AFC Champions League 2016

AFC Champions League 2016
Cup winners	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2nd title)
Beginning	January 27, 2016
final	H : November 19, 2016 R : November 26, 2016
Final stadium	H: Jeonju World Cup Stadium , Jeonju D: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium , al-Ain
Teams	32 (45 with qualifying rounds)
Games	126  (including 1 criminally verified)
Gates	309  (ø 2.45 per game) (excluding penalty-verified games)
spectator	1,634,765  (ø 12,974 per game) (excluding criminally verified games)
Top scorer	Adriano ( FC Seoul )
yellow cards	408  (ø 3.24 per game)
Yellow and red cards	16  (ø 0.13 per game)
Red cards	8  (ø 0.06 per game)
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The AFC Champions League 2016 was the 14th season of the most important Asian competition for club teams in football under this name and the 35th overall. 45 clubs from 17 national associations took part in the competition. The season began with the first qualifying round on January 27 and ended with the second leg of the final on November 26, 2016.

The South Korean club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won the competition for the second time after 2006 with a 2-1 win in the first leg and a 1-1 draw in the second leg against the al Ain Club from the United Arab Emirates and qualified as a representative of the AFC for the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan. Defending champion Guangzhou Evergrande from China was already eliminated in the group stage.

The top scorer was the Brazilian Adriano from FC Seoul with 13 goals. For best players of the competition, originally from the United Arab Emirates was Omar Abdul Rahman appointed.

Qualified countries

The number of starting places in the individual qualifying rounds and the group phase was determined from the AFC four-year evaluation 2014, which was made up of the results of the respective football association in AFC competitions over the past four years. The clubs were considered to 70 percent and the national teams to 30 percent (maximum 100 points).

• Admitted to the Champions League are the 12 best associations from the western and eastern regions after the four-year ranking in 2014.
  • The western region includes the associations from West , Central and South Asia , with the exception of India and the Maldives.
  • The eastern region includes the associations from Southeast and East Asia as well as India and the Maldives.
• In both regions there are 12 direct starting places in the group stage, the remaining 8 (4 in each region) will be decided by qualification.
• The best 6 associations from both regions will be given direct starting positions in the group stage, the rest of them have to qualify.
  • Places 1 and 2 receive three direct starting places and one qualification place.
  • 3rd and 4th place get two direct starting places and two qualifying places.
  • 5th place receives a direct starting place and two qualification places.
  • 6th place receives a direct starting place and a qualification place.
  • Places 7 to 12 receive a qualification place.
• The maximum number of starting places was a third of the total number of clubs in the first division (Australia only got three places, as only nine Australian clubs played in the A-League ).

Western region rank Association member Points Starting places Group phase qualification region Ges. Play-off round 2 Round 1 01 02  Saudi Arabia 88.268 3 1 0 0 02 03  Iran 80.794 3 1 0 0 03 5  Uzbekistan 62.272 3 1 0 0 04th 07th  Ver. Arab. Emirates 57.792 2 2 0 0 05 09  Qatar 56.102 1 2 0 0 06th 10  Iraq 47.106 0 0 0 0 07th 11  Kuwait 45.225 0 0 0 0 08th 12  Jordan 44,309 0 1 0 0 09 14th  Oman 30.586 0 0 0 0 10 16  Bahrain 25,547 0 0 0 0 11 17th  Lebanon 25,488 0 0 0 0 12 19th  Syria 22.883 0 0 0 0 Total 12 8th 0 0 8th

Eastern region rank Association member Points Starting places Group phase qualification region Ges. Play-off round 2 Round 1 01 01  South Korea 94.866 3 1 0 0 02 04th  Japan 77.107 3 1 0 0 03 06th  Australia 57.940 2 1 0 0 04th 08th  China 57.660 2 1 1 0 05 13  Thailand 33,049 1 0 2 0 06th 15th  Vietnam 27.753 1 0 1 0 07th 18th  Indonesia 25.004 0 0 0 0 08th 20th  Hong Kong 20,077 0 0 1 0 09 21st  Myanmar 18,282 0 0 1 0 10 22nd  Malaysia 18,153 0 0 1 0 11 23  India 16.756 0 0 0 1 12 24  Singapore 16.097 0 0 0 1 Total 12 4th 7th 2 13

