AFC Champions League
Asia

The AFC Champions League is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Introduced in 2002, the competition replaced the Asian Club Championship which had run since 1985 and which had replaced the Asian Champion Club Tournament (1967-1971) after a 14-year hiatus. It is the premier club tournament in Asia.

The winner of the AFC Champions League qualifies for the FIFA Club World Cup.

Organizer

1st edition

Edition(s)

Titleholder

Al-Ain FC Al-Ain

Honours

Al-Hilal FC (4) Al-Hilal (4)

Urawa Red Diamonds (3) UR Diamonds (3)

Pohang Steelers (3) Pohang (3)

Al-Ain FC (2) Al-Ain (2)

Ulsan Hyundai FC (2) Ulsan (2)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2) Jeonbuk (2)

Guangzhou Evergrande (2) G. Evergrande (2)

Al-Sadd SC (2) Al-Sadd (2)

Seongnam FC (2) Seongnam (2)

Al-Ittihad Club (2) Al-Ittihad (2)

Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2) Suwon SB (2)

Thai Farmers Bank (2) TF Bank (2)

Esteghlal FC (2) Esteghlal (2)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv (2) M. Tel-Aviv (2)

Kashima Antlers (1) K. Antlers (1)

Western Sydney Wanderers (1) WS Wanderers (1)

Gamba Osaka (1) G. Osaka (1)

Júbilo Iwata (1) J. Iwata (1)

PAS FC (1) PAS (1)

Liaoning FC (1) Liaoning (1)

Tokyo Verdy (1) T. Verdy (1)

JEF United Chiba (1) JEF Chiba (1)

Busan IPark (1) Busan IPark (1)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv (1) H. Tel-Aviv (1)

Photos

Al Sadd SC, winner of the 2011 AFC Champions League

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