2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League

2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League
The Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium in Wuhan hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesPreliminary stage:
25–31 August 2024
Competition proper:
3 October 2024 – 24 May 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 12
Total: 21 (from 21 associations)
Final positions
Champions Wuhan Jiangda (1st title)
Runners-up Melbourne City
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored126 (3.15 per match)
Attendance52,706 (1,318 per match)
Top scorer(s) Terry Engesha
Miki Ito
(5 goals each)
Best player(s) Rebekah Stott[1]

The 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League was the first edition of the AFC Women's Champions League, Asia's premier club women's football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Wuhan Jiangda defeated Melbourne City in the final, becoming the first AFC Women's Champions League winners.[2] As winners, they also qualified for the 2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup and 2028 FIFA Women's Club World Cup.[2][3]

Association team allocation

Key principles for the competition were released by the AFC on 20 August 2023.[4] There is one entry per participating member association, with allocation based on the FIFA Women's World Ranking as of 15 March 2024. Clubs from the top ranked associations qualified directly to the group stage, with the remaining clubs starting from the preliminary stage.[5][6]

Originally, 22 (out of 47) member associations applied to enter the competition.[6] However, Naegohyang from North Korea withdrew before the draw.[7]

Rank[8] Member
association 		Slots
Group
stage 		Play-in
qualifier
AFC World
1 7  Japan 1 0
3 12  Australia 1 0
4 19  China 1 0
5 20  South Korea 1 0
6 37  Vietnam 1 0
7 39  Philippines 1 0
8 40  Chinese Taipei 1 0
9 47  Thailand 1 0
10 48  Uzbekistan 0 1
11 54  Myanmar 0 1
12 61  Iran 0 1
13 66  India 0 1
14 74  Jordan 0 1
15 79  Hong Kong 0 1
17 93  Laos 0 1
18 96  Malaysia 0 1
19 100    Nepal 0 1
22 114  United Arab Emirates 0 1
28 137  Singapore 0 1
38 173  Bhutan 0 1
40 175  Saudi Arabia 0 1
Total Participating associations: 21 8 13
21

Associations that did not enter a team:

Legend
  • W withdrew before the draw

Format

The competition comprises:[5][9]

  • a preliminary stage (one group of four and three groups of three teams) in centralised venues
  • a main tournament with 12 teams (three groups of four teams) in centralised venues
  • quarter-finals hosted by the group winners and the best second-placed team
  • semi-finals and final in a centralised venue

Tiebreakers

Teams in the preliminary stage and the group stage are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[9]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out, if only two teams are tied, and the teams in question have played their last group match against each other;
  8. Lower disciplinary score (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point);[10]
  9. Drawing of lots.

Schedule

Stage Round Draw date Dates
Preliminary stage Matchday 1 18 July 2024 25 August 2024
Matchday 2 28 August 2024
Matchday 3 31 August 2024
Group stage Matchday 1 3–12 October 2024
Matchday 2
Matchday 3
Knockout stage Quarter-finals 8 January 2025 22–23 March 2025
Semi-finals 21 May 2025
Final 24 May 2025

Teams

Location of the 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League teams
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B; Green: Group C; Yellow: eliminated in Preliminary stage

Clubs from the top eight member associations qualified directly to the group stage, while the remaining 13 clubs entered at the preliminary stage.[6][7]

