2007 AFC Champions League final

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2007 AFC Champions League final
Event 2007 AFC Champions League
First leg
Date7 November 2007
Venue Foolad Shahr Stadium, Fooladshahr
Referee Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh
Attendance30,000
Second leg
Date14 November 2007
Venue Saitama Stadium, Saitama
Referee Ravshan Irmatov
Attendance59,034
2006
2008

The 2007 AFC Champions League Final was a two-legged association football tie to determine the 2007 champions of Asian club football. Urawa Red Diamonds from Japan defeated Iran's Sepahan 3-1 on aggregate to take the title. The first leg took place on 7 November 2007 at 16:00 local time (UTC+3:30) at Foolad Shahr Stadium in Fooladshahr, Isfahan in Iran and the second leg took place on 14 November 2007 at 19:20 local time (UTC+9) at Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan.

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This was the first final to feature clubs from Iran and Japan. This was the first AFC Champions League final involving an Iranian club, and the first in an Asian top club football competition since PAS Tehran in the 1992–93 Asian Club Championship. The winners, Urawa Red Diamonds, received US$600,000 prize money and qualified to represent Asia in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. Although they were defeated, Sepahan still competed in the FIFA Club World Cup by replacing the normal host country berth, which is reserved for the J. League champions.

Format

The rules for the final were exactly the same as for the previous knockout rounds. The tie was contested over two legs with away goals deciding the winner if the two teams were level on goals after the second leg. If the teams could still not be separated at that stage then extra time would have been played with a penalty shootout taking place if the teams were still level after that.

Route to the final

Sepahan

OpponentsRoundH/AScore1Sepahan goalscorers
Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Al Ittihad Group StageH21 Mehdi Seyed-Salehi(2)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al Shabab Group StageA10 Mehdi Seyed-Salehi
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain Group StageA23 Mehdi Seyed-Salehi, Emad Mohammed
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al AinGroup StageH11 Hossein Papi
Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Al IttihadGroup StageA50 Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail, Mohammad Nouri(2), Emad Mohammed(2)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al ShababGroup StageH10 Mehdi Seyed-Salehi
Flag of Japan.svg Kawasaki Frontale Quarter Final, Leg 1H00
Flag of Japan.svg Kawasaki FrontaleQuarter Final, Leg 2A00(p54)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Wahda Semi Final, Leg 1H31 Mahmoud Karimi(2), Moharram Navidkia
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al WahdaSemi Final, Leg 2A00

1Sepahan's goals always recorded first.

Urawa Red Diamonds

OpponentsRoundH/AScore1Urawa Reds goalscorers
Flag of Indonesia.svg Persik Kediri Group StageH30 Yamada, Nagai, Ono
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney FC Group StageA22 Ponte, Nagai
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai Shenhua Group StageH10 Abe
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai ShenhuaGroup StageA00
Flag of Indonesia.svg Persik KediriGroup StageA33Ono, Ponte, Abe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney FCGroup StageH00
Flag of South Korea.svg Jeonbuk Motors Quarter Final, Leg 1H21 Hasebe, Tatsuya Tanaka
Flag of South Korea.svg Jeonbuk MotorsQuarter Final, Leg 2A20Tatsuya Tanaka, Own Goal
Flag of South Korea.svg Seongnam Ilhwa Semi Final, Leg 1A22Tatsuya Tanaka, Ponte
Flag of South Korea.svg Seongnam IlhwaSemi Final, Leg 2H22(p53) Washington, Hasebe

1Urawa Red Diamonds' goals always recorded first.

Final summary

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Sepahan Flag of Iran.svg 13 Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds 1102

