2007 AFC Champions League Final
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The 2007 AFC Champions League Final was a two-legged football tie to determine the 2007
champions of Asian
club football. Urawa Red Diamonds
defeated Sepahan 3-1 on aggregate to take the title. The first leg took place on 7 November 2008 at 16:00 local time (UTC+3:30
) at Foolad Shahr Stadium in Fooladshahr, Isfahan and the second leg took place on 14 November 2008 at 19:20 local time
(UTC+9
) at Saitama Stadium, Saitama
.
This was the first final to feature clubs from Iran and Japan
. The winners, Urawa Red Diamonds, received US$
600,000 prize money and qualified to represent Asia
in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup
. Although they were defeated, Sepahan still competed in the FIFA Club World Cup by replacing the host country berth, which is reserved for the J. League
champions.
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.
1Sepahan's goals always recorded first.
1Urawa Red Diamonds' goals always recorded first.
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AFC Champions League 2007
The 2007 AFC Champions League was the 26th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 5th edition under the current AFC Champions League title....
champions of Asian
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...
club football. Urawa Red Diamonds
Urawa Red Diamonds
are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history...
defeated Sepahan 3-1 on aggregate to take the title. The first leg took place on 7 November 2008 at 16:00 local time (UTC+3:30
UTC+3:30
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) at Foolad Shahr Stadium in Fooladshahr, Isfahan and the second leg took place on 14 November 2008 at 19:20 local time
Japan Standard Time
Japan Standard Time or JST is the standard timezone of Japan, and is 9 hours ahead of UTC. For example, when it is midnight in UTC, it is 09:00 in Japan Standard Time. There is no daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated several times. Japan Standard Time is the same as...
(UTC+9
UTC+9
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) at Saitama Stadium, Saitama
Saitama, Saitama
' is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance...
.
This was the first final to feature clubs from Iran and Japan
Japan Football Association
The Japan Football Association, sometimes known as the Japan Soccer Association , is the governing body responsible for the administration of association football in Japan. It is responsible for the national team as well as club competitions....
. The winners, Urawa Red Diamonds, received US$
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
600,000 prize money and qualified to represent Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup
2007 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup was a football tournament played in Japan from 7 December to 16 December 2007. It was the fourth FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament organised by FIFA for the winners of each confederation's top continental club tournament....
. Although they were defeated, Sepahan still competed in the FIFA Club World Cup by replacing the host country berth, which is reserved for the J. League
J. League 2007
The 2007 J. League Division 1 season was the 15th season since the establishment of the J. League. The season began on March 3 and ended on December 1.-Promotion and relegation:* At the end of the 2006 season, , , and were promoted to J1...
champions.
Format
The rules for the final were exactly the same as for the previous knockout rounds. The tie was contested over two legs with away goalsAway goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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.
Sepahan
| Opponents | Round | H/A | Score1 | Sepahan goalscorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Al Ittihad |
Group Stage | H | 2–1 | Mehdi Seyed-Salehi(2) |
 Al Shabab |
Group Stage | A | 1–0 | Mehdi Seyed-Salehi |
 Al Ain |
Group Stage | A | 2–3 | Mehdi Seyed-Salehi, Emad Mohammed Emad Mohammed Emad Mohammed Ridha is an Iraqi football striker who currently plays for Sepahan in Iran Pro League and the Iraq national football team. Emad Mohammed has been a regular starter for Iraq ever since he played for the youth national team... |
| Al Ain |
Group Stage | H | 1–1 | Hossein Papi |
| Al Ittihad |
Group Stage | A | 5–0 | Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Labid is an Iraqi football midfielder. He currently plays for Al-Talaba.-Info:Abu Al-Hail started his career with Al Talaba. He left the club in 1999, moving to Al-Ahli Saida of Lebanon and then to Al-Shaab of the United Arab Emirates... , Mohammad Nouri(2), Emad Mohammed Emad Mohammed Emad Mohammed Ridha is an Iraqi football striker who currently plays for Sepahan in Iran Pro League and the Iraq national football team. Emad Mohammed has been a regular starter for Iraq ever since he played for the youth national team... (2) |
| Al Shabab |
Group Stage | H | 1–0 | Mehdi Seyed-Salehi |
 Kawasaki FrontaleKawasaki Frontale is a J. League Division 1 association football club. The team is located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Their home stadium is Todoroki Athletics Stadium, in Nakahara Ward, in the central area of Kawasaki.-History:... |
Quarter Final, Leg 1 | H | 0–0 | |
| Kawasaki Frontale |
Quarter Final, Leg 2 | A | 0–0(p5–4) | |
| Al Wahda |
Semi Final, Leg 1 | H | 3–1 | Mahmoud Karimi(2), Moharram Navidkia Moharram Navidkia Moharram Navidkia is an Iranian football player who currently plays as the captain of Sepahan in Iran's Premier League. He plays as a midfielder.During his career, he has dealt with consecutive injuries making him unable to regain his top form.... |
| Al Wahda |
Semi Final, Leg 2 | A | 0–0 | |
1Sepahan's goals always recorded first.
