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	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

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
	Al-Ettifaq	1
	Pakhtakor	2
					Pakhtakor	1	0	1
					Al-Ittihad	1	4	5
	Al-Ittihad	2
	Al-Shabab	1
											Al-Ittihad	6	2	8
											Nagoya Grampus	2	1	3
	Gamba Osaka	2
	Kawasaki Frontale	3
					Kawasaki Frontale	2	1	3
					Nagoya Grampus	1	3	4
	Nagoya Grampus	2
	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1
																	Al-Ittihad	1
																	Pohang Steelers	2
	Persepolis	0
	Bunyodkor	1
					Bunyodkor	3	1	4
					Pohang Steelers (aet)	1	4	5
	Pohang Steelers	6
	Newcastle Jets	0
											Pohang Steelers	2	2	4
											Umm-Salal	0	1	1
	Al-Hilal	0 (3)
	Umm-Salal (p)	0 (4)
					Umm-Salal	3	1	4
					FC Seoul	2	1	3
	Kashima Antlers	2 (4)
	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.

West Asia

Team 1	Score	Team 2
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

East Asia

Team 1	Score	Team 2
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

26 May 2009

20:55 (UTC+3)

Al-Hilal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Umm-Salal
	Report
Penalties
Rădoi Seol El Taib Al-Swaileh Al-Shalhoub	3–4	Ben Askar Al Naemi Magno Alves Husain Nadiya

King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)

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27 May 2009

17:00 (UTC+4:30)

Persepolis	0–1	Bunyodkor
	Report	Rivaldo 41' (pen.)

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 95,225

Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

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27 May 2009

20:55 (UTC+3)

Al-Ittihad	2–1	Al-Shabab
Al-Muwallad 46' Aboucherouane 90+3'	Report	Bin Saran 18'

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

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27 May 2009

20:30 (UTC+3)

Al-Ettifaq	1–2	Pakhtakor
Tagoe 32'	Report	Z. Tadjiyev 79' Geynrikh 90+1'

Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam

Attendance: 6,527

Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

East Asia

24 June 2009

19:00 (UTC+9)

Nagoya Grampus	2–1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Ogawa 22' Tamada 66'	Report	Edu 69'

Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya

Attendance: 6,859

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

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24 June 2009

19:00 (UTC+9)

Gamba Osaka	2–3	Kawasaki Frontale
Leandro 27', 39'	Report	K. Nakamura 33' Renatinho 76' Kurotsu 85'

Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita

Attendance: 14,128

Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)

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24 June 2009

19:00 (UTC+9)

Kashima Antlers	2–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Seoul
Koroki 5' Aoki 50'	Report	Lee Seung-ryul 22' Ki Sung-yong 78'
Penalties
Nakata Masuda Danilo Iawamasa Marquinhos Aoki Uchida	4–5	Damjanović Lee Sang-hyup Jung Jo-gook Adilson Ki Sung-yong Kim Jin-kyu Park Yong-ho

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

Attendance: 8,069

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

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24 June 2009

19:30 (UTC+9)

Pohang Steelers	6–0	Newcastle United Jets
Denilson 9' (pen.) Choi Hyo-jin 15', 63', 72' Kim Jae-sung 56' Ristić 85'	Report

Steelyard Stadium, Pohang

Attendance: 15,253

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

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	4–3	FC Seoul	3–2	1–1
Kawasaki Frontale	3–4	Nagoya Grampus	2–1	1–3
Pakhtakor	1–5	Al-Ittihad	1–1	0–4
Bunyodkor	4–5	Pohang Steelers	3–1	1–4 (a.e.t.)

First leg

23 September 2009

15:00 (UTC+9)

Kawasaki Frontale	2–1	Nagoya Grampus
K. Nakamura 60' Juninho 63'	Report	Kennedy 28'

National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 17,939

Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

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23 September 2009

17:00 (UTC+5)

Bunyodkor	3–1	Pohang Steelers
Karpenko 29' Djeparov 79', 85'	Report	No Byung-jun 7'

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 8,350

Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

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23 September 2009

18:45 (UTC+3)

Umm-Salal	3–2	FC Seoul
Alves 55', 85' Fabio Cesar 84'	Report	Jung Jo-gook 3', 45'

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 7,139

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

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24 September 2009

18:30 (UTC+5)

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

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Second leg

30 September 2009

18:30 (UTC+9)

Pohang Steelers	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Bunyodkor
Kim Jae-sung 46' Denilson 57', 77' Ristić 102'	Report	Victor Karpenko 89'

Steelyard Stadium, Pohang

Attendance: 16,252

Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Pohang Steelers won 5–4 on aggregate.

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30 September 2009

19:00 (UTC+9)

Nagoya Grampus	3–1	Kawasaki Frontale
Ogawa 26' Yoshida 35' Kennedy 88'	Report	Chong Tese 38'

Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya

Attendance: 8,796

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Nagoya Grampus won 4–3 on aggregate.

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30 September 2009

20:30 (UTC+9)

FC Seoul	1–1	Umm-Salal
Damjanović 16'	Report	Askar 14'

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 15,348

Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Umm-Salal won 4–3 on aggregate.

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30 September 2009

20:10 (UTC+3)

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

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

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	8–3	Nagoya Grampus	6–2	2–1
Pohang Steelers	4–1	Umm-Salal	2–0	2–1

First leg

21 October 2009

19:30 (UTC+9)

Pohang Steelers	2–0	Umm-Salal
Hwang Jae-won 45+2' Kim Jae-sung 79'	Report

Steelyard Stadium, Pohang

Attendance: 15,635

Referee: Abdullah Al-Hilali (Oman)

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21 October 2009

19:50 (UTC+3)

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

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Attendance: 18,265

Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)

Second leg

28 October 2009

19:00 (UTC+9)

Nagoya Grampus	1–2	Al-Ittihad
Sugimoto 67'	Report	Al-Saqri 43' Chermiti 59'

Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya

Attendance: 11,046

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Al-Ittihad won 8–3 on aggregate.

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28 October 2009

18:00 (UTC+3)

Umm-Salal	1–2	Pohang Steelers
Ibrahima Nadiya 90+3'	Report	Ristić 55' No Byung-jun 60'

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 9,200

Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)

Pohang won 4–1 on aggregate.

Final

7 November 2009

19:00 (JST)

Al-Ittihad	1–2	Pohang Steelers
Noor 74'	Report	No Byung-jun 57' Kim Hyung-il 66'

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 25,743

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)