The 2015 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2015 AFC Champions League, the 34th edition of the top-level

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n club

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tournament organized by the

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(AFC), and the 13th under the current

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title. The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Emiratis team Al-Ahli and Chinese team

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. The first leg hosted by Al-Ahli at

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on 7 November 2015, while the second leg hosted by Guangzhou Evergrande at the

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on 21 November 2015. Having previously won the tournament in

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Guangzhou Evergrande has making its second final appearance in three years.

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.

Qualified teams

Venues

The 2015 AFC Champions League Final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format, held at the home of both finalists. It was the third consecutive year that the AFC adopted such an arrangement. Al-Ahli's home venue,

, is a 9,415 seated stadium located in the city of

. Two previous final has been held in United Arab Emirates. The first one was in the first leg of the 2002–03 final,

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defeated BEC Tero Sasana F.C. 2–0 in

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in the city of

, and they eventually claimed the title 2–1 on aggregate. The second one was 10 years ago, in the first leg of the

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final,

was defeated by Saudis' team,

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, and they eventually lost the title 3–5 on aggregate.

's home venue,

, is a 58,500 seated stadium located in the city of

. In the history of the competition, two finals have been held in

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and this final will be the third, and the second that Guangzhou hosted. The first final hosted by a Chinese city in 1989–90, which was won by Chinese side

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3–2 against Nissan Yokohama in the city of

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. The next final, the

and second leg of the

, was hosted in Guangzhou. The 2013 final was won by Guangzhou Evergrande on the away goals rule with 3–3 on aggregate.

Road to the final

''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).''

Rules

The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs decided by draw. The

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(away goals do not apply in extra time) and

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were used to decide the winner if necessary.

Match details

First leg

Summary

Details

Statistics

Second leg

Summary

Details

Statistics

References

External links

AFC Champions League
the-AFC.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Afc Champions League Final 2015 *Final

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