2019 AFC Champions League final

{{Infobox football match

| title = 2019 AFC Champions League Final

| pixel =

| image =

| event = {{nowrap|2019 AFC Champions League}}

| team1 = Al-Hilal

| team1association = {{flagicon|KSA|size=30px}}

| team1score = 3

| team2 = Urawa Red Diamonds

| team2association = {{flagicon|JPN|size=30px}}

| team2score = 0

| details = on aggregate

| firstleg = First leg

| team1score1 = 1

| team2score1 = 0

| details1 =

| date1 = {{Start date|2019|11|9|df=y}}

| stadium1 = King Saud University Stadium

| city1 = Riyadh

| man_of_the_match1a = André Carrillo (Al-Hilal){{cite web |url=http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/16108 |title=Al Hilal SFC v Urawa Red Diamonds |website=the-afc.com |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |date=9 November 2019 |access-date=10 November 2019 |df=dmy-all }}

| referee1 = Ali Sabah (Iraq)

| attendance1 = 22,549

| weather1 = Cool and fine
{{convert|26|°C|°F}}

| secondleg = Second leg

| team1score2 = 2

| team2score2 = 0

| details2 =

| date2 = {{Start date|2019|11|24|df=y}}

| stadium2 = Saitama Stadium 2002

| city2 = Saitama

| man_of_the_match2a = Sebastian Giovinco {{nowrap|(Al-Hilal)}}{{cite web |url=http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/16109 |title=Urawa Red Diamonds v Al Hilal SFC |website=the-afc.com |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |date=24 November 2019 |access-date=24 November 2019 |df=dmy-all }}

| referee2 = Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

| attendance2 = 58,109

| weather2 = Fine and chilly
{{convert|14|°C|°F}}

| previous = 2018

| next = 2020

}}

The 2019 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2019 AFC Champions League, the 38th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 17th under the current AFC Champions League title.

The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Saudi Arabian team Al-Hilal and Japanese team Urawa Red Diamonds. The first leg was hosted by Al-Hilal at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh on 9 November 2019, while the second leg was hosted by Urawa Red Diamonds at the Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama on 24 November 2019. The final was a rematch of the 2017 final, which Urawa Red Diamonds won 2–1 on aggregate.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/latest/news/rafael-strike-steers-urawa-reds-to-2017-afc-champions-league-crown-40010 |title=Rafael strike steers Urawa Reds to 2017 AFC Champions League crown |publisher=AFC |date=25 November 2017}}

Al-Hilal won their third Asian club championship, tying the record set by the Pohang Steelers for most in the competition's history. They won 3–0 on aggregate, having defeated the Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 in the first leg and 2–0 in the second.{{cite news |date=24 November 2019 |title=Al Hilal clinch record-equalling Asian club title |url=https://gulfnews.com/sport/football/al-hilal-clinch-record-equalling-asian-club-title-1.68052352 |work=Gulf News |agency=Agence France-Presse |access-date=24 November 2019}} This marked the first time in eight years that a team from West Zone won the competition since Al Sadd won it in 2011.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveprice/2019/11/24/2019-asian-champions-league-heads-west-as-al-hilal-beat-urawa-reds |title=2019 Asian Champions League Heads West As Al-Hilal Beat Urawa Reds |first=Steve |last=Price |date=24 November 2019 |work=Forbes |access-date=26 November 2019 }} As Asian champions, Al-Hilal earned the right to represent the AFC at the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar, entering at the second round.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PDFFiles/afc-champions-league-2019-competition-regulations|title=2019 AFC Champions League Competition Regulations|publisher=AFC|format=PDF}}

Teams

In the following table, finals until 2002 were in the Asian Club Championship era, since 2003 were in the AFC Champions League era.

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Team

!Region

!Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)

{{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Hilal

|West Region (Zone: WAFF)

|6 (1986{{Cref2|A}}, 1987{{Cref2|B}}, 1991, 2000, 2014, 2017)

{{flagicon|JPN}} Urawa Red Diamonds

|East Region (Zone: EAFF)

|2 (2007, 2017)

;Notes

{{Cnote2 Begin}}

{{Cnote2|A|The 1986 final was played in four-team round-robin format, with Al-Hilal finishing as runners-up.}}

{{Cnote2|B|Al-Hilal was unable to participate in the 1987 final and therefore was declared as runners-up.}}

{{Cnote2 end}}

Venues

File:Saitama_stadium.png in Saitama, Japan]]

This was the first time that an Asian club final took place at the King Saud University Stadium. Saitama Stadium 2002 hosted an Asian club final for the third time, having previously hosted the second legs of 2007 and 2017.{{cn|date=November 2019}}

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Road to the final

{{details|2019 AFC Champions League}}

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

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colspan=4|{{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Hilal

