The 2020 AFC Champions League is 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.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | Qualifying: 14–28 January 2020 Competition proper: 10 February – 19 December 2020 |
Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 52 (from 23 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Ulsan Hyundai (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Persepolis |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 93 |
Goals scored | 236 (2.54 per match) |
Attendance | 173,871 (1,870 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Abderrazak Hamdallah Júnior Negrão (7 goals each) |
Best player(s) | Yoon Bit-garam |
Fair play award | Ulsan Hyundai |
Schedule
Stage | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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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 (West), 26–27 May 2019 (East) |
25–26 May 2019 (West), 16–17 June 2020 (East) |
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Quarter-finals | TBA June/July 2020 | 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
Preliminary Round 1
West Region
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
Chennai City | 0-1 Mahdi Abduljabbar | Al-Riffa |
Al-Faisaly | 1-2 Anas Abdel-Salem Al-Jbarat / Yousef Nasser, Fahad Al Hajeri | Al-Kuwait |
East Region
Preliminary Round 2
West Region
East Region
Venue | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar | Kedah | 5-1 Kipre Tchtch (3), Hadin Azman (2) / Lap Ming Chan | Wofoo Tai Po |
Chang Arena, Buriram | Buriram United | 2-1 Bernardo Cuesta, Ricardo Bueno / Pape Diakite | Hồ Chí Minh City |
PAT Stadium, Bangkok | Thai Port | 0-1 Stephan Schrock | Ceres–Negros |
AAMI Park, Melbourne | Melbourne Victory | 5-0 Migjen Basha, Josh Hope, Robbie Kruse, Ola Toivonen, Elvis Kamsoba | Bali United |
Play-off Round
West Region
Venue | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain | Al-Ain | 1-0 Juma | Bunyodkor |
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah | Al-Ahli | 1-0 Mohamed Youcef Belaili | Istiklol |
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha | Al-Sailiya | 0-0 (4-5 pen.) | Shahr Khodro |
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha | Al-Rayyan | 0-5 Cheick Tidiane Diabate, Mehdi Ghaedi (2), Amir Arsalan Motahari (2) | Esteghlal |
East Region
Groupe Stage
Group A
Team | Pld. | W | D | L | Goals | Pts. | Qualification |
Al Ahli SC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-6 | 6 | Round of 16 |
Esteghlal F.C. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6-4 | 5 | Round of 16 |
Al Shorta | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4-4 | 5 | |
Al Wahda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
Date | Host Team | Score | Away Team |
10-02-2020 | Al Wahda | 1-1 Chang Woo Rim / Abdulfattah Tawfiq Asiri | Al Ahli |
10-02-2020 | Al-Shorta | 1-1 Ali Atiyah / Kadhim Hussam (og) | Esteghlal |
17-02-2020 | Al Ahli | 2-1 Salman Al-Muwashar (2) / Amir Motahari | Esteghlal |
17-02-2020 | Al-Shorta | 0-1 Paul-Jose Mpoku | Al Wahda |
14-09-2020 | Al Ahli | 1-0 Marko Marin | Al-Shorta |
14-09-2020 | Al Wahda | Esteghlal | |
17-09-2020 | Al-Shorta | 2-1 Saad Natiq, Mazin Fayyadh / Mohammed Al Majhad | Al Ahli |
17-09-2020 | Esteghlal | Al Wahda | |
20-09-2020 | Al Ahli | Al Wahda | |
20-09-2020 | Esteghlal | 1-1 Amir Motahari / Mazin Fayyadh | Al-Shorta |
23-09-2020 | Al Wahda | Al-Shorta | |
23-09-2020 | Esteghlal | 3-0 Mehdi Ghaedi, Ali Karimi, Cheick Diabate | Al Ahli |
Group B
Team | Pld. | W | D | L | Goals | Pts. | Qualification |
