 40Gao Lin 58 Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa 14,030 Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) "Al-Hilal v Lekhwiya" 25 August 2015 20:50 UTC+3 Al-Hilal KSA 4–1 Report QAT Lekhwiya Aílton 11Kaabi 34Eduardo 36 86 Msakni 17 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 1,190A Ben Williams (Australia) "Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Gamba Osaka" 26 August 2015 19:00 UTC+9 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR 0–0 Report JPN Gamba Osaka Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju 23,633 Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia) "Naft Tehran v Al-Ahli (UAE)" 26 August 2015 19:00 UTC+4:30 Naft Tehran IRN 0–1 Report UAE Al-Ahli Lima 62 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 23,300 Minoru Tōjō (Japan) Notes A Al-Hilal played their quarter-final home match behind closed doors due to crowd trouble.http://www.the-afc.com/media-releases/acl-clubs-sanctioned-for-crowd-disturbances ACL clubs sanctioned for crowd disturbances AFC 16 June 2015 Second leg "Guangzhou Evergrande v Kashiwa Reysol" 15 September 2015 20:00 UTC+8 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 1–1 Report JPN Kashiwa Reysol Huang Bowen 30 Cristiano 12 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 48,643 Alireza Faghani (Iran) Guangzhou Evergrande won 4–2 on aggregate. "Lekhwiya v Al-Hilal" 15 September 2015 19:00 UTC+3 Lekhwiya QAT 2–2 Report KSA Al-Hilal Mohammad 45+2Flores 72 Eduardo 26Digão 87 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 5,439 Ryuji Sato (Japan) Al-Hilal won 6–3 on aggregate. "Gamba Osaka v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors" 16 September 2015 19:00 UTC+9 Gamba Osaka JPN 3–2 Report KOR Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Patric 14Kurata 76Yonekura 90+3 Leonardo 13 pen.Vera 88 Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita 9,284 Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) Gamba Osaka won 3–2 on aggregate. "Al-Ahli (UAE) v Naft Tehran" 16 September 2015 20:25 UTC+4 Al-Ahli UAE 2–1 Report IRN Naft Tehran Lima 26Khalil 48 pen. Amiri 50 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai 9,353 Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) Al-Ahli won 3–1 on aggregate. Semi-finals |- |+West Zone Al-Hilal KSA 3–4 Al-Ahli UAE 1–1 2–3 |} |+East Zone Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 2–1 Gamba Osaka JPN 2–1 0–0 |} First leg "Al-Hilal v Al-Ahli" 29 September 2015 20:15 UTC+3 Al-Hilal KSA 1–1 Report UAE Al-Ahli Aílton 82 Lima 57 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 53,268 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) "Guangzhou Evergrande v Gamba Osaka" 30 September 2015 20:00 UTC+8 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 2–1 Report JPN Gamba Osaka Huang Bowen 36Zheng Zhi 57 Feng Xiaoting 13 o.g. Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 48,946 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) Second leg "Al-Ahli v Al-Hilal" 20 October 2015 19:45 UTC+4 Al-Ahli UAE 3–2 Report KSA Al-Hilal Lima 17Ribeiro 45Kwon Kyung-won 90+5 Aílton 51Eduardo 64 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai 9,800 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) Al-Ahli won 4–3 on aggregate. "Gamba Osaka v Guangzhou Evergrande" 21 October 2015 19:00 UTC+9 Gamba Osaka JPN 0–0 Report CHN Guangzhou Evergrande Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita 17,310 Chris Beath (Australia) Guangzhou Evergrande won 2–1 on aggregate. Final 2015 AFC Champions League Final Al-Ahli UAE 0–1 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 0–0 0–1 |} "Al-Ahli v Guangzhou Evergrande" 7 November 2015 19:45 UTC+4 Al-Ahli UAE 0–0 Report CHN Guangzhou Evergrande Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai 9,480 Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) "Guangzhou Evergrande v Al-Ahli" 21 November 2015 20:00 UTC+8 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 1–0 Report UAE Al-Ahli Elkeson 54 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 42,499 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Guangzhou Evergrande won 1–0 on aggregate. References External links AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com *3