2015 AFC Champions League knock-out stage
The 2015 AFC Champions League knock-out stage was played from 19 May to 21 November 2015. A total of 16 teams competed in the knock-out stage to decide the champions of the 2015 AFC Champions League.[1]
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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.
Zone | Group | Winners | Runners-up |
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West Zone (Groups A–D) |
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East Zone (Groups E–H) |
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Format
In the knock-out 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.[1]
Schedule
The schedule of each round was as follows.[2]
Round | First leg | Second leg |
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Round of 16 | 19–20 May 2015 | 26–27 May 2015 |
Quarter-finals | 25–26 August 2015 | 15–16 September 2015 |
Semi-finals | 29–30 September 2015 | 20–21 October 2015 |
Final | 7 November 2015 | 21 November 2015 |
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.[1] The matchups are determined as follows:
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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 June 2015, 16:00 UTC+8, at the Grand Millennium Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3] Teams from different zones could not be drawn into the same tie, and there was no seeding or country protection, so teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.[4]
In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined by the quarter-final draw: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2 (West Zone) and Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4 (East Zone), with winners QF2 and QF4 hosting the second leg.[4]
In the final, the finalist from the West Zone hosted the first leg, while the finalist from the East Zone hosted the second leg (no draw was held to determine the order of legs, as it was reversed from the previous season's final).[4]
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Round of 16
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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West Zone | ||||
Al-Sadd ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
1–2 | 2–2 |
Persepolis ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–3 |
Al-Ahli ![]() |
3–3 (a) | ![]() |
0–0 | 3–3 |
Naft Tehran ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 |
East Zone | ||||
Suwon Samsung Bluewings ![]() |
4–4 (a) | ![]() |
2–3 | 2–1 |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–0 |
FC Seoul ![]() |
3–6 | ![]() |
1–3 | 2–3 |
Seongnam FC ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–2 |
First leg
Suwon Samsung Bluewings ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
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Yeom Ki-hun ![]() Jong Tae-se ![]() |
Report | Barada ![]() Leandro ![]() |
Second leg
4–4 on aggregate. Kashiwa Reysol won on away goals.
Beijing Guoan ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Edu ![]() |
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 43,526 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 2–1 on aggregate.
Lekhwiya won 4–3 on aggregate.
Al-Hilal won 3–1 on aggregate.
Gamba Osaka won 6–3 on aggregate.
Guangzhou Evergrande won 3–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Al-Ahli won on away goals.
2–2 on aggregate. Naft Tehran won on away goals.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al-Hilal ![]() |
6–3 | ![]() |
4–1 | 2–2 |
Naft Tehran ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–2 |
East Zone | ||||
Kashiwa Reysol ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
1–3 | 1–1 |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
0–0 | 2–3 |
First leg
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju
Attendance: 23,633 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia) |
- Notes
Second leg
Guangzhou Evergrande won 4–2 on aggregate.
Al-Hilal won 6–3 on aggregate.
Gamba Osaka ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
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Patric ![]() Kurata ![]() Yonekura ![]() |
Report | Leonardo ![]() Vera ![]() |
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
Attendance: 9,284 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) |
Gamba Osaka won 3–2 on aggregate.
Al-Ahli won 3–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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West Zone | ||||
Al-Hilal ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–3 |
East Zone | ||||
Guangzhou Evergrande ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–0 |
First leg
Second leg
Al-Ahli won 4–3 on aggregate.
Guangzhou Evergrande won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
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Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al-Ahli ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 |
Guangzhou Evergrande won 1–0 on aggregate.
References
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External links
- AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com