AFC Champions League
Annual top tier competition for Asian football clubs
The AFC Champions League is a football competition between the best club teams in Asia. The teams are selected because of good performances in domestic leagues or cups. South Korea is the country with the most titles. The team that got the most titles is Al-Hilal.
1967-2014 Titles Edit
Asian Champion Club Tournament (1967-1972) Edit
Year | Winner | Score | Runners-up |
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1967 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
2–1 | Selangor FA |
1969 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
1–0 | Yangzee FC |
1970 | Taj |
2–1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
1971 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
w/o1 | Al-Shorta |
Asian Club Championship (1985-2002) Edit
Year | Winner | Score | Runners-up |
---|---|---|---|
1986 | Daewoo Royals |
3–1 | Al-Ahli |
1987 | Furukawa Electric |
4–3 | Al-Hilal |
1988 | Yomiuri FC |
w/o2 | Al-Hilal |
1989 | Al-Sadd |
3 – 3 (aggregate, away goals win) |
Al-Rasheed |
1990 | Liaoning FC |
3 – 2 (aggregate) |
Nissan FC |
1991 | Esteghlal |
2 – 1 | Liaoning FC |
1992 | Al-Hilal |
1 – 1 (4-3 PSO) |
Esteghlal |
1993 | PAS Tehran |
1 – 0 | Al-Shabab |
1994 | Thai Farmers Bank |
2 – 1 | Oman Club |
1995 | Thai Farmers Bank |
1 – 0 | Al-Arabi |
1996 | Ilhwa Chunma |
1 – 0 | Al-Nassr |
1997 | Pohang Steelers |
2 – 1 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
1998 | Pohang Steelers |
0 – 0 (6-5 PSO) |
Dalian Wanda |
1999 | Júbilo Iwata |
2 – 1 | Esteghlal |
2000 | Al-Hilal |
3 – 2 | Júbilo Iwata |
2001 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
1 – 0 | Júbilo Iwata |
2002 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
0 – 0 (4-2 PSO) |
Anyang LG Cheetahs |
AFC Champions League (2002/03–present) Edit
Medal table (1967 - 2020) Edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Korea | 12 | 6 | 9 | 27 |
2 | Japan | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
3 | Saudi Arabia | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
4 | Iran | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
5 | China | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
6 | Israel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
7 | Qatar | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
8 | Thailand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
9 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
10 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Iraq | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
12 | Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
13 | Oman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Syria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
16 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
17 | Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (18 nations) | 39 | 39 | 60 | 138 |