June 17 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal will have to play the home leg of their AFC Champions League quarter-final behind closed doors after they were punished for crowd trouble during the 3-0 win over Iran's Persepolis in the last 16.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said Hilal fans had thrown objects at opponents before the May 26 fixture, at halftime as the players went down the tunnel, and when forward Mehdi Taremi was sent off for the Iranians.
It was the second spectator conduct breach in a year for Hilal, invoking the ban for the August quarter-final fixture, the AFC said on Tuesday.