# 2006 AFC Champions League final

The 2006 AFC Champions League Final was a two-legged football tie to determine the 2006 champions of Asian club football. South Korean club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors defeated Syrian representative Al-Karamah 3–2 on aggregate to take the title. As of 2022, this was the only final of an AFC Champions League involving a Syrian club. The first leg took place on 1 November 2006 at 19:00 local time (UTC+9) at Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju, which Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 2–0. The second leg took place on 8 November 2006 at 20:00 local time (UTC+3) at Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs, which Al-Karamah took 2–1.

## 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.

## The Route to the final
### Al-Karamah

| Opponents | Round | H/A | Score$^1$ | Al-Karamah goalscorers |
| Al-Wahda | Group Stage | H | 2–1 | Mohamad Al Hamawi, Ahmad Turkmani |
| Saba Battery | Group Stage | A | 2–1 | Jehad Al-Hussain, Mohannad Ibrahim |
| Al-Gharafa | Group Stage | A | 0–4 | |
| Al-Gharafa | Group Stage | H | 3–1 | Ahmad Turkmani (2), Abdel Kader Rifai |
| Al-Wahda | Group Stage | A | 2–4 | Abdel Kader Rifai, Aatef Jenyat |
| Saba Battery | Group Stage | H | 1–0 | Abdel Kader Rifai |
| Al-Ittihad | Quarterfinal 1st leg | A | 0–2 | |
| Al-Ittihad | Quarterfinal 2nd leg | H | 4–0 | Ahmad Omaier, Mohamad Al Hamawi, Mohannad Ibrahim (2) |
| Al-Qadisiya | Semifinal 1st leg | H | 0–0 | |
| Al-Qadisiya | Semifinal 2nd leg | A | 1–0 | Aatef Jenyat |
$^1$Al-Karamah's score is shown first.

### Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

| Opponents | Round | H/A | Score$^1$ | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors goalscorers |
| Gamba Osaka | Group Stage | H | 3–2 | Milton Rodriguez, Kim Hyeung-Bum (2) |
| Dalian Shide | Group Stage | A | 0–1 | |
| Da Nang | Group Stage | H | 3–0 | Milton Rodriguez, Kim Hyeung-Bum, Botti |
| Da Nang | Group Stage | A | 1–0 | Zé Carlos |
| Gamba Osaka | Group Stage | A | 1–1 | Cho Jin-Soo |
| Dalian Shide | Group Stage | H | 3–1 | Kim Hyeung-Bum (2), Wang Jung-Hyun |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Quarterfinal 1st leg | A | 0–1 | |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Quarterfinal 2nd leg | H | 4–2 | Zé Carlos (2), Yeom Ki-Hun, Jung Jong-Kwan |
| Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | Semifinal 1st leg | H | 2–3 | Zé Carlos, Yeom Ki-Hun |
| Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | Semifinal 2nd leg | A | 4–1 | Choi Jin-Cheul, Jung Jong-Kwan, Lim Yoo-Hwan, Lee Kwang-Hyun |
$^1$Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors's score is shown first.

