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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. In 2024, the competition rebranded again, and was renamed as the AFC Champions League Elite.
The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite (ACL Elite) is the 43rd edition of Asia's premier club football tournament, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the first since it was rebranded as the AFC Champions League Elite. The revamped format, along with the rebranding, sees 24 teams playing eight games against different ...
The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition in Asian football, played by the national league champions (and, for some nations, one or ...
The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite knockout stage will begin on 3 March with the round of 16 and end on 4 May 2025, with the final to decide the champions of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite. [1] A total of 16 teams compete in the knockout stage.
The 2023–24 AFC Champions League was the 42nd edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 21st and final under the AFC Champions League title, as the competition would be rebranded as the AFC Champions League Elite starting in 2024–25.
The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two is the 21st edition of the Asia's second-tier club football tournament, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Previously, the second-tier tournament was known as the AFC Cup, which had been in existence for 20 seasons.
The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite league stage was played from 16 September 2024 to 19 February 2025. [ 1 ] This was the first season with a single-league format for each region, which replaced the group format used until the previous season .
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]