2013 AFC Champions League knockout stage

Association football tournament 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.http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/jdownloads/finish/64/52.html AFC Champions League 2013 Competition Regulations AFC PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130302032353/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/jdownloads/finish/64/52.html 2013-03-02 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 Zone and East Zone had eight teams qualified. GroupWinnersRunners-upWest Zone (Groups A–D)AKSA Al-ShababQAT El JaishBQAT LekhwiyaUAE Al-Shabab Al-ArabiCKSA Al-AhliQAT Al-GharafaDIRN EsteghlalKSA Al-HilalEast Zone (Groups E–H)EKOR FC SeoulTHA Buriram UnitedFCHN Guangzhou EvergrandeKOR Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsGUZB BunyodkorCHN Beijing GuoanHJPN Kashiwa ReysolAUS 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. Schedule The schedule of each round was as follows.http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/jdownloads/finish/25-competition/38-afc-competition-calendar-2013.html?Itemid=284 AFC AFC Calendar of Competitions 2013 PDF RoundFirst legSecond legRound of 1614–15 May 201321–22 May 2013Quarter-finals21 August 201318 September 2013Semi-finals25 September 20132 October 2013Final25 or 26 October 20138 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. The matchups were 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, 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.http://www.the-afc.com/en/acl-news/acl-all-news/26219-acl-qfdraw200613.html Al Ahli renew Korean acquaintances in quarter-finals AFC 20 June 2013 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. 2 y n 190 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final QAT El Jaish 1 0 1 KSA Al-Ahli 1 2 3 CHN Beijing Guoan 0 1 1 KOR FC Seoul 0 3 3 UAE Al-Shabab Al-Arabi 2 0 2 IRN Esteghlal 4 0 4 THA Buriram United 2 0 2 UZB Bunyodkor 1 0 1 KOR Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 2 2 JPN Kashiwa Reysol 2 3 5 QAT Al-Gharafa 1 0 1 KSA Al-Shabab 2 3 5 AUS Central Coast Mariners 1 0 1 CHN Guangzhou Evergrande 2 3 5 KSA Al-Hilal 0 2 2 QAT Lekhwiya 1 2 3 KSA Al-Ahli 1 0 1 KOR FC Seoul 1 1 2 IRN Esteghlal 1 2 3 THA Buriram United 0 1 1 JPN Kashiwa Reysol (a) 1 2 3 KSA Al-Shabab 1 2 3 CHN Guangzhou Evergrande 2 4 6 QAT Lekhwiya 0 1 1 KOR FC Seoul 2 2 4 IRN Esteghlal 0 2 2 JPN Kashiwa Reysol 1 0 1 CHN Guangzhou Evergrande 4 4 8 KOR FC Seoul 2 1 3 CHN Guangzhou Evergrande (a) 2 1 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. |- |+West Zone Al-Gharafa QAT 1–5 Al-Shabab KSA 1–2 0–3 El Jaish QAT 1–3 Al-Ahli KSA 1–1 0–2 Al-Hilal KSA 2–3 Lekhwiya QAT 0–1 2–2 Al-Shabab Al-Arabi UAE 2–4 Esteghlal IRN 2–4 0–0 |} |+East Zone Beijing Guoan CHN 1–3 FC Seoul KOR 0–0 1–3 Buriram United THA 2−1 Bunyodkor UZB 2–1 0−0 Central Coast Mariners AUS 1–5 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 1–2 0–3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR 2–5 Kashiwa Reysol JPN 0–2 2–3 |} First leg Buriram United v Bunyodkor 14 May 2013 18:00 UTC+7 Buriram United THA 2–1 Report UZB Bunyodkor Anawin 17Ekkachai 76 Taran 45+1 New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram 18,603 Ben Williams (Australia) Beijing Guoan v FC Seoul 14 May 2013 19:30 UTC+8 Beijing Guoan CHN 0–0 Report KOR FC Seoul Workers Stadium, Beijing 36,458 Andre El Haddad (Lebanon) Al-Gharafa v Al-Shabab 14 May 2013 18:45 UTC+3 Al-Gharafa QAT 1–2 Report KSA Al-Shabab Bresciano 42 Tagliabué 56Al-Shamrani 83 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan 4,212 Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea) El Jaish v Al-Ahli 14 May 2013 19:00 UTC+3 El Jaish QAT 1–1 Report KSA Al-Ahli Anderson 76 Al-Musa 45+1 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Dohahttp://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?region=-12&team=7227&team2=147 Match history between El Jaish and Al Ahli goalzz.com 16 May 2013http://www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com/el-jaish-hold-ahli-al-gharafa-lose/ El Jaish hold Ahli, Al Gharafa lose Doha Stadium Plus 15 May 2013 16 