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.
Qualified teams TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma1995, 1997, 2004 Zob AhanNone
Road to Tokyo
Seongnam Ilhwa ChunmaRoundZob AhanTeam Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma6501116+515 Beijing Guoan631275+210 Kawasaki Frontale62048806 Melbourne Victory6114310−74Group stageTeam Zob Ahan641183+513 Bunyodkor6312107+310 Al-Ittihad622297+28 Al-Wahda6105313−103OpponentResultLegsKnockout stageOpponentResultLegs Gamba Osaka3–0One-leg match playedRound of 16 Mes Kerman1–0One-leg match played Suwon Samsung Bluewings4–34–1 home; 0–2 awayQuarterfinals Pohang Steelers3–22–1 home; 1–1 away Al-Shabab4–4 (a)1–0 home; 3–4 awaySemifinals Al-Hilal2–01–0 home; 1–0 away
Match details
GK 1 Jung Sung-ryongCB 24 Kim Tae-yoonCB 5 Cho Byung-kukCB 4 Saša Ognenovski (c)RM 2 Ko Jae-sungCM 16 Kim Sung-hwanCM 17 Kim Cheol-hoLM 14 Song Ho-young AM 30 Jo Jae-cheol AM 11 Mauricio MolinaCF 9 Cho Dong-geon SubstitutesDF 3 Yun Young-sunDF 13 Jeong Ho-jeongFW 18 Namkung Do FW 20 Kim Jin-yong FW 28 Moon Dae-seongDF 38 Yong Hyun-jinGK 41 Kang Sung-kwanManager Shin Tae-yong GK 1 Shahab GordanRB 2 Mohammad HosseiniCB 3 Mohamad Ali Ahmadi CB 4 Farshid TalebiLB 25 Hossein Mahini CM 14 Ghasem Hadadifar (c)CM 19 Mohammad Ghazi CM 15 Igor Castro RF 31 Shahin Kheiri CF 30 Mehdi Rajabzadeh LF 9 Mohammad Reza KhalatbariSubstitutesDF 5 Mohammad Salsali FW 10 Esmail Farhadi GK 12 Abbas GhasemiMF 17 Sina Ashouri DF 23 Ahmad MohammadpourMF 24 Alireza HadadifarFW 32 Jalal RafkhaeiManager Mansour Ebrahimzadeh AFC Man of the Match: Saša Ognenovski (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)
Association referees: Toru Sagara (Japan) Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan) Fourth official: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)
See also 2010 AFC Champions League 2010 FIFA Club World Cup
References
External links Official site