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	Al-Shabab	El Jaish
B	Lekhwiya	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
C	Al-Ahli	Al-Gharafa
D	Esteghlal	Al-Hilal
East Asia Zone (Groups E–H)
E	FC Seoul	Buriram United
F	Guangzhou Evergrande	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
G	Bunyodkor	Beijing Guoan
H	Kashiwa Reysol	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

El Jaish	1	0	1
Al-Ahli	1	2	3
Al-Ahli	1	2	3	Al-Ahli	1	0	1
				Al-Ahli	1	0	1
				FC Seoul	1	1	2
Beijing Guoan	0	1	1	FC Seoul	1	1	2
Beijing Guoan	0	1	1
FC Seoul	0	3	3
FC Seoul	0	3	3					FC Seoul	2	2	4
								FC Seoul	2	2	4
								Esteghlal	0	2	2
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	2	0	2					Esteghlal	0	2	2
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	2	0	2
Esteghlal	4	0	4
Esteghlal	4	0	4	Esteghlal	1	2	3
				Esteghlal	1	2	3
				Buriram United	0	1	1
Buriram United	2	0	2	Buriram United	0	1	1
Buriram United	2	0	2
Bunyodkor	1	0	1
Bunyodkor	1	0	1									FC Seoul	2	1	3
												FC Seoul	2	1	3
												Guangzhou Evergrande(a)	2	1	3
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0	2	2									Guangzhou Evergrande(a)	2	1	3
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0	2	2
Kashiwa Reysol	2	3	5
Kashiwa Reysol	2	3	5	Kashiwa Reysol (a)	1	2	3
				Kashiwa Reysol (a)	1	2	3
				Al-Shabab	1	2	3
Al-Gharafa	1	0	1	Al-Shabab	1	2	3
Al-Gharafa	1	0	1
Al-Shabab	2	3	5
Al-Shabab	2	3	5					Kashiwa Reysol	1	0	1
								Kashiwa Reysol	1	0	1
								Guangzhou Evergrande	4	4	8
Central Coast Mariners	1	0	1					Guangzhou Evergrande	4	4	8
Central Coast Mariners	1	0	1
Guangzhou Evergrande	2	3	5
Guangzhou Evergrande	2	3	5	Guangzhou Evergrande	2	4	6
				Guangzhou Evergrande	2	4	6
				Lekhwiya	0	1	1
Al-Hilal	0	2	2	Lekhwiya	0	1	1
Al-Hilal	0	2	2
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	1–5	Al-Shabab	1–2	0–3
El Jaish	1–3	Al-Ahli	1–1	0–2
Al-Hilal	2–3	Lekhwiya	0–1	2–2
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	2–4	Esteghlal	2–4	0–0
East Asia Zone
Beijing Guoan	1–3	FC Seoul	0–0	1–3
Buriram United	2−1	Bunyodkor	2–1	0−0
Central Coast Mariners	1–5	Guangzhou Evergrande	1–2	0–3
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–5	Kashiwa Reysol	0–2	2–3

First leg

Buriram United v Bunyodkor

14 May 2013
18:00 UTC+7

Buriram United	2–1	Bunyodkor
Anawin 17' Ekkachai 76'	Report	Taran 45+1'

New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram
Attendance: 18,603
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Beijing Guoan v FC Seoul

14 May 2013
19:30 UTC+8

Beijing Guoan	0–0	FC Seoul
	Report

Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 36,458
Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

Al-Gharafa v Al-Shabab

14 May 2013
18:45 UTC+3

Al-Gharafa	1–2	Al-Shabab
Bresciano 42'	Report	Tagliabué 56' Al-Shamrani 83'

Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 4,212
Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea)

El Jaish v Al-Ahli

14 May 2013
19:00 UTC+3

El Jaish	1–1	Al-Ahli
Anderson 76'	Report	Al-Musa 45+1'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
Attendance: 8,291
Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

15 May 2013
19:30 UTC+10

Central Coast Mariners	1–2	Guangzhou Evergrande
Duke 7'	Report	Barrios 28' Muriqui 76'

Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 8,953
Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

15 May 2013
19:00 UTC+9

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–2	Kashiwa Reysol
	Report	Kudo 3' Masushima 74'

Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju
Attendance: 9,431
Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

Al-Shabab Al-Arabi v Esteghlal

15 May 2013
19:40 UTC+4

Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	2–4	Esteghlal
Luiz Henrique 45+2' Edgar 85'	Report	Samuel 55' Nekounam 72' Majidi 80' Heydari 89'

Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 6,375
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Al-Hilal v Lekhwiya

15 May 2013
21:00 UTC+3

Al-Hilal	0–1	Lekhwiya
	Report	Msakni 81'

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 14,810
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)

Second leg

FC Seoul v Beijing Guoan

21 May 2013
19:30 UTC+9

FC Seoul	3–1	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.

Bunyodkor v Buriram United

21 May 2013
19:00 UTC+5

Bunyodkor	0–0	Buriram United
	Report

Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 11,672
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Buriram United won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Ahli v El Jaish

21 May 2013
20:45 UTC+3

Al-Ahli	2–0	El Jaish
Bruno César 24' Al-Bassas 37'	Report

King Abdul Aziz Stadium, Makkah
Attendance: 17,246
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Al-Ahli won 3–1 on aggregate.

