2015 AFC Champions League final

2015 AFC Champions League final 2015 AFC Champions League Al-Ahli UAE 30px 0 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 30px 1 on aggregate First leg 0 0 7 November 2015 Al-Rashid Stadium Dubai Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande)2015 AFC Champions League Final First Leg Match Summary: Al-Ahli v Guangzhou Evergrande http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=9715&stageid=376&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary AFC 7 November 2015 AFC Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) 9,480 Clear and warm25 °C °F62% humidity Second leg 0 1 21 November 2015 Tianhe Stadium Guangzhou Elkeson (Guangzhou Evergrande)2015 AFC Champions League Final First Leg Match Summary: Guangzhou Evergrande v Al-Ahli http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=9716&stageid=376&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary AFC 21 November 2015 AFC Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) 42,499 Hot27 °C °F88% humidity 2014 2016 The 2015 AFC Champions League final was the final of the 2015 AFC Champions League, the 34th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 13th under the current AFC Champions League title. The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Emirati team Al-Ahli and Chinese team Guangzhou Evergrande. The first leg hosted by Al-Ahli at Al-Rashid Stadium in Dubai on 7 November 2015, while the second leg hosted by Guangzhou Evergrande at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou on 21 November 2015. Having previously won the tournament in 2013 Guangzhou Evergrande has making its second final appearance in three years. Guangzhou Evergrande won the final 1–0 on aggregate and as Asian champions earned the right to represent the AFC at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, entering at the quarterfinal stage. Qualified teams TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)UAE Al-AhliNoneCHN Guangzhou Evergrande2013 Venues thumbnail|left|The Al-Rashid Stadium hosted first leg of the final. thumbnail|right|The Tianhe Stadium hosted second leg of the final. The 2015 AFC Champions League Final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format, held at the home of both finalists. It was the third consecutive year that the AFC adopted such an arrangement. Al-Ahli's home venue, Al-Rashid Stadium, is a 9,415 seated stadium located in the city of Dubai. Two previous final has been held in United Arab Emirates. The first one was in the first leg of the 2002–03 final, Al Ain defeated BEC Tero Sasana F.C. 2–0 in Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium in the city of Al Ain, and they eventually claimed the title 2–1 on aggregate. The second one was 10 years ago, in the first leg of the 2005 final, Al Ain was defeated by Saudis' team, Al-Ittihad, and they eventually lost the title 3–5 on aggregate. Guangzhou Evergrande's home venue, Tianhe Stadium, is a 58,500 seated stadium located in the city of Guangzhou. In the history of the competition, two finals have been held in China and this final will be the third, and the second that Guangzhou hosted. The first final hosted by a Chinese city in 1989–90, which was won by Chinese side Liaoning FC 3–2 against Nissan Yokohama in the city of Shenyang. The next final, the 2013 and second leg of the 2013, was hosted in Guangzhou. The 2013 final was won by Guangzhou Evergrande on the away goals rule with 3–3 on aggregate. Road to the final 2015 AFC Champions League Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). UAE Al-AhliRoundCHN Guangzhou EvergrandeOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultKSA Al-Ahli3–3 (H)Matchday 1KOR FC Seoul1–0 (H)IRN Tractor Sazi0–1 (A)Matchday 2AUS Western Sydney Wanderers3–2 (A)UZB FC Nasaf0–0 (H)Matchday 3JPN Kashima Antlers4–3 (H)UZB FC Nasaf1–0 (A)Matchday 4JPN Kashima Antlers1–2 (A)KSA Al-Ahli1–2 (A)Matchday 5KOR FC Seoul0–0 (A)IRN Tractor Sazi3–2 (H)Matchday 6AUS Western Sydney Wanderers0–2 (H)Group D runners-up Group D yes no AHUFinal standingsGroup H winner Group H yes no GETOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout stageOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legUAE Al-Ain3–3 (a)0–0 (H)3–3 (A)Round of 16KOR Seongnam FC3–21–2 (A)2–0 (H)IRN Naft Tehran3–11–0 (A)2–1 (H)Quarter-finalsJPN Kashiwa Reysol4–23–1 (A)1–1 (H)KSA Al-Hilal4–31–1 (A)3–2 (H)Semi-finalsJPN Gamba Osaka2–12–1 (H)0–0 (A) Rules The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs decided by draw. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/acl_2015_competition_regulations_final.pdf AFC Champions League 2015 Competition Regulations AFC PDF Match details First leg Summary Details 7 November 2015 19:45 UTC+4 Al-Ahli UAE 0–0 Report CHN Guangzhou Evergrande Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai 9,480 Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) _china15h _China15h _china15h FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 Al-Ahli _lillestrom11h FFDD00 FFDD00 FFDD00 000000 FFDD00 Guangzhou Evergrande GK 12 UAE Ahmed Mahmoud RB 26 UAE Abdulaziz Haikel 0 84 CB 2 UAE Salmeen Khamis CB 21 KOR Kwon Kyung-won 90+3 LB 62 UAE Abdelaziz Sanqour 72 RM 8 BRA Everton Ribeiro 90 CM 88 UAE Majed Hassan LM 4 UAE Habib Fardan RF 11 UAE Ahmed Khalil (c) 88 CF 9 BRA Lima LF 7 UAE Ismail Al HammadiSubstitutes: GK 55 UAE Majed Naser DF 5 UAE Walid Abbas 72 DF 80 UAE Humaid Abdulla 88 DF 77 UAE Yousef Al Sayed MF 6 UAE Hassan Abdurahman MF 71 UAE Nawaf Mubarak FW 14 MAR Oussama Assaidi 90Manager:ROU Cosmin Olăroiu GK 19 CHN Zeng Cheng RB 5 CHN Zhang Linpeng CB 3 CHN Mei Fang 80 CB 6 CHN Feng Xiaoting LB 35 CHN Li Xuepeng 70 CM 8 BRA Paulinho CM 10 CHN Zheng Zhi (c) RW 16 CHN Huang Bowen AM 11 BRA Ricardo Goulart 59 LW 27 CHN Zheng Long 46 CF 9 BRA Elkeson 36Substitutes: GK 22 CHN Li Shuai DF 17 CHN Liu Jian MF 2 CHN Liao Lisheng MF 12 CHN Wang Shangyuan MF 20 CHN Yu Hanchao 59 MF 25 CHN Zou Zheng 70 DF 28 KOR Kim Young-gwon FW 29 CHN Gao Lin 46Manager:BRA Luiz Felipe Scolari AFC Man of the Match: CHN Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande) Assistant referees: Jeong Hae-sang (South Korea) Yoon Kwang-yeol (South Korea) Fourth official: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea) Statistics +First halfAFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2015 MATCH CENTRE http://www.the-afc.com/afc-champions-league-2015-match-centre AFC 20 November 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151121070634/http://www.the-afc.com/afc-champions-league-2015-match-centre 21 November 2015 Al-Ahli Guangzhou EvergrandeGoals scored 0 0Total shots 2 5Shots on target 1 1Saves 1 1Ball possession 41% 59%Corner kicks 3 5Fouls committed 7 4Offsides 1 0Yellow cards 0 1Red cards 0 0 +Second half Al-Ahli Guangzhou EvergrandeGoals scored 0 0Total shots 4 3Shots on target 3 3Saves 2 3Ball possession 47% 53%Corner kicks 4 1Fouls committed 13 4Offsides 1 0Yellow cards 1 1Red cards 1 0 +Overall Al-Ahli Guangzhou EvergrandeGoals scored 0 0Total shots 6 8Shots on target 4 4Saves 3 4Ball possession 47% 53%Corner kicks 7 6Fouls committed 20 8Offsides 2 0Yellow cards 1 2Red cards 1 0 Second leg Summary Details 21 November 2015 20:00 UTC+8 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 1–0 Report UAE Al-Ahli Elkeson 54 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 42,499 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) _gz15h _gz15h _gz15h _red_stripes EB0000 FF0000 EB0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Guangzhou Evergrande _coxa1314g1 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 Al-Ahli GK 19 CHN Zeng Cheng 38RB 5 CHN Zhang LinpengCB 6 CHN Feng XiaotingCB 28 KOR Kim Young-gwonLB 25 CHN Zou Zheng 72DM 10 CHN Zheng Zhi (c)DM 8 BRA PaulinhoAM 11 BRA Ricardo Goulart 90+1RW 16 CHN Huang Bowen 76LW 27 CHN Zheng Long 87CF 9 BRA ElkesonSubstitutes:GK 22 CHN Li Shuai 38DF 3 CHN Mei FangDF 33 CHN Rong HaoDF 35 CHN Li XuepengMF 17 CHN Liu Jian 87MF 20 CHN Yu HanchaoFW 29 CHN Gao Lin 90+1Manager:BRA Luiz Felipe Scolari GK 12 UAE Ahmed MahmoudRB 62 UAE Abdelaziz SanqourCB 2 UAE Salmeen Khamis 0 67CB 21 KOR Kwon Kyung-wonLB 5 UAE Walid AbbasRM 8 BRA Everton RibeiroCM 88 UAE Majed Hassan 11 90+3LM 4 UAE Habib Fardan 65RF 9 BRA LimaCF 11 UAE Ahmed Khalil (c) 63LF 7 UAE Ismail Al HammadiSubstitutes:GK 55 UAE Majed NaserDF 57 UAE Mohamed Sebil 90+3DF 80 UAE Humaid Abbas 65MF 6 UAE Hassan AbdurahmanMF 70 UAE Waleed HussainMF 71 UAE Nawaf MubarakFW 14 MAR Oussama Assaidi 63Manager:ROU Cosmin Olăroiu AFC Man of the Match: BRA Elkeson (Guangzhou Evergrande) Assistant referees: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Jahongir Saidov (Uzbekistan) Fourth official: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Statistics +First half Guangzhou Evergrande Al-AhliGoals scored 0 0Total shots 6 3Shots on target 3 2Saves 2 3Ball possession 53% 47%Corner kicks 3 0Fouls committed 5 5Offsides 1 1Yellow cards 0 1Red cards 0 0 +Second half Guangzhou Evergrande Al-AhliGoals scored 1 0Total shots 3 1Shots on target 1 0Saves 0 0Ball possession 57% 43%Corner kicks 2 1Fouls committed 7 11Offsides 0 3Yellow cards 2 0Red cards 0 1 +Overall Guangzhou Evergrande Al-AhliGoals scored 1 0Total shots 9 4Shots on target 4 2Saves 2 3Ball possession 57% 43%Corner kicks 5 1Fouls committed 12 16Offsides 1 4Yellow cards 2 1Red cards 0 1 References External links AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com championsleague *Final 2015 Category:Guangzhou F.C. matches Category:Al Ahli Club (Dubai) matches Category:Football matches in the United Arab Emirates Category:Football matches in China 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