2009 AFC Champions League final

Event	2009 AFC Champions League
Al-Ittihad Pohang Steelers 1 2
Date	7 November 2009
Venue	National Stadium, Tokyo
AFC Man of the Match	No Byung-jun (Pohang Steelers)[1]
Fans' Man of the Match	Denilson (Pohang Steelers)
Referee	Matthew Breeze (Australia)
Attendance	25,743
Weather	Clear
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The 2009 AFC Champions League final was a football match which was played on Saturday, 7 November 2009. It was the 28th final of the AFC Champions League, Asia's premier club football tournament, and the first single match final since 2002 when the competition was known as the Asian Club Championship. The match was played at the National Stadium in Tokyo between Al-Ittihad of Saudi Arabia and Pohang Steelers of South Korea. The winners Pohang Steelers were also entered the quarter-finals of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.

Pohang Steelers defeated Al-Ittihad 2–1, winning its third title to become the most successful club in Asian football.^[2]

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Ittihad	2004, 2005
Pohang Steelers	1997, 1998

Road to Tokyo

Al-Ittihad			Round	Pohang Steelers
Main article: 2009 AFC Champions League group stage: Group C Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al-Ittihad 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 12 Umm-Salal 6 2 2 2 6 13 −7 8 Al-Jazira 6 0 5 1 6 7 −1 5 Esteghlal 6 0 4 2 6 8 −2 4			Group stage	Main article: 2009 AFC Champions League group stage: Group H Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pohang Steelers 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12 Kawasaki Frontale 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10 Tianjin Teda 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 C.C. Mariners 6 0 2 4 5 13 −8 2
Opponent	Result	Legs	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result	Legs
Al-Shabab	2–1		Round of 16	Newcastle United Jets	6–0
Pakhtakor Tashkent	5–1	4–0 home; 1–1 away	Quarter-finals	Bunyodkor	5–4	4–1 home; 1–3 away
Nagoya Grampus	8–3	6–2 home; 2–1 away	Semi-finals	Umm-Salal	4–1	2–0 home; 2–1 away

Match details

7 November 2009

19:00 (JST)

Al-Ittihad	1 – 2	Pohang Steelers
Mohammed Noor 74'	Report	No Byung-jun 57' Kim Hyung-il 66'

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 25,743

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Al-Ittihad

Pohang Steelers

GK 1 Mabrouk Zaid RB 6 Obaid Al-Shamrani  64' CB 4 Redha Tukar CB 21 Hamad Al-Montashari LB 19 Saleh Al-Saqri DM 14 Saud Khariri RM 11 Hicham Aboucherouane CM 18 Mohammed Noor (c)  50' CM 12 Ahmed Hadid LM 8 Manaf Abushgeer CF 27 Amine Chermiti Substitutes: GK 22 Tisir Al-Antaif DF 5 Mohammed Salem DF 33 Osama Al-Muwallad MF 16 Meshal Al-Said MF 30 Sultan Al-Nemri FW 15 Luciano Leguizamón  64' FW 29 Talal Al-Meshal Manager: Gabriel Calderón

GK 1 Shin Hwa-yong RB 2 Choi Hyo-jin CB 24 Hwang Jae-won (c) CB 32 Kim Hyung-il LB 16 Kim Jung-kyum  75' CM 20 Shin Hyung-min　  39' CM 5 Kim Tae-su RW 10 Denílson  90+3' AM 7 Kim Jae-sung  29' LW 22 No Byung-jun  90+1' CF 9 Stevica Ristić  71' Substitutes: GK 41 Kim Jee-hyuk DF 4 Kazunari Okayama MF 8 Hwang Jin-sung MF 12 Park Hee-chul  75' MF 14 Song Chang-ho  90+1'  71' FW 18 Namkung Do  90+3' FW 23 Yoo Chang-hyun Manager: Sérgio Farias

See also

• 2009 AFC Champions League
• 2009 FIFA Club World Cup

References

External links

• Video highlights