# List of second division football clubs in AFC countries

The List of second division football clubs in Asian Football Confederation (AFC) countries.
* For clubs playing at top divisions, see List of top-division football clubs in AFC countries.
* For clubs belonging to any of the other five continental football confederations of the world, see List of association football clubs.

## Bangladesh

* Football association: Bangladesh Football Federation
* Second-level league: Bangladesh Championship League
As of 2023–24 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 1 | BFF Elite Football Academy | Dhaka |
| 2 | Dhaka Wanderers Club | Dhaka |
| 3 | Farashganj SC | Dhaka |
| 4 | Fakirerpool YMC | Dhaka |
| 5 | NoFeL Sporting Club | Noakhali |
| 6 | PWD Sports Club | Dhaka |
| 7 | Uttara FC | Dhaka |
| 8 | Wari Club | Dhaka |

## Cambodia

* Football association: Football Federation of Cambodia
* Second-level league: Cambodian League 2
As of 2023-24 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 1 | Bati Academy | Takéo |
| 2 | ISI Dangkor Senchey B | Phnom Penh |
| 3 | Siem Reap FC | Siem Reap |
| 4 | Tiffy Army B | Phnom Penh |
| 5 | Visakha B | Phnom Penh |

## China

* Football association: Chinese Football Association
* Second-level league: China League One
As of 2024 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 01 | Beijing BIT | Beijing |
| 02 | Beijing BSU | Beijing |
| 03 | Dalian Pro | Dalian |
| 04 | Guangxi Pingguo Haliao | Pingguo |
| 05 | Heilongjiang Ice City | Harbin |
| 06 | Jiangxi Beidamen | Jiujiang |
| 07 | Kunshan | Suzhou |
| 08 | Liaoning Shenyang Urban | Shenyang |
| 09 | Nanjing City | Nanjing |
| 10 | Nantong Zhiyun | Nantong |
| 11 | Qingdao Hainiu | Qingdao |
| 12 | Qingdao Youth Island | Qingdao |
| 13 | Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic | Xi'an |
| 14 | Shijiazhuang Gongfu | Shijiazhuang |
| 15 | Sichuan Jiuniu | Chengdu |
| 16 | Suzhou Dongwu | Suzhou |
| 17 | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | Ürümqi |
| 18 | Zibo Cuju | Zibo |

## Chinese Taipei

See Chinese Taipei for the naming issue.
* Football association: Chinese Taipei Football Association
* Top-level league: Taiwan Second Division Football League
As of 2024 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 1 | Inter Taoyuan FC | Taoyuan |
| 2 | MCU Desafino | Taipei |
| 3 | NUK Kuo Kuang | Kaohsiung |
| 4 | Sunny Bank AC Taipei | Taipei |
| 5 | Taipei Elite | Taipei |
| 6 | TCRFC | Taichung |

## Hong Kong

* Football association: The Hong Kong Football Association
* Second-level league: Hong Kong First Division League
As of 2024–25 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 1 | 3 Sing | Hong Kong |
| 2 | Central & Western District R&SA | Central & Western District |
| 3 | Citizen AA | Diamond Hill |
| 4 | Eastern District SA | Wan Chai District |
| 5 | Hoi King SA | Hong Kong |
| 6 | Resources Capital FC | Hong Kong |
| 7 | Sham Shui Po SA | Sham Shui Po District |
| 8 | Shatin SA | Sha Tin District |
| 9 | South China AA | Hong Kong |
| 10 | Tai Po FC | Tai Po District |
| 11 | Tuen Mun SA | Tuen Mun |
| 12 | Wing Yee FT | Hong Kong |
| 13 | WSE | Kowloon |

## India

* Football association: All India Football Federation
* Second-level league: I-League
As of 2024–25 season:
| Team | Location |
| Aizawl | Aizawl |
| Churchill Brothers | Margao |
| Delhi | Delhi |
| Dempo | Panaji |
| Gokulam Kerala | Calicut |
| Inter Kashi | Varanasi |
| Namdhari | Bhaini Sahib |
| Rajasthan United | Jaipur |
| Real Kashmir | Srinagar |
| Shillong Lajong | Shillong |
| Sporting Bengaluru | Bengaluru |
| Sreenidi Deccan | Visakhapatnam |

