AFC Champions League Elite
AFC Champions League Elite is a football competition between the best men's club teams within the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which governs the sport in most of Asia plus Australia. 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
Asian Champion Club Tournament (1967-1972)
| 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)
| 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)
Medal table (1967 - 2020)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
AFC Champions League Elite Media
Japan's Kashima Antlers and Singapore's Warriors FC during a group stage game during the 2009 season at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino and around 100,000 others watching the 2018 AFC Champions League Final at Azadi Stadium.
Map of AFC countries whose teams reached the group stage of the AFC Champions League Elite AFC member country that has been represented in the group stage AFC member country that has not been represented in the group stage
Tournament's trophy, used until 2024
