2009 AFC Champions League knockout stage

The 2009 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 26 May to 7 November 2009. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2009 AFC Champions League.

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 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
B Iran Persepolis Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
C Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Qatar Umm-Salal
D Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
East Zone
(Groups E–H) 		E Japan Nagoya Grampus Australia Newcastle Jets
F Japan Gamba Osaka South Korea FC Seoul
G Japan Kashima Antlers South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
H South Korea Pohang Steelers Japan Kawasaki Frontale

Bracket

Note: while the bracket below shows the entire knockout stage, the draw for the round of 16 matches was determined at the time of the group draw, and kept teams from East and West Asia completely separate for that round.

The draw for the quarter-finals and beyond was held separately, and placed no restrictions on which teams could meet.

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 1
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 2
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 1 0 1
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 1 4 5
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 2
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 1
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 6 2 8
Japan Nagoya Grampus 2 1 3
Japan Gamba Osaka 2
JapanKawasaki Frontale 3
Japan Kawasaki Frontale 2 1 3
Japan Nagoya Grampus 1 3 4
Japan Nagoya Grampus 2
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 1
South Korea Pohang Steelers 2
Iran Persepolis 0
Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 1
Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 3 1 4
South Korea Pohang Steelers (aet) 1 4 5
South Korea Pohang Steelers 6
Australia Newcastle Jets 0
South Korea Pohang Steelers 2 2 4
Qatar Umm-Salal 0 1 1
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 0 (3)
Qatar Umm-Salal (p) 0 (4)
Qatar Umm-Salal 3 1 4
South Korea FC Seoul 2 1 3
Japan Kashima Antlers 2 (4)
South Korea FC Seoul (p) 2 (5)

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 of the 2009 AFC Champions League was held on 7 January 2009, along with the draw for the group stage.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
West Asia
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p) 		Qatar Umm-Salal
Persepolis Iran 0–1 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 2–1 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia 1–2 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Team 1  Score  Team 2
East Asia
Nagoya Grampus Japan 2–1 South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Gamba Osaka Japan 2–3 Japan Kawasaki Frontale
Kashima Antlers Japan 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p) 		South Korea FC Seoul
Pohang Steelers South Korea 6–0 Australia Newcastle Jets

West Asia

Persepolis Iran0–1Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Report Rivaldo 41' (pen.)
Attendance: 95,225
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia1–2Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Tagoe 32' Report Z. Tadjiyev 79'
Geynrikh 90+1'
Attendance: 6,527
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

East Asia

Gamba Osaka Japan2–3Japan Kawasaki Frontale
Leandro 27', 39' Report K. Nakamura 33'
Renatinho 76'
Kurotsu 85'
Attendance: 14,128
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals and the remaining knockout rounds took place at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 29, 2009.


Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Umm-Salal Qatar 4–3 South Korea FC Seoul 3–2 1–1
Kawasaki Frontale Japan 3–4 Japan Nagoya Grampus 2–1 1–3
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan 1–5 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 1–1 0–4
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan 4–5 South Korea Pohang Steelers 3–1 1–4 (a.e.t.)

First leg

Kawasaki Frontale Japan2–1Japan Nagoya Grampus
K. Nakamura 60'
Juninho 63'		 Report Kennedy 28'
Attendance: 17,939
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan3–1South Korea Pohang Steelers
Karpenko 29'
Djeparov 79', 85'		 Report No Byung-jun 7'
Attendance: 8,350
Umm-Salal Qatar3–2South Korea FC Seoul
Alves 55', 85'
Fabio Cesar 84'		 Report Jung Jo-gook 3', 45'
Attendance: 7,139
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan1–1Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Nikolić 6' Report Al-Saqri 71'
Attendance: 14,000

Second leg

Pohang Steelers South Korea4–1 (a.e.t.)Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Kim Jae-sung 46'
Denilson 57', 77'
Ristić 102'		 Report Victor Karpenko 89'
Attendance: 16,252
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Pohang Steelers won 5–4 on aggregate.

Nagoya Grampus Japan3–1Japan Kawasaki Frontale
Ogawa 26'
Yoshida 35'
Kennedy 88'		 Report Chong Tese 38'
Attendance: 8,796

Nagoya Grampus won 4–3 on aggregate.

FC Seoul South Korea1–1Qatar Umm-Salal
Damjanović 16' Report Askar 14'
Attendance: 15,348
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Umm-Salal won 4–3 on aggregate.

Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia4–0Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
Al-Nemri 43'
Chermiti 55'
Aboucherouane 71'
Noor 76'		 Report
Attendance: 18,753
Referee: Kim Dong-jin (Korea)

Al-Ittihad won 5–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 8–3 Japan Nagoya Grampus 6–2 2–1
Pohang Steelers South Korea 4–1 Qatar Umm-Salal 2–0 2–1

First leg

Pohang Steelers South Korea2–0Qatar Umm-Salal
Hwang Jae-won 45+2'
Kim Jae-sung 79'		 Report
Attendance: 15,635
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia6–2Japan Nagoya Grampus
Hadid 24'
Noor 65', 76', 90+1'
Leguizamón 83'
Chermiti 90+3'		 Report Kennedy 14'
N. Nakamura 33'
Attendance: 18,265
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)

Second leg

Nagoya Grampus Japan1–2Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Sugimoto 67' Report Al-Saqri 43'
Chermiti 59'
Attendance: 11,046
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Al-Ittihad won 8–3 on aggregate.

Umm-Salal Qatar1–2South Korea Pohang Steelers
Ibrahima Nadiya 90+3' Report Ristić 55'
No Byung-jun 60'
Attendance: 9,200

Pohang won 4–1 on aggregate.

Final

Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia1–2South Korea Pohang Steelers
Noor 74' Report No Byung-jun 57'
Kim Hyung-il 66'
Attendance: 25,743

References

  1. ^ Game schedule & monthly Schedule - Monthly '0909 Archived 2009-08-31 at the Wayback Machine Kawasaki Frontale official website (Japanese)