The first leg of the 2004 final saw Al-Ittihad lose to South Korean side Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1–3 in the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium (6–3 on aggregate).

The second leg of the 2005 final returned to Al-Ittihad's home, when the club was crowned Asian Champions after a 4–2 thrashing of United Arab Emirates side Al-Ain (5–3 on aggregate).

Moments after kick-off Salman Al-Faraj broke into the area on the left flank but couldn't find a team-mate and the Wanderers cleared the ball behind for a corner.

Moments before half-time Al-Hilal had their best chance of the night after a defensive clearance came off Mateo Poljak's face and into Nasser Al-Shamrani's position, but the striker skied his shot.

As the clock ticked past the 70th minute Juric nearly had a brace, picking up the ball after Digão made a mistake and then went on a mazy run at the Al-Hilal defence.

Juric opened up enough space for a placed shot from the edge of the penalty area, which beat the keeper but not the woodwork, the ball bouncing away from the path of Mark Bridge who would have been faced with a tap-in.

[3] In the 18th minute Al Hilal had the first chance of the game, swinging a free kick from the left flank that the Wanderers weren't able to get anything on, thankfully for them neither did one of their opponents, a right boot stuck out but agonisingly distant from making contact.

Inside the area a ball rolled into the path of the flying Nawaf Al-Abed, Antony Golec clipped the right foot of the attacker but the theatrical leap perhaps weighed the incidence in the favour of the Australians.

The Wanderers had precious little attack of their own, the best chance coming from a mazy Vítor Saba dribble that released Labinot Haliti, the shot being blocked desperately.

Western Sydney didn't need a goal however, an eventual 6 minutes of injury time passed before the final whistle blew and the Wanderers were officially crowned Champions of Asia.

As the sun rose in Parramatta the large crowd of Wanderers fans that had packed out the viewing party in the open air Centenary Square celebrated with cheers, chanting, smoke bombs and flares in a cacophony of noise.

The Wanderers fans then came in prodigious numbers and filled the arrival hall at Sydney Airport when the team returned back home.

Western Sydney Wanderers coach, Tony Popovic, spoke after the match about the win, saying "we were called a small club yesterday, today we are the biggest in Asia.