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Due to the lack of participants in the qualification for the western region, the fourth club from the United Arab Emirates, the second and third club from Qatar and the only club from Jordan advanced straight to the play-off round.
2. ↑ Iraq originally received two qualifying places, but is not allowed to participate in the Champions League because none of its clubs received a license.
3. ↑ Kuwait was originally given a qualifying place, but the suspension of their football association meant that they were not allowed to participate in any international competition.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Oman, Bahrain, Lebanon and Syria originally all received a qualifying place, but are not allowed to participate in the Champions League because none of their clubs received a license.
5. ↑ Indonesia originally got a qualifying place, but due to the suspension of their football association , they were not allowed to take part in any international competition.

qualification

The fixtures in the three qualifying rounds were set according to the AFC four-year ranking, with matches between teams from the same national association being excluded. The team placed higher in the rating had home rights. The defeated teams from the associations, which were only allowed to send one team to the Champions League, continued to play in the group phase of the AFC Cup.

In the event of a tie, extra time was played first and then a penalty shoot-out was applied if necessary .

First qualifying round

The game took place on January 27, 2016. In the absence of participants, the round in the western region was omitted.

Eastern region

	Result
Mohun Bagan AC	3: 1	Tampines Rovers

Second qualifying round

The games took place on February 2, 2016. In the absence of participants, the round in the western region was omitted.

Eastern region

	Result
Hà Nội T&T	1-0	Kitchee SC
Chonburi FC	3: 2 a.d.	Yangon United
Shandong Luneng Taishan	6-0	Mohun Bagan AC
Muangthong United	0: 0 n.V. (3: 0 p.e. )	Johor Darul Ta'zim FC

Play-offs

The final qualifying round is called the "play-off". The games took place on February 9, 2016.

Western region

	Result
Ittihad FC	2: 1	al-Wihdat
Naft Tehran	0: 2	al-Jaish
Bunyodkor Tashkent	2-0	al Shabab
al-Jazira Club	2: 2 n.v. (5: 4 p.e. )	al-Sadd SC

Eastern region

	Result
Pohang Steelers	3-0	Hà Nội T&T
FC Tokyo	9-0	Chonburi FC
Adelaide United	1: 2	Shandong Luneng Taishan
Shanghai SIPG	3-0	Muangthong United

Group stage

32 clubs from 11 national associations took part in the group stage. 24 teams were directly qualified, plus 8 (four each from the western and eastern regions) from the qualifying rounds. The group draw took place on December 10, 2015 in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur . The teams were drawn into eight groups with four participants each. The teams from the western region formed groups A to D, those from the eastern region formed groups E to H. Teams from the same national association could not be drawn into the same group.

The group winners and runners-up qualified for the round of 16, while those placed third and fourth were eliminated from the competition. If two or more teams were tied, the placement was determined by the following criteria:

1. Number of points in direct comparison
2. Goal difference in direct comparison
3. Number of goals in direct comparison
4. Number of away goals in direct comparison
5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4, two or more teams still occupy the same place in the table, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied for these teams. If this does not lead to a definitive placement, criteria 6 to 10 are used.
6. Goal difference from all group matches
7. Number of goals in all group matches
8. If it is only about two teams and these two are on the field, there will be a penalty shoot-out between them .
9. Lower number of points through yellow and red cards (yellow card 1 point, yellow-red and red card 3 points, yellow card followed by a direct red card 4 points)
10. Higher rank of the football association in the AFC four-year ranking

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Tashkent locomotive	6th	2	4th	0	006: 300	+3	10
2.	al-Nasr SC	6th	2	3	1	005: 400	+1	09
3.	Ittihad FC	6th	2	3	1	009: 400	+5	09
4th	Sepahan FC	6th	1	0	5	002:110	−9	03

February 23, 2016
Tashkent locomotive	1: 1	Ittihad FC	Lokomotiv Stadium
Sepahan FC	2-0	al-Nasr SC	Foolad Shahr Stadium
March 1, 2016
Ittihad FC	1: 1	Tashkent locomotive	King Abdullah Stadium
al-Nasr SC	2-0	Sepahan FC	al-Maktoum stadium
15th March 2016
Ittihad FC	1: 2	al-Nasr SC	King Abdullah Stadium
Sepahan FC	0: 2	Tashkent locomotive	Foolad Shahr Stadium
April 6, 2016
Tashkent locomotive	1-0	Sepahan FC	Lokomotiv Stadium
al-Nasr SC	0-0	Ittihad FC	al-Maktoum stadium
April 20, 2016
Ittihad FC	4-0	Sepahan FC	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
al-Nasr SC	1: 1	Tashkent locomotive	al-Maktoum stadium
4th May 2016
Tashkent locomotive	0-0	al-Nasr SC	Bunyodkor Stadium
Sepahan FC	0: 2	Ittihad FC	Sultan Qaboos Sports Center

