| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Qualifying: 24 January – 8 February 2017 Competition proper: 20 February – 25 November 2017 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 47 (from 19 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Urawa Red Diamonds (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Al-Hilal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 126 |
| Goals scored | 394 (3.13 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,779,826 (14,126 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Omar Kharbin(10 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Yōsuke Kashiwagi |
| Fair play award | Urawa Red Diamonds |
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The 2017 AFC Champions League was the 36th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 15th under the current AFC Champions League title.
Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Al-Hilal in the final to win their second AFC Champions League title, and qualified as the AFC representative at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.[1]
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors were the defending champions, but they were excluded from the 2017 season due to a bribery scandal in the domestic K League Classic.[2] Jeonbuk appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport,[3] but their request for provisional measures was rejected on 3 February.[4]
- ^ "2017 AFC Champions League Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ "Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ineligible for AFC Champions League 2017". AFC. 18 January 2017.
- ^ "JEONBUK HYUNDAI MOTORS FILE A REQUEST FOR PROVISIONAL MEASURES AT THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS)" (PDF). CAS. 27 January 2017.
- ^ "COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) REJECTS THE REQUEST FOR PROVISIONAL MEASURES FILED BY JEONBUK HYUNDAI MOTORS" (PDF). CAS. 3 February 2017.