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 edit

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.

ZoneGroupWinnersRunners-up
West Zone
(Groups A–D)
A Al-Hilal Pakhtakor
B Persepolis Al-Shabab
C Al-Ittihad Umm-Salal
D Al-Ettifaq Bunyodkor
East Zone
(Groups E–H)
E Nagoya Grampus Newcastle Jets
F Gamba Osaka FC Seoul
G Kashima Antlers Suwon Samsung Bluewings
H Pohang Steelers Kawasaki Frontale

Bracket edit

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 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
            
Al-Ettifaq1
Pakhtakor2
Pakhtakor101
Al-Ittihad145
Al-Ittihad2
Al-Shabab1
Al-Ittihad628
Nagoya Grampus213
Gamba Osaka2
Kawasaki Frontale3
Kawasaki Frontale213
Nagoya Grampus134
Nagoya Grampus2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings1
Al-Ittihad1
Pohang Steelers2
Persepolis0
Bunyodkor1
Bunyodkor314
Pohang Steelers (aet)145
Pohang Steelers6
Newcastle Jets0
Pohang Steelers224
Umm-Salal011
Al-Hilal0 (3)
Umm-Salal (p)0 (4)
Umm-Salal314
FC Seoul213
Kashima Antlers2 (4)
FC Seoul (p)2 (5)

Round of 16 edit

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

West Asia edit


Persepolis 0–1 Bunyodkor
ReportRivaldo 41' (pen.)
Attendance: 95,225


East Asia edit




Quarter-finals edit

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


Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Umm-Salal 4–3 FC Seoul3–21–1
Kawasaki Frontale 3–4 Nagoya Grampus2–11–3
Pakhtakor 1–5 Al-Ittihad1–10–4
Bunyodkor 4–5 Pohang Steelers3–11–4 (a.e.t.)

First leg edit

Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Nagoya Grampus
K. Nakamura 60'
Juninho 63'
ReportKennedy 28'
Attendance: 17,939
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

Bunyodkor 3–1 Pohang Steelers
Karpenko 29'
Djeparov 79', 85'
ReportNo Byung-jun 7'

Umm-Salal 3–2 FC Seoul
Alves 55', 85'
Fabio Cesar 84'
ReportJung Jo-gook 3', 45'
Attendance: 7,139
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Pakhtakor 1–1 Al-Ittihad
Nikolić 6'ReportAl-Saqri 71'

Second leg edit

Pohang Steelers 4–1 (a.e.t.) Bunyodkor
Kim Jae-sung 46'
Denilson 57', 77'
Ristić 102'
ReportVictor Karpenko 89'
Attendance: 16,252
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Pohang Steelers won 5–4 on aggregate.


Nagoya Grampus won 4–3 on aggregate.


FC Seoul 1–1 Umm-Salal
Damjanović 16'ReportAskar 14'
Attendance: 15,348
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Umm-Salal won 4–3 on aggregate.


Al-Ittihad 4–0 Pakhtakor
Al-Nemri 43'
Chermiti 55'
Aboucherouane 71'
Noor 76'
Report

Al-Ittihad won 5–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al-Ittihad 8–3 Nagoya Grampus6–22–1
Pohang Steelers 4–1 Umm-Salal2–02–1

First leg edit


Al-Ittihad 6–2 Nagoya Grampus
Hadid 24'
Noor 65', 76', 90+1'
Leguizamón 83'
Chermiti 90+3'
ReportKennedy 14'
N. Nakamura 33'

Second leg edit

Nagoya Grampus 1–2 Al-Ittihad
Sugimoto 67'ReportAl-Saqri 43'
Chermiti 59'
Attendance: 11,046
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Al-Ittihad won 8–3 on aggregate.


Pohang won 4–1 on aggregate.

Final edit

References edit

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