The 2025 AFC Champions League Two final was the final match of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two, the 20th season of Asia's secondary club football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the first since it was rebranded as the AFC Champions League Two. It was played on 18 May 2025 in Singapore.
The winners were given an indirect preliminary stage slot for the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite, if not already qualified through their domestic performance.
Teams Team (bold indicates winners)East (AFF)None SharjahWest (WAFF)None
Venue The final venue was pre-determined on a rotation basis, with the match hosted by the Lion City Sailors in Singapore. Despite initial expectations that the final would be held at Singapore's National Stadium, the venue was unavailable due to a scheduled Lady Gaga concert on the same night. On 17 April 2025, Sharjah objected to the final taking place at Jalan Besar Stadium citing concern about the venue's artificial turf and limited seating capacity. Lion City Sailors disagreed with Sharjah’s objection, noting that the venue had hosted all of their six home matches in the tournament up to that point and was certified by the AFC to host AFC Champions League Two matches.
The AFC confirmed on 22 April 2025, that the final would be hosted at the Bishan Stadium, with necessary upgrades to the venue made ahead of the match.
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Lion City Sailors Round SharjahOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult Zhejiang2–0 (H)Matchday 1 Istiklol1–0 (A) Persib Bandung1–1 (A)Matchday 2 Al-Wehdat2–2 (H) Port3–1 (A)Matchday 3 Sepahan3–1 (H) Persib Bandung2–3 (H)Matchday 4 Sepahan1–3 (A) Zhejiang2–4 (A)Matchday 5 Istiklol3–1 (H) Port5–2 (A)Matchday 6 Al-Wehdat3–1 (A)Group F winner Group C winner OpponentAgg.OpponentAgg. Muangthong United7–23–2 (A)4–0 (H)Round of 16 Al-Hussein1–1 1–0 (A)0–1 (H)4–1 (A)1–1 (H)Quarter-finals2–2 1–1 (A)1–1 (H) Sydney FC2–12–0 (H)0–1 (A)Semi-finals Al Taawoun2–10–1 (A)2–0 (H)
Match
Details
GK 1 Izwan MahbudCB 14 Hariss Harun (c) CB 26 Bailey Wright CB 4 Toni DatkovićRWB16 Hami Syahin LWB29 Diogo Costa RM 17 Maxime LestienneCM 15 Song Ui-youngCM 8 Rui Pires LM 10 Bart RamselaarCF 9 Lennart ThySubstitutes:GK 13 Adib AzahariGK 28 Zharfan RohaizadDF 5 Lionel Tan DF 11 Hafiz NorDF 20 Sergio CarmonaDF 22 Christopher van HuizenDF 30 Akram AzmanDF 68 Ali Al RinaMF 6 Anumanthan KumarMF 18 Obren KljajićFW 7 Shawal Anuar FW 21 Abdul Rasaq Akeem Manager: Aleksandar Ranković GK 40 Adel Al-HosaniRB 19 Khaled Ibrahim CB 4 Shahin Abdulrahman (c)CB 20 Cho Yu-minLB 44 David Petrović DM 88 Majed Hassan RM 10 Firas Ben Larbi CM 22 Marcus MeloniLM 11 Luanzinho CF 30 Ousmane CamaraCF 7 Caio LucasSubstitutes:GK 1 Khaled TawhidGK 17 Mayed MohsenDF 3 Al Hassan SalehDF 5 Maro Katinić DF 18 Abdullah Ghanem MF 8 Mohammed Abdulbasit MF 14 Khaled Ba WazirMF 16 Darko NejašmićMF 27 Guilherme Biro MF 49 Adel Taarabt FW 23 Tyrone ConraadFW 55 Herman Junior KameniManager: Cosmin Olăroiu
Assistant referees: Mohamed Salman (Bahrain) Abdulla Al-Rowaimi (Bahrain) Fourth official: Mohamed Deham (Bahrain) Fifth official: Faisal Al-Awi (Bahrain) Video assistant referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar) : Meshari Al-Shamari (Qatar)Match rules 90 minutes.
Penalty shoot-out if still tied after extra time. Twelve named substitutes, of which up to five may be used, with a sixth allowed in extra time.
See also 2025 AFC Champions League Elite final (1st Tier) 2025 AFC Challenge League final (3rd Tier) 2025 AFC Women's Champions League final (Women's)
Notes
References
External links , the-AFC.com