ASEAN Club Championship

ASEAN Club Championship
Organising body	AFF
Founded	2003;22 years ago
Region	Southeast Asia
Number of teams	14 (group stage); 16 (total)
Current champions	Buriram United (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	East Bengal ; Tampines Rovers ; Buriram United ; (1 title each)
Website	aseanutdfc.com
	2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship

Last updated August 21, 2025

The ASEAN Club Championship or ACC, also known as the Shopee Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an international club football competition organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) between regional clubs.^[1] The competition is backed by AFC and FIFA.^[2]^[3]^[4]

History

ASEAN Champions' Cup, first held in 1985, served as the qualifier for the Asian Club Championship. Bangkok Bank became the first champion.^[5] The ASEAN Club Championship was held as biannual tournament in 2003 and 2005.^[6] The first edition was sponsored by the LG Electronics, also known as the LG Cup Asean Club Football Championship.^[7] However, the tournament failed to gain traction due to lack of sponsors and conflict with the main calendar of the Asian Football Confederation. Plans to revive the tournament started as early as 2012.^[8] The tournament's revival was again proposed in 2019,^[1] but was hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9] The tournament was revived in April 2024 for the 2024–25 edition, with a new title sponsor Shopee.^[10]

Format and regulations

The format of the ASEAN Club Championship was the same as the AFC Cup, each national association in Southeast Asia sending their champion club representing the domestic league. The participating clubs were split into several groups in a round-robin format. The winners and runners-up advanced to quarter-finals or semi-finals.

Results

List of ASEAN Club Championship finals
Season	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue
Single match format
2003	East Bengal	3–1	BEC Tero Sasana	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia
2005	Tampines Rovers	4–2	Pahang FA	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
2022	Cancelled
Two-legged format
2024–25	Buriram United	2–2	Cong An Hanoi	Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam
2024–25	Buriram United	3–3(3–2 p)	Cong An Hanoi	Chang Arena, Buriram, Thailand
2025–26

Awards

Top scorers

Season	Player	Club	Goals
2003	Baichung Bhutia	East Bengal	9
2005	Bernard Tchoutang	Pahang	7
2005	Nguyễn Đình Việt	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	7
2024–25	Lucas Crispim	Buriram United	6
2024–25	Léo Artur	Cong An Hanoi	6

Best player

Season	Player	Club
2003	Therdsak Chaiman	BEC Tero Sasana
2005	Not awarded
2024–25	Lucas Crispim	Buriram United

Best young player

Season	Player	Club
2003	Not awarded
2005	Not awarded
2024–25	Ilhan Fandi	BG Pathum United

Best goalkeeper

Season	Player	Club
2003	Sandip Nandy	East Bengal
2005	Not awarded
2024–25	Chatchai Budprom	Buriram United

Statistics

By club

Club	Title(s)	Runners-up	Semi-finalists
East Bengal	1	0	0
Tampines Rovers	1	0	0
Buriram United	1	0	0
Pahang	0	1	0
BEC Tero Sasana	0	1	0
Cong An Hanoi	0	1	0
Petrokimia Putra	0	0	1
DPMM	0	0	1
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	0	0	1
PSM Makassar	0	0	1
BG Pathum United	0	0	1
Perak	0	0	1

By nation

Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Semi-finalist
Thailand	1	1	1
India	1	0	0
Singapore	1	0	0
Vietnam	0	1	1
Malaysia	0	1	1
Indonesia	0	0	2
Brunei	0	0	1

