2009 AFC Champions League knockout stage

The 2009 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 26 May to 7 November 2009. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2009 AFC Champions League. 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)AKSA Al-HilalUZB PakhtakorBIRN PersepolisKSA Al-ShababCKSA Al-IttihadQAT Umm-SalalDKSA Al-EttifaqUZB BunyodkorEast Zone(Groups E–H)EJPN Nagoya GrampusAUS Newcastle JetsFJPN Gamba OsakaKOR FC SeoulGJPN Kashima AntlersKOR Suwon Samsung BluewingsHKOR Pohang SteelersJPN Kawasaki Frontale Bracket Note: while the bracket below shows the entire knockout stage, the draw for the round of 16 matches was determined at the time of the group draw, and kept teams from East and West Asia completely separate for that round. The draw for the quarter-finals and beyond was held separately, and placed no restrictions on which teams could meet. 1/2/2/1 y y n Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final KSA Al-Ettifaq 1 UZB Pakhtakor 2 KSA Al-Ittihad 2 KSA Al-Shabab 1 JPN Gamba Osaka 2 JPNKawasaki Frontale 3 JPN Nagoya Grampus 2 KOR Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1 IRN Persepolis 0 UZB Bunyodkor 1 KOR Pohang Steelers 6 AUS Newcastle Jets 0 KSA Al-Hilal 0 (3) QAT Umm-Salal 0 (4) JPN Kashima Antlers 2 (4) KOR FC Seoul 2 (5) UZB Pakhtakor 1 0 1 KSA Al-Ittihad 1 4 5 JPN Kawasaki Frontale 2 1 3 JPN Nagoya Grampus 1 3 4 UZB Bunyodkor 3 1 4 KOR Pohang Steelers (aet) 1 4 5 QAT Umm-Salal 3 1 4 KOR FC Seoul 2 1 3 KSA Al-Ittihad 6 2 8 JPN Nagoya Grampus 2 1 3 KOR Pohang Steelers 2 2 4 QAT Umm-Salal 0 1 1 KSA Al-Ittihad 1 KOR Pohang Steelers 2 Round of 16 The draw for the round of 16 of the 2009 AFC Champions League was held on 7 January 2009, along with the draw for the group stage. |- !colspan="3"|West Zone Al-Hilal KSA 0–0 (a.e.t.)(3–4 p) Umm-Salal QAT Persepolis IRN 0–1 Bunyodkor UZB Al-Ittihad KSA 2–1 Al-Shabab KSA Al-Ettifaq KSA 1–2 Pakhtakor UZB |- !colspan="3"|East Zone Nagoya Grampus JPN 2–1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings KOR Gamba Osaka JPN 2–3 Kawasaki Frontale JPN Kashima Antlers JPN 2–2 (a.e.t.)(4–5 p) FC Seoul KOR Pohang Steelers KOR 6–0 Newcastle Jets AUS |} West Asia Al-Hilal v Umm-Salal 26 May 2009 20:55 (UTC+3) Al-Hilal KSA 0–0 (a.e.t.) Report QAT Umm-Salal King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh 17,000 Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan) Rădoi Seol El Taib Al-Swaileh Al-Shalhoub 3–4 Ben Askar Al Naemi Magno Alves Husain Nadiya Persepolis v Bunyodkor 27 May 2009 17:00 (UTC+4:30) Persepolis IRN 0–1 Report UZB Bunyodkor Rivaldo 41 pen. Azadi Stadium, Tehran 95,225 Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic) Al-Ittihad v Al-Shabab 27 May 2009 20:55 (UTC+3) Al-Ittihad KSA 2–1 Report KSA Al-Shabab Al-Muwallad 46Aboucherouane 90+3 Bin Saran 18 Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 18,000 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Al-Ettifaq v Pakhtakor 27 May 2009 20:30 (UTC+3) Al-Ettifaq KSA 1–2 Report UZB Pakhtakor Tagoe 32 Z. Tadjiyev 79Geynrikh 90+1 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam 6,527 Sun Baojie (China) East Asia Nagoya Grampus v Suwon Bluewings 24 June 2009 19:00 (UTC+9) Nagoya Grampus JPN 2–1 Report KOR Suwon Samsung Bluewings Ogawa 22Tamada 66 Edu 69 Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya 6,859 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Gamba Osaka v Kawasaki Frontale 24 June 2009 19:00 (UTC+9) Gamba Osaka JPN 2–3 Report JPN Kawasaki Frontale Leandro 27 39 K. Nakamura 33Renatinho 76Kurotsu 85 Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita 14,128 Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE) Kashima Antlers v FC Seoul 24 June 2009 19:00 (UTC+9) Kashima Antlers JPN 2–2 (a.e.t.) Report KOR FC Seoul Koroki 5 Aoki 50 Lee Seung-ryul 22Ki Sung-yong 78 Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima 8,069 Ben Williams (Australia) Nakata Masuda Danilo Iawamasa Marquinhos Aoki Uchida 4–5 Damjanović Lee Sang-hyup Jung Jo-gook Adilson Ki Sung-yong Kim Jin-kyu Park Yong-ho Pohang Steelers v Newcastle United Jets 24 June 2009 19:30 (UTC+9) Pohang Steelers KOR 6–0 Report AUS