Iranian football clubs in the AFC Champions League

The Persian Gulf Pro League clubs in the AFC Champions League.This details the participation and performances in the competition since its based at 2002 as a result of the merger between the Asian Club Championship, the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the Asian Super Cup.

Results

AFC Champions League / AFC Champions League Elite

Team	Qualified	2002-03	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023 –24	2024–25	2025–26
Esteghlal	14	GS	–	–	–	DQ	–	GS	R16	GS	R16	SF	GS	–	–	R16	QF	GS	R16	R16	DQ	–	R16
Sepahan	14	–	GS	GS	–	RU	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	GS	GS	–	–	–	–	–	GS	–	GS	R16	PO
Persepolis	12	GS	–	–	–	–	–	R16	–	GS	R16	–	–	–	–	SF	RU	GS	RU	QF	DQ	GS	LS
Zob Ahan	7	–	GS	–	–	–	–	–	RU	QF	PO	–	–	–	–	GS	R16	R16	–	–	–	–	–
Tractor Sazi	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	GS	GS	GS	R16	–	GS	–	–	R16	–	PO	–
Foolad	5	–	–	–	GS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	R16	GS	–	–	–	–	–	GS	QF	–	–
Saba Qom	3	–	–	–	GS	–	–	GS	–	–	–	PO	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Saipa	2	–	–	–	–	–	QF	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	PO	–	–	–	–	–
PAS Tehran	1	–	–	QF	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mes Kerman	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	R16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Naft Tehran	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	QF	PO	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Esteghlal Khuzestan	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	R16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Shahr Khodro	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	GS	–	–	–	–
Nassaji Mazandaran	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	GS	–

AFC Champions League Two

Team	Qualified	2024-25	2025–26
Tractor Sazi	1	QF
Sepahan	1	GS

Legend

• Q : Qualified
• DQ: Disqualified
• PO : Qualifying play-off round
• GS : Group stage
• LS : League stage
• R16 : Round of 16
• QF : Quarter-finals
• SF : Semi-finals
• RU : Runners-Up
• C : Champions

Statistics

Statistics by club

Main page: Template: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 11 March 2025

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Best Finish
1	Persepolis	93	40	23	30	117	103	+14	143	Runners-up
2	Sepahan	96	42	18	36	144	124	+20	141	Runners-up
3	Esteghlal	93	34	30	29	128	115	+13	132	Semi Finals
4	Zob Ahan	55	26	14	15	73	56	+17	92	Runners-up
5	Foolad	34	11	13	10	32	27	+5	46	Round of 16
6	Tractor Sazi	41	10	12	19	43	55	−12	42	Round of 16
7	Pas	8	5	3	0	16	8	+8	18	Quarter Finals
8	Saba	12	4	3	5	20	17	+3	15	Group Stage
9	Saipa	8	3	4	1	10	10	0	13	Quarter Finals
10	Naft Tehran	10	3	2	5	11	13	−2	11	Quarter Finals
11	Mes Kerman	7	3	0	4	13	14	−1	9	Round of 16
12	Esteghlal Khuzestan	8	2	3	3	8	9	−1	9	Round of 16
13	Nasaji Mazandaran	6	2	0	4	7	10	−3	6	Group Stage
14	Shahr Khodro	4	0	0	4	0	6	−6	0	Group Stage

Statistics by season

As of 11 March 2025 (Excludes Qualification)

Season	Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
2002–03	2	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	9
2004	2	10	5	3	2	19	15	+4	18
2005	2	14	8	5	1	26	14	+12	29
2006	2	12	4	2	6	21	17	+4	14
2007	1	12	5	5	2	16	9	+7	20
2008	2	14	5	5	4	15	18	−3	20
2009	4	23	5	8	10	27	31	−4	23
2010	4	32	16	6	10	44	35	+9	54
2011	4	30	14	7	9	49	38	+11	49
2012	3	26	13	6	7	39	24	+15	45
2013	3	25	11	5	9	41	38	+3	38
2014	4	28	9	8	11	33	28	+5	35
2015	4	31	11	6	14	29	38	−9	39
2016	3	22	10	3	9	29	24	+5	33
2017	4	32	12	11	9	41	40	+1	47
2018	4	39	15	10	14	48	50	−2	55
2019	3	24	10	6	8	35	29	+6	36
2020	4	29	11	6	12	36	29	+7	39
2021	4	29	13	8	8	42	28	+14	47
2022	2	14	6	4	4	14	15	–1	22
2023–24	3	20	7	3	10	30	29	+1	24
2024–25 (ACLE, ACL2)	4	32	10	13	9	49	39	+10	37
2025–26 (ACLE, ACL2)	3
Total	68	504	203	130	171	693	597	+97	733

