# 2022 AFC Champions League final

The 2022 AFC Champions League final was the final of the 2022 AFC Champions League, the 41st edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 20th edition under the AFC Champions League title.
The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia and Urawa Red Diamonds from Japan. Urawa Red Diamonds won the tie 2–1 on aggregate and clinched their third title. As Asian champions, they qualified for the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia.
The 2022 final was the third time in six years that these two teams met in the AFC Champions League final, after the 2017 final which Urawa Red Diamonds won 2–1 on aggregate and the 2019 final which Al-Hilal won 3–0 on aggregate.

## 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 (Federation) | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| Al-Hilal | West (WAFF) | 8 (1986, 1987, 1991, 2000, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021) |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | East (EAFF) | 3 (2007, 2017, 2019) |

### Notes

* ^ The 1986 final was played in a four-team round-robin format, with Al-Hilal finishing as runners-up.
* ^ Al-Hilal were unable to participate in the 1987 final and were declared runners-up.

## Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.
| Al-Hilal | Al-Hilal | Round | Urawa Red Diamonds | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result |
| Sharjah | 2–1 | Matchday 1 | Lion City Sailors | 4–1 |
| Al-Rayyan | 3–0 | Matchday 2 | Shandong Taishan | 5–0 |
| Istiklol | 1–0 | Matchday 3 | Daegu FC | 0–1 |
| Istiklol | 3–0 | Matchday 4 | Daegu FC | 0–0 |
| Sharjah | 2–2 | Matchday 5 | Lion City Sailors | 6–0 |
| Al-Rayyan | 0–2 | Matchday 6 | Shandong Taishan | 5–0 |
| Group A winner Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Al-Hilal (H) 6 13 2 Al-Rayyan 6 13 3 Sharjah 6 5 4 Istiklol 6 3 Source: AFC (H) Hosts | Group A winner Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Al-Hilal (H) 6 13 2 Al-Rayyan 6 13 3 Sharjah 6 5 4 Istiklol 6 3 Source: AFC (H) Hosts | Final standings | Group F runners-up Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Daegu FC 6 13 2 Urawa Red Diamonds 6 13 3 Lion City Sailors 6 7 4 Shandong Taishan 6 1 Source: AFC | Group F runners-up Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Daegu FC 6 13 2 Urawa Red Diamonds 6 13 3 Lion City Sailors 6 7 4 Shandong Taishan 6 1 Source: AFC |
| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result |
| Shabab Al-Ahli | 3–1 | Round of 16 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 5–0 |
| Foolad | 1–0 | Quarter-finals | BG Pathum United F.C. | 4–0 |
| Al-Duhail | 7–0 | Semi-finals | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p) |

## Format

The final was played over two legs. If the aggregate score would have been tied after two legs, the away goals rule would apply. If still tied, extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out would have been used to decide the winning team.

## Matches
### First leg
#### Details

| Al-Hilal | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| GK | 1 | Abdullah Al-Mayouf |
| RB | 66 | Saud Abdulhamid |
| CB | 20 | Jang Hyun-soo |
| CB | 5 | Ali Al-Bulaihi |
| LB | 2 | Mohammed Al-Breik | | 83' |
| CM | 28 | Mohamed Kanno | | 75' |
| CM | 7 | Salman Al-Faraj (c) |
| CM | 29 | Salem Al-Dawsari | 86' |
| RW | 17 | Moussa Marega |
| LW | 96 | Michael |
| CF | 9 | Odion Ighalo |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 31 | Habib Al-Wotayan |
| GK | 60 | Ahmed Al-Jubaya |
| DF | 4 | Khalifah Al-Dawsari |
| DF | 70 | Mohammed Jahfali |
| MF | 8 | Abdullah Otayf | | 75' |
| MF | 16 | Nasser Al-Dawsari |
| MF | 43 | Musab Al-Juwayr |
| MF | 88 | Hamad Al-Yami | | 83' |
| FW | 11 | Saleh Al-Shehri |
| FW | 14 | Abdullah Al-Hamdan |
| Manager: ||
| Ramón Díaz ||
| GK | 1 | Shusaku Nishikawa |
| RB | 2 | Hiroki Sakai (c) | | 81' |
| CB | 28 | Alexander Scholz |
| CB | 5 | Marius Høibråten |
| LB | 15 | Takahiro Akimoto |
| CM | 3 | Atsuki Ito | 85' | 85' |
| CM | 19 | Ken Iwao | 86' |
| RW | 21 | Tomoaki Okubo | | 81' |
| AM | 8 | Yoshio Koizumi | | 67' |
| LW | 14 | Takahiro Sekine |
| CF | 30 | Shinzo Koroki | | 67' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Zion Suzuki |
| DF | 4 | Takuya Iwanami |
| DF | 6 | Kazuaki Mawatari |
| DF | 13 | Tomoya Inukai |
| DF | 77 | Takuya Ogiwara | | 81' |
| MF | 22 | Kai Shibato | | 85' |
| MF | 25 | Kaito Yasui | | 67' |
| MF | 40 | Yuichi Hirano |
| MF | 46 | Jumpei Hayakawa | | 81' |
| FW | 99 | José Kanté | | 67' |
| Manager: ||
| Maciej Skorża ||
| Assistant referees: Abu Bakar Al-Amri (Oman) Rashid Al-Ghaithi (Oman) Fourth official: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates) Video assistant referee: Omar Mohamed Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates) Assistant video assistant referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates) | Match rules 90 minutes Ten named substitutes, of which up to five may be used |

