2020 AFC Champions League Final

Football match

2020 AFC Champions League Final

The Ulsan Hyundai team holds the AFC Champions League trophy

Event| 2020 AFC Champions League
| Persepolis | Ulsan Hyundai

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1 | 2
Date| 19 December 2020 (2020-12-19)
Venue| Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Man of the Match| Sin Jin-ho (Ulsan Hyundai)[1]
Referee| Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)[2]
Attendance| 8,517
Weather| Mostly cloudy
24 °C (75 °F)

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The 2020 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2020 AFC Champions League, the 39th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 18th under the current AFC Champions League title.

The final was contested as a single match between Persepolis from Iran and Ulsan Hyundai from South Korea. Under the original format and schedule, the final would have been contested in two-legged home-and-away format, with the first leg played on 22 November 2020 and the second leg played on 28 November 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was suspended between March and September 2020, and upon its restart, all matches were relocated to centralised venues in Qatar, and the final was played at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah on 19 December 2020.[3]

Ulsan Hyundai won their second AFC Champions League title and qualified for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.

## Contents

* 1 Teams
* 2 Venue
* 3 Road to the final
* 4 Format
* 5 Match
* 6 Notes
* 7 References
* 8 External links

## 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)

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Persepolis | West Region (Zone: CAFA)  | 1 (2018)
Ulsan Hyundai | East Region (Zone: EAFF)  | 1 (2012)

## Venue[edit]

Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, hosted the final.

On 16 October 2020, the AFC announced that the final would be played in Doha, Qatar.[3] This was the first Asian club competition final held at Al Janoub Stadium.

On 18 December 2020, the AFC announced that they had agreed with the Qatar Football Association to allow a limited number of fans to attend the match, which was the first match since restart of the tournament to have spectators.[4]

## Road to the final[edit]

Further information: 2020 AFC Champions League

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; *: played in Qatar after restart).

Persepolis | Round  |  Ulsan Hyundai

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Opponent  | Result  | Group stage | Opponent  | Result
Al-Duhail | 0–2 (A)  | Matchday 1  |  FC Tokyo | 1–1 (H)
Sharjah | 2–2 (A)  | Matchday 2  |  Shanghai Shenhua | 3–1 (*)
Al-Taawoun | 1–0 (*)  | Matchday 3  |  Perth Glory | 2–1 (*)
Al-Taawoun | 1–0 (*)  | Matchday 4  |  Perth Glory | 2–0 (*)
Al-Duhail | 0–1 (*)  | Matchday 5  |  FC Tokyo | 2–1 (*)
Sharjah | 4–0 (*)  | Matchday 6  |  Shanghai Shenhua | 4–1 (*)
Group C winners | Pos | Team

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* t
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| Pld | Pts

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1  |  Persepolis | 6  | 10
2  |  Al-Taawoun | 6  | 9
3  |  Al-Duhail | 6  | 9
4  |  Sharjah | 6  | 7

Source: AFC

Final standings  | Group F winners | Pos | Team

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| Pld | Pts

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1  |  Ulsan Hyundai | 6  | 16
2  |  FC Tokyo | 6  | 10
3  |  Shanghai Shenhua | 6  | 7
4  |  Perth Glory | 6  | 1

Source: AFC

Opponent  | Result  | Knockout stage | Opponent  | Result
Al-Sadd | 1–0 (*)  | Round of 16  |  Melbourne Victory | 3–0 (*)
Pakhtakor | 2–0 (*)  | Quarter-finals  |  Beijing FC | 2–0 (*)
Al-Nassr | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p) (*)  | Semi-finals  |  Vissel Kobe | 2–1 (a.e.t.) (*)

## Format[edit]

The final was played as a single match. If tied after regulation time, extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out would have been used to decide the winning team.[5]

## Match[edit]

19 December 2020 (2020-12-19)

15:00 UTC+3

Persepolis | 1–2|  Ulsan Hyundai

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* Abdi 45'

| Live Report
Stats Report |

* Júnior 45+4', 55' (pen.)

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

Attendance: 8,517

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Persepolis

Ulsan Hyundai

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GK | 81 |  Hamed Lak
RB | 17 |  Mehdi Shiri |  |  74'
CB | 6 |  Hossein Kanaanizadegan
CB | 4 |  Jalal Hosseini (c)
LB | 77 |  Saeid Aghaei
CM | 66 |  Milad Sarlak
CM | 8 |  Ahmad Nourollahi
RM | 88 |  Siamak Nemati
AM | 5 |  Bashar Resan
LM | 2 |  Omid Alishah |  |  90'
CF | 16 |  Mehdi Abdi
Substitutes:
GK | 34 |  Amir Mohammad Yousefi
GK | 44 |  Božidar Radošević
DF | 15 |  Mohammad Ansari
DF | 38 |  Ehsan Hosseini
MF | 11 |  Kamal Kamyabinia
MF | 23 |  Ali Shojaei |  |  90'
MF | 26 |  Saeid Hosseinpour
FW | 25 |  Aria Barzegar
FW | 36 |  Arman Ramezani |  |  74'
Manager:
Yahya Golmohammadi
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GK | 1 |  Jo Su-huk
RB | 23 |  Kim Tae-hwan
CB | 44 |  Kim Kee-hee
CB | 4 |  Dave Bulthuis |  79'
LB | 6 |  Park Joo-ho |  |  72'
DM | 16 |  Won Du-jae
RM | 72 |  Lee Chung-yong |  |  72'
CM | 10 |  Yoon Bit-garam
CM | 8 |  Sin Jin-ho (c) |  |  83'
LM | 7 |  Kim In-sung |  |  90+1'
CF | 9 |  Júnior Negrão |  82' |  83'
Substitutes:
GK | 25 |  Seo Ju-hwan
DF | 2 |  Jeong Dong-ho
DF | 15 |  Jung Seung-hyun |  |  83'
DF | 66 |  Seol Young-woo |  |  90+1'
DF | 77 |  Hong Chul |  |  72'
MF | 22 |  Koh Myong-jin
MF | 17 |  Kim Sung-joon
MF | 98 |  Lee Sang-heon
FW | 11 |  Lee Keun-ho |  |  72'
FW | 19 |  Bjørn Maars Johnsen |  |  83'
Manager:
Kim Do-hoon

Man of the Match:

Assistant referees:[2]
Ramzan Al-Naemi (Qatar)
Saud Al-Maqaleh (Qatar)
Fourth official:[2]
Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
Fifth official:[2]
Mohd Yusri Muhamad (Malaysia)
Video assistant referee:[2]
Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
Assistant video assistant referees:[2]
Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

Match rules[5]

* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra time if tied.
* Penalty shoot-out if still tied after extra time.
* Ten named substitutes, of which up to five may be used, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 1]

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## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Persepolis FC v Ulsan Hyundai FC". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
2. ^ a b c d e f "Qatar's Al-Jassim to officiate AFC Champions League Final". Asian Football Confederation. 17 December 2020.
3. ^ a b "AFC Champions League Final to be played in Doha, Qatar". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 16 October 2020.
4. ^ "AFC Champions League Final to mark the long-awaited return of fans". Asian Football Confederation. 18 December 2020.
5. ^ a b "2020 AFC Champions League Competition Regulations" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation.

## External links[edit]

* AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com
* AFC Champions League 2020, stats.the-AFC.com

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