Games by club

Match won

Match drawn

Match lost

Bahman

Bahman results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup	2R	Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk	1–1	2–2	3–3 (a)
	QF	Al Talaba	0–1	1–1	1–2

Bargh Shiraz

Bargh Shiraz results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup	2R	Al-Shorta	1–1	1–2	2–3

Esteghlal

Esteghlal results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1970 Asian Champion Club Tournament	Group A	Homenetmen	3–0		1st
		Selangor FA	3–0
	SF	PSMS Medan	2–0
	Final	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–1( a.e.t. )
1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament	PR	Aliyat Al-Shorta	2–3
	Group A	ROK Army	2–1		1st
		Al-Arabi	0–0
		Perak FA	3–0
	SF	Aliyat Al-Shorta	0–2
	3PPO	ROK Army	3–2
1990–91 Asian Club Championship	Group 2	Al Sadd	1–0	1–1	2–1
	Group B	April 25	2–1		1st
		Bangkok Bank	2–0
		Mohammedan SC	1–1
	SF	Pelita Jaya Jakarta	2–0
	Final	Liaoning FC	2–1
1991 Asian Club Championship	2R	Al-Tilal	5–0	0–0	5–0
	Group B	Al-Hilal	0–1		2nd
		April 25	1–1
	SF	Al-Rayyan	2–1
	Final	Al-Hilal	1–1( a.e.t. ) (2–3 ( p ))
1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup	2R	Navbahor Namangan	3–0	1–4	4–4 (a)
	QF	Ordabasy-SKIF Chimkent	1–0	1–1	2–1
	SF	Al-Hilal	0–0( a.e.t. ) (4–5 ( p ))
	3PPO	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	0–1
1998–99 Asian Club Championship	R16	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–0	1–1	3–1
	QF	Al-Hilal	2–1		2nd
		Al-Ain	1–0
		Köpetdag Aşgabat	0–1
	SF	Dalian Wanda	4–3( a.e.t. )
	Final	Júbilo Iwata	1–2
1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Al-Hikma	7–0	8–0	15–0
	2R	Al-Ittihad	1–1	0–1	1–2
2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Al Wahda	4–0	2–3	6–3
	2R	Al Sadd	2–1	1–0	3–1
	QF	SOPFK Kairat Almaty	3–0	0–0	3–0
	SF	Al-Shabab	2–3
	3PPO	Shimizu S-Pulse	1–3
2001–02 Asian Club Championship	1R	Al-Hikma	w/o
	R16	Al-Ittihad	2–1	2–3	4–4 (a)
	QF	Al Wahda	5–3		1st
		Nasaf Qarshi	1–1
		Al-Kuwait	3–0
	SF	Anyang LG Cheetahs	1–2
	3PPO	Nasaf Qarshi	5–2
2002–03 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al Sadd	2–1		3rd
		Al-Hilal	2–3
		Al-Ain	1–3
2009 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al-Ittihad	1–1	0–1	4th
		Al-Jazira	1–1	2–2
		Umm-Salal	1–1	0–1
2010 AFC Champions League	Group A	Al-Ahli	2–1	2–1	2nd
		Al-Jazira	0–0	1–2
		Al-Gharafa	3–0	1–1
	R16	Al-Shabab	2–3
2011 AFC Champions League	Group B	Al Sadd	1–1	2–2	3rd
		Al-Nassr	2–1	1–2
		Pakhtakor	4–2	1–2
2012 AFC Champions League	PR2	Zob Ahan	2–0
	PO	Al-Ettifaq	3–1
	Group A	Al-Rayyan	3–0	1–0	2nd
		Nasaf Qarshi	0–0	2–0
		Al-Jazira	1–2	1–1
	R16	Sepahan	0–2
2013 AFC Champions League	Group D	Al-Rayyan	3–0	3–3	1st
		Al-Ain	2–0	1–0
		Al-Hilal	0–1	2–1
	R16	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	0–0	4–2	4–2
	QF	Buriram United	1–0	2–1	3–1
	SF	FC Seoul	2–2	0–2	2–4
2014 AFC Champions League	Group A	Al-Shabab	0–1	1–2	3rd
		Al-Rayyan	3–1	0–1
		Al-Jazira	2–2	1–0
2017 AFC Champions League	PO	Al Sadd	0–0 (4–3 ( p ))
	Group A	Al-Ahli	1–1	1–2	2nd
		Al-Taawoun	3–0	2–1
		Lokomotiv Tashkent	2–0	1–1
	R16	Al-Ain	1–0	1–6	2–6
2018 AFC Champions League	Group D	Al-Rayyan	2–0	2–2	1st
		Al-Hilal	1–0	0–1
		Al-Ain	1–1	2–2
	R16	Zob Ahan	3–1	0–1	3–2
	QF	Al Sadd	1–3	2–2	3–5
2019 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al-Duhail	1–1	0–3	3rd
		Al-Ain	1–1	2–1
		Al-Hilal	2–1	0–1
2020 AFC Champions League	PR2	Al Kuwait	3–0
	PO	Al-Rayyan	5–0
	Group A	Al-Shorta	1–1	1–1	2nd
		Al-Ahli	3–0	1–2
	R16	Pakhtakor	1–2
2021 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al-Ahli	5–2	0–0	1st
		Al-Shorta	1–0	3–0
		Al-Duhail	2–2	3–4
	R16	Al-Hilal	0–2
2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite	League Stage	Al-Gharafa	3–0	—	6th
		Al Sadd	—	0–2
		Al-Nassr	0–1	—
		Al-Hilal	—	0–3
		Pakhtakor	0–0	—
		Al-Ahli	—	2–2
		Al-Shorta	1–1	—
		Al-Rayyan	—	2–0
	R16	Al-Nassr	0–0	0–3	0–3

