AFC Champions League

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annual sporting event club competition continental competition football competition

The AFC Champions League is Asia's premier annual club football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation, featuring top teams from across the continent.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Asian Club Championship 2
AFC Champions League 2 1
AFC Champions League 2008 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf annual sporting event ⓘ
club competition ⓘ
continental competition ⓘ
football competition ⓘ
abbreviation ACL ⓘ
broadcastRegion global ⓘ
category Asian football competitions ⓘ
international club association football competitions ⓘ
competitionFormat group stage and knockout stage ⓘ
competitionType club teams ⓘ
confederation AFC ⓘ
confederationMemberOf FIFA ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
eligibility top division clubs from AFC member associations ⓘ
firstSeasonAsAFCChampionsLeague 2002–03 ⓘ
formerlyCalled AFC Champions League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Asian Club Championship
frequency annual ⓘ
governingBody Asian Football Confederation ⓘ
hasGroupStageDraw yes ⓘ
hasKnockoutStageDraw yes ⓘ
hasTitleSponsorHistorically yes ⓘ
hasWomenEquivalent AFC Women’s Club Championship ⓘ
inception 1967 ⓘ
includesFinal yes ⓘ
includesGroupStage yes ⓘ
includesKnockoutStage yes ⓘ
includesQualifyingPlayoffs yes ⓘ
levelOnPyramid top level ⓘ
mostSuccessfulClub Al Hilal SFC ⓘ
surface form: Al-Hilal FC
mostSuccessfulClubTitles 4 ⓘ
officialWebsite https://www.the-afc.com ⓘ
organizer Asian Football Confederation ⓘ
organizerAbbreviation AFC ⓘ
organizerHeadquartersCountry Malaysia ⓘ
organizerHeadquartersLocation Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
participatingTeamsFrom AFC member associations ⓘ
primaryBroadcastRegion Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
prize qualification to FIFA Club World Cup ⓘ
qualifiesFor FIFA Club World Cup ⓘ
rankingSystemUsedForSlots AFC Club Competitions Ranking ⓘ
rebrandedAsAFCChampionsLeague 2002 ⓘ
region Asia ⓘ
replacedCompetition AFC Champions League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Asian Club Championship

Asian Cup Winners’ Cup ⓘ
Asian Super Cup ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
trophyType silver cup ⓘ
usesAwayGoalsRuleHistorically yes ⓘ
usesHomeAndAwayFormat yes ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al Hilal SFC → competition → AFC Champions League ⓘ
Persepolis F.C. → competition → AFC Champions League ⓘ
Sydney FC → competition → AFC Champions League ⓘ
UAE Pro League → confederationCup → AFC Champions League ⓘ
Mumbai City FC → continentalCompetition → AFC Champions League ⓘ
Shanghai Shenhua F.C. → continentalCompetition → AFC Champions League ⓘ
Qatar Stars League → continentalQualification → AFC Champions League ⓘ
AFC Champions League → formerlyCalled → AFC Champions League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Asian Club Championship
Esteghlal F.C. → hasCompetition → AFC Champions League ⓘ
AFC → organizesCompetition → AFC Champions League ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFC Champions League Elite
AFC → organizesCompetition → AFC Champions League ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFC Champions League 2
Adelaide United FC → participatedIn → AFC Champions League ⓘ
Newcastle Jets FC → participatedIn → AFC Champions League ⓘ
Shabab Al Ahli Club → participatesIn → AFC Champions League ⓘ
Shanghai SIPG F.C. → participatesIn → AFC Champions League ⓘ
Al Nassr FC → playsCompetition → AFC Champions League ⓘ
Saudi Pro League → qualificationFor → AFC Champions League ⓘ
FIFA Club World Cup Trophy → relatedCompetition → AFC Champions League ⓘ
AFC Champions League → replacedCompetition → AFC Champions League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Asian Club Championship
Adelaide United FC → runnerUpCompetition → AFC Champions League ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFC Champions League 2008