The unseeded Shanghai Seaport lineup is No. 12 Chen Wei, No. 25 Dujia, No. 6 Cai Huikang, No. 13 Wei Zhen, No. 20 Yang Shiyuan, No. 31 Bao Shimeng, No. 33 Liu Zhurun, No. 38 Lai Deming and No. 45 Liu Xiaolong.
Wu Lei is likely to miss out again in this round of the elite AFC Champions League, while foreign player William Pope will play.
Shanghai Seaport shook hands with Malaysian champions Johor Bahru 2-2 at home in the first round of the East Asian group stage. In the second round, they met their Waterloo 0-3 away to South Korea's Pohang Ironmen. However, in the third round, they beat Australia's Central Coast Mariners 3-2 at home. But when it came to the fourth round, away against Japan's Kawasaki Frontale, Shanghai Seaport lost 1-3.
Ulsan HD's star-studded lineup boasts six foreigners, including Bojanic, Salles, and Ludvigson, and has also brought in Kim Young-Gwon and Kim Dae-Young, who played for Guangzhou Evergrande (now Guangzhou) and Chengdu Rongcheng.
Ulsan Hyundai suffered back-to-back defeats in the group stage of the AFC East Asian Championship, losing 1-0 at home to Kawasaki Striker, 0-4 on the road to Yokohama Marinos, 0-2 at home to Kobe Victory Boat, and finally 0-3 on the road to Johor Bahru, making them the only team in the group stage to come away with no points.
In the East Asia regional table, Shanghai Seaport is in 10th place, sharing 4 points with Shandong Taishan. Ulsan HD, on the other hand, finished in last place. According to the knockout rules, only the top eight teams qualify for the next round.
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