Esteghlal Khuzestan

Esteghlal Khuzestan results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2017 AFC Champions League	Group B	Al-Fateh	1–0	1–1	2nd
		Al-Jazira	1–1	1–0
		Lekhwiya	1–1	1–2
	R16	Al-Hilal	1–2	1–2	2–4

Fajr Sepasi

Fajr Sepasi results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Al Sadd	1–1 ( a.e.t. )	1–1	2–2 (3–5( p ))

Foolad

Foolad results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2006 AFC Champions League	Group A	Al Qadisiya	6–0	0–2	4th
		Al-Ittihad	1–2	0–0
		Pakhtakor	1–3	0–2
2014 AFC Champions League	Group B	El Jaish	3–1	0–0	1st
		Al-Fateh	1–0	5–1
		Bunyodkor	1–0	1–1
	R16	Al Sadd	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
2015 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al Sadd	0–0	0–1	3rd
		Lokomotiv Tashkent	1–0	1–1
		Al-Hilal	0–0	0–2
2021 AFC Champions League	PR	Al-Ain	4–0
	Group D	Al Sadd	0–1	1–1	4th
		Al-Wehdat	1–0	0–1
		Al-Nassr	1–1	0–2
2022 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al-Gharafa	1–0	0–0	1st
		Shabab Al-Ahli	1–1	1–1
		Ahal	1–0	1–0
	R16	Al-Faisaly	1–0
	QF	Al-Hilal	0–1

Jonoob Ahvaz

Jonoob Ahvaz results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1994–95 Asian Cup Winners' Cup	2R	Taraz Club Dzhambul	1–0	0–1	1–1 (5–4 ( p ))
	QF	Al Shaab	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)

Malavan

Malavan results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1986 Asian Club Championship	Group 4	HBL	7–0		?
		Saunders	1–1
		Victory SC	12–0
1991–92 Asian Cup Winners' Cup	QF	Al Ramtha	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)

Mes Kerman

Mes Kerman results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2010 AFC Champions League	Group D	Al-Ahli	4–2	1–2	2nd
		Al-Hilal	3–1	1–3
		Al Sadd	3–1	1–4
	R16	Zob Ahan	0–1

