# 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two group stage

The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two group stage was played from 17 September to 5 December 2024. The top two teams from each group qualified for the knockout stage.

## Draw

The draw for the group stage took place on 16 August at the InterContinental Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four: four groups each in the West Region (Groups A–D) and the East Region (Groups E–H). For each region, teams were seeded into four pots and drawn into the relevant positions within each group, based on their association ranking and their seeding within their association. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
The following 32 teams entered the group-stage draw, which included the 27 direct entrants, three losers from the AFC Champions League Elite qualifying play-offs and the two winners of the preliminary stage.
| Region | Groups | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| West Region | A–D | Sepahan | Tractor | Al-Hussein | Al-Wehdat |
| West Region | A–D | Shabab Al Ahli | Sharjah | Istiklol | Ravshan Kulob |
| West Region | A–D | Al Taawoun | Nasaf | Mohun Bagan SG | Altyn Asyr |
| West Region | A–D | Al-Wakrah | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al-Khaldiya | Al-Kuwait |
| East Region | E–H | Bangkok United | Port | Lee Man | Eastern |
| East Region | E–H | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Sydney FC | Kaya–Iloilo | DH Cebu |
| East Region | E–H | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Selangor | Lion City Sailors | Tampines Rovers |
| East Region | E–H | Zhejiang | Nam Định | Muangthong United | Persib |

### Legend

* ACLE: AFC Champions League Elite qualifying play-off losers
* PS: Preliminary stage winners

## Format

In the group stage, each group was played in a double round-robin format on home and away basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage.

### Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 8.3):
* Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Goals scored in all group matches;
* Penalty shoot-out if only two teams playing each other in the last round of the group are tied;
* Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
* Drawing of lots.

## Schedule

The schedule of the group stage was as follows.
| Round | Dates (West region) | Dates (East region) |
| Matchday 1 | 17–18 September 2024 | 18–19 September 2024 |
| Matchday 2 | 1–2 October 2024 | 2–3 October 2024 |
| Matchday 3 | 22–23 October 2024 | 23–24 October 2024 |
| Matchday 4 | 5–6 November 2024 | 6–7 November 2024 |
| Matchday 5 | 26–27 November 2024 | 27–28 November 2024 |
| Matchday 6 | 3–4 December 2024 | 4–5 December 2024 |

## Groups

The detailed schedule was announced on 16 August 2024 after the draw ceremony.

### West Region
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TRA | WAK | RAV | MBSG |
| 1 | Tractor | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 10 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–3 | 7–0 | 2 Oct |
| 2 | Al-Wakrah | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | Advance to round of 16 | 0–3 | — | 0–2 | 6 Nov |
| 3 | Ravshan Kulob | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 27 Nov |
| 4 | Mohun Bagan SG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrawn | 4 Dec | 23 Oct | 0–0 | — |
* ↑ On 7 October 2024, AFC announced that Mohun Bagan SG were considered to have withdrawn from the AFC Champions League Two after they failed to appear for their fixture against Tractor in Tabriz. Their single match was voided.

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TAA | KHA | AFC | ALT |
| 1 | Al-Taawoun | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 15 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Al-Khaldiya | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 | 2–3 | — | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 9 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Altyn Asyr | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |

#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SHJ | WHD | SEP | IST |
| 1 | Sharjah | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Al-Wehdat | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 11 | Advance to round of 16 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Istiklol | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |

#### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SAH | HUS | KSC | NAS |
| 1 | Shabab Al-Ahli | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Al-Hussein | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | Advance to round of 16 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Al-Kuwait | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 6 | | 3–3 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Nasaf Qarshi | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 4 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — |

### East Region
#### Group E

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SFR | SYD | KAY | EAS |
| 1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 16 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Sydney FC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Kaya–Iloilo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 4 | | 1–1 | 1–4 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | Eastern | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 3 | | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | — |

#### Group F

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LCS | POR | ZHP | PSB |
| 1 | Lion City Sailors | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 10 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| 2 | Port | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 10 | Advance to round of 16 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Zhejiang | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | | 4–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Persib | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 5 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | — |

#### Group G

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BKU | NDI | TAM | LMC |
| 1 | Bangkok United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Nam Định | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 11 | Advance to round of 16 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Tampines Rovers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | | 1–0 | 3–3 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Lee Man | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — |

#### Group H

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JBH | MTU | SEL | DHC |
| 1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Muangthong United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 11 | Advance to round of 16 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Selangor | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | DH Cebu | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 26 | −22 | 1 | | 0–6 | 2–9 | 0–4 | — |