Newcastle United Jets Denilson 9 pen.Choi Hyo-jin 15 63 72Kim Jae-sung 56 Ristić 85 Steelyard Stadium, Pohang 15,253 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Quarter-finals The draw for the quarter-finals and the remaining knockout rounds took place at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 29, 2009. Umm-Salal QAT 4–3 FC Seoul KOR 3–2 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale JPN 3–4 Nagoya Grampus JPN 2–1 1–3 Pakhtakor UZB 1–5 Al-Ittihad KSA 1–1 0–4 Bunyodkor UZB 4–5 Pohang Steelers KOR 3–1 1–4 (a.e.t.) |} First leg Kawasaki Frontale v Nagoya Grampus 23 September 2009 15:00 (UTC+9) Kawasaki Frontale JPN 2–1 Report JPN Nagoya Grampus K. Nakamura 60 Juninho 63 Kennedy 28 National Stadium, TokyoGame schedule & monthly Schedule - Monthly '0909 https://web.archive.org/web/20090831143154/http://www.frontale.co.jp/schedule/monthly.php?m=200909 2009-08-31 Kawasaki Frontale official website (Japanese) 17,939 Sun Baojie (China) Bunyodkor v Pohang Steelers 23 September 2009 17:00 (UTC+5) Bunyodkor UZB 3–1 Report KOR Pohang Steelers Karpenko 29 Djeparov 79 85 No Byung-jun 7 JAR Stadium, Tashkent 8,350 Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Umm-Salal v FC Seoul 23 September 2009 18:45 (UTC+3) Umm-Salal QAT 3–2 Report KOR FC Seoul Alves 55 85 Fabio Cesar 84 Jung Jo-gook 3 45 Qatar SC Stadium, Doha 7,139 Masoud Moradi (Iran) Pakhtakor v Al-Ittihad 24 September 2009 18:30 (UTC+5) Pakhtakor UZB 1–1 Report KSA Al-Ittihad Nikolić 6 Al-Saqri 71 Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent 14,000 Ben Williams (Australia) Second leg Pohang Steelers v Bunyodkor 30 September 2009 18:30 (UTC+9) Pohang Steelers KOR 4–1 (a.e.t.) Report UZB Bunyodkor Kim Jae-sung 46 Denilson 57 77 Ristić 102 Victor Karpenko 89 Steelyard Stadium, Pohang 16,252 Muhsen Basma (Syria) Pohang Steelers won 5–4 on aggregate. Nagoya Grampus v Kawasaki Frontale 30 September 2009 19:00 (UTC+9) Nagoya Grampus JPN 3–1 Report JPN Kawasaki Frontale Ogawa 26 Yoshida 35 Kennedy 88 Chong Tese 38 Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya 8,796 Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) Nagoya Grampus won 4–3 on aggregate. FC Seoul v Umm-Salal 30 September 2009 20:30 (UTC+9) FC Seoul KOR 1–1 Report QAT Umm-Salal Damjanović 16 Askar 14 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 15,348 Masaaki Toma (Japan) Umm-Salal won 4–3 on aggregate. Al-Ittihad v Pakhtakor 30 September 2009 20:10 (UTC+3) Al-Ittihad KSA 4–0 Report UZB Pakhtakor Al-Nemri 43 Chermiti 55 Aboucherouane 71 Noor 76 Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 18,753 Kim Dong-jin (Korea) Al-Ittihad won 5–1 on aggregate. Semi-finals Al-Ittihad KSA 8–3 Nagoya Grampus JPN 6–2 2–1 Pohang Steelers KOR 4–1 Umm-Salal QAT 2–0 2–1 |} First leg Pohang Steelers v Umm-Salal 21 October 2009 19:30 (UTC+9) Pohang Steelers KOR 2–0 Report QAT Umm-Salal Hwang Jae-won 45+2 Kim Jae-sung 79 Steelyard Stadium, Pohang 15,635 Abdullah Al-Hilali (Oman) Al-Ittihad v Nagoya Grampus 21 October 2009 19:50 (UTC+3) Al-Ittihad KSA 6–2 Report JPN Nagoya Grampus Hadid 24 Noor 65 76 90+1 Leguizamón 83 Chermiti 90+3 Kennedy 14 N. Nakamura 33 Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 18,265 Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE) Second leg Nagoya Grampus v Al-Ittihad 28 October 2009 19:00 (UTC+9) Nagoya Grampus JPN 1–2 Report KSA Al-Ittihad Sugimoto 67 Al-Saqri 43 Chermiti 59 Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya 11,046 Masoud Moradi (Iran) Al-Ittihad won 8–3 on aggregate. Umm-Salal v Pohang Steelers 28 October 2009 18:00 (UTC+3) Umm-Salal QAT 1–2 Report KOR Pohang Steelers Ibrahima Nadiya 90+3 Ristić 55 No Byung-jun 60 Qatar SC Stadium, Doha 9,200 Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore) Pohang won 4–1 on aggregate. Final Al-Ittihad v Pohang Steelers 7 November 2009 19:00 (JST) Al-Ittihad KSA 1–2 https://archive.today/20120912140813/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=367&matchId=2484 Report KOR Pohang Steelers Noor 74 No Byung-jun 57Kim Hyung-il 66 National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo 25,743 Matthew Breeze (Australia) References Knockout stage