2007 AFC Champions League Final
The 2007 AFC Champions League Final was a two-legged association football tie to determine the 2007 champions of Asian club football. Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Sepahan 3-1 on aggregate to take the title. The first leg took place on 7 November 2007 at 16:00 local time (UTC+3:30) at Foolad Shahr Stadium in Fooladshahr, Isfahan and the second leg took place on 14 November 2007 at 19:20 local time (UTC+9) at Saitama Stadium, Saitama.
| Event | 2007 AFC Champions League | ||||||
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| Date | 7 November 2007 | ||||||
| Venue | Foolad Shahr Stadium, Fooladshahr | ||||||
| Referee | Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh | ||||||
| Attendance | 30,000 | ||||||
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| Date | 14 November 2007 | ||||||
| Venue | Saitama Stadium, Saitama | ||||||
| Referee | Ravshan Irmatov | ||||||
| Attendance | 59,034 | ||||||
This was the first final to feature clubs from Iran and Japan. The winners, Urawa Red Diamonds, received US$600,000 prize money and qualified to represent Asia in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. Although they were defeated, Sepahan still competed in the FIFA Club World Cup by replacing the host country berth, which is reserved for the J. League champions and CCFA-AFC championship trophy vs Liverpool fc won Boca Juniors 3-1 final central countryside club championship 2007
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.
Route to the final
Sepahan
| Opponents | Round | H/A | Score1 | Sepahan goalscorers |
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 | Group Stage | H | 2–1 | Mehdi Seyed-Salehi(2) |
 | Group Stage | A | 1–0 | Mehdi Seyed-Salehi |
 | Group Stage | A | 2–3 | Mehdi Seyed-Salehi, Emad Mohammed |
| Group Stage | H | 1–1 | Hossein Papi |
| Group Stage | A | 5–0 | Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail, Mohammad Nouri(2), Emad Mohammed(2) |
| Group Stage | H | 1–0 | Mehdi Seyed-Salehi |
 | Quarter Final, Leg 1 | H | 0–0 | |
| Quarter Final, Leg 2 | A | 0–0(p5–4) | |
| Semi Final, Leg 1 | H | 3–1 | Mahmoud Karimi(2), Moharram Navidkia |
| Semi Final, Leg 2 | A | 0–0 | |
1Sepahan's goals always recorded first.
Urawa Red Diamonds
| Opponents | Round | H/A | Score1 | Urawa Reds goalscorers |
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 | Group Stage | H | 3–0 | Yamada, Nagai, Ono |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Group Stage | A | 2–2 | Ponte, Nagai |
 | Group Stage | H | 1–0 | Abe |
| Group Stage | A | 0–0 | |
| Group Stage | A | 3–3 | Ono, Ponte, Abe |
| Group Stage | H | 0–0 | |
 | Quarter Final, Leg 1 | H | 2–1 | Hasebe, Tatsuya Tanaka |
| Quarter Final, Leg 2 | A | 2–0 | Tatsuya Tanaka, Own Goal |
| Semi Final, Leg 1 | A | 2–2 | Tatsuya Tanaka, Ponte |
| Semi Final, Leg 2 | H | 2–2(p5–3) | Washington, Hasebe |
1Urawa Red Diamonds' goals always recorded first.
Final summary
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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1–1 | 0–2 |
First leg
| Sepahan | 1 – 1 | |
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Mahmoud Karimi  |
Robson Ponte |
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Second leg
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2 – 0 | |
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| Yuichiro Nagai Yuki Abe |
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External links
- (in Persian) Sepahan Official club website
- (in English) Urawa Red Diamonds Official Site