2019 AFC Champions League final

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.

2019 AFC Champions League Final

Event	2019 AFC Champions League
Al-Hilal Urawa Red Diamonds 3 0
on aggregate
First leg
Al-Hilal Urawa Red Diamonds 1 0
Date	9 November 2019 (2019-11-09)
Venue	King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh
Man of the Match	André Carrillo (Al-Hilal)[1]
Referee	Ali Sabah (Iraq)[1]
Attendance	22,549[1]
Weather	Cool and fine 26 °C (79 °F)[1]
Second leg
Urawa Red Diamonds Al-Hilal 0 2
Date	24 November 2019 (2019-11-24)
Venue	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Man of the Match	Sebastian Giovinco (Al-Hilal)[2]
Referee	Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)[2]
Attendance	58,109[2]
Weather	Fine and chilly 14 °C (57 °F)[2]
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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.^[3]

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.^[4] This marked the first time in eight years that a team from West Zone won the competition since Al Sadd won it in 2011.^[5] 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.^[6]

Teams

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

Team	Region	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Hilal	West Region (Zone: WAFF)	6 (1986[A], 1987[B], 1991, 2000, 2014, 2017)
Urawa Red Diamonds	East Region (Zone: EAFF)	2 (2007, 2017)

Notes

1. ^
   The 1986 final was played in four-team round-robin format, with Al-Hilal finishing as runners-up.
2. ^
   Al-Hilal was unable to participate in the 1987 final and therefore was declared as runners-up.

Venues

Saitama Stadium 2002 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.^{[citation needed]}

Road to the final

Further information: 2019 AFC Champions League

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

Al-Hilal				Round	Urawa Red Diamonds
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Al-Ain	1–0 (A)			Matchday 1	Buriram United	3–0 (H)
Al-Duhail	3–1 (H)			Matchday 2	Beijing FC	0–0 (A)
Esteghlal	1–2 (A)			Matchday 3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–1 (H)
Esteghlal	1–0 (H)			Matchday 4	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–2 (A)
Al-Ain	2–0 (H)			Matchday 5	Buriram United	2–1 (A)
Al-Duhail	2–2 (A)			Matchday 6	Beijing FC	3–0 (H)
Group C winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Al-Hilal 6 13 2 Al-Duhail 6 9 3 Esteghlal 6 8 4 Al-Ain 6 2 Source: AFC				Final standings	Group G runners-up Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 13 2 Urawa Red Diamonds 6 10 3 Beijing FC 6 7 4 Buriram United 6 4 Source: AFC
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahli	4–3	4–2 (A)	0–1 (H)	Round of 16	Ulsan Hyundai	4–2	1–2 (H)	3–0 (A)
Al-Ittihad	3–1	0–0 (A)	3–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Shanghai SIPG	3–3 (a)	2–2 (A)	1–1 (H)
Al-Sadd	6–5	4–1 (A)	2–4 (H)	Semi-finals	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.^[7] 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).^[6]

Matches

First leg

Summary

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

Details

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

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09)

19:30 UTC+3

King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 22,549

Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

Al-Hilal

Urawa Red Diamonds

GK 1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf RB 2 Mohammed Al-Breik CB 20 Jang Hyun-soo CB 5 Ali Al-Bulaihi  38' LB 12 Yasser Al-Shahrani RM 19 André Carrillo CM 7 Salman Al-Faraj (c) CM 8 Abdullah Otayf  89' LM 29 Salem Al-Dawsari CF 9 Sebastian Giovinco  87' CF 18 Bafétimbi Gomis Substitutes: GK 30 Mohammed Al-Waked DF 70 Mohammed Jahfali MF 24 Nawaf Al-Abed  87' MF 27 Hattan Bahebri MF 28 Mohamed Kanno  89' FW 10 Mohammad Al-Shalhoub FW 11 Saleh Al-Shehri Manager: Răzvan Lucescu