#### Statistics

Overall :
| Statistic | Al-Hilal | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| Goals scored | 1 | 1 |
| Total shots | 9 | 2 |
| Shots on target | 2 | 2 |
| Blocked shots | 3 | 1 |
| Ball possession | 72% | 28% |
| Corner kicks | 5 | 1 |
| Passes | 695 | 281 |
| Fouls conceded | 10 | 9 |
| Offsides | 0 | 2 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 2 |
| Red cards | 1 | 0 |

### Second leg
#### Details

| Urawa Red Diamonds | Al-Hilal |
| GK | 1 | Shusaku Nishikawa |
| RB | 2 | Hiroki Sakai (c) |
| CB | 28 | Alexander Scholz |
| CB | 5 | Marius Høibråten |
| LB | 15 | Takahiro Akimoto |
| CM | 3 | Atsuki Ito | | 86' |
| CM | 19 | Ken Iwao |
| RW | 21 | Tomoaki Okubo | 36' |
| AM | 8 | Yoshio Koizumi | | 72' |
| LW | 14 | Takahiro Sekine | | 86' |
| CF | 30 | Shinzo Koroki | | 72' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Zion Suzuki |
| DF | 4 | Takuya Iwanami |
| DF | 13 | Tomoya Inukai |
| DF | 77 | Takuya Ogiwara | | 86' |
| MF | 22 | Kai Shibato | | 86' |
| MF | 25 | Kaito Yasui | | 72' |
| MF | 40 | Yuichi Hirano |
| MF | 46 | Jumpei Hayakawa |
| FW | 18 | Toshiki Takahashi |
| FW | 99 | José Kanté | | 72' |
| Manager: ||
| Maciej Skorża ||
| GK | 1 | Abdullah Al-Mayouf (c) |
| RB | 66 | Saud Abdulhamid |
| CB | 20 | Jang Hyun-soo |
| CB | 5 | Ali Al-Bulaihi | 88' |
| LB | 2 | Mohammed Al-Breik | | 80' |
| CM | 19 | André Carrillo |
| CM | 8 | Abdullah Otayf | | 68' |
| CM | 28 | Mohamed Kanno | | 87' |
| RW | 96 | Michael |
| LW | 14 | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | | 68' |
| CF | 9 | Odion Ighalo |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 21 | Mohammed Al-Owais |
| GK | 31 | Habib Al-Wotayan |
| DF | 4 | Khalifah Al-Dawsari |
| DF | 70 | Mohammed Jahfali |
| MF | 16 | Nasser Al-Dawsari | | 68' |
| MF | 43 | Musab Al-Juwayr | | 87' |
| MF | 88 | Hamad Al-Yami | | 80' |
| FW | 11 | Saleh Al-Shehri | | 68' |
| Manager: ||
| Ramón Díaz ||
| Assistant referees: Zhou Fei (China) Zhang Cheng (China) Fourth official: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) Fifth official: Shi Xiang (China) Video assistant referee: Fu Ming (China) Assistant video assistant referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore) | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if tied on aggregate and away goals Penalty shoot-out if still tied after extra time (no away goals rule applied) Ten named substitutes, of which up to five may be used, with a sixth allowed in extra time. |

#### Statistics

Overall :
| Statistic | Urawa Red Diamonds | Al-Hilal |
| Goals scored | 1 | 0 |
| Total shots | 6 | 10 |
| Shots on target | 0 | 4 |
| Blocked shots | 2 | 4 |
| Ball possession | 29% | 71% |
| Corner kicks | 4 | 8 |
| Passes | 254 | 593 |
| Fouls conceded | 10 | 9 |
| Offsides | 1 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |