AFC club competitions ranking

The AFC club competitions ranking is a ranking system launched by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 2014.[1][2]

Calculation principle

The club competitions ranking (former member association ranking, or MA ranking) is used to rank associations and seed teams in the competitions, allocate the number of entries and entry points to the competitions.[3] There are, however, many shifts each year with associations not meeting off field requirements.

The ranking until 2021 consisted of the total points of member associations' clubs over the previous four years. Since the 2022 edition, the ranking has used the points over the previous eight years, with earlier editions having a decreasingly smaller contribution through an applied multiplier.

Ranking structure

Club ranking was introduced in 2014 by the AFC.[1] It was an informative ranking and not used to seed clubs in the club competitions.[2]

In 2024, the AFC announced changes in the format for ranking the three revamped Club competitions – AFC Champions League Elite, AFC Champions League Two, AFC Challenge League – effective from the 2024–25 season.[4] The structure has taken into account the results from the past 8 years, with a weighting formula.[5]

Scoring from 2024–25 onwards

Round Score[a]
ACLE ACL2 ACGL
Participation Points 3 2 1.5
Participation in Qualifying Round – – 0.5
Win in Qualifying Round 0.3 0.2 0.15
Draw in Qualifying Round 0.15 0.1 0.075
Win in Group stage / Knock-out phase 3 2 1.5
Draw in Group stage / Knock-out phase 1 0.666 0.5
Advance to Knock-out phase 3 2 1.5
Advance to Quarter-finals 1.5 1 –
Advance to Semi-finals and Final 1.5 1 0.75

2024–25 ranking

To be used for entry requirements into the 2026–27 AFC competitions.