Urawa Red Diamonds
| Opponents | Round | H/A | Score1 | Urawa Reds goalscorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Persik KediriPersik Kediri Persik, an acronym for Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Kediri is an Indonesian professional association football team located in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia. The club was founded in 1950 by Raden Muchamad Machin, T.H.D. Rahmat, and M. Sanusi. In media, the tautology Persik Kediri is often... |
Group Stage | H | 3–1 | Yamada Nobuhisa Yamada is a Japanese footballer. He mainly plays on the right as a defender or midfielder. He plays for Urawa Red Diamonds of J. League.-Club career:He was educated at and played for Fujieda Higashi High School. After graduating from high school, he joined Urawa in 1994. He made his first league... , Nagai Yuichiro Nagai is a Japanese football player. He is a forward and currently plays for J. League side Shimizu S-Pulse.-Club:He played his youth football at Mitsubishi Yowa Club. After graduating from high school in 1997, he joined Urawa... , Ono Shinji Ono is a Japanese football player, who plays as a midfielder for Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan.Known as Tensai, Japanese for "Genius", from his youth days, Ono is one of the biggest stars in Asian football, known for his vision, technique and superb passing... |
 Sydney FCSydney FC Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League... |
Group Stage | A | 2–2 | Ponte Robson Ponte Robson Ponte is a Brazilian former footballer. He spent most of his career at Bayer Leverkusen in Germany and Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan.-Club career:Although Ponte is born in Brazil, he also holds Italian nationality... , Nagai |
 Shanghai Shenhua |
Group Stage | H | 1–0 | Abe Yuki Abe is a Japanese footballer who plays for Leicester City and the Japanese national team as a midfielder.-JEF United Ichihara:Born in Ichikawa, Chiba, Abe, then a member of the JEF United Ichihara youth side, made his debut with the senior club at the age of 16 years and 333 days on 5 August 1998, at... |
| Shanghai Shenhua |
Group Stage | A | 0–0 | |
| Persik Kediri |
Group Stage | A | 3–3 | Ono, Ponte, Abe |
| Sydney FC |
Group Stage | H | 0–0 | |
 Jeonbuk MotorsJeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are a professional football club based in Jeonju, Jeonbuk, South Korea. They won their first K-League title in 2009. Prior to this, the club won the AFC Champions League title in 2006, becoming the first club from East Asia to win the tournament since the AFC Champions... |
Quarter Final, Leg 1 | H | 2–1 | Hasebe Makoto Hasebe is a Japanese football player. He is a right-footed midfielder who currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg and is currently the captain of the Japan national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.-Urawa Red Diamonds :... , Tatsuya Tanaka |
| Jeonbuk Motors |
Quarter Final, Leg 2 | A | 2–0 | Tatsuya Tanaka, Own Goal |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma is a South Korean professional football club, based in Seongnam, South Korea, that plays in the K-League... |
Semi Final, Leg 1 | A | 2–2 | Tatsuya Tanaka, Ponte |
| Seongnam Ilhwa |
Semi Final, Leg 2 | H | 2–2(p5–3) | Washington, Hasebe |
1Urawa Red Diamonds' goals always recorded first.
