2022 AFC Cup final

2022 AFC Cup Final
Event	2022 AFC Cup
Date	22 October 2022
Venue	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Referee	Shaun Evans (Australia)
Attendance	27,722
Weather	Light rain; 27 °C (81 °F)
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The 2022 AFC Cup Final was the final match of the 2022 AFC Cup, the 19th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).^[1]

The final was contested as a single match between Kuala Lumpur City from Malaysia and Al-Seeb from Oman. The match was played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 22 October 2022.

Teams

Team	Zone	Previous finals appearances
Kuala Lumpur City	ASEAN (AFF) (Inter-zone play-off winner)	None
Al-Seeb	West Asia Zone (WAFF)	None

Venue

Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia hosted the match.

Road to the final

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

Kuala Lumpur City

Round

Al-Seeb

Opponent

Result

Group stage

Opponent

Result

PSM Makassar

0–0 (A)

Matchday 1

Jableh

1–0 (H)

Tampines Rovers

2–1 (H)

Matchday 2

Al-Kuwait

1–2 (A)

–

Matchday 3

Al-Ansar

4–0 (A)

Group H runner-up

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	PSM Makassar	2	4
2	Kuala Lumpur City (H)	2	4
3	Tampines Rovers	2	0

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Final standings

Group A winners

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Al-Seeb (H)	3	6
2	Al-Kuwait	3	5
3	Jableh	3	4
4	Al-Ansar	3	1

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Opponent

Score

Knockout stage

Opponent

Score

Viettel

0–0 (A)
(6–5 p)

Zonal semi-finals

Al-Arabi

2–1 (A)
(a.e.t.)

PSM Makassar

5–2 (H)

Zonal finals

Al-Riffa

4–0 (H)

ATK Mohun Bagan

3–1 (A)

Inter-zone play-off semi-finals

—

FC Sogdiana Jizzakh

0–0 (A)
(5–3 p)

Inter-zone play-off final

Format

The final was played as a single leg, with the host team (winners of the Inter-zone play-off final) alternated from the previous season's final.

If the game would be tied after regulation time, the winning team would be decided by extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.^[1]

Match

Details

22 October 2022

19:00 UTC+8

Kuala Lumpur City	0–3	Al-Seeb
	Report	Al-Busaidi 22' Al-Muqbali 37' Al-Ghassani 69'

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 27,722

Referee:

Shaun Evans (Australia)

Kuala Lumpur City

Al-Seeb


GK	1	Kevin Ray Mendoza
RB	4	Kamal Azizi 85'
CB	9	Giancarlo Gallifuoco 57'
CB	17	Irfan Zakaria
LB	7	Declan Lambert
DM	8	Zhafri Yahya 90+1'
MF	6	Ryan Lambert 71'
MF	14	Akram Mahinan 52'
MF	16	Partiban Janasekaran 70'
MF	28	Paulo Josué (c) 90+2'
FW	7	Romel Morales
Substitutes:
FW	37	Haqimi Azim Rosli 70'
MF	27	Hadin Azman 71'
DF	25	Anwar Ibrahim 88' 85'
MF	21	Kenny Pallraj 90+1'
FW	10	Safee Sali 90+2'
MF	29	Arif Shaqirin
FW	30	Fakrul Aiman Sidid
DF	33	Muhammad Faudzi
GK	44	Azri Ghani
Manager:
Bojan Hodak


GK	1	Ahmed Al-Rawahi
RB	4	Hassan Al-Ajmi
CB	5	Juma Al-Habsi
CB	13	Mohammed Al-Musalami 80'
LB	17	Ali Al-Busaidi
MF	28	Mohammed Said Al-Habsi 55' 61'
MF	27	Eid Al-Farsi (c) 27'
MF	40	Daniel Ajibola
MF	28	Salaah Al-Yahyaei 75'
FW	9	Abdul Aziz Al-Muqbali 88'
FW	16	Muhsen Al-Ghassani
Substitutes:
FW	10	Ahmed Al-Siyabi 72' 61'
FW	14	Cosmos Dauda 75'
MF	2	Mohamed Ramadhan 88'
MF	24	Tameem Al-Balushi 89'
FW	8	Marwan Mubarak
FW	15	Mohamed Al-Hatmi
DF	19	Yousuf Al-Malki
MF	38	Issam Almakhzoomi
GK	45	Muatasim Al-Wahaibi
GK	80	Abdullah Al-Shabibi
Manager:
Rashid Jaber

Assistant referees:^[2]
George Lakrindis (Australia)
Owen Goldrick (Australia)
Fourth official:
Jonathan Barreiro (Australia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Ryan Gallagher (Australia)
Video assistant referee:
Chris Beath (Australia)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Kate Jacewicz (Australia)
Alex King (Australia)