2019 AFC Champions League

2019 AFC Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 5–19 February 2019 Competition proper: 4 March – 24 November 2019
Teams	Competition proper: 32 Total: 51 (from 22 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Hilal (3rd title)
Runners-up	Urawa Red Diamonds
Tournament statistics
Matches played	126
Goals scored	354 (2.81 per match)
Attendance	1,796,810 (14,260 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bafétimbi Gomis (11 goals)
Best player(s)	Bafétimbi Gomis
Fair play award	Urawa Red Diamonds
← 2018 2020 → (Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

The 2019 AFC Champions League was the 38th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 17th under the current AFC Champions League title. ^[1]

Al-Hilal defeated Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 on aggregate in the final to earn a record third Champions League title. As winners, they qualified for the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.

Kashima Antlers were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Guangzhou Evergrande in the quarter-finals on away goals.

Association team allocation

The 46 AFC member associations (excluding the associate member Northern Mariana Islands) were ranked, based on their national team's and clubs' performance over the last four years in AFC competitions, with the allocation of slots for the 2019 and 2020 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2017 AFC rankings (Entry Manual Article 2.3): ^[2]

• The associations were split into two regions:
  • West Region consisted of the associations from the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA), and the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).
  • East Region consisted of the associations from the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) and the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF).
• In each region, there were four groups in the group stage, including a total of 12 direct slots, with the 4 remaining slots filled through play-offs.
• The top 12 associations in each region as per the AFC rankings were eligible to enter the AFC Champions League, as long as they fulfill the AFC Champions League criteria.
• The top six associations in each region got at least one direct slot in the group stage, while the remaining associations get only play-off slots (as well as AFC Cup group stage slots):
  • The associations ranked 1st and 2nd each got three direct slots and one play-off slot.
  • The associations ranked 3rd and 4th each got two direct slots and two play-off slots.
  • The associations ranked 5th each got one direct slot and two play-off slots.
  • The associations ranked 6th each got one direct slot and one play-off slot.
  • The associations ranked 7th to 12th each got one play-off slot.
• The maximum number of slots for each association was one-third of the total number of eligible teams in the top division.
• If any association gave up its direct slots, they were redistributed to the highest eligible association, with each association limited to a maximum of three direct slots.
• If any association gave up its play-off slots, they were annulled and not redistributed to any other association.

Association ranking

For the 2019 AFC Champions League, the associations were allocated slots according to their association ranking which was published on 15 December 2017, ^[3] which took into account their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, as well as their national team's FIFA World Rankings, between 2014 and 2017. ^{[2] [4]}

Participation for 2019 AFC Champions League
	Participating
	Not participating

West Region Rank Member Association Points [3] Slots Group stage Play-off Region AFC Play-off round Prelim. round 2 Prelim. round 1 1 1   United Arab Emirates 95.940 3 1 0 0 2 4   Saudi Arabia 84.269 3 1 0 0 3 6   Qatar 82.407 2 2 0 0 4 7   Iran 71.851 2 0 2 0 5 9   Uzbekistan 43.305 1 0 2 0 6 11   Iraq 42.141 1 0 1 0 7 12   Tajikistan 30.725 0 0 1 0 8 15   India 29.291 0 0 1 0 9 16   Syria [SYR] 28.983 0 0 0 0 10 18   Jordan 25.649 0 0 0 1 11 19   Kuwait 24.798 0 0 0 1 12 20   Bahrain [BHR] 24.337 0 0 0 0 Total 12 4 7 2 13 25

East Region Rank Member Association Points [3] Slots Group stage Play-off Region AFC Play-off round Prelim. round 2 Prelim. round 1 1 2   South Korea 87.480 3 1 0 0 2 3   China 86.671 3 1 0 0 3 5   Japan 83.464 2 2 0 0 4 8   Australia [AUS] 64.752 2 0 1 0 5 10   Thailand 42.568 1 0 2 0 6 13   Malaysia 29.566 1 0 1 0 7 14   Hong Kong 29.300 0 0 1 0 8 17   Vietnam 27.426 0 0 1 0 9 21   Philippines 21.405 0 0 0 1 10 23   Singapore 17.084 0 0 0 1 11 24   Indonesia 16.871 0 0 0 1 12 25   Myanmar 14.753 0 0 0 1 Total 12 4 6 4 14 26

Notes

1. ^
   Australia (AUS): The top division run by the Football Federation Australia, the A-League, only had nine Australia-based teams in the 2017–18 season, so Australia could only get a maximum of three total slots (Entry Manual 5.4). ^[2]
2. ^
   Bahrain (BHR): Bahrain did not have any teams which had an AFC Champions League license. ^[5]
3. ^
   Syria (SYR): Syria did not implement the AFC Champions League club licensing system. ^[5]

Teams

The following 51 teams from 22 associations entered the competition.

