2015 AFC Champions League final

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2015 AFC Champions League Final
Event 2015 AFC Champions League
Al-Ahli Guangzhou Evergrande
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
01
on aggregate
First leg
Al-Ahli Guangzhou Evergrande
00
Date7 November 2015
Venue Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
AFC Man of the Match Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande) [1]
Referee Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)
Attendance9,480
WeatherClear and warm
25 °C (77 °F)
62% humidity [1]
Second leg
Guangzhou Evergrande Al-Ahli
10
Date21 November 2015
Venue Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
AFC Man of the Match Elkeson (Guangzhou Evergrande) [2]
Referee Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Attendance42,499
WeatherHot
27 °C (81 °F)
88% humidity [2]
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The 2015 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2015 AFC Champions League, the 34th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 13th under the current AFC Champions League title.

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The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Emiratis team Al-Ahli and Chinese team Guangzhou Evergrande. The first leg hosted by Al-Ahli at Al-Rashid Stadium in Dubai on 7 November 2015, while the second leg hosted by Guangzhou Evergrande at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou on 21 November 2015. Having previously won the tournament in 2013 Guangzhou Evergrande has making its second final appearance in three years.

Guangzhou Evergrande won the final 1–0 on aggregate and as Asian champions earned the right to represent the AFC at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, entering at the quarterfinal stage.

Qualified teams

TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Ahli None
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangzhou Evergrande 2013

Venues

The Al-Rashid Stadium hosted first leg of the final. Rashid Stadium3.jpg
The Al-Rashid Stadium hosted first leg of the final.
The Tianhe Stadium hosted second leg of the final. Tianhe Stadium.jpg
The Tianhe Stadium hosted second leg of the final.

The 2015 AFC Champions League Final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format, held at the home of both finalists. It was the third consecutive year that the AFC adopted such an arrangement.

Al-Ahli's home venue, Al-Rashid Stadium, is a 9,415 seated stadium located in the city of Dubai.

Two previous final has been held in United Arab Emirates. The first one was in the first leg of the 2002–03 final, Al Ain defeated BEC Tero Sasana F.C. 2–0 in Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium in the city of Al Ain, and they eventually claimed the title 2–1 on aggregate. The second one was 10 years ago, in the first leg of the 2005 final, Al Ain was defeated by Saudis' team, Al-Ittihad, and they eventually lost the title 3–5 on aggregate.

Guangzhou Evergrande's home venue, Tianhe Stadium, is a 58,500 seated stadium located in the city of Guangzhou.

In the history of the competition, two finals have been held in China and this final will be the third, and the second that Guangzhou hosted. The first final hosted by a Chinese city in 1989–90, which was won by Chinese side Liaoning FC 3–2 against Nissan Yokohama in the city of Shenyang. The next final, the 2013 and second leg of the 2013, was hosted in Guangzhou. The 2013 final was won by Guangzhou Evergrande on the away goals rule with 3–3 on aggregate.

Road to the final

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

Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Ahli Round Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangzhou Evergrande
OpponentResult Group stage OpponentResult
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ahli 3–3 (H)Matchday 1 Flag of South Korea.svg FC Seoul 1–0 (H)
Flag of Iran.svg Tractor Sazi 0–1 (A)Matchday 2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Western Sydney Wanderers 3–2 (A)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg FC Nasaf 0–0 (H)Matchday 3 Flag of Japan.svg Kashima Antlers 4–3 (H)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg FC Nasaf 1–0 (A)Matchday 4 Flag of Japan.svg Kashima Antlers 1–2 (A)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ahli 1–2 (A)Matchday 5 Flag of South Korea.svg FC Seoul 0–0 (A)
Flag of Iran.svg Tractor Sazi 3–2 (H)Matchday 6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Western Sydney Wanderers 0–2 (H)
Group D runners-up

PosTeam
PldPts
1 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ahli 612
2 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Ahli 68
3 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nasaf Qarshi 68
4 Flag of Iran.svg Tractor Sazi 64
Source: AFC
Final standings Group H winner

PosTeam
PldPts
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangzhou Evergrande 610
2 Flag of South Korea.svg FC Seoul 69
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Western Sydney Wanderers 68
4 Flag of Japan.svg Kashima Antlers 66
Source: AFC
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Knockout stage OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Ain 3–3 (a) 0–0 (H) 3–3 (A)Round of 16 Flag of South Korea.svg Seongnam FC 3–2 1–2 (A) 2–0 (H)
Flag of Iran.svg Naft Tehran 3–1 1–0 (A) 2–1 (H)Quarter-finals Flag of Japan.svg Kashiwa Reysol 4–2 3–1 (A) 1–1 (H)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Hilal 4–3 1–1 (A) 3–2 (H)Semi-finals Flag of Japan.svg Gamba Osaka 2–1 2–1 (H) 0–0 (A)