Naft Tehran

Naft Tehran results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2015 AFC Champions League	PR	El Jaish	1–0
	Group B	Al-Ain	1–1	0–3	2nd
		Al-Shabab	2–1	3–0
		Pakhtakor	1–1	1–2
	R16	Al-Ahli	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
	QF	Al-Ahli	0–1	1–2	1–3
2016 AFC Champions League	PR	El Jaish	0–2

Nassaji Mazandaran

Nassaji Mazandaran results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2023–24 AFC Champions League	Group D	Mumbai City	2–0	2–0	3rd
		Al-Hilal	0–3	1–2
		Navbahor	1–3	1–2

Pas

Pas results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1992–93 Asian Club Championship	Group B	Al Wasl	0–1		2nd
		Wohaib	1–1
	SF	Yomiuri FC	2–1( a.e.t. )
	Final	Al-Shabab	1–0
1993–94 Asian Club Championship	PO	Al-Ahli	2–0	2–1	4–1
	1R	Al-Ansar	0–0	0–0 ( a.e.t. )	0–0 (4–5 ( p ))
1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Al-Seeb	10–1	0–2	10–3
	2R	Al-Talaba	0–1	1–1	1–2
2005 AFC Champions League	Group A	Al-Rayyan	2–1	2–1	1st
		Al-Shorta	1–0	1–1
		Al-Salmiya	1–0	5–1
	QF	Al-Ain	1–1	3–3	4–4 (a)

Persepolis

Persepolis results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1969 Asian Champion Club Tournament	Group B	Toyo Kogyo	0–1		3rd
		Perak FA	4–2
		Kowloon Motor Bus	4–0
		Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0
1988–89 Asian Club Championship	Group 4	Saunders SC	5–0		2nd
		Mohammedan SC	1–2
1990–91 Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Punjab	9–0	4–2	13–2
	2R	Daewoo Royals	(w/o)
	SF	Al-Hilal	1–0	0–0	1–0
	Final	Muharraq	1–0	0–0	1–0
1992–93 Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Safa	(w/o)
	IR	Fanja	2–0	0–0	2–0
	SF	Al-Ittihad	1–0	1–1	2–1
	Final	Yokohama Marinos	0–1	1–1	1–2
1993–94 Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Al Salmiya	0–1	2–1	2–2 (a)
	QF	Al Arabi	1–1	1–2	2–3
1996–97 Asian Club Championship	2R	Yelimay Semipalatinsk	5–0	0–3	5–3
	QF	Al-Zawraa	2–1		1st
		Al-Nassr	2–3
		Al-Rayyan	2–1
	SF	Pohang Steelers	1–3
	3PPO	Al-Zawraa	4–1
1997–98 Asian Club Championship	2R	Al-Zawraa	2–0	0–0	2–0
	QF	Al-Hilal	1–0		1st
		Al-Ansar	1–0
