# 2020 AFC Champions League final

The 2020 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2020 AFC Champions League, the 39th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 18th under the AFC Champions League title.
The final was contested as a single match between Persepolis from Iran and Ulsan Hyundai from South Korea. Under the original format and schedule, the final would have been contested in two-legged home-and-away format, with the first leg played on 22 November and the second leg on 28 November 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was suspended between March and September 2020, and upon its resumption, all matches were relocated to centralised venues in Qatar, and the final was played at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah on 19 December 2020.
Ulsan Hyundai won their second AFC Champions League title. As Asian champions, they qualified for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.

## Teams

In the following table, the finals until 2002 were in the Asian Club Championship era, and since 2003 in the AFC Champions League era.
| Team | Region | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| Persepolis | West Region (Zone: CAFA) | 1 (2018) |
| Ulsan Hyundai | East Region (Zone: EAFF) | 1 (2012) |

## Venue

On 16 October 2020, the AFC announced that the final would be played in Doha, Qatar. This was the first Asian club competition final held at Al Janoub Stadium.
On 18 December 2020, the AFC announced that they had agreed with the Qatar Football Association to allow a limited number of fans to attend the match, which was the first match since restart of the tournament to have spectators.

## Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; *: played in Qatar after restart).
| Persepolis | Persepolis | Round | Ulsan Hyundai | Ulsan Hyundai |
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result |
| Al-Duhail | 0–2 (A) | Matchday 1 | FC Tokyo | 1–1 (H) |
| Sharjah | 2–2 (A) | Matchday 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 3–1 (*) |
| Al-Taawoun | 1–0 (*) | Matchday 3 | Perth Glory | 2–1 (*) |
| Al-Taawoun | 1–0 (*) | Matchday 4 | Perth Glory | 2–0 (*) |
| Al-Duhail | 0–1 (*) | Matchday 5 | FC Tokyo | 2–1 (*) |
| Sharjah | 4–0 (*) | Matchday 6 | Shanghai Shenhua | 4–1 (*) |
| Group C winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Persepolis 6 10 2 Al-Taawoun 6 9 3 Al-Duhail 6 9 4 Sharjah 6 7 Source: AFC | Group C winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Persepolis 6 10 2 Al-Taawoun 6 9 3 Al-Duhail 6 9 4 Sharjah 6 7 Source: AFC | Final standings | Group F winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Ulsan Hyundai 6 16 2 FC Tokyo 6 10 3 Shanghai Shenhua 6 7 4 Perth Glory 6 1 Source: AFC | Group F winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Ulsan Hyundai 6 16 2 FC Tokyo 6 10 3 Shanghai Shenhua 6 7 4 Perth Glory 6 1 Source: AFC |
| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result |
| Al-Sadd | 1–0 (*) | Round of 16 | Melbourne Victory | 3–0 (*) |
| Pakhtakor | 2–0 (*) | Quarter-finals | Beijing FC | 2–0 (*) |
| Al-Nassr | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p) (*) | Semi-finals | Vissel Kobe | 2–1 (a.e.t.) (*) |

## Format

The final was played as a single match. If tied after regulation time, extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out would have been used to decide the winning team.

## Match

| Persepolis | Ulsan Hyundai |
| GK | 81 | Hamed Lak |
| RB | 17 | Mehdi Shiri | 74' |
| CB | 6 | Hossein Kanaanizadegan |
| CB | 4 | Jalal Hosseini (c) |
| LB | 77 | Saeid Aghaei |
| CM | 66 | Milad Sarlak |
| CM | 8 | Ahmad Nourollahi |
| RW | 88 | Siamak Nemati |
| AM | 5 | Bashar Resan |
| LW | 2 | Omid Alishah | 90' |
| CF | 16 | Mehdi Abdi |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 34 | Amir Mohammad Yousefi |
| GK | 44 | Božidar Radošević |
| DF | 15 | Mohammad Ansari |
| DF | 38 | Ehsan Hosseini |
| MF | 11 | Kamal Kamyabinia |
| MF | 23 | Ali Shojaei | 90' |
| MF | 26 | Saeid Hosseinpour |
| FW | 25 | Aria Barzegar |
| FW | 36 | Arman Ramezani | 74' |
| Manager: ||
| Yahya Golmohammadi ||
| GK | 1 | Jo Su-huk |
| RB | 23 | Kim Tae-hwan |
| CB | 44 | Kim Kee-hee |
| CB | 4 | Dave Bulthuis | 79' |
| LB | 6 | Park Joo-ho | | 72' |
| DM | 16 | Won Du-jae |
| RM | 72 | Lee Chung-yong | | 72' |
| CM | 10 | Yoon Bit-garam |
| CM | 8 | Sin Jin-ho (c) | | 83' |
| LM | 7 | Kim In-sung | | 90+1' |
| CF | 9 | Júnior Negrão | 82' | 83' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 25 | Seo Ju-hwan |
| DF | 2 | Jeong Dong-ho |
| DF | 15 | Jung Seung-hyun | | 83' |
| DF | 66 | Seol Young-woo | | 90+1' |
| DF | 77 | Hong Chul | | 72' |
| MF | 22 | Koh Myong-jin |
| MF | 17 | Kim Sung-joon |
| MF | 98 | Lee Sang-heon |
| FW | 11 | Lee Keun-ho | | 72' |
| FW | 19 | Bjørn Maars Johnsen | | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Kim Do-hoon ||
| Man of the Match: Assistant referees: Ramzan Al-Naemi (Qatar) Saud Al-Maqaleh (Qatar) Fourth official: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka) Fifth official: Mohd Yusri Muhamad (Malaysia) Video assistant referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar) Assistant video assistant referees: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia) | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if tied. Penalty shoot-out if still tied after extra time. Ten named substitutes, of which up to five may be used, with a sixth allowed in extra time. |