## Indonesia

* Football association: Football Association of Indonesia
* Second-level league: Liga 2
As of 2024–25 season:
| Team | Location |
| Bekasi City | Bekasi |
| Deltras | Sidoarjo |
| Gresik United | Gresik |
| Kalteng Putra | Palangka Raya |
| Karo United | Karo |
| Nusantara United | Nusantara |
| Persekat | Tegal |
| Persela | Lamongan |
| Perserang | Serang |
| Persewar | Waropen |
| Persiba | Balikpapan |
| Persijap | Jepara |
| Persikab | Bandung |
| Persipa | Pati |
| Persipal BU | Palu |
| Persipura | Jayapura |
| Persiraja | Banda Aceh |
| PSBS | Biak Numfor |
| PSCS | Cilacap |
| PSDS | Deli Serdang |
| PSIM | Yogyakarta |
| PSKC | Cimahi |
| PSMS | Medan |
| PSPS | Pekanbaru |
| Putra Delta Sidoarjo | Sidoarjo |
| Semen Padang | Padang |
| Sriwijaya | Bandar Lampung |
| Sulut United | Manado |

## Iran

* Football association: Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran
* Second-level league: Azadegan League
As of 2024–25 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 1 | Ario Eslamshahr | Eslamshahr |
| 2 | Be'sat Kermanshah | Kermanshah |
| 3 | Damash Gilan | Rasht |
| 4 | Fajr Sepasi | Shiraz |
| 5 | Mes Kerman | Kerman |
| 6 | Mes Shahr-e Babak | Shahr-e Babak |
| 7 | Mes Sungun | Tabriz |
| 8 | Naft va Gaz Gachsaran | Dogonbadan |
| 9 | Palayesh Naft | Bandar Abbas |
| 10 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | Masjed Soleyman |
| 11 | Nirooye Zamini | Tehran |
| 12 | Pars Jonoubi Jam | Jam |
| 13 | Paykan | Tehran |
| 14 | Saipa FC | Tehran |
| 15 | Sanat Naft Abadan | Abadan |
| 16 | Shahrdari Astara | Astara |
| 17 | Shahrdari Noshahr | Nowshahr |
| 18 | Shahr Raz Shiraz | Shiraz |

## Iraq

* Football association: Iraq Football Association
* Second-level league: Iraqi Premier Division League
As of 2023–24 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 01 | Afak FC | Al-Qadisiyyah |
| 02 | Al-Alam SC | Saladin |
| 03 | Al-Bahri SC | Basra |
| 04 | Al-Difaa Al-Madani | Baghdad |
| 05 | Al-Hudood SC | Baghdad |
| 06 | Al-Hussein SC (Baghdad) | Baghdad |
| 07 | Al-Jinsiya FC | Baghdad |
| 08 | Al-Kufa FC | Najaf |
| 09 | Al-Muroor SC | Baghdad |
| 10 | Al-Nasiriya FC | Dhi Qar |
| 11 | Al-Ramadi FC | Anbar |
| 12 | Al-Samawa FC | Samawa |
| 13 | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya | Baghdad |
| 14 | Al-Shirqat FC | Saladin |
| 15 | Al-Sulaikh SC | Baghdad |
| 16 | Babil SC | Babil |
| 17 | Diyala FC | Diyala |
| 18 | Duhok SC | Duhok |
| 19 | Ghaz Al-Shamal | Kirkuk |
| 20 | Karbalaa FC | Karbala |
| 21 | Masafi Al-Janoob | Basra |
| 22 | Maysan FC | Maysan |
| 23 | Peshmerga FC | Sulaymaniyah |
| 24 | Suq Al-Shuyukh FC | Dhi Qar |

## Japan

* Football association: Japan Football Association
* Second-level league: J2 League
As of 2024 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 01 | Albirex Niigata | Niigata |
| 02 | Blaublitz Akita | Akita |
| 03 | Ehime FC | Ehime |
| 04 | Fagiano Okayama | Okayama |
| 05 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Fukuoka |
| 06 | Iwate Grulla Morioka | Iwate |
| 07 | JEF United Chiba | Chiba |
| 08 | Machida Zelvia | Tokyo |
| 09 | Matsumoto Yamaga | Nagano |
| 10 | Mito Hollyhock | Ibaraki |
| 11 | Montedio Yamagata | Yamagata |
| 12 | Omiya Ardija | Saitama |
| 13 | Renofa Yamaguchi | Yamaguchi |
| 14 | Roasso Kumamoto | Kumamoto |
| 15 | FC Ryukyu | Okinawa |
| 16 | SC Sagamihara | Kanagawa |
| 17 | Tochigi SC | Tochigi |
| 18 | Thespakusatsu Gunma | Gunma |
| 19 | V-Varen Nagasaki | Nagasaki |
| 20 | Ventforet Kofu | Yamanashi |
| 21 | Tokyo Verdy | Tokyo |
| 22 | Zweigen Kanazawa | Ishikawa |

## Lebanon

* Football association: Lebanon Football Association
* Second-level league: Lebanese Second Division
As of 2024–25 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 1 | Akhaa Ahli Aley | Aley |
| 2 | BFA Sporting | Beirut |
| 3 | Jwayya FC | Jwayya |
| 4 | Tripoli | Tripoli |
| 5 | Irshad Chehim | Shheem |
| 6 | Risaleh Toura | Toura |
| 7 | Ukhouwa Kharayeb | Kharayeb |
| 8 | Mabarra | Beirut |
| 9 | Nahda Barelias | Bar Elias |
| 10 | Salam Zgharta | Zgharta |
| 11 | Ahly Nabatieh | Nabatieh |
| 12 | Wehda Saadnayel | Saadnayel |

## Malaysia

* Football association: Football Association of Malaysia
* Second-level league: Malaysia Premier League
As of 2022 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 1 | FAM-MSN Project | Shah Alam |
| 2 | Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. II | Larkin |
| 3 | Kelantan FC | Kota Bharu |
| 4 | Kelantan United F.C. | Kota Bharu |
| 5 | Kuching City F.C. | Kota Kinabalu |
| 6 | PDRM FC | Kuala Lumpur |
| 7 | Perak F.C. | Ipoh |
| 8 | Selangor FC II | Selayang |
| 9 | Terengganu FC II | Terengganu |
| 10 | UiTM F.C. | Shah Alam |

## Maldives

* Football association: Football Association of Maldives
* Second-level league: Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament
As of 2020 season:
| | Club |
| 1 | B.G. Sports Club |
| 2 | Club PK |
| 3 | Club Valencia |
| 4 | Dhivehi Sifainge Club |
| 5 | JJ Sports |
| 6 | Kuda Henveiru |
| 7 | Mahibadhoo |
| 8 | Maldives U19 |
| 9 | Super United Sports |

## Mongolia

* Football association: Mongolian Football Federation
* Second-level league: Mongolian First League
As of 2020 season:
* Club
* BCH Lions
* Khoromkhon FC
* Khovd FC
* Tuv Buganuud FC
* DMU FC
* Aldariin Daychid FC
* Khovd Western FC
* Deren-2
* Khökh Chononuud FC
* Khan-Uul FC

## Myanmar

* Football association: Myanmar Football Federation
* Second-level league: Myanmar National League 2
As of 2023 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 1 | Glory Goal FC | |
| 2 | Golden Grit FC | |
| 3 | Junior Lions | Yangon |
| 4 | Mawyawadi FC | Lashio |
| 5 | Port | Dagon Seikkan |
| 6 | Rakhine United | Sittwe |
| 7 | Shwe Pyi Thar FC | |
| 8 | Silver Star | Yangon |
| 9 | Thitsar Arman FC | Yangon |
| 10 | University | |

