2022 AFC Champions League final

The 2022 AFC Champions League final was the final of the 2022 AFC Champions League, the 41st edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 20th edition under the AFC Champions League title.

2022 AFC Champions League final

Event	2022 AFC Champions League
Al-Hilal Urawa Red Diamonds 1 2
First leg
Al-Hilal Urawa Red Diamonds 1 1
Date	29 April 2023 (2023-04-29)
Venue	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Referee	Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Attendance	50,881[1][2]
Weather	Clear 31 °C (88 °F) 15% humidity
Second leg
Urawa Red Diamonds Al-Hilal 1 0
Date	6 May 2023 (2023-05-06)
Venue	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Referee	Ma Ning (China)
Attendance	53,574[3]
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The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia and Urawa Red Diamonds from Japan. Urawa Red Diamonds won the tie 2–1 on aggregate and clinched their third title.^[4] As Asian champions, they qualified for the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia.

The 2022 final was the third time in six years that these two teams met in the AFC Champions League final, after the 2017 final which Urawa Red Diamonds won 2–1 on aggregate and the 2019 final which Al-Hilal won 3–0 on aggregate.

Teams

In the following table, the finals until 2002 were in the Asian Club Championship era, and since 2003 in the AFC Champions League era.

Team	Region (Federation)	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Hilal	West (WAFF)	8 (1986,[A] 1987,[B] 1991, 2000, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Urawa Red Diamonds	East (EAFF)	3 (2007, 2017, 2019)

Notes

1. ^
   The 1986 final was played in a four-team round-robin format, with Al-Hilal finishing as runners-up.
2. ^
   Al-Hilal were unable to participate in the 1987 final and were declared runners-up.

Road to the final

Further information: 2022 AFC Champions League

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.

Al-Hilal		Round	Urawa Red Diamonds
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Sharjah	2–1	Matchday 1	Lion City Sailors	4–1
Al-Rayyan	3–0	Matchday 2	Shandong Taishan	5–0
Istiklol	1–0	Matchday 3	Daegu FC	0–1
Istiklol	3–0	Matchday 4	Daegu FC	0–0
Sharjah	2–2	Matchday 5	Lion City Sailors	6–0
Al-Rayyan	0–2	Matchday 6	Shandong Taishan	5–0
Group A winner Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Al-Hilal (H) 6 13 2 Al-Rayyan 6 13 3 Sharjah 6 5 4 Istiklol 6 3 Source: AFC (H) Hosts		Final standings	Group F runners-up Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Daegu FC 6 13 2 Urawa Red Diamonds 6 13 3 Lion City Sailors 6 7 4 Shandong Taishan 6 1 Source: AFC
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Shabab Al-Ahli	3–1	Round of 16	Johor Darul Ta'zim	5–0
Foolad	1–0	Quarter-finals	BG Pathum United F.C.	4–0
Al-Duhail	7–0	Semi-finals	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)

Format

The final was played over two legs. If the aggregate score would have been tied after two legs, the away goals rule would apply. If still tied, extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out would have been used to decide the winning team.^[5]

Matches

First leg

Details

Al-Hilal	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds
S. Al-Dawsari 13'	Report	Koroki 53'

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29)

20:30 UTC+3

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 50,881^[1][2]

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Al-Hilal

Urawa Red Diamonds

GK 1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf RB 66 Saud Abdulhamid CB 20 Jang Hyun-soo CB 5 Ali Al-Bulaihi LB 2 Mohammed Al-Breik  83' CM 28 Mohamed Kanno  75' CM 7 Salman Al-Faraj (c) CM 29 Salem Al-Dawsari  86' RW 17 Moussa Marega LW 96 Michael CF 9 Odion Ighalo Substitutes: GK 31 Habib Al-Wotayan GK 60 Ahmed Al-Jubaya DF 4 Khalifah Al-Dawsari DF 70 Mohammed Jahfali MF 8 Abdullah Otayf  75' MF 16 Nasser Al-Dawsari MF 43 Musab Al-Juwayr MF 88 Hamad Al-Yami  83' FW 11 Saleh Al-Shehri FW 14 Abdullah Al-Hamdan Manager: Ramón Díaz

