2020 AFC Champions League

The 2020 AFC Champions League was the 39th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 18th under the current AFC Champions League title.[3]

2020 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
14–28 January 2020
Competition proper:
10 February – 19 December 2020
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 52 (from 23 associations)
Final positions
Champions Ulsan Hyundai (2nd title)
Runners-up Persepolis
Tournament statistics
Matches played93
Goals scored236 (2.54 per match)
Attendance182,388 (1,961 per match)
Top scorer(s) Abderrazak Hamdallah
Júnior Negrão
(7 goals each)[1]
Best player(s) Yoon Bit-garam[2]
Fair play award Ulsan Hyundai

Ulsan Hyundai won their second Champions League title by defeating Persepolis 2–1 in the final.[4] Ulsan automatically qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League, the first time since 2008 that the AFC Champions League holders were guaranteed automatic qualification in the following year.[5][6] They also earned the right to play in the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.

The tournament was the last to involve 32 teams during the group stage, which will increase to 40 teams in 2021.[7]

The competition was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia after group stage matches on 4 March 2020,[8] and restarted on 14 September 2020.[9] All matches after the restart were played in Qatar,[10][11][12] with the final played at the Al Janoub Stadium.

Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia were the defending champions, but the club effectively withdrew from the competition when they could not name the required 13 players for their final group stage match, as all but 11 players had tested positive for COVID-19.[13][14] For the first time, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was in use from the quarter-finals onwards.[15]

Association team allocation

The 46 AFC member associations (excluding the associate member Northern Mariana Islands) were ranked based on their national team's and clubs' performance over the last four years in AFC competitions, with the allocation of slots for the 2019 and 2020 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2017 AFC rankings (Entry Manual Article 2.3):[16]

  • The associations were split into two regions:
  • In each region, there were four groups in the group stage, including a total of 12 direct slots, with the 4 remaining slots filled through play-offs.
  • The top 12 associations in each region as per the AFC rankings were eligible to enter the AFC Champions League, as long as they fulfilled the AFC Champions League criteria.
  • The top six associations in each region got at least one direct slot in the group stage, while the remaining associations got only play-off slots (as well as AFC Cup group stage slots):
    • The associations ranked 1st and 2nd each got three direct slots and one play-off slot.
    • The associations ranked 3rd and 4th each got two direct slots and two play-off slots.
    • The associations ranked 5th each got one direct slot and two play-off slots.
    • The associations ranked 6th each got one direct slot and one play-off slot.
    • The associations ranked 7th to 12th each got one play-off slot.
  • The maximum number of slots for each association was one-third of the total number of eligible teams in the top division.
  • If any association gave up its direct slots, they were redistributed to the highest eligible association, with each association limited to a maximum of three direct slots.
  • If any association gave up its play-off slots, they were annulled and not redistributed to any other association.

Association ranking

For the 2020 AFC Champions League, the associations were allocated slots according to their association ranking which was published on 15 December 2017,[17] which took into account their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, as well as their national team's FIFA World Rankings, during the period between 2014 and 2017.[16][18]

Participation for 2020 AFC Champions League
Participating
Not participating
Notes
  1. ^
    Australia (AUS): The top division run by the Football Federation Australia, the A-League, only had nine Australia-based teams in the 2018–19 season, so Australia could only get a maximum of three total slots (Entry Manual 5.4).[16]
  2. ^
    Syria (SYR): Syria did not have any teams which had an AFC Champions League license.[19]

Teams

The following 52 teams from 23 associations entered the competition.

In the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count only those since the 2002–03 season (including qualifying rounds), when the competition was rebranded as the AFC Champions League.

