2022-23 Saudi Pro League season preview

Thu, 25 Aug, 2022

2022-23 Saudi Pro League season preview

Dubai: In an exceptional season that will see a long winter break for FIFA World Cup™ Qatar 2022 participants, the Saudi Pro League is set to kick off on Thursday with Matchday One scheduled to take place over three days.

Reigning Saudi and Asian champions Al Hilal SFC kick-off their title defence on Thursday against newly-promoted Al Khaleej, while 2021/22 King’s Cup champions Al Faiha get the season underway earlier on the same day against last season’s surprise package Damac.

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Preview - SF (East): Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC (KOR) v Urawa Red Diamonds (JPN)

Thu, 25 Aug, 2022

Preview - SF (East): Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC (KOR) v Urawa Red Diamonds (JPN)

Saitama: Urawa Red Diamonds head coach Ricardo Rodriguez has called for another high-intensity display from his players when they take on Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC in the semi-final of the AFC Champions League™ 2022 (East) at Saitama Stadium 2002 on Thursday.

Rodriguez’s side go into the clash off the back of comprehensive wins over Johor Darul Ta’zim and BG Pathum United and the Spaniard is expecting more of the same against the K League 1 side, with a place in February’s final the prize for the victorious outfit.

#ACL2022 - Semi-final (East): Players to Watch

Wed, 24 Aug, 2022

#ACL2022 - Semi-final (East): Players to Watch

Saitama: The East Zone of AFC Champions League™ 2022 has reached its climax with Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of Korea Republic and Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds set to battle it out in what promises to be an intense clash.

Both clubs have faced each other several times in the AFC Champions League and are now aiming to go one step closer to clinching a third continental title.

Ahead of Thursday’s semi-final, the-AFC.com picks three players from each side who could shape the fortunes of their team.

#ACL2022 - Semi-final (East): Facts and Stats

Wed, 24 Aug, 2022

#ACL2022 - Semi-final (East): Facts and Stats

Saitama: It will be a clash between two sides who have both won the AFC Champions League™ twice when Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC and Urawa Red Diamonds square off in the East semi-final of the 2022 edition on Thursday.

While Japan's Urawa have been in swashbuckling form in the knockout stage, Jeonbuk needed extra-time in both their Round of 16 and quarter-final ties to advance to the semi-final.

Join the-AFC.com as we take a look at some interesting facts and stats ahead of the semi-final, which will be the seventh meeting in the AFC Champions League between these two giants of Asian club football.

Kuala Lumpur hold off PSM Makassar to advance

Thu, 25 Aug, 2022

Kuala Lumpur hold off PSM Makassar to advance

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur City FC continued their dream AFC Cup™ debut campaign, surviving a second-half scare by PSM Makassar to emerge 5-2 winners in the ASEAN Zonal Final at the Kuala Lumpur Stadium on Wednesday.

The two sides had met in their AFC Cup 2022 group stage opener, with the game on the same ground ending in a stalemate, but there was much more at stake this time around with a place in the Inter-Zone Semi-Final the reward for the winners.

Hossam Al Sayed appointed Syria head coach

Thu, 25 Aug, 2022

Hossam Al Sayed appointed Syria head coach

Damascus: The Syrian Football Association has appointed the vastly experienced Hossam Al-Sayed to take charge of the national team again.

The 50-year-old tactician replaces Ghassan Maatouk, who was Syria's head coach in their last two matches in the Final Round of the AFC Asian Qualifiers - Road to Qatar™.