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2017 AFC Champions League final

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2017 AFC Champions League Final

Event	2017 AFC Champions League
Al-Hilal Urawa Red Diamonds 1 2
on aggregate
First leg
Al-Hilal Urawa Red Diamonds 1 1
Date	18 November 2017 (2017-11-18)
Venue	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Man of the Match	Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Referee	Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
Attendance	59,136
Weather	Fine and dry 22 °C (72 °F)
Second leg
Urawa Red Diamonds Al-Hilal 1 0
Date	25 November 2017 (2017-11-25)
Venue	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Man of the Match	Rafael Silva (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Referee	Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Attendance	57,727
Weather	Cold 10 °C (50 °F)
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The 2017 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2017 AFC Champions League, the 36th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 15th under the current AFC Champions League title.

The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Saudi Arabian team Al-Hilal and Japanese team Urawa Red Diamonds. This was the first AFC Champions League final involving a Japanese club since Gamba Osakain2008. The first leg was hosted by Al-Hilal at the King Fahd International StadiuminRiyadh on 18 November 2017, while the second leg was hosted by Urawa Red Diamonds at the Saitama Stadium 2002inSaitama on 25 November 2017.

After the first leg ended in a 1–1 draw,^[1] Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Al-Hilal 1–0 in the second leg to win 2–1 on aggregate, and were crowned AFC Champions League champions for the second time.^[2]

As Asian champions, Urawa Red Diamonds earned the right to represent the AFC at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, entering at the second round.^[3]

Teams[edit]

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)	5 (1986[A], 1987[B], 1991, 2000, 2014)
Urawa Red Diamonds	East Region (Zone: EAFF)	1 (2007)

Notes

Venues[edit]

This was the fourth time that an Asian club final was played in the King Fahd International Stadium, with the previous finals being 1995, 2000, and 2014 (second leg).

This was the second time that an Asian club final was played in the Saitama Stadium 2002, with the previous final being 2007 (second leg).

Road to the final[edit]

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
Persepolis	1–1 (A)			Matchday 1	Western Sydney Wanderers	4–0 (A)
Al-Rayyan	2–1 (H)			Matchday 2	FC Seoul	5–2 (H)
Al-Wahda	2–2 (A)			Matchday 3	Shanghai SIPG	2–3 (A)
Al-Wahda	1–0 (H)			Matchday 4	Shanghai SIPG	1–0 (H)
Persepolis	0–0 (H)			Matchday 5	Western Sydney Wanderers	6–1 (H)
Al-Rayyan	4–3 (A)			Matchday 6	FC Seoul	0–1 (A)
Group D winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Al-Hilal 6 12 2 Persepolis 6 9 3 Al-Rayyan 6 7 4 Al-Wahda 6 4 Source: AFC				Final standings	Group F winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Urawa Red Diamonds 6 12 2 Shanghai SIPG 6 12 3 FC Seoul 6 6 4 Western Sydney Wanderers 6 6 Source: AFC
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Esteghlal Khuzestan	4–2	2–1 (A)	2–1 (H)	Round of 16	Jeju United	3–2	0–2 (A)	3–0 (a.e.t.) (H)
Al-Ain	3–0	0–0 (A)	3–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Kawasaki Frontale	5–4	1–3 (A)	4–1 (H)
Persepolis	6–2	4–0 (H)	2–2 (A)	Semi-finals	Shanghai SIPG	2–1	1–1 (A)	1–0 (H)

Format[edit]

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.^[4] The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations, Section 3. 11.2 & 11.3).^[3]

Matches[edit]

First leg[edit]

Urawa Red Diamonds took the lead in the seventh minute after Rafael Silva intercepted a clearance of Salman Al-Faraj and converted from close range.^[5] Omar Kharbin scored for Al-Hilal in the 37th minute striking a close-range effort through the legs of Urawa Red Diamonds goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa.^[6]

Al-Hilal	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds
Kharbin 37'	Report	Rafael Silva 7'

Attendance: 59,136

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

GK 1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf RB 2 Mohammed Al-Breik  90+1' CB 33 Osama Hawsawi (c) CB 70 Mohammed Jahfali  45+2' LB 12 Yasser Al-Shahrani CM 7 Salman Al-Faraj CM 8 Abdullah Otayf  70' CM 16 Nicolás Milesi  5'  78' AM 29 Salem Al-Dawsari AM 3 Carlos Eduardo  19' CF 77 Omar Kharbin  37' Substitutes: GK 30 Mohammed Al-Waked DF 4 Abdullah Al-Zori MF 6 Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri MF 24 Nawaf Al Abed  66'  19' MF 27 Mohamed Kanno  80'  78' FW 20 Yasser Al-Qahtani FW 44 Mukhtar Fallatah  70' Manager: Ramón Díaz

GK 1 Shusaku Nishikawa RB 6 Wataru Endō CB 22 Yuki Abe (c) CB 5 Tomoaki Makino LB 3 Tomoya Ugajin  12' DM 16 Takuya Aoki RM 9 Yuki Muto CM 10 Yōsuke Kashiwagi CM 15 Kazuki Nagasawa  76' LM 8 Rafael Silva  64' CF 30 Shinzo Koroki  86' Substitutes: GK 25 Tetsuya Enomoto DF 4 Daisuke Nasu DF 46 Ryota Moriwaki MF 7 Tsukasa Umesaki  76' MF 39 Shinya Yajima FW 13 Toshiyuki Takagi  86' FW 21 Zlatan Ljubijankić  64' Manager: Takafumi Hori

Second leg[edit]

Carlos Eduardo (Al-Hilal) tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during first leg and was ruled out from second leg.^[7] Urawa Red Diamonds scored the only goal in the 88th minute when Rafael Silva scored from the right of the penalty area, shooting high to the net with his right foot.^[8][9]

Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Al-Hilal
Rafael Silva 88'	Report

Attendance: 57,727

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

GK 1 Shusaku Nishikawa RB 6 Wataru Endō CB 22 Yuki Abe (c) CB 5 Tomoaki Makino  27' LB 3 Tomoya Ugajin  13'  74' CM 10 Yōsuke Kashiwagi  90+3' CM 16 Takuya Aoki RW 9 Yuki Muto AM 15 Kazuki Nagasawa  70' LW 8 Rafael Silva CF 30 Shinzo Koroki  84' Substitutes: GK 25 Tetsuya Enomoto DF 2 Maurício Antônio  74' DF 46 Ryota Moriwaki MF 7 Tsukasa Umesaki  90+3' MF 39 Shinya Yajima FW 13 Toshiyuki Takagi FW 21 Zlatan Ljubijankić  84' Manager: Takafumi Hori

GK 1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf RB 2 Mohammed Al-Breik CB 33 Osama Hawsawi (c) CB 70 Mohammed Jahfali LB 12 Yasser Al-Shahrani DM 8 Abdullah Otayf  20'  87' RM 29 Salem Al-Dawsari  72'  79' CM 16 Nicolás Milesi CM 7 Salman Al-Faraj  68' LM 24 Nawaf Al Abed  77' CF 77 Omar Kharbin  62' Substitutes: GK 30 Mohammed Al-Waked DF 4 Abdullah Al-Zori MF 6 Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri MF 10 Mohammad Al-Shalhoub  87' MF 27 Mohamed Kanno FW 20 Yasser Al-Qahtani  80'  68' FW 44 Mukhtar Fallatah  62' Manager: Ramón Díaz

See also[edit]

• 2017 AFC Cup Final

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com
• AFC Champions League 2017, stats.the-AFC.com