!Round

!colspan=4|{{flagicon|JPN}} Urawa Red Diamonds

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|Opponent

|colspan=3|Result

|Group stage

|Opponent

|colspan=3|Result

align=left|{{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Ain

|colspan=3|1–0 (A)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 1

|align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Buriram United

|colspan=3|3–0 (H)

align=left|{{flagicon|QAT}} Al-Duhail

|colspan=3|3–1 (H)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 2

|align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Beijing FC

|colspan=3|0–0 (A)

align=left|{{flagicon|IRN}} Esteghlal

|colspan=3|1–2 (A)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 3

|align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

|colspan=3|0–1 (H)

align=left|{{flagicon|IRN}} Esteghlal

|colspan=3|1–0 (H)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 4

|align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

|colspan=3|1–2 (A)

align=left|{{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Ain

|colspan=3|2–0 (H)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 5

|align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Buriram United

|colspan=3|2–1 (A)

align=left|{{flagicon|QAT}} Al-Duhail

|colspan=3|2–2 (A)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 6

|align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Beijing FC

|colspan=3|3–0 (H)

colspan=4 align=center valign=top|Group C winners

{{2019 AFC Champions League group tables|Group C|only_pld_pts=yes|show_matches=no|showteam=HIL}}

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Final standings

|colspan=4 align=center valign=top|Group G runners-up

{{2019 AFC Champions League group tables|Group G|only_pld_pts=yes|show_matches=no|showteam=URA}}

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|Opponent

|Agg.

|1st leg

|2nd leg

|Knockout stage

|Opponent

|Agg.

|1st leg

|2nd leg

align=left|{{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Ahli

|4–3

|4–2 (A)

|0–1 (H)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Round of 16

|align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} Ulsan Hyundai

|4–2

|1–2 (H)

|3–0 (A)

align=left|{{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Ittihad

|3–1

|0–0 (A)

|3–1 (H)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Quarter-finals

|align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Shanghai SIPG

|3–3 (a)

|2–2 (A)

|1–1 (H)

align=left|{{flagicon|QAT}} Al-Sadd

|6–5

|4–1 (A)

|2–4 (H)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Semi-finals

|align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Guangzhou Evergrande

|3–0

|2–0 (H)

|1–0 (A)

Format

The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs (first leg hosted by team from the West Region, second leg hosted by team from the East Region) reversed from the previous season's final.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/latest/news/quarter-final-ties-confirmed-x0951|title=Quarter-final ties confirmed|publisher=AFC|date=6 June 2017}} The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out would have been used to decide the winning side if necessary (Regulations, Section 3. 11.2 & 11.3).

Matches

=First leg=

==Summary==

Peruvian André Carrillo scored the only goal of the match for Al-Hilal.

==Details==

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|score = 1–0

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|stadium = King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 22,549

|referee = Ali Sabah (Iraq)

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/matches/2019/2033375 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/16108 Stats Report]

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GK1{{flagicon|KSA}} Abdullah Al-Mayouf
RB2{{flagicon|KSA}} Mohammed Al-Breik
CB20{{flagicon|KOR}} Jang Hyun-soo
CB5{{flagicon|KSA}} Ali Al-Bulaihi{{yel|38}}
LB12{{flagicon|KSA}} Yasser Al-Shahrani
RM19{{flagicon|PER}} André Carrillo
CM7{{flagicon|KSA}} Salman Al-Faraj (c)
CM8{{flagicon|KSA}} Abdullah Otayf{{suboff|89}}
LM29{{flagicon|KSA}} Salem Al-Dawsari
CF9{{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian Giovinco{{suboff|87}}
CF18{{flagicon|FRA}} Bafétimbi Gomis
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK30{{flagicon|KSA}} Mohammed Al-Waked
DF70{{flagicon|KSA}} Mohammed Jahfali
MF24{{flagicon|KSA}} Nawaf Al-Abed{{subon|87}}
MF27{{flagicon|KSA}} Hattan Bahebri
MF28{{flagicon|KSA}} Mohamed Kanno{{subon|89}}
FW10{{flagicon|KSA}} Mohammad Al-Shalhoub
FW11{{flagicon|KSA}} Saleh Al-Shehri
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|ROM}} Răzvan Lucescu

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GK25{{flagicon|JPN}} Haruki Fukushima
CB31{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuya Iwanami
CB4{{flagicon|JPN}} Daisuke Suzuki
CB5{{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoaki Makino
RM27{{flagicon|JPN}} Daiki Hashioka
CM8{{flagicon|BRA}} Ewerton
CM16{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuya Aoki
LM41{{flagicon|JPN}} Takahiro Sekine{{suboff|85}}
AM7{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuki Nagasawa{{suboff|75}}
AM12{{flagicon|BRA}} Fabrício
CF30{{flagicon|JPN}} Shinzo Koroki (c)
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK23{{flagicon|JPN}} Nao Iwadate
DF2{{flagicon|BRA}} Maurício Antônio
DF3{{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoya Ugajin{{subon|85}}
MF10{{flagicon|JPN}} Yōsuke Kashiwagi
MF22{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuki Abe
MF29{{flagicon|JPN}} Kai Shibato
FW14{{flagicon|JPN}} Kenyu Sugimoto{{subon|75}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tsuyoshi Otsuki