Pakhtakor | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6-1 | 10 | Round of 16 |
Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3-2 | 7 | Round of 16 |
Shahr Khodrou | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0-6 | 0 | |
Al-Hilal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
Date | Host Team | Score | Away Team |
10-02-2020 | Al Hilal | 2-0 Andre Carrillo, Bafetimbi Gomis | Shar Khodro |
10-02-2020 | Pakhtakor | 2-1 Jaloliddin Masharipov, Dragan Ceran / Pedro Conde | Shabab Al-Ahli |
17-02-2020 | Pakhtakor | 3-0 Igor Sergeev (2), Sherzod Azamov | Shar Khodro |
17-02-2020 | Shabab Al-Ahli | 1-2 Yousif Al Hammadi / Bafetimbi Gomis (2) | Al Hilal |
14-09-2020 | Shabab Al-Ahli | 1-0 Harib Abdalla Suhail | Shar Khodro |
14-09-2020 | Al Hilal | 2-1 Sebastian Giovinco, Hattan Sultan Bahebri / Eren Derdiyok | Pakhtakor |
17-09-2020 | Shar Khodro | 0-1 Pedro Conde | Shabab Al-Ahli |
17-09-2020 | Pakhtakor | 0-0 | Al Hilal |
20-09-2020 | Shar Khodro | 0-0 | Al Hilal |
20-09-2020 | Shabab Al-Ahli | 0-0 | Pakhtakor |
23-09-2020 | Al Hilal | Shabab Al-Ahli | |
23-09-2020 | Shar Khodro | 0-1 Jaloliddin Masharipov | Pakhtakor |
Group C
Team | Pld. | W | D | L | Goals | Pts. | Qualification |
Persepolis | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8-5 | 10 | Round of 16 |
Al-Taawoun | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4-8 | 9 | Round of 16 |
Al Duhail | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7-8 | 9 | |
Al Sharjah | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3-13 | 7 |
Date | Host Team | Score | Away Team |
10-02-2020 | Al Duhail | 2-0 Mario Mandzukic, Edmilson Junior | Persepolis |
10-02-2020 | Al Sharjah | 0-1 Faisal Darwish | Al-Taawoun |
17-02-2020 | Al Sharjah | 2-2 Mohamed Khalfan Ali, Ryan Mendes / Ali Alipour (2) | Persepolis |
17-02-2020 | Al-Taawoun | 2-0 Mohammad Al Sahlawi, Abdulmajid Al-Sawat | Al Duhail |
15-09-2020 | Al Duhail | 2-1 Almoez Ali, Ramin Rezaeian / Igor Caigur Coronado | Al Sharjah |
15-09-2020 | Persepolis | 1-0 Shoja Khalilzadeh | Al-Taawoun |
18-09-2020 | Al Sharjah | 4-2 Khaled Ba Wazir, Majed Suroor, Igor Coronado, Caio / Abdullah Al Ahrak, Almoez Ali | Al Duhail |
18-09-2020 | Al-Taawoun | 0-1 Bashar Resan | Persepolis |
21-09-2020 | Persepolis | 0-1 Almoez Ali | Al Duhail |
21-09-2020 | Al-Taawoun | 0-6 Saif Rashid, Welliton (3), Mohammd Abdulbast, Caio | Al Sharjah |
24-09-2020 | Al Duhail | 0-1 Mitchell Duke | Al-Taawoun |
24-09-2020 | Persepolis | 4-0 Shoja Khalilzadeh, Isa Alekasir, Vahid Amiri, Mehdi Abdi Qara | Al Sharjah |
Group D
Team | Pld. | W | D | L | Goals | Pts. | Qualification |
Al-Nassr | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9-5 | 11 | Round of 16 |
Al Sadd | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14-8 | 9 | Round of 16 |
Sepahan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6-8 | 7 | |
Al Ain | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5-13 | 5 |
Date | Host Team | Score | Away Team |
10-02-2020 | Al Ain | 0-4 Mohammad Mohebi, Kiros, Soroush Rafiei, Moahammad Tayebi | Sepahan |
10-02-2020 | Al-Nassr | 2-2 Abderrazak Hamdallah, Obaid Al Abdulrahman / Baghdad Bounedjah, Hassan Al Haidos | Al Sadd |
17-02-2020 | Al Ain | 1-2 Omar Yaisien / Mukhtar Ali, Abderrazak Hamdallah | Al-Nassr |
17-02-2020 | Al Sadd | 3-0 Akram Hassan Afif, Hassan Al Haidos (2) | Sepahan |
15-09-2020 | Al Ain | 3-3 Kodjo Laba, Bauyrzhan Islamkhan, Boualem Khoukhi (og) / Akram Hassan Afif, Santi Cazorla, Baghdad Bounedjah | Al Sadd |
15-09-2020 | Sepahan | 0-2 Abderrazak Hamdallah (2) | Al-Nassr |
18-09-2020 | Al Sadd | 4-0 Akram Hassan Afif, Baghdad Bounedjah (2), Rodrigo Tabata | Al Ain |