In the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count only those since the 2002–03 season (including qualifying rounds), when the competition was rebranded as the AFC Champions League. TH means title holders.

West Region Group stage direct entrants (Groups A–D) Team Qualifying method App (Last) Al-Ain 2017–18 UAE Pro-League champions and 2017–18 UAE President's Cup winners 14th (2018) Al-Wahda 2017–18 UAE Pro-League runners-up 10th (2018) Al-Wasl 2017–18 UAE Pro-League 3rd place 3rd (2018) Al-Hilal 2017–18 Saudi Professional League champions 15th (2018) Al-Ittihad 2018 King Cup winners 11th (2016) Al-Ahli 2017–18 Saudi Professional League runners-up 11th (2018) Al-Duhail 2017–18 Qatar Stars League champions and 2018 Emir of Qatar Cup winners 8th (2018) Al-Sadd 2017–18 Qatar Stars League runners-up 14th (2018) Persepolis 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League champions and 2018 Iranian Super Cup winners 8th (2018) Esteghlal 2017–18 Hazfi Cup winners 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League 3rd place 10th (2018) Lokomotiv Tashkent 2018 Uzbekistan Super League champions 7th (2018) Al-Zawraa 2017–18 Iraqi Premier League champions 4th (2007) Qualifying play-off participants: Entering in play-off round Team Qualifying method App (Last) Al-Nasr 2017–18 UAE Pro-League 4th place 4th (2016) Al-Nassr 2017–18 Saudi Professional League 3rd place 4th (2016) Al-Rayyan 2017–18 Qatar Stars League 3rd place 9th (2018) Al-Gharafa 2017–18 Qatar Stars League 4th place 10th (2018) Qualifying play-off participants: Entering in preliminary round 2 Team Qualifying method App (Last) Zob Ahan 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League runners-up 8th (2018) Saipa 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League 4th place 2nd (2008) AGMK 2018 Uzbekistan Cup winners 1st Pakhtakor 2018 Uzbekistan Super League runners-up 15th (2018) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2017–18 Iraqi Premier League runners-up 4th (2008) Istiklol 2018 Tajik League champions 1st Minerva Punjab 2017–18 I-League champions 1st Qualifying play-off participants: Entering in preliminary round 1 Team Qualifying method App (Last) Al-Wehdat 2017–18 Jordanian Pro League champions 5th (2017) Al-Kuwait 2017–18 Kuwaiti Premier League champions 6th (2014)

East Region Group stage direct entrants (Groups E–H) Team Qualifying method App (Last) Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2018 K League 1 champions 12th (2018) Daegu FC 2018 Korean FA Cup winners 1st Gyeongnam FC 2018 K League 1 runners-up 1st Shanghai SIPG 2018 Chinese Super League champions 4th (2018) Beijing FC 2018 Chinese FA Cup winners 8th (2015) Guangzhou Evergrande 2018 Chinese Super League runners-up 8th (2018) Kawasaki Frontale 2018 J1 League champions 7th (2018) Urawa Red Diamonds 2018 Emperor's Cup winners 7th (2017) Sydney FC 2017–18 A-League premiers 5th (2018) Melbourne Victory 2018 A-League Grand Final winners 7th (2018) Buriram United 2018 Thai League 1 champions 8th (2018) Johor Darul Ta'zim 2018 Malaysia Super League champions 5th (2018) Qualifying play-off participants: Entering in play-off round Team Qualifying method App (Last) Ulsan Hyundai 2018 K League 1 3rd place 7th (2018) Shandong Luneng 2018 Chinese Super League 3rd place 9th (2016) Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2018 J1 League runners-up 5th (2016) Kashima Antlers TH 2018 J1 League 3rd place 9th (2018) Qualifying play-off participants: Entering in preliminary round 2 Team Qualifying method App (Last) Newcastle Jets 2017–18 A-League regular season runners-up 2nd (2009) Chiangrai United 2018 Thai FA Cup winners 2nd (2018) Bangkok United 2018 Thai League 1 runners-up 3rd (2017) Perak 2018 Malaysia Super League runners-up [Note MAS] 1st Kitchee 2017–18 Hong Kong Premier League champions 5th (2018) Hanoi 2018 V.League 1 champions 5th (2017) Qualifying play-off participants: Entering in preliminary round 1 Team Qualifying method App (Last) Ceres–Negros 2018 Philippines Football League champions 2nd (2018) Home United 2018 Singapore Premier League runners-up [Note SIN] 2nd (2002–03) Persija Jakarta 2018 Liga 1 champions 1st Yangon United 2018 Myanmar National League champions 2nd (2016)

