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| Event | 2009 AFC Champions League | ||||||
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| Date | 7 November 2009 | ||||||
| Venue | National Stadium,Tokyo | ||||||
| AFCMan of the Match | No Byung-jun (Pohang Steelers)[1] | ||||||
| Fans' Man of the Match | Denilson (Pohang Steelers) | ||||||
| Referee | Matthew Breeze (Australia) | ||||||
| Attendance | 25,743 | ||||||
| Weather | Clear | ||||||
←2008 2010 → | |||||||
The2009 AFC Champions League Final was afootball match which was played on Saturday, 7 November 2009. It was the 28th final of theAFC Champions League, Asia's premier club football tournament, and the first single match final since 2002 when the competition was known as the Asian Club Championship. The match was played at theNational Stadium inTokyo betweenAl-Ittihad ofSaudi Arabia andPohang Steelers ofSouth Korea. The winnersPohang Steelers were also entered the quarter-finals of the2009 FIFA Club World Cup.
Pohang Steelers defeatedAl-Ittihad 2–1, winning its third title to become the most successful club inAsian football.[2]
| Team | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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| 2004,2005 | |
| 1997,1998 |

| Al-Ittihad | Round | Pohang Steelers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Main article:2009 AFC Champions League group stage: Group C
| Group stage | Main article:2009 AFC Champions League group stage: Group H
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| Opponent | Result | Legs | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result | Legs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2–1 | Round of 16 | 6–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5–1 | 4–0 home; 1–1 away | Quarter-finals | 5–4 | 4–1 home; 1–3 away | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8–3 | 6–2 home; 2–1 away | Semi-finals | 4–1 | 2–0 home; 2–1 away | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ittihad | 1 – 2 | |
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| Mohammed Noor | Report | No Byung-jun Kim Hyung-il |
![]() ![]() ![]() Al-Ittihad | ![]() ![]() ![]() Pohang Steelers |
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