AFC Champions League Elite

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AFC Champions League Elite

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2026-2027

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The 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite (ACL Elite) will be the 45th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the third under the AFC Champions League Elite title.

Saudi Arabia has provisionally been awarded the hosting rights for the finals until 2029. The tournament winner will qualify for the 2027–28 AFC Champions League Elite league stage, the 2027 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup.

This will be the first season of the ACL Elite to feature 32 teams in the league stage of the competition, with the AFC confirming on 24 April 2026 that the league stage of the tournament would be expanded from 24 teams to 32. This will be the first season since the 2019 AFC Champions League, in which 32 teams will compete in the competition proper.

Al-Ahli are two-time defending champions, having retained the title in 2026.

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11 Aug 26	r01	Adelaide United Adelaide Unit	0 - 2	Công An Hà Nội Công An Hà Nộ
11 Aug 26	r01	Gangwon FC Gangwon FC	0 - 1	Gamba Osaka Gamba Osaka
11 Aug 26	r01	Pakhtakor Pakhtakor	3 - 0	Al-Hussein Irbid Al-Hussein Ir
11 Aug 26	r01	Al Jazira Al Jazira	1 - 4	Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad
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14 Sep 26	r01	Neftchi Fergana Neftchi Ferga	-	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Ja
14 Sep 26	r01	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai Shabab Al-Ahl	-	Tractor Tractor
14 Sep 26	r01	Al-Shamal Al-Shamal	-	Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad
14 Sep 26	r01	Esteghlal Esteghlal	-	Al-Sadd Al-Sadd
14 Sep 26	r01	Al-Ahli Al-Ahli	-	Pakhtakor Pakhtakor
14 Sep 26	r01	Al-Qadsiah Al-Qadsiah	-	Al Wasl Al Wasl
15 Sep 26	r01	Kashima Antlers Kashima Antle	-	Newcastle Jets Newcastle Jet
15 Sep 26	r01	Gamba Osaka Gamba Osaka	-	Công An Hà Nội Công An Hà Nộ
15 Sep 26	r01	Daejeon Hana Citizen Daejeon Hana	-	Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Sanga
15 Sep 26	r01	Ratchaburi Ratchaburi	-	Shanghai Port Shanghai Port
15 Sep 26	r01	Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan	-	Pohang Steelers Pohang Steele
15 Sep 26	r01	Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Darul T	-	Buriram United Buriram Unite
15 Sep 26	r01	Al Ain Al Ain	-	Al-Nassr Al-Nassr
15 Sep 26	r01	Al-Hilal Al-Hilal	-	Al-Gharafa Al-Gharafa
16 Sep 26	r01	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyund	-	Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa Reyso
16 Sep 26	r01	Port Port	-	Vissel Kobe Vissel Kobe

12 Oct 26	r02	Pakhtakor Pakhtakor	-	Al-Qadsiah Al-Qadsiah
12 Oct 26	r02	Tractor Tractor	-	Al-Shamal Al-Shamal
12 Oct 26	r02	Al Wasl Al Wasl	-	Al-Ahli Al-Ahli
12 Oct 26	r02	Al-Gharafa Al-Gharafa	-	Esteghlal Esteghlal
12 Oct 26	r02	Al-Nassr Al-Nassr	-	Neftchi Fergana Neftchi Ferga
12 Oct 26	r02	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Ja	-	Al Ain Al Ain
13 Oct 26	r02	Newcastle Jets Newcastle Jet	-	Gamba Osaka Gamba Osaka
13 Oct 26	r02	Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Sanga	-	Ratchaburi Ratchaburi
13 Oct 26	r02	Shanghai Port Shanghai Port	-	Daejeon Hana Citizen Daejeon Hana
13 Oct 26	r02	Pohang Steelers Pohang Steele	-	Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Darul T
13 Oct 26	r02	Buriram United Buriram Unite	-	Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan
13 Oct 26	r02	Công An Hà Nội Công An Hà Nộ	-	Kashima Antlers Kashima Antle
13 Oct 26	r02	Al-Sadd Al-Sadd	-	Al-Hilal Al-Hilal
13 Oct 26	r02	Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad	-	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai Shabab Al-Ahl
14 Oct 26	r02	Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa Reyso	-	Port Port
14 Oct 26	r02	Vissel Kobe Vissel Kobe	-	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyund

26 Oct 26	r03	Neftchi Fergana Neftchi Ferga	-	Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad
26 Oct 26	r03	Al Ain Al Ain	-	Tractor Tractor
26 Oct 26	r03	Al-Ahli Al-Ahli	-	Al-Gharafa Al-Gharafa
26 Oct 26	r03	Al-Qadsiah Al-Qadsiah	-	Al-Sadd Al-Sadd
26 Oct 26	r03	Al-Nassr Al-Nassr	-	Al Wasl Al Wasl
26 Oct 26	r03	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Ja	-	Pakhtakor Pakhtakor
27 Oct 26	r03	Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Sanga	-	Newcastle Jets Newcastle Jet
27 Oct 26	r03	Shanghai Port Shanghai Port	-	Công An Hà Nội Công An Hà Nộ
27 Oct 26	r03	Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Darul T	-	Port Port
27 Oct 26	r03	Daejeon Hana Citizen Daejeon Hana	-	Vissel Kobe Vissel Kobe
27 Oct 26	r03	Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan	-	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyund
27 Oct 26	r03	Ratchaburi Ratchaburi	-	Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa Reyso
27 Oct 26	r03	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai Shabab Al-Ahl	-	Esteghlal Esteghlal
27 Oct 26	r03	Al-Shamal Al-Shamal	-	Al-Hilal Al-Hilal
28 Oct 26	r03	Kashima Antlers Kashima Antle	-	Pohang Steelers Pohang Steele
28 Oct 26	r03	Gamba Osaka Gamba Osaka	-	Buriram United Buriram Unite

02 Nov 26	r04	Pakhtakor Pakhtakor	-	Al-Nassr Al-Nassr
02 Nov 26	r04	Tractor Tractor	-	Neftchi Fergana Neftchi Ferga
02 Nov 26	r04	Al Wasl Al Wasl	-	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Ja
02 Nov 26	r04	Al-Sadd Al-Sadd	-	Al-Ahli Al-Ahli
02 Nov 26	r04	Al-Gharafa Al-Gharafa	-	Al-Qadsiah Al-Qadsiah
02 Nov 26	r04	Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad	-	Al Ain Al Ain
03 Nov 26	r04	Newcastle Jets Newcastle Jet	-	Shanghai Port Shanghai Port
03 Nov 26	r04	Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa Reyso	-	Daejeon Hana Citizen Daejeon Hana
03 Nov 26	r04	Vissel Kobe Vissel Kobe	-	Ratchaburi Ratchaburi
03 Nov 26	r04	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyund	-	Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Darul T
03 Nov 26	r04	Port Port	-	Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan
03 Nov 26	r04	Công An Hà Nội Công An Hà Nộ	-	Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Sanga
03 Nov 26	r04	Esteghlal Esteghlal	-	Al-Shamal Al-Shamal
03 Nov 26	r04	Al-Hilal Al-Hilal	-	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai Shabab Al-Ahl
04 Nov 26	r04	Pohang Steelers Pohang Steele	-	Gamba Osaka Gamba Osaka
04 Nov 26	r04	Buriram United Buriram Unite	-	Kashima Antlers Kashima Antle

23 Nov 26	r05	Neftchi Fergana Neftchi Ferga	-	Al-Hilal Al-Hilal
23 Nov 26	r05	Tractor Tractor	-	Al Wasl Al Wasl
23 Nov 26	r05	Al Ain Al Ain	-	Esteghlal Esteghlal
23 Nov 26	r05	Al-Shamal Al-Shamal	-	Al-Ahli Al-Ahli
23 Nov 26	r05	Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad	-	Pakhtakor Pakhtakor
23 Nov 26	r05	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Ja	-	Al-Gharafa Al-Gharafa
24 Nov 26	r05	Newcastle Jets Newcastle Jet	-	Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa Reyso
24 Nov 26	r05	Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Sanga	-	Pohang Steelers Pohang Steele
24 Nov 26	r05	Daejeon Hana Citizen Daejeon Hana	-	Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan
24 Nov 26	r05	Shanghai Port Shanghai Port	-	Buriram United Buriram Unite
24 Nov 26	r05	Ratchaburi Ratchaburi	-	Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Darul T
24 Nov 26	r05	Công An Hà Nội Công An Hà Nộ	-	Vissel Kobe Vissel Kobe
24 Nov 26	r05	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai Shabab Al-Ahl	-	Al-Qadsiah Al-Qadsiah
24 Nov 26	r05	Al-Nassr Al-Nassr	-	Al-Sadd Al-Sadd
25 Nov 26	r05	Kashima Antlers Kashima Antle	-	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyund
25 Nov 26	r05	Gamba Osaka Gamba Osaka	-	Port Port

