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2024 AFC Champions League final
Event	2023–24 AFC Champions League
	on aggregate
First leg
Date	11 May 2024
Venue	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama
Referee	Salman Falahi (Qatar)
Attendance	53,704
Second leg
Date	25 May 2024
Venue	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
Referee	Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Attendance	24,826
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The 2024 AFC Champions League final was the final of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League, the 42nd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 21st edition under the AFC Champions League title.

The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Yokohama F. Marinos from Japan and Al Ain from the United Arab Emirates. The winners earned the final Asian berth at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States.

This final was the second for Yokohama F. Marinos after 1990,^[1] and the fourth for Al Ain, with their most recent in 2016.^[2]

Teams

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

Team	Region (Federation)	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Yokohama F. Marinos	East (EAFF)	1 (1990)
Al Ain	West (WAFF)	3 (2003, 2005, 2016)

Road to the final

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

Yokohama F. Marinos

Round

Al Ain

Opponent

Result

Group stage

Opponent

Result

Incheon United

2–4 (H)

Matchday 1

Pakhtakor

3–0 (A)

Shandong Taishan

1–0 (A)

Matchday 2

Ahal

4–2 (H)

Kaya–Iloilo

3–0 (H)

Matchday 3

Al-Fayha

4–1 (H)

Kaya–Iloilo

2–1 (A)

Matchday 4

Al-Fayha

3–2 (A)

Incheon United

1–2 (A)

Matchday 5

Pakhtakor

1–3 (H)

Shandong Taishan

3–0 (H)

Matchday 6

Ahal

3–1 (A)

Group G winner

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Yokohama F. Marinos	6	12
2	Shandong Taishan	6	12
3	Incheon United	6	12
4	Kaya–Iloilo	6	0

Source: AFC

Final standings

Group A winner

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Al-Ain	6	15
2	Al-Fayha	6	9
3	Pakhtakor	6	7
4	Ahal	6	4

Source: AFC

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Knockout stage

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Bangkok United

3–2 (a.e.t.)

2–2 (A)

1–0 (H)

Round of 16

Nasaf

2–1

0–0 (A)

2–1 (H)

Shandong Taishan

3–1

2–1 (A)

1–0 (H)

Quarter-finals

Al Nassr

4–4 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)

1–0 (H)

3–4 (A)

Ulsan HD

3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)

0–1 (A)

3–2 (H)

Semi-finals

Al Hilal

5–4

4–2 (H)

1–2 (A)

Format

The final was played over two legs. If the aggregate score would be level after two legs, extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winning team.^[3]

Matches

First leg

Details

11 May 2024

19:00 UTC+9

Yokohama F. Marinos	2–1	Al Ain
Uenaka 72' K. Watanabe 84'	Report	Abbas 12'

Nissan Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 53,704

Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)

Yokohama F. Marinos

Al Ain


GK	42	William Popp
RB	27	Ken Matsubara
CB	4	Shinnosuke Hatanaka
CB	5	Eduardo		37'
LB	2	Katsuya Nagato	90+3'
CM	14	Asahi Uenaka	75'	77'
CM	8	Takuya Kida (c)		61'
CM	29	Nam Tae-hee		77'
RF	20	Yan Matheus
CF	11	Anderson Lopes
LF	7	Élber		61'
Substitutes:
GK	21	Hiroki Iikura
GK	31	Fuma Shirasaka
DF	16	Ren Kato
DF	24	Hijiri Kato
DF	39	Taiki Watanabe		37'
MF	6	Kota Watanabe		61'
MF	17	Kenta Inoue
MF	18	Kota Mizunuma
MF	28	Riku Yamane		77'
MF	35	Keigo Sakakibara		77'
MF	47	Kazuya Yamamura
FW	23	Ryo Miyaichi		61'
Manager:
Harry Kewell


GK	17	Khalid Eisa
RB	70	Abdoul Karim Traoré
CB	16	Khalid Al-Hashemi
CB	3	Kouame Autonne
LB	11	Bandar Al-Ahbabi (c)
CM	8	Mohammed Abbas		90+4'
CM	5	Park Yong-woo	90+5'
CM	6	Yahia Nader
RF	10	Kaku
CF	21	Soufiane Rahimi
LF	20	Matías Palacios
Substitutes:
GK	1	Mohammed Abo Sandah
GK	12	Sultan Al-Mantheri
DF	4	Mohammed Ali Shaker
DF	40	Khalid Ali Al-Baloushi
DF	44	Saeed Juma
DF	66	Mansour Al-Shamsi
MF	13	Ahmed Barman
MF	18	Khalid Al-Balochi
MF	22	Falah Waleed
MF	27	Sultan Al-Shamsi		90+4'
MF	30	Hazem Mohammad
Manager:
Hernán Crespo

Second leg

Details

25 May 2024

18:00 UTC+4

Al Ain	5–1	Yokohama F. Marinos
Rahimi 8', 67' Kaku 33' (pen.) Laba 90+1', 90+5'	Report	Yan Matheus 40'

Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al-Ain

Attendance: 24,826

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Al Ain

Yokohama F. Marinos


GK	17	Khalid Eisa
RB	11	Bandar Al-Ahbabi (c)
CB	16	Khalid Al-Hashemi
CB	3	Kouame Autonne
LB	44	Saeed Juma		58'
CM	6	Yahia Nader		89'
CM	5	Park Yong-woo
CM	8	Mohammed Abbas		84'
AM	10	Kaku	90+9'
CF	20	Matías Palacios
CF	21	Soufiane Rahimi	68'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Mohammed Abo Sandah
GK	12	Sultan Al-Mantheri
DF	4	Mohammed Ali Shaker
DF	40	Khalid Ali Al-Baloushi
DF	66	Mansour Al-Shamsi
MF	13	Ahmed Barman		84'
MF	18	Khalid Al-Balochi
MF	22	Falah Waleed		89'
MF	27	Sultan Al-Shamsi
MF	30	Hazem Mohammad
FW	9	Kodjo Laba		58'
Manager:
Hernán Crespo


GK	42	William Popp 45+10'
RB	27	Ken Matsubara
CB	15	Takumi Kamijima
CB	4	Shinnosuke Hatanaka		62'
LB	2	Katsuya Nagato
CM	8	Takuya Kida (c)		63'
CM	6	Kota Watanabe
RW	20	Yan Matheus		78'
AM	14	Asahi Uenaka		46'
LW	7	Élber		45+14'
CF	11	Anderson Lopes
Substitutes:
GK	21	Hiroki Iikura
GK	31	Fuma Shirasaka		45+14'
DF	5	Eduardo		62'
DF	16	Ren Kato
DF	24	Hijiri Kato
MF	17	Kenta Inoue
MF	18	Kota Mizunuma
MF	28	Riku Yamane		63'
MF	35	Keigo Sakakibara		46'
MF	40	Jun Amano
MF	47	Kazuya Yamamura
FW	23	Ryo Miyaichi		78'
Manager:
Harry Kewell			90+3'