Notes

1. ^
   Malaysia (MAS): Pahang, the 2018 Malaysia FA Cup winners, were suspended from all AFC tournaments for not being permitted to apply for AFC licenses for two years. As a result, Perak, the 2018 Malaysia Super League runners-up, entered the qualifying play-offs. ^{[6] [7] [8]}
2. ^
   Singapore (SIN): Albirex Niigata Singapore, the 2018 Singapore Premier League champions, is a satellite team of Japanese club Albirex Niigata and thus ineligible to represent Singapore in AFC club competitions. As a result, Home United, the league runners-up, entered the qualifying play-offs.

Al-Ain

Al-Wahda

Dubai

Riyadh

Jeddah

Qatar

Tehran

Saipa (p)

Zob Ahan (p)

Tashkent

AGMK (p)

Baghdad

Istiklol (p)

Minerva Punjab (p)

Al-Wehdat (p)

Al-Kuwait (p)

Jeonbuk HM

Yeongnam

Shanghai SIPG

Beijing

Guangzhou E

Shandong L (p)

West Kanto

S Hiroshima (p)

Kashima A (p)

Sydney

Melbourne Victory

Newcastle Jets (p)

Buriram U

Chiangrai U (p)

Bangkok U (p)

Johor DT

Perak (p)

Kitchee (p)

Hanoi (p)

Ceres–Negros (p)

Home U (p)

Persija (p)

Yangon U (p)

Baghdad teams
Al-Zawraa
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (p)

Dubai teams
Al-Wasl
Al-Nasr (p)

Tashkent teams
Lokomotiv Tashkent
Pakhtakor Tashkent (p)

Qatar teams
Al-Duhail
Al-Sadd
Al-Rayyan (p)
Al-Gharafa (p)

Jeddah teams
Al-Ittihad
Al-Ahli

Riyadh teams
Al-Hilal
Al-Nassr (p)

Tehran teams
Persepolis
Esteghlal

West Kanto teams
Kawasaki Frontale
Urawa Red Diamonds

Yeongnam teams
Daegu
Gyeongnam
Ulsan Hyundai (p)

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Location of teams of the 2019 AFC Champions League.
West Region
East Region
(p) Qualifying play-off participants

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows. ^[9]

Stage	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Preliminary stage	Preliminary round 1	No draw	5 February 2019
	Preliminary round 2		12 February 2019
Play-off stage	Play-off round		19 February 2019
Group stage	Matchday 1	22 November 2018	4–6 March 2019
	Matchday 2		11–13 March 2019
	Matchday 3		8–10 April 2019
	Matchday 4		22–24 April 2019
	Matchday 5		6–8 May 2019
	Matchday 6		20–22 May 2019
Knockout stage	Round of 16		18–19 June 2019 (E), 5–6 August 2019 (W)	25–26 June 2019 (E), 12–13 August 2019 (W)
	Quarter-finals	2 July 2019	26–28 August 2019	16–18 September 2019
	Semi-finals		1–2 October 2019	22–23 October 2019
	Final		9 November 2019	24 November 2019

Qualifying play-offs

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs

In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.2). The eight winners of the play-off round (four each from both West Region and East Region) advanced to the group stage to join the 24 direct entrants. All losers in each round from associations with only play-off slot entered the AFC Cup group stage. ^[1] The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region, determined based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match, was officially announced by the AFC prior to the group stage draw on 22 November 2018. ^[10] Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same tie.

