2019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs

The 2019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs were played from 5 to 19 February 2019.^[1] A total of 27 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide eight of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2019 AFC Champions League.^[2]

Teams

The following 27 teams, split into two regions (West Region and East Region), entered the qualifying play-offs, consisting of three rounds:

6 teams entered in the preliminary round 1.
13 teams entered in the preliminary round 2.
8 teams entered in the play-off round.

Region	Teams entering in play-off round	Teams entering in preliminary round 2	Teams entering in preliminary round 1
West Region	Al-Nasr Al-Nassr Al-Rayyan Al-Gharafa	Zob Ahan Saipa AGMK Pakhtakor^{[note 1]} Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Istiklol Minerva Punjab	Al-Wehdat Al-Kuwait
East Region	Ulsan Hyundai^{[note 1]} Shandong Luneng^{[note 1]} Sanfrecce Hiroshima^{[note 1]} Kashima Antlers^{[note 1]}	Newcastle Jets Chiangrai United Bangkok United Perak Kitchee Hanoi	Ceres–Negros Home United Persija Jakarta^{[note 1]} Yangon United

Format

In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.2). The eight winners of the play-off round (four each from both West Region and East Region) advanced to the group stage to join the 24 direct entrants. All losers in each round from associations with only play-off slot entered the AFC Cup group stage.^[2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round is as follows.^[1]^[3]

Round	Match date
Preliminary round 1	5 February 2019
Preliminary round 2	12 February 2019
Play-off round	19 February 2019

Bracket

The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region, determined based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match, was officially announced by the AFC prior to the group stage draw on 22 November 2018.^[4] Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same tie.

Play-off West 1

Pakhtakor advanced to Group D.

Preliminary round 1

Preliminary round 2

Play-off round

Al-Nasr

Pakhtakor

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Play-off West 2

Al-Nassr advanced to Group A.

Preliminary round 1

Preliminary round 2

Play-off round

Al-Nassr

AGMK

AGMK

Istiklol

Play-off West 3

Al-Rayyan advanced to Group B.

Preliminary round 1

Preliminary round 2

Play-off round

Al-Rayyan

Saipa

Saipa

Minerva Punjab

Play-off West 4

Zob Ahan advanced to Group A.

Preliminary round 1		Preliminary round 2		Play-off round

				Al-Gharafa	2
				Zob Ahan	3
		Zob Ahan (a.e.t.)	1
Al-Wehdat	2	Al-Kuwait	0
Al-Kuwait	3

Play-off East 1

Ulsan Hyundai advanced to Group H.

Preliminary round 1

Preliminary round 2

Play-off round

Ulsan Hyundai

Perak

Perak (p)

1 (6)

Kitchee

1 (5)

Play-off East 2

Shandong Luneng advanced to Group E.

Preliminary round 1

Preliminary round 2

Play-off round

Shandong Luneng

Hanoi

Bangkok United

Hanoi

Play-off East 3

Sanfrecce Hiroshima advanced to Group F.

Preliminary round 1

Preliminary round 2

Play-off round

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (p)

0 (4)

Chiangrai United

0 (3)

Chiangrai United

Ceres–Negros

Yangon United

Yangon United

Play-off East 4

Kashima Antlers advanced to Group E.

Preliminary round 1		Preliminary round 2		Play-off round

				Kashima Antlers	4
				Newcastle Jets	1
		Newcastle Jets (a.e.t.)	3
Home United	1	Persija Jakarta	1
Persija Jakarta	3

Preliminary round 1

Summary

A total of six teams played in the preliminary round 1.

West Region
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Wehdat	2–3	Al-Kuwait

East Region
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ceres–Negros	1–2	Yangon United
Home United	1–3	Persija Jakarta

West Region

5 February 2019 (2019-02-05)

19:00 UTC+2

Al-Wehdat	2–3	Al-Kuwait
Al-Dardour 10' Murjan 31'	Live Report Stats Report	Zayid 38', 44' (pen.) Saeed 68'

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 8,313

Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

East Region

5 February 2019 (2019-02-05)

19:30 UTC+8

Ceres–Negros	1–2	Yangon United
Schröck 44'	Live Report Stats Report	Miller 29' Kaung Htet Soe 59'

Panaad Stadium, Bacolod

Attendance: 7,029

Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

5 February 2019 (2019-02-05)

19:30 UTC+8

Home United	1–3	Persija Jakarta
Song Ui-young 43'	Live Report Stats Report	Ho Wai Loon 9' (o.g.) Beto 54' Šimić 84'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 1,893

Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

Preliminary round 2

Summary

A total of 16 teams played in the preliminary round 2: 13 teams which entered in this round, and three winners of the preliminary round 1.