		Navbahor Namangan	1–1
	SF	Dalian Wanda	0–2
	3PPO	Al-Hilal	1–4
1999–2000 Asian Club Championship	2R	Al-Ansar	3–0	0–0	3–0
	QF	Al-Shorta	0–0		2nd
		FC Irtysh	1–0
		Al-Hilal	0–0
	SF	Júbilo Iwata	0–2
	3PPO	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–0
2000–01 Asian Club Championship	1R	Al-Wakrah	5–1	4–2	9–3
	2R	Al-Ain	2–0	2–2 ( a.e.t. )	4–2
	QF	Al-Ittihad	0–0		1st
		FC Irtysh	0–0
		Al-Hilal	3–1
	SF	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–2
	3PPO	FC Irtysh	2–0
2002–03 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al-Talaba	1–0		2nd
		Pakhtakor	0–1
		Nisa Asgabat	4–1
2009 AFC Champions League	Group B	Al-Shabab	1–0	0–0	1st
		Al-Gharafa	3–1	1–5
	R16	Bunyodkor	0–1
2011 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al-Wahda	1–1	0–2	4th
		Bunyodkor	1–3	0–0
		Al-Ittihad	3–2	1–3
2012 AFC Champions League	Group D	Al-Hilal	0–1	1–1	2nd
		Al-Shabab	6–1	3–1
		Al-Gharafa	1–1	3–0
	R16	Al-Ittihad	0–3
2017 AFC Champions League	Group D	Al-Hilal	1–1	0–0	2nd
		Al-Wahda	4–2	3–2
		Al-Rayyan	0–0	1–3
	R16	Lekhwiya	1–0	1–0	2–0
	QF	Al-Ahli	2–2	3–1	5–3
	SF	Al-Hilal	2–2	0–4	2–6
2018 AFC Champions League	Group C	Nasaf Qarshi	3–0	0–0	1st
		Al Sadd	2–1	1–3
		Al-Wasl	2–0	1–0
	R16	Al-Jazira	2–1	2–3	4–4 (a)
	QF	Al-Duhail	3–1	0–1	3–2
	SF	Al Sadd	1–1	1–0	2–1
	Final	Kashima Antlers	0–0	0–2	0–2
2019 AFC Champions League	Group D	Pakhtakor	1–1	1–2	4th
		Al-Ahli	2–0	1–2
		Al Sadd	2–0	0–1
2020 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al-Duhail	0–1	0–2	1st
		Sharjah	4–0	2–2
		Al-Taawoun	1–0	1–0
	R16	Al Sadd	1–0
	QF	Pakhtakor	2–0
	SF	Al-Nassr	1–1( a.e.t. ) (5–3 (( p ))
	Final	Ulsan Hyundai	1–2
2021 AFC Champions League	Group E	Al-Wahda	1–0	0–1	1st
		Al-Rayyan	4–2	3–1
		Goa	2–1	4–0
	R16	Istiklol	1–0
	QF	Al-Hilal	0–3
2023–24 AFC Champions League	Group E	Al-Nassr	0–2	0–0	2nd
		Al-Duhail	1–2	1–0
		Istiklol	2–0	1–1
2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite	League Stage	Al-Ahli	—	0–1	9th
		Pakhtakor	0–0	—
		Al Sadd	—	0–1
		Al-Gharafa	1–1	—
		Al-Rayyan	—	1–1
		Al-Shorta	2–1	—
		Al-Hilal	—	1–4
		Al-Nassr	0–0	—