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20160322152227/http://www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com/el-jaish-hold-ahli-al-gharafa-lose/ 22 March 2016 dead dmy-allhttp://eljaish.com/public.php/article/view/eljaish-draws-with-al-ahli-from-ksa-at-the-afc-champions-league ar:الجيش يخطف تعادلاً ثميناً أمام الأهلي السعودي في دوري أبطال آسيا eljaish.com ar 15 May 2013 16 May 2013 https://archive.today/20130616133346/http://eljaish.com/public.php/article/view/eljaish-draws-with-al-ahli-from-ksa-at-the-afc-champions-league 16 June 2013 usurped dmy-allhttp://newsqa.net/detail104292.html ar:تفاصيل الجيش يختتم اليوم استعداداته لمواجهة الأهلي السعودي في قطر نيوز newsqa.net ar 13 May 2013 16 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140308200044/http://newsqa.net/detail104292.html 8 March 2014 dead dmy-all 8,291 Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain) Central Coast Mariners v Guangzhou Evergrande 15 May 2013 19:30 UTC+10 Central Coast Mariners AUS 1–2 Report CHN Guangzhou Evergrande Duke 7 Barrios 28Muriqui 76 Central Coast Stadium, Gosford 8,953 Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Kashiwa Reysol 15 May 2013 19:00 UTC+9 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR 0–2 Report JPN Kashiwa Reysol Kudo 3Masushima 74 Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju 9,431 Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates) Al-Shabab Al-Arabi v Esteghlal 15 May 2013 19:40 UTC+4 Al-Shabab Al-Arabi UAE 2–4 Report IRN Esteghlal Luiz Henrique 45+2Edgar 85 Samuel 55Nekounam 72Majidi 80Heydari 89 Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 6,375 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Al-Hilal v Lekhwiya 15 May 2013 21:00 UTC+3 Al-Hilal KSA 0–1 Report QAT Lekhwiya Msakni 81 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh 14,810 Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea) Second leg FC Seoul v Beijing Guoan 21 May 2013 19:30 UTC+9 FC Seoul KOR 3–1 Report CHN Beijing Guoan Adi 60Yun Il-Lok 70Koh Myong-Jin 90+4 Kanouté 9 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 14,437 Mohsen Torky (Iran) FC Seoul won 3–1 on aggregate. Bunyodkor v Buriram United 21 May 2013 19:00 UTC+5 Bunyodkor UZB 0–0 Report THA Buriram United Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent 11,672 Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) Buriram United won 2–1 on aggregate. Al-Ahli v El Jaish 21 May 2013 20:45 UTC+3 Al-Ahli KSA 2–0 Report QAT El Jaish Bruno César 24Al-Bassas 37 King Abdul Aziz Stadium, Makkah 17,246 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Al-Ahli won 3–1 on aggregate. Al-Shabab v Al-Gharafa 21 May 2013 20:50 UTC+3 Al-Shabab KSA 3–0 Report QAT Al-Gharafa Tagliabué 35 48Radeah 90+2 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 4,716 Masaaki Toma (Japan) Al-Shabab won 5–1 on aggregate. Kashiwa Reysol v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 22 May 2013 19:00 UTC+9 Kashiwa Reysol JPN 3–2 Report KOR Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Watanabe 41Wagner 51Kudo 69 Masushima 21 o.g.Oris 86 Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa 8,897 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) Kashiwa Reysol won 5–2 on aggregate. Guangzhou Evergrande v Central Coast Mariners 22 May 2013 20:00 UTC+8 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 3–0 Report AUS Central Coast Mariners Muriqui 7Conca 45+1 pen.Gao Lin 68 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 39,564 Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) Guangzhou Evergrande won 5–1 on aggregate. Lekhwiya v Al-Hilal 22 May 2013 18:30 UTC+3 Lekhwiya QAT 2–2 Report KSA Al-Hilal Dia 14Musa 52 Al-Faraj 64Al-Shalhoub 78 pen. Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 10,221 Peter Green (Australia) Lekhwiya won 3–2 on aggregate. Esteghlal v Al-Shabab Al-Arabi 22 May 2013 21:00 UTC+4:30 Esteghlal IRN 0–0 Report UAE Al-Shabab Al-Arabi Azadi Stadium, Tehran 25,700 Tan Hai (China PR) 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. Al-Ahli KSA 1–2 FC Seoul KOR 1–1 0–1 Esteghlal IRN 3–1 Buriram United THA 1–0 2–1 Kashiwa Reysol JPN 3–3 (a) Al-Shabab KSA 1–1 2–2 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 6–1 Lekhwiya QAT 2–0 4–1 |} First leg Kashiwa Reysol v Al-Shabab 21 August 2013 19:00 UTC+9 Kashiwa Reysol JPN 1–1 Report KSA Al-Shabab Kudo 21 Fernando 44 Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa 11,299 Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea) Guangzhou Evergrande v Lekhwiya 21 August 2013 20:00 UTC+8 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 2–0 Report QAT Lekhwiya Conca 73 pen.Elkeson 76 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 52,384 Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea) Esteghlal v Buriram United 21 August 2013 20:15 UTC+4:30 Esteghlal IRN 1–0 Report THA Buriram United Heydari 2 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 95,300 Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) Al-Ahli v FC Seoul 21 August 2013 21:00 UTC+3 Al-Ahli KSA 1–1 Report KOR FC Seoul Al-Sawadi 81 Damjanović 10 King Abdul Aziz Stadium, Makkah 25,012 Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) Second leg FC Seoul v Al-Ahli 18 September 2013 19:30 UTC+9 FC Seoul KOR 1–0 Report KSA Al-Ahli Damjanović 90 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 18,094 Masaaki Toma (Japan) FC Seoul won 2–1 on aggregate. Buriram United v Esteghlal 18 September 2013 18:00 UTC+7 Buriram United THA 1–2 Report IRN Esteghlal Osmar 38 Omranzadeh 53Teymourian 90+2 New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram 19,006 Ryuji Sato (Japan) Esteghlal won 3–1 on aggregate. Lekhwiya v Guangzhou Evergrande 18 September 2013 18:15 UTC+3 Lekhwiya QAT 1–4 Report CHN Guangzhou Evergrande Zhang Linpeng 51 o.g. Conca 14Elkeson 16 77Muriqui 31 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 3,251 Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates) Guangzhou Evergrande won 6–1 on aggregate. Al-Shabab v Kashiwa Reysol 18 September 2013 20:15 UTC+3 Al-Shabab KSA 2–2 Report JPN Kashiwa Reysol Hazazi 10Fallatah 85 Kwak Tae-Hwi 13 o.g.Kondo 73 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 6,830 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) 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. FC Seoul KOR 4–2 Esteghlal IRN 2–0 2–2 Kashiwa Reysol JPN 1–8 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 1–4 0–4 |} First leg Kashiwa Reysol v Guangzhou Evergrande 25 September 2013 19:00 UTC+9 Kashiwa Reysol JPN 1–4 Report CHN Guangzhou Evergrande Wagner 10 Muriqui 58 90+1Conca 67 82 Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa 11,932 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) FC Seoul v Esteghlal 25 September 2013 19:30 UTC+9 FC Seoul KOR 2–0 Report IRN Esteghlal Damjanović 39Go Yo-Han 47 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 12,774 Ben Williams (Australia) Second leg Guangzhou Evergrande v Kashiwa Reysol 2 October 2013 20:00 UTC+8 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 4–0 Report JPN Kashiwa Reysol Elkeson 16Conca 57Muriqui 79 87 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 41,000 Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) Guangzhou Evergrande won 8–1 on aggregate. Esteghlal v FC Seoul 2 October 2013 19:00 UTC+3:30 Esteghlal IRN 2–2 Report KOR FC Seoul Samuel 50Ghazi 75 Ha Dae-Sung 37Kim Jin-Kyu 80 pen. Azadi Stadium, Tehran 88,330 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) FC Seoul won 4–2 on aggregate. Final 2013 AFC Champions League Final The first leg was played on 26 October 2013, and the second leg was played on 9 November 2013. FC Seoul KOR 3–3 (a) Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 2–2 1–1 |} FC Seoul v Guangzhou Evergrande 26 October 2013 19:30 UTC+9 FC Seoul KOR 2–2 Report CHN Guangzhou Evergrande Escudero 11Damjanović 83 Elkeson 30Gao Lin 58 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 55,501 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Guangzhou Evergrande v FC Seoul 9 November 2013 20:00 UTC+8 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 1–1 Report KOR FC Seoul Elkeson 58 Damjanović 63 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 55,847 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) 3–3 on aggregate. Guangzhou Evergrande won on away goals. References External links http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-champions-league.html AFC Champions League *3