Group stage direct entrants
Team Qualifying method
Urawa Red Diamonds 2023–24 WE League champions
Melbourne City 2023–24 A-League Women premiers
Wuhan Jiangda 2023 Chinese Women's Super League champions
Incheon Red Angels 2023 WK League champions
Hồ Chí Minh City 2023 Vietnamese Women's National League champions
Kaya–Iloilo 2023 PFF Women's League champions
Taichung Blue Whale 2023 Taiwan Mulan Football League champions
College of Asian Scholars 2024 Thai Women's League 1 champions
Preliminary stage participants
Team Qualifying method
Nasaf 2024 Uzbekistan Women's League champions
Myawady 2023 Myanmar Women's League champions
Bam Khatoon 2023–24 Kowsar Women Football League champions
Odisha 2023–24 Indian Women's League champions
Etihad 2023 Jordan Women's Pro League champions
Kitchee 2023–24 Hong Kong Women League champions
Young Elephants 2023 Lao Women's League champions
Sabah 2023 Malaysia National Women's League champions
APF 2022 Nepalese National Women's League champions
Abu Dhabi Country Club 2023–24 UAE Women's Football League champions
Lion City Sailors 2023 Women's Premier League champions
RTC 2023 Women's National League champions
Al-Nassr 2023–24 Saudi Women's Premier League champions

Preliminary stage

Bhutan, Jordan, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia were the hosts of each group in the Preliminary stage.[7]

Seedings

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

(H) Hosts

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Abu Dhabi Country Club 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9 Advance to group stage
2 Al-Nassr (H) 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 6
3 Young Elephants 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4 Myawady 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Young Elephants 1–2 Abu Dhabi Country Club
Yoeurn 83' Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Nodira Mirzoeva (Tajikistan)
Myawady 0–3 Al-Nassr
Report
King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 294
Referee: Mou Mingxing (China)
Abu Dhabi Country Club 1–0 Myawady
Al-Marzooqi 87' Report
King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 50
Referee: Cha Min-ji (South Korea)
Al-Nassr 3–0 Young Elephants
 Report
King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 181
Referee: Trần Thị Thanh (Vietnam)
Myawady 0–3 Young Elephants
Report
  • Sone 24'
  • Yanagisawa 45', 77'
Al Nassr Club Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 11
Referee: Esra'a Al Mbaidin (Jordan)
Abu Dhabi Country Club 1–0 Al-Nassr
Poudel 68' Report
King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 600
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Odisha 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 6 Advance to group stage
2 Etihad (H) 2 1 0 1 6 2 +4 3
3 Lion City Sailors 2 0 0 2 1 9 −8 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Lion City Sailors 1–4 Odisha
Raeka Ee 43' Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Park Se-jin (South Korea)
Etihad 5–0 Lion City Sailors
 Report
Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa
Attendance: 110
Referee: Plong Pich Akara (Cambodia)
Odisha 2–1 Etihad
Yeboah 27', 70' Report Jbarah 57'
Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sabah (H) 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Advance to group stage
2 Nasaf 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
3 APF 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
APF 0–1 Nasaf
Report Niber-Lawrence 49'
Attendance: 75
Referee: Tian Jin (China)
Sabah 0–0 APF
Report
Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu
Attendance: 2,983
Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan)
Nasaf 1–2 Sabah
Njolle 83' Report Win Theingi Tun 32', 44'
Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu
Attendance: 3,683
Referee: Tian Jin (China)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bam Khatoon 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Advance to group stage
2 Kitchee 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
3 RTC (H) 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
RTC 1–2 Bam Khatoon
Chakma 27' Report
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Khin Nyein Chan (Myanmar)
Kitchee 1–0 RTC
Fu Chiu Man 41' Report
Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Nurul Ain Izatty Zainal (Malaysia)
Bam Khatoon 2–0 Kitchee
 Report
Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
Attendance: 450
Referee: Supiree Testhomya (Thailand)

Group stage

The group stage was played from 6 to 12 October 2024. The four teams in each of the three groups played one another in a centralised single round-robin format.[5] The top two finishers in each group, together with the two best third-placed teams, advanced to the knockout stage. China, Thailand and Vietnam were the hosts of the three groups.[7]

Seedings

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4[a]