Notes
  1. ^
    Title holders (TH): Al-Hilal were the title holders.
  2. ^
    Singapore (SIN): DPMM, the 2019 Singapore Premier League champions, were a team from Brunei and thus ineligible to represent Singapore in AFC club competitions. As a result, Tampines Rovers, the league runners-up, entered the qualifying play-offs.
  3. ^
    Vietnam (VIE): Hà Nội, the 2019 V.League 1 champions, failed to obtain an AFC license as their U15 team did not participate in Vietnam National U-15 Youth League.[20] As a result, Hồ Chí Minh City, the league runners-up, entered the qualifying play-offs.
Location of teams of the 2020 AFC Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H; Qualifying play-offs

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[21] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only some of the group stage matches on matchdays 1–3 in February and March were played as scheduled, and all matches on matchdays 4–6 were postponed until further notice.[8] The round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals were also initially moved to 10–12 and 24–26 August, 14–16 and 28–30 September, and 20–21 and 27–28 October.[22][23]

The AFC announced the calendar of the remaining matches on 9 July 2020, with all matches before the final played at centralised venues, and all knockout ties played as a single match.[9] On 10 September 2020, the AFC announced the new dates for the East Region matches and the final.[24]

Notes:

  • W: West Region
  • E: East Region
  • Italics: new dates after restart
Stage Round Draw date Match dates
Preliminary stage Preliminary round 1 No draw 14 January 2020
Preliminary round 2 21 January 2020
Play-off stage Play-off round 28 January 2020
Group stage Matchday 1 10 December 2019 10–12 February 2020, 18–19 November 2020 (E)
Matchday 2 17–19 February 2020, 21–22 November 2020 (E)
Matchday 3 3–4 March 2020 (E), 14–15 September 2020 (W), 24–25 November 2020 (E)
Matchday 4 17–18 September 2020 (W), 27–28 November 2020 (E)
Matchday 5 20–21 September 2020 (W), 30 November – 1 December 2020 (E)
Matchday 6 23–24 September 2020 (W), 3–4 December 2020 (E)
Knockout stage Round of 16 26–27 September 2020 (W), 6–7 December 2020 (E)
Quarter-finals 28 September 2020 (W)
8 December 2020 (E)		 30 September 2020 (W), 10 December 2020 (E)
Semi-finals 3 October 2020 (W), 13 December 2020 (E)
Final 19 December 2020

The original schedule of the competition, as planned before the pandemic, was as follows.

Original schedule for 2020 AFC Champions League
Stage Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Preliminary stage Preliminary round 1 No draw 14 January 2020
Preliminary round 2 21 January 2020
Play-off stage Play-off round 28 January 2020
Group stage Matchday 1 10 December 2019 10–12 February 2020
Matchday 2 17–19 February 2020
Matchday 3 2–4 March 2020
Matchday 4 6–8 April 2020
Matchday 5 20–22 April 2020
Matchday 6 4–6 May 2020
Knockout stage Round of 16 18–19 May 2019 (W),
26–27 May 2019 (E)		 25–26 May 2019 (W),
16–17 June 2020 (E)
Quarter-finals TBD 24–26 August 2020 14–16 September 2020
Semi-finals 29–30 September 2020 20–21 October 2020
Final 22 November 2020 28 November 2020

Qualifying play-offs
Main article: 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs

In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.2).[3] The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region was determined based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match.[25] Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same tie. The eight winners of the play-off round (four each from both West Region and East Region) advanced to the group stage to join the 24 direct entrants. All losers in each round from associations with only play-off slots entered the AFC Cup group stage.

Preliminary round 1
Team 1  Score  Team 2
West Region
Chennai City 0–1 Al-Riffa
Al-Faisaly 1–2 (a.e.t.) Al-Kuwait
Team 1  Score  Team 2
East Region
Ceres–Negros 3–2 Shan United
Tampines Rovers 3–5 (a.e.t.) Bali United

Preliminary round 2
Team 1  Score  Team 2
West Region
Bunyodkor 4–1 Al-Zawraa
Lokomotiv Tashkent 0–1 Istiklol
Shahr Khodro 2–1 Al-Riffa
Esteghlal 3–0 Al-Kuwait
Team 1  Score  Team 2
East Region
Kedah 5–1 Tai Po
Buriram United 2–1 Hồ Chí Minh City
Port 0–1 Ceres–Negros
Melbourne Victory 5–0 Bali United

Play-off round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
West Region
Al-Ain 1–0 Bunyodkor
Al-Ahli 1–0 Istiklol
Al-Sailiya 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Shahr Khodro
Al-Rayyan 0–5 Esteghlal
Team 1  Score  Team 2
East Region
FC Seoul 4–1 Kedah
Shanghai SIPG 3–0 Buriram United
FC Tokyo 2–0 Ceres–Negros
Kashima Antlers 0–1 Melbourne Victory

