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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.)