List of Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League Elite finals

List of Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League Elite finals

AFC Champions League trophy, used until 2024
Founded	1967
Region	Asia (AFC)
Number of teams	24 (league stage) 2 (finalists)
Current champions	Al-Ahli (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Al-Hilal (4 titles)
2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite

The AFC Champions League Elite is a seasonal football competition established in 1967. It is open to the league champions and cup winners of Asian Football Confederation member associations, as well as to the clubs finishing in second and third position in the stronger leagues of each zone. Prior to the 2002–03 season, the tournament was named the Asian Club Championship. ^[1] Originally, only the champions of their respective national league and the defending champion of the competition were allowed to participate. However, this was changed in 2002 to allow the national cup winners to compete as well. In 2024, the competition rebranded again, and was renamed as the AFC Champions League Elite.

Al-Hilal hold the record for the most victories, with four wins since the competition's inception. Thai Farmers Bank, Pohang Steelers, Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Al-Ittihad are the four teams that have won the competition consecutively. Al-Hilal has contested the most finals, nine, winning four and losing five, while Yokohama F. Marinos, FC Seoul and Persepolis are the only three clubs to reach the finals more than once without winning. Overall, 25 clubs have won the competition since its inception in 1967. Clubs from South Korea have won the most titles with twelve. Japanese clubs are second with eight, and Saudi Arabian clubs are third with seven wins. The current champions are Al-Ahli, who beat Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 in the 2024–25 edition.

List of finals

Key

#	Finals not played
‡	Ties decided on away goals
†	Matches won after extra time
*	Matches decided on penalties

• The "Year" column refers to the season the competition was held, and wikilinks to the article about that season.
• Official season orthography of Asian Club Championship is reset. Both one-year and two-year seasons listed separately. ^[2]
• Finals are listed in the order they were played.

