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:

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.

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 2–1 Bunyodkor
Anawin  17'
Ekkachai  76'		 Report Taran  45+1'
New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram
Attendance: 18,603
Beijing Guoan 0–0 FC Seoul
Report
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 36,458
Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)
Al-Gharafa 1–2 Al-Shabab
Bresciano  42' Report Tagliabué  56'
Al-Shamrani  83'
Attendance: 4,212
Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea)
El Jaish 1–1 Al-Ahli
Anderson  76' Report Al-Musa  45+1'
Attendance: 8,291
Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Guangzhou Evergrande
Duke  7' Report Barrios  28'
Muriqui  76'
Attendance: 8,953
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0–2 Kashiwa Reysol
Report Kudo  3'
Masushima  74'
Attendance: 9,431
Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)
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
Al-Hilal 0–1 Lekhwiya
Report Msakni  81'
Attendance: 14,810
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)

Second leg
FC Seoul 3–1 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 0–0 Buriram United
Report
Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 11,672

Buriram United won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Ahli 2–0 El Jaish
Bruno César  24'
Al-Bassas  37'		 Report
Attendance: 17,246
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Al-Ahli won 3–1 on aggregate.

Al-Shabab 3–0 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 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

Kashiwa Reysol won 5–2 on aggregate.

Guangzhou Evergrande 3–0 Central Coast Mariners
Muriqui  7'
Conca  45+1' (pen.)
Gao Lin  68'		 Report
Attendance: 39,564

Guangzhou Evergrande won 5–1 on aggregate.

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

Lekhwiya won 3–2 on aggregate.

Esteghlal 0–0 Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
Report
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 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 2–0 Lekhwiya
Conca  73' (pen.)
Elkeson  76'		 Report
Attendance: 52,384
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)
Esteghlal 1–0 Buriram United
Heydari  2' Report
Attendance: 95,300
Al-Ahli 1–1 FC Seoul
Al-Sawadi  81' Report Damjanović  10'
Attendance: 25,012

Second leg
FC Seoul 1–0 Al-Ahli
Damjanović  90' Report
Attendance: 18,094
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

FC Seoul won 2–1 on aggregate.

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 1–4 Guangzhou Evergrande
Zhang Linpeng  51' (o.g.) Report Conca  14'
Elkeson  16', 77'
Muriqui  31'
Attendance: 3,251
Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

Guangzhou Evergrande won 6–1 on aggregate.

Al-Shabab 2–2 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

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 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 2–0 Esteghlal
Damjanović  39'
Go Yo-Han  47'		 Report
Attendance: 12,774

Second leg
Guangzhou Evergrande 4–0 Kashiwa Reysol
Elkeson  16'
Conca  57'
Muriqui  79', 87'		 Report
Attendance: 41,000

Guangzhou Evergrande won 8–1 on aggregate.

Esteghlal 2–2 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
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 2–2 Guangzhou Evergrande
Escudero  11'
Damjanović  83'		 Report Elkeson  30'
Gao Lin  58'
Attendance: 55,501
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Guangzhou Evergrande 1–1 FC Seoul
Elkeson  58' Report Damjanović  63'
Attendance: 55,847

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

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