Final summary
|}First leg
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> | SEPAHAN: | |||
| GK | 1 |  Abbas MohammadiAbbas Mohammadi Abbas Mohammadi is an Iranian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Sepahan F.C. in Iran's Premier Football League.-Club career:Abbas Mohammadi played for Mes Kerman F.C. before moving to Sepahan F.C. in 2007. With Sepahan he was able to play in the AFC Champions League and his ability and... |
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| DF | 5 | Hadi Aghili Hadi Aghili Hadi Aghily is an Iranian footballer who currently plays for Al-Arabi in Qatar Stars League.-Career:Aghili was born in Tehran. Aghily was part of the Persepolis F.C. youth academy, but he left the club for Saipa in 2001. After 3 years he moved to Sepahan where he won the Hazfi Cup and also played... |
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| DF | 8 | Mohsen Bengar Mohsen Bengar Mohsen Bengar is an Iranian football defender who currently plays for Sepahan in Iran's Premier Football League.-Club career:He started to shine in Shemushack Noshahr F.C. and then he moved to Sepahan and won two Hazfi Cups and also played in AFC Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup for... |
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| DF | 17 |  Jaba MujiriJaba Mujiri Jaba Mujiri is a Georgian football player who currently plays for Foolad F.C. in the Iran Pro League. He usually plays in the defender position.-Club career:... |
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| MF | 4 | Moharram Navidkia Moharram Navidkia Moharram Navidkia is an Iranian football player who currently plays as the captain of Sepahan in Iran's Premier League. He plays as a midfielder.During his career, he has dealt with consecutive injuries making him unable to regain his top form.... (c) |
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| MF | 6 | Jalal Akbari Jalal Akbari Jalal Akbari Kelishadi is an Iranian footballer. He plays as a Left Back and is currently a Free Agent.- Club career :Though he usually plays as a defender, in the IPL 2005/06 season, Akbari was one of the best goalscorers for Sepahan, scoring 6 goals in 26 appearances for the club.He always was a... |
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| MF | 12 |  Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-HailAbdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Labid is an Iraqi football midfielder. He currently plays for Al-Talaba.-Info:Abu Al-Hail started his career with Al Talaba. He left the club in 1999, moving to Al-Ahli Saida of Lebanon and then to Al-Shaab of the United Arab Emirates... |
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| MF | 21 | Saeid Bayat |
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| MF | 28 | Ehsan Hajsafi |
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| FW | 13 | Mahmoud Karimi |
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| FW | 20 | Emad Mohammed Emad Mohammed Emad Mohammed Ridha is an Iraqi football striker who currently plays for Sepahan in Iran Pro League and the Iraq national football team. Emad Mohammed has been a regular starter for Iraq ever since he played for the youth national team... |
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| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 22 | Mohammad Savari |
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| GK | 24 | Masoud Homami |
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| DF | 2 | Hamid Azizzadeh |
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| DF | 7 | Farshad Bahadorani |
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| MF | 11 | Hossein Kazemi Hossein Kazemi Hossein Kazemi is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Rah Ahan in Iran's Premier Football League.He has also featured in an episode of a TV serie in Iran, with former Esteghlal team-mate, Alireza Ansarian.-Club career:... |
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| FW | 18 | Mohsen Hamidi |
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| MF | 19 | Jalaleddin Alimohammadi |
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| FW | 23 | Mehdi Seyed-Salehi |
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| MF | 25 | Ebrahim Loveinian |
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| MF | 29 | Behzad Soltani Behzad Soltani Behzad Soltani is an Iranan football midfielder who currently plays for Sepahan F.C. in the Iran Pro League.-References:... |
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| MF | 30 | Hossein Papi |
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| Manager: | ||||
 Luka BonačićLuka Bonacic Luka Bonačić is a Croatian football coach and former player.-Early life:He was born on March 2, 1955 in Split, Croatia that was part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He began football careers in Split Football Academy... |
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| URAWA REDS: | ||||
| GK | 23 | Ryota Tsuzuki Ryota Tsuzuki is a retired Japanese footballer player. who played as a Goalkeeper.-Playing career:After graduating from Kunimi High School in Nagasaki, he joined J. League side Gamba Osaka in 1997. He made his professional debut on November 11, 1998 at Osaka Expo '70 Stadium... |
