2009 AFC Champions League final

2009 AFC Champions League final
Event	2009 AFC Champions League
Date	7 November 2009
Venue	National Stadium, Tokyo
AFC Man of the Match	No Byung-jun (Pohang Steelers)
Fans' Man of the Match	Denilson (Pohang Steelers)
Referee	Matthew Breeze (Australia)
Attendance	25,743
Weather	Clear
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The 2009 AFC Champions League Final was a football match which was played on Saturday, 7 November 2009. It was the 28th final of the AFC Champions League, Asia's premier club football tournament, and the first single match final since 2002 when the competition was known as the Asian Club Championship. The match was played at the National Stadium in Tokyo between Al-Ittihad of Saudi Arabia and Pohang Steelers of South Korea. The winners Pohang Steelers were also entered the quarter-finals of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.

Pohang Steelers defeated Al-Ittihad 2–1, winning its third title to become the most successful club in Asian football.^[2]

Qualified teams edit

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Ittihad	2004, 2005
Pohang Steelers	1997, 1998

Road to Tokyo edit

Pohang Steelers won the 2009 AFC Champions League.

Al-Ittihad

Round

Pohang Steelers

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ittihad	6	3	3	0	14	4	+10	12
Umm-Salal	6	2	2	2	6	13	−7	8
Al-Jazira	6	0	5	1	6	7	−1	5
Esteghlal	6	0	4	2	6	8	−2	4

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pohang Steelers	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12
Kawasaki Frontale	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10
Tianjin Teda	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
C.C. Mariners	6	0	2	4	5	13	−8	2

Opponent

Result

Legs

Knockout stage

Opponent

Result

Legs

Al-Shabab

2–1

Round of 16

Newcastle United Jets

6–0

Pakhtakor Tashkent

5–1

4–0 home; 1–1 away

Quarter-finals

Bunyodkor

5–4

4–1 home; 1–3 away

Nagoya Grampus

8–3

6–2 home; 2–1 away

Semi-finals

Umm-Salal

4–1

2–0 home; 2–1 away

Match details edit

7 November 2009

19:00 (JST)

Al-Ittihad	1 – 2	Pohang Steelers
Mohammed Noor 74'	Report	No Byung-jun 57' Kim Hyung-il 66'

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 25,743

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Al-Ittihad

Pohang Steelers


GK	1	Mabrouk Zaid
RB	19	Saleh Al-Saqri
CB	4	Redha Tukar
CB	21	Hamad Al-Montashari
LB	6	Obaid Al-Shamrani		64'
DM	14	Saud Khariri
RM	11	Hicham Aboucherouane
CM	18	Mohammed Noor (c)	50'
CM	12	Ahmed Hadid
LM	8	Manaf Abushgeer
CF	27	Amine Chermiti
Substitutes:
GK	22	Tisir Al-Antaif
DF	5	Mohammed Salem
DF	33	Osama Al-Muwallad
MF	16	Meshal Al-Said
MF	30	Sultan Al-Nemri
FW	15	Luciano Leguizamón		64'
FW	29	Talal Al-Meshal
Manager:
Gabriel Calderón


GK	1	Shin Hwa-yong
RB	2	Choi Hyo-jin
CB	24	Hwang Jae-won (c)
CB	32	Kim Hyung-il
LB	16	Kim Jung-kyum		75'
DM	20	Shin Hyung-min	39'
CM	7	Kim Jae-sung	29'
CM	5	Kim Tae-su
RF	10	Denilson		90+3'
CF	9	Stevica Ristić		71'
LF	22	No Byung-jun	90+1'
Substitutes:
GK	41	Kim Jee-hyuk
DF	4	Kazunari Okayama
MF	8	Hwang Jin-sung
MF	12	Park Hee-chul		75'
MF	14	Song Chang-ho	90+1'	71'
FW	18	Namkung Do		90+3'
FW	23	Yoo Chang-hyun
Manager:
Sérgio Farias

AFC Man of the Match:
No Byung-jun^[1]

Assistant referees:
Matthew Cream
Benjamin Wilson
Fourth official:
Peter Green

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Triple treat for Steelers". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 7 November 2009. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
^ "Pohang book UAE berth". FIFA.com. 2009-11-07. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-21.

External links edit

[1] Video highlights

[Noh-1] "Triple treat for Steelers". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 7 November 2009. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2009.

[2] "Pohang book UAE berth". FIFA.com. 2009-11-07. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-21.

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