Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League records and statistics
This page details statistics of the Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League.
General performances
By club
The following table lists clubs by number of winners and runners-up in the Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League.
- Notes
- 1 Club no longer exists.
- 2 In 1974 the Israel FA was expelled from the AFC due to political pressure, and became a full UEFA member in 1994. As a result, Israeli clubs no longer participate in AFC tournaments but in their UEFA counterparts instead.
By nation
By city / area
All-time top ten Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League
- As of 5 November 2011
Rank | Club | Seasons | Games | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | F | SF | QF |
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1 | Al-Hilal | 14 | 81 | 49 | 20 | 18 | 136 | 80 | 56 | 167 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
2 | Seongnam FC | 7 | 62 | 44 | 8 | 10 | 154 | 60 | 94 | 140 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
3 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 7 | 56 | 34 | 11 | 11 | 131 | 43 | 88 | 113 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
4 | Al-Ittihad | 9 | 62 | 33 | 14 | 15 | 127 | 65 | 62 | 113 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Pohang Steelers | 6 | 52 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 119 | 40 | 79 | 103 | 3 | 2 | ||
6 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 10 | 59 | 28 | 10 | 21 | 86 | 78 | 8 | 94 | 2 | 1 | ||
7 | Kashima Antlers | 8 | 49 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 123 | 44 | 79 | 92 | 4 | |||
8 | Esteghlal | 10 | 54 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 94 | 66 | 28 | 92 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
9 | Al-Ain | 9 | 60 | 26 | 14 | 20 | 100 | 75 | 25 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 5 | 45 | 28 | 3 | 14 | 101 | 50 | 51 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
AFC Champions League performance by League
This table includes results beyond group stage of the AFC Champions League through 2002/03 season; qualifying rounds are not included.
- As of 21 November 2015 (After 2015 Final)
# League Teams
AppsPld W D L GF GA GD Pts W R SF QF 16 GS 1 K League Classic 41 338 172 78 88 599 376 223 594 4 3 6 8 7 13 2 Saudi Professional League 40 312 148 72 92 509 348 161 516 2 3 5 8 9 13 3 J1 League 41 293 138 63 92 532 361 171 477 2 4 5 13 17 4 Persian Gulf Pro League 37 256 106 65 85 362 310 52 383 2 1 6 7 21 5 Chinese Super League 39 265 101 63 101 365 343 22 366 2 2 5 4 26 6 UAE Arabian Gulf League[A] 37 247 79 69 99 335 396 -61 306 1 2 2 4 5 23 7 Qatar Stars League 32 217 67 53 97 271 340 -69 254 1 1 5 3 22 8 Uzbek League 27 183 67 40 76 220 251 -31 241 4 2 5 16 9 A-League 19 135 45 35 55 155 179 -24 170 1 1 1 3 13 10 Thai Premier League 14 86 21 19 46 102 173 -71 82 1 1 12 11 Kuwaiti Premier League[A] 10 58 19 14 25 67 84 -17 71 1 1 8 12 Syrian Premier League 8 58 18 11 29 63 92 -29 65 1 2 5 13 Iraqi Premier League 11 59 15 14 30 57 88 -31 59 11 14 Indonesia Super League 9 54 10 6 38 41 163 -122 36 9 15 V.League 1 10 56 4 6 46 38 178 -140 18 10 16 S.League 2 12 1 2 9 10 35 -25 5 2 17 Ýokary Liga 1 3 0 0 3 1 10 -9 0 1 18 Bahraini Premier League[A] 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
All-time AFC Champions League table
This table includes results beyond group stage of the AFC Champions League through 2002/03 season, therefore:
- It includes quarterfinal appearance by the defending champions during 2004 to 2008 seasons (with + appearance)
- It does not include the old Asian Club Championship
- It does not include Qualifying rounds
- As of 14 November 2016 (Semi Finals complete)
Best Finish Winner Runners-up Semifinals Quarterfinals R ClubS G W D L GF GA GD Pts W R SF QF 16 GS 1 Al-Hilal 12 95 44 27 24 151 100 +51 159 1 2 2 4 3 2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 9+1 87 45 16 28 176 110 +66 153 1 2 1 3 2 1 3 Al-Ittihad 8+2 82 44 18 20 156 83 +73 150 2 1 2 2 3 4 Al-Ain 10+1 85 38 23 24 129 102 +27 137 1 2 1 2 1 4 5 Sepahan 11 78 35 16 27 114 95 +19 121 1 2 8 6 Pakhtakor 13 81 35 16 30 109 105 +4 121 2 1 1 9 7 Al-Shabab 9 67 33 12 22 90 76 +14 111 1 2 3 3 8 Seongnam FC 6 52 32 9 11 117 55 +62 105 1 1 1 2 1 9 Gamba Osaka 8 63 30 13 20 125 77 +48 103 1 1 3 3 10 FC Seoul 6 64 27 22 15 106 71 +35 103 1 2 2 1 11 Guangzhou Evergrande 5 53 28 12 13 95 55 +40 96 2 2 1 12 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 7 53 26 15 12 89 53 +36 93 1 1 2 3 13 Al-Sadd 10 69 24 21 24 90 90 0 93 1 2 1 6 14 Bunyodkor 9 72 24 21 27 81 91 −10 93 2 1 4 2 15 Al-Ahli 7 56 25 14 17 99 66 +33 89 1 2 1 3 16 Pohang Steelers 7 55 23 18 14 68 48 +20 87 1 2 4 17 Shandong Luneng 8 54 22 12 20 88 83 +5 78 2 6 18 Esteghlal 7 47 18 14 15 68 57 +11 68 1 2 4 19 Kashima Antlers 6 38 20 7 11 85 43 +42 67 1 3 2 20 Zob Ahan 4 33 18 9 6 45 25 +20 63 1 1 1 1
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Number of participating clubs in the Champions League era
The following table is a list of clubs that have participated in the AFC Champions League (Group stage & Playoff rounds).
(2016 season's participants are included)
Year(s) in Bold : Team advanced to the knockout stage.
Attendance record
The following table lists 20 matches with the most attendances at AFC Champions League:
Clubs
By semifinal appearances
Excluding semifinalists from 1987 to 1989-90 seasons. In these seasons, there were no semifinalists.
Year(s) in Bold : Team was FINALIST
Unbeaten sides
Fourteen clubs have won the Cup unbeaten, only three teams have done this twice:
- Hapoel Tel Aviv had only 1 win in 1967
- Maccabi Tel Aviv had 4 wins and 2 draws in 1969 and 5 wins in 1971
- Esteghlal had 4 wins in 1970 and 4 wins and 1 draw in 1990–91
- Daewoo Royals had 4 wins in 1985
- Furukawa Electric FC had 5 wins in 1986–87
- Liaoning FC had 3 wins and 2 draws in 1989–90
- Al-Hilal had 3 wins and 1 draw in 1991–92 and 6 wins and 1 draw in 1999–2000
- Thai Farmers Bank had 2 wins and 4 draws in 1993–94
- Ilhwa Chunma had 8 wins and 1 draw in 1995
- Suwon Samsung Bluewings had 5 wins and 2 draws in 2001–02
- Al-Ittihad had 4 wins and 2 draws in 2005
- Urawa Red Diamonds had 5 wins and 7 draws in 2007
- Gamba Osaka had 9 wins and 3 draws in 2008
- Ulsan Hyundai had 10 wins and 2 draws in 2012
Consecutive participations
- Pakhtakor Tashkent have the record number of consecutive participations in the AFC Champions League with 11 from 2002–03 to 2013.
Winning other trophies
Champions league and regional league
- Al-Ittihad in 2005 won the AFC Champions League and 2004-05 Arab Champions League.
Champions league and domestic league
- Al-Ain in 2003 won the AFC Champions League and 2002-03 UAE Football League.
- Guangzhou Evergrande in 2013 won the AFC Champions League and 2013 Chinese Super League.
- Guangzhou Evergrande in 2015 won the AFC Champions League and 2015 Chinese Super League.
Champions league and domestic cup
- Al-Ittihad in 2004 won the AFC Champions League and 2003-04 Saudi Crown Prince Cup.
- Gamba Osaka in 2008 won the AFC Champions League and 2008 Emperor's Cup.
Champions league and domestic league cup
- Pohang Steelers in 2009 won the AFC Champions League and 2009 K-League Cup.
Biggest wins
- The following teams won a single match with goal difference of 6 or more in the AFC Champions League era:
Biggest two leg win
The following teams won two-legged matches by scoring seven goals or more in the AFC Champions League era:
Countries
- Only on two occasions has the final of the tournament involved two teams from the same country:
- 1996–97 South Korea: Pohang Steelers vs Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma, 2–1
- 2001–02 South Korea: Suwon Samsung Bluewings vs Anyang LG Cheetahs, 0–0 (4–2 pen.)
- In addition to the two finals, 23 meetings between teams from the same country have been played:
- 7 meetings from the South Korean league:
- 1996–97 Quarterfinal, Pohang Steelers - Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma, 0–0
- 1998–99 Quarterfinal, Busan Daewoo Royals - Pohang Steelers, 1–1
- 2001–02 Quarterfinal, Suwon Samsung Bluewings - Anyang LG Cheetahs, 0–0
- 2006 Semifinal, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors - Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i, 6–4 (2–3, 4–1)
- 2010 Quarterfinal, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma - Suwon Samsung Bluewings, 4–3 (4–1, 0–2)
- 2014 Round of 16, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors - Pohang Steelers, 1–3 (1–2, 0–1)
- 2014 Quarterfinal, Pohang Steelers - FC Seoul, 0–0 (0–3 pen.)
