2017 AFC Cup final

The 2017 AFC Cup Final was the final match of the 2017 AFC Cup, the 14th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).^[1]

2017 AFC Cup Final

Event	2017 AFC Cup
Istiklol Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0 1
Date	4 November 2017 (2017-11-04)
Venue	Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor
Referee	Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
Attendance	20,000
Weather	Windy 16°C
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The final was contested as a single match between Tajik team Istiklol and Iraqi team Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. The match was hosted by Istiklol at the Hisor Central Stadium in Hisor on 4 November 2017.

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Istiklol 1–0 and were crowned AFC Cup champions for the second consecutive year.^[2]

Teams

Team	Zone	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Istiklol	Central Asia Zone (CAFA) (Inter-zone play-off winner)	1 (2015)
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	West Asia Zone (WAFF)	1 (2016)

Venue

Hisor Central Stadium, in Hisor, Tajikistan, hosted the match. This was the second time that an AFC Cup final was played in Tajikistan, with the previous final being 2015.

Road to the final

Further information: 2017 AFC Cup

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

Istiklol				Round		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Opponent	Result			Group stage		Opponent	Result
Dordoi	2–0 (H)			Matchday 1		Safa	0–0 (A)
Altyn Asyr	1–1 (A)			Matchday 2		Al-Hidd	2–1 (H)
Alay Osh	3–1 (H)			Matchday 3		Al-Wahda	0–0 (A)
Alay Osh	4–1 (A)			Matchday 4		Al-Wahda	1–1 (H)
Dordoi	4–1 (A)			Matchday 5		Safa	2–0 (H)
Altyn Asyr	1–0 (H)			Matchday 6		Al-Hidd	1–0 (A)
Group D winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Istiklol 6 16 2 Altyn Asyr 6 13 3 Dordoi 6 3 4 Alay Osh 6 3 Source: AFC				Final standings		Group B winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 6 12 2 Al-Wahda 6 11 3 Al-Hidd 6 9 4 Safa 6 1 Source: AFC
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout stage		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Ceres–Negros	5–1	4–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	Inter-zone play-off semi-finals	Zonal semi-finals	Al-Zawraa	2–1	1–1 (H)	1–0 (A)
Bengaluru FC	3–2	1–0 (H)	2–2 (A)	Inter-zone play-off final	Zonal finals	Al-Wahda	2–2 (a)	1–2 (A)	1–0 (H)

Format

The final was played as a single match, with the host team (winner of the Inter-zone play-off final) decided by draw, which was held on 6 June 2017.^[3] If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner.^[1]

Match

Details

Istiklol	0–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
	Report	Mohsin 68'

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04)

18:00 UTC+5

Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Istiklol

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

GK 1 Nikola Stošić RB 27 Oleksandr Stetsenko CB 5 Artem Baranovskyi CB 2 Siyovush Asrorov  60' LB 19 Akhtam Nazarov RM 9 Jahongir Aliev  88' CM 8 Nuriddin Davronov  72' CM 4 David Mawutor LM 18 Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev  56' CF 10 Dmitry Barkov CF 63 Manuchekhr Dzhalilov  74' Substitutes: GK 35 Kurban Boboev DF 3 Tabrezi Davlatmir MF 11 Muhammadjoni Hasan MF 20 Amirbek Juraboev  72' MF 21 Romish Jalilov  88' MF 23 Ehson Panjshanbe FW 17 Dilshod Vasiev  74' Manager: Mukhsin Mukhamadiev

GK 1 Fahad Talib RB 6 Sameh Saeed CB 2 Samal Saeed CB 36 Sebastijan Antić LB 33 Ali Bahjat RM 7 Karrar Ali Bari  87'  90' CM 18 Zaher Midani  66' CM 40 Khaled Mobayed LM 11 Humam Tariq CF 10 Hammadi Ahmad CF 9 Emad Mohsin  78' Substitutes: GK 21 Amjad Raheem MF 5 Ahmed Abdul-Ridha  90' MF 27 Fahad Kareem MF 30 Saif Salman  78' MF 32 Taher Hameed Moshin FW 29 Amjad Radhi FW 38 Ali Yousif Manager: Hussam Al Sayed

Assistant referees: Mohamed Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates) Hasan Al-Mahri (United Arab Emirates) Fourth official: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates) Fifth official: Sabet Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates)

Match rules[1] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

See also

• 2017 AFC Champions League Final