AFC Champions League 2022 Archive

Now it’s your turn, as the fans of Asian football, to select which among the lot deserves to be considered the best. In the first of the two semi-finals, the-AFC.com brings you eight fantastic goals from the East Asia section of the draw to look back on.

After reviewing our selection, don’t forget to vote for your favourite in the poll at the bottom of the article to help decide which of the goals will advance to a final to face the best goals from the West Asia side of the draw.

After reaching a third final in the past four years, players from Al Hilal SFC feature heavily once more, while there are plenty of other star performers from across the continent.

Below are the 11 players voted into the all-star team on the-AFC.com after another memorable edition of Asia’s most prestigious club tournament that saw Urawa Red Diamonds crowned champions for the third time.

As we look to wrap up final slots in the Best XI, we have selected 10 of the star performers who led the line for their teams with aplomb during the 20th edition of the continental competition.

Now it is your turn to review the list featuring some of the most impressive forwards from the AFC Champions League 2022 and pick your favourite by voting in the poll at the foot of the article.

The goalkeeper and the four defenders in the Best XI have already been decided, so now it’s time to turn the focus to the midfielders who orchestrated the game for their sides in a memorable tournament.

We’ve selected 10 of the standout performers from the 2022 edition of Asia's premier club competition and now it is your turn to review the candidates and vote for your favourites in the poll at the end of the article.

Earlier in the week, we brought to you the nominees for the best goalkeeper from the 2022 edition of Asia’s premier club tournament, which was won by Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds after they defeated Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal SFC, and now we present the candidates who could make up the back four of the Best XI.

Here are the 12 players who are in contention for a place in the backline. Review the candidates and don't forget to select your favourite defenders for the AFC Champions League 2022 all-star XI in the polls below.

In Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima’s eight-year stay in the top division came to an end after they became the third and final team to be relegated on the last day of the season following a 4-0 defeat to champions Buriram United, joining Nongbua Pitchaya and Lampang in the second division.

Tampines Rovers defeated Tanjong Pagar United 3-0 in Singapore on Sunday to stay one point behind leaders Albirex Niigata (S) while there were also matches in Malaysia, the Philippines and Brunei Darussalam, so join the-AFC.com as we review the week’s action from across ASEAN.

After Japan's Urawa dethroned Saudi Arabian outfit Al Hilal to add to their 2007 and 2017 triumphs and become the second most successful club on the continent alongside Pohang Steelers, the-AFC.com looks back on some of the standout performers from the competition to find out the Best XI from the 2022 edition.

As always, we begin with the goalkeepers who are the last line of defence for their sides and ask you, the fans, to review our five nominees before casting your vote for the top performer at Asia’s premier club competition.

There were numerous standout performers in another historic chapter of Asia’s premium club competition as we break down the statistics to review some of the key categories and those who excelled in them.

Andre Carrillo’s own goal early in the second half was enough to win it for Urawa, who added to the titles they won at the same venue in 2007 and 2017 as they also got revenge for their defeat to Al Hilal in Saitama in the 2019 final.

Following a night that will live long in the memory, not least because of the incredible atmosphere generated by the 53,000 inside the stadium, the-AFC.com looks back at what those involved from the winning side had to say.

In a tense second leg it was Urawa who made the breakthrough early in the second half when Andre Carrillo’s unfortunate own goal proved the only goal of the game as the J1 League side delighted a home support that had created an atmosphere worthy of the occasion.

As fans of Asian football now start to look forward to the AFC Champions League 2023-24 campaign later in the year, the-AFC.com highlights some of the numbers that caught the eye on a special night in Saitama.

Rodriguez guided Urawa through the group phase and the knockout rounds last year, securing the team a place in the final with a shoot-out win over Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors before leaving the club at the end of last season after a disappointing J.League campaign

The Spaniard has since been replaced by Poland’s Maciej Skorza, who masterminded the 2-1 aggregate win over the Saudi Arabian side after instilling a newly positive atmosphere within the Urawa squad.