2007 AFC Champions League final
Event2007 AFC Champions League
Sepahan Urawa Red Diamonds
Iran Japan
1 3
First leg
Sepahan Urawa Red Diamonds
1 1
Date7 November 2007
VenueFoolad Shahr Stadium, Fooladshahr
RefereeSubkhiddin Mohd Salleh
Attendance30,000
Second leg
Urawa Red Diamonds Sepahan
2 0
Date14 November 2007
VenueSaitama Stadium, Saitama
RefereeRavshan Irmatov
Attendance59,034

The 2007 AFC Champions League Final was a two-legged association football tie to determine the 2007 champions of Asian club football. Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Sepahan 3-1 on aggregate to take the title. The first leg took place on 7 November 2007 at 16:00 local time (UTC+3:30) at Foolad Shahr Stadium in Fooladshahr, Isfahan and the second leg took place on 14 November 2007 at 19:20 local time (UTC+9) at Saitama Stadium, Saitama.

This was the first final to feature clubs from Iran and Japan. This was the first AFC Champions League final involving an Iranian club, and the first in an Asian top club football competition since PAS Tehran in the 1992–93 Asian Club Championship. The winners, Urawa Red Diamonds, received US$600,000 prize money and qualified to represent Asia in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. Although they were defeated, Sepahan still competed in the FIFA Club World Cup by replacing the host country berth, which is reserved for the J. League champions.

Format

The rules for the final were exactly the same as for the previous knockout rounds. The tie was contested over two legs with away goals deciding the winner if the two teams were level on goals after the second leg. If the teams could still not be separated at that stage then extra time would have been played with a penalty shootout taking place if the teams were still level after that.

Route to the final

Sepahan

Opponents Round H/A Score1 Sepahan goalscorers
Syria Al IttihadGroup StageH2–1Mehdi Seyed-Salehi(2)
Saudi Arabia Al ShababGroup StageA1–0Mehdi Seyed-Salehi
United Arab Emirates Al AinGroup StageA2–3Mehdi Seyed-Salehi, Emad Mohammed
United Arab Emirates Al AinGroup StageH1–1Hossein Papi
Syria Al IttihadGroup StageA5–0Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail, Mohammad Nouri(2), Emad Mohammed(2)
Saudi Arabia Al ShababGroup StageH1–0Mehdi Seyed-Salehi
Japan Kawasaki FrontaleQuarter Final, Leg 1H0–0
Japan Kawasaki FrontaleQuarter Final, Leg 2A0–0(p5–4)
United Arab Emirates Al WahdaSemi Final, Leg 1H3–1Mahmoud Karimi(2), Moharram Navidkia
United Arab Emirates Al WahdaSemi Final, Leg 2A0–0

1Sepahan's goals always recorded first.

Urawa Red Diamonds

Opponents Round H/A Score1 Urawa Reds goalscorers
Indonesia Persik KediriGroup StageH3–0Yamada, Nagai, Ono
Australia Sydney FCGroup StageA2–2Ponte, Nagai
China Shanghai ShenhuaGroup StageH1–0Abe
China Shanghai ShenhuaGroup StageA0–0
Indonesia Persik KediriGroup StageA3–3Ono, Ponte, Abe
Australia Sydney FCGroup StageH0–0
South Korea Jeonbuk MotorsQuarter Final, Leg 1H2–1Hasebe, Tatsuya Tanaka
South Korea Jeonbuk MotorsQuarter Final, Leg 2A2–0Tatsuya Tanaka, Own Goal
South Korea Seongnam IlhwaSemi Final, Leg 1A2–2Tatsuya Tanaka, Ponte
South Korea Seongnam IlhwaSemi Final, Leg 2H2–2(p5–3)Washington, Hasebe

1Urawa Red Diamonds' goals always recorded first.