GK 1 Shusaku Nishikawa RB 2 Hiroki Sakai (c)  81' CB 28 Alexander Scholz CB 5 Marius Høibråten LB 15 Takahiro Akimoto CM 3 Atsuki Ito  85'  85' CM 19 Ken Iwao  86' RW 21 Tomoaki Okubo  81' AM 8 Yoshio Koizumi  67' LW 14 Takahiro Sekine CF 30 Shinzo Koroki  67' Substitutes: GK 12 Zion Suzuki DF 4 Takuya Iwanami DF 6 Kazuaki Mawatari DF 13 Tomoya Inukai DF 77 Takuya Ogiwara  81' MF 22 Kai Shibato  85' MF 25 Kaito Yasui  67' MF 40 Yuichi Hirano MF 46 Jumpei Hayakawa  81' FW 99 José Kanté  67' Manager: Maciej Skorża

Assistant referees:[6] Abu Bakar Al-Amri (Oman) Rashid Al-Ghaithi (Oman) Fourth official:[6] Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates) Video assistant referee: Omar Mohamed Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates) Assistant video assistant referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)

Match rules 90 minutes Ten named substitutes, of which up to five may be used

Statistics

Overall

Statistic	Al-Hilal	Urawa Red Diamonds
Goals scored	1	1
Total shots	9	2
Shots on target	2	2
Blocked shots	3	1
Ball possession	72%	28%
Corner kicks	5	1
Passes	695	281
Fouls conceded	10	9
Offsides	0	2
Yellow cards	0	2
Red cards	1	0

Second leg

Details

Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Al-Hilal
Carrillo 48' (o.g.)	Report

6 May 2023 (2023-05-06)

18:00 UTC+9

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 53,574^[3]

Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Urawa Red Diamonds

Al-Hilal

GK 1 Shusaku Nishikawa RB 2 Hiroki Sakai (c) CB 28 Alexander Scholz CB 5 Marius Høibråten LB 15 Takahiro Akimoto CM 3 Atsuki Ito  86' CM 19 Ken Iwao RW 21 Tomoaki Okubo  36' AM 8 Yoshio Koizumi  72' LW 14 Takahiro Sekine  86' CF 30 Shinzo Koroki  72' Substitutes: GK 12 Zion Suzuki DF 4 Takuya Iwanami DF 13 Tomoya Inukai DF 77 Takuya Ogiwara  86' MF 22 Kai Shibato  86' MF 25 Kaito Yasui  72' MF 40 Yuichi Hirano MF 46 Jumpei Hayakawa FW 18 Toshiki Takahashi FW 99 José Kanté  72' Manager: Maciej Skorża

GK 1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf (c) RB 66 Saud Abdulhamid CB 20 Jang Hyun-soo CB 5 Ali Al-Bulaihi  88' LB 2 Mohammed Al-Breik  80' CM 19 André Carrillo CM 8 Abdullah Otayf  68' CM 28 Mohamed Kanno  87' RW 96 Michael LW 14 Abdullah Al-Hamdan  68' CF 9 Odion Ighalo Substitutes: GK 21 Mohammed Al-Owais GK 31 Habib Al-Wotayan DF 4 Khalifah Al-Dawsari DF 70 Mohammed Jahfali MF 16 Nasser Al-Dawsari  68' MF 43 Musab Al-Juwayr  87' MF 88 Hamad Al-Yami  80' FW 11 Saleh Al-Shehri  68' Manager: Ramón Díaz

Assistant referees:[7] Zhou Fei (China) Zhang Cheng (China) Fourth official:[7] Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) Fifth official:[8] Shi Xiang (China) Video assistant referee: Fu Ming (China) Assistant video assistant referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if tied on aggregate and away goals Penalty shoot-out if still tied after extra time (no away goals rule applied) Ten named substitutes, of which up to five may be used, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

Statistics

Overall

Statistic	Urawa Red Diamonds	Al-Hilal
Goals scored	1	0
Total shots	6	10
Shots on target	0	4
Blocked shots	2	4
Ball possession	29%	71%
Corner kicks	4	8
Passes	254	593
Fouls conceded	10	9
Offsides	1	0
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	0	0

References

1. "Al Hilal's missed chances give edge to Urawa for AFC Champions League final leg in Japan". Inside World Football. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
2. "AFC Champions League 2022 Final, 1st Leg: Urawa Reds fight back to hold Al Hilal". The Away End. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
3. "Urawa Reds edge Al Hilal for historic third title". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
4. Orlowitz, Dan (6 May 2023). "Urawa beats Al Hilal to capture third Asian Champions League title". The Japan Times. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
5. "AFC Champions League 2022 Competition Regulations" (PDF). the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
6. "Al Hilal vs. Urawa Reds – 29 April 2023 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
7. "Urawa Reds vs. Al Hilal – 6 May 2023 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
8. "#ACL2022 FINAL 2nd LEG – URAWA RED DIAMONDS (JPN) vs AL HILAL SFC (KSA)". AFC. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023 – via YouTube.

External links

• AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com