18-09-2020 | Al-Nassr | 2-0 Abdullah Madu, Abderrazak Hamdallah | Sepahan |
21-09-2020 | Al Sadd | 1-1 Baghdad Bounedjah / Khalid Al Ghuwainem | Al-Nassr |
21-09-2020 | Sepahan | 0-0 | Al Ain |
24-09-2020 | Sepahan | 2-1 Reza Mirzaei, Sajjad Shahbazzadeh / Hashim Ali Abdullatif | Al Sadd |
24-09-2020 | Al-Nassr | 0-1 Kodjo Laba | Al Ain |
Group E
Team | Pld. | W | D | L | Goals | Pts. | Qualification |
Beijing Sinobo Guoan FC | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12-4 | 16 | Round of 16 |
Melbourne Victory | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6-9 | 7 | Round of 16 |
FC Seoul | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10-9 | 6 | |
Chiangrai United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5-11 | 5 |
Date | Venue | Host Team | Score | Away Team |
11-02-2020 | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Melbourne Victory | 1-0 Ola Toivonen | Chiangrai United |
18-02-2020 | Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul | FC Seoul | 1-0 Ju-yeong Park | Melbourne Victory |
18-02-2020 | Singha Stadium, Chiang Rai | Chiangrai United | 0-1 Wang Ziming | Beijing Sinobo Guoan FC |
21-11-2020 | Education City Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | FC Seoul | 1-2 Park Ju-yeong / Fernando, Alan | Beijing Sinobo Guoan FC |
24-11-2020 | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | Beijing Sinobo Guoan FC | 3-1 Renata Augusto, Alan, Wang Ziming / Gianluca Iannucci | Melbourne Victory |
24-11-2020 | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | FC Seoul | 5-0 Han Seung-gyu, Jung Han-min, Yun Ju-tae (2), Lee In-gyu | Chiangrai United |
27-11-2020 | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | Melbourne Victory | 0-2 Jonathan Viera, Yuning Zhang | Beijing Sinobo Guoan FC |
27-11-2020 | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | Chiangrai United | 2-1 Bill (2) / Ju-yeong Park | FC Seoul |
30-11-2020 | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | Beijing Sinobo Guoan FC | 3-1 Jonathan Viera, Renata Augusto, Zhang Yuning / Yun Ju-tae | FC Seoul |
30-11-2020 | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | Chiangrai United | 2-2 Sivakorn Tiatrakul, Gionata Verzura / Jake William Brimmer, Gbenga “Ben” Tai Folami | Melbourne Victory |
03-12-2020 | Education City Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | Melbourne Victory | 2-1 Marco Rojas, Jake Brimmer / Hyeon-su Hwang | FC Seoul |
03-12-2020 | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | Beijing Sinobo Guoan FC | 1-1 Alan / Eakkanit Punya | Chiangrai United |
Group F
Team | Pld. | W | D | L | Goals | Pts. | Qualification |
Ulsan Hyundai | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2-1 | 16 | Round of 16 |
FC Tokyo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4-2 | 10 | Round of 16 |
Shanghai Shenhua | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3-4 | 7 | |
Perth Glory | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1-3 | 1 |
Date | Venue | Host Team | Score | Away Team |
11-02-2020 | Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan | Ulsan Hyundai | 1-1 Adailton (og) / Diego | FC Tokyo |
18-02-2020 | Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo | FC Tokyo | 1-0 Leandro | Perth Glory |
18-11-2020 | Education City Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | Perth Glory | 1-2 Jonathan Aspropotamitis / Peng Xinli, Yu Hanchao | Shanghai Shenhua |
21-11-2020 | Education City Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | Ulsan Hyundai | 3-1 Bit Garam Yoon (2), Kee Hee Kim / Jianrong Zhu | Shanghai Shenhua |
