AFC Champions League Elite

Annual top tier competition for Asian football clubs
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The AFC Champions League Elite is a football competition between the best club teams in Asia. The teams are selected because of good performances in domestic leagues or cups by 24 teams participations since 2024 year's. South Korea is the country with the most titles. The team that got the most titles is Al-Hilal.

1967-2024 Titles

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Asian Champion Club Tournament (1967-1972)

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Year Winner Score Runners-up
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)

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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)

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Season Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
2002/03   Al-Ain FC 2–0   BEC Tero Sasana Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium
  BEC Tero Sasana 1–0   Al-Ain FC Rajamangala Stadium
Al-Ain FC won 2 – 1 on aggregate
2004   Al-Ittihad FC 1–3   Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Prince Abdullah al-Faisal stadium
  Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 0–5   Al-Ittihad FC Tancheon Sports Complex
Al-Ittihad FC won 6 – 3 on aggregate
2005   Al-Ain FC 1–1   Al-Ittihad FC Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium
  Al-Ittihad FC 4–2   Al-Ain FC Prince Abdullah al-Faisal stadium
Al-Ittihad FC won 5 – 3 on aggregate
2006   Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–0   Al-Karamah SC Jeonju World Cup Stadium 25,830
  Al-Karamah SC 2–1   Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Khaled bin Walid Stadium 40,000
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3 – 2 on aggregate
2007   Sepahan FC 1–1   Urawa Red Diamonds Foolad Shahr Stadium 30,000
  Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0   Sepahan FC Saitama Stadium 2002 59,034
Urawa Red Diamonds won 3 – 1 on aggregate
2008   Gamba Osaka 3–0   Adelaide United Osaka Expo '70 Stadium 20,639
  Adelaide United 0–2   Gamba Osaka Hindmarsh Stadium 17,000
Gamba Osaka won 5 – 0 on aggregate
Season Winner Score Runner-up Venue Attendance
2009   Pohang Steelers 2–1   Al-Ittihad FC   National Stadium, Tokyo 25,743
2010   Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3–1   Zob Ahan FC   National Stadium, Tokyo 27,308
2011   Al-Sadd SC 2–2
(4–2 PSO)
  Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors   Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju 41,805
2012   Ulsan Hyundai 3–0   Al-Ahli SC   Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan 42,315
Season Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
2013   FC Seoul 2–2   Guangzhou Evergrande  Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 55,501
  Guangzhou Evergrande 1–1   FC Seoul  Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 55,847
Guangzhou Evergrande won 3 – 3 on away goals
2014   Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0   Al-Hilal   Parramatta Stadium, Sydney 20,053
  Al-Hilal 0–0   Western Sydney Wanderers   King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh 63,763
Western Sydney Wanderers won 1 – 0 on aggregate
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Medal table (1967 - 2020)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Korea126927
2  Japan74718
3  Saudi Arabia59822
4  Iran36716
5  China32611
6  Israel3104
7  Qatar2158
8  Thailand2114
9  United Arab Emirates1348
10  Australia1102
11  Iraq0224
12  Malaysia0123
13  Oman0101
  Syria0101
15  Uzbekistan0055
16  Indonesia0022
17  Kuwait0011
  Lebanon0011
Totals (18 entries)393960138