Al-Shabab v Al-Gharafa

21 May 2013
20:50 UTC+3

Al-Shabab	3–0	Al-Gharafa
Tagliabué 35', 48' Radeah 90+2'	Report

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 4,716
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Al-Shabab won 5–1 on aggregate.

22 May 2013
19:00 UTC+9

Kashiwa Reysol	3–2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Watanabe 41' Wagner 51' Kudo 69'	Report	Masushima 21' (o.g.) Oris 86'

Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa
Attendance: 8,897
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

Kashiwa Reysol won 5–2 on aggregate.

22 May 2013
20:00 UTC+8

Guangzhou Evergrande	3–0	Central Coast Mariners
Muriqui 7' Conca 45+1' (pen.) Gao Lin 68'	Report

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
Attendance: 39,564
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Guangzhou Evergrande won 5–1 on aggregate.

Lekhwiya v Al-Hilal

22 May 2013
18:30 UTC+3

Lekhwiya	2–2	Al-Hilal
Dia 14' Musa 52'	Report	Al-Faraj 64' Al-Shalhoub 78' (pen.)

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 10,221
Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

Lekhwiya won 3–2 on aggregate.

Esteghlal v Al-Shabab Al-Arabi

22 May 2013
21:00 UTC+4:30

Esteghlal	0–0	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
	Report

Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 25,700
Referee: 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.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahli	1–2	FC Seoul	1–1	0–1
Esteghlal	3–1	Buriram United	1–0	2–1
Kashiwa Reysol	3–3 (a)	Al-Shabab	1–1	2–2
Guangzhou Evergrande	6–1	Lekhwiya	2–0	4–1

First leg

Kashiwa Reysol v Al-Shabab

21 August 2013
19:00 UTC+9

Kashiwa Reysol	1–1	Al-Shabab
Kudo 21'	Report	Fernando 44'

Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa
Attendance: 11,299
Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea)

Guangzhou Evergrande v Lekhwiya

21 August 2013
20:00 UTC+8

Guangzhou Evergrande	2–0	Lekhwiya
Conca 73' (pen.) Elkeson 76'	Report

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
Attendance: 52,384
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)

Esteghlal v Buriram United

21 August 2013
20:15 UTC+4:30

Esteghlal	1–0	Buriram United
Heydari 2'	Report

Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 95,300
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Al-Ahli v FC Seoul

21 August 2013
21:00 UTC+3

Al-Ahli	1–1	FC Seoul
Al-Sawadi 81'	Report	Damjanović 10'

King Abdul Aziz Stadium, Mecca
Attendance: 25,012
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Second leg

FC Seoul v Al-Ahli

18 September 2013
19:30 UTC+9

FC Seoul	1–0	Al-Ahli
Damjanović 90'	Report

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 18,094
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

FC Seoul won 2–1 on aggregate.

Buriram United v Esteghlal

18 September 2013
18:00 UTC+7

Buriram United	1–2	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.

Lekhwiya v Guangzhou Evergrande

18 September 2013
18:15 UTC+3

Lekhwiya	1–4	Guangzhou Evergrande
Zhang Linpeng 51' (o.g.)	Report	Conca 14' Elkeson 16', 77' Muriqui 31'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 3,251
Referee: 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	2–2	Kashiwa Reysol
Hazazi 10' Fallatah 85'	Report	Kwak Tae-Hwi 13' (o.g.) Kondo 73'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 6,830
Referee: 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.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Seoul	4–2	Esteghlal	2–0	2–2
Kashiwa Reysol	1–8	Guangzhou Evergrande	1–4	0–4

First leg

Kashiwa Reysol v Guangzhou Evergrande

25 September 2013
19:00 UTC+9

Kashiwa Reysol	1–4	Guangzhou Evergrande
Wagner 10'	Report	Muriqui 58', 90+1' Conca 67', 82'

Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa
Attendance: 11,932
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

FC Seoul v Esteghlal

25 September 2013
19:30 UTC+9

FC Seoul	2–0	Esteghlal
Damjanović 39' Go Yo-Han 47'	Report

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 12,774
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Second leg

Guangzhou Evergrande v Kashiwa Reysol

2 October 2013
20:00 UTC+8

Guangzhou Evergrande	4–0	Kashiwa Reysol
Elkeson 16' Conca 57' Muriqui 79', 87'	Report

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Guangzhou Evergrande won 8–1 on aggregate.

Esteghlal v FC Seoul

2 October 2013
19:00 UTC+3:30

Esteghlal	2–2	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

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

FC Seoul v Guangzhou Evergrande

26 October 2013
19:30 UTC+9

FC Seoul	2–2	Guangzhou Evergrande
Escudero 11' Damjanović 83'	Report	Elkeson 30' Gao Lin 58'

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 55,501
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Guangzhou Evergrande v FC Seoul

9 November 2013
20:00 UTC+8

Guangzhou Evergrande	1–1	FC Seoul
Elkeson 58'	Report	Damjanović 63'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
Attendance: 55,847
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

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

References

1 2 3 "AFC Champions League 2013 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2013" (PDF). AFC.
↑ "Al Ahli renew Korean acquaintances in quarter-finals". AFC. 20 June 2013.
↑ "Match history between El Jaish and Al Ahli". goalzz.com. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
↑ "El Jaish hold Ahli, Al Gharafa lose". Doha Stadium Plus. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
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