All-time ranking

As of May 2025

Rank	Club	Years	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	FW	F	SF
1	Cong An Hanoi	1	9	6	2	1	22	12	+10	20	0	1	0
2	Buriram United	1	9	4	4	1	21	8	+13	16	1	0	0
3	Tampines Rovers	1	5	4	1	0	10	4	+6	13	1	0	0
4	PSM Makassar	1	7	4	1	2	9	6	+3	13	0	0	1
5	Pahang	1	5	4	0	1	18	4	+14	12	0	1	0
6	BEC Tero Sasana	1	5	4	0	1	10	5	+5	12	0	1	0
7	BG Pathum United	1	7	3	3	1	12	9	+3	12	0	0	1
8	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	2	7	3	1	3	23	11	+12	10	0	0	1
9	East Bengal	1	5	3	1	1	12	4	+8	10	1	0	0
10	Petrokimia Putra	1	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10	0	0	1
11	Perak	1	5	3	0	2	8	6	+2	9	0	0	1
12	Terengganu	1	5	2	1	2	13	9	+4	7	0	0	0
13	Svay Rieng	1	5	2	1	2	8	7	+1	7	0	0	0
14	Persita Tangerang	1	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6	0	0	0
15	Đông Á Thanh Hóa	1	5	1	3	1	6	7	–1	6	0	0	0
16	Borneo Samarinda	1	5	2	0	3	7	9	–2	6	0	0	0
17	Kuala Lumpur City	1	5	2	0	3	4	6	–2	6	0	0	0
18	DPMM	2	6	1	2	3	6	10	–4	5	0	0	1
19	Lion City Sailors	1	5	1	1	3	2	10	–8	4	0	0	0
20	Finance and Revenue	1	3	1	0	2	4	5	–1	3	0	0	0
21	Kaya–Iloilo	1	5	1	0	4	4	12	–8	3	0	0	0
22	Zebra Baucau	1	3	1	0	2	4	22	–18	3	0	0	0
23	Singapore Armed Forces	1	3	0	1	2	4	7	–3	1	0	0	0
24	Thailand Tobacco Monopoly	1	3	0	1	2	4	7	–3	1	0	0	0
25	MCTPC	1	2	0	0	2	2	5	–3	0	0	0	0
26	Samart United	1	2	0	0	2	0	4	–4	0	0	0	0
27	Philippine Army	1	2	0	0	2	0	9	–9	0	0	0	0
28	Nagacorp	1	2	0	0	2	1	11	–10	0	0	0	0
29	Shan United	1	2	0	0	5	7	20	–13	0	0	0	0

References

1 2 McCullagh, Kevin (6 November 2019). "Asean Club Championship to launch after getting AFC and Fifa backing". SportBusiness. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
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↑ "Fox Sports". Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
↑ Ninan, Susan (1 November 2016). "Before BFC in 2016, there was East Bengal's ASEAN win in 2003". ESPN. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
↑ "Champions' Cup 1985/86". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
↑ "AFF to launch ASEAN Club Championship in 2020 featuring top clubs from Southeast Asia". Fox Sports Asia. 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
↑ Krishnan, Raghu (3 August 2003). "Corporate sponsorships made East Bengal champions". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
↑ Noveanto, Eric (8 February 2012). "South-East Asia nations to organise Asean Club Championship". Goal. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
↑ "Asean Club Championship postponed to next year". The New Paper. 26 March 2020. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
↑ Chia, Han Keong (4 April 2024). "New ASEAN Club Championship launched with 14 top regional football clubs set to vie for annual honours". Yahoo News . Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

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[sportbusiness20191106-1] 1 2 McCullagh, Kevin (6 November 2019). "Asean Club Championship to launch after getting AFC and Fifa backing". SportBusiness. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

[2] "AFC Statement on the Asean Club Championship | Football News |". the-AFC. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2019-12-24.

[3] "Fox Sports". Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2019-11-17.

[4] Ninan, Susan (1 November 2016). "Before BFC in 2016, there was East Bengal's ASEAN win in 2003". ESPN. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

[5] "Champions' Cup 1985/86". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 May 2025.

[afftolaunch-6] "AFF to launch ASEAN Club Championship in 2020 featuring top clubs from Southeast Asia". Fox Sports Asia. 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

[7] Krishnan, Raghu (3 August 2003). "Corporate sponsorships made East Bengal champions". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

[8] Noveanto, Eric (8 February 2012). "South-East Asia nations to organise Asean Club Championship". Goal. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

[9] "Asean Club Championship postponed to next year". The New Paper. 26 March 2020. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[ShopeeTitleSponsor-10] Chia, Han Keong (4 April 2024). "New ASEAN Club Championship launched with 14 top regional football clubs set to vie for annual honours". Yahoo News . Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

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