Asian Champions' Cup


Tournament for Asian champions; there was a long interruption between the first four tournaments (the Asian Club Championship), dominated by the Israeli teams, and the current series.

From 2002/03 the tournament merged with the Asian Cup Winners' Cup into an Asian Champions' League.

From 2004 on, only the 14 'mature' member associations of AFC were entitled to register clubs for the Champions' League; the so-called 'developing' members are relegated to the newly created AFC Cup, and the remaining, 'emerging' countries, to the Presidents Cup. There have been some movements in the composition of the associations involved in each tournament and some qualifying rounds were set up in later years, but the decision on which countries may enter how many clubs in the major AFC club tournament does not only depend on sporting criteria; cf. also the discussion of the changes made before the 2009 tournament, and the fairly frivolous AFC Final Assessment Ranking on which these were (allegedly) based.


Palmares

1967 Hapoel Tel-Aviv
1969 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
1970 Taj Club (Tehran)
1971 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
1972   cancelled 
1973-85 not held
1986 Daewoo Royals 
1987 Furukawa
1988 Yomiuri 
1989 Al-Sadd
1990 Liaoning
1991 Esteghlal (Tehran)
1992 Al-Hilal (Riyadh) 
1993 Paas (Tehran)
1994 Thai Farmers Bank
1995 Thai Farmers Bank
1996 Ilhwa Chunma
1997 Pohang Steelers
1998 Pohang Steelers
1999 Jubilo Iwata
2000 Al-Hilal (Riyadh) 
2001 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2002 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2003 Al-Ain
2004 Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)
2005 Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)
2006 Chonbuk Hyundai Motors
2007 Urawa Red Diamonds       
2008 Gamba Osaka
2009 Pohang Steelers
2010 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2011 Al-Sadd
2012 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i  
2013 Guangzhou Evergrande   
2014 Western Sydney Wanderers
2015 Guangzhou Evergrande   
2016 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2017 Urawa Red Diamonds      
2018 Kashima Antlers
2019 Al-Hilal (Riyadh)
2020 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
2021 Al-Hilal (Riyadh)
2022 Urawa Red Diamonds      


Clubwise list of winners

Al-Hilal (Riyadh)         4

Pohang Steelers           3
Urawa Red Diamonds        3

Esteghlal                 2 [includes Taj Club]
Guangzhou Evergrande      2
Al-Ittihad                2
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors    2 [includes Chonbuk Hyundai Motors]
Maccabi Tel-Aviv          2
Al-Sadd                   2
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma     2 [includes Ilhwa Chunma]
Suwon Samsung Bluewings   2
Thai Farmers Bank         2
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i    2

Al-Ain                    1
Daewoo Royals             1
Furukawa                  1
Gamba Osaka               1
Hapoel Tel-Aviv           1
Jubilo Iwata              1
Kashima Antlers           1
Liaoning                  1
Paas                      1
Western Sydney Wanderers  1
Yomiuri                   1


Countrywise list of winners

South Korea              12

Japan                     8

Saudi Arabia              6

China                     3
Iran                      3
Israel                    3

Qatar                     2
Thailand                  2

Australia                 1
UAE                       1


Finals


19-12-1967  Hapoel Tel-Aviv     2-1 Selangor                 [in Bangkok]

30- 1-1969  Maccabi Tel-Aviv    1-0 Yangzee                  [in Bangkok]

10- 4-1970  Taj Club            2-1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv          [in Tehran]

 2- 4-1971  Maccabi Tel-Aviv    w/o Al-Shorta (Bagdad)       [in Bangkok]

29- 1-1986  Daewoo Royals       3-1 Al-Ahly (Jeddah)         [in Jeddah]

   1986/87  Furukawa won final tournament in Riyadh, Dec 1986

   1987/88  Yomiuri (Kawasaki)  w/o Al-Hilal (Riyadh)

31- 3-1989  Al-Rasheed (Bagdad) 3-2 Al-Sadd
 6- 4-1989  Al-Sadd (Doha)      1-0 Al-Rasheed

22- 4-1990  Nissan (Yokohama)   1-2 Liaoning
29- 4-1990  Liaoning (Shenyang) 1-1 Nissan

29- 7-1991  Esteghlal           2-1 Liaoning                 [in Dhaka]

22-12-1991  Al-Hilal (Riyadh)   1-1 Esteghlal                [4-3 pen, in Doha]

22- 1-1993  Paas                1-0 Al-Shabab (Riyadh)       [in Bahrain]