Rules

The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs decided by draw. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. [3]

Match details

First leg

Summary

Details

Al-Ahli Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 0–0 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangzhou Evergrande
Report
Attendance: 9,480
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Al-Ahli
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Guangzhou Evergrande
GK12 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ahmed Mahmoud
RB26 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Abdulaziz Haikel Red card.svg 84'
CB2 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Salmeen Khamis
CB21 Flag of South Korea.svg Kwon Kyung-won Yellow card.svg 90+3'
LB62 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Abdelaziz Sanqour Sub off.svg 72'
RM8 Flag of Brazil.svg Everton Ribeiro Sub off.svg 90'
CM88 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Majed Hassan
LM4 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Habib Fardan
RF11 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ahmed Khalil (c)Sub off.svg 88'
CF9 Flag of Brazil.svg Lima
LF7 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ismail Al Hammadi
Substitutes:
GK55 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Majed Naser
DF5 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Walid Abbas Sub on.svg 72'
DF80 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Humaid Abdulla Sub on.svg 88'
DF77 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Yousef Al Sayed
MF6 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Hassan Abdurahman
MF71 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Nawaf Mubarak
FW14 Flag of Morocco.svg Oussama Assaidi Sub on.svg 90'
Manager:
Flag of Romania.svg Cosmin Olăroiu
GK19 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zeng Cheng
RB5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Linpeng
CB3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Mei Fang Yellow card.svg 80'
CB6 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Feng Xiaoting
LB35 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xuepeng Sub off.svg 70'
CM8 Flag of Brazil.svg Paulinho
CM10 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Zhi (c)
RW16 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Bowen
AM11 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Goulart Sub off.svg 59'
LW27 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Long Sub off.svg 46'
CF9 Flag of Brazil.svg Elkeson Yellow card.svg 36'
Substitutes:
GK22 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Shuai
DF17 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Jian
MF2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liao Lisheng
MF12 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Shangyuan
MF20 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Hanchao Sub on.svg 59'
MF25 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zou Zheng Sub on.svg 70'
DF28 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Young-gwon
FW29 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Lin Sub on.svg 46'
Manager:
Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Felipe Scolari

AFC Man of the Match:
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande)

Assistant referees:
Jeong Hae-sang (South Korea)
Yoon Kwang-yeol (South Korea)
Fourth official:
Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

Statistics

Second leg

Summary

Details

Guangzhou Evergrande Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1–0 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Ahli
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Attendance: 42,499
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Guangzhou Evergrande
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Al-Ahli
GK19 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zeng Cheng Sub off.svg 38'
RB5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Linpeng
CB6 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Feng Xiaoting
CB28 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Young-gwon
LB25 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zou Zheng Yellow card.svg 72'
DM10 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Zhi (c)
DM8 Flag of Brazil.svg Paulinho
AM11 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Goulart Sub off.svg 90+1'
RW16 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Bowen Yellow card.svg 76'
LW27 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Long Sub off.svg 87'
CF9 Flag of Brazil.svg Elkeson
Substitutes:
GK22 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Shuai Sub on.svg 38'
DF3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Mei Fang
DF33 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Rong Hao
DF35 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xuepeng
MF17 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Jian Sub on.svg 87'
MF20 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Hanchao
FW29 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Lin Sub on.svg 90+1'
Manager:
Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Felipe Scolari
GK12 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ahmed Mahmoud
RB62 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Abdelaziz Sanqour
CB2 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Salmeen Khamis Red card.svg 67'
CB21 Flag of South Korea.svg Kwon Kyung-won
LB5 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Walid Abbas
RM8 Flag of Brazil.svg Everton Ribeiro
CM88 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Majed Hassan Yellow card.svg 11'Sub off.svg 90+3'
LM4 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Habib Fardan Sub off.svg 65'
RF9 Flag of Brazil.svg Lima
CF11 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ahmed Khalil (c)Sub off.svg 63'
LF7 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ismail Al Hammadi
Substitutes:
GK55 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Majed Naser
DF57 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Mohamed Sebil Sub on.svg 90+3'
DF80 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Humaid Abbas Sub on.svg 65'
MF6 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Hassan Abdurahman
MF70 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Waleed Hussain
MF71 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Nawaf Mubarak
FW14 Flag of Morocco.svg Oussama Assaidi Sub on.svg 63'
Manager:
Flag of Romania.svg Cosmin Olăroiu

AFC Man of the Match:
Flag of Brazil.svg Elkeson (Guangzhou Evergrande)

Assistant referees:
Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
Jahongir Saidov (Uzbekistan)
Fourth official:
Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Statistics

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