Asian Champion Club Tournament era (1967–1972)
Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Attendance
1967	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–1	Selangor	Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok
1969	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0†	Yangzee FC	Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok
1970	Taj Tehran	2–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran	35,000 [3]
1971	Maccabi Tel Aviv	w/o [A] #	Aliyat Al-Shorta	Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok
1972	Cancelled
Asian Club Championship era (1985–2002)
1985–86	Daewoo Royals	3–1†	Al-Ahli	Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
1986	Furukawa Electric	RR [B]	Al-Hilal	N/A
Year	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
1987	Al-Hilal	w/o	Yomiuri FC	Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh	N/A
	Yomiuri FC	w/o	Al-Hilal	Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka, Tokyo	N/A
	Yomiuri FC won the title. [C] #
1988–89	Al-Rasheed	3–2	Al-Sadd	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad	10,000
	Al-Sadd	1–0	Al-Rasheed	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha	5,000
	Al-Sadd won 3–3 on away goals.‡
1989–90	Nissan Yokohama FC	1–2	Liaoning	Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama
	Liaoning	1–1	Nissan Yokohama FC	Tiexi New District Sports Center, Shenyang
	Liaoning won 3–2 on aggregate.
Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Attendance
1990–91	Esteghlal	2–1	Liaoning	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
1991	Al-Hilal	1–1* [D]	Esteghlal	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
1992–93	PAS Tehran	1–0	Al-Shabab	Al Ahli Stadium, Manama
1993–94	Thai Farmers Bank	2–1	Oman Club	Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok
1994–95	Thai Farmers Bank	1–0	Al-Arabi	Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok
1995	Ilhwa Chunma	1–0†	Al-Nassr	King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
1996–97	Pohang Steelers	2–1†	Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
1997–98	Pohang Steelers	0–0* [E]	Dalian Wanda	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
1998–99	Júbilo Iwata	2–1	Esteghlal	Azadi Stadium, Tehran	121,000 [4]
1999–2000	Al-Hilal	3–2†	Júbilo Iwata	King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh	40,000
2000–01	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–0	Júbilo Iwata	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon
2001–02	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–0* [F]	Anyang LG Cheetahs	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
AFC Champions League era (2002–2024)
Year	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
2002–03	Al Ain	2–0	BEC Tero Sasana	Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
	BEC Tero Sasana	1–0	Al Ain	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
	Al Ain won 2–1 on aggregate.
2004	Al-Ittihad	1–3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	0–5	Al-Ittihad	Seongnam Stadium, Seongnam
	Al-Ittihad won 6–3 on aggregate.
2005	Al Ain	1–1	Al-Ittihad	Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
	Al-Ittihad	4–2	Al Ain	Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
	Al-Ittihad won 5–3 on aggregate.
2006	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–0	Al-Karamah	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju	25,830
	Al-Karamah	2–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs	40,000
	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate.
2007	Sepahan	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Foolad Shahr Stadium, Fuladshahr	30,000
	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	Sepahan	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama	59,034
	Urawa Red Diamonds won 3–1 on aggregate.
2008	Gamba Osaka	3–0	Adelaide United	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita, Osaka	21,000 [5]
	Adelaide United	0–2	Gamba Osaka	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide	17,000 [6]
	Gamba Osaka won 5–0 on aggregate.
Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Attendance
2009	Pohang Steelers	2–1	Al-Ittihad	National Stadium, Tokyo	25,743 [7]
2010	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3–1	Zob Ahan	National Stadium, Tokyo	27,308 [8]
2011	Al-Sadd	2–2* [G]	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju	41,805 [9]
2012	Ulsan Hyundai	3–0	Al-Ahli	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan	42,153 [10]
Year	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
2013	FC Seoul	2–2	Guangzhou Evergrande	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul	55,501 [11]
	Guangzhou Evergrande	1–1	FC Seoul	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou	55,847 [12]
	3–3 on aggregate, Guangzhou Evergrande won on away goals.‡
2014	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–0	Al-Hilal	Parramatta Stadium, Sydney	20,053 [13]
	Al-Hilal	0–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	66,225 [14]
	Western Sydney Wanderers won 1–0 on aggregate.
2015	Al-Ahli	0–0	Guangzhou Evergrande	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai	9,480 [15]
	Guangzhou Evergrande	1–0	Al-Ahli	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou	42,499 [16]
	Guangzhou Evergrande won 1–0 on aggregate.
2016	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	Al Ain	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju	36,158 [17]
	Al Ain	1–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain	23,239 [18]
	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate.
2017	Al-Hilal	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	59,136 [19]
	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Al-Hilal	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama	57,727 [20]
	Urawa Red Diamonds won 2–1 on aggregate.
2018	Kashima Antlers	2–0	Persepolis	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima	35,022 [21]
	Persepolis	0–0	Kashima Antlers	Azadi Stadium, Tehran	100,000 [22] [23]
	Kashima Antlers won 2–0 on aggregate.
2019	Al-Hilal	1–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh	22,549 [24]
	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–2	Al-Hilal	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama	58,109 [25]
	Al-Hilal won 3–0 on aggregate.
Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Attendance
2020	Ulsan Hyundai	2–1	Persepolis	Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah	8,517 [26]
2021	Al-Hilal	2–0	Pohang Steelers	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	50,171 [27]
Year	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
2022	Al-Hilal	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	50,881 [28]
	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Al-Hilal	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama	53,574 [29]
	Urawa Red Diamonds won 2–1 on aggregate.
2023–24	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–1	Al Ain	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama	53,704 [30]
	Al Ain	5–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain	24,826 [31]
	Al Ain won 6–3 on aggregate.
AFC Champions League Elite era (2024–present)
Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Attendance
2024–25	Al-Ahli	2–0	Kawasaki Frontale	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah	58,281 [32]
2025–26

