2024 AFC Champions League final

The 2024 AFC Champions League final was the final of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League, the 42nd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 21st edition under the AFC Champions League title.

2024 AFC Champions League final

Event	2023–24 AFC Champions League
Yokohama F. Marinos Al Ain 3 6
on aggregate
First leg
Yokohama F. Marinos Al Ain 2 1
Date	11 May 2024 (2024-05-11)
Venue	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama
Referee	Salman Falahi (Qatar)
Attendance	53,704
Second leg
Al Ain Yokohama F. Marinos 5 1
Date	25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)
Venue	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
Referee	Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Attendance	24,826
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The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Yokohama F. Marinos from Japan and Al Ain from the United Arab Emirates. The winners earned the final Asian berth at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States.

This final was the second for Yokohama F. Marinos after 1990,^[1] and the fourth for Al Ain, with their most recent in 2016.^[2]

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)
Yokohama F. Marinos	East (EAFF)	1 (1990)
Al Ain	West (WAFF)	3 (2003, 2005, 2016)

Road to the final

Further information: 2023–24 AFC Champions League

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

Yokohama F. Marinos				Round	Al Ain
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Incheon United	2–4 (H)			Matchday 1	Pakhtakor	3–0 (A)
Shandong Taishan	1–0 (A)			Matchday 2	Ahal	4–2 (H)
Kaya–Iloilo	3–0 (H)			Matchday 3	Al-Fayha	4–1 (H)
Kaya–Iloilo	2–1 (A)			Matchday 4	Al-Fayha	3–2 (A)
Incheon United	1–2 (A)			Matchday 5	Pakhtakor	1–3 (H)
Shandong Taishan	3–0 (H)			Matchday 6	Ahal	3–1 (A)
Group G winner Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Yokohama F. Marinos 6 12 2 Shandong Taishan 6 12 3 Incheon United 6 12 4 Kaya–Iloilo 6 0 Source: AFC				Final standings	Group A winner Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Al-Ain 6 15 2 Al-Fayha 6 9 3 Pakhtakor 6 7 4 Ahal 6 4 Source: AFC
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Bangkok United	3–2 (a.e.t.)	2–2 (A)	1–0 (H)	Round of 16	Nasaf	2–1	0–0 (A)	2–1 (H)
Shandong Taishan	3–1	2–1 (A)	1–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Al Nassr	4–4 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	1–0 (H)	3–4 (A)
Ulsan HD	3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	0–1 (A)	3–2 (H)	Semi-finals	Al Hilal	5–4	4–2 (H)	1–2 (A)

Format

The final was played over two legs. If the aggregate score would be level after two legs, extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winning team.^[3]

Matches

First leg

Details

Yokohama F. Marinos	2–1	Al Ain
Uenaka 72' K. Watanabe 84'	Report	Abbas 12'

11 May 2024 (2024-05-11)

19:00 UTC+9

Nissan Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 53,704

Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)

Yokohama F. Marinos

Al Ain

GK 42 William Popp RB 27 Ken Matsubara CB 4 Shinnosuke Hatanaka CB 5 Eduardo  37' LB 2 Katsuya Nagato  90+3' CM 14 Asahi Uenaka  75'  77' CM 8 Takuya Kida (c)  61' CM 29 Nam Tae-hee  77' RF 20 Yan Matheus CF 11 Anderson Lopes LF 7 Élber  61' Substitutes: GK 21 Hiroki Iikura GK 31 Fuma Shirasaka DF 16 Ren Kato DF 24 Hijiri Kato DF 39 Taiki Watanabe  37' MF 6 Kota Watanabe  61' MF 17 Kenta Inoue MF 18 Kota Mizunuma MF 28 Riku Yamane  77' MF 35 Keigo Sakakibara  77' MF 47 Kazuya Yamamura FW 23 Ryo Miyaichi  61' Manager: Harry Kewell

GK 17 Khalid Eisa RB 70 Abdoul Karim Traoré CB 16 Khalid Al-Hashemi CB 3 Kouame Autonne LB 11 Bandar Al-Ahbabi (c) CM 8 Mohammed Abbas  90+4' CM 5 Park Yong-woo  90+5' CM 6 Yahia Nader RF 10 Kaku CF 21 Soufiane Rahimi LF 20 Matías Palacios Substitutes: GK 1 Mohammed Abo Sandah GK 12 Sultan Al-Mantheri DF 4 Mohammed Ali Shaker DF 40 Khalid Ali Al-Baloushi DF 44 Saeed Juma DF 66 Mansour Al-Shamsi MF 13 Ahmed Barman MF 18 Khalid Al-Balochi MF 22 Falah Waleed MF 27 Sultan Al-Shamsi  90+4' MF 30 Hazem Mohammad Manager: Hernán Crespo

Second leg

Details

Al Ain	5–1	Yokohama F. Marinos
Rahimi 8', 67' Kaku 33' (pen.) Laba 90+1', 90+5'	Report	Yan Matheus 40'

25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)

18:00 UTC+4

Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al-Ain

Attendance: 24,826

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Al Ain

Yokohama F. Marinos

GK 17 Khalid Eisa RB 11 Bandar Al-Ahbabi (c) CB 16 Khalid Al-Hashemi CB 3 Kouame Autonne LB 44 Saeed Juma  58' CM 6 Yahia Nader  89' CM 5 Park Yong-woo CM 8 Mohammed Abbas  84' AM 10 Kaku  90+9' CF 20 Matías Palacios CF 21 Soufiane Rahimi  68' Substitutes: GK 1 Mohammed Abo Sandah GK 12 Sultan Al-Mantheri DF 4 Mohammed Ali Shaker DF 40 Khalid Ali Al-Baloushi DF 66 Mansour Al-Shamsi MF 13 Ahmed Barman  84' MF 18 Khalid Al-Balochi MF 22 Falah Waleed  89' MF 27 Sultan Al-Shamsi MF 30 Hazem Mohammad FW 9 Kodjo Laba  58' Manager: Hernán Crespo

GK 42 William Popp  45+10' RB 27 Ken Matsubara CB 15 Takumi Kamijima CB 4 Shinnosuke Hatanaka  62' LB 2 Katsuya Nagato CM 8 Takuya Kida (c)  63' CM 6 Kota Watanabe RW 20 Yan Matheus  78' AM 14 Asahi Uenaka  46' LW 7 Élber  45+14' CF 11 Anderson Lopes Substitutes: GK 21 Hiroki Iikura GK 31 Fuma Shirasaka  45+14' DF 5 Eduardo  62' DF 16 Ren Kato DF 24 Hijiri Kato MF 17 Kenta Inoue MF 18 Kota Mizunuma MF 28 Riku Yamane  63' MF 35 Keigo Sakakibara  46' MF 40 Jun Amano MF 47 Kazuya Yamamura FW 23 Ryo Miyaichi  78' Manager: Harry Kewell  90+3'

References

1. "Yokohama F. Marinos do it the hard way but they are finally in an AFC Champions League final". ESPN. 24 April 2024.
2. "Al Ain seal Asian Champions League final berth despite Al Hilal loss". Reuters. 23 April 2024.
3. "AFC Champions League 2023–24 Competition Regulations" (PDF). the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 4 May 2024.

External links

• AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com