Saba Qom

Saba Qom results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2006 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al-Gharafa	4–1	2–0	2nd
		Al-Karamah	1–2	0–1
		Al-Wahda	2–2	4–2
2009 AFC Champions League	Group A	Al-Ahli	0–0	5–3	3rd
		Pakhtakor	1–2	0–2
		Al-Hilal	0–1	1–1
2013 AFC Champions League	PO	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	1–1( a.e.t. ) (3–5 (( p ))

Saipa

Saipa results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1994–95 Asian Club Championship	2R	FK Neftchy Farg'ona	2–2	1–1	3–3 (a)
1995 Asian Club Championship	2R	Al-Salmiya	2–1	2–1	4–2
	QF	Köpetdag Aşgabat	1–0		2nd
		Al-Nassr	0–0
		Al-Arabi	0–0
	SF	Ilhwa Chunma	0–1( a.s.d.e.t. )
	3PPO	Thai Farmers Bank	1–2
2008 AFC Champions League	Group B	Al Kuwait	1–0	1–1	1st
		Al-Wasl	2–0	1–1
		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–1	1–0
	QF	Bunyodkor	2–2	1–5	3–7
2019 AFC Champions League	PR2	Minerva Punjab	4–0
	PO	Al-Rayyan	1–3

Sepahan

Sepahan results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2004 AFC Champions League	Group D	Neftchi	4–0	3–1	2nd
		Al Arabi	3–1	2–2
		Al-Ittihad	0–4	3–2
2005 AFC Champions League	Group B	Al-Shabab	1–0	1–1	2nd
		Al-Ain	1–1	2–3
		Al-Wahda	2–0	3–1
2007 AFC Champions League	Group D	Al-Ittihad	2–1	5–0	1st
		Al-Shabab	1–0	1–0
		Al-Ain	1–1	2–3
	QF	Kawasaki Frontale	0–0	0–0 ( a.e.t. )	0–0 (5–4 (p))
	SF	Al-Wahda	3–1	0–0	3–1
	Final	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	0–2	1–3
2008 AFC Champions League	Group A	Al-Ittihad	0–2	1–2	3rd
		Bunyodkor	1–1	0–2
		Al-Ittihad	2–1	1–0
2009 AFC Champions League	Group D	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	2–0	1–2	3rd
		Al-Ettifaq	3–0	1–2
		Bunyodkor	0–1	2–2
2010 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al-Shabab	1–0	1–1	3rd
		Al-Ain	0–0	0–2
		Pakhtakor	2–0	1–2
2011 AFC Champions League	Group A	Al-Hilal	1–1	2–1	1st
		Al-Jazira	5–1	4–1
		Al-Gharafa	2–0	0–1
	R16	Bunyodkor	3–1
	QF	Al Sadd	0–3 awd.	2–1	2–4
2012 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al-Nasr	1–0	3–0	1st
		Al-Ahli	2–1	1–1
		Lekhwiya	2–1	0–1
	R16	Esteghlal	2–0
	QF	Al-Ahli	0–0	1–4	1–4
2013 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al-Nasr	3–0	2–1	3rd
		Al-Gharafa	3–1	1–3
		Al-Ahli	2–4	1–4
2014 AFC Champions League	Group D	Al Sadd	4–0	1–3	4th
		Al-Hilal	3–2	0–1
		Al-Ahli	1–2	0–0
2020 AFC Champions League	Group D	Al-Ain	0–0	4–0	3rd
		Al-Nassr	0–2	0–2
		Al Sadd	2–1	0–3
2022 AFC Champions League	Group D	Pakhtakor	2–1	3–1	3rd
		Al-Duhail	0–1	2–5
		Al-Taawoun	1–1	0–3
2023–24 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0	2–2	2nd
		Al-Ittihad	0–3 awd.	1–2
		AGMK	9–0	3–1
	R16	Al-Hilal	1–3	1–3	2–6
2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite	PR2	Shabab Al-Ahli	1–4( a.e.t. )
2024–25 AFC Champions League Two	Group C	Al-Wehdat	1–1	1–2	3rd
		Istiklol	4–0	2–0
		Sharjah	3–1	1–3

Shahr Khodro

Shahin Ahvaz results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2020 AFC Champions League	PR2	Al-Riffa	2–1
	PO	Al-Sailiya	0–0 (5–4 (p))
	Group B	Pakhtakor	0–1	0–3	3rd
		Shabab Al-Ahli	0–1	0–1

Shahin Ahvaz

Shahr Khodro results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1989–90 Asian Club Championship	Group 4	Victory SC	5–0		1st
		Old Benedictans	5–0
		Mohammedan SC	1–0
	Group B	Liaoning	0–2		3rd
		Al-Rasheed	0–5
		Pelita Jaya	2–0

Tractor

Tractor results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2013 AFC Champions League	Group A	Al-Jazira	3–1	0–2	4th
		El Jaish	2–4	3–3
		Al-Shabab	0–1	0–1
2014 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al-Ittihad	1–0	0–2	4th
		Lekhwiya	0–1	0–0
		Al-Ain	2–2	1–3
2015 AFC Champions League	Group D	Nasaf Qarshi	1–2	1–2	4th
		Al-Ahli	1–0	2–3
		Al-Ahli	2–2	0–2
2016 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al-Jazira	4–0	1–0	1st
		Pakhtakor	2–0	0–1
		Al-Hilal	1–2	2–0
	R16	Al-Nasr	3–1	1–4	4–5
2018 AFC Champions League	Group A	Al-Ahli	0–1	0–2	4th
		Al-Gharafa	1–3	0–3
		Al-Jazira	1–1	0–0
2021 AFC Champions League	Group B	Pakhtakor	0–0	3–3	2nd
		Sharjah	0–0	2–0
		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0	0–0
	R16	Al-Nassr	0–1
2023–24 AFC Champions League	PO	Sharjah	1–3
2024–25 AFC Champions League Two	Group A	Al-Wakrah	3–3	3–0	1st
		Ravshan Kulob	7–0	3–1
	R16	Al-Khaldiya	3–3	2–1	5–4
	QF	Al Taawoun	0–0	2–2 ( a.e.t. )	2–2 (2–4 ( p ))

