The 2006 AFC Champions League Final was a two-legged football tie to determine the 2006 champions of Asian club football. South Korean club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors defeated Syrian representative Al-Karamah 3–2 on aggregate to take the title.[1] As of 2022, this was the only final of an AFC Champions League involving a Syrian club. The first leg took place on 1 November 2006 at 19:00 local time (UTC+9) at Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju, which Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 2–0. The second leg took place on 8 November 2006 at 20:00 local time (UTC+3) at Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs, which Al-Karamah took 2–1.
| Event | 2006 AFC Champions League | ||||||
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| Date | 1 November 2006 | ||||||
| Venue | Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju | ||||||
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| Attendance | 25,830 | ||||||
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| Date | 8 November 2006 | ||||||
| Venue | Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs | ||||||
| Referee | Mark Shield | ||||||
| Attendance | 40,000 | ||||||
Format
editThe 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.
The Route to the final
editAl-Karamah
edit| Opponents | Round | H/A | Score1 | Al-Karamah goalscorers |
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 Al-Wahda |
Group Stage | H | 2–1 | Mohamad Al Hamawi, Ahmad Turkmani |
 Saba Battery |
Group Stage | A | 2–1 | Jehad Al-Hussain, Mohannad Ibrahim |
 Al-Gharafa |
Group Stage | A | 0–4 | |
| Al-Gharafa |
Group Stage | H | 3–1 | Ahmad Turkmani (2), Abdel Kader Rifai |
| Al-Wahda |
Group Stage | A | 2–4 | Abdel Kader Rifai, Aatef Jenyat |
| Saba Battery |
Group Stage | H | 1–0 | Abdel Kader Rifai |
 Al-Ittihad |
Quarterfinal 1st leg | A | 0–2 | |
| Al-Ittihad |
Quarterfinal 2nd leg | H | 4–0 | Ahmad Omaier, Mohamad Al Hamawi, Mohannad Ibrahim (2) |
 Al-Qadisiya |
Semifinal 1st leg | H | 0–0 | |
| Al-Qadisiya |
Semifinal 2nd leg | A | 1–0 | Aatef Jenyat |
1Al-Karamah's score is shown first.
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
edit| Opponents | Round | H/A | Score1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors goalscorers |
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 Gamba Osaka |
Group Stage | H | 3–2 | Milton Rodriguez, Kim Hyeung-Bum (2) |
 Dalian Shide |
Group Stage | A | 0–1 | |
 Da Nang |
Group Stage | H | 3–0 | Milton Rodriguez, Kim Hyeung-Bum, Botti |
| Da Nang |
Group Stage | A | 1–0 | Zé Carlos |
| Gamba Osaka |
Group Stage | A | 1–1 | Cho Jin-Soo |
| Dalian Shide |
Group Stage | H | 3–1 | Kim Hyeung-Bum (2), Wang Jung-Hyun |
| Shanghai Shenhua |
Quarterfinal 1st leg | A | 0–1 | |
| Shanghai Shenhua |
Quarterfinal 2nd leg | H | 4–2 | Zé Carlos (2), Yeom Ki-Hun, Jung Jong-Kwan |
 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i |
Semifinal 1st leg | H | 2–3 | Zé Carlos, Yeom Ki-Hun |
| Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i |
Semifinal 2nd leg | A | 4–1 | Choi Jin-Cheul, Jung Jong-Kwan, Lim Yoo-Hwan, Lee Kwang-Hyun |
1Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors's score is shown first.
Final summary
edit| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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3–2 |  Al-Karamah
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2–0 | 1–2 |
First leg
edit| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 2 – 0 | Al-Karamah |
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Yeom Ki-Hun  59' Botti 90+1' |
         Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
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Al-Karamah
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Second leg
edit| Al-Karamah | 2 – 1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
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| Iyad Mando 54' Mohannad Ibrahim 61' |
Zé Carlos 86' |
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    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Rizvi, Ahmed (20 July 2015). "Football in times of crisis: Syrian game continues on as inspiration, propaganda, shadow". thenationalnews.com. The National News Sport. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2022.