Preliminary round 1

West Region

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Wehdat	2–3	Al-Kuwait

East Region

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ceres–Negros	1–2	Yangon United
Home United	1–3	Persija Jakarta

Preliminary round 2

West Region

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pakhtakor	2–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
AGMK	4–2	Istiklol
Saipa	4–0	Minerva Punjab
Zob Ahan	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Al-Kuwait

East Region

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Perak	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Kitchee
Bangkok United	0–1	Hanoi
Chiangrai United	3–1	Yangon United
Newcastle Jets	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Persija Jakarta

Play-off round

West Region

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Nasr	1–2	Pakhtakor
Al-Nassr	4–0	AGMK
Al-Rayyan	3–1	Saipa
Al-Gharafa	2–3	Zob Ahan

East Region

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ulsan Hyundai	5–1	Perak
Shandong Luneng	4–1	Hanoi
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Chiangrai United
Kashima Antlers	4–1	Newcastle Jets

Group stage

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 22 November 2018, 16:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ^[10] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four: four groups each in the West Region (Groups A–D) and the East Region (Groups E–H). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.5): [1] Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams playing each other in the last round of the group were tied; Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); Association ranking.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZOB	NAS	ZAW	WAS
1	Zob Ahan	6	3	3	0	10	5	+5	12	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	0–0	2–0
2	Al-Nassr	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	10			2–3	—	4–1	3–1
3	Al-Zawraa	6	2	2	2	14	9	+5	8			2–2	1–2	—	5–0
4	Al-Wasl	6	1	0	5	4	18	−14	3			1–3	1–0	1–5	—

Source: AFC

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WAH	ITH	LOK	RAY
1	Al-Wahda	6	4	1	1	14	9	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	4–1	3–1	4–3
2	Al-Ittihad	6	3	2	1	13	9	+4	11			1–1	—	3–2	5–1
3	Lokomotiv Tashkent	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7			2–0	1–1	—	3–2
4	Al-Rayyan	6	1	0	5	9	17	−8	3			1–2	0–2	2–1	—

Source: AFC

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HIL	DUH	EST	AIN
1	Al-Hilal	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–1	1–0	2–0
2	Al-Duhail	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9			2–2	—	3–0	2–2
3	Esteghlal	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	8			2–1	1–1	—	1–1
4	Al-Ain	6	0	2	4	4	10	−6	2			0–1	0–2	1–2	—

Source: AFC

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAD	AHL	PAK	PER
1	Al-Sadd	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	2–1	1–0
2	Al-Ahli	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	9			2–0	—	2–1	2–1
3	Pakhtakor	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8			2–2	1–0	—	1–0
4	Persepolis	6	2	1	3	6	5	+1	7			2–0	2–0	1–1	—

Source: AFC

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SDL	KAS	GYE	JDT
1	Shandong Luneng	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–2	2–1	2–1
2	Kashima Antlers	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10			2–1	—	0–1	2–1
3	Gyeongnam FC	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8			2–2	2–3	—	2–0
4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	4			0–1	1–0	1–1	—

Source: AFC

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAN	GZE	DAE	MVC
1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	5	0	1	9	4	+5	15	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	2–0	2–1
2	Guangzhou Evergrande	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10			2–0	—	1–0	4–0
3	Daegu FC	6	3	0	3	10	6	+4	9			0–1	3–1	—	4–0
4	Melbourne Victory	6	0	1	5	4	17	−13	1			1–3	1–1	1–3	—

Source: AFC

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JEO	URA	BJG	BUR
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	3–1	0–0
2	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	10			0–1	—	3–0	3–0
3	Beijing FC	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7			0–1	0–0	—	2–0
4	Buriram United	6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	4			1–0	1–2	1–3	—

Source: AFC

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ULS	SSI	KAW	SYD
1	Ulsan Hyundai	6	3	2	1	5	7	−2	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	1–0	1–0
2	Shanghai SIPG	6	2	3	1	13	8	+5	9			5–0	—	1–0	2–2
3	Kawasaki Frontale	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	8			2–2	2–2	—	1–0
4	Sydney FC	6	0	3	3	5	11	−6	3			0–0	3–3	0–4	—

Source: AFC

Knockout stage

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the two regions until the final. Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. 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 (Regulations Article 11.3). ^[1]

Bracket

The bracket was decided after the draw for the quarter-finals, which was held on 2 July 2019, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ^{[11] [12]}

