2016 AFC Champions League knockout stage

The 2016 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 17 May to 26 November 2016.^[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2016 AFC Champions League.^[2]

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 qualified teams.

Zone	Group	Winners	Runners-up
West Zone (Groups A–D)	A	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Al-Nasr
	B	Zob Ahan	Lekhwiya
	C	Tractor Sazi	Al-Hilal
	D	El Jaish	Al-Ain
East Zone (Groups E–H)	E	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	FC Tokyo
	F	FC Seoul	Shandong Luneng
	G	Shanghai SIPG	Melbourne Victory
	H	Sydney FC	Urawa Red Diamonds

Format

In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split between the two zones until the final. 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.^[2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.^[1]

Round	First leg	Second leg
Round of 16	17–18 May 2016	24–25 May 2016
Quarter-finals	23–24 August 2016	13–14 September 2016
Semi-finals	27–28 September 2016	18–19 October 2016
Final	19 November 2016	26 November 2016

Bracket

In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group from the same zone, with the group winners hosting the second leg.^[3]

In the quarter-finals, the four teams from the West Zone were drawn into two ties, and the four teams from the East Zone were drawn into the other two ties, with the order of legs also decided by the draw.

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 9 June 2016, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[4] There was no seeding or country protection, so teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.^[5]

In the semi-finals, the two quarter-final winners from the West Zone play each other, and the two quarter-final winners from the East Zone play each other, with the order of legs determined by the quarter-final draw.^[5]

In the final, the two semi-final winners play each other, with the order of legs reversed from the previous season's final, with the team from the East Zone hosting the first leg, and the team from the West Zone hosting the second leg.^[5]

The bracket of the knockout stage is determined as follows:

• Round of 16: (group winners host second legs)

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

• Quarterfinals: (matchups and order of legs decided by draw)

West Zone QF1 QF2

East Zone QF3 QF4

• Semifinals: (Winners QF1 and QF3 host first leg, Winners QF2 and QF4 host second leg)

West Zone SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2

East Zone SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4

• Final: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2 (Winner SF2 host first leg, Winner SF1 host second leg)

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	FC Tokyo	2	0	2
	Shanghai SIPG (a)	1	1	2
							Shanghai SIPG	0	0	0
							Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0	5	5
	Melbourne Victory	1	1	2
	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1	2	3
													Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	4	1	5
												FC Seoul	1	2	3
	Urawa Red Diamonds	1	2	3 (6)
	FC Seoul (p)	0	3	3 (7)
							FC Seoul	3	1	4
							Shandong Luneng	1	1	2
	Shandong Luneng (a)	1	2	3
	Sydney FC	1	2	3
																		Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2	1	3
																			Al-Ain	1	1	2
	Al-Ain	1	2	3
	Zob Ahan	1	0	1
							Al-Ain	0	1	1
							Lokomotiv Tashkent	0	0	0
	Al-Hilal	0	1	1
	Lokomotiv Tashkent	0	2	2
													Al-Ain	3	2	5
												El Jaish	1	2	3
	Lekhwiya	0	4	4
	El Jaish	4	2	6
							El Jaish (1st leg awd.)	3	1	4
							Al-Nasr	0	0	0
	Al-Nasr	4	1	5
	Tractor Sazi	1	3	4

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Zone
Al-Hilal	1–2	Lokomotiv Tashkent	0–0	1–2
Al-Nasr	5–4	Tractor Sazi	4–1	1–3
Al-Ain	3–1	Zob Ahan	1–1	2–0
Lekhwiya	4–6	El Jaish	0–4	4–2
East Zone
Melbourne Victory	2–3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–1	1–2
FC Tokyo	2–2 (a)	Shanghai SIPG	2–1	0–1
Urawa Red Diamonds	3–3 (6–7 p)	FC Seoul	1–0	2–3 (a.e.t.)
Shandong Luneng	3–3 (a)	Sydney FC	1–1	2–2

West Zone

Al-Hilal v Lokomotiv Tashkent

17 May 2016 21:05 UTC+3

Al-Hilal	0–0	Lokomotiv Tashkent
	Report

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 14,132 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Lokomotiv Tashkent v Al-Hilal

24 May 2016 18:00 UTC+5

Lokomotiv Tashkent	2–1	Al-Hilal
Tukhtakhodjaev  26' Fayziev  56'	Report	Al-Shalhoub  89' (pen.)

Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 5,271 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Lokomotiv Tashkent won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Al-Nasr v Tractor Sazi

17 May 2016 20:45 UTC+4

Al-Nasr	4–1	Tractor Sazi
Al-Yassi  15' Saleh  41', 77' Khamees  89'	Report	Augusto  59'

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Tractor Sazi v Al-Nasr

24 May 2016 20:00 UTC+4:30

Tractor Sazi	3–1	Al-Nasr
Hatami  47', 73' Iranpourian  61'	Report	Saleh  16'

Yadegar-e Emam Stadium, Tabriz Attendance: 65,100 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Al-Nasr won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Al-Ain v Zob Ahan

18 May 2016 19:40 UTC+4

Al-Ain	1–1	Zob Ahan
Douglas  9'	Report	Abbasi  75'

Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain Attendance: 10,708 Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)

Zob Ahan v Al-Ain

25 May 2016 20:45 UTC+4:30

Zob Ahan	0–2	Al-Ain
	Report	Lee Myung-joo  12' Asprilla  62'

Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan Attendance: 9,960 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

Al-Ain won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Lekhwiya v El Jaish

17 May 2016 19:15 UTC+3

Lekhwiya	0–4	El Jaish
	Report	Romarinho  17', 86' Hamdallah  44' Mothnani  54'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha Attendance: 3,020 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

El Jaish v Lekhwiya

25 May 2016 19:00 UTC+3

El Jaish	2–4	Lekhwiya
Rashidov  37' Romarinho  70'	Report	Kaluyituka  8' Mohammad  48', 52' Nam Tae-hee  65' (pen.)

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

El Jaish won 6–4 on aggregate.

East Zone

Melbourne Victory v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

17 May 2016 19:45 UTC+10

Melbourne Victory	1–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Berisha  5'	Report	Leonardo  14'

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 11,542 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Melbourne Victory

24 May 2016 19:00 UTC+9

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	Melbourne Victory
Leonardo  28', 71'	Report	Berisha  84'

Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju Attendance: 12,811 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate.

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FC Tokyo v Shanghai SIPG

17 May 2016 19:30 UTC+9

FC Tokyo	2–1	Shanghai SIPG
Mizunuma  43', 65'	Report	Wu Lei  55'

Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 9,052 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Shanghai SIPG v FC Tokyo

24 May 2016 19:30 UTC+8

Shanghai SIPG	1–0	FC Tokyo
Wu Lei  90+1'	Report

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 26,768 Referee: Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq)

2–2 on aggregate. Shanghai SIPG won on away goals.

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Urawa Red Diamonds v FC Seoul

18 May 2016 19:30 UTC+9

Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	FC Seoul
Ugajin  14'	Report

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama Attendance: 21,182 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

FC Seoul v Urawa Red Diamonds

25 May 2016 19:30 UTC+9

FC Seoul	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Urawa Red Diamonds
Damjanović  29' Adriano  94' Go Yo-han  120+1'	Report	Tadanari Lee  112', 115'
	Penalties
Adriano Park Chu-young Osmar Kim Won-sik Go Yo-han Park Yong-woo Ko Kwang-min Kim Dong-woo	7–6	Abe Endo Ljubijankić Moriwaki Nishikawa Umesaki Tadanari Lee Komai

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 14,173 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

3–3 on aggregate. FC Seoul won 7–6 on penalties.

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Shandong Luneng v Sydney FC

18 May 2016 19:30 UTC+8

Shandong Luneng	1–1	Sydney FC
Tardelli  56'	Report	Carney  15'

Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Jinan Attendance: 16,917 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Sydney FC v Shandong Luneng

25 May 2016 20:00 UTC+10

Sydney FC	2–2	Shandong Luneng
O'Neill  2' Grant  46'	Report	Montillo  12' Hao Junmin  90'

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 9,451 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

3–3 on aggregate. Shandong Luneng won on away goals.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Zone
Al-Ain	1–0	Lokomotiv Tashkent	0–0	1–0
El Jaish	4–0	Al-Nasr	3–0 (awd.)	1–0
East Zone
Shanghai SIPG	0–5	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–0	0–5
FC Seoul	4–2	Shandong Luneng	3–1	1–1

West Zone

Al-Ain v Lokomotiv Tashkent

23 August 2016 19:30 UTC+4

Al-Ain	0–0	Lokomotiv Tashkent
	Report

Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain Attendance: 15,733 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Lokomotiv Tashkent v Al-Ain

13 September 2016 19:00 UTC+5

Lokomotiv Tashkent	0–1	Al-Ain
	Report	Caio  38'

Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 7,661 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Al-Ain won 1–0 on aggregate.