Group stage
Main article: 2020 AFC Champions League group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 10 December 2019, 16:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[26] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four: four groups each in the West Region (Groups A–D) and the East Region (Groups E–H). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. In the group stage, each group was played on a double round-robin basis, with matches played home-and-away before the suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but moved to centralised venues after restart. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL EST SHO WAH
1 Al-Ahli 4 2 0 2 4 6 −2 6 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 1–0 20 Sep
2 Esteghlal 4 1 2 1 6 4 +2 5 3–0 — 1–1 17 Sep
3 Al-Shorta 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5 2–1 1–1 — 0–1
4 Al-Wahda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 14 Sep 23 Sep —
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. Al-Wahda were unable to travel to Qatar to play the final four matches of the group stage due to several team members testing positive for COVID-19.[27] They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[28]

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAK SAH SHK HIL
1 Pakhtakor 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 10 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 3–0 0–0
2 Shabab Al-Ahli 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 7 0–0 — 1–0 1–2
3 Shahr Khodro 4 0 0 4 0 6 −6 0 0–1 0–1 — 0–0
4 Al-Hilal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 23 Sep 2–0 —
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. Al-Hilal failed to name the required 13 players and were unable to play their final match of the group stage against Shabab Al-Ahli due to them having only 11 players left with the remaining team members testing positive for COVID-19. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[13]

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PRS TAW DUH SHJ
1 Persepolis 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 0–1 4–0
2 Al-Taawoun 6 3 0 3 4 8 −4 9[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 — 2–0 0–6
3 Al-Duhail 6 3 0 3 7 8 −1 9[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 0–1 — 2–1
4 Sharjah 6 2 1 3 13 11 +2 7 2–2 0–1 4–2 —
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 6, Al-Duhail 0.

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAS SAD SEP AIN
1 Al-Nassr 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 11 Advance to knockout stage — 2–2 2–0 0–1
2 Al-Sadd 6 2 3 1 14 8 +6 9 1–1 — 3–0 4–0
3 Sepahan 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7 0–2 2–1 — 0–0
4 Al-Ain 6 1 2 3 5 13 −8 5 1–2 3–3 0–4 —
Source: AFC

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEI MVC SEO CHI
1 Beijing FC 6 5 1 0 12 4 +8 16 Advance to knockout stage — 3–1 3–1 1–1
2 Melbourne Victory 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 0–2 — 2–1 1–0
3 FC Seoul 6 2 0 4 10 9 +1 6 1–2 1–0 — 5–0
4 Chiangrai United 6 1 2 3 5 11 −6 5 0–1 2–2 2–1 —
Source: AFC

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ULS TOK SSH PRG
1 Ulsan Hyundai 6 5 1 0 14 5 +9 16 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 3–1 2–0
2 FC Tokyo 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10 1–2 — 0–1 1–0
3 Shanghai Shenhua 6 2 1 3 9 13 −4 7 1–4 1–2 — 3–3
4 Perth Glory 6 0 1 5 5 11 −6 1 1–2 0–1 1–2 —
Source: AFC

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VIS SUW GZE JDT
1 Vissel Kobe 4 2 0 2 4 5 −1 6 Advance to knockout stage — 0–2 0–2 5–1
2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5 0–1 — 0–0 25 Nov
3 Guangzhou Evergrande 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5 1–3 1–1 — 4 Dec
4 Johor Darul Ta'zim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[lower-alpha 1] 1 Dec 2–1 19 Nov —
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. Johor Darul Ta'zim were unable to travel to Qatar to play the final four matches of the group stage due to the COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions after they were denied permission to travel by the Malaysian government.[29] They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[30]

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification YOK SSI JEO SYD
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 Advance to knockout stage — 1–2 4–1 4–0
2 Shanghai SIPG 6 3 0 3 6 10 −4 9 0–1 — 0–2 0–4
3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7 1–2 1–2 — 1–0
4 Sydney FC 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 5 1–1 1–2 2–2 —
Source: AFC

Knockout stage
Main article: 2020 AFC Champions League knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the two regions until the final. Each tie was played as a single-leg match at centralised venues, instead of the usual home-and-away two-legged basis as planned before the COVID-19 pandemic. Extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.

