# 2016 AFC Champions League final

The 2016 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2016 AFC Champions League, the 35th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 14th under the current AFC Champions League title.
The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between South Korean team Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and United Arab Emirates team Al-Ain. The first leg was hosted by Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors at the Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju on 19 November 2016, while the second leg was hosted by Al-Ain at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain on 26 November 2016. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won the final 3–2 on aggregate and clinched their second title.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 2006, 2011 |
| Al-Ain | 2003, 2005 |

## Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Round | Al-Ain | Al-Ain | Al-Ain | Al-Ain |
| Opponent | Result | Result | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | Result | Result |
| FC Tokyo | 2–1 (H) | 2–1 (H) | 2–1 (H) | Matchday 1 | El Jaish | 1–2 (H) | 1–2 (H) | 1–2 (H) |
| Jiangsu Suning | 2–3 (A) | 2–3 (A) | 2–3 (A) | Matchday 2 | El Jaish | 1–2 (A) | 1–2 (A) | 1–2 (A) |
| Becamex Bình Dương | 2–0 (H) | 2–0 (H) | 2–0 (H) | Matchday 3 | Al-Ahli | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) |
| Becamex Bình Dương | 2–3 (A) | 2–3 (A) | 2–3 (A) | Matchday 4 | Al-Ahli | 2–1 (A) | 2–1 (A) | 2–1 (A) |
| FC Tokyo | 3–0 (A) | 3–0 (A) | 3–0 (A) | Matchday 5 | Nasaf Qarshi | 1–1 (A) | 1–1 (A) | 1–1 (A) |
| Jiangsu Suning | 2–2 (H) | 2–2 (H) | 2–2 (H) | Matchday 6 | Nasaf Qarshi | 2–0 (H) | 2–0 (H) | 2–0 (H) |
| Group E winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 10 2 FC Tokyo 6 10 3 Jiangsu Suning 6 9 4 Becamex Binh Duong 6 4 Source: AFC | Group E winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 10 2 FC Tokyo 6 10 3 Jiangsu Suning 6 9 4 Becamex Binh Duong 6 4 Source: AFC | Group E winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 10 2 FC Tokyo 6 10 3 Jiangsu Suning 6 9 4 Becamex Binh Duong 6 4 Source: AFC | Group E winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 10 2 FC Tokyo 6 10 3 Jiangsu Suning 6 9 4 Becamex Binh Duong 6 4 Source: AFC | Final standings | Group D runners-up Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 El Jaish 6 10 2 Al-Ain 6 10 3 Al-Ahli 6 9 4 Nasaf Qarshi 6 5 Source: AFC | Group D runners-up Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 El Jaish 6 10 2 Al-Ain 6 10 3 Al-Ahli 6 9 4 Nasaf Qarshi 6 5 Source: AFC | Group D runners-up Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 El Jaish 6 10 2 Al-Ain 6 10 3 Al-Ahli 6 9 4 Nasaf Qarshi 6 5 Source: AFC | Group D runners-up Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 El Jaish 6 10 2 Al-Ain 6 10 3 Al-Ahli 6 9 4 Nasaf Qarshi 6 5 Source: AFC |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout stage | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Melbourne Victory | 3–2 | 1–1 (A) | 2–1 (H) | Round of 16 | Zob Ahan | 3–1 | 1–1 (H) | 2–0 (A) |
| Shanghai SIPG | 5–0 | 0–0 (A) | 5–0 (H) | Quarter-finals | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 1–0 | 0–0 (H) | 1–0 (A) |
| FC Seoul | 5–3 | 4–1 (H) | 1–2 (A) | Semi-finals | El Jaish | 5–3 | 3–1 (H) | 2–2 (A) |

## Rules

The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs decided by draw. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

