Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: After the latest round of FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 qualifiers brought to an end a busy five-month period of football, continental action takes a short break in the upcoming weeks.
So, what better time than now to kick off the-AFC.com’s new Asian Football Trivia segment - our weekly question-based series that allows you, the fans, to send us your questions on anything and everything related to Asian football?
Week one begins with three tricky in-house questions, and we invite you to follow suit and send us your queries via the AFC’s social media platforms in the coming days and weeks.
What has been the most successful shirt colour in the AFC Champions League final?
When Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors lifted the title in 2016, they did so in their strikingly green jersey which was, unsurprisingly, the first time a team wearing the colour has hoisted the continental trophy.
Looking back at previous finals, white was the lucky colour in the early years as Al Ain – in their white and purple away kit – were victorious in 2003 before Al Ittihad and Jeonbuk, also in their white second strips, were crowned champions in 2004 and 2006.
Two years later, another team in their lucky white away top, Gamba Osaka, lifted the title before Al Sadd’s 2011 success meant five of the first nine AFC Champions League finals had been won by teams wearing white.
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