01 Dec 26	r06	Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa Reyso	-	Công An Hà Nội Công An Hà Nộ
01 Dec 26	r06	Vissel Kobe Vissel Kobe	-	Newcastle Jets Newcastle Jet
01 Dec 26	r06	Pohang Steelers Pohang Steele	-	Shanghai Port Shanghai Port
01 Dec 26	r06	Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan	-	Ratchaburi Ratchaburi
01 Dec 26	r06	Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Darul T	-	Daejeon Hana Citizen Daejeon Hana
01 Dec 26	r06	Buriram United Buriram Unite	-	Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Sanga
02 Dec 26	r06	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyund	-	Gamba Osaka Gamba Osaka
02 Dec 26	r06	Port Port	-	Kashima Antlers Kashima Antle
07 Dec 26	r06	Pakhtakor Pakhtakor	-	Tractor Tractor
07 Dec 26	r06	Al Wasl Al Wasl	-	Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad
07 Dec 26	r06	Al-Qadsiah Al-Qadsiah	-	Al-Shamal Al-Shamal
07 Dec 26	r06	Esteghlal Esteghlal	-	Neftchi Fergana Neftchi Ferga
07 Dec 26	r06	Al-Sadd Al-Sadd	-	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Ja
07 Dec 26	r06	Al-Hilal Al-Hilal	-	Al Ain Al Ain
08 Dec 26	r06	Al-Gharafa Al-Gharafa	-	Al-Nassr Al-Nassr
08 Dec 26	r06	Al-Ahli Al-Ahli	-	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai Shabab Al-Ahl

08 Feb 27	r07	Pakhtakor Pakhtakor	-	Esteghlal Esteghlal
08 Feb 27	r07	Tractor Tractor	-	Al-Sadd Al-Sadd
08 Feb 27	r07	Al Ain Al Ain	-	Al-Qadsiah Al-Qadsiah
08 Feb 27	r07	Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad	-	Al-Gharafa Al-Gharafa
08 Feb 27	r07	Al-Nassr Al-Nassr	-	Al-Shamal Al-Shamal
08 Feb 27	r07	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Ja	-	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai Shabab Al-Ahl
09 Feb 27	r07	Newcastle Jets Newcastle Jet	-	Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Darul T
09 Feb 27	r07	Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Sanga	-	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyund
09 Feb 27	r07	Shanghai Port Shanghai Port	-	Port Port
09 Feb 27	r07	Daejeon Hana Citizen Daejeon Hana	-	Kashima Antlers Kashima Antle
09 Feb 27	r07	Ratchaburi Ratchaburi	-	Gamba Osaka Gamba Osaka
09 Feb 27	r07	Công An Hà Nội Công An Hà Nộ	-	Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan
09 Feb 27	r07	Neftchi Fergana Neftchi Ferga	-	Al-Ahli Al-Ahli
09 Feb 27	r07	Al Wasl Al Wasl	-	Al-Hilal Al-Hilal
10 Feb 27	r07	Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa Reyso	-	Buriram United Buriram Unite
10 Feb 27	r07	Vissel Kobe Vissel Kobe	-	Pohang Steelers Pohang Steele

15 Feb 27	r08	Esteghlal Esteghlal	-	Al Wasl Al Wasl
15 Feb 27	r08	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai Shabab Al-Ahl	-	Al-Nassr Al-Nassr
15 Feb 27	r08	Al-Sadd Al-Sadd	-	Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad
15 Feb 27	r08	Al-Gharafa Al-Gharafa	-	Tractor Tractor
15 Feb 27	r08	Al-Shamal Al-Shamal	-	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Ja
15 Feb 27	r08	Al-Ahli Al-Ahli	-	Al Ain Al Ain
15 Feb 27	r08	Al-Hilal Al-Hilal	-	Pakhtakor Pakhtakor
15 Feb 27	r08	Al-Qadsiah Al-Qadsiah	-	Neftchi Fergana Neftchi Ferga
16 Feb 27	r08	Kashima Antlers Kashima Antle	-	Ratchaburi Ratchaburi
16 Feb 27	r08	Gamba Osaka Gamba Osaka	-	Daejeon Hana Citizen Daejeon Hana
16 Feb 27	r08	Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan	-	Newcastle Jets Newcastle Jet
16 Feb 27	r08	Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Darul T	-	Công An Hà Nội Công An Hà Nộ
16 Feb 27	r08	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyund	-	Shanghai Port Shanghai Port
16 Feb 27	r08	Pohang Steelers Pohang Steele	-	Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa Reyso
16 Feb 27	r08	Buriram United Buriram Unite	-	Vissel Kobe Vissel Kobe
16 Feb 27	r08	Port Port	-	Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Sanga

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