Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Seoul: K League champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors announced the signing of Jose Morais of Portugal as their new head coach on Thursday.
Morais will replace outgoing boss Choi Kang-hee, who will leave for Chinese club Tianjin Quanjian after this season. Jeonbuk clinched their second-straight league title in early October, with six matches to spare.
Choi guided Jeonbuk to six league championships and two AFC Champions League titles during his tenure. Choi has been with Jeonbuk since 2005, with a brief hiatus from 2011 to 2013 to coach the Korea Republic national team.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: After over 1.3 Million votes from Asia’s football fans on the-AFC.com, Kitchee SC’s Cheng Chin Lung has been selected as the winner of the best goal of 2018 AFC Champions League
The 20-year-old Hong Konger scored a dramatic winner in Matchday Four against Kashiwa Reysol that ensured a historic first AFC Champions League win for both his club Kitchee SC and, indeed, the first victory in the competition for Hong Kong.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Tashkent: PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent secured qualification into the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage after clinching the Uzbekistan Super League on Tuesday.
Andrei Fyodorov’s men, who also won the league in 2016 and 2017, survived a late fightback to defeat FC Pakhtakor Tashkent 3-2 to finish top of the table with 43 points with a game to spare.
Eleven-time winners Pakhtakor claimed second with 34 points, which earned them entry into the 2019 AFC Champions League preliminary Round 2.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Beijing: There is still all to play for in the Chinese FA Cup final after a Cedric Bakambu penalty in the second half secured Beijing Guoan a 1-1 draw with Shandong Luneng in Sunday's first leg at the Workers Stadium.
Diego Tardelli had given Shandong the lead, also from the penalty spot, in the 31st minute.
Bakambu, who had conceded the penalty, made amends six minutes into the second half when he converted from the spot.
Besides the Chinese FA Cup, both teams are fighting for an automatic berth into the 2019 AFC Champions League.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Abu Dhabi: Al Wahda FSCC have parted company with head coach Laurențiu Reghecampf, the club has announced.
The 43-year-old Romanian vacated his position on Sunday following Al Wahda’s 2-1 derby defeat to Al Jazira in the UAE Pro League less than 48 hours earlier – a loss which left the 2019 AFC Champions League hopefuls sixth in the table.
Reghecampf, who guided Al Wahda to a second-place finish in last season’s UAE Pro League, had previously taken Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal SFC to the final of the 2014 AFC Champions League before seeing his side lose to Western Sydney Wanderers.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The challenge for the group stage of the 2019 AFC Champions League was finalised following the competition’s official draw in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
Islamic Republic of Iran's Persepolis, who lost 2-0 to Kashima Antlers on aggregate in this year’s final, will begin their campaign in the West Zone’s Group D where they have Qatar's Al Saad SC, Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli Saudi FC and the Play-off 1 (UAE/UZB/IRQ) winners for company.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Ulsan: Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won the 2018 K League title with six matches to spare after playing to a 2-2 draw with Ulsan Hyundai on Sunday.
The draw gave Jeonbuk, who have sealed qualification to the 2019 AFC Champions League, an unassailable 74 points with 23 wins, five draws and just four defeats.
They are 19 points ahead of second placed Gyeongnam, who lost 1-0 to Jeju United earlier in the day, with six matches to play.