 7- 2-1994  Thai Farmers Bank   2-1 Omani Club               [in Bangkok]

29- 1-1995  Thai Farmers Bank   1-0 Al-Arabi (Doha)          [in Bangkok]

31-12-1995  Ilhwa Chunma        1-0 Al-Nasr                  [aet, in Riyadh]

 9- 3-1997  Pohang Steelers     2-1 Ilhwa Chunma             [asdet, in Kuala Lumpur]

 4- 5-1998  Pohang Steelers     0-0 Dalian Wanda             [asdet, 6-5 pen, in Hongkong]

30- 4-1999  Jubilo Iwata        2-1 Esteghlal                [in Tehran]

22- 4-2000  Al-Hilal (Riyadh)   3-2 Jubilo Iwata             [asdet, in Riyadh] 

26- 5-2001  Suwon S. Bluewings  1-0 Jubilo Iwata             [in Suwon]

 5- 4-2002  Suwon S. Bluewings  0-0 Anyang LG Cheetahs       [asdet, 4-2 pen, in Tehran]

 3-10-2003  Al-Ain              2-0 BEC Tero Sasana
11-10-2003  BEC Tero Sasana     1-0 Al-Ain

24-11-2004  Al-Ittihad          1-3 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma  
 1-12-2004  S. Ilhwa Chunma     0-5 Al-Ittihad

26-10-2005  Al-Ain              1-1 Al-Ittihad
 5-11-2005  Al-Ittihad          4-2 Al-Ain

 1-11-2006  Chonbuk H. Motors   2-0 Al-Karama
 8-11-2006  Al-Karama           2-1 Chonbuk Hyundai Motors

 7-11-2007  Sepahan (Isfahan)   1-1 Urawa Red Diamonds
14-11-2007  Urawa Red Diamonds  2-0 Sepahan (Isfahan) 

 5-11-2008  Gamba Osaka         3-0 Adelaide United
12-11-2008  Adelaide United     0-2 Gamba Osaka 

 7-11-2009  Pohang Steelers     2-1 Al-Ittihad               [in Tokyo]

13-11-2010  S. Ilhwa Chunma     3-1 Zob-Ahan                 [in Tokyo]

 5-11-2011  Jeonbuk H. Motors   2-2 Al-Sadd (Doha)           [aet, 2-4 pen, in Jeonju]

10-11-2012  Ulsan Hyundai       3-0 Al-Ahly (Jeddah)         [in Ulsan]

26-10-2013  FC Seoul            2-2 Guangzhou Evergrande 
 9-11-2013  Guangzhou Evergr.   1-1 FC Seoul 

25-10-2014  W. Sydney Wanderers 1-0 Al-Hilal (Riyadh)
 1-11-2014  Al-Hilal (Riyadh)   0-0 Western Sydney Wanderers

 7-11-2015  Al-Ahli (Dubai)     0-0 Guangzhou Evergrande 
21-11-2015  Guangzhou Evergr.   1-0 Al-Ahli (Dubai)

19-11-2016  Jeonbuk H. Motors   2-1 Al-Ain              
26-11-2016  Al-Ain              1-1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

18-11-2017  Al-Hilal (Riyadh)   1-1 Urawa Red Diamonds
25-11-2017  Urawa Red Diamonds  1-0 Al-Hilal (Riyadh)

 3-11-2018  Kashima Antlers     2-0 Perspolis
10-11-2018  Perspolis           0-0 Kashima Antlers

 9-11-2019  Al-Hilal (Riyadh)   1-0 Urawa Red Diamonds
24-11-2019  Urawa Red Diamonds  0-2 Al-Hilal (Riyadh)

19-12-2020  Ulsan Hyundai       2-1 Perspolis                [in Al-Wakrah]

23-11-2021  Al-Hilal (Riyadh)   2-0 Pohang Steelers          [in Riyadh]

29- 4-2023  Al-Hilal (Riyadh)   1-1 Urawa Red Diamonds       [in Riyadh]
 6- 5-2023  Urawa Red Diamonds  1-0 Al-Hilal (Riyadh)

            win   fin
South Korea 12     19
Japan        8     12
Saudi Arabia 6     16
Iran         3      9
China        3      5
Israel       3      4
Qatar        2      3
Thailand     2      3
UAE          1      4
Australia    1      2
Iraq                2
Malaysia            1
Oman                1
Syria               1
            41     82


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