2013 AFC Champions League knockout stage

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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[edit]

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.

Group Winners Runners-up
West 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 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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:

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[edit]

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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West 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
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East 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[edit]

Buriram United Thailand2–1Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Anawin 17'
Ekkachai 76'		 Report Taran 45+1'
Attendance: 18,603
Beijing Guoan China0–0South Korea FC Seoul
Report
Attendance: 36,458
El Jaish Qatar1–1Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Anderson 76' Report Al-Musa 45+1'
Attendance: 8,291
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia0–1Qatar Lekhwiya
Report Msakni 81'
Attendance: 14,810

Second leg[edit]

FC Seoul South Korea3–1China Beijing Guoan
Adi 60'
Yun Il-Lok 70'
Koh Myong-Jin 90+4'		 Report Kanouté 9'
Attendance: 14,437
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

FC Seoul won 3–1 on aggregate.

Bunyodkor Uzbekistan0–0Thailand Buriram United
Report
Attendance: 11,672

Buriram United won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Ahli won 3–1 on aggregate.

Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia3–0Qatar Al-Gharafa
Tagliabué 35', 48'
Radeah 90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 4,716
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Al-Shabab won 5–1 on aggregate.

Kashiwa Reysol won 5–2 on aggregate.

Guangzhou Evergrande won 5–1 on aggregate.

Lekhwiya Qatar2–2Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Dia 14'
Musa 52'		 Report Al-Faraj 64'
Al-Shalhoub 78' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,221

Lekhwiya won 3–2 on aggregate.

Esteghlal Iran0–0United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
Report
Attendance: 25,700
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

Esteghlal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[edit]

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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[edit]

Kashiwa Reysol Japan1–1Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Kudo 21' Report Fernando 44'
Attendance: 11,299
Guangzhou Evergrande China2–0Qatar Lekhwiya
Conca 73' (pen.)
Elkeson 76'		 Report
Attendance: 52,384
Esteghlal Iran1–0Thailand Buriram United
Heydari 2' Report
Attendance: 95,300
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia1–1South Korea FC Seoul
Al-Sawadi 81' Report Damjanović 10'
Attendance: 25,012

Second leg[edit]

FC Seoul South Korea1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Damjanović 90' Report
Attendance: 18,094
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

FC Seoul won 2–1 on aggregate.

Buriram United Thailand1–2Iran Esteghlal
Osmar 38' Report Omranzadeh 53'
Teymourian 90+2'
Attendance: 19,006
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Esteghlal won 3–1 on aggregate.

Guangzhou Evergrande won 6–1 on aggregate.

Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia2–2Japan Kashiwa Reysol
Hazazi 10'
Fallatah 85'		 Report Kwak Tae-Hwi 13' (o.g.)
Kondo 73'
Attendance: 6,830

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

Semi-finals[edit]

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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[edit]

Kashiwa Reysol Japan1–4China Guangzhou Evergrande
Wagner 10' Report Muriqui 58', 90+1'
Conca 67', 82'
Attendance: 11,932
FC Seoul South Korea2–0Iran Esteghlal
Damjanović 39'
Go Yo-Han 47'		 Report
Attendance: 12,774

Second leg[edit]

Guangzhou Evergrande China4–0Japan Kashiwa Reysol
Elkeson 16'
Conca 57'
Muriqui 79', 87'		 Report
Attendance: 41,000

Guangzhou Evergrande won 8–1 on aggregate.

Esteghlal Iran2–2South Korea FC Seoul
Samuel 50'
Ghazi 75'		 Report Ha Dae-Sung 37'
Kim Jin-Kyu 80' (pen.)
Attendance: 88,330

FC Seoul won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final[edit]

Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League Final

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Seoul South Korea 3–3 (a) China Guangzhou Evergrande 2–2 1–1
Guangzhou Evergrande China1–1South Korea FC Seoul
Elkeson 58' Report Damjanović 63'
Attendance: 55,847

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "AFC Champions League 2013 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-02.
  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. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  6. ^ الجيش يخطف تعادلاً ثميناً أمام الأهلي السعودي في دوري أبطال آسيا (in Arabic). eljaish.com. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ تفاصيل الجيش يختتم اليوم استعداداته لمواجهة الأهلي السعودي في قطر نيوز (in Arabic). newsqa.net. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2013.

External links[edit]

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