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Zob Ahan Isfahan	6th	4th	2	0	012: 200	+10	14th
2.	Lekhwiya	6th	2	3	1	007: 200	+5	09
3.	al-Nasr	6th	1	2	3	005:140	−9	05
4th	Bunyodkor Tashkent	6th	0	3	3	005:110	−6	03

February 23, 2016
Lekhwiya	0: 1	Zob Ahan Isfahan	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
al-Nasr	3: 3	Bunyodkor Tashkent	King Fahd Stadium
March 1, 2016
Bunyodkor Tashkent	0: 1	al-Nasr	Bunyodkor Stadium
Zob Ahan Isfahan	0-0	Lekhwiya	Foolad Shahr Stadium
March 16, 2016
Bunyodkor Tashkent	0-0	Zob Ahan Isfahan	Bunyodkor Stadium
al-Nasr	1: 1	Lekhwiya	King Fahd Stadium
5th April 2016
Zob Ahan Isfahan	5: 2	Bunyodkor Tashkent	Foolad Shahr Stadium
Lekhwiya	4-0	al-Nasr	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
April 20, 2016
Bunyodkor Tashkent	0: 2	Lekhwiya	Bunyodkor Stadium
Zob Ahan Isfahan	3-0	al-Nasr	Sultan Qaboos Sports Center
4th May 2016
al-Nasr	0: 3	Zob Ahan Isfahan	Al-Rashid Stadium
Lekhwiya	0-0	Bunyodkor Tashkent	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Tractor Sazi Tabriz	6th	4th	0	2	010: 300	+7	12
2.	al-Hilal	6th	3	2	1	010: 700	+3	11
3.	Paxtakor Tashkent	6th	3	1	2	010: 900	+1	10
4th	al-Jazira Club	6th	0	1	5	002:130	−11	01

February 24, 2016
Paxtakor Tashkent	2: 2	al-Hilal	Paxtakor Central Stadium
Tractor Sazi Tabriz	4-0	al-Jazira Club	Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium
March 2, 2016
al-Jazira Club	0: 1	Tractor Sazi Tabriz	al-Jazira-Mohammed-Bin-Zayed-Stadion
al-Hilal	4: 1	Paxtakor Tashkent	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
15th March 2016
al-Jazira Club	1: 1	al-Hilal	al-Jazira-Mohammed-Bin-Zayed-Stadion
Paxtakor Tashkent	1-0	Tractor Sazi Tabriz	Paxtakor Central Stadium
April 6, 2016
Tractor Sazi Tabriz	2-0	Paxtakor Tashkent	Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium
al-Hilal	1-0	al-Jazira Club	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
April 19, 2016
al-Jazira Club	1: 3	Paxtakor Tashkent	al-Jazira-Mohammed-Bin-Zayed-Stadion
al-Hilal	0: 2	Tractor Sazi Tabriz	Qatar SC Stadium
May 3, 2016
Paxtakor Tashkent	3-0	al-Jazira Club	Paxtakor Central Stadium
Tractor Sazi Tabriz	1: 2	al-Hilal	Sultan Qaboos Sports Center

Group D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	al-Jaish	6th	3	1	2	006: 800	−2	10
2.	al Ain Club	6th	3	1	2	008: 600	+2	10
3.	al-Ahli	6th	3	0	3	010: 700	+3	09
4th	Nasaf Karschi	6th	1	2	3	004: 700	−3	05

February 24, 2016
al Ain Club	1: 2	al-Jaish	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
al-Ahli	2: 1	Nasaf Karschi	King Abdullah Stadium
March 2, 2016
al-Jaish	2: 1	al Ain Club	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Nasaf Karschi	2: 1	al-Ahli	Markaziy Stadium
March 16, 2016
al-Jaish	1-0	Nasaf Karschi	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
al Ain Club	1-0	al-Ahli	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
5th April 2016
Nasaf Karschi	0-0	al-Jaish	Markaziy Stadium
al-Ahli	1: 2	al Ain Club	King Abdullah Stadium
April 19, 2016
al-Jaish	1: 4	al-Ahli	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Nasaf Karschi	1: 1	al Ain Club	Markaziy Stadium
May 3, 2016
al Ain Club	2-0	Nasaf Karschi	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
al-Ahli	2-0	al-Jaish	King Abdullah Stadium

