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. 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. 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
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

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. 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. 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
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Region
Al-Ain 5–3 El Jaish 3–1 2–2
Team 1 Agg. 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. 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. "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. "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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