ASEAN Club Championship

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ASEAN Club Championship
ASEAN Club Championship logo.png
Organising body AFF
Founded2003;21 years ago (2003)
Region Southeast Asia
Number of teams12
Current champions Flag of Singapore.svg Tampines Rovers (1st title)
Most successful club(s) Flag of India.svg East Bengal
Flag of Singapore.svg Tampines Rovers
(1 title each)
Soccerball current event.svg 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship

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 domestic champion clubs. [1] The competition is backed by AFC and FIFA.

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Qualification to the competition is for champions clubs from countries affiliated with the AFF. However, the champions for the 2003 edition were an invitee club from India. [2] [3] [4]

History

The ASEAN Club Championship was first held as biannual tournament in 2003 and 2005. [5] The first edition was sponsored by LG Electronics, which was also known as LG Cup Asean Club Football Championship. [6] 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. [7]

The tournament's revival was first proposed in 2019 [1] but was hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] The tournament was revived in April 2024 for the 2024–25 edition with a new title sponsor, Shopee. [9]

Competition format

The format of the ASEAN Club Championship was the same as that for the AFC Cup, each national football associations in Southeast Asia sending their champion club representing the domestic league winners. The participating teams were split into groups of several teams (depending on the actual number of participating teams in each group), with each team playing the others in the group in a round-robin format. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to quarter-finals or semi-finals, depending on the number of groups. These finals were played as a knockout competition in the host country.

Results

List of ASEAN Club Championship finals
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners-upVenue
NationTeamNationTeam
2003 Flag of India.svg  IND East Bengal 3–1Flag of Thailand.svg  THA BEC Tero Sasana Flag of Indonesia.svg Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
2005 Flag of Singapore.svg  SIN Tampines Rovers 4–2Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Pahang Flag of Brunei.svg Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan
2022 Cancelled
2024–25

Awards

Top scorers

YearFootballerClubGoals
2003 Flag of India.svg Baichung Bhutia Flag of India.svg East Bengal 9
2005 Flag of Cameroon.svg Bernard Tchoutang Flag of Malaysia.svg Pahang 7

Statistics

By club

#NationWinnersRunners-up3rd Place4th Place
1 Flag of India.svg East Bengal 1000
2 Flag of Singapore.svg Tampines Rovers 1000
3 Flag of Thailand.svg BEC Tero Sasana 0100
4 Flag of Malaysia.svg Pahang 0100
5 Flag of Brunei.svg DPMM 0010
6 Flag of Vietnam.svg Hoang Anh Gia Lai 0010
7 Flag of Indonesia.svg Petrokimia Putra 0010
8 Flag of Malaysia.svg Perak 0001

By nation

CountryWinnersRunners-up3rd place4th place
Flag of India.svg  India 1000
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1000
Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 0101
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0100
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0010
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 0010
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 0010

All-time ranking table

RankClubYearsPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFWFSF
1 Flag of Singapore.svg Tampines Rovers 15410104+613111
2 Flag of Malaysia.svg Pahang 15401184+1412011
3 Flag of Thailand.svg BEC Tero Sasana 15401105+512011
4 Flag of Vietnam.svg Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 273132311+1210001
5 Flag of India.svg East Bengal 15311124+810111
6 Flag of Malaysia.svg Perak 1530286+29001
7 Flag of Indonesia.svg Petrokimia Putra 1321063+37001
8 Flag of Indonesia.svg Persita Tangerang 1320184+46000
9 Flag of Brunei.svg DPMM 26123610–45001
10 Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg Finance and Revenue 1310245–13000
11 Flag of East Timor.svg FC Zebra 13102422–183000
12 Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Armed Forces 1301247–31000
13 Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Tobacco Monopoly 1301247–31000
14 Flag of Cambodia.svg Samart United 1100102–20000
15 Flag of Laos.svg MCTPC 1200225–30000
16 Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippine Army 1200209–90000
17 Flag of Cambodia.svg Nagacorp 12002111–100000

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