Performances

By club

Performances in the Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League Elite by club

v t e Club	Title(s)	Runners-up	Seasons won	Seasons runner-up
Al-Hilal	4	5	1991, 1999–2000, 2019, 2021	1986, 1987, 2014, 2017, 2022
Pohang Steelers	3	1	1996–97, 1997–98, 2009	2021
Urawa Red Diamonds	3	1	2007, 2017, 2022	2019
Esteghlal	2	2	1970, 1990–91	1991, 1998–99
Seongnam FC	2	2	1995, 2010	1996–97, 2004
Al Ain	2	2	2002–03, 2023–24	2005, 2016
Al-Ittihad	2	1	2004, 2005	2009
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2	1	2006, 2016	2011
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2	0	1969, 1971	—
Al-Sadd	2	0	1988–89, 2011	—
Thai Farmers Bank	2	0	1993–94, 1994–95	—
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2	0	2000–01, 2001–02	—
Ulsan HD	2	0	2012, 2020	—
Guangzhou	2	0	2013, 2015	—
Júbilo Iwata	1	2	1998–99	1999–2000, 2000–01
Al-Ahli	1	2	2024–25	1985–86, 2012
Hapoel Tel Aviv	1	1	1967	1970
Liaoning	1	1	1989–90	1990–91
Busan IPark	1	0	1985–86	—
JEF United Chiba	1	0	1986	—
Tokyo Verdy	1	0	1987	—
PAS Tehran	1	0	1992–93	—
Gamba Osaka	1	0	2008	—
Western Sydney Wanderers	1	0	2014	—
Kashima Antlers	1	0	2018	—
Yokohama F. Marinos	0	2	—	1989–90, 2023–24
FC Seoul	0	2	—	2001–02, 2013
Persepolis	0	2	—	2018, 2020
Selangor	0	1	—	1967
Yangzee	0	1	—	1969
Aliyat Al-Shorta	0	1	—	1971
Al-Rasheed	0	1	—	1988–89
Al-Shabab	0	1	—	1992–93
Oman Club	0	1	—	1993–94
Al-Arabi	0	1	—	1994–95
Al-Nassr	0	1	—	1995
Dalian Shide	0	1	—	1997–98
Police Tero	0	1	—	2002–03
Al-Karamah	0	1	—	2006
Sepahan	0	1	—	2007
Adelaide United	0	1	—	2008
Zob Ahan	0	1	—	2010
Shabab Al-Ahli	0	1	—	2015
Kawasaki Frontale	0	1	—	2024–25

By nation

Performances in finals by nation

v t e Nation	Titles	Runners-up	Total
South Korea	12	7	19
Japan	8	6	14
Saudi Arabia	7	10	17
Iran	3	6	9
China	3	2	5
Israel	3	1	4
United Arab Emirates	2	3	5
Qatar	2	1	3
Thailand	2	1	3
Australia	1	1	2
Iraq	0	2	2
Malaysia	0	1	1
Oman	0	1	1
Syria	0	1	1

See also

• List of Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League Elite winning managers
• List of Asian Cup Winner's Cup finals

Notes

A.  ^{^} The final was scratched and Maccabi Tel Aviv were awarded the championship after Aliyat Al-Shorta refused to play the Israeli side for political reasons. ^[33]

B.  ^{^} The championship was decided in a final group round-robin of four teams.

C.  ^{^} The final was scratched and Yomiuri FC were awarded the championship as Al-Hilal was unable to field a team after several of their starting players were selected for the Saudi national team's preparation camp, which clashed with the first leg. ^[34]

D.  ^{^} Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Al-Hilal won the penalty-shootout 4–3. ^[35]

E.  ^{^} Score was 0–0 after 90 minutes and extra time. Pohang Steelers won the penalty-shootout 6–5. ^[36]

F.  ^{^} Score was 0–0 after 90 minutes and extra time. Suwon Samsung Bluewings won the penalty-shootout 4–2. ^[37]

G.  ^{^} Score was 2–2 after 90 minutes and extra time. Al-Sadd won the penalty-shootout 4–2. ^[38]

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