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AFC club competitions ranking

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

Calculation principle

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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

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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

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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

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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 Same position — W 1 Saudi Arabia 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 Same position — E 1 Japan 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 Same position — E 2 South Korea 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 Same position — W 2 United Arab Emirates 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 Same position — W 3 Qatar 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 Same position — W 4 Iran 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 Rise +1 E 3 Thailand 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 Fall –1 E 4 China 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 Same position — W 5 Uzbekistan 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 Rise +1 E 5 Australia 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 Rise +1 E 6 Malaysia 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 Fall –2 W 6 Iraq 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 Same position — W 7 Jordan 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 Same position — E 7 Vietnam 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 Rise +7 E 8 Singapore 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 Rise +1 W 8 Bahrain 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 Rise +2 W 9 Oman 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 Same position — W 10 India 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 Fall –4 E 9 Hong Kong 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 Same position — W 11 Turkmenistan 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 Rise +2 W 12 Kuwait 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 Fall –1 W 13 Lebanon 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 Rise +7 E 10 Cambodia 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 Fall –8 W 14 Tajikistan 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 Rise +3 E 11 Indonesia 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 Rise +1 W 15 Kyrgyzstan 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 Fall –2 E 12 Philippines 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 Fall –4 W 16 Bangladesh 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 Fall –3 W 17 Syria 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 Rise +1 E 13 Myanmar 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 Rise +2 E 14 Chinese Taipei 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 Fall –3 E 15 North Korea 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 Fall –2 W 18 Maldives 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 Rise +1 E 16 Mongolia 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 Fall –1 W 19 Palestine 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 Rise +4 W 20 Bhutan 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 Fall –1 E 17 Macau 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 Fall –1 E 18 Laos 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 Fall –1 W 21 Nepal 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 Fall –1 W 22 Sri Lanka 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 Rise +1 W 23 Afghanistan 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 Fall –1 E 19 Brunei 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 Same position — W 24 Yemen 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 Same position — E 20 Timor-Leste 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 Same position — W 24 Pakistan 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 Same position — E 20 Guam 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 Same position — E 20 Northern Mariana Islands 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

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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 Same position — W 1 Saudi Arabia 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 Same position — E 1 Japan 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 Same position — E 2 South Korea 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 Rise +2 W 2 United Arab Emirates 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 Fall –1 W 3 Qatar 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 Fall –1 W 4 Iran 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 Same position — E 3 China 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 Same position — E 4 Thailand 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+0 0
9 9 Same position — W 5 Uzbekistan 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 Same position — W 6 Iraq 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 Same position — E 5 Australia 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 Rise +1 E 6 Malaysia 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 Fall –1 W 7 Jordan 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 Same position — E 7 Vietnam 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 Same position — E 8 Hong Kong 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 Rise +2 W 8 Bahrain 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 Same position — W 9 India 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 Fall -2 W 10 Tajikistan 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 Rise +1 W 11 Turkmenistan 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 Rise +8 W 12 Oman 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 Rise +1 W 13 Lebanon 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 Fall –3 W 14 Kuwait 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 Rise +1 E 9 Singapore 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 Rise +3 W 15 Bangladesh 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 Fall –4 E 10 Philippines 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 Fall –3 W 16 Syria 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 Rise +6 W 17 Kyrgyzstan 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 Fall –2 E 11 Indonesia 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 Fall –4 E 12 North Korea North Korea (L, C) 0.000 0.000 3.433 7.433 11.067 0.000 0.000 0.000 13.923 0 0+1 0+1
30 29 Fall –1 W 18 Maldives 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 Rise +1 E 13 Cambodia Cambodia (L, C) 0.000 0.000 1.683 2.250 1.000 0.000 2.070 5.620 10.375 0 0 0+1
32 30 Fall –2 E 14 Myanmar Myanmar (L, C) 2.667 2.333 1.300 4.062 1.600 0.000 0.000 1.640 7.581 0 0 0+1
33 35 Rise +2 E 15 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.333 2.000 0.000 5.145 6.978 0 0 0+1
34 40 Rise +6 E 16 Mongolia Mongolia (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.100 0.100 0.000 0.100 5.080 5.300 0 0 0+1
35 31 Fall –4 W 19 Palestine 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 Fall –2 E 17 Macau Macau (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 4.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.370 3.770 0 0 0+1
37 36 Fall –1 E 18 Laos 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 Fall –1 W 20 Nepal Nepal (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.667 0.200 0.100 0.200 0.917 0 0 0+1
39 38 Fall –1 W 21 Sri Lanka 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+1
40 39 Fall –1 W 22 Bhutan 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 Rise +1 E 19 Brunei 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 Fall –1 W 23 Afghanistan 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 Fall –1 E 20 Guam 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 42 Fall –1 E 20 Northern Mariana Islands 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
43 42 Fall –1 W 24 Pakistan 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 42 Fall –1 E 20 Timor-Leste 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 42 Fall –1 W 24 Yemen 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

See also

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Notes

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  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

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  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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