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Man of the Match:


André Carrillo (Al-Hilal)

Assistant referees:


Ali Ubaydee (Iraq)


Ameer Hussein (Iraq)


Fourth official:


Watheq Al-Swaiedi (Iraq)


Additional assistant referees:


Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)


Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

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Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

==Statistics==

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|+Overall

scope="col" style="width:100px"|Statistic

! scope="col" style="width:70px"|Al-Hilal

! scope="col" style="width:70px"|Urawa Red Diamonds

scope=row|Goals scored

|1

|0

scope=row|Total shots

|22

|2

scope=row|Shots on target

|6

|1

scope=row|Blocked shots

|8

|1

scope=row|Ball possession

|70%

|30%

scope=row|Corner kicks

|9

|2

scope=row|Passes

|680

|293

scope=row|Fouls conceded

|10

|12

scope=row|Offsides

|3

|1

scope=row|Yellow cards

|1

|0

scope=row|Red cards

|0

|0

=Second leg=

==Summary==

Salem Al-Dawsari scored for Al-Hilal after 74 minutes before Bafétimbi Gomis made his eleventh goal of the tournament, earning him the top goalscorer and best player titles aside of the AFC Champions League trophy.

==Details==

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|time = {{UTZ|19:01|9}}

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|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Hilal

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

|attendance = 58,109

|referee = Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/matches/2019/2033376 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/16109 Stats Report]

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GK1{{flagicon|JPN}} Shusaku Nishikawa
CB31{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuya Iwanami{{yel|57}}
CB4{{flagicon|JPN}} Daisuke Suzuki
CB5{{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoaki Makino{{yel|76}}
RM27{{flagicon|JPN}} Daiki Hashioka
CM8{{flagicon|BRA}} Ewerton
CM16{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuya Aoki{{yel|53}}{{suboff|88}}
LM41{{flagicon|JPN}} Takahiro Sekine{{yel|43}}
AM7{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuki Nagasawa{{suboff|63}}
AM12{{flagicon|BRA}} Fabrício{{suboff|71}}
CF30{{flagicon|JPN}} Shinzo Koroki (c)
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK25{{flagicon|JPN}} Haruki Fukushima
DF2{{flagicon|BRA}} Maurício Antônio
DF3{{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoya Ugajin
MF10{{flagicon|JPN}} Yōsuke Kashiwagi{{subon|63}}
MF22{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuki Abe{{subon|88}}
MF29{{flagicon|JPN}} Kai Shibato
FW14{{flagicon|JPN}} Kenyu Sugimoto{{subon|71}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tsuyoshi Otsuki

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GK1{{flagicon|KSA}} Abdullah Al-Mayouf
RB2{{flagicon|KSA}} Mohammed Al-Breik{{suboff|80}}
CB20{{flagicon|KOR}} Jang Hyun-soo
CB5{{flagicon|KSA}} Ali Al-Bulaihi
LB12{{flagicon|KSA}} Yasser Al-Shahrani
RM19{{flagicon|PER}} André Carrillo
CM7{{flagicon|KSA}} Salman Al-Faraj (c)
CM8{{flagicon|KSA}} Abdullah Otayf{{suboff|90+4}}
LM29{{flagicon|KSA}} Salem Al-Dawsari
CF9{{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian Giovinco{{suboff|88}}
CF18{{flagicon|FRA}} Bafétimbi Gomis
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK30{{flagicon|KSA}} Mohammed Al-Waked
DF17{{flagicon|KSA}} Abdullah Al-Hafith{{subon|80}}
MF24{{flagicon|KSA}} Nawaf Al-Abed
MF27{{flagicon|KSA}} Hattan Bahebri
MF28{{flagicon|KSA}} Mohamed Kanno{{subon|88}}
FW10{{flagicon|KSA}} Mohammad Al-Shalhoub{{subon|90+4}}
FW11{{flagicon|KSA}} Saleh Al-Shehri
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|ROM}} Răzvan Lucescu

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Man of the Match:


Sebastian Giovinco (Al-Hilal)

Assistant referees:


Andrey Tsapenko (Uzbekistan)


Timur Gaynullin (Uzbekistan)


Fourth official:


Ruslan Seratzidinov (Uzbekistan)


Additional assistant referees:


Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)


Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

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Match rules

==Statistics==

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|+Overall

scope="col" style="width:100px"|Statistic

! scope="col" style="width:70px"|Urawa Red Diamonds

! scope="col" style="width:70px"|Al-Hilal

scope=row|Goals scored

|0

|2

scope=row|Total shots

|6

|19

scope=row|Shots on target

|2

|8

scope=row|Blocked shots

|2

|7

scope=row|Ball possession

|54%

|46%

scope=row|Corner kicks

|5

|7

scope=row|Passes

|370

|307

scope=row|Fouls conceded

|13

|20

scope=row|Offsides

|2

|4

scope=row|Yellow cards

|4

|0

scope=row|Red cards

|0

|0

See also

References

{{Reflist}}