The 2006 AFC Champions League was the 25th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 4th edition under the current AFC Champions League title. On November 1, 2006, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (South Korea) defeated Al-Karamah (Syria) 2-0 in South Korea. In the return leg, Al-Karamah beat the visitors 2-1 in Syria. Therefore, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won the AFC Champions League title 3-2 on aggregate. It was their first ever title. Jeonbuk also became the first team in history to have won the Champions League before the national title (winning their first K-League championship three years later, in 2009). Al-Ittihad qualified automatically to the quarter-finals as Cup holders.
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