2010 AFC Champions League final

2010 AFC Champions League final

Event2010 AFC Champions League
Seongnam Ilhwa ChunmaZob Ahan
South KoreaIran
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Date13 November 2010
VenueNational Stadium, Tokyo
AFC Man of the MatchSaša Ognenovski (Seongnam)
Fans' Man of the MatchSaša Ognenovski (Seongnam)
RefereeYuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Attendance27,308
WeatherFine
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2010 AFC Champions League winner Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.

The 2010 AFC Champions League final was a football match which was played on Saturday, 13 November 2010. It was the 29th final of the AFC Champions League, Asia's premier club football tournament. The match was played at the National Stadium in Tokyo and was contested by Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma of South Korea and Zob Ahan from Iran. For Seongnam this was the fourth appearance in the final of the main AFC tournament, after two consecutive Asian Club Championship finals in 1996 and 1997 and AFC Champions League final in 2004, with one trophy been won in 1996. Zob Ahan was a debutant of the final stage.

The winners entered the quarterfinals of the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup.

Seongnam won 3–1 to clinch the title.[1]

Qualified teams

TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma1995, 1997, 2004
Iran Zob AhanNone

Road to Tokyo

Seongnam Ilhwa ChunmaRoundZob Ahan
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma6501116+515
China Beijing Guoan631275+210
Japan Kawasaki Frontale62048806
Australia Melbourne Victory6114310−74
Group stage
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Iran Zob Ahan641183+513
Uzbekistan Bunyodkor6312107+310
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad622297+28
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda6105313−103
OpponentResultLegsKnockout stageOpponentResultLegs
Japan Gamba Osaka3–0One-leg match playedRound of 16Iran Mes Kerman1–0One-leg match played
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings4–34–1 home; 0–2 awayQuarterfinalsSouth Korea Pohang Steelers3–22–1 home; 1–1 away
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab4–4 (a)1–0 home; 3–4 awaySemifinalsSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal2–01–0 home; 1–0 away

Match details

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma South Korea3 – 1Iran Zob Ahan
Ognenovski 29'
Cho Byung-kuk 53'
Kim Cheol-ho 83'		ReportKhalatbari 67'
Attendance: 27,308
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Zob Ahan
GK1South Korea Jung Sung-ryong
CB24South Korea Kim Tae-yoon
CB5South Korea Cho Byung-kuk
CB4Australia Saša Ognenovski (c)
RM2South Korea Ko Jae-sung
CM16South Korea Kim Sung-hwan
CM17South Korea Kim Cheol-ho
LM14South Korea Song Ho-youngdownward-facing red arrow 80'
AM30South Korea Jo Jae-cheolYellow card 71'
AM11Colombia Mauricio Molina
CF9South Korea Cho Dong-geondownward-facing red arrow 88'
Substitutes
DF3South Korea Yun Young-sun
DF13South Korea Jeong Ho-jeong
FW18South Korea Namkung Doupward-facing green arrow 88'
FW20South Korea Kim Jin-yongupward-facing green arrow 80'
FW28South Korea Moon Dae-seong
DF38South Korea Yong Hyun-jin
GK41South Korea Kang Sung-kwan
Manager
South Korea Shin Tae-yong
GK1Iran Shahab Gordan
RB2Iran Mohammad Hosseini
CB3Iran Mohamad Ali AhmadiYellow card 81'
CB4Iran Farshid Talebi
LB25Iran Hossein MahiniYellow card 69'
CM14Iran Ghasem Hadadifar (c)
CM19Iran Mohammad GhaziYellow card 90'
CM15Brazil Igor Castrodownward-facing red arrow 87'
RF31Iran Shahin Kheiridownward-facing red arrow 56'
CF30Iran Mehdi Rajabzadehdownward-facing red arrow 69'
LF9Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
Substitutes
DF5Iran Mohammad Salsaliupward-facing green arrow 87'
FW10Iran Esmail Farhadiupward-facing green arrow 69'
GK12Iran Abbas Ghasemi
MF17Iran Sina AshouriYellow card 86'upward-facing green arrow 56'
DF23Iran Ahmad Mohammadpour
MF24Iran Alireza Hadadifar
FW32Iran Jalal Rafkhaei
Manager
Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh

AFC Man of the Match:
Australia Saša Ognenovski (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)

Association referees:
Toru Sagara (Japan)
Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)
Fourth official:
Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Seongnam seal ACL glory". the-afc.com. 13 November 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  • Official site

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