- 5 meetings from the Japanese league:
- 1999–00 Quarterfinal, Júbilo Iwata - Kashima Antlers, 1–0
- 2008 Semifinal, Gamba Osaka - Urawa Red Diamonds, 4–2 (1–1, 3–1)
- 2009 Round of 16, Gamba Osaka - Kawasaki Frontale, 2–3
- 2009 Quarterfinal, Kawasaki Frontale - Nagoya Grampus, 3–4 (2–1, 1–3)
- 2011 Round of 16, Gamba Osaka - Cerezo Osaka, 0–1
- 5 meetings from the Saudi Arabian league:
- 2000–01 Quarterfinal, Al-Ittihad - Al-Hilal, 2–0
- 2009 Round of 16, Al-Ittihad - Al-Shabab, 2–1
- 2011 Round of 16, Al-Ittihad - Al-Hilal, 3–1
- 2012 Semifinal, Al-Ittihad - Al-Ahli, 1–2 (1–0, 0–2)
- 2014 Round of 16, Al-Ittihad - Al-Shabab, 4–1 (1–0, 3–1)
- 3 meetings from the Iranian league:
- 2 meetings from the UAE league:
- 1 meeting from the Qatari league:
- 7 meetings from the South Korean league:
- 2010 was the first season that four teams from the same country reached the quarter-final stage, South Korea's Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Pohang Steelers, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Suwon Samsung Bluewings.
Specific group stage records
- Most goals scored in a group stage: 28
- Fewest goals scored in a group stage: 0
- Fewest goals conceded in a group stage: 0
- Most goals conceded in a group stage: 29
- Highest goal difference in a group stage: +25
- Lowest goal difference in a group stage: –26
6 wins
Three teams have won all their games in a group stage; these are:
Four teams have won all their games in a group stage (not 6 games); these are:
- Al-Ain (3 wins), 2002–03
- FC Pakhtakor (3 wins), 2002–03
- Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (2 wins), 2006
- Shanghai Shenhua (2 wins), 2006
6 draws
No team
6 losses
Five teams have lost all their games in a group stage; these are:
- Neftchi Farg'ona, 2004
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai, 2005
- Da Nang, 2006
- Dong Tam Long An FC, 2007
- Al-Arabi, 2012
Five teams have lost all their games in a group stage (not 6 games); these are:
- Osotsapa FC (3 losses), 2002–03
- Nisa Asgabat (3 losses), 2002–03
- Al-Shorta (4 losses), 2004
- Tokyo Verdy (2 losses), 2006
- Dong Tam Long An FC (2 losses), 2006
Advancing past the group stage
- Al-Hilal holds the record for the most consecutive seasons advancing past the group stage with 8 from 2009 to 2016.
- In 2016, Guangzhou Evergrande became the second title holder not to qualify from the following year's group stage; the first was Western Sydney Wanderers in 2015.
- Al-Wahda and Ulsan Hyundai scored the fewest goals (3) to earn 6 points in the group stage (not 6 games) in 2004 and 2006.
- Pakhtakor also scored the fewest goals (3) to earn 7 points in the group stage (not 6 games) in 2004.
- Beijing Guoan scored the fewest goals (4) to earn 9 points in the group stage (6 games) in 2013. Also, Sydney FC scored (4) goals to earn 10 points in the group stage of 2016.
Biggest disparity between group winner and runner-up
The biggest points difference between the first- and second-placed teams in a Champions League group phase is 9 points, achieved by only one team:
- Busan IPark, 18 points (25:0 goals) (+25) in 2005. (2nd Krung Thai Bank 9 points, 3rd Persebaya Surabaya 4 points, 4th Binh Dinh 4 points).
Most points achieved, yet knocked out
- 15 points (only one team advanced):
- Yokohama F. Marinos, in (2004).
- 13 points (only one team advanced):
- Sepahan, in (2004).
- Suwon Samsung Bluewings, in (2005).
- Al-Sadd, in (2006).
- Shandong Luneng Taishan, in (2007).
- 12 points (only one team advanced):
- Júbilo Iwata, in (2004).
- Yokohama F. Marinos, in (2005).
- Dalian Shide, in (2006).
- Changchun Yatai, in (2008).
- Beijing Guoan, in (2008).
