2024 AFC Cup final
| Event | 2023–24 AFC Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 5 May 2024 | ||||||
| Venue | Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat | ||||||
| Referee | Omar Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates) | ||||||
| Attendance | 1,930 | ||||||
The 2024 AFC Cup final was the final match of the 2023–24 AFC Cup, the 19th and last edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1] The final was contested as a single match between Al-Ahed from Lebanon and Central Coast Mariners from Australia. The match was played at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat on 5 May 2024.
Central Coast Mariners won the final 1–0 to crown their maiden title and become the first Australian club to win the competition. By also winning the competition, Australia became the first and only nation in the AFC to have had clubs winning both the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup, after Western Sydney Wanderers' win of the 2014 AFC Champions League. It was also the third, and final time, that a club from outside West Asia had won the competition.
Teams[edit]
| Team | Zone | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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 Al-Ahed
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West Asia Zone (WAFF) | 1 (2019) |
 Central Coast Mariners
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ASEAN Zone (AFF) (Inter-zone play-off winner) |
None |
Venue[edit]
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The match was originally scheduled to be hosted by Al-Ahed at the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon; however, due to the ongoing Lebanese liquidity crisis, combined with the ongoing fears of spillover from the Israel–Hamas war, the match was instead played in a neutral ground, which resulted in the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex being selected as the home stadium of the Lebanese side.[2]
Road to the final[edit]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Al-Ahed
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Round | Central Coast Mariners
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| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Al-Nahda
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2–1 (H) | Matchday 1 |  Terengganu
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0–1 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Al-Fotuwa
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0–1 (A) | Matchday 2 |  Stallion Laguna
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9–1 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Jabal Al-Mukaber
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Cancelled (H) | Matchday 3 |  Bali United
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6–3 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jabal Al-Mukaber
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Cancelled (A) | Matchday 4 | Bali United
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2–1 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Nahda
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1–2 (A) | Matchday 5 | Terengganu
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1–1 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Fotuwa
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2–1 (H) | Matchday 6 | Stallion Laguna
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3–0 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group A runners-up
Source: AFC
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Final standings | Group G winners
Source: AFC
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout stage | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Al-Kahrabaa
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1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | 0–1 (H) | 1–0 (A) | Zonal semi-finals |  Phnom Penh Crown
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4–0 (H) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Nahda
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3–2 | 1–0 (H) | 2–2 (A) | Zonal finals | Macarthur
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3–2 (a.e.t.) (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | Inter-zone play-off semi-finals |  Odisha
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4–0 | 4–0 (H) | 0–0 (A) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inter-zone play-off finals |  Abdysh-Ata Kant
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4–1 | 1–1 (A) | 3–0 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format[edit]
The final was played as a single match, with the host team (winners of the West Asia Zonal final) alternated from the previous season's final.
If the game would be tied after regulation time, the winning team would be decided by extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.
Match[edit]
Details[edit]
| Al-Ahed | 0–1 | Central Coast Mariners |
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| Report |
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       Al-Ahed
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 Central Coast Mariners
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Assistant referees:
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References[edit]
- ^ "2019 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
- ^ "Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex hosts AFC Cup Finals". Oman Observer. 28 April 2024.
External links[edit]
- AFC Cup, the-AFC.com
- AFC Cup 2024, stats.the-AFC.com