24-11-2020 | Education City Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | FC Tokyo | 0-1 Yu Hanchao | Shanghai Shenhua |
24-11-2020 | Education City Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | Perth Glory | 1-2 Daniel Stynes / Kim In-sung, Júnior Negao | Ulsan Hyundai |
27-11-2020 | Education City Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | Ulsan Hyundai | 2-0 Kim In-Sung, Junior Negao | Perth Glory |
27-11-2020 | Education City Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | Shanghai Shenhua | 1-2 Giovanni Moreno / Leandro, Shuto Abe | FC Tokyo |
30-11-2020 | Education City Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | FC Tokyo | 1-2 Kensuke Nagai / Yoon Bit-garam (2) | Ulsan Hyundai |
30-11-2020 | Education City Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | Shanghai Shenhua | 3-3 Giovanni Moreno (2), Yu Hanchao / Bruno Fornaroli, Carlo Armiento, Neil Martin Kilkenny | Perth Glory |
03-12-2020 | Education City Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | Perth Glory | 0-1 Adaílton dos Santos da Silva | FC Tokyo |
03-12-2020 | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) | Shanghai Shenhua | 1-4 Bi Jinhao / Park Jeong-in, Lee Sang-heon, Bjorn Johnsen (2) | Ulsan Hyundai |
Group G
Team | Pld. | W | D | L | Goals | Pts. | Qualification |
Vissel Kobe | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4-5 | 6 | Round of 16 |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3-2 | 5 | Round of 16 |
Guangzhou Evergrande | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4-4 | 5 | |
Johor Darul Ta’zim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | Withdrew |
Date | Venue | Host Team | Score | Away Team |
11-02-2020 | Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe | Vissel Kobe | 5-1 Keijiro Ogawa (3), Kyogo Furuhashi, Douglas / Muhammad Safawi | Johor Darul Ta’zim |
18-02-2020 | Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 0-1 Kyogo Furuhashi | Vissel Kobe |
03-03-2020 | Sultan Ibrahim Larkin Stadium, Johor | Johor Darul Ta’zim | 2-1 Gonzalo Cabrera, Mauricio / Lefteris Antonis | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
22-11-2020 | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 0-0 | Guangzhou Evergrande |
25-11-2020 | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1-3 Kyogo Furuhashi (og) / Kyogo Furuhashi, Douglas, Andres Iniesta | Vissel Kobe |
28-11-2020 | Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah | Vissel Kobe | 0-2 Anderson Talisca, Elkeson Cardoso | Guangzhou Evergrande |
01-12-2020 | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1-1 Wei Shihao / Lim Sang-hyub | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
04-12-2020 | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha | Vissel Kobe | 0-2 Kim Gun Hee, Lim Sang Hyub | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
Group H
Team | Pld. | W | D | L | Goals | Pts. | Qualification |
Yokohoma F.Marinors | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13-5 | 13 | Round of 16 |
Shanghai SIPG | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6-10 | 9 | Round of 16 |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8-10 | 7 | |
Sydney FC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8-10 | 5 |
Date | Host Team | Score | Away Team |
11-02-2020 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1-2 Kyu Sung Cho / Keita Endo, Jin-Su Kim (og) | Yokohoma F.Marinors |
18-02-2020 | Yokohoma F.Marinors | 4-0 Ado Onaiwu (2), Teruhito Nakagawa (2) | Sydney FC |
04-03-2020 | Sydney FC | 2-2 Trent Buhagiar, Adam Le Fondre / Kyo-won Han, Luke Brattan (og) | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
