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2022 AFC Champions League final

The 2022 AFC Champions League final was the final of the 2022 AFC Champions League, the 41st edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 20th edition under the AFC Champions League title.

2022 AFC Champions League final
Event2022 AFC Champions League
Al-HilalUrawa Red Diamonds
12
First leg
Al-HilalUrawa Red Diamonds
11
Date29 April 2023 (2023-04-29)
VenueKing Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
RefereeAhmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Attendance50,881[1][2]
WeatherClear
31 °C (88 °F)
15% humidity
Second leg
Urawa Red DiamondsAl-Hilal
10
Date6 May 2023 (2023-05-06)
VenueSaitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
RefereeMa Ning (China)
Attendance53,574[3]
← 2021
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The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia and Urawa Red Diamonds from Japan. Urawa Red Diamonds won the tie 2–1 on aggregate and clinched their third title.[4] As Asian champions, they qualified for the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia.

The 2022 final was the third time in six years that these two teams met in the AFC Champions League final, after the 2017 final which Urawa Red Diamonds won 2–1 on aggregate and the 2019 final which Al-Hilal won 3–0 on aggregate.

Teams

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

TeamRegion (Federation)Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-HilalWest (WAFF)8 (1986,[A] 1987,[B] 1991, 2000, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Urawa Red DiamondsEast (EAFF)3 (2007, 2017, 2019)
Notes

Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.

Al-HilalRound Urawa Red Diamonds
OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult
Sharjah2–1Matchday 1 Lion City Sailors4–1
Al-Rayyan3–0Matchday 2 Shandong Taishan5–0
Istiklol1–0Matchday 3 Daegu FC0–1
Istiklol3–0Matchday 4 Daegu FC0–0
Sharjah2–2Matchday 5 Lion City Sailors6–0
Al-Rayyan0–2Matchday 6 Shandong Taishan5–0
Group A winner
PosTeam
PldPts
1 Al-Hilal (H)613
2 Al-Rayyan613
3 Sharjah65
4 Istiklol63
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Final standingsGroup F runners-up
PosTeam
PldPts
1 Daegu FC613
2 Urawa Red Diamonds613
3 Lion City Sailors67
4 Shandong Taishan61
Source: AFC
OpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResult
Shabab Al-Ahli3–1Round of 16 Johor Darul Ta'zim5–0
Foolad1–0Quarter-finals BG Pathum United F.C. 4–0
Al-Duhail7–0Semi-finals Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)

Format

The final was played over two legs. If the aggregate score would have been tied after two legs, the away goals rule would apply. If still tied, extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out would have been used to decide the winning team.[5]

Matches

First leg

Details

Al-Hilal 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds
Report
Attendance: 50,881[1][2]
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)


Al-Hilal
Urawa Red Diamonds
GK1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf
RB66 Saud Abdulhamid
CB20 Jang Hyun-soo
CB5 Ali Al-Bulaihi
LB2 Mohammed Al-Breik  83'
CM28 Mohamed Kanno  75'
CM7 Salman Al-Faraj (c)
CM29 Salem Al-Dawsari  86'
RW17 Moussa Marega
LW96 Michael
CF9 Odion Ighalo
Substitutes:
GK31 Habib Al-Wotayan
GK60 Ahmed Al-Jubaya
DF4 Khalifah Al-Dawsari
DF70 Mohammed Jahfali
MF8 Abdullah Otayf  75'
MF16 Nasser Al-Dawsari
MF43 Musab Al-Juwayr
MF88 Hamad Al-Yami  83'
FW11 Saleh Al-Shehri
FW14 Abdullah Al-Hamdan
Manager:
Ramón Díaz
GK1 Shusaku Nishikawa
RB2 Hiroki Sakai (c)  81'
CB28 Alexander Scholz
CB5 Marius Høibråten
LB15 Takahiro Akimoto
CM3 Atsuki Ito  85'  85'
CM19 Ken Iwao  86'
RW21 Tomoaki Okubo  81'
AM8 Yoshio Koizumi  67'
LW14 Takahiro Sekine
CF30 Shinzo Koroki  67'
Substitutes:
GK12 Zion Suzuki
DF4 Takuya Iwanami
DF6 Kazuaki Mawatari
DF13 Tomoya Inukai
DF77 Takuya Ogiwara  81'
MF22 Kai Shibato  85'
MF25 Kaito Yasui  67'
MF40 Yuichi Hirano
MF46 Jumpei Hayakawa  81'
FW99 José Kanté  67'
Manager:
Maciej Skorża

Assistant referees:[6]
Abu Bakar Al-Amri (Oman)
Rashid Al-Ghaithi (Oman)
Fourth official:[6]
Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)
Video assistant referee:
Omar Mohamed Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • Ten named substitutes, of which up to five may be used

Statistics

Overall
StatisticAl-HilalUrawa Red Diamonds
Goals scored11
Total shots92
Shots on target22
Blocked shots31
Ball possession72%28%
Corner kicks51
Passes695281
Fouls conceded109
Offsides02
Yellow cards02
Red cards10

Second leg

Details

Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Al-Hilal
Report
Attendance: 53,574[3]
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Urawa Red Diamonds
Al-Hilal
GK1 Shusaku Nishikawa
RB2 Hiroki Sakai (c)
CB28 Alexander Scholz
CB5 Marius Høibråten
LB15 Takahiro Akimoto
CM3 Atsuki Ito  86'
CM19 Ken Iwao
RW21 Tomoaki Okubo  36'
AM8 Yoshio Koizumi  72'
LW14 Takahiro Sekine  86'
CF30 Shinzo Koroki  72'
Substitutes:
GK12 Zion Suzuki
DF4 Takuya Iwanami
DF13 Tomoya Inukai
DF77 Takuya Ogiwara  86'
MF22 Kai Shibato  86'
MF25 Kaito Yasui  72'
MF40 Yuichi Hirano
MF46 Jumpei Hayakawa
FW18 Toshiki Takahashi
FW99 José Kanté  72'
Manager:
Maciej Skorża
GK1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf (c)
RB66 Saud Abdulhamid
CB20 Jang Hyun-soo
CB5 Ali Al-Bulaihi  88'
LB2 Mohammed Al-Breik  80'
CM19 André Carrillo
CM8 Abdullah Otayf  68'
CM28 Mohamed Kanno  87'
RW96 Michael
LW14 Abdullah Al-Hamdan  68'
CF9 Odion Ighalo
Substitutes:
GK21 Mohammed Al-Owais
GK31 Habib Al-Wotayan
DF4 Khalifah Al-Dawsari
DF70 Mohammed Jahfali
MF16 Nasser Al-Dawsari  68'
MF43 Musab Al-Juwayr  87'
MF88 Hamad Al-Yami  80'
FW11 Saleh Al-Shehri  68'
Manager:
Ramón Díaz

Assistant referees:[7]
Zhou Fei (China)
Zhang Cheng (China)
Fourth official:[7]
Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)
Fifth official:[8]
Shi Xiang (China)
Video assistant referee:
Fu Ming (China)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Match rules

  • 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)
  • Ten named substitutes, of which up to five may be used, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

Statistics

Overall
StatisticUrawa Red DiamondsAl-Hilal
Goals scored10
Total shots610
Shots on target04
Blocked shots24
Ball possession29%71%
Corner kicks48
Passes254593
Fouls conceded109
Offsides10
Yellow cards11
Red cards00

References

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