Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League records and statistics
This page details statistics of the Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League.
General performances
By club
Performances in the AFC Champions League by club
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years Won | Years Runners-up |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
2 | 1 | 2004, 2005 | 2009 |
![]() |
2 | 1 | 2006, 2016 | 2011 |
![]() |
2 | 0 | 2013, 2015 | — |
![]() |
2 | 0 | 2007, 2017 | — |
![]() |
1 | 2 | 2003 | 2005, 2016 |
![]() |
1 | 1 | 2010 | 2004 |
![]() |
1 | 0 | 2008 | — |
![]() |
1 | 0 | 2009 | — |
![]() |
1 | 0 | 2011 | — |
![]() |
1 | 0 | 2012 | — |
![]() |
1 | 0 | 2014 | — |
![]() |
0 | 2 | — | 2014, 2017 |
![]() |
0 | 1 | — | 2003 |
![]() |
0 | 1 | — | 2006 |
![]() |
0 | 1 | — | 2007 |
![]() |
0 | 1 | — | 2008 |
![]() |
0 | 1 | — | 2010 |
![]() |
0 | 1 | — | 2013 |
![]() |
0 | 1 | — | 2015 |
The following table lists clubs by number of winners and runners-up in the Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League.
- Notes
- 1 Club no longer exists.
- 2 In 1974 the Israel FA was expelled from the AFC due to political pressure, and became a full UEFA member in 1994. As a result, Israeli clubs no longer participate in AFC tournaments but in their UEFA counterparts instead.
By nation
By city / area
AFC Champions League performance by League
This table includes results beyond group stage of the AFC Champions League through 2002/03 season; qualifying rounds are not included.
- As of 14 March 2018 (After 2018 Group Stage Round 4)
# League Teams
AppsPld W D L GF GA GD Pts W R SF QF 16 GS 1 K League 153 418 206 97 115 743 479 264 712 5 3 7 8 8 18 2 Saudi Professional League50 382 172 99 111 606 439 167 610 2 4 5 9 10 18 3 J1 League53 375 171 82 122 666 463 183 595 3 4 6 16 20 4 Chinese Super League51 343 136 86 121 499 443 56 494 2 3 8 5 28 5 Persian Gulf Pro League48 328 134 85 109 453 399 54 487 2 2 6 11 23 6 UAE Pro League47 323 98 94 130 413 481 -68 388 1 3 2 6 6 26 7 Qatar Stars League40 267 90 67 109 359 404 -45 342 1 2 5 5 23 8 Uzbekistan Super League35 231 79 59 93 269 321 -52 290 4 3 5 21 9 A-League26 177 55 49 73 205 263 -68 214 1 1 1 5 16 10 Thai League 117 104 25 24 55 117 204 -89 101 1 1 1 13 11 Kuwaiti Premier League9 58 19 14 25 67 84 -17 71 1 1 8 12 Syrian Premier League8 58 18 11 29 63 92 -29 65 1 2 5 13 Iraqi Premier League11 59 15 14 30 57 88 -31 59 11 14 Indonesia Super League9 54 10 6 38 41 163 -122 36 9 15 V.League 111 62 5 7 50 44 191 -147 22 11 16 S.League2 12 1 2 9 10 35 -25 5 2 17 Hong Kong Premier League2 10 1 1 8 2 34 -32 4 1 18 Ýokary Liga1 3 0 0 3 1 10 -9 0 1
All-time AFC Champions League table
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 19 September 2018 (Completion of the Round of QF)