Bracket

The bracket was decided after the draw for the quarter-finals. The draw for the West Region quarter-finals was held on 28 September 2020, 11:00 AST (UTC+3), and the draw for the East Region quarter-finals was held on 8 December 2020, 11:30 AST (UTC+3), both in Doha, Qatar.[31][32][33][34]

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
27 September – Education City
 
 
 Al-Nassr1
 
30 September – Jassim Bin Hamad
 
 Al-Taawoun0
 
 Al-Nassr2
 
26 September – Al Janoub
 
 Al-Ahli0
 
 Al-Ahli (p)1 (4)
 
3 October – Jassim Bin Hamad
 
 Shabab Al-Ahli1 (3)
 
 Al-Nassr1 (3)
 
27 September – Education City
 
 Persepolis (p)1 (5)
 
 Persepolis1
 
30 September – Jassim Bin Hamad
 
 Al-Sadd0
 
 Persepolis2
 
26 September – Al Janoub
 
 Pakhtakor0
 
 Pakhtakor2
 
19 December – Al Janoub
 
 Esteghlal1
 
 Persepolis1
 
6 December – Education City
 
 Ulsan Hyundai2
 
 Ulsan Hyundai3
 
10 December – Al Janoub
 
 Melbourne Victory0
 
 Ulsan Hyundai2
 
6 December – Education City
 
 Beijing FC0
 
 Beijing FC1
 
13 December – Jassim Bin Hamad
 
 FC Tokyo0
 
 Ulsan Hyundai (a.e.t.)2
 
7 December – Khalifa International
 
 Vissel Kobe1
 
 Vissel Kobe2
 
10 December – Al Janoub
 
 Shanghai SIPG0
 
 Vissel Kobe (p)1 (7)
 
7 December – Khalifa International
 
 Suwon Samsung Bluewings1 (6)
 
 Yokohama F. Marinos2
 
 
 Suwon Samsung Bluewings3
 

Round of 16

In the round of 16, the winners of one group played against the runners-up of another group from the same region and the matchups were determined by the group stage draw.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
West Region
Al-Ahli 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Shabab Al-Ahli
Pakhtakor 2–1 Esteghlal
Persepolis 1–0 Al-Sadd
Al-Nassr 1–0 Al-Taawoun
Team 1  Score  Team 2
East Region
Beijing FC 1–0 FC Tokyo
Ulsan Hyundai 3–0 Melbourne Victory
Vissel Kobe 2–0 Shanghai SIPG
Yokohama F. Marinos 2–3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the four teams from the West Region played in two ties, and the four teams from the East Region played in two ties, with the matchups decided by draw, without any seeding or country protection. The draw for the West Region quarter-finals was held on 28 September 2020,[31][32] and the draw for the East Region quarter-finals was held on 8 December 2020.[33][34]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
West Region
Al-Nassr 2–0 Al-Ahli
Persepolis 2–0 Pakhtakor
Team 1  Score  Team 2
East Region
Ulsan Hyundai 2–0 Beijing FC
Vissel Kobe 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p)		 Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the two quarter-final winners from the West Region played against each other, and the two quarter-final winners from the East Region played against each other.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
West Region
Al-Nassr 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)		 Persepolis
Team 1  Score  Team 2
East Region
Ulsan Hyundai 2–1 (a.e.t.) Vissel Kobe

Final
Main article: 2020 AFC Champions League Final

In the final, the two semi-final winners played against each other, at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar.[12]

Persepolis 1–2 Ulsan Hyundai
 Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 8,517

Awards

Main awards
Award Player Team
Most Valuable Player[2] Yoon Bit-garam Ulsan Hyundai
Top Scorer[1] Abderrazak Hamdallah Al-Nassr
Fair Play Award Ulsan Hyundai

Note: Abderrazak Hamdallah finished ahead of Júnior Negrão to win the Top Scorer award despite scoring the same number of goals, and also having the same number of assists (first tiebreaker), since he played fewer minutes throughout the competition (second tiebreaker).[1]

Fans' awards

The AFC took polls of fans in its website after the tournament.