GK 25 Haruki Fukushima CB 31 Takuya Iwanami CB 4 Daisuke Suzuki CB 5 Tomoaki Makino RM 27 Daiki Hashioka CM 8 Ewerton CM 16 Takuya Aoki LM 41 Takahiro Sekine  85' AM 7 Kazuki Nagasawa  75' AM 12 Fabrício CF 30 Shinzo Koroki (c) Substitutes: GK 23 Nao Iwadate DF 2 Maurício Antônio DF 3 Tomoya Ugajin  85' MF 10 Yōsuke Kashiwagi MF 22 Yuki Abe MF 29 Kai Shibato FW 14 Kenyu Sugimoto  75' Manager: Tsuyoshi Otsuki

Man of the Match: André Carrillo (Al-Hilal)[1] Assistant referees:[1] Ali Ubaydee (Iraq) Ameer Hussein (Iraq) Fourth official: Watheq Al-Swaiedi (Iraq) Additional assistant referees: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq) Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

Match rules[6] 90 minutes. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Statistics

Overall

Statistic	Al-Hilal	Urawa Red Diamonds
Goals scored	1	0
Total shots	22	2
Shots on target	6	1
Blocked shots	8	1
Ball possession	70%	30%
Corner kicks	9	2
Passes	680	293
Fouls conceded	10	12
Offsides	3	1
Yellow cards	1	0
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

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

24 November 2019 (2019-11-24)

19:01 UTC+9

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 58,109

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Urawa Red Diamonds

Al-Hilal

GK 1 Shusaku Nishikawa CB 31 Takuya Iwanami  57' CB 4 Daisuke Suzuki CB 5 Tomoaki Makino  76' RM 27 Daiki Hashioka CM 8 Ewerton CM 16 Takuya Aoki  53'  88' LM 41 Takahiro Sekine  43' AM 7 Kazuki Nagasawa  63' AM 12 Fabrício  71' CF 30 Shinzo Koroki (c) Substitutes: GK 25 Haruki Fukushima DF 2 Maurício Antônio DF 3 Tomoya Ugajin MF 10 Yōsuke Kashiwagi  63' MF 22 Yuki Abe  88' MF 29 Kai Shibato FW 14 Kenyu Sugimoto  71' Manager: Tsuyoshi Otsuki

GK 1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf RB 2 Mohammed Al-Breik  80' CB 20 Jang Hyun-soo CB 5 Ali Al-Bulaihi LB 12 Yasser Al-Shahrani RM 19 André Carrillo CM 7 Salman Al-Faraj (c) CM 8 Abdullah Otayf  90+4' LM 29 Salem Al-Dawsari CF 9 Sebastian Giovinco  88' CF 18 Bafétimbi Gomis Substitutes: GK 30 Mohammed Al-Waked DF 17 Abdullah Al-Hafith  80' MF 24 Nawaf Al-Abed MF 27 Hattan Bahebri MF 28 Mohamed Kanno  88' FW 10 Mohammad Al-Shalhoub  90+4' FW 11 Saleh Al-Shehri Manager: Răzvan Lucescu

Man of the Match: Sebastian Giovinco (Al-Hilal)[2] Assistant referees:[2] Andrey Tsapenko (Uzbekistan) Timur Gaynullin (Uzbekistan) Fourth official: Ruslan Seratzidinov (Uzbekistan) Additional assistant referees: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan) Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Match rules[6] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if tied on aggregate and away goals. Penalty shoot-out if still tied after extra time (no away goals rule applied). Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Statistics

Overall

Statistic	Urawa Red Diamonds	Al-Hilal
Goals scored	0	2
Total shots	6	19
Shots on target	2	8
Blocked shots	2	7
Ball possession	54%	46%
Corner kicks	5	7
Passes	370	307
Fouls conceded	13	20
Offsides	2	4
Yellow cards	4	0
Red cards	0	0

See also

• 2019 AFC Cup Final