Best Finish Winner Runners-up Semifinals Quarterfinals R ClubS G W D L GF GA GD Pts W R SF QF 16 GS 1 Al-Hilal14 115 51 35 29 178 120 +58 187 2 2 2 4 4 2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors11 101 53 17 31 208 127 +81 176 2 1 1 4 2 1 3 Al-Ain13 105 44 32 29 164 131 +33 164 1 2 1 3 2 4 4 Al-Ittihad10 82 44 18 20 156 83 +73 150 2 1 2 2 3 5 Guangzhou Evergrande7 71 35 21 15 134 75 +59 126 2 3 1 1 6 Sepahan11 78 35 16 27 114 95 +19 121 1 2 8 7 Pakhtakor13 81 35 16 30 109 105 +4 121 2 1 1 9 8 Al-Ahli9 74 33 21 20 128 88 +40 120 1 3 2 3 9 Suwon Samsung Bluewings9 69 33 19 17 114 70 +44 118 2 1 2 4 10 Al-Sadd11 79 30 23 26 110 101 +9 113 1 1 2 1 6 11 Al-Shabab9 67 33 12 22 90 76 +14 111 1 2 3 3 12 FC Seoul7 70 29 22 19 114 88 +26 109 1 2 2 1 1 13 Gamba Osaka9 69 31 14 24 132 90 +42 107 1 1 3 4 14 Seongnam FC6 52 32 9 11 117 55 +62 105 1 1 1 2 1 15 Kashima Antlers8 56 30 10 16 117 59 +58 100 1 1 4 2 16 Al-Duhail7 58 29 13 16 89 75 +14 100 3 2 2 17 Esteghlal9 65 26 20 19 95 80 +15 98 1 1 3 4 18 Bunyodkor10 78 25 21 32 86 103 −17 96 2 1 4 3 19 Pohang Steelers7 55 23 18 14 68 48 +20 87 1 2 4 20 Persepolis7 51 23 12 16 70 64 +6 81 2 3 2 21 Zob Ahan6 47 23 11 13 59 45 +14 80 1 1 2 2 22 Ulsan Hyundai6 44 24 7 13 78 59 +19 79 1 1 1 3
- See {full table}
Number of participating clubs in the Champions League era
The following table is a list of clubs that have participated in the AFC Champions League (Group stage).
Year(s) in Bold : Team advanced to the knockout stage.
Attendance record
The following table lists 23 matches with the most attendances at AFC Champions League:
Clubs
Performance review (from 2002-03)
By semifinal appearances
Excluding semifinalists from 1987 to 1989-90 seasons. In these seasons, there were no semifinalists.
Year(s) in Bold : Team was FINALIST
Unbeaten sides
Fourteen clubs have won the Cup unbeaten, only three teams have done this twice:
- Hapoel Tel Aviv had only 1 win in 1967
- Maccabi Tel Aviv had 4 wins and 2 draws in 1969 and 5 wins (including 2 walkovers) in 1971
- Esteghlal had 4 wins in 1970 and 4 wins and 1 draw in 1990–91
- Daewoo Royals had 4 wins in 1985
- Furukawa Electric FC had 5 wins in 1986–87
- Liaoning FC had 3 wins and 2 draws in 1989–90
- Al-Hilal had 3 wins and 1 draw in 1991–92 and 6 wins and 1 draw in 1999–2000
- Thai Farmers Bank had 2 wins and 4 draws in 1993–94
- Ilhwa Chunma had 8 wins and 1 draw in 1995
- Suwon Samsung Bluewings had 5 wins and 2 draws in 2001–02
- Al-Ittihad had 4 wins and 2 draws in 2005
- Urawa Red Diamonds had 5 wins and 7 draws in 2007
- Gamba Osaka had 9 wins and 3 draws in 2008
- Ulsan Hyundai had 10 wins and 2 draws in 2012
Consecutive participations
Pakhtakor Tashkent have the record number of consecutive participations in the AFC Champions League with 11 from 2002–03 to 2013.
Winning other trophies
Champions league and regional league
Al-Ittihad in 2005 won the AFC Champions League and 2004-05 Arab Champions League.
Champions league and domestic league
Al-Ain in 2003 won the AFC Champions League and 2002-03 UAE Football League. Guangzhou Evergrande in 2013 won the AFC Champions League and 2013 Chinese Super League. Guangzhou Evergrande in 2015 won the AFC Champions League and 2015 Chinese Super League.
Champions league and domestic cup
Al-Ittihad in 2004 won the AFC Champions League and 2003-04 Saudi Crown Prince Cup. Gamba Osaka in 2008 won the AFC Champions League and 2008 Emperor's Cup.
Champions league and domestic league cup
Pohang Steelers in 2009 won the AFC Champions League and 2009 K-League Cup.