## Nepal

* Football association: All Nepal Football Association
* Second-level League: Martyr's Memorial B-Division League
As of 2022 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 1 | Bansbari Club | Kathmandu |
| 2 | Birgunj United FC | Birgunj |
| 3 | Boys Union Club | Lalitpur |
| 4 | Church Boys United | Kathmandu |
| 5 | Jhamsikhel Youth Club | Lalitpur |
| 6 | Khumaltar Youth Club | Lalitpur |
| 7 | Madhyapur Youth Association | Bhaktapur |
| 8 | Nayabasti Youth Club | Kathmandu |
| 9 | Ranipokhari Corner Team | Kathmandu |
| 10 | Samajik Youth Club | Gokarneshwar |
| 11 | Saraswati Youth Club | Kathmandu |
| 12 | Shree Bhagwati Club | Kathmandu |
| 13 | Shree Kumari Club | Kathmandu |
| 14 | Tushal Youth Club | Lalitpur |

## Pakistan

* Football association: Pakistan Football Federation
* Second-level league: PFF League
As of 2020 season:
| | Club |
| 01 | Aqua Pure Water FC |
| 02 | Atletico Academy Lahore |
| 03 | Baloch Quetta F.C. |
| 04 | GPA F.C. |
| 05 | Hazara Coal Company |
| 06 | Insaf Afghan Goods Trading Company |
| 07 | Jeay Laal |
| 08 | Karachi United |
| 09 | Lyallpur FC |
| 10 | Masha United |
| 11 | Pak Afghan Clearing FC |
| 12 | Pakistan Police F.C. |
| 13 | Pakistan Railways FC |
| 14 | Pakistan Steel FC |
| 15 | Sindh Government Press F.C. |
| 16 | Social Welfare FT |
| 17 | Wohaib FC |
| 18 | Young Ittefaq |

## Saudi Arabia

* Football association: Saudi Arabia Football Federation
* Second-level league: Prince Mohammad bin Salman League
As of 2024–25 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 1 | Abha | Abha |
| 2 | Al-Adalah | Al-Hasa |
| 3 | Al-Ain | Al Atawlah |
| 4 | Al-Arabi | Unaizah |
| 5 | Al-Batin | Hafar al-Batin |
| 6 | Al-Bukiryah | Al Bukayriyah |
| 7 | Al-Faisaly | Harmah |
| 8 | Al-Hazem | Ar Rass |
| 9 | Al-Jabalain | Ha'il |
| 10 | Al-Jandal | Dumat al-Jandal |
| 11 | Al-Jubail | Jubail |
| 12 | Al-Najma | Unaizah |
| 13 | Al-Safa | Safwa |
| 14 | Al-Tai | Ḥaʼil |
| 15 | Al-Zulfi | Al Zulfi |
| 16 | Jeddah | Jeddah |
| 17 | Neom | Tabuk |
| 18 | Ohod | Medina |

## South Korea

* Football association: Korea Football Association
* Second-level league: K League 2
As of 2024 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 1 | Ansan Greeners | Ansan |
| 2 | FC Anyang | Anyang |
| 3 | Bucheon FC 1995 | Bucheon |
| 4 | Busan IPark | Busan |
| 5 | Chungnam Asan FC | Asan |
| 6 | Daejeon Hana Citizen | Daejeon |
| 7 | Gimpo FC | Gimpo |
| 8 | Gwangju FC | Gwangju |
| 9 | Gyeongnam FC | Gyeongnam |
| 10 | Jeonnam Dragons | Jeonnam |
| 11 | Seoul E-Land | Seoul |

