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Club ranking was introduced in 2014 by the AFC. [1] It was an informative ranking and not used to seed clubs in the club competitions. [2]In 2024, the AFC announced changes in the format for ranking the three revamped Club competitions – AFC Champions League Elite, AFC Champions League Two, AFC Challenge League – effective from the 2024–25 season. [4]
Prior to the 2002–03 season, the tournament was named the Asian Club Championship. [1] Originally, only the champions of their respective national league and the defending champion of the competition were allowed to participate. However, this was changed in 2002 to allow the national cup winners to compete as well.
The 2002–03 season saw the Asian Club Championship, Asian Cup Winners' Cup and Asian Super Cup combine to become the AFC Champions League. League champions and cup winners would qualify for the qualifying playoffs with the best eight clubs from East Asia and the eight best clubs from West Asia progressing to the group stage.
The six continental confederations. This page is a list of the continental championships for clubs and national teams in association football.. The championships are organised by the respective FIFA-affiliated continental confederations: AFC (), CAF (), CONCACAF (North America – comprising Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (), and UEFA ().
The following table is a list of clubs that have participated in the Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League. Excluding semifinalists from 1987 to 1989–90 seasons. In these seasons, there were no semi-finals as the finalists qualified via a group stage.
List of sub-continental champions Year SAFF AFF EAFF WAFF CAFA 1993 India: 1994: 1995 Sri Lanka: 1996 Thailand: 1997 India: 1998 Singapore: 1999 India: 2000 Thailand Iran: 2001: 2002 Thailand Iraq: 2003 Bangladesh South Korea: 2004 Singapore Iran: 2005 India China: 2006: 2007 Singapore Iran: 2008 Maldives Vietnam South Korea Iran: 2009 India ...
The AFC Champions League Two (previously known as the AFC Cup, abbreviated as the ACL Two) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It is the second-tier competition of Asian club football, ranked below the AFC Champions League Elite and above the AFC Challenge League .
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. [ a ] The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members.