Biggest wins
- The following teams won a single match with goal difference of 6 or more in the AFC Champions League era:
Biggest two-leg win
The following teams won two-legged matches by scoring seven goals or more in the AFC Champions League era:
Countries
- Only on two occasions has the final of the tournament involved two teams from the same country:
- 1996–97 South Korea: Pohang Steelers vs Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma, 2–1
- 2001–02 South Korea: Suwon Samsung Bluewings vs Anyang LG Cheetahs, 0–0 (4–2 pen.)
- In addition to the two finals, 23 meetings between teams from the same country have been played:
- 8 meetings from the South Korean league:
- 1996–97 Quarterfinal, Pohang Steelers - Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma, 0–0
- 1998–99 Quarterfinal, Busan Daewoo Royals - Pohang Steelers, 1–1
- 2001–02 Quarterfinal, Suwon Samsung Bluewings - Anyang LG Cheetahs, 0–0
- 2006 Semifinal, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors - Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i, 6–4 (2–3, 4–1)
- 2010 Quarterfinal, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma - Suwon Samsung Bluewings, 4–3 (4–1, 0–2)
- 2014 Round of 16, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors - Pohang Steelers, 1–3 (1–2, 0–1)
- 2014 Quarterfinal, Pohang Steelers - FC Seoul, 0–0 (0–3 pen.)
- 2016 Semifinal, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors - FC Seoul, 5–3 (4-1, 1-2)
- 5 meetings from the Japanese league:
- 1999–00 Quarterfinal, Júbilo Iwata - Kashima Antlers, 1–0
- 2008 Semifinal, Gamba Osaka - Urawa Red Diamonds, 4–2 (1–1, 3–1)
- 2009 Round of 16, Gamba Osaka - Kawasaki Frontale, 2–3
- 2009 Quarterfinal, Kawasaki Frontale - Nagoya Grampus, 3–4 (2–1, 1–3)
- 2011 Round of 16, Gamba Osaka - Cerezo Osaka, 0–1
- 5 meetings from the Saudi Arabian league:
- 2000–01 Quarterfinal, Al-Ittihad - Al-Hilal, 2–0
- 2009 Round of 16, Al-Ittihad - Al-Shabab, 2–1
- 2011 Round of 16, Al-Ittihad - Al-Hilal, 3–1
- 2012 Semifinal, Al-Ittihad - Al-Ahli, 1–2 (1–0, 0–2)
- 2014 Round of 16, Al-Ittihad - Al-Shabab, 4–1 (1–0, 3–1)
- 3 meetings from the Iranian league:
- 2 meetings from the UAE league:
- 1 meeting from the Qatari league:
- 8 meetings from the South Korean league:
- 2010 was the first season that four teams from the same country reached the quarter-final stage, South Korea's Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Pohang Steelers, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Suwon Samsung Bluewings.
Specific group stage records
- Most goals scored in a group stage: 28
- Fewest goals scored in a group stage: 0
- Fewest goals conceded in a group stage: 0
- Most goals conceded in a group stage: 29
- Highest goal difference in a group stage: +25
- Lowest goal difference in a group stage: –26
Six wins
Three teams have won all their games in a group stage; these are:
Four teams have won all their games in a group stage (not 6 games); these are:
- Al-Ain (3 wins), 2002–03
- FC Pakhtakor (3 wins), 2002–03
- Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (2 wins), 2006
- Shanghai Shenhua (2 wins), 2006
Six draws
No team
Six losses
Five teams have lost all their games in a group stage (6 games); these are:
- Neftchi Farg'ona, 2004
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai, 2005
- Da Nang, 2006
- Dong Tam Long An FC, 2007
- Al-Arabi, 2012
- Al-Wasl FC, 2018
Four teams have lost all their games in a group stage (not 6 games); these are:
- Osotsapa FC (3 losses), 2002–03
- Nisa Asgabat (3 losses), 2002–03
- Tokyo Verdy (2 losses), 2006
- Dong Tam Long An FC (2 losses), 2006
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.
- In 2016, Guangzhou Evergrande became the second title holder not to qualify from the following year's group stage; the first was Western Sydney Wanderers in 2015.