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| DF | 2 | Keisuke Tsuboi Keisuke Tsuboi is a Japanese football player. He is a centre back and currently plays for the J-league team Urawa Red Diamonds.-Career:He was educated at and played for Yokkaichi Chūō Industrial High School and Fukuoka University... |
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| DF | 5 |  Nenê |
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| DF | 20 | Satoshi Horinouchi Satoshi Horinouchi is a Japanese football player. plays for Urawa Red Diamonds in the J. League.-Club:*Includes other competitive competitions, including the Japanese Super Cup and A3 Champions Cup-Club:Urawa Red Diamonds... |
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| MF | 13 | Keita Suzuki Keita Suzuki is a Japanese football player. He is a defensive midfielder and currently plays for Urawa Red Diamonds.He is a cousin of Koki Mizuno.-Career:... (c) |
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| MF | 22 | Yuki Abe Yuki Abe is a Japanese footballer who plays for Leicester City and the Japanese national team as a midfielder.-JEF United Ichihara:Born in Ichikawa, Chiba, Abe, then a member of the JEF United Ichihara youth side, made his debut with the senior club at the age of 16 years and 333 days on 5 August 1998, at... |
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| MF | 17 | Makoto Hasebe Makoto Hasebe is a Japanese football player. He is a right-footed midfielder who currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg and is currently the captain of the Japan national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.-Urawa Red Diamonds :... |
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| MF | 14 | Tadaaki Hirakawa Tadaaki Hirakawa is a Japanese football player. He is a midfielder and currently plays for J. League side Urawa Red Diamonds.-Club:*Includes other competitive competitions, including the J. League Championship, Japanese Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.-Club:... |
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| MF | 10 | Robson Ponte Robson Ponte Robson Ponte is a Brazilian former footballer. He spent most of his career at Bayer Leverkusen in Germany and Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan.-Club career:Although Ponte is born in Brazil, he also holds Italian nationality... |
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| FW | 21 | Washington |
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| FW | 9 | Yuichiro Nagai Yuichiro Nagai is a Japanese football player. He is a forward and currently plays for J. League side Shimizu S-Pulse.-Club:He played his youth football at Mitsubishi Yowa Club. After graduating from high school in 1997, he joined Urawa... |
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| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 1 | Norihiro Yamagishi Norihiro Yamagishi is a Japanese footballer. He is a goalkeeper and currently plays for J. League Division 1 side Urawa Red Diamonds.-Club:1Includes other competitive competitions, including the J. League Championship, Japanese Super Cup and A3 Champions Cup.-Club:... |
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| GK | 28 | Nobuhiro Kato Nobuhiro Kato is a Japanese football player. He plays for Urawa Red Diamonds.-Club:-Club:Urawa Red Diamonds*J. League Division 1: 1*Emperor's Cup: 2*J. League Cup: 1*AFC Champions League: 1*Japanese Super Cup: 1-External links:*... |
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| DF | 12 | Shunsuke Tsutsumi Shunsuke Tsutsumi is a Japanese football player. He is a defender and currently plays for J. League Division 2 side Tochigi S.C. on loan from Urawa Red Diamonds.-Club:*Includes other competitive competitions, including the A3 Champions Cup.- International :... |
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| DF | 19 | Hideki Uchidate |
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| MF | 3 | Hajime Hosogai Hajime Hosogai is a Japanese footballer. He is a flexible player, able to play in his natural role as defensive midfielder, defender as well as right wing, and plays for Bundesliga side FC Augsburg on loan from Bayer 04 Leverkusen.-Club career:... |
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| MF | 16 | Takahito Soma Takahito Soma born December 10, 1981 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa is a Japanese football player currently playing for Japanese club Vissel Kobe.-Career:On 12 January 2009, after a three-year contract with the Urawa Red Diamonds had come to an end, Soma decided to forgo contract extension talks to pursue a career... |
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| MF | 27 | Yoshiya Nishizawa |
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| MF | 30 | Masayuki Okano Masayuki Okano is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Gainare Tottori.He was capped 25 times and scored 2 goals for the Japanese national team between 1995 and 1999, including 29 minutes as a substitute against Croatia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.... |
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| FW | 11 | Tatsuya Tanaka |
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| FW | 18 | Junki Koike |
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| Manager: | ||||