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Al-Nassr	1	3	4
	Al-Wahda	1	2	3
							Al-Nassr	2	1	3
							Al-Sadd	1	3	4
	Al-Duhail	1	1	2
	Al-Sadd	1	3	4
													Al-Sadd	1	4	5
	West Region
													Al-Hilal	4	2	6
	Al-Ittihad	2	4	6
	Zob Ahan	1	3	4
							Al-Ittihad	0	1	1
							Al-Hilal	0	3	3
	Al-Ahli	2	1	3
	Al-Hilal	4	0	4
																			Al-Hilal	1	2	3
																			Urawa Red Diamonds	0	0	0
	Shanghai SIPG (p)	1	1	2 (5)
	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1	1	2 (3)
							Shanghai SIPG	2	1	3
							Urawa Red Diamonds (a)	2	1	3
	Urawa Red Diamonds	1	3	4
	Ulsan Hyundai	2	0	2
													Urawa Red Diamonds	2	1	3
	East Region
													Guangzhou Evergrande	0	0	0
	Guangzhou Evergrande (p)	2	2	4 (6)
	Shandong Luneng	1	3	4 (5)
							Guangzhou Evergrande (a)	0	1	1
							Kashima Antlers	0	1	1
	Kashima Antlers (a)	1	2	3
	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0	3	3

Round of 16

In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group from the same region, with the group winners hosting the second leg, and the matchups determined by the group stage draw.

West Region

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Nassr	4–3	Al-Wahda	1–1	3–2
Al-Ittihad	6–4	Zob Ahan	2–1	4–3
Al-Duhail	2–4	Al-Sadd	1–1	1–3
Al-Ahli	3–4	Al-Hilal	2–4	1–0

East Region

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kashima Antlers	3–3 (a)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	2–3
Guangzhou Evergrande	4–4 (6–5 p)	Shandong Luneng	2–1	2–3 (a.e.t.)
Urawa Red Diamonds	4–2	Ulsan Hyundai	1–2	3–0
Shanghai SIPG	2–2 (5–3 p)	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 2 July 2019. ^[12] In the quarter-finals, the four round of 16 winners from the West Region (whose identity was not known at the time of the draw) played in two ties, and the four round of 16 winners from the East Region played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding or country protection.

West Region

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Nassr	3–4	Al-Sadd	2–1	1–3
Al-Ittihad	1–3	Al-Hilal	0–0	1–3

East Region

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shanghai SIPG	3–3 (a)	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2	1–1
Guangzhou Evergrande	1–1 (a)	Kashima Antlers	0–0	1–1

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the two quarter-final winners from the West Region played each other, and the two quarter-final winners from the East Region played each other, with the order of legs determined by the quarter-final draw.

West Region

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Sadd	5–6	Al-Hilal	1–4	4–2

East Region

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Guangzhou Evergrande	2–0	1–0

Final

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League final

In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, 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.

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09)

19:30  UTC+3

Al-Hilal	1–0	Urawa Red Diamonds
Carrillo 60'	Live Report Stats Report

King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 22,549

Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

24 November 2019 (2019-11-24)

19:01  UTC+9

Urawa Red Diamonds	0–2	Al-Hilal
	Live Report Stats Report	Al-Dawsari 74' Gomis 90+3'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 58,109

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Al-Hilal won 3–0 on aggregate.

Awards

Main awards

Award	Player	Team
Most Valuable Player [13]	Bafétimbi Gomis	Al-Hilal
Top Goalscorer [13]	Bafétimbi Gomis	Al-Hilal
Fair Play Award [13]	—	Urawa Red Diamonds
Best Goal [14]	Shojae Khalilzadeh	Persepolis

All-Star Squad

Source: ^[15]

Position	Player	Team
Goalkeeper	Shusaku Nishikawa	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	Al-Hilal
Defenders	Takahiro Sekine	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Tomoaki Makino	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Mohammed Al-Breik	Al-Hilal
	Park Ji-soo	Guangzhou Evergrande
	Daisuke Suzuki	Urawa Red Diamonds
Midfielders	Akram Afif	Al-Sadd
	Léo Silva	Kashima Antlers
	Talisca	Guangzhou Evergrande
	Oscar	Shanghai SIPG
	Nam Tae-hee	Al-Duhail
	Salman Al-Faraj	Al-Hilal
	Sebastian Giovinco	Al-Hilal
	Gabi	Al-Sadd
	Paulinho	Guangzhou Evergrande
Forwards	Romarinho	Al-Ittihad
	Shinzo Koroki	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Hulk	Shanghai SIPG
	André Carrillo	Al-Hilal
	Giuliano de Paula	Al-Nassr
	Bafétimbi Gomis	Al-Hilal
	Salem Al-Dawsari	Al-Hilal

