2013 AFC Champions League final
The 2013 AFC Champions League final was the final match of the 2013 AFC Champions League, the thirty-second round of the top grade Asian club football tournament. It was organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was the eleventh round under the title of AFC Champions League.
| Event | 2013 AFC Champions League | ||||||
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| on aggregate Guangzhou Evergrande won on away goals | |||||||
| First leg | |||||||
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| Date | 26 October 2013 | ||||||
| Venue | Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul | ||||||
| AFC Man of the Match | Dejan Damjanović | ||||||
| Fans' Man of the Match | Sergio Escudero | ||||||
| Referee | Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) | ||||||
| Attendance | 55,501 | ||||||
| Weather | Clear 9 °C (48 °F) 66% humidity | ||||||
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| Date | 9 November 2013 | ||||||
| Venue | Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou | ||||||
| AFC Man of the Match | Darío Conca | ||||||
| Fans' Man of the Match | Zheng Zhi | ||||||
| Referee | Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) | ||||||
| Attendance | 55,847 | ||||||
| Weather | Cloudy 26 °C (79 °F) 69% humidity | ||||||
The final match was contested in a two-legged home-and-away format between FC Seoul of South Korea and Guangzhou Evergrande of China. The first leg was hosted by FC Seoul at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul on 26 October 2013, while the second leg was hosted by Guangzhou Evergrande at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou on 9 November 2013. The winner earned the right to represent the AFC at the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco, beginning at the quarterfinal stage.