Event | 2015 AFC Champions League | ||||||
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Date | 7 November 2015 | ||||||
Venue | Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai | ||||||
AFC Man of the Match | Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande) | ||||||
Referee | Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) | ||||||
Attendance | 9,480 | ||||||
Weather | Clear and warm 25 °C (77 °F) 62% humidity |
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Date | 21 November 2015 | ||||||
Venue | Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou | ||||||
AFC Man of the Match | Elkeson (Guangzhou Evergrande) | ||||||
Referee | Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) | ||||||
Attendance | 42,499 | ||||||
Weather | Hot 27 °C (81 °F) 88% humidity |
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The 2015 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2015 AFC Champions League, the 34th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 13th under the current AFC Champions League title.
The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Emiratis team Al-Ahli and Chinese team Guangzhou Evergrande. The first leg hosted by Al-Ahli at Al-Rashid Stadium in Dubai on 7 November 2015, while the second leg hosted by Guangzhou Evergrande at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou on 21 November 2015. Having previously won the tournament in 2013 Guangzhou Evergrande has making its second final appearance in three years.
Guangzhou Evergrande won the final 1–0 on aggregate and earned the right to represent the AFC at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the quarterfinal stage.
The 2015 AFC Champions League Final is contested in two-legged home-and-away format, held at the home of both finalists. It is the third consecutive year that the AFC adopted such an arrangement.
Al-Ahli's home venue, Al-Rashid Stadium, is a 9,415 seated stadium located in the city of Dubai.
Two previous final has been held in United Arab Emirates. The first one was in the first leg of the 2002–03 final, Al Ain defeated BEC Tero Sasana F.C. 2–0 in Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium in the city of Al Ain, and they eventually claimed the title 2–1 on aggregate. The second one was 10 years ago, in the first leg of the 2005 final, Al Ain was defeated by Saudis' team, Al-Ittihad, and they eventually lost the title 3–5 on aggregate.