West Region
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pakhtakor	2–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
AGMK	4–2	Istiklol
Saipa	4–0	Minerva Punjab
Zob Ahan	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Al-Kuwait

East Region
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Perak	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Kitchee
Bangkok United	0–1	Hanoi
Chiangrai United	3–1	Yangon United
Newcastle Jets	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Persija Jakarta

West Region

12 February 2019 (2019-02-12)

15:00 UTC+5

Pakhtakor	2–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Masharipov 77' Bikmaev 84'	Live Report Stats Report	Ahmad 87'

Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 15,572

Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

12 February 2019 (2019-02-12)

16:00 UTC+5

AGMK	4–2	Istiklol
Juraev 25' Shikhov 72' Khakimov 78' Polvonov 82'	Live Report Stats Report	Hasan 2' Kimsanov 62'

AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq

Attendance: 7,920

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

12 February 2019 (2019-02-12)

17:10 UTC+3:30

Saipa	4–0	Minerva Punjab
Rezavand 8' (pen.), 81' Ramezani 24' Sarfo 73'	Live Report Stats Report

Shahr-e Qods Stadium, Qods

Attendance: 1,210

Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

12 February 2019 (2019-02-12)

19:00 UTC+3:30

Zob Ahan	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Al-Kuwait
Osaguona 110'	Live Report Stats Report

Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan

Attendance: 3,600

Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

East Region

12 February 2019 (2019-02-12)

21:00 UTC+8

Perak	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Kitchee
Wander 14'	Live Report Stats Report	Li Ngai Hoi 86'
Penalties
Wander Amirul Parthiban Leandro Gilmar Shahrul Kenny	6–5	Tarrés Silva Vadócz Hélio Li Ngai Hoi Tong Kin Man Cancela

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 8,605

Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

12 February 2019 (2019-02-12)

19:00 UTC+7

Bangkok United	0–1	Hanoi
	Live Report Stats Report	Nguyễn Văn Quyết 89' (pen.)

Thammasat Stadium, Pathum Thani

Attendance: 5,384

Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

12 February 2019 (2019-02-12)

19:00 UTC+7

Chiangrai United	3–1	Yangon United
Lee Yong-rae 12' Suriya 38' Bill 86'	Live Report Stats Report	Pyae Phyo Zaw 36'

Singha Stadium, Chiang Rai

Attendance: 3,177

Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

12 February 2019 (2019-02-12)

19:00 UTC+11

Newcastle Jets	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Persija Jakarta
Vargas 49' Boogaard 101' Ridenton 120'	Live Report Stats Report	Ramdani 72'

Newcastle International Sports Centre, Newcastle

Attendance: 6,647

Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

Play-off round

Summary

A total of 16 teams played in the play-off round: eight teams which entered in this round, and eight winners of the preliminary round 2.

West Region
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Nasr	1–2	Pakhtakor
Al-Nassr	4–0	AGMK
Al-Rayyan	3–1	Saipa
Al-Gharafa	2–3	Zob Ahan

East Region
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ulsan Hyundai	5–1	Perak
Shandong Luneng	4–1	Hanoi
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Chiangrai United
Kashima Antlers	4–1	Newcastle Jets

West Region

19 February 2019 (2019-02-19)

19:00 UTC+4

Al-Nasr	1–2	Pakhtakor
Negredo 59' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report	Ćeran 31' (pen.) Bikmaev 50'

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 4,254

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

19 February 2019 (2019-02-19)

18:00 UTC+3

Al-Nassr	4–0	AGMK
Hawsawi 55' Al-Ghanam 62' Giuliano 80', 90+3'	Live Report Stats Report

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 6,915

Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

19 February 2019 (2019-02-19)

18:00 UTC+3

Al-Rayyan	3–1	Saipa
Rivas 27', 90' Soria 89'	Live Report Stats Report	Ramezani 3'

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 1,416

Referee: Ma Ning (China)

19 February 2019 (2019-02-19)

18:00 UTC+3

Al-Gharafa	2–3	Zob Ahan
Alaaeldin 21' Taremi 36'	Live Report Stats Report	Osaguona 47' Motahari 63' Nejadmehdi 79'

Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 677

Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

East Region

19 February 2019 (2019-02-19)

19:30 UTC+9

Ulsan Hyundai	5–1	Perak
Azhan 23' (o.g.) Diskerud 56', 58' Lee Dong-kyeong 70' Negrão 87'	Live Report Stats Report	Naim 90'

Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

Attendance: 2,178

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

19 February 2019 (2019-02-19)

15:30 UTC+8

Shandong Luneng	4–1	Hanoi
Liu Junshuai 65' Pellè 73' Liu Binbin 86' Zhou Haibin 90+2'	Live Report Stats Report	Nguyễn Văn Quyết 39'

Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Jinan

Attendance: 12,169

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

19 February 2019 (2019-02-19)

19:00 UTC+9

Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Chiangrai United
	Live Report Stats Report
Penalties
Patric Kashiwa Nogami Kawabe Matsumoto	4–3	Bill Tanasak Phitiwat Chaiyawat Peerapong

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 2,570

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

19 February 2019 (2019-02-19)

19:00 UTC+9

Kashima Antlers	4–1	Newcastle Jets
S. Ito 18' Yamamoto 32' Serginho 67' (pen.), 90+1'	Live Report Stats Report	Vargas 23'

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

Attendance: 5,477

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The identity of the second play-off team from Uzbekistan, and the play-off teams from South Korea, China, Japan and Indonesia was not known at the time of the group stage draw.

References

^ ^a ^b "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". AFC. 14 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b "2019 AFC Champions League Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
^ "AFC Champions League 2019 Official Match Schedule". AFC.
^ "Continent's elite set for 2019 campaign". AFC. 22 November 2018.

External links

AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com
AFC Champions League 2019, stats.the-AFC.com

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