The 2016 AFC Champions League final was the final of the 2016 AFC Champions League, the 35th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 14th under the current AFC Champions League title.
The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between South Korean team Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and United Arab Emirates team Al-Ain. The first leg was hosted by Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors at the Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju on 19 November 2016, while the second leg was hosted by Al-Ain at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain on 26 November 2016. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won the final 3–2 on aggregate and clinched their second title.
Qualified teams TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners) Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors2006, 2011 Al-Ain2003, 2005
Background
Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsRound Al-AinOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult FC Tokyo2–1 (H)Matchday 1 El Jaish1–2 (H) Jiangsu Suning2–3 (A)Matchday 2 El Jaish1–2 (A) Becamex Bình Dương2–0 (H)Matchday 3 Al-Ahli1–0 (H) Becamex Bình Dương2–3 (A)Matchday 4 Al-Ahli2–1 (A) FC Tokyo3–0 (A)Matchday 5 Nasaf Qarshi1–1 (A) Jiangsu Suning2–2 (H)Matchday 6 Nasaf Qarshi2–0 (H)Group E winnersFinal standingsGroup D runners-upOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout stageOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Melbourne Victory3–21–1 (A)2–1 (H)Round of 16 Zob Ahan3–11–1 (H)2–0 (A) Shanghai SIPG5–00–0 (A)5–0 (H)Quarter-finals Lokomotiv Tashkent1–00–0 (H)1–0 (A) FC Seoul5–34–1 (H)1–2 (A)Semi-finals El Jaish5–33–1 (H)2–2 (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.
Match details First leg
GK 1 Kwon Sun-tae (c) RB 27 Kim Chang-soo CB 15 Lim Jong-eun CB 3 Kim Hyung-il LB 19 Park Won-jae DM 25 Choi Chul-soon RM 11 Ricardo Lopes CM 13 Kim Bo-kyung CM 17 Lee Jae-sung LM 10 Leonardo CF 99 Kim Shin-wook Substitutes: GK 21 Hong Jeong-nam DF 30 Kim Young-chan MF 7 Han Kyo-won MF 34 Jang Yun-ho FW 9 Lee Jong-ho FW 20 Lee Dong-gook FW 81 Edu Manager: Choi Kang-hee GK 17 Khalid Eisa RB 5 Ismail Ahmed CB 19 Mohanad Salem CB 21 Fawzi Fayez LB 50 Mohammed Fayez CM 7 Caio CM 10 Omar Abdulrahman (c) RW 13 Ahmed Barman AM 16 Mohamed Abdulrahman LW 29 Lee Myung-joo CF 70 Danilo Asprilla Substitutes: GK 22 Mahmoud Almas DF 4 Saeed Mosabah DF 37 Rashed Muhayer DF 44 Salem Juma MF 18 Ibrahim Diaky FW 9 Dyanfres Douglas FW 11 Saeed Al-KathiriManager: Zlatko Dalić
AFC Man of the Match: Leonardo (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
Assistant referees: Rashid Hamed Ali Al Ghaithi (Oman) Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al Jardani (Oman) Fourth official: Jameel Juma Abdulhusain Mohamed (Bahrain)
Second leg
GK 17 Khalid Eisa RB 5 Ismail Ahmed CB 19 Mohanad Salem CB 21 Fawzi Fayez LB 50 Mohammed Fayez CM 7 Caio CM 10 Omar Abdulrahman (c) RW 13 Ahmed Barman LW 29 Lee Myung-joo CF 70 Danilo Asprilla CF 9 Dyanfres Douglas Substitutes: GK 22 Mahmoud Almas DF 4 Saeed Mosabah DF 44 Salem Juma MF 16 Mohamed Abdulrahman MF 18 Ibrahim Diaky MF 25 Amer Abdulrahman FW 11 Saeed Al-KathiriManager: Zlatko Dalić GK 1 Kwon Sun-tae (c) RB 27 Kim Chang-soo CB 3 Kim Hyung-il CB 16 Cho Sung-hwan LB 19 Park Won-jae DM 25 Choi Chul-soon RM 11 Ricardo Lopes CM 13 Kim Bo-kyung CM 17 Lee Jae-sung LM 10 Leonardo CF 20 Lee Dong-gook Substitutes: GK 21 Hong Jeong-nam DF 15 Lim Jong-eun MF 7 Han Kyo-won MF 34 Jang Yun-ho FW 9 Lee Jong-ho FW 81 Edu FW 99 Kim Shin-wook Manager: Choi Kang-hee
AFC Man of the Match: Choi Chul-soon (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
Assistant referees: Toru Sagara (Japan) Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan) Fourth official: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
References
External links AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com