2015 AFC Champions League final

The Al-Rashid Stadium hosted first leg of the final.

The Tianhe Stadium hosted second leg of the final.

The 2015 AFC Champions League Final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format, held at the home of both finalists. It was the third consecutive year that the AFC adopted such an arrangement.

Al-Ahli's home venue, Al-Rashid Stadium, is a 9,415 seated stadium located in the city of Dubai.

Two previous final has been held in United Arab Emirates. The first one was in the first leg of the 2002–03 final, Al Ain defeated BEC Tero Sasana F.C. 2–0 in Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium in the city of Al Ain, and they eventually claimed the title 2–1 on aggregate. The second one was 10 years ago, in the first leg of the 2005 final, Al Ain was defeated by Saudis' team, Al-Ittihad, and they eventually lost the title 3–5 on aggregate.

Guangzhou Evergrande's home venue, Tianhe Stadium, is a 58,500 seated stadium located in the city of Guangzhou.

In the history of the competition, two finals have been held in China and this final will be the third, and the second that Guangzhou hosted. The first final hosted by a Chinese city in 1989–90, which was won by Chinese side Liaoning FC 3–2 against Nissan Yokohama in the city of Shenyang. The next final, the 2013 and second leg of the 2013, was hosted in Guangzhou. The 2013 final was won by Guangzhou Evergrande on the away goals rule with 3–3 on aggregate.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Al-Ahli				Round	Guangzhou Evergrande
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Al-Ahli	3–3 (H)			Matchday 1	FC Seoul	1–0 (H)
Tractor Sazi	0–1 (A)			Matchday 2	Western Sydney Wanderers	3–2 (A)
FC Nasaf	0–0 (H)			Matchday 3	Kashima Antlers	4–3 (H)
FC Nasaf	1–0 (A)			Matchday 4	Kashima Antlers	1–2 (A)
Al-Ahli	1–2 (A)			Matchday 5	FC Seoul	0–0 (A)
Tractor Sazi	3–2 (H)			Matchday 6	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–2 (H)
Group D runners-up Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Al-Ahli 6 12 2 Al-Ahli 6 8 3 Nasaf Qarshi 6 8 4 Tractor Sazi 6 4 Source: AFC				Final standings	Group H winner Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Guangzhou Evergrande 6 10 2 FC Seoul 6 9 3 Western Sydney Wanderers 6 8 4 Kashima Antlers 6 6 Source: AFC
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ain	3–3 (a)	0–0 (H)	3–3 (A)	Round of 16	Seongnam FC	3–2	1–2 (A)	2–0 (H)
Naft Tehran	3–1	1–0 (A)	2–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Kashiwa Reysol	4–2	3–1 (A)	1–1 (H)
Al-Hilal	4–3	1–1 (A)	3–2 (H)	Semi-finals	Gamba Osaka	2–1	2–1 (H)	0–0 (A)

The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs decided by draw. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[3]

• AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com