TheKing Abdullah Sports City Stadium inJeddah hosted the final. | |||||||
| Event | 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite | ||||||
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| Date | 3 May 2025 (2025-05-03) | ||||||
| Venue | King Abdullah Sports City Stadium,Jeddah | ||||||
| Referee | Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 58,281 | ||||||
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The2025 AFC Champions League Elite final was the final match of the2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite, the 43rd season of Asia's premier club football tournament organised by theAsian Football Confederation (AFC), and the first since it was rebranded as theAFC Champions League Elite. It was played atKing Abdullah Sports City Stadium inJeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 3 May 2025.[2]
This was the first final since2018 that neither team had won an Asian Club Championship before, and the first since2012 to be one-legged.
Al-Ahli defeatedKawasaki Frontale 2–0, winning a first Champions League title.[3][4]
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) |
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| West (WAFF) | 2 (1985–86,2012) | |
| East (EAFF) | None |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Al-Ahli | ![]() ![]() ![]() Kawasaki Frontale |
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Assistant referees:[1] | Match rules
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