The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries/territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC that managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986, ALFC merged with AFC.
Association football is one of the three most-popular sports in India, the others being cricket and kabaddi. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) recognises the Indian Super League as the national football league of India. The Santosh Trophy is a knock-out competition among Indian states and government institutions.
The AFC Champions League is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition in Asian football, played by the national league champions of their national associations.
The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition is played primarily among clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying slots to the top-tier AFC Champions League, based on the AFC Club Competitions Ranking.
The AFC President's Cup was an annual continental club football competition, run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) between 2005 and 2014.
The Australia Cup is the national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. This annual competition is organised by Football Australia, formerly known as Football Federation Australia until 2020.
The Indian Super League (ISL) is the men's highest level of the Indian football league system. Administered by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and its commercial partner Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), the league currently comprises 12 clubs.
The AFC club competitions ranking is a ranking system launched by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 2014. The ranking is based on the results of teams participating in the last four years of the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup. The ranking is used for determine slot allocation for the AFC member associations in its club competitions.
The UEFA Europa Conference League, which will be renamed the UEFA Conference League prior to the 2024–25 season, is an annual football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It is the third tier of continental club football in Europe, behind the second-tier Europa League, and the first-tier Champions League.
The 2022 AFC Champions League was the 41st edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 20th under the current AFC Champions League title.
The Indian football league system is the league structure of football club competitions in India. The highest level of men's club football competition is the Indian Super League. Indian Women's League, founded in 2016, is the highest level of women's football club competition in India.
The 2023–24 AFC Cup is the 19th and last edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). From the 2024–25 season, the AFC Cup will be discontinued. The AFC Champions League 2 and the AFC Challenge League will be introduced as Asia's second- and third-tier club tournaments, respectively.
The 2023–24 AFC Champions League is the 42nd edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 21st and final under the current AFC Champions League title, as the competition will be rebranded as the AFC Champions League Elite starting in 2024–25.
The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite will be the 43rd edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the first under this new name and rebranded format.
The 2024–25 AFC Challenge League (ACGL) will be the inaugural edition of the AFC Challenge League, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It will feature 20 teams. It will be the first third-tier club competition to be held by the AFC since the AFC President's Cup, which was discontinued after the 2014 edition. The tournament is contested between clubs from nations with no initial representation in either the AFC Champions League Elite or the AFC Champions League 2.
The 2024–25 AFC Champions League 2 (ACL2) will be the inaugural edition of the AFC Champions League 2, Asia's new second-tier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It will feature 32 teams in the group stage.
The AFC Challenge League is an upcoming annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition will be played among clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying slots to the top-tier AFC Champions League Elite or the second-tier AFC Champions League 2, based on the AFC club competitions ranking.
The AFC Champions League Elite (ACLE), is an upcoming annul continental club football competition organised by The Asian Football Confideration (AFC). It will be the first level competition of Asian Club football, It is a competion beyond The AFC champions League 2 and expanded Version of former Asian Football competitions The AFC Champions League (ACL) that it will hold for the first time by 24 teams participation from 2024_2025 seasons.
2024–25 AFC Champions League 2