As of 18 May 2025[7]
Ranking Member association
(L: League, C: Cup, LC: League cup) 		Club points Total 2026–27 Competition
2024–25 2023–24 Mvmt Region 2016
(×0.3) 		2017
(×0.4) 		2018
(×0.5) 		2019
(×0.6) 		2021
(×0.7) 		2022
(×0.8) 		2023–24
(×0.9) 		2024–25
(×1.0) 		ACL Elite ACL Two Challenge
1 1 — W 1 Saudi Arabia (L, C) 9.500 18.600 10.000 26.350 20.950 19.075 27.100 34.542 119.957 3+0 1+0 0
2 2 — E 1 Japan (L, C, LC) 10.500 21.850 13.850 21.800 17.875 20.088 21.350 27.970 107.663 3+0 1+0 0
3 3 — E 2 South Korea (L, C) 20.750 9.950 18.350 13.600 22.750 15.800 22.350 14.762 90.982 2+1 1+0 0
4 4 — W 2 United Arab Emirates (L, C) 18.000 11.350 8.100 7.633 14.400 8.083 25.500 16.400 74.466 2+1 1+0 0
5 5 — W 3 Qatar (L, C) 22.000 13.400 19.850 15.900 7.300 13.500 8.100 14.701 69.326 2+1 1+0 0
6 6 — W 4 Iran (L, C) 13.000 16.200 18.850 11.500 14.225 13.250 9.300 13.274 68.907 1+1 1+0 0
7 8 +1 E 3 Thailand (L, C, LC) 1.000 15.050 16.200 5.050 8.500 11.110 8.567 14.875 54.873 2+1 1+0 0
8 7 –1 E 4 China (L, C) 14.750 24.567 16.200 17.350 0.800 0.500 11.900 10.250 54.682 1+1 1+0 0
9 9 — W 5 Uzbekistan (L, C) 9.750 5.050 9.400 9.000 8.960 10.057 11.250 10.333 49.821 1+0 1+0 0
10 11 +1 E 5 Australia (L, C) 14.000 5.900 7.300 2.600 0.000 7.900 10.593 12.796 40.420 1+0 1+0 0
11 12 +1 E 6 Malaysia (L, C) 7.167 4.395 3.633 4.450 4.000 9.677 6.213 15.511 40.039 1+0 1+0 0
12 10 –2 W 6 Iraq (L, C) 9.833 8.933 8.633 8.300 3.250 7.450 7.473 8.500 39.280 1+0 1+0 0
13 13 — W 7 Jordan (L, C) 4.167 4.900 7.633 7.967 4.893 6.000 5.415 12.000 36.905 0 1+1 0
14 14 — E 7 Vietnam (L, C) 4.000 2.800 3.267 10.752 6.000 5.300 5.400 11.333 35.038 0 1+1 0
15 22 +7 E 8 Singapore (L, C) 4.500 5.138 5.617 4.133 0.000 3.253 3.640 14.833 29.405 0 1+1 0
16 17 +1 W 8 Bahrain (L, C) 5.333 3.467 1.633 2.500 5.510 5.215 7.020 7.583 27.233 0 1+1 0
17 19 +2 W 9 Oman (L, C) 1.000 2.200 1.583 1.433 0.000 6.795 9.780 9.000 26.069 0 1+1 0
18 18 — W 10 India (L, C) 7.667 6.250 4.417 3.217 3.677 4.797 3.453 6.500 24.958 0 1+1 0
19 15 –4 E 9 Hong Kong (L, C) 5.833 1.750 3.300 3.650 7.333 6.587 4.900 3.333 24.436 0 1+1 0
20 20 — W 11 Turkmenistan (L, C) 2.000 4.483 7.583 5.267 3.125 2.640 3.463 7.450 24.211 0 0+1 1+0
21 23 +2 W 12 Kuwait (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.433 7.070 4.160 3.165 8.075 21.260 0 0+1 1+0
22 21 –1 W 13 Lebanon (L, C) 6.333 0.833 3.933 6.933 2.670 1.525 4.840 4.500 20.304 0 0 1+0
23 30 +7 E 10 Cambodia (L, C) 0.000 1.683 2.250 1.000 0.000 2.070 5.620 11.000 20.112 0 1+1 0
24 16 –8 W 14 Tajikistan (L, C) 0.333 12.900 4.433 3.000 4.970 2.493 2.230 3.276 20.033 0 0 0+1
25 28 +3 E 11 Indonesia (L, C) 0.000 0.000 4.100 5.045 0.000 3.960 3.560 7.204 18.653 0 0+1 0+1
26 27 +1 W 15 Kyrgyzstan (L) 0.000 1.400 0.150 2.433 0.835 0.565 11.830 4.600 18.378 0 0 0+1
27 25 –2 E 12 Philippines (L, C) 4.667 8.120 5.843 4.782 2.600 0.300 0.600 3.667 16.706 0 0+1 0+1
28 24 –4 W 16 Bangladesh (L, C) 1.000 1.333 1.433 6.933 2.790 3.760 4.730 1.500 16.428 0 0 0+1
29 26 –3 W 17 Syria (L, C) 5.333 5.933 2.000 3.133 1.785 2.890 1.400 2.500 14.174 0 0 0+1
30 32 +1 E 13 Myanmar (L, C) 2.333 1.300 4.062 1.600 0.000 0.000 1.640 7.150 12.837 0 0 0+1
31 33 +2 E 14 Chinese Taipei (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.333 2.000 0.000 5.145 6.050 12.280 0 0 0+1
32 29 –3 E 15 North Korea (L, C) 0.000 3.433 7.433 11.067 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 11.730 0 0 0+1
33 31 –2 W 18 Maldives (L, C) 1.333 4.300 4.300 0.000 0.200 2.030 2.640 1.500 9.910 0 0 0+1
34 35 +1 E 16 Mongolia (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.100 0.100 0.000 0.100 5.080 2.200 6.962 0 0 0+1
35 34 –1 W 19 Palestine (L, C) 2.000 0.200 0.150 2.967 0.835 0.610 0.100 2.500 6.198 0 0 0+1
36 40 +4 W 20 Bhutan (L, C) 0.000 0.150 0.150 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 3.600 4.035 0 0 0+1
37 36 –1 E 17 Macau (L, C) 0.000 0.000 4.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.370 0.000 3.233 0 0 0+1
38 37 –1 E 18 Laos (L, C) 1.000 0.150 0.150 0.333 0.000 0.000 0.100 1.650 2.375 0 0 0+1
39 38 –1 W 21 Nepal (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.667 0.200 0.100 0.200 0.167 0.967 0 0 0+1
40 39 –1 W 22 Sri Lanka (L, C) 0.000 0.100 0.000 0.350 0.100 0.200 0.000 0.000 0.480 0 0 0+1
41 42 +1 W 23 Afghanistan (L) 0.000 0.150 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.167 0.227 0 0 0+1
42 41 –1 E 19 Brunei (C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.100 0.000 0.090 0 0 0+1
43 43 — W 24 Yemen (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0+1
43 43 — E 20 East Timor (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0+1
43 43 — W 24 Pakistan (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0+1
43 43 — E 20 Guam (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0+1
43 43 — E 20 Northern Mariana Islands (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0+1