- 10 points (only two teams advanced):
- Urawa Red Diamonds, in (2013).
- Buriram United, in (2015).
- Pakhtakor, in (2016).
Fewest points achieved, yet advanced
- 6 points:
- Al-Wahda, in (2004) (only 4 games).
- Ulsan Hyundai, in (2006) (only 2 games).
- Shanghai Shenhua, in (2006) (only 2 games).
- 7 points:
- BEC Tero Sasana, in (2002–03) (only 3 games).
- Dalian Shide, in (2002–03) (only 3 games).
- Pakhtakor, in (2004) (only 4 games).
- Persepolis, in (2009) (only 4 games).
- Al-Shabab, in (2009) (only 4 games).
- Buriram United, in (2013).
- Central Coast Mariners, in (2013).
Players
Goalscoring
All-time top goalscorers
- As of 24 November 2016[4]
From 2008 season and excluding qualifying games
Top scorer awards
The top scorer award is for the player who amassed the most goals in the tournament, excluding the qualifying rounds.
- Muriqui (Guangzhou Evergrande) has the record for most goals in one season with 13 in 2013, along with Adriano (FC Seoul) in 2016.
- Mohamed Kallon (Al-Ittihad) has the record for fewest goals in one season with 6 in 2005.
- Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, Gamba Osaka and Guangzhou Evergrande are the club to have received the most awards with 2:
- Brazilian players have received the most awards with 7:
- Magno Alves in 2006
- Mota in 2007
- Leandro in 2009
- Jose Mota in 2010
- Ricardo Oliveira in 2012
- Muriqui in 2013
- Ricardo Goulart in 2015
Hat-tricks
- The first hat-trick of the AFC Champions League era was scored by Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma's Kim Do-Hoon against Osotsapa on 9 March 2003.
- Seven players have managed to score two hat-tricks in the AFC Champions League:
- Kim Do-Hoon (two for Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)
- Nantawat Tansopa (two for Krung Thai Bank)
- Leandro (one for Gamba Osaka and one for Al-Sadd)
- Araújo (two for Al-Gharafa)
- Krunoslav Lovrek (two for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
- Ricardo Oliveira (two for Al-Jazira)
- Adriano (two for FC Seoul)
List of hat-tricks
- 4 Player scored 4 goals
- 5 Player scored 5 goals
Managers
Managers with AFC Champions League titles
Rank | Nation | Manager | Won | Runner-up | Years won | Years runner-up | Clubs won |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Choi Kang-Hee | 2 | 1 | 2006,2016 | 2011 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | |
2 | Bruno Metsu | 1 | 0 | 2002-03 | Al-Ain | ||
Dragan Talajić | 1 | 0 | 2004 | Al-Ittihad | |||
Anghel Iordănescu | 1 | 0 | 2005 | Al-Ittihad | |||
Holger Osieck | 1 | 0 | 2007 | Urawa Red Diamonds | |||
Akira Nishino | 1 | 0 | 2008 | Gamba Osaka | |||
Sérgio Farias | 1 | 0 | 2009 | Pohang Steelers | |||
Shin Tae-Yong | 1 | 0 | 2010 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | |||
Jorge Fossati | 1 | 0 | 2011 | Al-Sadd | |||
Kim Ho-Gon | 1 | 0 | 2012 | Ulsan Hyundai | |||
Marcello Lippi | 1 | 0 | 2013 | Guangzhou Evergrande | |||
Tony Popovic | 1 | 0 | 2014 | Western Sydney Wanderers | |||
Luiz Felipe Scolari | 1 | 0 | 2015 | Guangzhou Evergrande | |||
3 | Attaphol Buspakom | 0 | 1 | 2002-03 | |||
Cha Kyung-Bok | 0 | 1 | 2004 | ||||
Milan Máčala | 0 | 1 | 2005 | ||||
Mohamad Qwayed | 0 | 1 | 2006 | ||||
Luka Bonačić | 0 | 1 | 2007 | ||||
Aurelio Vidmar | 0 | 1 | 2008 | ||||
Gabriel Calderón | 0 | 1 | 2009 | ||||
Mansour Ebrahimzadeh | 0 | 1 | 2010 | ||||
Karel Jarolím | 0 | 1 | 2012 | ||||
Choi Yong-soo | 0 | 1 | 2013 | ||||
Laurențiu Reghecampf | 0 | 1 | 2014 | ||||
Cosmin Olăroiu | 0 | 1 | 2015 |
References
- ↑ "Persepolis 1–0 Al-Hilal - Report". AFC. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Persepolis 2–1 Bunyodkor - Report". AFC. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Persepolis set new AFC Champions League attendance record". AFC. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "AFC Champions League 2016 » Top Scorer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 May 2016.