Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: With the AFC Champions League 2015 quarter-finals looming ever larger on the horizon, join the-afc.com as we remind you exactly who will be playing who once the action starts on August 25.
Last year's runners-up Al Hilal were pitted against Lekhwiya of Qatar when the draw was made in the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur on June 18.
Al Hilal are gunning to make a return to the final having succumbed to Australian debutants Western Sydney Wanderers 1-0 on aggregate in the 2014 ACL final.
The Saudi Arabian outfit advanced to this year's quarter-finals after beating Iran's Persepolis 3-1 on aggregate in the Round of 16, while Lekhwiya advanced to the last eight after taming fellow Qatari club and 2011 ACL champions Al Sadd 4-3 on aggregate.
Winners of the 2013 edition Guangzhou Evergrande from China, who qualified for the last eight after downing Seongnam FC of Korea Republic 3-2 on aggregate, will face Japan’s Kashiwa Reysol, who had defeated Seongnam's fellow Koreans Suwon Samsung FC on the away goal rules in the Round of 16.
Gamba Osaka of Japan, who beat FC Seoul 6-3 on aggregate in the Round of 16, face Korean opposition for the second time in this year's knockout stage with the 2008 ACL champions set to clash with Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, the winners of the continent's premier club competition in 2006 who booked their place in Thursday's draw with a 2-1 aggregate victory over Chinese outfit Beijing Guoan.
Al Ahli from the UAE, who had beaten compatriots and inaugural ACL champions Al Ain on the away goals rules to punch their ticket to the quarter-finals, will take on Iranian club Naft Tehran, who saw off Saudia Arabia's Al Ahli to also qualify for the last eight on away goals.
DRAW RESULTS:
Quarter-final 1: Al Hilal v Lekhwiya
Quarter-final 2: Naft Tehran v Al Ahli (UAE)
Quarter-final 3: Kashiwa Reysol v Guangzhou Evergrande
Quarter-final 4: Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Gamba Osaka
KNOCK-OUT STAGE FIXTURES SCHEDULE
25 August 2015
Quarter-final 1 (1st Leg): Al Hilal v Lekhwiya
Quarter-final 3 (1st Leg): Kashiwa Reysol v Guangzhou Evergrande
26 August 2015
Quarter-final 2 (1st Leg): Naft Tehran v Al Ahli (UAE)
Quarter-final 4 (1st Leg): Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Gamba Osaka
15 September 2015
Quarter-final 1 (2nd Leg): Lekhwiya v Al Hilal
Quarter-final 3 (2nd Leg): Guangzhou Evergrande v Kashiwa Reysol
16 September 2015
Quarter-final 2 (2nd Leg): Al Ahli (UAE) v Naft Tehran
Quarter-final 4 (2nd Leg): Gamba Osaka v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
29 September 2015
Semi-final 1 (1st Leg): Winner of QF1 v Winner of QF2
30 September 2015
Semi-final 2 (1st Leg): Winner of QF3 v Winner of QF4
20 October 2015
Semi-final 1 (2nd Leg): Winner of QF2 v Winner of QF1
21 October 2015
Semi-final 2 (2nd Leg): Winner of QF4 v Winner of QF3
7 November 2015
Final (1st Leg): Winner of SF1 v Winner of SF2
Saturday, 21 November 2015
Final (2nd Leg): Winner of SF2 v. Winner of SF1
Photo: WSG