(H) Hosts

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Incheon Red Angels 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Abu Dhabi Country Club 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5
3 Wuhan Jiangda (H) 3 1 0 2 8 4 +4 3
4 Sabah 3 0 1 2 2 12 −10 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Wuhan Jiangda 1–2 Abu Dhabi Country Club
Mupopo 4' Report Juma 90', 90+3'
Attendance: 1,049
Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)
Incheon Red Angels 3–0 Sabah
 Report
Attendance: 136
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
Sabah 0–7 Wuhan Jiangda
Report
Attendance: 630
Abu Dhabi Country Club 2–2 Incheon Red Angels
 Report Engesha 34', 90+8'
Attendance: 178
Referee: Alesar Baddour (Syria)
Sabah 2–2 Abu Dhabi Country Club
 Report
  • Ibrahim 30'
  • Tetteh 44'
Attendance: 158
Referee: Supiree Testhomya (Thailand)
Wuhan Jiangda 0–2 Incheon Red Angels
Report
Attendance: 795
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaya (Kyrgyzstan)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne City 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Bam Khatoon 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 Kaya–Iloilo 3 0 2 1 1 5 −4 2
4 College of Asian Scholars (H) 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Melbourne City 2–1 Bam Khatoon
 Report Hamoudi 70'
Attendance: 391
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
Kaya–Iloilo 0–0 College of Asian Scholars
Report
Attendance: 611
Referee: Bùi Thị Thu Trang (Vietnam)
Bam Khatoon 1–1 Kaya–Iloilo
Ghanbari 39' (pen.) Report Onrubia 90+4'
Attendance: 120
Referee: Ranjita Devi (India)
College of Asian Scholars 0–3 Melbourne City
Report
Attendance: 414
Referee: Yang Shu-ting (Chinese Taipei)
Melbourne City 4–0 Kaya–Iloilo
 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Khuloud Khudoum (United Arab Emirates)
College of Asian Scholars 1–2 Bam Khatoon
Orapin 30' Report
Attendance: 250

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Urawa Red Diamonds 3 3 0 0 21 0 +21 9 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Hồ Chí Minh City (H) 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3 Taichung Blue Whale 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4 Odisha 3 0 0 3 1 24 −23 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Urawa Red Diamonds 17–0 Odisha
 Report
Attendance: 186
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
Hồ Chí Minh City 3–1 Taichung Blue Whale
 Report Huang Ke-sin 85'
Attendance: 1,086
Referee: Khin Nyein Chan (Myanmar)
Taichung Blue Whale 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds
Report
Attendance: 162
Referee: Tian Jin (China)
Odisha 1–3 Hồ Chí Minh City
Yeboah 63' Report
  • Nguyễn Thị Kim Yến 1'
  • Huỳnh Như 42'
  • Ngô Thị Hồng Nhung 90+4'
Attendance: 682
Referee: Yu Hong (China)
Taichung Blue Whale 4–0 Odisha
  • Chen Jin-wen 42', 69'
  • Tanaka 45'
  • Silawan 57'
 Report
Attendance: 135
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Hồ Chí Minh City
 Report
Attendance: 1,097
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C Hồ Chí Minh City 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Seeded in Quarter-finals draw
2 A Abu Dhabi Country Club 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5 Unseeded in Quarter-finals draw
3 B Bam Khatoon 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Discilpinary points; 5) Drawing of lots.

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Wuhan Jiangda 3 1 0 2 8 4 +4 3 Advance to Quarter-finals (unseeded)
2 C Taichung Blue Whale 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
3 B Kaya–Iloilo 3 0 2 1 1 5 −4 2
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Discilpinary points; 5) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

The knockout stage will be played in a single-leg knockout format. The semi-finals and the final match will be played in a centralised location.[9]

Draw

The draw was held on 8 January 2025.[11] For the quarter-finals, teams were seeded based on their performance in the group stage. The three group winners and the best second-placed team were seeded and will be the hosts for the match. Teams from the same group were not drawn against each other.[9]

Seeded Unseeded

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 March – Incheon
 
 
 Incheon Red Angels1
 
21 May – Wuhan
 
 Bam Khatoon0
 
 Incheon Red Angels0
 
23 March – Melbourne
 
 Melbourne City1
 
 Melbourne City3
 
24 May – Wuhan
 
 Taichung Blue Whale0
 
 Melbourne City1 (4)
 
