2025 AFC Champions League Elite final

2025 AFC Champions League Elite final
The King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah hosted the final.
Event2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite
Al-Ahli Kawasaki Frontale
2 0
Date3 May 2025 (2025-05-03)
VenueKing Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
RefereeAbdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)[1]
Attendance58,281

The 2025 AFC Champions League Elite final was the final match of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite, the 43rd season of Asia's premier club football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the first since it was rebranded as the AFC Champions League Elite. It was played at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 3 May 2025.[2]

This was the first final since 2018 that neither team had won an Asian Club Championship before, and the first since 2012 to be one-legged.

Al-Ahli defeated Kawasaki Frontale 2–0, winning a first Champions League title.[3][4]

Teams

In the following table, the finals until 2002 were in the Asian Club Championship era, and, from 2003 to 2024 were in the AFC Champions League era.

Team Region (Federation) Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Ahli West (WAFF) 2 (1985–86, 2012)
Kawasaki Frontale East (EAFF) None

Match details

Al-Ahli 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale
  • Galeno 35'
  • Kessié 42'
 Report
Attendance: 58,281
Al-Ahli
Kawasaki Frontale
GK 16 Édouard Mendy  90+1'
RB 27 Ali Majrashi
CB 28 Merih Demiral  44'
CB 3 Roger Ibañez
LB 77 Ezgjan Alioski
CM 79 Franck Kessié
CM 30 Ziyad Al-Johani  85'  85'
RW 7 Riyad Mahrez  90+5'
AM 10 Roberto Firmino (c)  74'
LW 13 Galeno  74'
CF 99 Ivan Toney
Substitutes:
GK 1 Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi
GK 62 Abdullah Abdoh
DF 5 Mohammed Bakor
DF 31 Saad Balobaid
DF 32 Matteo Dams
DF 46 Rayan Hamed
MF 8 Sumayhan Al-Nabit
MF 11 Alexsander  85'
MF 14 Eid Al-Muwallad
MF 19 Fahad Al-Rashidi  90+5'
MF 24 Gabri Veiga  74'
FW 9 Firas Al-Buraikan  74'
Manager:
Matthias Jaissle
GK 98 Louis Yamaguchi
RB 5 Asahi Sasaki
CB 2 Kōta Takai
CB 35 Yuichi Maruyama
LB 13 Sota Miura  42'
CM 77 Yuki Yamamoto  65'
CM 19 So Kawahara  84'
RW 41 Akihiro Ienaga  65'
AM 14 Yasuto Wakizaka (c)
LW 23 Marcinho
CF 9 Erison  46'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Jung Sung-ryong
GK 21 Shunsuke Andō
DF 15 Shuto Tanabe
DF 31 Sai van Wermeskerken  42'
DF 44 César Haydar
MF 8 Kento Tachibanada
MF 16 Yuto Ozeki  65'
MF 26 Hinata Yamauchi  84'
MF 30 Yusuke Segawa
FW 20 Shin Yamada  46'
FW 32 Soma Kanda
FW 37 Tatsuya Ito  65'
Manager:
Shigetoshi Hasebe

Assistant referees:[1]
Taleb Al-Marri (Qatar)
Ramzan Al-Naemi (Qatar)
Fourth official:[1]
Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait)
Fifth official:[1]
Abdulhadi Al-Anezi (Kuwait)
Video assistant referee:[1]
Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
Assistant video assistant referee:[1]
Fu Ming (China)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if tied.
  • Penalty shoot-out if still tied after extra time.
  • Twelve named substitutes, of which up to five may be used, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 1]

Notes

  1. ^ Each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Match officials confirmed for #ACLElite Final 2024/25". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  2. ^ "#ACLElite draw to reveal epic Finals showdowns". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Toney's Al-Ahli win Champions League for first time". BBC Sport. 4 May 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Al Ahli beat Kawasaki Frontale for 1st AFC Champions League title". ESPN. 4 May 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
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