2023–24 ranking

To be used for entry requirements into the 2025–26 AFC competitions.[8]

Ranking Member association
(L: League, C: Cup, LC: League cup) 		Club points Total 2025–26 competition
2023–24 2022
[5]		 Mvmt Region 2015
(×0.3) 		2016
(×0.4) 		2017
(×0.5) 		2018
(×0.6) 		2019
(×0.7) 		2021
(×0.8) 		2022
(×0.9) 		2023–24
(×1.0) 		ACL Elite ACL Two Challenge
1 1 — W 1 Saudi Arabia (L, C) 15.250 9.500 18.600 10.000 26.350 20.950 19.075 27.100 103.148 3+0 1+0 0
2 2 — E 1 Japan (L, C, LC) 15.250 10.500 21.850 13.850 21.800 17.875 20.088 21.350 96.999 3+0 1+0 0
3 3 — E 2 South Korea (L, C) 16.750 20.750 9.950 18.350 13.600 22.750 15.800 22.350 93.600 3+0 1+0 0
4 6 +2 W 2 United Arab Emirates (L, C) 25.000 18.000 11.350 8.100 7.633 14.400 8.083 25.500 74.873 3+0 1+0 0
5 4 –1 W 3 Qatar (L, C) 19.000 22.000 13.400 19.850 15.900 7.300 13.500 8.100 70.330 2+1 1+0 0
6 5 –1 W 4 Iran (L, C) 11.250 13.000 16.200 18.850 11.500 14.225 13.250 9.300 68.640 1+1 1+0 0
7 7 — E 3 China (L, C) 15.750 14.750 24.567 16.200 17.350 0.800 0.500 11.900 57.764 2+1 1+0 0
8 8 — E 4 Thailand (L, C, LC) 10.000 1.000 15.050 16.200 5.050 8.500 11.110 8.567 49.546 1+1 1+1 0
9 9 — W 5 Uzbekistan (L, C) 4.750 9.750 5.050 9.400 9.000 8.960 10.057 11.250 47.259 1+0 1+0 0
10 10 — W 6 Iraq (L, C) 3.167 9.833 8.933 8.633 8.300 3.250 7.450 7.473 37.118 1+0 1+0 0
11 11 — E 5 Australia (L, C) 7.500 14.000 5.900 7.300 2.600 0.000 7.900 10.593 34.703 1+0 1+0 0
12 13 +1 E 6 Malaysia (L, C) 9.500 7.167 4.395 3.633 4.450 4.000 9.677 6.213 31.331 1+0 1+0 0
13 12 –1 W 7 Jordan (L, C) 4.667 4.167 4.900 7.633 7.967 4.893 6.000 5.415 30.403 0 2+0 0
14 14 — E 7 Vietnam (L, C) 4.000 4.000 2.800 3.267 10.752 6.000 5.300 5.400 28.657 0 2+0 0
15 15 — E 8 Hong Kong (L, C) 8.167 5.833 1.750 3.300 3.650 7.333 6.587 4.900 26.888 0 2+0 0
16 18 +2 W 8 Bahrain (L, C) 2.167 5.333 3.467 1.633 2.500 5.510 5.215 7.040 23.368 0 2+0 0
17 17 — W 9 India (L, C) 3.333 7.667 6.250 4.417 3.217 3.677 4.797 3.453 22.806 0 1+1 0
18 16 -2 W 10 Tajikistan (L, C) 9.000 0.333 12.900 4.433 3.000 4.970 2.493 2.230 22.493 0 1+1 0
19 20 +1 W 11 Turkmenistan (L, C) 2.000 2.000 4.483 7.583 5.267 3.125 2.640 3.463 20.217 0 1+1 1+0
20 28 +8 W 12 Oman (L, C) 2.333 1.000 2.200 1.583 1.433 0.000 6.795 9.780 20.048 0 0+1 1+0
21 22 +1 W 13 Lebanon (L, C) 0.667 6.333 0.833 3.933 6.933 2.670 1.525 4.840 18.711 0 0 1+0
22 19 –3 W 14 Kuwait (L, C) 9.500 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.433 7.070 4.160 3.165 17.818 0 0 0+1
23 24 +1 E 9 Singapore (L, C) 0.500 4.500 5.138 5.617 4.133 0.000 3.253 3.640 17.350 0 2+0 0
24 27 +3 W 15 Bangladesh (L, C) 0.000 1.000 1.333 1.433 6.933 2.790 3.760 4.730 17.125 0 0 0+1
25 21 –4 E 10 Philippines (L, C) 1.667 4.667 8.120 5.843 4.782 2.600 0.300 0.600 16.230 0 2+0 0
26 23 –3 W 16 Syria (L, C) 6.833 5.333 5.933 2.000 3.133 1.785 2.890 1.400 15.972 0 0 0+1
27 33 +6 W 17 Kyrgyzstan (L) 0.000 0.000 1.400 0.150 2.433 0.835 0.565 11.830 15.500 0 0 0+1
28 26 –2 E 11 Indonesia (L, C) 5.667 0.000 0.000 4.100 5.045 0.000 3.960 3.560 14.816 0 0+1 0+1
29 25 –4 E 12 North Korea (L, C) 0.000 0.000 3.433 7.433 11.067 0.000 0.000 0.000 13.923 0 0 0