First leg

Sepahan Flag of Iran.svg 1 1 Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds
Mahmoud Karimi Soccerball shade.svg47' Robson Ponte Soccerball shade.svg45'
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Sepahan
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Urawa Reds
SEPAHAN:
GK1 Flag of Iran.svg Abbas Mohammadi
DF5 Flag of Iran.svg Hadi Aghili
DF8 Flag of Iran.svg Mohsen Bengar
DF17 Flag of Georgia.svg Jaba Mujiri
MF4 Flag of Iran.svg Moharram Navidkia (c)
MF6 Flag of Iran.svg Jalal Akbari Sub off.svg 46'
MF12 Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail
MF21 Flag of Iran.svg Saeid Bayat
MF28 Flag of Iran.svg Ehsan Hajsafi Yellow card.svg 60'
FW13 Flag of Iran.svg Mahmoud Karimi Sub off.svg 67'
FW20 Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg Emad Mohammed Sub off.svg 46'
Substitutes:
GK22 Flag of Iran.svg Mohammad Savari
GK24 Flag of Iran.svg Masoud Homami
DF2 Flag of Iran.svg Hamid Azizzadeh
DF7 Flag of Iran.svg Farshad Bahadorani
MF11 Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Kazemi Sub on.svg 67'
FW18 Flag of Iran.svg Mohsen Hamidi Sub on.svg 46'
MF19 Flag of Iran.svg Jalaleddin Alimohammadi
FW23 Flag of Iran.svg Mehdi Seyed-Salehi
MF25 Flag of Iran.svg Ebrahim Loveinian Sub on.svg 46'
MF29 Flag of Iran.svg Behzad Soltani
MF30 Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Papi
Manager:
Flag of Croatia.svg Luka Bonačić
URAWA REDS:
GK23 Flag of Japan.svg Ryota Tsuzuki
RB2 Flag of Japan.svg Keisuke Tsuboi
CB5 Flag of Brazil.svg Nenê
CB17 Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Hasebe
LB20 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Horinouchi
CM13 Flag of Japan.svg Keita Suzuki (c)
CM22 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Abe
RW14 Flag of Japan.svg Tadaaki Hirakawa
AM10 Flag of Brazil.svg Robson Ponte
LW9 Flag of Japan.svg Yuichiro Nagai Sub off.svg 73'
CF21 Flag of Brazil.svg Washington
Substitutes:
GK1 Flag of Japan.svg Norihiro Yamagishi
GK28 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuhiro Kato
DF12 Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Tsutsumi
DF19 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Uchidate
MF3 Flag of Japan.svg Hajime Hosogai
MF16 Flag of Japan.svg Takahito Soma
MF27 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiya Nishizawa
MF30 Flag of Japan.svg Masayuki Okano
FW11 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Tanaka Sub on.svg 73'
FW18 Flag of Japan.svg Junki Koike
Manager:
Flag of Germany.svg Holger Osieck

Second leg

Urawa Red Diamonds Flag of Japan.svg 2 0 Flag of Iran.svg Sepahan
Yuichiro Nagai Soccerball shade.svg22'
Yuki Abe Soccerball shade.svg71'
Saitama Stadium, Saitama
Attendance: 59,034
Referee: Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Ravshan Irmatov
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Urawa Reds
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Sepahan
URAWA REDS:
GK23 Flag of Japan.svg Ryota Tsuzuki
RB2 Flag of Japan.svg Keisuke Tsuboi
CB17 Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Hasebe Yellow card.svg 55'
CB4 Flag of Japan.svg Marcus Túlio Tanaka
LB20 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Horinouchi
CM13 Flag of Japan.svg Keita Suzuki (c)
CM22 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Abe
RW14 Flag of Japan.svg Tadaaki Hirakawa
AM10 Flag of Brazil.svg Robson Ponte Sub off.svg 80'
LW9 Flag of Japan.svg Yuichiro Nagai Sub off.svg 85'
CF21 Flag of Brazil.svg Washington Sub off.svg 89'
Substitutes:
GK1 Flag of Japan.svg Norihiro Yamagishi
DF5 Flag of Brazil.svg Nenê
DF12 Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Tsutsumi
DF19 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Uchidate Sub on.svg 80'
MF16 Flag of Japan.svg Takahito Soma
MF30 Flag of Japan.svg Masayuki Okano Sub on.svg 89'
FW11 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Tanaka Sub on.svg 85'
FW18 Flag of Japan.svg Junki Koike
Manager:
Flag of Germany.svg Holger Osieck
SEPAHAN:
GK1 Flag of Iran.svg Abbas Mohammadi
DF5 Flag of Iran.svg Hadi Aghili
DF8 Flag of Iran.svg Mohsen Bengar
DF17 Flag of Georgia.svg Jaba Mujiri
MF4 Flag of Iran.svg Moharram Navidkia (c)
MF12 Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail
MF21 Flag of Iran.svg Saeid Bayat Sub off.svg 59'
MF25 Flag of Iran.svg Ebrahim Loveinian
MF28 Flag of Iran.svg Ehsan Hajsafi
FW18 Flag of Iran.svg Mohsen Hamidi Sub off.svg 46'
FW20 Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg Emad Mohammed Sub off.svg 29'
Substitutes:
GK22 Flag of Iran.svg Mohammad Savari
GK24 Flag of Iran.svg Masoud Homami
DF2 Flag of Iran.svg Hamid Azizzadeh
DF6 Flag of Iran.svg Jalal Akbari
DF7 Flag of Iran.svg Farshad Bahadorani
MF9 Flag of Iran.svg Hadi Jafari
MF11 Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Kazemi Sub on.svg 59'
MF19 Flag of Iran.svg Amir Radi
MF29 Flag of Iran.svg Behzad Soltani
MF30 Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Papi Sub on.svg 46'
FW13 Flag of Iran.svg Mahmoud Karimi Sub on.svg 29'
FW23 Flag of Iran.svg Mehdi Seyed-Salehi
Manager:
Flag of Croatia.svg Luka Bonačić

See also