Group E

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6th	3	1	2	013: 900	+4	10
2.	FC Tokyo	6th	3	1	2	008: 800	± 0	10
3.	Jiangsu Suning	6th	2	3	1	010: 700	+3	09
4th	Becamex Bình Dương	6th	1	1	4th	006:130	−7	04th

February 23, 2016
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2: 1	FC Tokyo	Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Becamex Bình Dương	1: 1	Jiangsu Suning	Gò Đậu Stadium
March 1, 2016
FC Tokyo	3: 1	Becamex Bình Dương	Tokyo stadium
Jiangsu Suning	3: 2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Stadium
15th March 2016
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2-0	Becamex Bình Dương	Jeonju World Cup Stadium
FC Tokyo	0-0	Jiangsu Suning	Tokyo stadium
April 6, 2016
Becamex Bình Dương	3: 2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Gò Đậu Stadium
Jiangsu Suning	1: 2	FC Tokyo	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Stadium
April 20, 2016
FC Tokyo	0: 3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Tokyo stadium
Jiangsu Suning	3-0	Becamex Bình Dương	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Stadium
4th May 2016
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2: 2	Jiangsu Suning	Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Becamex Bình Dương	1: 2	FC Tokyo	Gò Đậu Stadium

Group F.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Seoul	6th	4th	1	1	017: 500	+12	13
2.	Shandong Luneng Taishan	6th	3	2	1	007: 500	+2	11
3.	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6th	3	0	3	009: 800	+1	09
4th	Buriram United	6th	0	1	5	001:160	−15	01

February 23, 2016
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1: 2	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Hiroshima Big Arch
Buriram United	0: 6	FC Seoul	Buriram Stadium
March 1, 2016
FC Seoul	4: 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Seoul World Cup Stadium
Shandong Luneng Taishan	3-0	Buriram United	Jinan Olympic Sports Luneng Stadium
March 16, 2016
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3-0	Buriram United	Hiroshima Big Arch
Shandong Luneng Taishan	1: 4	FC Seoul	Jinan Olympic Sports Luneng Stadium
5th April 2016
FC Seoul	0-0	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Seoul World Cup Stadium
Buriram United	0: 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Buriram Stadium
April 20, 2016
FC Seoul	2: 1	Buriram United	Seoul World Cup Stadium
Shandong Luneng Taishan	1-0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Jinan Olympic Sports Luneng Stadium
4th May 2016
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2: 1	FC Seoul	Hiroshima Big Arch
Buriram United	0-0	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Buriram Stadium

Group G

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Shanghai SIPG	6th	4th	0	2	010: 800	+2	12
2.	Melbourne Victory	6th	2	3	1	007: 700	± 0	09
3.	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	6th	2	3	1	007: 400	+3	09
4th	Gamba Osaka	6th	0	2	4th	004: 900	−5	02

February 24, 2016
Melbourne Victory	2: 1	Shanghai SIPG	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0-0	Gamba Osaka	Suwon World Cup Stadium
March 2, 2016
Gamba Osaka	1: 1	Melbourne Victory	Suita City Football Stadium
Shanghai SIPG	2: 1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Shanghai stadium
15th March 2016
Melbourne Victory	0-0	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Shanghai SIPG	2: 1	Gamba Osaka	Shanghai stadium
April 6, 2016
Gamba Osaka	0: 2	Shanghai SIPG	Suita City Football Stadium
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1: 1	Melbourne Victory	Suwon World Cup Stadium
April 19, 2016
Gamba Osaka	1: 2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Suita City Football Stadium
Shanghai SIPG	3: 1	Melbourne Victory	Shanghai stadium
May 3, 2016
Melbourne Victory	2: 1	Gamba Osaka	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3-0	Shanghai SIPG	Suwon World Cup Stadium

Group H.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sydney FC	6th	3	1	2	004: 400	± 0	10
2.	Urawa Red Diamonds	6th	2	3	1	006: 400	+2	09
3.	Guangzhou Evergrande	6th	2	2	2	006: 500	+1	08th
4th	Pohang Steelers	6th	1	2	3	002: 500	−3	05

