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

Road to Tokyo
Further information: 2010 AFC Champions League
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Round Zob Ahan
Main article: 2010 AFC Champions League group stage: Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 6501116+515
Beijing Guoan 631275+210
Kawasaki Frontale 62048806
Melbourne Victory 6114310−74
 Group stage
Main article: 2010 AFC Champions League group stage: Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Zob Ahan 641183+513
Bunyodkor 6312107+310
Al-Ittihad 622297+28
Al-Wahda 6105313−103
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
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 Isfahan FC
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma: 4-1-2-1-2
GK1 Jung Sung-ryong
RB2 Ko Jae-sung
CB5 Cho Byung-kuk
CB4 Saša Ognenovski (c)
LB24 Kim Tae-yoon
CM16 Kim Sung-hwan
CM17 Kim Cheol-ho
RW30 Jo Jae-cheol 71'
LW11 Mauricio Molina
CF9 Cho Dong-geon 88'
CF14 Song Ho-young 80'
Substitutes
DF3 Yun Young-sun
DF13 Jeong Ho-jeong
FW18 Namkung Do 88'
FW20 Kim Jin-yong 80'
MF28 Moon Dae-seong
DF38 Yong Hyun-jin
GK41 Kang Sung-kwan
Manager
Shin Tae-yong
Zob Ahan F.C.: 4-3-3
GK1 Shahab Gordan
RB2 Seyed Mohammad Hosseini
CB3 Mohamad Ali Ahmadi 81'
CB4 Farshid Talebi
LB9 Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari
RM14 Ghasem Hadadifar (c)
CM19 Mohammad Ghazi 90'
LM15 Igor Castro 87'
RF31 Shahin Kheiri 56'
CF30 Mehdi Rajabzadeh 69'
LF25 Hossein Mahini 69'
Substitutes
DF5 Mohammad Salsali 87'
FW10 Esmail Farhadi 69'
GK12 Abbas Ghasemi
MF17 Sina Ashouri 86' 56'
DF23 Ahmad Mohammadpour
MF24 Alireza Hadadifar
FW32 Jalal Rafkhaei
Manager
Mansour Ebrahimzadeh

AFC's Man of the Match:
Saša Ognenovski (Australia)

Association referees:
Toru Sagara (Japan)
Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)
Fourth official:
Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)

See also

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

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