2020 AFC Champions League Final

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.

2020 AFC Champions League Final
The Ulsan Hyundai team holds the AFC Champions League trophy
Event2020 AFC Champions League
Persepolis Ulsan Hyundai
1 2
Date19 December 2020 (2020-12-19)
VenueAl Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Man of the MatchSin Jin-ho (Ulsan Hyundai)[1]
RefereeAbdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)[2]
Attendance8,517
WeatherMostly cloudy
24 °C (75 °F)

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 centralized 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.

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

Venue
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
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
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 Pld Pts
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 Pld Pts
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

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
Persepolis 1–2 Ulsan Hyundai
 Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 8,517
Persepolis
Ulsan Hyundai
GK81 Hamed Lak
RB17 Mehdi Shiri 74'
CB6 Hossein Kanaanizadegan
CB4 Jalal Hosseini (c)
LB77 Saeid Aghaei
CM66 Milad Sarlak
CM8 Ahmad Nourollahi
RM88 Siamak Nemati
AM5 Bashar Resan
LM2 Omid Alishah 90'
CF16 Mehdi Abdi
Substitutes:
GK34 Amir Mohammad Yousefi
GK44 Božidar Radošević
DF15 Mohammad Ansari
DF38 Ehsan Hosseini
MF11 Kamal Kamyabinia
MF23 Ali Shojaei 90'
MF26 Saeid Hosseinpour
FW25 Aria Barzegar
FW36 Arman Ramezani 74'
Manager:
Yahya Golmohammadi
GK1 Jo Su-huk
RB23 Kim Tae-hwan
CB44 Kim Kee-hee
CB4 Dave Bulthuis 79'
LB6 Park Joo-ho 72'
DM16 Won Du-jae
RM72 Lee Chung-yong 72'
CM10 Yoon Bit-garam
CM8 Sin Jin-ho (c) 83'
LM7 Kim In-sung 90+1'
CF9 Júnior Negrão 82' 83'
Substitutes:
GK25 Seo Ju-hwan
DF2 Jeong Dong-ho
DF15 Jung Seung-hyun 83'
DF66 Seol Young-woo 90+1'
DF77 Hong Chul 72'
MF22 Koh Myong-jin
MF17 Kim Sung-joon
MF98 Lee Sang-heon
FW11 Lee Keun-ho 72'
FW19 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]

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