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El Jaish v Al-Nasr

24 August 2016 19:00 UTC+3

El Jaish	3–0 Awarded	Al-Nasr
	Report	Wanderley  45', 86' Pitroipa  55'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha Attendance: 5,120 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

The El Jaish v Al-Nasr first leg, originally won 3–0 by Al-Nasr, was forfeited and awarded 3–0 to El Jaish by the AFC Disciplinary Committee on 12 September 2016, as Al-Nasr fielded the player Wanderley, who was found to be registered using a fake Indonesian passport.^[6]

Al-Nasr v El Jaish

14 September 2016 20:45 UTC+4

Al-Nasr	0–1	El Jaish
	Report	Romarinho  9'

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

El Jaish won 4–0 on aggregate.

East Zone

Shanghai SIPG v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

23 August 2016 19:30 UTC+8

Shanghai SIPG	0–0	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Report

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 33,378 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Shanghai SIPG

13 September 2016 19:00 UTC+9

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	5–0	Shanghai SIPG
Leonardo  52', 83' (pen.) Shi Ke  58' (o.g.) Lee Dong-gook  84', 89'	Report

Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju Attendance: 27,351 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 5–0 on aggregate.

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FC Seoul v Shandong Luneng

24 August 2016 19:30 UTC+9

FC Seoul	3–1	Shandong Luneng
Damjanović  19' Park Chu-young  31' Adriano  69'	Report	Montillo  35'

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 16,044 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Shandong Luneng v FC Seoul

14 September 2016 19:30 UTC+8

Shandong Luneng	1–1	FC Seoul
Montillo  59'	Report	Yun Ju-tae  82'

Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Jinan Attendance: 20,187 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

FC Seoul won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Zone
Al-Ain	5–3	El Jaish	3–1	2–2
East Zone
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	5–3	FC Seoul	4–1	1–2

West Zone

Al-Ain v El Jaish

27 September 2016 18:50 UTC+4

Al-Ain	3–1	El Jaish
Douglas  17' O. Abdulrahman  22' Caio  90+1'	Report	Rashidov  52' (pen.)

Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain Attendance: 15,067 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

El Jaish v Al-Ain

18 October 2016 18:15 UTC+3

El Jaish	2–2	Al-Ain
Romarinho  67', 81'	Report	O. Abdulrahman  57' M. Abdulrahman  90+3'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha Attendance: 5,105 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

Al-Ain won 5–3 on aggregate.

East Zone

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v FC Seoul

28 September 2016 19:00 UTC+9

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	4–1	FC Seoul
Leonardo  22' (pen.), 40' Lopes  26' Kim Shin-wook  84'	Report	Ju Se-jong  46'

Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju Attendance: 23,481 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

FC Seoul v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

19 October 2016 19:30 UTC+9

FC Seoul	2–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Adriano  38' Ko Kwang-min  90+2'	Report	Lopes  59'

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 14,677 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	3–2	Al-Ain	2–1	1–1

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Al-Ain

19 November 2016 19:00 UTC+9

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	Al-Ain
Leonardo  70', 77' (pen.)	Report	Asprilla  63'

Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju Attendance: 36,158 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Al-Ain v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

26 November 2016 18:25 UTC+4

Al-Ain	1–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Lee Myung-joo  34'	Report	Han Kyo-won  30'

Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain Attendance: 23,239 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate.

References

1. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016" (PDF). AFC.
2. "2016 AFC Champions League Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. 28 November 2015.
3. "ACL 2016 Draw Results" (PDF). AFC.
4. "ACL 2016 quarter-finalists to learn opponents on Thursday". AFC. 8 June 2016.
5. "AFC Champions League draw produces intriguing quarter-final ties". 9 June 2016.
6. "El Jaish (QAT) vs Nasr (UAE) match forfeited". AFC. 12 September 2016.

External links

• AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com