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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

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

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 Osaka in 2008. The first leg was hosted by Al-Hilal at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh on 18 November 2017, while the second leg was hosted by Urawa Red Diamonds at the Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama 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

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

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

Venues

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

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

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

First leg

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]

18 November 2017

19:15 UTC+3

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

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 59,136

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Al-Hilal

Urawa Red Diamonds


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

Man of the Match:
Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds)

Assistant referees:
Ahmad Al-Roalle (Jordan)
Issa Al-Amawi (Jordan)
Fourth official:
Yousef Al-Jararwah (Jordan)
Additional assistant referees:
Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

Second leg

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]

25 November 2017

19:15 UTC+9

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

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 57,727

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Urawa Red Diamonds

Al-Hilal


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

Man of the Match:
Rafael Silva (Urawa Red Diamonds)

Assistant referees:
Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan)
Fourth official:
Mamur Saidkasimov (Uzbekistan)
Additional assistant referees:
Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

References

^ "Khribin strike keeps Al Hilal in the chase as Urawa Reds take early advantage". AFC. 18 November 2017.
^ "Rafael strike steers Urawa Reds to 2017 AFC Champions League crown". AFC. 25 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b "2017 AFC Champions League Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
^ "AFC Champions League quarter-final ties confirmed". AFC. 6 June 2017.
^ "Rafael Da Silva goal helps Urawa Red Diamonds to draw with Al Hilal". ESPN. 18 November 2017.
^ "Urawa earn valuable away draw". FIFA. 18 November 2017. Archived from the original on November 18, 2017.
^ "Al Hilal blow as Carlos Eduardo out of final second leg". Fox Sports Asia. 20 November 2017. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
^ "Urawa clinch ticket to UAE". FIFA. 25 November 2017. Archived from the original on November 25, 2017.
^ "Rafael Silva strike seals Asian Champions League crown for Urawa". ESPN. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.

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