February 24, 2016
Urawa Red Diamonds	2-0	Sydney FC	Saitama Stadium 2002
Guangzhou Evergrande	0-0	Pohang Steelers	Tianhe Stadium
March 2, 2016
Sydney FC	2: 1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Sydney Football Stadium
Pohang Steelers	1-0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Steel Yard Stadium
March 16, 2016
Guangzhou Evergrande	2: 2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tianhe Stadium
Pohang Steelers	0: 1	Sydney FC	Steel Yard Stadium
5th April 2016
Sydney FC	1-0	Pohang Steelers	Sydney Football Stadium
Urawa Red Diamonds	1-0	Guangzhou Evergrande	Saitama Stadium 2002
April 19, 2016
Pohang Steelers	0: 2	Guangzhou Evergrande	Steel Yard Stadium
April 20, 2016
Sydney FC	0-0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Sydney Football Stadium
May 3, 2016
Urawa Red Diamonds	1: 1	Pohang Steelers	Saitama Stadium 2002
Guangzhou Evergrande	1-0	Sydney FC	Tianhe Stadium

Final round

The division into the western and eastern regions, which already existed from the qualifying rounds, was continued in the final round up to the final.

Round of 16

The pairings for the round of 16 were already blindly determined when the group stage was drawn in December 2015. So it could happen that teams from the same national association had to play against each other. A group runner-up each met a group winner from another group, with the group winners initially playing the first leg away. The first legs took place on May 17 and 18, 2016, the second legs on May 24 and 25, 2016.

Western region

	total		First leg	Return leg
al-Hilal	1: 2	Tashkent locomotive	0-0	1: 2
al-Nasr SC	5: 4	Tractor Sazi Tabriz	4: 1	1: 3
al Ain Club	3: 1	Zob Ahan Isfahan	1: 1	2-0
Lekhwiya	4: 6	al-Jaish	0: 4	4: 2

Eastern region

	total		First leg	Return leg
Melbourne Victory	2: 3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1: 1	1: 2
FC Tokyo	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Shanghai SIPG	2: 1	0: 1
Urawa Red Diamonds	3: 3 (6: 7 on behalf )	FC Seoul	1-0	2: 3 a.d.
Shandong Luneng Taishan	( a ) 3: 3(a)	Sydney FC	1: 1	2: 2

Quarter finals

The fixtures for the quarter-finals were drawn on June 9, 2016. There were no seeded teams and teams from the same national association could be drawn against each other. The first legs took place on 23 and 24 August 2016, the second legs on 13 and 14 September 2016.

Western region

	total		First leg	Return leg
al Ain Club	1-0	Tashkent locomotive	0-0	1-0
al-Jaish	4-0	al-Nasr SC	3: 0 1	1-0

Eastern region

	total		First leg	Return leg
Shanghai SIPG	0: 5	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0-0	0: 5
FC Seoul	4: 2	Shandong Luneng Taishan	3: 1	1: 1

¹The game originally ended 3-0 for al-Nasr SC. Since the team used the player Wanderley , who is accused of using a forged Indonesian passport, the AFC rated the game on September 12, 2016 as a 3-0 win for al-Jaish.

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the two teams from the western region and the two from the eastern region played against each other. The order of the games was determined before the quarter-finals were drawn. The first legs took place on September 27 and 28, 2016, the second legs on October 18 and 19, 2016.

Western region

	total		First leg	Return leg
al Ain Club	5: 3	al-Jaish	3: 1	2: 2

Eastern region

	total		First leg	Return leg
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	5: 3	FC Seoul	4: 1	1: 2

final

First leg

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors		al Ain Club
	November 19, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CET ) in Jeonju ( Jeonju World Cup Stadium ) Result: 2: 1 (0: 0) Spectators: 36,158 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf ( Oman )   Match report
	Kwoun Sun-tae - Kim Chang-soo , Choi Chul-soon , Lim Jong-eun , Park Won-jae - Kim Hyung-il , Kim Bo-kyung (64th Lee Dong-gook ) - Ricardo Lopes , Lee Jae-sung , Leonardo - Kim Shin-wook (81st Edu ) Trainer: Choi Kang-hee	Khalid Eisa - Fawzi Fayez , Ismail Ahmed , Mohanad Salem , Mohammed Fayez - Lee Myung-joo , Mohamed Abdulrahman (77th Douglas ), Ahmed Barman - Danilo Moreno (90th + 3 ' Ibrahim Diaky ), Omar Abdulrahman , Caio Trainer: Zlatko Dalić ( Croatia )
	1: 1 Leonardo (70th) 2: 1 Leonardo (77th, penalty kick)	0: 1 Danilo Moreno (63.)
	Kim Hyung-il (42nd)	Danilo Moreno (69.), Mohanad Salem (76.)