## Tajikistan

* Football association: Tajikistan Football Federation
* Second-level league: Tajikistan First League
As of 2021 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 01 | Barkchi | Hisor |
| 02 | Dynamo Dushanbe | Dushanbe |
| 03 | Hulbuk Vose | Hulbuk |
| 04 | Isfara | Isfara |
| 05 | Khayr Vahdat FK | Vahdat |
| 06 | Khosilot Farkhor | Farkhar |
| 07 | Mohir | Yovon |
| 08 | Pakthakor | Jabbor Rasulov |
| 09 | Panjshir | Kolkhozobod |
| 10 | Ravshan Zafarobod | Zafarobod |
| 11 | Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda | Tursunzoda |
| 12 | Saroykamar Panj | Panj |

## Thailand

* Football association: Football Association of Thailand
* Second-level league: Thai League 2
As of 2023–24 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 01 | Ayutthaya United F.C. | Ayutthaya |
| 02 | Chainat Hornbill | Chainat |
| 03 | Chiangmai FC | Chiang Mai |
| 04 | Chiangmai United F.C. | Chiang Mai |
| 05 | Customs United F.C. | Samut Prakan |
| 06 | Kasetsart | Bangkok |
| 07 | Krabi F.C. | Krabi |
| 08 | Lampang FC | Lampang |
| 09 | Muangkan United F.C. | Kanchanaburi |
| 10 | Nakhon Pathom United F.C. | Nakhon Pathom |
| 11 | Phrae United | Phrae |
| 12 | Ranong United F.C. | Ranong |
| 13 | Rayong FC | Rayong |
| 14 | Samut Prakan City F.C. | Samut Prakan |
| 15 | Suphanburi F.C. | Suphanburi |
| 16 | Trat F.C. | Trat |
| 17 | Udon Thani FC | Udon Thani |
| 18 | Uthai Thani F.C. | Uthai Thani |

## United Arab Emirates

* Football association: United Arab Emirates Football Association
* Second-level league: UAE Division One
As of 2023–24 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 01 | Abtal Al Khaleej FC | Dubai |
| 02 | Al-Arabi | Umm al Quwain |
| 03 | Al Bataeh Club | Al Bataeh |
| 04 | Al Dhaid SC | Dhaid |
| 05 | Al Hamriyah SC | Al Hamriyah |
| 06 | Al Jazirah Al Hamra FC | Al Jazirah Al Hamra |
| 07 | Al Rams Club | Rams |
| 08 | Al Taawon | Al Jeer |
| 09 | Dibba Al-Fujairah Club | Dibba Al-Fujairah |
| 10 | Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club | Dibba Al-Hisn |
| 11 | Dubai City F.C. | Dubai |
| 12 | Fujairah FC | Fujairah |
| 13 | Masafi Club | Masafi |
| 14 | Masfout Club | Masfout |

## Uzbekistan

* Football association: Uzbekistan Football Federation
* Second-level league: Uzbekistan Pro League
As of 2024 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 1 | Aral Nokis | Nukus |
| 2 | Bukhara | Bukhara |
| 3 | Dustlik Tashkent | Tashkent |
| 4 | FK Mash'al Mubarek | Muborak |
| 5 | Olimpik-Mobiuz | Tashkent |
| 6 | Kokand 1912 | Kokand |
| 7 | FC Shurtan Guzar | Gʻuzor |
| 8 | Xorazm Urganch | Xorazm |

## Vietnam

* Football association: Vietnam Football Federation
* Second-level league: V.League 2
As of 2024-25 season:
| | Club | Location |
| 1 | Ba Ria-Vung Tau FC | Ba Ria-Vung Tau |
| 2 | Dong Nai FC | Dong Nai |
| 3 | Dong Thap FC | Dong Thap |
| 4 | Hoa Binh FC | Hoa Binh |
| 5 | Hue FC | Hue |
| 6 | Khatoco Khanh Hoa | Khanh Hoa |
| 7 | Long An FC | Long An |
| 8 | LPBank Ho Chi Minh City | Ho Chi Minh City |
| 9 | Phu Dong Ninh Binh | Ninh Binh |
| 10 | PVF-CAND | Hung Yen |
| 11 | Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc | Binh Phuoc |