# Al Ahed FC in Asian football

Al Ahed Football Club is a football club based in Beirut, Lebanon. The club's first ever participation in an Asian competition was in the 2005 AFC Cup, where they were drawn with Indian side Dempo and Jordanian side Al-Hussein in the group stage. After finishing second in the group, Ahed faced Sun Hei in the quarter-finals, to whom they lost 2–3 on aggregate.
Prior to winning the competition, their best spell was in 2016, when they reached the semi-finals before being knocked out by Iraqi club Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–4 on aggregate. In 2019, Ahed defeated North Korean side April 25 to win the AFC Cup: they became the first Lebanese side to do so, after Nejmeh and Safa's defeats in the 2005 and 2008 finals, respectively. They reached the final of the AFC Cup once more in 2024, finishing runners-up to Central Coast Mariners of Australia who won 1–0.

## Matches

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2005 | AFC Cup | GS | Dempo | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2nd place in Group B |
| 2005 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Hussein | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2nd place in Group B |
| 2005 | AFC Cup | QF | Sun Hei | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 |
| 2006 | AFC Cup | GS | Mahindra United | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2nd place in Group B |
| 2006 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Muharraq | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2nd place in Group B |
| 2006 | AFC Cup | GS | Brothers Union | 6–2 | 3–1 | 2nd place in Group B |
| 2009 | AFC Cup | GS | Neftchi Fergana | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3rd place in Group A |
| 2009 | AFC Cup | GS | Busaiteen | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3rd place in Group A |
| 2009 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Tilal | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3rd place in Group A |
| 2010 | AFC Cup | GS | Nasaf Qarshi | 0–4 | 0–4 | 4th place in Group C |
| 2010 | AFC Cup | GS | Kazma | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4th place in Group C |
| 2010 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Jaish | 1–1 | 3–6 | 4th place in Group C |
| 2011 | AFC Cup | GS | Erbil | 1–2 | 2–6 | 2nd place in Group E |
| 2011 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Orouba | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2nd place in Group E |
| 2011 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Karamah | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2nd place in Group E |
| 2011 | AFC Cup | R16 | Muangthong United | 0–4 (A) | 0–4 (A) | 0–4 (A) |
| 2012 | AFC Cup | GS | VB | 5–3 | 0–1 | 3rd place in Group C |
| 2012 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Ettifaq | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3rd place in Group C |
| 2012 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Kuwait | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3rd place in Group C |
| 2016 | AFC Cup | GS | Altyn Asyr | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1st place in Group A |
| 2016 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Wehdat | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1st place in Group A |
| 2016 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Hidd | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1st place in Group A |
| 2016 | AFC Cup | R16 | Al-Wahda | 4–0 (H) | 4–0 (H) | 4–0 (H) |
| 2016 | AFC Cup | QF | Al-Muharraq | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2016 | AFC Cup | SF | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 |
| 2018 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Zawraa | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1st place in Group B |
| 2018 | AFC Cup | GS | Manama | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1st place in Group B |
| 2018 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Jaish | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1st place in Group B |
| 2018 | AFC Cup | ZSF | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–5 |
| 2019 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Qadsia | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1st place in Group C |
| 2019 | AFC Cup | GS | Malkiya | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1st place in Group C |
| 2019 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Suwaiq | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1st place in Group C |
| 2019 | AFC Cup | ZSF | Al-Wehdat | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2019 | AFC Cup | ZF | Al-Jazeera | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 2019 | AFC Cup | F | April 25 | 1–0 (N) | 1–0 (N) | 1–0 (N) |
| 2020 | AFC Cup | GS | Hilal Al-Quds | 2–1 | | Cancelled |
| 2020 | AFC Cup | GS | Manama | | 0–1 | Cancelled |
| 2020 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Jaish | | | Cancelled |
| 2021 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Wahda | 0–0 (N) | 0–0 (N) | 1st place in Group A |
| 2021 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Hidd | 2–1 (A) | 2–1 (A) | | 1st place in Group A |
| 2021 | AFC Cup | ZSF | Al-Muharraq | 0–3 (A) | 0–3 (A) | 0–3 (A) |
| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Nahda | 2–1 (N) | 1–2 | 2nd place in Group A |
| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | GS | Al-Fotuwa | 2–1 (N) | 0–1 | 2nd place in Group A |
| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | ZSF | Al-Kahrabaa | 0–1 (N) | 1–0 | 1–1 (4–2 p) |
| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | ZF | Al-Nahda | 1–0 (N) | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | F | Central Coast Mariners | 0–1 (N) | 0–1 (N) | 0–1 (N) |

### Notes

* Goals by Ahed are listed first.
* GS: Group stage
* R16: Round of 16
* QF: Quarter-final
* ZSF: Zonal semi-final
* SF: Semi-final
* ZF: Zonal final
* F: Final