23 March – Kumagaya
 
 Wuhan Jiangda (p)1 (5)
 
 Urawa Red Diamonds0 (5)
 
21 May – Wuhan
 
 Wuhan Jiangda (p)0 (6)
 
 Wuhan Jiangda2
 
22 March – Ho Chi Minh City
 
 Hồ Chí Minh City0
 
 Hồ Chí Minh City5
 
 
 Abu Dhabi Country Club4
 

Quarter-finals

Incheon Red Angels 1–0 Bam Khatoon
Kim Myeong-jin 81' Report
Attendance: 583
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)
Hồ Chí Minh City 5–4 Abu Dhabi Country Club
 Report
  • Adubea 3'
  • Al-Ghafri 15'
  • Tetteh 45+2', 74'
Attendance: 1,550
Melbourne City 3–0 Taichung Blue Whale
 Report
Attendance: 1,865
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 (a.e.t.) Wuhan Jiangda
Report
Penalties
 5–6
Attendance: 3,243
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

Semi-finals

Wuhan Jiangda 2–0 Hồ Chí Minh City
 Report
Attendance: 4,977
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaya (Kyrgyzstan)
Incheon Red Angels 0–1 Melbourne City
Report
Attendance: 706
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

Final

Main article: 2025 AFC Women's Champions League final
Melbourne City 1–1 (a.e.t.) Wuhan Jiangda
 Report
Penalties
 4–5
Attendance: 18,715
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)

Top scorers

As of 24 May 2025[12]
  Team eliminated for this round.
  Player is not in the team but the team is still active for this round.
  • Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs and matches voided by AFC are not counted when determining top scorer.
Rank Player Team MD1 MD2 MD3 QF SF F Total
1 Terry Engesha Incheon Red Angels[b]/ Wuhan Jiangda 2 2 1 5
Miki Ito Urawa Red Diamonds 5
3 Yuzuho Shiokoshi Urawa Red Diamonds 3 1 4
Mariana Speckmaier Melbourne City 1 1 1 1
5 Lourdes Bosch Melbourne City 1 2 3
Deng Mengye Wuhan Jiangda 3
Huỳnh Như Hồ Chí Minh City 2 1
Eugenia Tetteh Abu Dhabi Country Club 1 2
9 Song Duan Wuhan Jiangda 1 1 2
Ngô Thị Hồng Nhung Hồ Chí Minh City 1 1
Zahra Ghanbari Bam Khatoon 1 1
Chen Jin-wen Taichung Blue Whale 2
Naeema Juma Abu Dhabi Country Club 2
Shelby McMahon Melbourne City 1 1
Kabange Mupopo Wuhan Jiangda 1 1
Mei Shimada Urawa Red Diamonds 2
Wang Shuang Wuhan Jiangda 1 1
Ririka Tanno Urawa Red Diamonds 1 1
Fuka Tsunoda Urawa Red Diamonds 1 1

See also

Notes

  1. ^ This pot contained the winners of the preliminary stage, whose identity was not known at the time of draw.
  2. ^ all Engesha's goals were scored while at Incheon Red Angels

References

  1. ^ "Melbourne City's Stott named MVP". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Wuhan Jiangda take title with shootout win". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Timelines and formats of landmark FIFA women's club competitions confirmed". FIFA. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Key principles of landmark AFC Women's Champions League approved by AFC Women's Football Committee". AFC. 20 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "AFC unveils key details for inaugural AFC Women's Champions League 2024/25". The AFC. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  6. ^ a b c "Landmark AFC Women's Champions League™ to kick off with 22 clubs". the-AFC. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d "#AWCL draw to mark battle lines for maiden season". AFC. 12 July 2024.
  8. ^ "FIFA Women's World Ranking as of 15 March 2024". AFC. 15 March 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d "AFC Women's Champions League 2024/25 - Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  10. ^ "AFC Competition Operations Manual (Edition 2023)" (PDF). AFC. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  11. ^ "#AWCL - Road to glory finalised". Asian Football Confederation. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
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