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 (Regulations Article 12.3).[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

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:

  • Round of 16: (group winners host second legs)
  • Quarterfinals: (matchups and order of legs decided by draw)
  • Semifinals: (Winners QF1 and QF3 host first leg, Winners QF2 and QF4 host second leg)
  • 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

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]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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 0–0 Lokomotiv Tashkent
Report
Attendance: 14,132
Lokomotiv Tashkent 2–1 Al-Hilal
Tukhtakhodjaev 26'
Fayziev 56'		 Report Al-Shalhoub 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,271

Lokomotiv Tashkent won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Nasr 4–1 Tractor Sazi
Al-Yassi 15'
Saleh 41', 77'
Khamees 89'		 Report Augusto 59'
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Tractor Sazi 3–1 Al-Nasr
Hatami 47', 73'
Iranpourian 61'		 Report Saleh 16'
Attendance: 65,100

Al-Nasr won 5–4 on aggregate.

Al-Ain 1–1 Zob Ahan
Douglas 9' Report Abbasi 75'
Attendance: 10,708
Zob Ahan 0–2 Al-Ain
Report Lee Myung-joo 12'
Asprilla 62'
Attendance: 9,960

Al-Ain won 3–1 on aggregate.

Lekhwiya 0–4 El Jaish
Report Romarinho 17', 86'
Hamdallah 44'
Mothnani 54'
Attendance: 3,020
El Jaish 2–4 Lekhwiya
Rashidov 37'
Romarinho 70'		 Report Kaluyituka 8'
Mohammad 48', 52'
Nam Tae-hee 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

El Jaish won 6–4 on aggregate.

East Zone

Melbourne Victory 1–1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Berisha 5' Report Leonardo 14'
Attendance: 11,542
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–1 Melbourne Victory
Leonardo 28', 71' Report Berisha 84'
Attendance: 12,811

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate.

FC Tokyo 2–1 Shanghai SIPG
Mizunuma 43', 65' Report Wu Lei 55'
Attendance: 9,052
Shanghai SIPG 1–0 FC Tokyo
Wu Lei 90+1' Report
Attendance: 26,768

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

Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 FC Seoul
Ugajin 14' Report
Attendance: 21,182

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

Shandong Luneng 1–1 Sydney FC
Tardelli 56' Report Carney 15'
Attendance: 16,917
Sydney FC 2–2 Shandong Luneng
O'Neill 2'
Grant 46'		 Report Montillo 12'
Hao Junmin 90'
Attendance: 9,451
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

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

Quarter-finals

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.[4]

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.[5] There was no seeding or country protection, so teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.[4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Region
Al-Ain 1–0 Lokomotiv Tashkent 0–0 1–0
El Jaish 4–0 Al-Nasr 3–0 (awd.) 1–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Region
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 0–0 Lokomotiv Tashkent
Report
Attendance: 15,733
Lokomotiv Tashkent 0–1 Al-Ain
Report Caio 38'
Attendance: 7,661

Al-Ain won 1–0 on aggregate.

El Jaish 3–0
Awarded		 Al-Nasr
Report Wanderley 45', 86'
Pitroipa 55'
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 0–1 El Jaish
Report Romarinho 9'
Attendance: 6,000

El Jaish won 4–0 on aggregate.

East Zone

Shanghai SIPG 0–0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Report
Attendance: 33,378
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 5–0 Shanghai SIPG
Leonardo 52', 83' (pen.)
Shi Ke 58' (o.g.)
Lee Dong-gook 84', 89'		 Report
Attendance: 27,351

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 5–0 on aggregate.

FC Seoul 3–1 Shandong Luneng
Damjanović 19'
Park Chu-young 31'
Adriano 69'		 Report Montillo 35'
Attendance: 16,044
Shandong Luneng 1–1 FC Seoul
Montillo 59' Report Yun Ju-tae 82'
Attendance: 20,187

FC Seoul won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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.[4]

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

West Zone

Al-Ain 3–1 El Jaish
Douglas 17'
O. Abdulrahman 22'
Caio 90+1'		 Report Rashidov 52' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,067
El Jaish 2–2 Al-Ain
Romarinho 67', 81' Report O. Abdulrahman 57'
M. Abdulrahman 90+3'
Attendance: 5,105

Al-Ain won 5–3 on aggregate.

East Zone

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 4–1 FC Seoul
Leonardo 22' (pen.), 40'
Lopes 26'
Kim Shin-wook 84'		 Report Ju Se-jong 46'
Attendance: 23,481
FC Seoul 2–1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Adriano 38'
Ko Kwang-min 90+2'		 Report Lopes 59'
Attendance: 14,677

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2016 AFC Champions League Final

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.[4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3–2 Al-Ain 2–1 1–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–1 Al-Ain
Leonardo 70', 77' (pen.) Report Asprilla 63'
Attendance: 36,158
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Al-Ain 1–1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Lee Myung-joo 34' Report Han Kyo-won 30'
Attendance: 23,239
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate.

References

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