- Al-Wahda and Ulsan Hyundai scored the fewest goals (3) to earn 6 points in the group stage (not 6 games) in 2004 and 2006.
- Pakhtakor also scored the fewest goals (3) to earn 7 points in the group stage (not 6 games) in 2004.
- Beijing Guoan scored the fewest goals (4) to earn 9 points in the group stage (6 games) in 2013. Also, Sydney FC scored (4) goals to earn 10 points in the group stage of 2016.
Biggest disparity between group winner and runner-up
The biggest points difference between the first- and second-placed teams in a Champions League group phase is 9 points, achieved by only one team:
- Busan IPark, 18 points (25:0 goals) (+25) in 2005. (2nd Krung Thai Bank 9 points, 3rd Persebaya Surabaya 4 points, 4th Binh Dinh 4 points).
Most points achieved, yet knocked out
- 15 points (only one team advanced):
- Yokohama F. Marinos, in (2004).
- 13 points (only one team advanced):
- Sepahan, in (2004).
- Suwon Samsung Bluewings, in (2005).
- Al-Sadd, in (2006).
- Shandong Luneng Taishan, in (2007).
- 12 points (only one team advanced):
- Júbilo Iwata, in (2004).
- Yokohama F. Marinos, in (2005).
- Dalian Shide, in (2006).
- Changchun Yatai, in (2008).
- Beijing Guoan, in (2008).
- 10 points (only two teams advanced):
- Urawa Red Diamonds, in (2013).
- Buriram United, in (2015).
- Pakhtakor, in (2016).
Fewest points achieved, yet advanced
- 6 points:
- Al-Wahda, in (2004) (only 4 games).
- Ulsan Hyundai, in (2006) (only 2 games).
- Shanghai Shenhua, in (2006) (only 2 games).
- 7 points:
- BEC Tero Sasana, in (2002–03) (only 3 games).
- Dalian Shide, in (2002–03) (only 3 games).
- Pakhtakor, in (2004) (only 4 games).
- Persepolis, in (2009) (only 4 games).
- Al-Shabab, in (2009) (only 4 games).
- Buriram United, in (2013).
- Central Coast Mariners, in (2013).
- Zob Ahan Esfahan FC, in (2018).
Players
All-time appearances
- As of 10 September 2018[6]
From 2005 season and excluding qualifying games & appearances
Goalscoring
All-time top goalscorers
- As of 4 october 2018[6]
From 2003 season and excluding qualifying games & goals
Top scorer awards
The top scorer award is for the player who amassed the most goals in the tournament, excluding the qualifying rounds.
- Muriqui (Guangzhou Evergrande) has the record for most goals in one season with 13 in 2013, along with Adriano (FC Seoul) in 2016.
- Mohamed Kallon (Al-Ittihad) has the record for fewest goals in one season with 6 in 2005.
- Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, Gamba Osaka and Guangzhou Evergrande are the club to have received the most awards with 2:
- Brazilian players have received the most awards with 7:
- Magno Alves in 2006
- Mota in 2007
- Leandro in 2009
- Jose Mota in 2010
- Ricardo Oliveira in 2012
- Muriqui in 2013
- Ricardo Goulart in 2015
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.
- Seven players have managed to score two or more hat-tricks in the AFC Champions League:
- Kim Do-Hoon (two for Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)
- Nantawat Tansopa (two for Krung Thai Bank)
- Leandro (one for Gamba Osaka and one for Al-Sadd)
- Araújo (two for Al-Gharafa)
- Krunoslav Lovrek (two for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
- Ricardo Oliveira (two for Al-Jazira)
- Adriano (two for FC Seoul and one for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
- Ricardo Goulart (three for Guangzhou Evergrande)
List of hat-tricks
- 4 Player scored 4 goals
- 5 Player scored 5 goals
Other records
Managers
References
- ↑ "Persepolis 1–0 Al-Hilal - Report". AFC. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Persepolis 2–1 Bunyodkor - Report". AFC. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Persepolis set new AFC Champions League attendance record". AFC. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/matches/2018/982299
- ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/matches/2018/984038
- 1 2 "AFC Champions League 2016 » Top Scorer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 May 2016.