2014 AFC Champions League

2014 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates29 January – 1 November 2014
Teams47 (from 19 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsAustralia Western Sydney Wanderers (1st title)
Runners-upSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played126
Goals scored325 (2.58 per match)
Attendance1,897,236 (15,057 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Asamoah Gyan
(12 goals)
Best player(s)Australia Ante Covic
2013
2015

The 2014 AFC Champions League was the 33rd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 12th under the current AFC Champions League title. Guangzhou Evergrande were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Western Sydney Wanderers in the quarter-finals.

In the final, Western Sydney Wanderers of Australia defeated Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia 1–0 on aggregate, to become the first Australian team to win the title,[1] and in doing so qualified for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup.[2] The Australian club were making their debut in the competition, having won entry to the competition by winning the 2012–13 A-League Premiership in their first year of existence.

  1. ^ "Western Sydney Wanderers win AFC Champions League on aggregate". AFC. 2 November 2014.
  2. ^ "AFC Champions League 2014 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.