Zob Ahan

Zob Ahan results
Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2004 AFC Champions League	Group A	Pakhtakor	1–0	0–2	2nd
		Qatar SC	3–3	0–0
2010 AFC Champions League	Group B	Al-Wahda	1–0	0–1	1st
		Al-Ittihad	1–0	2–2
		Bunyodkor	3–0	1–0
	R16	Mes Kerman	1–0
	QF	Pohang Steelers	2–1	1–1	3–1
	SF	Al-Hilal	1–0	1–0	2–0
	Final	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1–3
2011 AFC Champions League	Group D	Emirates	2–1	1–0	1st
		Al-Shabab	0–1	0–0
		Al-Rayyan	1–0	3–1
	R16	Al-Nassr	4–1
	QF	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–2	1–1	2–3
2012 AFC Champions League	PO	Esteghlal	0–2
2017 AFC Champions League	Group C	Al-Ain	0–3	1–1	3rd
		Al-Ahli	1–2	0–2
		Bunyodkor	2–1	2–0
2018 AFC Champions League	PO	Aizawl	3–1
	Group B	Al-Duhail	0–1	1–3	2nd
		Lokomotiv Tashkent	2–0	1–1
		Al-Wahda	2–0	0–3
	R16	Esteghlal	1–0	1–3	2–3
2019 AFC Champions League	PR2	Al Kuwait	1–0
	PO	Al-Gharafa	3–2
	Group A	Al-Zawraa	0–0	2–2	1st
		Al-Nassr	0–0	3–2
		Al-Wasl	2–0	3–1
	R16	Al-Ittihad	3–4	1–2	4–6

Statistics by opponents league

Bahrain

Against Bahraini Premier League clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Shahr Khodro	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
Tractor	2	1	1	0	5	4	+4	4
Total	3	2	1	0	7	5	+5	7

India

Against Indian Super League clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nassaji Mazandaran	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
Persepolis	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
Saipa	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	3
Zob Ahan	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
Total	6	6	0	0	17	2	+15	18

Iran

Against Persian Gulf Pro League clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Esteghlal	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	6
Mes Kerman	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
Sepahan	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
Zob Ahan	4	2	0	2	3	5	−2	6
Total	10	5	0	5	10	10	0	15

Iraq

Against Iraq Stars League clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Esteghlal	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	8
Pas	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Persepolis	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
Saba Qom	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0
Saipa	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Sepahan	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Tractor Sazi	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Zob Ahan	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
Total	17	7	8	2	18	11	+7	29

Japan

Against J1 League clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Persepolis	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
Sepahan	4	0	3	1	1	3	−2	3
Total	6	0	4	2	1	5	−4	4

Jordan

Against Jordanian Pro League clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Foolad	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
Sepahan	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0
Total	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

Kuwait

Against Kuwait Premier League clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Esteghlal	1	1	0	0	4	0	+3	3
Foolad	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0
Pas	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
Saipa	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Sepahan	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4
Zob Ahan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
Total	10	6	2	2	18	9	+9	20

Qatar

Against Qatar Stars League clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Esteghlal	25	8	10	7	44	33	+11	34
Esteghlal Khuzestan	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
Foolad	7	1	4	2	4	7	−3	7
Mes Kerman	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7
Naft Tehran	4	2	0	2	3	6	−3	6
Pas	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6
Persepolis	25	11	7	7	25	21	+4	40
Saba Qom	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
Saipa	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0
Sepahan	14	6	0	8	19	24	−5	18
Shahr Khodro	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tractor Sazi	7	1	2	4	9	14	−5	5
Zob Ahan	7	3	2	2	11	10	+1	11
Total	103	38	28	37	135	134	+1	142

Saudi Arabia

Against Saudi Professional League clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Esteghlal	25	11	1	13	41	38	+3	34
Esteghlal Khuzestan	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4
Foolad	9	3	2	4	7	11	−4	11
Mes Kerman	6	2	0	4	7	14	−7	6
Naft Tehran	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	6
Nassaji Mazandaran	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0
Persepolis	22	6	8	8	20	29	−9	26
Saba Qom	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
Sepahan	30	11	6	13	33	49	−16	39
Tractor Sazi	11	2	1	8	6	14	−8	7
Zob Ahan	13	5	3	5	17	16	+1	18
Total	128	43	23	62	144	185	−46	152

South Korea

Against K League clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Esteghlal	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1
Persepolis	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
Zob Ahan	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
Total	6	1	2	3	7	11	−4	5

Syria

Against Syrian Premier League clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Foolad	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	4
Sepahan	4	2	0	2	8	5	+3	6
Total	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	1

Tajikistan

Against Tajikistan Higher League clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Persepolis	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Sepahan	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	3
Tractor Sazi	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9	6
Total	6	5	1	0	18	2	+16	16

