The knock-out stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League was played from 14 May to 9 November 2013. A total of 16 teams competed in the knock-out stage.

Qualified teams

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

GroupWinnersRunners-up
West Zone (Groups A–D)
ASaudi Arabia Al-ShababQatar El Jaish
BQatar LekhwiyaUnited Arab Emirates Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
CSaudi Arabia Al-AhliQatar Al-Gharafa
DIran EsteghlalSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal
East Zone (Groups E–H)
ESouth Korea FC SeoulThailand Buriram United
FChina Guangzhou EvergrandeSouth Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
GUzbekistan BunyodkorChina Beijing Guoan
HJapan Kashiwa ReysolAustralia Central Coast Mariners

Format

In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. 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.

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.

RoundFirst legSecond leg
Round of 1614–15 May 201321–22 May 2013
Quarter-finals21 August 201318 September 2013
Semi-finals25 September 20132 October 2013
Final25 or 26 October 20138 or 9 November 2013

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. The matchups were determined as follows:

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 BEast 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

The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final (to decide the order of two legs) was held on 20 June 2013, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In this draw, teams from different zones could play each other, and the "country protection" rule was applied: if there are exactly two teams from the same association, they may not play each other in the quarter-finals; however, if there are more than two teams from the same association, they may play each other in the quarter-finals.

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Qatar El Jaish101
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli123
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli101
South Korea FC Seoul112
China Beijing Guoan011
South Korea FC Seoul033
South Korea FC Seoul224
Iran Esteghlal022
United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab Al-Arabi202
Iran Esteghlal404
Iran Esteghlal123
Thailand Buriram United011
Thailand Buriram United202
Uzbekistan Bunyodkor101
South Korea FC Seoul213
China Guangzhou Evergrande (a)213
South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors022
Japan Kashiwa Reysol235
Japan Kashiwa Reysol (a)123
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab123
Qatar Al-Gharafa101
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab235
Japan Kashiwa Reysol101
China Guangzhou Evergrande448
Australia Central Coast Mariners101
China Guangzhou Evergrande235
China Guangzhou Evergrande246
Qatar Lekhwiya011
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal022
Qatar Lekhwiya123

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 14 and 15 May 2013, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 May 2013.

West Zone
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al-Gharafa Qatar1–5Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab1–20–3
El Jaish Qatar1–3Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli1–10–2
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia2–3Qatar Lekhwiya0–12–2
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi United Arab Emirates2–4Iran Esteghlal2–40–0
East Zone
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Beijing Guoan China1–3South Korea FC Seoul0–01–3
Buriram United Thailand2−1Uzbekistan Bunyodkor2–10−0
Central Coast Mariners Australia1–5China Guangzhou Evergrande1–20–3
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea2–5Japan Kashiwa Reysol0–22–3

First leg

Buriram United Thailand2–1Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Anawin 17' Ekkachai 76'Taran 45+1'
Beijing Guoan China0–0South Korea FC Seoul
Al-Gharafa Qatar1–2Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Bresciano 42'Tagliabué 56' Al-Shamrani 83'
El Jaish Qatar1–1Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Anderson 76'Al-Musa 45+1'
Central Coast Mariners Australia1–2China Guangzhou Evergrande
Duke 7'Barrios 28' Muriqui 76'
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea0–2Japan Kashiwa Reysol
Kudo 3' Masushima 74'
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi United Arab Emirates2–4Iran Esteghlal
Luiz Henrique 45+2' Edgar 85'Samuel 55' Nekounam 72' Majidi 80' Heydari 89'
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia0–1Qatar Lekhwiya
Msakni 81'

Second leg

FC Seoul South Korea3–1China Beijing Guoan
Adi 60' Yun Il-Lok 70' Koh Myong-Jin 90+4'Kanouté 9'

FC Seoul won 3–1 on aggregate.