## Match details
### First leg

| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Al-Ain |
| GK | 1 | Kwon Sun-tae (c) |
| RB | 27 | Kim Chang-soo |
| CB | 15 | Lim Jong-eun |
| CB | 3 | Kim Hyung-il | 42' |
| LB | 19 | Park Won-jae |
| DM | 25 | Choi Chul-soon |
| RM | 11 | Ricardo Lopes |
| CM | 13 | Kim Bo-kyung | | 64' |
| CM | 17 | Lee Jae-sung |
| LM | 10 | Leonardo |
| CF | 99 | Kim Shin-wook | | 81' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 21 | Hong Jeong-nam |
| DF | 30 | Kim Young-chan |
| MF | 7 | Han Kyo-won |
| MF | 34 | Jang Yun-ho |
| FW | 9 | Lee Jong-ho |
| FW | 20 | Lee Dong-gook | | 64' |
| FW | 81 | Edu | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Choi Kang-hee ||
| GK | 17 | Khalid Eisa |
| RB | 5 | Ismail Ahmed |
| CB | 19 | Mohanad Salem | 76' |
| CB | 21 | Fawzi Fayez |
| LB | 50 | Mohammed Fayez |
| CM | 7 | Caio |
| CM | 10 | Omar Abdulrahman (c) |
| RW | 13 | Ahmed Barman |
| AM | 16 | Mohamed Abdulrahman | | 77' |
| LW | 29 | Lee Myung-joo |
| CF | 70 | Danilo Asprilla | 69' | 90+3' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 22 | Mahmoud Almas |
| DF | 4 | Saeed Mosabah |
| DF | 37 | Rashed Muhayer |
| DF | 44 | Salem Juma |
| MF | 18 | Ibrahim Diaky | | 90+3' |
| FW | 9 | Dyanfres Douglas | | 77' |
| FW | 11 | Saeed Al-Kathiri |
| Manager: ||
| Zlatko Dalić ||
* AFC Man of the Match:
* Leonardo (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
* Assistant referees:
* Rashid Hamed Ali Al Ghaithi (Oman)
* Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al Jardani (Oman)
* Fourth official:
* Jameel Juma Abdulhusain Mohamed (Bahrain)

### Second leg

| Al-Ain | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
| GK | 17 | Khalid Eisa |
| RB | 5 | Ismail Ahmed |
| CB | 19 | Mohanad Salem | 60' | 86' |
| CB | 21 | Fawzi Fayez |
| LB | 50 | Mohammed Fayez | | 71' |
| CM | 7 | Caio |
| CM | 10 | Omar Abdulrahman (c) | 90' |
| RW | 13 | Ahmed Barman |
| LW | 29 | Lee Myung-joo |
| CF | 70 | Danilo Asprilla |
| CF | 9 | Dyanfres Douglas | | 78' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 22 | Mahmoud Almas |
| DF | 4 | Saeed Mosabah | | 86' |
| DF | 44 | Salem Juma |
| MF | 16 | Mohamed Abdulrahman | | 71' |
| MF | 18 | Ibrahim Diaky | | 78' |
| MF | 25 | Amer Abdulrahman |
| FW | 11 | Saeed Al-Kathiri |
| Manager: ||
| Zlatko Dalić ||
| GK | 1 | Kwon Sun-tae (c) | 90+5' |
| RB | 27 | Kim Chang-soo |
| CB | 3 | Kim Hyung-il |
| CB | 16 | Cho Sung-hwan | 90+3' |
| LB | 19 | Park Won-jae | 65' |
| DM | 25 | Choi Chul-soon |
| RM | 11 | Ricardo Lopes | | 5' |
| CM | 13 | Kim Bo-kyung | | 90' |
| CM | 17 | Lee Jae-sung |
| LM | 10 | Leonardo |
| CF | 20 | Lee Dong-gook | | 58' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 21 | Hong Jeong-nam |
| DF | 15 | Lim Jong-eun |
| MF | 7 | Han Kyo-won | 59' | 5' |
| MF | 34 | Jang Yun-ho |
| FW | 9 | Lee Jong-ho |
| FW | 81 | Edu | | 90' |
| FW | 99 | Kim Shin-wook | 67' | 58' |
| Manager: ||
| Choi Kang-hee ||
* AFC Man of the Match:
* Choi Chul-soon (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
* Assistant referees:
* Toru Sagara (Japan)
* Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan)
* Fourth official:
* Jumpei Iida (Japan)