21-11-2020 | Sydney FC | 1-1 Trent Buhagiar / Li Shenglong (2) | Shanghai SIPG |
22-11-2020 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1-2 Gustavo / Wenjun Lui Hulk | Shanghai SIPG |
25-11-2020 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1-0 Na Seong-eun | Sydney FC |
25-11-2020 | Shanghai SIPG | 0-1 Jun Amano | Yokohoma F.Marinors |
28-11-2020 | Yokohoma F.Marinors | 1-2 Ado Onaiwu / Cai Huikang, Ricardo Lopes | Shanghai SIPG |
01-12-2020 | Yokohoma F.Marinors | 4-1 Theeraton Bunmatan, Marcos Junior, Teruhito Nakagawa, Beom-keun Song (og) / Gustavo | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
01-12-2020 | Shanghai SIPG | 0-4 Alex Wilkinson, Luke Brattan, Trent Buhagiar (2) | Sydney FC |
04-12-2020 | Shanghai SIPG | 0-2 Kyu Sung Cho (2) | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
04-12-2020 | Sydney FC | 1-1 Trent Buhagiar / Yuki Saneto | Yokohoma F.Marinors |
Knockout stage
Round of 16
Date | Venue | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
26-09-2020 | Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah | Al Ahi (Saudi Arabia) | 1-1 Omar Al Soma / Azizjon Ganiev (4-3 pen.) | Shabab Al-Ahli (UAE) |
26-09-2020 | Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah | FC Pakhtakor Tashkent | 2-1 Dragan Ceran, Sardor Sabirkhodjaev / Ali Karimi | Esteghlal FC |
27-09-2020 | Education City Stadium, Doha | Al Nassr FC | 1-0 Abderrazak Hamdallah | Al-Taawoun |
27-09-2020 | Education City Stadium, Doha | Persepolis FC | 1-0 Issa Al Kasir Rajabi | Al Sadd SC |
06-12-2020 | Education City Stadium, Doha | Beijing Sinobo Guoan FC | 1-0 Alan | FC Tokyo |
06-12-2020 | Education City Stadium, Doha | Ulsan Hyundai | 3-0 Bjorn Johnsen (2), Doo Jae Won | Melbourne Victory |
07-12-2020 | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha | Vissel Kobe | 2-0 Andres Iniesta, Daigo Nishi | Shanghai SIPG |
07-12-2020 | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha | Yokohama F. Marinos | 2-3 Erik, Ado Onaiwu / Tae Hwan Kim, Min Woo Kim, Suk Jong Han | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
Quarters Finals
Date | Venue | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
30-09-2020 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha | Al Nassr FC | 2-0 Gonzalo Nicolás “Pity” Martínez, Abdulfattah Asiri | Al Ahi (Saudi Arabia) |
30-09-2020 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha | Persepolis FC | 2-0 Issa Al Kasir Rajabi (2) | FC Pakhtakor Tashkent |
10-12-2020 | Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah | Beijing Sinobo Guoan FC | 0-2 Junior Negao (2) | Ulsan Hyundai |
10-12-2020 | Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah | Vissel Kobe | 1-1 Kyogo Furuhashi / Sang Hyeok Park (7-6 pen.) | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
Semis Finals
Date | Venue | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
03-10-2020 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha | Al Nassr FC | 1-1 Abderrazak Hamdallah / Mehdi Abdi Qara (3-5 pen.) | Persepolis FC |
13-12-2020 | Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah | Ulsan Hyundai | 2-1 Bjorn Johnsen, Junior Negao / Hotaru Yamaguchi | Vissel Kobe |
Final
Date | Venue | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
19 December 2020 | Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah | Persepolis FC | 1-2 Mehdi Abdi / Júnior Negrão (2) | Ulsan Hyundai |
Top scorers
Rank | Players (Team) | Goals |
1 | Abderrazak Hamdallah (Al-Nassr) Junior Negao (Ulsan Hyundai) | 7 |
2 | Trent Buhagiar (Sydney FC) Bjorn Maars Jhonsen (Ulsan Hyundai) | 5 |