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AFC Challenge League

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Established
2005 (21 years old)

First Recorded Event
2024-08-13

Current Season
2026-2027

Current Round
200

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Level Below
FIFA World Cup

Sport
Soccer

Location
Worldwide

Gender
Male

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		Upcoming
11 Aug 26	Shan UniShan United	10:00am	KanoaKanoa
11 Aug 26	April 25April 25	10:00am	Karketu Karketu Dili
11 Aug 26	MaziyaMaziya	10:00am	RenownRenown
11 Aug 26	Tainan CTainan City	10:00am	RoversRovers
		Results
13 May 26	Kuwait SCKuwait SC	4 - 3	Svay RienSvay Rieng
22 Apr 26	Muras UniMuras United	1 - 2	Kuwait SCKuwait SC
19 Apr 26	Al AnsarAl Ansar	0 - 3	Muras UniMuras United
19 Apr 26	Al-ShababAl-Shabab Seeb	3 - 5	Kuwait SCKuwait SC
16 Apr 26	Manila DiManila Digger	0 - 3	Svay RienSvay Rieng
09 Apr 26	Svay RienSvay Rieng	1 - 1	Manila DiManila Digger
12 Mar 26	Dewa UnitDewa United Banten	2 - 2	Manila DiManila Digger
12 Mar 26	Svay RienSvay Rieng	2 - 1	Phnom PenPhnom Penh Crown
11 Mar 26	Kuwait SCKuwait SC	P - P	Al-ShababAl-Shabab Seeb
11 Mar 26	Muras UniMuras United	P - P	Al AnsarAl Ansar

Description

The AFC Challenge League (abbreviated as ACGL) is an annual third-tier continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation. The competition is played among clubs from nations that do not receive qualifying slots to the league stage of top-tier AFC Champions League Elite or the group stage of second-tier AFC Champions League Two, based on the AFC club competitions ranking. The competition was initially launched by the AFC as the AFC President's Cup in 2005. The President's Cup was dissolved in 2014, and incorporated into the AFC Cup.

The 2024–25 season marked the inaugural edition of the rebranded AFC Challenge League, which featured a new format and an expanded group stage. The winners of the AFC Challenge League qualify for the group stage of the following season's AFC Champions League Two, while the runners-up qualify for the preliminary stage of the competition. Clubs from Tajikistan hold the highest number of titles (4), followed by Turkmenistan (3), Kyrgyzstan (2), Kuwait, Chinese Taipei, and Myanmar (1 each). The most successful side in the competition is Regar-TadAZ with three titles in the President's Cup era. The inaugural winners of the AFC Challenge League were Arkadag who defeated Svay Rieng by 2–1 in the 2025 final. Kuwait SC won the second edition, once again against Svay Rieng, by winning 4–3 in the 2026 final.


Seasons

Teams

Abu Muslim		Ahal		April 25
Bars Issyk-Kul		Borneo Samarind		Ezra
Fortis		Indera		Istiklol Dushan
Kanoa		Karketu Dili		Maziya
Must IPO		One Taguig		Paro
Renown		Rovers		Shan United
Tainan City

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Last 5 winners
Kuwait SC (2025-2026)
Arkadag (2024-2025)

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