Return leg

al Ain Club		Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	November 26, 2016 at 6:25 PM (3:25 PM CET ) in al-Ain ( Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium ) Result: 1: 1 (1: 1) Spectators: 23,239 Referee: Ryūji Satō ( Japan )   Match report
	Khalid Eisa - Fawzi Fayez , Ismail Ahmed , Mohanad Salem (86th Saeed Musabbeh ), Mohammed Fayez (71st Mohamed Abdulrahman ) - Lee Myung-joo , Ahmed Barman - Danilo Moreno , Omar Abdulrahman , Caio - Douglas (78th Ibrahim Diaky ) Coach: Zlatko Dalić ( Croatia )	Kwoun Sun-tae - Choi Chul-soon , Kim Chang-soo , Cho Sung-hwan , Park Won-jae - Kim Hyung-il , Kim Bo-kyung (90th Edu ) - Ricardo Lopes (5th Han Kyo-won ) , Lee Jae-sung (58th Kim Shin-wook ), Leonardo - Lee Dong-gook Trainer: Choi Kang-hee
	1: 1 Lee Myung-joo (34th)	0: 1 Han Kyo-won (30.)
	Mohanad Salem (60th), Omar Abdulrahman (90th)	Han Kyo-won (59th), Park Won-jae (65th), Kim Shin-wook (67th), Cho Sung-hwan (90th + 3 '), Kwoun Sun-tae (90th + 5')
	Douglas shoots over the goal (43.)

List of goalscorers

See also : List of AFC Champions League Top Scorers

Below are the top scorers of the Champions League season (without qualification). If the number of goals is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

rank	Nat	player	society	Gates
01		Adriano	FC Seoul	13
02		Leonardo	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	10
03		Romarinho	al-Jaish	07th
04th		Dejan Damjanović	FC Seoul	05
		Douglas	al Ain Club	05
		Lee Dong-gook	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	05
		Igor Sergeev	Paxtakor Tashkent	05
		Wu Lei	Shanghai SIPG	05
09		Besart Berisha	Melbourne Victory	04th
		Elkeson	Shanghai SIPG	04th
		Abderrazak Hamdallah	al-Jaish	04th
		Jô	Jiangsu Suning	04th
		Danilo Moreno	al Ain Club	04th
		Nguyễn Anh Đức	Becamex Bình Dương	04th
		Diego Tardelli	Shandong Luneng Taishan	04th
Status: end of the season

Used players from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Gate : Kwoun Sun-tae (14 / -) Defense : Lim Jong-eun (11/1), Choi Chul-soon (10 / -), Kim Chang-soo (8 / -), Park Won-jae (8 / -), Kim Hyung-il (7 / - ), Choi Kyu-baek (6 / -), Choi Jae-soo (5 / -), Cho Sung-hwan (5 / -), Kim Young-chan (2 / -), Lee Ju-yong (1 / - ) Midfield : Leonardo (14/10), Lee Jae-sung (13/1), Kim Bo-kyung (11/1), Han Kyo-won (8/2), Jang Yun-ho (6 / -), Luiz Henrique (4 / -), Erik Paartalu (4 / -), Seo Sang-min (2 / -), Lee Ho (1 / -) Storm : Lee Dong-gook (5.13), Kim Shin-wook (12/1), Ricardo Lopes (12/3), Ko Moo-yeol (7/2), Lee Jong-ho (5/1) Edu (4 / -), Kim Hyo-gi (1 / -) Trainer : Choi Kang-hee

Web links

• Official website of the AFC Champions League

Individual evidence

1. ^ Omar Abdulrahman lands AFC Champions League 2016 MVP award . In: The-AFC.com . November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} AFC MA Ranking as at 3 November 2014 (PDF) In: The-AFC.com . Retrieved January 3, 2015.
3. ↑ ^{a b} AFC Champions League slots allocated for 2015-2016 . In: The-AFC.com . December 4, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
4. ↑ Champions Guangzhou Evergrande to learn ACL 2016 opponents . In: The-AFC.com . December 4, 2015. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved on December 10, 2015.
5. ↑ AFC Champions League 2016 Group Stage Draw . In: The-AFC.com . December 10, 2015. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved on December 10, 2015.
6. ↑ AFC Champions League draw produces intriguing quarter-final ties . In: The-AFC.com . June 9, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
7. ↑ El Jaish (QAT) vs Nasr (UAE) match forfeited . In: The-AFC.com . September 12, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
8. ^ AFC Champions League 2016: list of goalscorers . In: Weltfussball.de . Retrieved November 26, 2016.