30 29 –1 W 18 Maldives (L, C) 2.000 1.333 4.300 4.300 0.000 0.200 2.030 2.640 10.490 0 0 0+1
31 32 +1 E 13 Cambodia (L, C) 0.000 0.000 1.683 2.250 1.000 0.000 2.070 5.620 10.375 0 0 1+1
32 30 –2 E 14 Myanmar (L, C) 2.667 2.333 1.300 4.062 1.600 0.000 0.000 1.640 7.581 0 0 1+1
33 35 +2 E 15 Chinese Taipei (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.333 2.000 0.000 5.145 6.978 0 0 0+2
34 40 +6 E 16 Mongolia (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.100 0.100 0.000 0.100 5.080 5.300 0 0 0+2
35 31 –4 W 19 Palestine (L, C) 2.000 2.000 0.200 0.150 2.967 0.835 0.610 0.100 4.984 0 0 0+1
36 34 –2 E 17 Macau (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 4.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.370 3.770 0 0 0
37 36 –1 E 18 Laos (L, C) 1.000 1.000 0.150 0.150 0.333 0.000 0.000 0.100 1.198 0 0 0+1
38 37 –1 W 20 Nepal (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.667 0.200 0.100 0.200 0.917 0 0 0
39 38 –1 W 21 Sri Lanka (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.100 0.000 0.350 0.100 0.200 0.000 0.555 0 0 0
40 39 –1 W 22 Bhutan (L, C, LC) 0.000 0.000 0.150 0.150 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.505 0 0 0+1
41 42 +1 E 19 Brunei (C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.100 0.100 0 0 0+1
42 41 –1 W 23 Afghanistan (L) 0.000 0.000 0.150 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.075 0 0 0+1
43 42 –1 E 20 Guam (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0
43 42 –1 E 20 Northern Mariana Islands (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0
43 42 –1 W 24 Pakistan (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0
43 42 –1 E 20 East Timor (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0
43 42 –1 W 24 Yemen (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0

See also

Notes

  1. ^ There is a points multiplier which takes into consideration the maximum number of points that can be earned in each competition, where in 2025[6] it is calculated as:
    • ACLE: 1
    • ACL2: 0.666 (by formula 2/3 * 49.5/49.5)
    • ACGL: 0.5 (By formula 1/3 * 49.5/33.0)

References

  1. ^ a b "Al Hilal lead the way as AFC announces Club Ranking system". www.the-afc.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  2. ^ a b "AFC Competitions Committee recommends new AFC Cup format". Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Entry Manual: AFC Club Competitions 2017–2020" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2017.
  4. ^ "AFC Competitions Committee recommends strategic reforms to elevate Asian club football". www.the-afc.com. 23 December 2022. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b "AFC Club Competitions Ranking 2022". www.the-afc.com. 15 May 2023. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Ranking Formula". FootyRankings. Retrieved 14 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "AFC Club Competitions Ranking 2025". FootyRankings. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "AFC Club Competitions Ranking 2024". FootyRankings. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2025.


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