2015 AFC Champions League knockout stage

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The 2015 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 19 May to 21 November 2015. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2015 AFC Champions League.[1]

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage. Both West Zone and East Zone had eight teams qualified.

Zone Group Winners Runners-up
West Zone
(Groups A–D) 		A
Lekhwiya
 Iran Persepolis
B United Arab Emirates Al-Ain Iran Naft Tehran
C
Al-Hilal
 Qatar Al-Sadd
D
Al-Ahli
Al-Ahli
East Zone
(Groups E–H) 		E Japan Kashiwa Reysol
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
F Japan Gamba Osaka South Korea Seongnam FC
G China Beijing Guoan South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
H
Guangzhou Evergrande
 		South Korea FC Seoul

Format

In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a

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 19–20 May 2015 26–27 May 2015
Quarter-finals 25–26 August 2015 15–16 September 2015
Semi-finals 29–30 September 2015 20–21 October 2015
Final 7 November 2015 21 November 2015

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 are determined as follows:

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 June 2015, 16:00 UTC+8, at the Grand Millennium Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3] Teams from different zones could not be drawn into the same tie, and there was no seeding or country protection, so teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.[4]

In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined by the quarter-final draw: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2 (West Zone) and Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4 (East Zone), with winners QF2 and QF4 hosting the second leg.[4]

In the final, the finalist from the West Zone hosted the first leg, while the finalist from the East Zone hosted the second leg (no draw was held to determine the order of legs, as it was reversed from the previous season's final).[4]

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                
Iran Persepolis 1 0 1
Al-Hilal
0 3 3
Al-Hilal
4 2 6
Lekhwiya
1 2 3
Qatar Al-Sadd 1 2 3
Lekhwiya
2 2 4
Al-Hilal
1 2 3
Al-Ahli
1 3 4
Iran Naft Tehran (a) 1 1 2
Al-Ahli
0 2 2
Iran Naft Tehran 0 1 1
Al-Ahli
1 2 3
Al-Ahli (a
) 		0 3 3
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 0 3 3
Al-Ahli
0 0 0
Guangzhou Evergrande
0 1 1
South Korea Suwon Bluewings 2 2 4
Japan Kashiwa Reysol (a) 3 1 4
Japan Kashiwa Reysol 1 1 2
Guangzhou Evergrande
3 1 4
South Korea Seongnam FC 2 0 2
Guangzhou Evergrande
1 2 3
Guangzhou Evergrande
2 0 2
Japan Gamba Osaka 1 0 1
Jeonbuk Motors
1 1 2
China Beijing Guoan 1 0 1
Jeonbuk Motors
0 2 2
Japan Gamba Osaka 0 3 3
South Korea FC Seoul 1 2 3
Japan Gamba Osaka 3 3 6

Round of 16

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
Al-Sadd Qatar 3–4
Lekhwiya
 1–2 2–2
Persepolis Iran 1–3
Al-Hilal
 1–0 0–3
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates
 3–3 (a) United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 0–0 3–3
Naft Tehran Iran 2–2 (a)
Al-Ahli
 1–0 1–2
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Zone
Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea 4–4 (a) Japan Kashiwa Reysol 2–3 2–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea
 2–1 China Beijing Guoan 1–1 1–0
FC Seoul South Korea 3–6 Japan Gamba Osaka 1–3 2–3
Seongnam FC South Korea 2–3
Guangzhou Evergrande
 2–1 0–2

First leg

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea
1–1China Beijing Guoan
Kim Kee-hee 13' Report Batalla 85' (pen.)
Uzbekistan
)
Al-Hilal
Digão 90+2' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 100,000
Lekhwiya
Al-Haydos 37' Report Soria 13'
Msakni 36'
Uzbekistan
)
Guangzhou Evergrande
Jorginho 23'
Kim Do-heon 90+5' (pen.
)		 Report Huang Bowen 42'
Attendance: 13,792
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
FC Seoul South Korea1–3Japan Gamba Osaka
Yun Ju-tae 90+2' Report Usami 63', 86'
Yonekura 74'
Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq
)
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates
0–0United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Report
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 8,900
)

Second leg

19:00 UTC+9
Kashiwa Reysol Japan1–2South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Kobayashi 65' Report
Koo Ja-ryong
54'
Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa
Attendance: 9,142
)

4–4 on aggregate. Kashiwa Reysol won on away goals.

