asian champions league

The AFC Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition between club Champions and cup winners of the top 14 Asian leagues.

History

Originally known as the Asian Club Championship, the tournament began in 1967 with just eight clubs registered to take part. After the 1971 tournament the competition went into hiatus but was resurrected again in 1986 and reborn as the Asian Champions Cup. Entry was restricted to domestic champions only, with Cup winners playing in the Asian Cup Winners Cup tournament. The winners of the two major tournaments then played off for the Asian Super Cup. From 2002/03 the Asian Champions Cup and Asian Cup Winners Cup were merged into one competition and was rebranded the AFC Champions League. Six clubs have won the tournament two times; Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Pohang Steelers, Al-Hilal, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Thai Farmers Bank and Esteghlal.

Qualification & format

Domestic Champions of the 14 top Asian federations qualify automatically for the tournament, along with the respective cup winners of the same federations. The tournament holders receive a bye into the quarter-finals. In total, 29 clubs competed in the 2004 Champions League tournament. The qualifying teams are split on a regional basis into seven groups of four teams. The teams play each other home and away and the top team from each group qualifies for the quarter-finals, where they join the reigning holders. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are played on a home and away basis.

Competing Asian Federations

Central & West Asia

East Asia

Asian Champions Cup & Champions League Finals

idth=5%\|Season	width=20%\|Winner	width=10%\|Score	width=20%\|Runner-up
a href="/encyclopedia/2004" title="2004">2004	Al-Ittihad 20px	6 - 3 (aggregate)	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/2003" title="2003">2003	Al-Ain 20px	2 - 1 (aggregate)	BEC Tero Sasana 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/2002" title="2002">2002	Suwon Samsung Bluewings 20px	0 - 0 (4-2 pens)	Anyang LG Cheetahs 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/2001" title="2001">2001	Suwon Samsung Bluewings 20px	1 - 0	Jubilo Iwata 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/2000" title="2000">2000	Al-Hilal 20px	3 - 2	Jubilo Iwata 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1999" title="1999">1999	Jubilo Iwata 20px	2 - 1	Esteghlal 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1998" title="1998">1998	Pohang Steelers 20px	0 - 0 (6-5 pens)	Dalian Wanda 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1997" title="1997">1997	Pohang Steelers 20px	2 - 1	Ilhwa Chunma 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1996" title="1996">1996	Ilhwa Chunma 20px	1 - 0	Al-Nasr 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1995" title="1995">1995	Thai Farmers Bank 20px	1 - 0	Al-Arabi 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1994" title="1994">1994	Thai Farmers Bank 20px	2 - 1	Omani Club 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1993" title="1993">1993	Paas 20px	1 - 0	Al Shebab 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1992" title="1992">1992	Al-Hilal 20px	1 - 1 (4-3 pens)	Esteghlal 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1991" title="1991">1991	Esteghlal 20px	2 - 1	Liaoning 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1990" title="1990">1990	Liaoning 20px	3 - 2 (aggregate)	Nissan FC 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1989" title="1989">1989	Al Saad 20px	3 - 3 (aggregate, away goals win)	Al Rasheed 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1988" title="1988">1988	Yomiuri 20px	w/o - x (Al-Hilal withdrew)	Al-Hilal 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1987" title="1987">1987	Furukawa Electric 20px	Group stage win	Al-Hilal 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1986" title="1986">1986	Daewoo Royals 20px	3 - 1	Al-Ahly 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1971" title="1971">1971	Maccabi Tel-Aviv 20px	w/o - x (Al Shourta withdrew)	Al Shourta 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1970" title="1970">1970	Taj Club 20px	2 - 1	Hapoel-Tel Aviv 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1969" title="1969">1969	Maccabi Tel-Aviv 20px	1 - 0	Yangzee FC 20px
a href="/encyclopedia/1967" title="1967">1967	Hapoel Tel-Aviv 20px	2 - 1	Selangor FC 20px

External Links

Asian Champions League Official Website

Champions League, Asian

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