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 Zone and East Zone had eight teams qualified.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
West 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 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 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. ^[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	0	1
							FC Seoul	1	1	2
	Beijing Guoan	0	1	1
	FC Seoul	0	3	3
													FC Seoul	2	2	4
													Esteghlal	0	2	2
	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	2	0	2
	Esteghlal	4	0	4
							Esteghlal	1	2	3
							Buriram United	0	1	1
	Buriram United	2	0	2
	Bunyodkor	1	0	1
																			FC Seoul	2	1	3
																			Guangzhou Evergrande (a)	2	1	3
	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0	2	2
	Kashiwa Reysol	2	3	5
							Kashiwa Reysol (a)	1	2	3
							Al-Shabab	1	2	3
	Al-Gharafa	1	0	1
	Al-Shabab	2	3	5
													Kashiwa Reysol	1	0	1
													Guangzhou Evergrande	4	4	8
	Central Coast Mariners	1	0	1
	Guangzhou Evergrande	2	3	5
							Guangzhou Evergrande	2	4	6
							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.

West Zone

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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 Zone

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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

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)

---

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)

---

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)

---

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)

---

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)

---

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

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.

---

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.

---

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.

---

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.

---

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.

---

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

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)

---

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)

---

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)

---

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

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.

---

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.

---

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.

---

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

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)

---

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

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.

---

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

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)

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. "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.
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

• AFC Champions League