2007 AFC Champions League final
Introduction 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.This was the first final to feature clubs from Iran and Japan. This was the first AFC Champions League final involving an Iranian club, and the first in an Asian top club football competition since PAS Tehran in the 1992–93 Asian Club Championship. 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.
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===OpponentsRoundH/AScore1Sepahan goalscorers Al IttihadGroup StageH2–1Mehdi Seyed-Salehi(2) Al ShababGroup StageA1–0Mehdi Seyed-Salehi Al AinGroup StageA2–3Mehdi Seyed-Salehi, Emad Mohammed Al AinGroup StageH1–1Hossein Papi Al IttihadGroup StageA5–0Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail, Mohammad Nouri(2), Emad Mohammed(2) Al ShababGroup StageH1–0Mehdi Seyed-Salehi Kawasaki FrontaleQuarter Final, Leg 1H0–0 Kawasaki FrontaleQuarter Final, Leg 2A0–0(p5–4) Al WahdaSemi Final, Leg 1H3–1Mahmoud Karimi(2), Moharram Navidkia Al WahdaSemi Final, Leg 2A0–01Sepahan's goals always recorded first.===Urawa Red Diamonds===OpponentsRoundH/AScore1Urawa Reds goalscorers Persik KediriGroup StageH3–0Yamada, Nagai, Ono Sydney FCGroup StageA2–2Ponte, Nagai Shanghai ShenhuaGroup StageH1–0Abe Shanghai ShenhuaGroup StageA0–0 Persik KediriGroup StageA3–3Ono, Ponte, Abe Sydney FCGroup StageH0–0 Jeonbuk MotorsQuarter Final, Leg 1H2–1Hasebe, Tatsuya Tanaka Jeonbuk MotorsQuarter Final, Leg 2A2–0Tatsuya Tanaka, Own Goal Seongnam IlhwaSemi Final, Leg 1A2–2Tatsuya Tanaka, Ponte Seongnam IlhwaSemi Final, Leg 2H2–2(p5–3)Washington, Hasebe1Urawa Red Diamonds' goals always recorded first.
Final summary ===First leg==='''SEPAHAN:''' GK '''1'''  Abbas MohammadiDF '''5'''  Hadi AghiliDF '''8'''  Mohsen Bengar DF '''17'''  Jaba MujiriMF '''4'''  Moharram Navidkia (c)MF '''6'''  Jalal Akbari    MF '''12'''  Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-HailMF '''21'''  Saeid BayatMF '''28'''  Ehsan Hajsafi  FW '''13'''  Mahmoud Karimi   FW '''20'''  Emad Mohammed   '''Substitutes:'''GK '''22'''  Mohammad SavariGK '''24'''  Masoud HomamiDF '''2'''  Hamid AzizzadehDF '''7'''  Farshad BahadoraniMF '''11'''  Hossein Kazemi   FW '''18'''  Mohsen Hamidi   MF '''19'''  Jalaleddin AlimohammadiFW '''23'''  Mehdi Seyed-SalehiMF '''25'''  Ebrahim Loveinian   MF '''29'''  Behzad SoltaniMF '''30'''  Hossein Papi'''Manager:''' Luka Bonačić'''URAWA REDS:''' GK '''23'''  Ryota TsuzukiDF '''2'''  Keisuke TsuboiDF '''5'''  NenêDF '''20''' Satoshi HorinouchiMF '''13'''  Keita Suzuki (c)MF '''22'''  Yuki AbeMF '''17''' Makoto HasebeMF '''14'''  Tadaaki HirakawaMF '''10''' Robson PonteFW '''21''' WashingtonFW '''9''' Yuichiro Nagai   '''Substitutes:'''GK '''1''' Norihiro YamagishiGK '''28''' Nobuhiro KatoDF '''12''' Shunsuke TsutsumiDF '''19''' Hideki UchidateMF '''3''' Hajime HosogaiMF '''16''' Takahito SomaMF '''27''' Yoshiya NishizawaMF '''30''' Masayuki OkanoFW '''11'''  Tatsuya Tanaka   FW '''18'''  Junki Koike'''Manager:''' Holger Osieck===Second leg==='''URAWA REDS:''' GK '''23'''  Ryota TsuzukiDF '''2'''  Keisuke TsuboiDF '''4'''  Marcus Túlio TanakaDF '''20''' Satoshi HorinouchiMF '''13'''  Keita Suzuki (c)MF '''22'''  Yuki AbeMF '''17''' Makoto Hasebe  MF '''14'''  Tadaaki HirakawaMF '''10''' Robson Ponte   FW '''21''' Washington   FW '''9''' Yuichiro Nagai   '''Substitutes:'''GK '''1''' Norihiro YamagishiDF '''5''' NenêDF '''12''' Shunsuke TsutsumiDF '''19''' Hideki Uchidate   MF '''16''' Takahito SomaMF '''30''' Masayuki Okano   FW '''11'''  Tatsuya Tanaka   FW '''18'''  Junki Koike'''Manager:''' Holger Osieck'''SEPAHAN:''' GK '''1'''  Abbas MohammadiDF '''5'''  Hadi AghiliDF '''8'''  Mohsen Bengar DF '''17'''  Jaba MujiriMF '''4'''  Moharram Navidkia (c)MF '''12'''  Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-HailMF '''21'''  Saeid Bayat   MF '''25'''  Ebrahim LoveinianMF '''28'''  Ehsan HajsafiFW '''18'''  Mohsen Hamidi   FW '''20'''  Emad Mohammed   '''Substitutes:'''GK '''22'''  Mohammad SavariGK '''24'''  Masoud HomamiDF '''2'''  Hamid AzizzadehDF '''6'''  Jalal AkbariDF '''7'''  Farshad BahadoraniMF '''9'''  Hadi JafariMF '''11'''  Hossein Kazemi   MF '''19'''  Amir RadiMF '''29'''  Behzad SoltaniMF '''30'''  Hossein Papi   FW '''13'''  Mahmoud Karimi   FW '''23'''  Mehdi Seyed-Salehi'''Manager:''' Luka Bonačić
See also * 2007 AFC Champions League* 2007 FIFA Club World Cup
External links *   Sepahan Official club website*   Urawa Red Diamonds Official Site