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 are 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.
1967 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1969 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1970 Taj Club 1971 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1972 cancelled 1973-85 not held 1986 Daewoo Royals 1987 Furukawa 1988 Yomiuri 1989 Al-Saad 1990 Liaoning 1991 Esteghlal (new name of Taj Club) 1992 Al-Hilal (Riyadh) 1993 Paas 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
Esteghlal 2 [includes Taj Club] Al-Hilal 2 Al-Ittihad 2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2 Pohang Steelers 2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2 Thai Farmers Bank 2 Al-Ain 1 Chonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 Daewoo Royals 1 Furukawa 1 Gamba Osaka 1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1 Ilhwa Chunma 1 Jubilo Iwata 1 Liaoning 1 Paas 1 Al-Saad 1 Urawa Red Diamonds 1 Yomiuri 1
South Korea 7 Japan 5 Saudi Arabia 4 Iran 3 Israel 3 Thailand 2 China 1 Qatar 1 UAE 1
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]
24- 1-1986 Daewoo Royals 3-1 Al-Ahly (Riyadh) [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-Saad
6- 4-1989 Al-Saad (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
win fin
South Korea 7 11
Japan 5 8
Saudi Arabia 4 9
Iran 3 6
Israel 3 4
Thailand 2 3
China 1 3
Qatar 1 2
UAE 1 2
Iraq 2
Australia 1
Malaysia 1
Oman 1
Syria 1
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