Thailand

Against Thai League 1 clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Esteghlal	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
Total	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6

Turkmenistan

Against Ýokary Liga clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Foolad	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6
Persepolis	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	3
Total	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9

United Arab Emirates

Against UAE Pro League clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Esteghlal	21	7	8	6	27	28	−1	29
Esteghlal Khuzestan	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Foolad	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9
Mes Kerman	5	2	0	3	9	10	−1	6
Naft Tehran	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	7
Pas	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
Persepolis	14	9	2	3	31	16	+15	29
Saba Qom	5	2	3	0	12	8	+4	9
Saipa	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Sepahan	25	12	6	7	45	23	+22	42
Shahr Khodro	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0
Tractor Sazi	15	6	4	5	22	20	+2	22
Zob Ahan	10	6	1	3	12	10	+2	19
Total	113	50	32	31	183	136	47	182

Uzbekistan

Against Uzbekistan Super League clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Esteghlal	7	4	2	1	13	6	+7	14
Foolad	7	2	3	2	10	9	+1	9
Naft Tehran	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Nassaji Mazandaran	2	0	0	2	2	5	−2	0
Persepolis	9	2	4	4	9	9	0	10
Saba Qom	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
Saipa	2	0	1	1	3	7	−4	1
Sepahan	13	8	2	3	33	13	+20	20
Shahr Khodro	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0
Tractor Sazi	6	1	2	3	7	8	−1	5
Zob Ahan	8	6	1	1	12	4	+8	19
Total	60	24	16	21	93	71	+22	82

Finals

Performance by clubs

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Persepolis	0	2		2018, 2020
Sepahan	0	1		2007
Zob Ahan	0	1		2010

Top scorers

Bold Active in Iranian league teams

Footballer	Club	2002-03	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023 –24	Total
Ali Alipour	Persepolis																5	3	2				10
Morteza Tabrizi	Zob Ahan Esteghlal														1	2	5	1					9
Mehdi Taremi	Persepolis													1		7							8
Kaveh Rezaei	Zob Ahan Esteghlal														2	6							8
Godwin Mensha	Persepolis															4	3						7
Mame Baba Thiam	Esteghlal																7						7
Issa Alekasir	Persepolis																		4	2			6
Cheick Diabate	Esteghlal																		1	5			6

FIFA Club World Cup

Season	Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
2007	1	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
Total	1	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3

Asian Club Championships (1967-2002)

Season	Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Asian Champion Club Tournament
1969	1	4	2	0	2	9	6	+3	4
1970	1	3	4	0	0	10	1	+9	8
1971	1	3	3	1	1	8	5	+3	7
Asian Club Championship
1986	1	3	2	1	0	20	1	+19	5
1988–89	1	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	2
1989–90	1	6	4	0	2	13	7	+6	8
1990–91	1	8	6	2	0	11	4	+7	15
1991	1	6	2	3	1	8	4	+4	7
1992–93	1	5	2	1	2	8	6	+2	5
1993–94	1	2	2	2	0	4	1	+3	6
1994–95	1	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
1995	1	7	3	2	2	6	5	+1	11
1996–97	1	9	5	1	3	17	12	+5	16
1997–98	1	7	3	2	2	6	7	−1	11
1998–99	1	7	4	1	2	11	8	+3	13
1999–2000	1	7	3	3	1	5	2	+3	12
2000–01	1	9	5	3	1	19	8	+11	18
2001–02	1	7	4	1	2	19	12	+7	10
Total	18	97	55	25	22	183	96	+87	160

Afro-Asian Club Championship

Season	Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1993	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
Total	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1990–91	1	2	4	2	0	15	2	+13	10
1991–92	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
1992–93	1	8	3	4	1	8	5	+3	10
1993–94	1	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	3
1994–95	1	4	1	2	1	2	2	0	5
1995	1	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5
1996–97	1	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
1997–98	1	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
1998–99	1	4	1	1	2	11	5	+6	4
1999–2000	1	4	2	1	1	16	2	+14	7
2000–01	1	8	4	1	3	15	10	+5	13
2001–02	1	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
Total	12	50	19	21	14	86	47	+39	70

References

• AFC Champions League Official website
• AFC Champions League on RSSSF