AFC Champions League Elite
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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
[change | change source]Asian Champion Club Tournament (1967-1972)
[change | change source]Year | Winner | Score | Runners-up |
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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)
[change | change source]Year | Winner | Score | Runners-up |
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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
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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)
[change | change source]Medal table (1967 - 2020)
[change | change source]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 entries) | 39 | 39 | 60 | 138 |