19:30 UTC+8
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Report
Edu
73'
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 43,526
)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 2–1 on aggregate.

Lekhwiya won 4–3 on aggregate.

Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia
3–0Iran Persepolis
Al-Salem 29'
Al-Shalhoub 57' (pen.)
A. Al-Dawsari 90+1'		 Report
Uzbekistan
)

Al-Hilal won 3–1 on aggregate.

Gamba Osaka Japan3–2South Korea FC Seoul
Lins
86'		 Report Yun Ju-tae 58', 90+2'
Suita
Attendance: 9,597
)

Gamba Osaka won 6–3 on aggregate.

20:00 UTC+8
Guangzhou Evergrande China
2–0South Korea Seongnam FC
Goulart 27' (pen.), 57' Report
Uzbekistan
)

Guangzhou Evergrande won 3–2 on aggregate.

Al-Ahli
Gyan 5', 78'
Eisa 90+2'		 Report Khamis 51'
Khalil 53', 56'
Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq
)

3–3 on aggregate. Al-Ahli won on away goals.

20:45 UTC+3
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia
2–1Iran Naft Tehran
Al Soma
36', 42'		 Report
Padovani
31'
Attendance: 35,488

2–2 on aggregate. Naft Tehran won on away goals.

Quarter-finals

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia
 6–3
Lekhwiya
 4–1 2–2
Naft Tehran Iran 1–3
Al-Ahli
 0–1 1–2
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Zone
Kashiwa Reysol Japan 2–4
Guangzhou Evergrande
 1–3 1–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea
 2–3 Japan Gamba Osaka 0–0 2–3

First leg

Guangzhou Evergrande
Kudo 89' Report Suzuki 5' (o.g.)
Paulinho 40'
Gao Lin 58'
Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa
Attendance: 14,030
)
20:50 UTC+3
Lekhwiya
Eduardo
36', 86'		 Report Msakni 17'
Australia
)
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea
0–0Japan Gamba Osaka
Report
Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia
)
Notes
  1. ^
    Al-Hilal played their quarter-final home match behind closed doors due to crowd trouble.[5]

Second leg

Guangzhou Evergrande China
1–1Japan Kashiwa Reysol
Huang Bowen 30' Report Cristiano 12'
Attendance: 48,643

Guangzhou Evergrande won 4–2 on aggregate.

Al-Hilal
Mohammad 45+2'
Flores 72'		 Report
Eduardo 26'
Digão
87'
Attendance: 5,439
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Al-Hilal won 6–3 on aggregate.

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Patric 14'
Kurata 76'
Yonekura
90+3'		 Report
Leonardo 13' (pen.)
Vera
88'

Gamba Osaka won 3–2 on aggregate.

20:25 UTC+4
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates
2–1Iran Naft Tehran
Lima 26'
Khalil 48' (pen.)		 Report Amiri 50'
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 9,353
)

Al-Ahli won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia
 3–4
Al-Ahli
 1–1 2–3
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Zone
Guangzhou Evergrande China
 2–1 Japan Gamba Osaka 2–1 0–0

First leg

20:15 UTC+3
Al-Ahli
Aílton
82'		 Report Lima 57'
Uzbekistan
)
Guangzhou Evergrande China
2–1Japan Gamba Osaka
Huang Bowen 36'
Zheng Zhi 57'		 Report Feng Xiaoting 13' (o.g.)
Attendance: 48,946

Second leg

Al-Hilal
Ribeiro 45'
Kwon Kyung-won
90+5'		 Report
Eduardo
64'
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 9,800
)

Al-Ahli won 4–3 on aggregate.

19:00 UTC+9
Guangzhou Evergrande
Report
Australia
)

Guangzhou Evergrande won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article:
2015 AFC Champions League Final
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates
 0–1
Guangzhou Evergrande
 0–0 0–1
Guangzhou Evergrande
Report
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 9,480
)

Guangzhou Evergrande won 1–0 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ a b c "AFC Champions League 2015 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  2. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  3. ^ "Al Hilal to face Lekhwiya in ACL quarter-finals". AFC. 18 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "ACL quarter-finalists to learn opponents on Thursday". AFC. 16 June 2015.
  5. ^ "ACL clubs sanctioned for crowd disturbances". AFC. 16 June 2015.

External links

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