| Event | 2008 AFC Champions League | ||||||
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| First leg | |||||||
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| Date | 5 November 2008 | ||||||
| Venue | Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita, Osaka | ||||||
| Referee | Malik Abdul Bashir | ||||||
| Attendance | 20,639 | ||||||
| Weather | Clear 17 °C (63 °F)[1] | ||||||
| Second leg | |||||||
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| Date | 12 November 2008 | ||||||
| Venue | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide | ||||||
| Referee | Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh | ||||||
| Attendance | 17,000 | ||||||
| Weather | Clear 28 °C (82 °F)[2] | ||||||
The 2008 AFC Champions League Final was a two-legged football tie to determine the 2008 champions of Asian club football. Gamba Osaka defeated Adelaide United 5-0 on aggregate to take the title. The first leg took place on 5 November 2008 at 19:00 local time (UTC+9) at Osaka Expo '70 Stadium in Osaka, Japan and the second leg took place on 12 November 2008 at 19:30 local time (UTC+10:30) at Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia.
It was the first final to feature a club from Australia and the second consecutive season with a Japanese finalist, in 2014 a second Australian club, the Western Sydney Wanderers made the final and won it. The winners, Gamba Osaka, received US$600,000 prize money and qualified to represent Asia in the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup, where they were defeated in the semi-finals by Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners Manchester United. Despite losing this final, Adelaide United also qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup by replacing the host country berth, which was provisionally reserved for the J. League champions, and were defeated once again by Gamba Osaka in the quarter-finals.