Single awards
Award Player Team
Fans' Best Player Hamed Lak Persepolis
Best Goal Mehdi Abdi Persepolis
Fans' Best XI[35]
Position Player Team
Goalkeeper Hamed Lak Persepolis
Defenders Sultan Al-Ghanam Al-Nassr
Shojae Khalilzadeh Persepolis
Hossein Kanaanizadegan Persepolis
Saeid Aghaei Persepolis
Midfielders Teruhito Nakagawa Yokohama F. Marinos
Bashar Resan Persepolis
Takuya Kida Yokohama F. Marinos
Forwards Abderrazak Hamdallah Al-Nassr
Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai
Mehdi Abdi Persepolis

Statistics

Stats Leaders
Category Player Team Figure
Goals Abderrazak Hamdallah Al-Nassr 7
Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai 7
Chances created Yoon Bit-garam Ulsan Hyundai 22
Clearances Maicon Pereira Roque Al-Nassr 34
Duels won Dragan Ćeran Pakhtakor Tashkent 54
Shooting accuracy Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Sadd 61.1%
Passing accuracy Kamal Kamyabinia Persepolis 91.6%
Saves Jo Su-huk Ulsan Hyundai 26

Source:[36]

Top scorers
  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
  Player is not in the team but team still active for this round.
Rank Player Team MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 R16 QF SF F Total
1 Abderrazak Hamdallah Al-Nassr 112111 7
Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai 11212
3 Trent Buhagiar Sydney FC 1121 5
Bjørn Maars Johnsen Ulsan Hyundai 221
5 Alan Beijing FC 1111 4
Issa Alekasir Persepolis 112
Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Sadd 121
Ado Onaiwu Yokohama F. Marinos 211
Yoon Bit-garam Ulsan Hyundai 22
10 Mehdi Abdi Persepolis 111 3
Akram Afif Al-Sadd 111
Almoez Ali Al-Duhail 111
Hassan Al-Haydos Al-Sadd 12
Cho Gue-sung Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 12
Kyogo Furuhashi Vissel Kobe 111
Giovanni Moreno Shanghai Shenhua 12
Teruhito Nakagawa Yokohama F. Marinos 21
Park Chu-young FC Seoul 111
Welliton Sharjah 3
Yu Hanchao Shanghai Shenhua 111
Yun Ju-tae FC Seoul 21

Note: Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs and matches voided by AFC are not counted when determining top scorer (Regulations Article 64.4).[3]

Toyota Player of the Week awards
Stage Matchday Player of the Week Team Ref.
Group stage Matchday 1 Keijiro Ogawa Vissel Kobe [37]
Matchday 2 Teruhito Nakagawa Yokohama F. Marinos [38]
Li Shenglong Shanghai SIPG [39]
Matchday 3 – East Terry Antonis Suwon Samsung Bluewings [40]
Song Bum-keun Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors [41]
Matchday 3 – West Abderrazak Hamdallah Al-Nassr [42]
Matchday 4 – East Bill Chiangrai United [43]
Matchday 4 – West Khaled Ba Wazir Sharjah [44]
Matchday 5 – East Theerathon Bunmathan Yokohama F. Marinos [45]
Matchday 5 – West Caio Sharjah [46]
Matchday 6 – East Daiki Niwa FC Tokyo [47]
Matchday 6 – West Mehdi Ghayedi Esteghlal [48]
Knockout stage Round of 16 – East Kim Tae-hwan Suwon Samsung Bluewings [49]
Round of 16 – West Issa Alekasir Persepolis [50]
Quarter-finals – East Park Sang-hyeok Suwon Samsung Bluewings [51]
Quarter-finals – West Sultan Al-Ghanam Al-Nassr [52]
Semi-finals – East Daiya Maekawa Vissel Kobe [53]
Semi-finals – West Shoja' Khalilzadeh Persepolis [54]

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  50. "AFC Champions League Round of 16 (WEST) Toyota Player of the Week: Isa Al Kasir". Asian Football Confederation. 30 September 2020.
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