Opta Best XI

Source: ^[16]

Position	Player	Team
Goalkeeper	Shusaku Nishikawa	Urawa Red Diamonds
Defenders	Yasser Al-Shahrani	Al-Hilal
	Park Ji-soo	Guangzhou Evergrande
	Ali Al-Bulaihi	Al-Hilal
	Daiki Hashioka	Urawa Red Diamonds
Midfielders	Oscar	Shanghai SIPG
	Giuliano	Al-Nassr
	Leonardo	Al-Wahda
Forwards	Shinzo Koroki	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Bafétimbi Gomis	Al-Hilal
	Omar Al Somah	Al-Ahli

Fans' Best XI

Source: ^[16]

Position	Player	Team
Goalkeeper	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	Al-Hilal
Defenders	Yasser Al-Shahrani	Al-Hilal
	Tarek Salman	Al-Sadd
	Ali Al-Bulaihi	Al-Hilal
	Mohammed Barqesh	Al-Wahda
Midfielders	Salem Al-Dawsari	Al-Hilal
	Giuliano	Al-Nassr
	Leonardo	Al-Wahda
Forwards	Sebastian Giovinco	Al-Hilal
	Bafétimbi Gomis	Al-Hilal
	Omar Al Somah	Al-Ahli

Top scorers

  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.

  Player was not in the team but team still active for this round.

Rank	Player	Team	MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	MD5	MD6	2R1	2R2	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F1	F2	Total
1	Bafétimbi Gomis	Al-Hilal		1	1			2	3				2	1		1	11
2	Leonardo	Al-Wahda		2	1	4	1		1								9
3	Shinzo Koroki	Urawa Red Diamonds				1	1	1		2	1	1		1			8
4	Omar Al Somah	Al-Ahli	2			2	1	1	1								7
5	Alaa Abbas	Al-Zawraa		2		1	1	2									6
	Giuliano	Al-Nassr		1	1		1			2	1
	Hulk	Shanghai SIPG	1				2			1	2
	Graziano Pellè	Shandong Luneng	2	2	1	1
9	Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov	Lokomotiv Tashkent	1			1	1	2									5
	Akram Afif	Al-Sadd					1		1	1	1			1
	Romarinho	Al-Ittihad				1	1	1		2
	Talisca	Guangzhou Evergrande	1	1	2							1

Note: Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs are not counted when determining top scorer (Regulations Article 64.4). ^[1]

Source: AFC ^[17]

Player of the week awards

Matchday	Toyota Player of the Week
	Player	Team	Ref.
Group stage
Matchday 1	Cesinha	Daegu FC	[18]
Matchday 2	Alaa Abbas	Al-Zawraa	[19]
Matchday 3	Talisca	Guangzhou Evergrande	[20]
Matchday 4	Leonardo	Al-Wahda	[21]
Matchday 5	Hulk	Shanghai SIPG	[22]
Matchday 6	Yasuto Wakizaka	Kawasaki Frontale	[23]
Knockout stage
Round of 16 1st leg – East	Kenyu Sugimoto	Urawa Red Diamonds	[24]
Round of 16 2nd leg – East	Shoma Doi	Kashima Antlers	[25]
Round of 16 1st leg – West	Bafétimbi Gomis	Al-Hilal	[26]
Round of 16 2nd leg – West	Romarinho	Al-Ittihad	[27]
Quarter-finals 1st leg	Giuliano	Al-Nassr	[28]
Quarter-finals 2nd leg	Salem Al-Dawsari	Al-Hilal	[29]
Semi-finals 1st leg	Bafétimbi Gomis	Al-Hilal	[30]
Semi-finals 2nd leg	Shusaku Nishikawa	Urawa Red Diamonds	[31]
Final 1st leg	Mohammed Al-Breik	Al-Hilal	[32]
Final 2nd leg	Salem Al-Dawsari	Al-Hilal	[33]

See also

• 2019 AFC Cup
• 2019 AFC Women's Club Championship

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External links

• AFC Champions League , the-AFC.com
• AFC Champions League 2019, stats.the-AFC.com