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Name
AFC Champions League Elite

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Established
1967 (57 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-01-14

Current Season
2024

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Sport
Soccer

Location
Worldwide

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - CBS Sports [2021-2024]

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25 Nov	Al Ain	-	Al-Ahli Saud		2:00pm
25 Nov	Al-Gharafa	-	Al Nassr FC		4:00pm
25 Nov	Esteghlal	-	Pakhtakor		4:00pm
25 Nov	Al-Rayyan SC	-	Persepolis		6:00pm
26 Nov	Vissel Kobe	-	Central Coas		10:00am
26 Nov	Ulsan Hyunda	-	Shanghai Por		10:00am
26 Nov	Shandong Lun	-	Johor Darul		12:00pm
26 Nov	Buriram Unit	-	Kawasaki Fro		12:00pm
26 Nov	Al-Shorta SC	-	Al Wasl		4:00pm
26 Nov	Al-Sadd	-	Al Hilal		4:00pm
Results
06 Nov	Yokohama F M	5 - 0	Buriram Unit
06 Nov	Pohang Steel	4 - 2	Shandong Lun
05 Nov	Al Nassr FC	5 - 1	Al Ain
05 Nov	Pakhtakor	0 - 1	Al-Rayyan SC
05 Nov	Central Coas	2 - 2	Shanghai Gre
05 Nov	Kawasaki Fro	3 - 1	Shanghai Por
05 Nov	Vissel Kobe	2 - 0	Gwangju FC
05 Nov	Johor Darul	3 - 0	Ulsan Hyunda
04 Nov	Persepolis	1 - 1	Al-Gharafa
04 Nov	Al Wasl	1 - 1	Al-Sadd

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The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition in Asian football, played by the national league champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) of their national associations.

Introduced in 1967 as the Asian Champion Club Tournament, the competition rebranded as AFC Champions League in 2002 following the merger of the Asian Club Championship, the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the Asian Super Cup. It was rebranded again in 2024 to its current name.

A total of 24 clubs compete in the league stage of the competition, divided into East and West regions (12 teams each). The winner of the AFC Champions League Elite qualifies for the FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.

The most successful club in the competition is Al-Hilal with a total of four titles. Al Ain are the current champions, having beaten Yokohama F. Marinos in the 2024 final.


Seasons

2024		2023		2022		2021
2020

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Teams

Al Ain		Al Hilal		Al Nassr FC		Al Wasl
Al-Ahli Saudi F		Al-Gharafa		Al-Rayyan SC		Al-Sadd
Al-Shorta SC		Bangkok United		Buriram United		Central Coast Mar
Esteghlal		Gwangju FC		Johor Darul Taz		Kawasaki Fronta
Pakhtakor		Persepolis		Pohang Steelers		Sepahan
Shabab Al-Ahli		Shandong Luneng		Shanghai Greenl		Shanghai Port
Ulsan Hyundai F		Vissel Kobe		Yokohama F Mari

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Last 5 winners
Al Ain (2023-2024)
Urawa Red Diamonds (2022)
Al Hilal (2021)
Ulsan Hyundai FC (2020)
Al Hilal (2019)

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