## Final summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 3–2 | Al-Karamah | 2–0 | 1–2 |

### First leg

| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Al-Karamah |
JEONBUK HYUNDAI MOTORS: :
| GK | 21 | Kwon Sun-Tae |
| DF | 8 | Jung Jong-Kwan |
| DF | 4 | Choi Jin-Cheul |
| DF | 5 | Kim Young-Sun |
| DF | 26 | Jang Ji-Hyun |
| MF | 11 | Yeom Ki-Hun | 86' |
| MF | 6 | Kim Hyun-Soo | 50' |
| MF | 16 | Lim You-Hwan |
| MF | 22 | Kim Hyeung-Bum |
| FW | 28 | Wang Jung-Hyun | 56' |
| FW | 15 | Zé Carlos |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 27 | Sung Kyung-Il |
| DF | 18 | Heo Hoon-Goo |
| DF | 20 | Kim In-Ho | 86' |
| MF | 9 | Han Je-Kwang |
| MF | 12 | Jeon Kwang-Hwan | 56' |
| MF | 13 | Shin Sang-Hoon |
| MF | 17 | Choi Young-Hoon |
| FW | 10 | Botti | 50' |
| FW | 25 | Jung Soo-Jong |
| Manager: |||
| Choi Kang-Hee ||||
AL-KARAMAH: :
| GK | 1 | Mosab Balhous |
| DF | 14 | Anas Al Khouja |
| DF | 3 | Fabio Santos |
| DF | 5 | Jihad Qassab | 73' |
| MF | 21 | Aatef Jenyat | 51' |
| MF | 10 | Iyad Mando |
| MF | 7 | Abdel Kader Rifai | | 86' |
| MF | 9 | Mohamad Al Hamawi |
| MF | 6 | Jehad Al-Hussain |
| FW | 8 | Mohannad Ibrahim | | 66' |
| FW | 20 | Ahmad Omaier | | 79' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 22 | Adnan Al Hafez |
| DF | 2 | Naser Al Sebai | | 66' |
| DF | 4 | Hassan Abbas |
| DF | 13 | Belal Abduldaim |
| DF | 23 | Tawfek Taearah |
| MF | 15 | Odai Mohamad Eid | | 86' |
| MF | 18 | Mahmoud Al Malloul |
| MF | 24 | Mohamad Abdulkader |
| FW | 17 | Yussef Sleman | | 79' |
| Manager: |||
| Mohammad Kwid ||||

### Second leg

| Al-Karamah | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
AL-KARAMAH: :
| GK | 1 | Mosab Balhous |
| DF | 14 | Anas Al Khouja |
| DF | 3 | Fabio Santos |
| DF | 13 | Belal Abduldaim | | 86' |
| DF | 5 | Jihad Qassab | 56' |
| MF | 7 | Abdel Kader Rifai |
| MF | 10 | Iyad Mando |
| MF | 6 | Jehad Al-Hussain |
| MF | 21 | Aatef Jenyat |
| FW | 8 | Mohannad Ibrahim |
| FW | 9 | Mohamad Al Hamawi | | 64' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 22 | Adnan Al Hafez |
| DF | 2 | Naser Al Sebai |
| DF | 4 | Hassan Abbas |
| DF | 23 | Tawfek Taearah |
| MF | 11 | Fahd Aodi |
| MF | 15 | Odai Mohamad Eid |
| MF | 18 | Mahmoud Al Malloul |
| FW | 19 | Abdulrahman Akkari | | 86' |
| FW | 20 | Ahmad Omaier | | 64' |
| Manager: |||
| Mohammad Kwid ||||
JEONBUK HYUNDAI MOTORS: :
| GK | 21 | Kwon Sun-Tae |
| DF | 4 | Choi Jin-Cheul |
| DF | 5 | Kim Young-Sun |
| DF | 6 | Kim Hyun-Soo |
| MF | 12 | Jeon Kwang-Hwan | 66' |
| MF | 26 | Jang Ji-Hyun |
| MF | 16 | Lim You-Hwan |
| MF | 19 | Kwon Jip | 56' |
| FW | 8 | Jung Jong-Kwan |
| FW | 11 | Yeom Ki-Hun |
| FW | 15 | Zé Carlos | 88' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 27 | Sung Kyung-Il |
| DF | 18 | Heo Hoon-Goo |
| DF | 20 | Kim In-Ho | 66' |
| DF | 28 | Wang Jung-Hyun | 88' |
| MF | 17 | Choi Young-Hoon |
| MF | 22 | Kim Hyeung-Bum | 56' |
| FW | 10 | Botti |
| FW | 25 | Jung Soo-Jong |
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| Manager: |||
| Choi Kang-Hee ||||