2016 AFC Champions League final

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.

2016 AFC Champions League Final

Event	2016 AFC Champions League
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Al-Ain 3 2
on aggregate
First leg
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Al-Ain 2 1
Date	19 November 2016
Venue	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju
AFC Man of the Match	Leonardo (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
Referee	Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Attendance	36,158
Weather	Overcast with fog 14 °C (57 °F)
Second leg
Al-Ain Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 1
Date	26 November 2016
Venue	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
AFC Man of the Match	Choi Chul-soon (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
Referee	Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Attendance	23,239
Weather	Mild 24 °C (75 °F)
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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.^[1] Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won the final 3–2 on aggregate and clinched their second title.

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2006, 2011
Al-Ain	2003, 2005

Background

Road to the final

Further information: 2016 AFC Champions League

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors				Round	Al-Ain
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
FC Tokyo	2–1 (H)			Matchday 1	El Jaish	1–2 (H)
Jiangsu Suning	2–3 (A)			Matchday 2	El Jaish	1–2 (A)
Becamex Bình Dương	2–0 (H)			Matchday 3	Al-Ahli	1–0 (H)
Becamex Bình Dương	2–3 (A)			Matchday 4	Al-Ahli	2–1 (A)
FC Tokyo	3–0 (A)			Matchday 5	Nasaf Qarshi	1–1 (A)
Jiangsu Suning	2–2 (H)			Matchday 6	Nasaf Qarshi	2–0 (H)
Group E winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 10 2 FC Tokyo 6 10 3 Jiangsu Suning 6 9 4 Becamex Binh Duong 6 4 Source: AFC				Final standings	Group D runners-up Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 El Jaish 6 10 2 Al-Ain 6 10 3 Al-Ahli 6 9 4 Nasaf Qarshi 6 5 Source: AFC
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Melbourne Victory	3–2	1–1 (A)	2–1 (H)	Round of 16	Zob Ahan	3–1	1–1 (H)	2–0 (A)
Shanghai SIPG	5–0	0–0 (A)	5–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Lokomotiv Tashkent	1–0	0–0 (H)	1–0 (A)
FC Seoul	5–3	4–1 (H)	1–2 (A)	Semi-finals	El Jaish	5–3	3–1 (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.^[2]

Match details

First leg

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	Al-Ain
Leonardo 70', 77' (pen.)	Report	Asprilla 63'

19 November 2016 (2016-11-19)

19:00 UTC+9

Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju

Attendance: 36,158

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Al-Ain

GK 1 Kwon Sun-tae (c) RB 27 Kim Chang-soo CB 15 Lim Jong-eun CB 3 Kim Hyung-il  42' LB 19 Park Won-jae DM 25 Choi Chul-soon RM 11 Ricardo Lopes CM 13 Kim Bo-kyung  64' CM 17 Lee Jae-sung LM 10 Leonardo CF 99 Kim Shin-wook  81' 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  64' FW 81 Edu  81' Manager: Choi Kang-hee

GK 17 Khalid Eisa RB 5 Ismail Ahmed CB 19 Mohanad Salem  76' CB 21 Fawzi Fayez LB 50 Mohammed Fayez CM 7 Caio CM 10 Omar Abdulrahman (c) RW 13 Ahmed Barman AM 16 Mohamed Abdulrahman  77' LW 29 Lee Myung-joo CF 70 Danilo Asprilla  69'  90+3' Substitutes: GK 22 Mahmoud Almas DF 4 Saeed Mosabah DF 37 Rashed Muhayer DF 44 Salem Juma MF 18 Ibrahim Diaky  90+3' FW 9 Dyanfres Douglas  77' FW 11 Saeed Al-Kathiri Manager: 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

Al-Ain	1–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Lee Myung-joo 34'	Report	Han Kyo-won 30'

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26)

18:25 UTC+4

Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 23,239

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Al-Ain

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

GK 17 Khalid Eisa RB 5 Ismail Ahmed CB 19 Mohanad Salem  60'  86' CB 21 Fawzi Fayez LB 50 Mohammed Fayez  71' CM 7 Caio CM 10 Omar Abdulrahman (c)  90' RW 13 Ahmed Barman LW 29 Lee Myung-joo CF 70 Danilo Asprilla CF 9 Dyanfres Douglas  78' Substitutes: GK 22 Mahmoud Almas DF 4 Saeed Mosabah  86' DF 44 Salem Juma MF 16 Mohamed Abdulrahman  71' MF 18 Ibrahim Diaky  78' MF 25 Amer Abdulrahman FW 11 Saeed Al-Kathiri Manager: Zlatko Dalić

GK 1 Kwon Sun-tae (c)  90+5' RB 27 Kim Chang-soo CB 3 Kim Hyung-il CB 16 Cho Sung-hwan  90+3' LB 19 Park Won-jae  65' DM 25 Choi Chul-soon RM 11 Ricardo Lopes  5' CM 13 Kim Bo-kyung  90' CM 17 Lee Jae-sung LM 10 Leonardo CF 20 Lee Dong-gook  58' Substitutes: GK 21 Hong Jeong-nam DF 15 Lim Jong-eun MF 7 Han Kyo-won  59'  5' MF 34 Jang Yun-ho FW 9 Lee Jong-ho FW 81 Edu  90' FW 99 Kim Shin-wook  67'  58' 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

1. "Jeonbuk book date with Al Ain in AFC Champions League Final". AFC. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
2. "2016 AFC Champions League Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. 28 November 2015.

External links

• AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com