 Holger OsieckHolger Osieck Holger Osieck is a German football coach and current coach of the Australian national association football team. Prior to the Australian role, he most recently managed J.League club Urawa Red Diamonds, where he won the 2007 AFC Champions League. He served as an assistant coach of West Germany... |
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Second leg
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> | URAWA REDS: | |||
| GK | 23 | Ryota Tsuzuki Ryota Tsuzuki is a retired Japanese footballer player. who played as a Goalkeeper.-Playing career:After graduating from Kunimi High School in Nagasaki, he joined J. League side Gamba Osaka in 1997. He made his professional debut on November 11, 1998 at Osaka Expo '70 Stadium... |
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| DF | 2 | Keisuke Tsuboi Keisuke Tsuboi is a Japanese football player. He is a centre back and currently plays for the J-league team Urawa Red Diamonds.-Career:He was educated at and played for Yokkaichi Chūō Industrial High School and Fukuoka University... |
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| DF | 4 | Marcus Túlio Tanaka Marcus Tulio Tanaka , formerly name ; Marcus Túlio Lyuji Murzani Tanaka is a Brazilian-born Japanese footballer who plays for the J. League Division 1 club Nagoya Grampus.-Career:... |
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| DF | 20 | Satoshi Horinouchi Satoshi Horinouchi is a Japanese football player. plays for Urawa Red Diamonds in the J. League.-Club:*Includes other competitive competitions, including the Japanese Super Cup and A3 Champions Cup-Club:Urawa Red Diamonds... |
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| MF | 13 | Keita Suzuki Keita Suzuki is a Japanese football player. He is a defensive midfielder and currently plays for Urawa Red Diamonds.He is a cousin of Koki Mizuno.-Career:... (c) |
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| MF | 22 | Yuki Abe Yuki Abe is a Japanese footballer who plays for Leicester City and the Japanese national team as a midfielder.-JEF United Ichihara:Born in Ichikawa, Chiba, Abe, then a member of the JEF United Ichihara youth side, made his debut with the senior club at the age of 16 years and 333 days on 5 August 1998, at... |
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| MF | 17 | Makoto Hasebe Makoto Hasebe is a Japanese football player. He is a right-footed midfielder who currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg and is currently the captain of the Japan national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.-Urawa Red Diamonds :... |
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| MF | 14 | Tadaaki Hirakawa Tadaaki Hirakawa is a Japanese football player. He is a midfielder and currently plays for J. League side Urawa Red Diamonds.-Club:*Includes other competitive competitions, including the J. League Championship, Japanese Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.-Club:... |
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| MF | 10 | Robson Ponte Robson Ponte Robson Ponte is a Brazilian former footballer. He spent most of his career at Bayer Leverkusen in Germany and Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan.-Club career:Although Ponte is born in Brazil, he also holds Italian nationality... |
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| FW | 21 | Washington |
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| FW | 9 | Yuichiro Nagai Yuichiro Nagai is a Japanese football player. He is a forward and currently plays for J. League side Shimizu S-Pulse.-Club:He played his youth football at Mitsubishi Yowa Club. After graduating from high school in 1997, he joined Urawa... |
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| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 1 | Norihiro Yamagishi Norihiro Yamagishi is a Japanese footballer. He is a goalkeeper and currently plays for J. League Division 1 side Urawa Red Diamonds.-Club:1Includes other competitive competitions, including the J. League Championship, Japanese Super Cup and A3 Champions Cup.-Club:... |
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| DF | 5 | Nenê |
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| DF | 12 | Shunsuke Tsutsumi Shunsuke Tsutsumi is a Japanese football player. He is a defender and currently plays for J. League Division 2 side Tochigi S.C. on loan from Urawa Red Diamonds.-Club:*Includes other competitive competitions, including the A3 Champions Cup.- International :... |
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| DF | 19 | Hideki Uchidate |
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| MF | 16 | Takahito Soma Takahito Soma born December 10, 1981 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa is a Japanese football player currently playing for Japanese club Vissel Kobe.-Career:On 12 January 2009, after a three-year contract with the Urawa Red Diamonds had come to an end, Soma decided to forgo contract extension talks to pursue a career... |
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| MF | 30 | Masayuki Okano Masayuki Okano is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Gainare Tottori.He was capped 25 times and scored 2 goals for the Japanese national team between 1995 and 1999, including 29 minutes as a substitute against Croatia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.... |
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| FW | 11 | Tatsuya Tanaka |
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| FW | 18 | Junki Koike |
