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AFC Champions League Elite

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Established
1967 (59 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-01-14

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round
200

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Sport
Soccer

Location
Worldwide

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - CBS Sports [2021-2024]

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Results
25 Apr	Al-AhliAl-Ahli	1 - 0	Machida Machida Zelvia
21 Apr	Machida Machida Zelvia	1 - 0	Shabab AShabab Al-Ahli Dubai
20 Apr	Vissel KVissel Kobe	1 - 2	Al-AhliAl-Ahli
18 Apr	Buriram Buriram United	2 - 3	Shabab AShabab Al-Ahli Dubai
17 Apr	Machida Machida Zelvia	1 - 0	Al-IttihAl-Ittihad
17 Apr	Al-AhliAl-Ahli	2 - 1	Johor DaJohor Darul Ta'zim
16 Apr	Al-SaddAl-Sadd	3 - 3	Vissel KVissel Kobe
14 Apr	Al-IttihAl-Ittihad	1 - 0	Al WahdaAl Wahda
14 Apr	TractorTractor	0 - 3	Shabab AShabab Al-Ahli Dubai
13 Apr	Al-HilalAl-Hilal	3 - 3	Al-SaddAl-Sadd

Description

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 more runners-up) of their national associations.

Introduced in 1967 as the Asian Champion Club Tournament, the competition rebranded as AFC Champions League in 2002 following the merger of the Asian Club Championship, the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the Asian Super Cup. It was rebranded again in 2024 to its current name.

A total of 24 clubs compete in the league stage of the competition, divided into East and West regions (12 teams each). The winner of the AFC Champions League Elite qualifies for the FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.

The most successful club in the competition is Al-Hilal with a total of four titles. Al Ain are the current champions, having beaten Yokohama F. Marinos in the 2024 final.


Seasons

Teams

Al Wahda		Al-Ahli		Al-Duhail
Al-Gharafa		Al-Hilal		Al-Ittihad
Al-Sadd		Al-Shorta		Bangkok United
Buriram United		Chengdu Rongche		FC Seoul
Gangwon FC		Johor Darul Ta'		Machida Zelvia
Melbourne City		Nasaf		Sanfrecce Hiros
Sepahan		Shabab Al-Ahli		Shanghai Port
Shanghai Shenhu		Sharjah		Tractor
Ulsan HD		Vissel Kobe

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Last 5 winners
Al-Ahli (2025-2026)
Al-Ahli Saudi FC (2024-2025)
Al Ain (2024)
Urawa Red Diamonds (2022)
Al Hilal (2021)

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