2010 AFC Champions League winner Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.

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, Asia's premier club football tournament. 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.

The winners entered the quarterfinals of the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup.

Seongnam won 3–1 to clinch the title.

Qualified teams

TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma1995, 1997, 2004
Iran Zob AhanNone

Road to Tokyo

Seongnam Ilhwa ChunmaRoundZob Ahan
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 6 5 0 1 11 6 +5 15 China Beijing Guoan 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 Japan Kawasaki Frontale 6 2 0 4 8 8 0 6 Australia Melbourne Victory 6 1 1 4 3 10 −7 4Group stageTeam Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Iran Zob Ahan 6 4 1 1 8 3 +5 13 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 8 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 3
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma6501116+515
China Beijing Guoan631275+210
Japan Kawasaki Frontale62048806
Australia Melbourne Victory6114310−74
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Iran Zob Ahan641183+513
Uzbekistan Bunyodkor6312107+310
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad622297+28
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda6105313−103
OpponentResultLegsKnockout stageOpponentResultLegs
Japan Gamba Osaka3–0One-leg match playedRound of 16Iran Mes Kerman1–0One-leg match played
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings4–34–1 home; 0–2 awayQuarterfinalsSouth Korea Pohang Steelers3–22–1 home; 1–1 away
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab4–4 (a)1–0 home; 3–4 awaySemifinalsSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal2–01–0 home; 1–0 away

Match details

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma South Korea3 – 1Iran Zob Ahan
Ognenovski 29' Cho Byung-kuk 53' Kim Cheol-ho 83'Khalatbari 67'
Seongnam Ilhwa ChunmaZob Ahan
GK 1 South Korea Jung Sung-ryong CB 24 South Korea Kim Tae-yoon CB 5 South Korea Cho Byung-kuk CB 4 Australia Saša Ognenovski (c) RM 2 South Korea Ko Jae-sung CM 16 South Korea Kim Sung-hwan CM 17 South Korea Kim Cheol-ho LM 14 South Korea Song Ho-young 80' AM 30 South Korea Jo Jae-cheol 71' AM 11 Colombia Mauricio Molina CF 9 South Korea Cho Dong-geon 88' Substitutes DF 3 South Korea Yun Young-sun DF 13 South Korea Jeong Ho-jeong FW 18 South Korea Namkung Do 88' FW 20 South Korea Kim Jin-yong 80' FW 28 South Korea Moon Dae-seong DF 38 South Korea Yong Hyun-jin GK 41 South Korea Kang Sung-kwan Manager South Korea Shin Tae-yongGK 1 Iran Shahab Gordan RB 2 Iran Mohammad Hosseini CB 3 Iran Mohamad Ali Ahmadi 81' CB 4 Iran Farshid Talebi LB 25 Iran Hossein Mahini 69' CM 14 Iran Ghasem Hadadifar (c) CM 19 Iran Mohammad Ghazi 90' CM 15 Brazil Igor Castro 87' RF 31 Iran Shahin Kheiri 56' CF 30 Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh 69' LF 9 Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Substitutes DF 5 Iran Mohammad Salsali 87' FW 10 Iran Esmail Farhadi 69' GK 12 Iran Abbas Ghasemi MF 17 Iran Sina Ashouri 86' 56' DF 23 Iran Ahmad Mohammadpour MF 24 Iran Alireza Hadadifar FW 32 Iran Jalal Rafkhaei Manager Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh
GK1South Korea Jung Sung-ryong
CB24South Korea Kim Tae-yoon
CB5South Korea Cho Byung-kuk
CB4Australia Saša Ognenovski (c)
RM2South Korea Ko Jae-sung
CM16South Korea Kim Sung-hwan
CM17South Korea Kim Cheol-ho
LM14South Korea Song Ho-young80'
AM30South Korea Jo Jae-cheol71'
AM11Colombia Mauricio Molina
CF9South Korea Cho Dong-geon88'
Substitutes
DF3South Korea Yun Young-sun
DF13South Korea Jeong Ho-jeong
FW18South Korea Namkung Do88'
FW20South Korea Kim Jin-yong80'
FW28South Korea Moon Dae-seong
DF38South Korea Yong Hyun-jin
GK41South Korea Kang Sung-kwan
Manager
South Korea Shin Tae-yong
GK1Iran Shahab Gordan
RB2Iran Mohammad Hosseini
CB3Iran Mohamad Ali Ahmadi81'
CB4Iran Farshid Talebi
LB25Iran Hossein Mahini69'
CM14Iran Ghasem Hadadifar (c)
CM19Iran Mohammad Ghazi90'
CM15Brazil Igor Castro87'
RF31Iran Shahin Kheiri56'
CF30Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh69'
LF9Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
Substitutes
DF5Iran Mohammad Salsali87'
FW10Iran Esmail Farhadi69'
GK12Iran Abbas Ghasemi
MF17Iran Sina Ashouri86'56'
DF23Iran Ahmad Mohammadpour
MF24Iran Alireza Hadadifar
FW32Iran Jalal Rafkhaei
Manager
Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh
AFC Man of the Match: Australia Saša Ognenovski (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)Association referees: Toru Sagara (Japan) Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan) Fourth official: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)

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