The 2026 AFC Champions League Two final was the final match of the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two, the 21st season of Asia's secondary club football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the second since it was rebranded as the AFC Champions League Two. It was played on 16 May 2026.
The winners, Gamba Osaka, were given an indirect preliminary stage slot for the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite since they had not already qualified through their domestic league.
Teams Team (bold indicates winners)East (EAFF)None Al-NassrWest (WAFF)None
Venue The final venue was pre-determined on a rotation basis, with the match hosted by the Al-Nassr in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral). Al-Nassr Round Gamba OsakaOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult Istiklol5–0 (H)Matchday 1 Eastern3–1 (H) Al-Zawraa2–0 (A)Matchday 2 Ratchaburi 2–0 (A) Goa2–1 (A)Matchday 3 Nam Định3–1 (H) Goa4–0 (H)Matchday 4 Nam Định1–0 (A) Istiklol4–0 (A)Matchday 5 Eastern5–0 (A)5–1 (H)Matchday 6 Ratchaburi2–0 (H)Group D winners Group F winners OpponentAgg.OpponentAgg.2–0Round of 163–21–1 (A)2–1 (H) Al Wasl 4–0 (N)Quarter-finals Ratchaburi3–2 Al Ahli 5–1 (N)Semi-finals Bangkok United3–10–1 (H)3–0 (A)
Match
Details
GK 24 BentoRB 12 Nawaf Boushal CB 3 Mohamed SimakanCB 26 Iñigo MartínezLB 23 Ayman Yahya RM 29 Abdulrahman Ghareeb CM 19 Ali Al-Hassan CM 96 Saad Al-Nasser LM 10 Sadio Mané CF 79 João FélixCF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)Substitutes:GK 1 Nawaf Al-AqidiGK 53 Abdulrahman Al-OtaibiDF 2 Sultan Al-Ghannam DF 4 Nader Al-SharariDF 70 Awad AmanDF 83 Salem Al-Najdi MF 8 Hayder AbdulkareemMF 20 Ângelo FW 9 Abdullah Al-Hamdan FW 16 Mohammed Maran FW 21 Kingsley Coman FW 60 Saad HaqawiManager: Jorge Jesus GK 18 Rui ArakiRB 15 Takeru Kishimoto CB 5 Genta Miura CB 20 Shinnosuke Nakatani (c)LB 21 Ryō HatsuseCM 16 Tokuma Suzuki CM 27 Rin Mito RW 17 Ryoya Yamashita AM 11 Issam Jebali LW 8 Ryotaro Meshino CF 23 Deniz Hümmet Substitutes:GK 1 Masaaki HigashiguchiGK 22 Jun IchimoriDF 19 Ginjiro Ikegaya DF 33 Shinya Nakano MF 10 Shu KurataMF 13 Shuto Abe MF 36 Takato Yamamoto MF 44 Kanji Okunuki FW 7 Takashi Usami FW 40 Shoji ToyamaFW 42 Harumi Minamino FW 97 Welton Manager: Jens Wissing
Man of the Match: Rui Araki (Gamba Osaka)
Assistant referees: Ali Jaragh (Kuwait) Saud Al-Shammari (Kuwait)
Fourth official: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait)
Reserve assistant referee: Abdulhadi Al-Anzi (Kuwait)
Video assistant referee: Mohammed Obaid Khadim (United Arab Emirates)
Assistant video assistant referee: Abdullah Al-Kandari (Kuwait)
See also 2026 AFC Champions League Elite final 2026 AFC Challenge League final 2026 AFC Women's Champions League final 2026 Al-Nassr FC season 2026 Gamba Osaka season
References
External links , the-AFC.com