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| Manager: | ||||
| Holger Osieck Holger Osieck Holger Osieck is a German football coach and current coach of the Australian national association football team. Prior to the Australian role, he most recently managed J.League club Urawa Red Diamonds, where he won the 2007 AFC Champions League. He served as an assistant coach of West Germany... |
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| SEPAHAN: | ||||
| GK | 1 | Abbas Mohammadi Abbas Mohammadi Abbas Mohammadi is an Iranian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Sepahan F.C. in Iran's Premier Football League.-Club career:Abbas Mohammadi played for Mes Kerman F.C. before moving to Sepahan F.C. in 2007. With Sepahan he was able to play in the AFC Champions League and his ability and... |
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| DF | 5 | Hadi Aghili Hadi Aghili Hadi Aghily is an Iranian footballer who currently plays for Al-Arabi in Qatar Stars League.-Career:Aghili was born in Tehran. Aghily was part of the Persepolis F.C. youth academy, but he left the club for Saipa in 2001. After 3 years he moved to Sepahan where he won the Hazfi Cup and also played... |
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| DF | 8 | Mohsen Bengar Mohsen Bengar Mohsen Bengar is an Iranian football defender who currently plays for Sepahan in Iran's Premier Football League.-Club career:He started to shine in Shemushack Noshahr F.C. and then he moved to Sepahan and won two Hazfi Cups and also played in AFC Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup for... |
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| DF | 17 | Jaba Mujiri Jaba Mujiri Jaba Mujiri is a Georgian football player who currently plays for Foolad F.C. in the Iran Pro League. He usually plays in the defender position.-Club career:... |
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| MF | 4 | Moharram Navidkia Moharram Navidkia Moharram Navidkia is an Iranian football player who currently plays as the captain of Sepahan in Iran's Premier League. He plays as a midfielder.During his career, he has dealt with consecutive injuries making him unable to regain his top form.... (c) |
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| MF | 12 | Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Labid is an Iraqi football midfielder. He currently plays for Al-Talaba.-Info:Abu Al-Hail started his career with Al Talaba. He left the club in 1999, moving to Al-Ahli Saida of Lebanon and then to Al-Shaab of the United Arab Emirates... |
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| MF | 21 | Saeid Bayat |
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| MF | 25 | Ebrahim Loveinian |
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| MF | 28 | Ehsan Hajsafi |
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| FW | 18 | Mohsen Hamidi |
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| FW | 20 | Emad Mohammed Emad Mohammed Emad Mohammed Ridha is an Iraqi football striker who currently plays for Sepahan in Iran Pro League and the Iraq national football team. Emad Mohammed has been a regular starter for Iraq ever since he played for the youth national team... |
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| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 22 | Mohammad Savari |
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| GK | 24 | Masoud Homami |
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| DF | 2 | Hamid Azizzadeh |
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| DF | 6 | Jalal Akbari Jalal Akbari Jalal Akbari Kelishadi is an Iranian footballer. He plays as a Left Back and is currently a Free Agent.- Club career :Though he usually plays as a defender, in the IPL 2005/06 season, Akbari was one of the best goalscorers for Sepahan, scoring 6 goals in 26 appearances for the club.He always was a... |
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| DF | 7 | Farshad Bahadorani |
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| MF | 9 | Hadi Jafari |
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| MF | 11 | Hossein Kazemi Hossein Kazemi Hossein Kazemi is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Rah Ahan in Iran's Premier Football League.He has also featured in an episode of a TV serie in Iran, with former Esteghlal team-mate, Alireza Ansarian.-Club career:... |
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| MF | 19 | Amir Radi Amir Radi -References:... |
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| MF | 29 | Behzad Soltani Behzad Soltani Behzad Soltani is an Iranan football midfielder who currently plays for Sepahan F.C. in the Iran Pro League.-References:... |
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| MF | 30 | Hossein Papi |
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| FW | 13 | Mahmoud Karimi |
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| FW | 23 | Mehdi Seyed-Salehi |
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| Manager: | ||||
| Luka Bonačić Luka Bonacic Luka Bonačić is a Croatian football coach and former player.-Early life:He was born on March 2, 1955 in Split, Croatia that was part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He began football careers in Split Football Academy... |
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