Final summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sepahan Iran 1–3 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 0–2

First leg

Sepahan Iran1 – 1Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Mahmoud Karimi 47' Robson Ponte 45'
Attendance: 30,000
Sepahan
Urawa Reds
SEPAHAN:
GK1Iran Abbas Mohammadi
DF5Iran Hadi Aghili
DF8Iran Mohsen Bengar
DF17Georgia (country) Jaba Mujiri
MF4Iran Moharram Navidkia (c)
MF6Iran Jalal Akbaridownward-facing red arrow 46'
MF12Iraq Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail
MF21Iran Saeid Bayat
MF28Iran Ehsan HajsafiYellow card 60'
FW13Iran Mahmoud Karimidownward-facing red arrow 67'
FW20Iraq Emad Mohammeddownward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutes:
GK22Iran Mohammad Savari
GK24Iran Masoud Homami
DF2Iran Hamid Azizzadeh
DF7Iran Farshad Bahadorani
MF11Iran Hossein Kazemiupward-facing green arrow 67'
FW18Iran Mohsen Hamidiupward-facing green arrow 46'
MF19Iran Jalaleddin Alimohammadi
FW23Iran Mehdi Seyed-Salehi
MF25Iran Ebrahim Loveinianupward-facing green arrow 46'
MF29Iran Behzad Soltani
MF30Iran Hossein Papi
Manager:
Croatia Luka Bonačić
URAWA REDS:
GK23Japan Ryota Tsuzuki
DF2Japan Keisuke Tsuboi
DF5Brazil Nenê
DF20Japan Satoshi Horinouchi
MF13Japan Keita Suzuki (c)
MF22Japan Yuki Abe
MF17Japan Makoto Hasebe
MF14Japan Tadaaki Hirakawa
MF10Brazil Robson Ponte
FW21Brazil Washington
FW9Japan Yuichiro Nagaidownward-facing red arrow 73'
Substitutes:
GK1Japan Norihiro Yamagishi
GK28Japan Nobuhiro Kato
DF12Japan Shunsuke Tsutsumi
DF19Japan Hideki Uchidate
MF3Japan Hajime Hosogai
MF16Japan Takahito Soma
MF27Japan Yoshiya Nishizawa
MF30Japan Masayuki Okano
FW11Japan Tatsuya Tanakaupward-facing green arrow 73'
FW18Japan Junki Koike
Manager:
Germany Holger Osieck

Second leg

Urawa Red Diamonds Japan2 – 0Iran Sepahan
Yuichiro Nagai 22'
Yuki Abe 71'
Attendance: 59,034
Urawa Reds
Sepahan
URAWA REDS:
GK23Japan Ryota Tsuzuki
DF2Japan Keisuke Tsuboi
DF4Japan Marcus Túlio Tanaka
DF20Japan Satoshi Horinouchi
MF13Japan Keita Suzuki (c)
MF22Japan Yuki Abe
MF17Japan Makoto HasebeYellow card 55'
MF14Japan Tadaaki Hirakawa
MF10Brazil Robson Pontedownward-facing red arrow 80'
FW21Brazil Washingtondownward-facing red arrow 89'
FW9Japan Yuichiro Nagaidownward-facing red arrow 85'
Substitutes:
GK1Japan Norihiro Yamagishi
DF5Brazil Nenê
DF12Japan Shunsuke Tsutsumi
DF19Japan Hideki Uchidateupward-facing green arrow 80'
MF16Japan Takahito Soma
MF30Japan Masayuki Okanoupward-facing green arrow 89'
FW11Japan Tatsuya Tanakaupward-facing green arrow 85'
FW18Japan Junki Koike
Manager:
Germany Holger Osieck
SEPAHAN:
GK1Iran Abbas Mohammadi
DF5Iran Hadi Aghili
DF8Iran Mohsen Bengar
DF17Georgia (country) Jaba Mujiri
MF4Iran Moharram Navidkia (c)
MF12Iraq Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail
MF21Iran Saeid Bayatdownward-facing red arrow 59'
MF25Iran Ebrahim Loveinian
MF28Iran Ehsan Hajsafi
FW18Iran Mohsen Hamididownward-facing red arrow 46'
FW20Iraq Emad Mohammeddownward-facing red arrow 29'
Substitutes:
GK22Iran Mohammad Savari
GK24Iran Masoud Homami
DF2Iran Hamid Azizzadeh
DF6Iran Jalal Akbari
DF7Iran Farshad Bahadorani
MF9Iran Hadi Jafari
MF11Iran Hossein Kazemiupward-facing green arrow 59'
MF19Iran Amir Radi
MF29Iran Behzad Soltani
MF30Iran Hossein Papiupward-facing green arrow 46'
FW13Iran Mahmoud Karimiupward-facing green arrow 29'
FW23Iran Mehdi Seyed-Salehi
Manager:
Croatia Luka Bonačić

See also

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