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 |
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West Asia Zone (Groups A–D) | ||
A | ||
B | ||
C | ||
D | ||
East Asia Zone (Groups E–H) | ||
E | ||
F | ||
G | ||
H |
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 |
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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:
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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.
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2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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West Asia Zone | ||||
Al-Gharafa |
1–5 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
El Jaish |
1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
Al-Hilal |
2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi |
2–4 | 2–4 | 0–0 | |
East Asia Zone | ||||
Beijing Guoan |
1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | |
Buriram United |
2−1 | 2–1 | 0−0 | |
Central Coast Mariners |
1–5 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
2–5 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
First leg
Buriram United | 2–1 | |
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Anawin Ekkachai |
Report | Taran |
Al-Gharafa | 1–2 | |
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Bresciano |
Report | Tagliabué Al-Shamrani |
Central Coast Mariners | 1–2 | |
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Duke |
Report | Barrios Muriqui |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 0–2 | |
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Report | Kudo Masushima |
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi | 2–4 | |
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Luiz Henrique Edgar |
Report | Samuel Nekounam Majidi Heydari |
Second leg
FC Seoul won 3–1 on aggregate.
Bunyodkor | 0–0 | |
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Report |
Buriram United won 2–1 on aggregate.
Al-Ahli | 2–0 | |
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Bruno César Al-Bassas |
Report |
Al-Ahli won 3–1 on aggregate.
Al-Shabab | 3–0 | |
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Tagliabué Radeah |
Report |
Al-Shabab won 5–1 on aggregate.
Kashiwa Reysol | 3–2 | |
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Watanabe Wagner Kudo |
Report | Masushima Oris |
Kashiwa Reysol won 5–2 on aggregate.
Guangzhou Evergrande won 5–1 on aggregate.
Lekhwiya won 3–2 on aggregate.
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 |
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Al-Ahli |
1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
Esteghlal |
3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
Kashiwa Reysol |
3–3 (a) | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
Guangzhou Evergrande |
6–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
First leg
Kashiwa Reysol | 1–1 | |
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Kudo |
Report | Fernando |
Esteghlal | 1–0 | |
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Heydari |
Report |
Al-Ahli | 1–1 | |
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Al-Sawadi |
Report | Damjanović |
Second leg
FC Seoul | 1–0 | |
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Damjanović |
Report |
FC Seoul won 2–1 on aggregate.
Buriram United | 1–2 | |
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Osmar |
Report | Omranzadeh Teymourian |
Esteghlal won 3–1 on aggregate.
Lekhwiya | 1–4 | |
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Zhang Linpeng |
Report | Conca Elkeson Muriqui |
Guangzhou Evergrande won 6–1 on aggregate.
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 |
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FC Seoul |
4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
Kashiwa Reysol |
1–8 | 1–4 | 0–4 |
First leg
Kashiwa Reysol | 1–4 | |
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Wagner |
Report | Muriqui Conca |
FC Seoul | 2–0 | |
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Damjanović Go Yo-Han |
Report |
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 |
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FC Seoul |
3–3 (a) | 2–2 | 1–1 |
FC Seoul | 2–2 | |
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Escudero Damjanović |
Report | Elkeson Gao Lin |
Guangzhou Evergrande | 1–1 | |
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Elkeson |
Report | Damjanović |
3–3 on aggregate. Guangzhou Evergrande won on away goals.
References
- "AFC Champions League 2013 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-02.
- "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2013" (PDF). AFC.
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