2010 AFC Champions League final

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.

2010 AFC Champions League final

Event2010 AFC Champions League
Date13 November 2010
VenueNational Stadium, Tokyo
AFC Man of the MatchSaša Ognenovski (Seongnam)
Fans' Man of the MatchSaša Ognenovski (Seongnam)
RefereeYuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Attendance27,308
WeatherFine
2009
2011
2010 AFC Champions League winner Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.

The winners entered the quarterfinals of the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup.

Seongnam won 3–1 to clinch the title.[1]

Qualified teams edit

Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
  Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1995, 1997, 2004
  Zob Ahan None

Road to Tokyo edit

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Round Zob Ahan
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 6 5 0 1 11 6 +5 15
  Beijing Guoan 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10
  Kawasaki Frontale 6 2 0 4 8 8 0 6
  Melbourne Victory 6 1 1 4 3 10 −7 4
Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Zob Ahan 6 4 1 1 8 3 +5 13
  Bunyodkor 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10
  Al-Ittihad 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 8
  Al-Wahda 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 3
Opponent Result Legs Knockout stage Opponent Result Legs
  Gamba Osaka 3–0 One-leg match played Round of 16   Mes Kerman 1–0 One-leg match played
  Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4–3 4–1 home; 0–2 away Quarterfinals   Pohang Steelers 3–2 2–1 home; 1–1 away
  Al-Shabab 4–4 (a) 1–0 home; 3–4 away Semifinals   Al-Hilal 2–0 1–0 home; 1–0 away

Match details edit

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma  3 – 1  Zob Ahan
Ognenovski   29'
Cho Byung-kuk   53'
Kim Cheol-ho   83'
Report Khalatbari   67'
Attendance: 27,308
 
 
 
 
 
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zob Ahan
GK 1   Jung Sung-ryong
CB 24   Kim Tae-yoon
CB 5   Cho Byung-kuk
CB 4   Saša Ognenovski (c)
RM 2   Ko Jae-sung
CM 16   Kim Sung-hwan
CM 17   Kim Cheol-ho
LM 14   Song Ho-young   80'
AM 30   Jo Jae-cheol   71'
AM 11   Mauricio Molina
CF 9   Cho Dong-geon   88'
Substitutes
DF 3   Yun Young-sun
DF 13   Jeong Ho-jeong
FW 18   Namkung Do   88'
FW 20   Kim Jin-yong   80'
FW 28   Moon Dae-seong
DF 38   Yong Hyun-jin
GK 41   Kang Sung-kwan
Manager
  Shin Tae-yong
GK 1   Shahab Gordan
RB 2   Mohammad Hosseini
CB 3   Mohamad Ali Ahmadi   81'
CB 4   Farshid Talebi
LB 25   Hossein Mahini   69'
CM 14   Ghasem Hadadifar (c)
CM 19   Mohammad Ghazi   90'
CM 15   Igor Castro   87'
RF 31   Shahin Kheiri   56'
CF 30   Mehdi Rajabzadeh   69'
LF 9   Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
Substitutes
DF 5   Mohammad Salsali   87'
FW 10   Esmail Farhadi   69'
GK 12   Abbas Ghasemi
MF 17   Sina Ashouri   86'   56'
DF 23   Ahmad Mohammadpour
MF 24   Alireza Hadadifar
FW 32   Jalal Rafkhaei
Manager
  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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Seongnam seal ACL glory". the-afc.com. 13 November 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2010.

External links edit