2009 AFC Champions League final explained

Pixel:	150px
Event:	2009 AFC Champions League
Team1:	Al-Ittihad
Team1score:	1
Team2:	Pohang Steelers
Team2association:
Team2score:	2
Date:	7 November 2009
Stadium:	National Stadium
City:	Tokyo
Man Of The Match1a:	No Byung-jun (Pohang Steelers)^[1]
Man Of The Match1atitle:	AFC
Man Of The Match1b:	Denilson (Pohang Steelers)
Man Of The Match1btitle:	Fans'
Referee:	Matthew Breeze (Australia)
Attendance:	25,743
Weather:	Clear
Previous:	2008
Next:	2010

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

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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

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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

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GK	1	Mabrouk Zaid
RB	6
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)
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
FW	29	Talal Al-Meshal
Manager:
Gabriel Calderón

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GK	1	Shin Hwa-yong
RB	2	Choi Hyo-jin
CB	24	Hwang Jae-won (c)
CB	32	Kim Hyung-il
LB	16
CM	20
CM	5	Kim Tae-su
RW	10
AM	7
LW	22
CF	9
Substitutes:
GK	41	Kim Jee-hyuk
DF	4	Kazunari Okayama
MF	8	Hwang Jin-sung
MF	12
MF	14
FW	18
FW	23	Yoo Chang-hyun
Manager:
Sérgio Farias

AFC Man of the Match:

No Byung-jun

Assistant referees:
Matthew Cream
Benjamin Wilson
Fourth official:
Peter Green

External links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6v1D-7ZhKU Video highlights

Notes and References

News: Triple treat for Steelers . the-afc.com . . 7 November 2009 . 7 November 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180915133546/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-champions-league-2009/25921-acl-awards . 15 September 2018 . dead . dmy-all .
Web site: Pohang book UAE berth . 2009-11-07 . FIFA.com . 2009-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091111055041/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/newsid%3D1129833.html . 11 November 2009 . dead .