The AFC club competitions ranking is a ranking system launched by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 2014.
8-400: The club competitions ranking (former member association ranking, or MA ranking) is used to rank associations and seed teams in the competitions, allocate the number of entries and entry points to the competitions. There are, however, many shifts each year with associations not meeting off field requirements. The ranking until 2021 consisted of the total points of member associations' clubs over
16-479: The 2025–26 AFC competitions. Updated on 26 May 2024 Ranking currently being used for entry requirements into the current 2024–25 AFC competitions. 2024%E2%80%9325 AFC Champions League Elite The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite (ACL Elite) is the 43rd edition of Asia's premier club football tournament, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the first since it
24-566: The following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count since the 2002–03 season, when the competition was rebranded as the AFC Champions League. The schedule of the competition is as follows. All matches will be played on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, apart from the quarter-finals and the final. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final matches will be played at a centralized venue in Saudi Arabia. The two winners of
32-470: The play-off round (one from West Region and one from East Region) advanced to the league stage to join the 22 direct entrants. The losers of the qualifying play-offs entered the group stage of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two . A total of 2 teams played in the preliminary round. A total of 4 teams played in the play-off round: 3 teams which entered in this round, and 1 winners of the preliminary round. A total of 16 teams will qualify for
40-449: The previous four years. Since the 2022 edition, the ranking has used the points over the previous eight years, with earlier editions having a decreasingly smaller contribution through an applied multiplier. Club ranking was introduced in 2014 by the AFC. It was an informative ranking and not used to seed clubs in the club competitions. In 2024, the AFC announced changes in the format for ranking
48-399: The three revamped Club competitions – AFC Champions League Elite , AFC Champions League Two , AFC Challenge League – effective from the 2024–25 season. The structure has taken into account the results from the past 8 years, with a weighting formula. To be used for entry requirements into the 2026–27 AFC competitions. Updated on 28 November 2024 To be used for entry requirements into
56-496: The winner will enter the league stage of the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite , if they have not already qualified through domestic performance. Al-Ain are the defending champions, as the AFC Champions League records and statistics are carried forward to the ACL Elite. The associations are allocated slots according to their club competitions ranking which was published after the 2022 competitions were completed. In
64-521: Was rebranded as the AFC Champions League Elite . The revamped format, along with the rebranding, sees 24 teams playing eight games against different opponents in the brand new league phase. The final stage will be played in Saudi Arabia from 25 April to 4 May 2025. The tournament winner will qualify for the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup . Additionally,
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