This page details statistics of the AFC Champions League Elite (previously known as the Asian Club Championship and the AFC Champions League).
General performances
Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League
Titles by club
A total of 24 clubs have won the tournament since its 1967 inception, with Al-Hilal being the only team to win it four times. Clubs from ten countries have provided tournament winners. South Korean clubs have been the most successful, winning a total of twelve titles.
Titles by nation
Titles by city
AFC Champions League era
Titles by club
Titles by nation
Titles by city
Statistics
All-time top 25 AFC Champions League rankings
This table includes results beyond group stage of the AFC Champions League through 2002/03 season, therefore:
- It does not include the old Asian Club Championship
- It does not include qualifying rounds
- As of May 2024 (after 2023–24 final round)
All-time table by leagues
This table includes results beyond group stage of the AFC Champions League through 2002/03 season; qualifying rounds are not included.
- As of 25 May 2024 (After 2023–24 Final Round)
Number of participating clubs of the Champions League era (from 2002–present)
The following table is a list of clubs that have participated in the AFC Champions League (group/league stage). Season in bold represents teams that qualified for the knockout stage.
Team in Italic: team no longer active.
Attendance record
The following table lists 21 matches with more than 70,000 attendances at AFC Champions League. All 21 matches took place in Iran. 20 of the 21 matches took place at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran.
Clubs
Performance review (from 2002–03)
By semi-final appearances
Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League
The following table is a list of clubs that have participated in the Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League. Excluding semifinalists from 1987 to 1989–90 seasons. In these seasons, there were no semi-finals as the finalists qualified via a group stage.
Year(s) in Bold: Team was finalist
AFC Champions League era
Year(s) in Bold: Team was finalist
Unbeaten sides
Four sides have been undefeated in multiple seasons:
- Al-Hilal (1991–92 and 1999–2000)
- Esteghlal (1970 and 1990–91)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv (1969 and 1971)
- Ulsan Hyundai: (2012 and 2020)
Ten other teams have been undefeated in a single season:
- Al-Ittihad (2005)
- Daewoo Royals (1985)
- Furukawa Electric (1986–87)
- Gamba Osaka (2008)
- Hapoel Tel Aviv (1967)
- Ilhwa Chunma (1995)
- Liaoning (1989–90)
- Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2001–02)
- Thai Farmers Bank (1993–94)
- Urawa Red Diamonds (2007)
Ulsan Hyundai have the record number of consecutive unbeaten games with 21 matches between 11 February 2020 and 15 April 2022.
Consecutive participations
- Al-Hilal have the record number of consecutive participations in the AFC Champions League with 12 Times since 2009 .
Biggest wins
- The following teams won a single match with goal difference of 8 or more in the AFC Champions League era:
Biggest two-legged wins
The following teams won two-legged matches with goal difference of 5 or more in the knock-out rounds of AFC Champions League era:
Group stage records
Goalscoring and conceding
- Most goals scored in a group stage: 28
- Kashima Antlers (2008)
- Fewest goals scored in a group stage: 0
- Tokyo Verdy (2006)
- Shahr Khodro (2020)
- Ratchaburi Mitr Phol (2021)
- Guangzhou (2022)
- Fewest goals conceded in a group stage: 0
- Pakhtakor (2002–03)
- Al-Wahda (2004)
- Busan IPark (2005)
- Ulsan Hyundai (2006)
- Most goals conceded in a group stage: 29
- Persipura Jayapura (2010)
- Highest goal difference in a group stage: 25
- Busan IPark (2005)
- Kashima Antlers (2008)
- Lowest goal difference in a group stage: –26
- Da Nang (2006)
- Tampines Rovers (2021)
Advancing past the group stage
- Al-Hilal holds the record for the most consecutive seasons advancing past the group stage with 9 from 2009 to 2017.
Players
Winning the trophy
Appearances
- As of 4 February 2025
Players taking part in the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite are highlighted in bold.
The table below does not include appearances made in the qualification stage of the competition.
Goalscoring
All-time top goalscorers
- As of 5 February 2025
- Players taking part in the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite are highlighted in bold.
- The table below does not include goals scored in the qualification stage of the competition.
Top scorer awards
The top scorer award is for the player who amassed the most goals in the tournament, excluding the qualifying rounds. Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, Gamba Osaka, Guangzhou Evergrande and Al-Hilal are the clubs to have received the most awards with 2 each:
- Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
- Kim Do-hoon in 2004
- Mota in 2007
- Gamba Osaka
- Magno Alves in 2006
- Leandro in 2009
- Guangzhou Evergrande
- Muriqui in 2013
- Ricardo Goulart in 2015
- Al-Hilal
- Omar Kharbin in 2017
- Bafétimbi Gomis in 2019
Hat-tricks
The first hat-trick of the AFC Champions League era was scored by Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma's Kim Do-hoon against Osotsapa on 9 March 2003. Both Adriano and Ricardo Goulart have scored three hat-tricks in the competition.
- 4 Player scored 4 goals
Managers
See also
- Australian clubs in the AFC Champions League
- Chinese clubs in the AFC Champions League
- Hong Kong football clubs in the AFC Champions League Elite
- Indian football clubs in Asian competitions
- Indonesian football clubs in Asian competitions
- Iranian clubs in the AFC Champions League
- Iraqi clubs in the AFC Champions League
- Japanese clubs in the AFC Champions League
- Myanmar clubs in the AFC Champions League
- Qatari clubs in the AFC Champions League
- Saudi Arabian clubs in the AFC Champions League
- South Korean clubs in the AFC Champions League
- Thai clubs in the AFC Champions League
- Vietnamese clubs in the AFC Champions League
- Pakistani football clubs in Asian competitions
- Turkish football clubs in European competitions
References
External links
- The-afc.com