Bunyodkor Uzbekistan0–0Thailand Buriram United

Buriram United won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia2–0Qatar El Jaish
Bruno César 24' Al-Bassas 37'

Al-Ahli won 3–1 on aggregate.

Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia3–0Qatar Al-Gharafa
Tagliabué 35', 48' Radeah 90+2'

Al-Shabab won 5–1 on aggregate.

Kashiwa Reysol Japan3–2South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Watanabe 41' Wagner 51' Kudo 69'Masushima 21' (o.g.) Oris 86'

Kashiwa Reysol won 5–2 on aggregate.

Guangzhou Evergrande China3–0Australia Central Coast Mariners
Muriqui 7' Conca 45+1' (pen.) Gao Lin 68'

Guangzhou Evergrande won 5–1 on aggregate.

Lekhwiya Qatar2–2Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Dia 14' Musa 52'Al-Faraj 64' Al-Shalhoub 78' (pen.)

Lekhwiya won 3–2 on aggregate.

Esteghlal Iran0–0United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab Al-Arabi

Esteghlal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 21 August 2013, and the second legs were played on 18 September 2013.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia1–2South Korea FC Seoul1–10–1
Esteghlal Iran3–1Thailand Buriram United1–02–1
Kashiwa Reysol Japan3–3 (a)Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab1–12–2
Guangzhou Evergrande China6–1Qatar Lekhwiya2–04–1

First leg

Kashiwa Reysol Japan1–1Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Kudo 21'Fernando 44'
Guangzhou Evergrande China2–0Qatar Lekhwiya
Conca 73' (pen.) Elkeson 76'
Esteghlal Iran1–0Thailand Buriram United
Heydari 2'
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia1–1South Korea FC Seoul
Al-Sawadi 81'Damjanović 10'

Second leg

FC Seoul South Korea1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Damjanović 90'

FC Seoul won 2–1 on aggregate.

Buriram United Thailand1–2Iran Esteghlal
Osmar 38'Omranzadeh 53' Teymourian 90+2'

Esteghlal won 3–1 on aggregate.

Lekhwiya Qatar1–4China Guangzhou Evergrande
Zhang Linpeng 51' (o.g.)Conca 14' Elkeson 16', 77' Muriqui 31'

Guangzhou Evergrande won 6–1 on aggregate.

Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia2–2Japan Kashiwa Reysol
Hazazi 10' Fallatah 85'Kwak Tae-Hwi 13' (o.g.) Kondo 73'

3–3 on aggregate. Kashiwa Reysol won on away goals.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 25 September 2013, and the second legs were played on 2 October 2013.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
FC Seoul South Korea4–2Iran Esteghlal2–02–2
Kashiwa Reysol Japan1–8China Guangzhou Evergrande1–40–4

First leg

Kashiwa Reysol Japan1–4China Guangzhou Evergrande
Wagner 10'Muriqui 58', 90+1' Conca 67', 82'
FC Seoul South Korea2–0Iran Esteghlal
Damjanović 39' Go Yo-Han 47'

Second leg

Guangzhou Evergrande China4–0Japan Kashiwa Reysol
Elkeson 16' Conca 57' Muriqui 79', 87'

Guangzhou Evergrande won 8–1 on aggregate.

Esteghlal Iran2–2South Korea FC Seoul
Samuel 50' Ghazi 75'Ha Dae-Sung 37' Kim Jin-Kyu 80' (pen.)

FC Seoul won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

The first leg was played on 26 October 2013, and the second leg was played on 9 November 2013.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
FC Seoul South Korea3–3 (a)China Guangzhou Evergrande2–21–1
FC Seoul South Korea2–2China Guangzhou Evergrande
Escudero 11' Damjanović 83'Elkeson 30' Gao Lin 58'
Guangzhou Evergrande China1–1South Korea FC Seoul
Elkeson 58'Damjanović 63'

3–3 on aggregate. Guangzhou Evergrande won on away goals.

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