AFC Champions League Elite

**AFC Champions League Elite** is a football competition between the best men's club teams within the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which governs the sport in most of Asia plus Australia. The teams are selected because of good performances in domestic leagues or cups by 24 teams participations since 2024 year's. South Korea is the country with the most titles. The team that got the most titles is Al-Hilal.

### Asian Champion Club Tournament (1967-1972)

|width=7%|Year|width=15%|Winner|width=10%|Score|width=15%|Runners-up|
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|1967|Hapoel Tel Aviv <small></small>|**2–1**|Selangor FA <small></small>|||||
|1969|Maccabi Tel Aviv <small></small>|**1–0**|Yangzee FC <small></small>|||||
|1970|Taj <small></small>|**2–1**|Hapoel Tel Aviv <small></small>|||||
|1971|Maccabi Tel Aviv <small></small>|**w/o**<sup>**1**</sup>|Al-Shorta <small></small>|||||

### Asian Club Championship (1985-2002)

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|1986|**Daewoo Royals** <small></small>|**3–1**|Al-Ahli <small></small>|||||
|1987|**Furukawa Electric** <small></small>|**4–3**|Al-Hilal <small></small>|||||
|1988|**Yomiuri FC** <small></small>|**w/o**<sup>**2**</sup>|Al-Hilal <small></small>|||||
|1989|**Al-Sadd** <small></small>|**3 – 3** <small>(aggregate, away goals win)</small>|Al-Rasheed <small></small>|||||
|1990|**Liaoning FC** <small></small>|**3 – 2** <small>(aggregate)</small>|Nissan FC <small></small>|||||
|1991|**Esteghlal** <small></small>|**2 – 1**|Liaoning FC <small></small>|||||
|1992|**Al-Hilal** <small></small>|**1 – 1** <small>(4-3 PSO)</small>|Esteghlal <small></small>|||||
|1993|**PAS Tehran** <small></small>|**1 – 0**|Al-Shabab <small></small>|||||
|1994|**Thai Farmers Bank** <small></small>|**2 – 1**|Oman Club <small></small>|||||
|1995|**Thai Farmers Bank** <small></small>|**1 – 0**|Al-Arabi <small></small>|||||
|1996|**Ilhwa Chunma** <small></small>|**1 – 0**|Al-Nassr <small></small>|||||
|1997|**Pohang Steelers** <small></small>|**2 – 1**|Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma <small></small>|||||
|1998|**Pohang Steelers** <small></small>|**0 – 0** <small>(6-5 PSO)</small>|Dalian Wanda <small></small>|||||
|1999|**Júbilo Iwata** <small></small>|**2 – 1**|Esteghlal <small></small>|||||
|2000|**Al-Hilal** <small></small>|**3 – 2**|Júbilo Iwata <small></small>|||||
|2001|**Suwon Samsung Bluewings** <small></small>|**1 – 0**|Júbilo Iwata <small></small>|||||
|2002|**Suwon Samsung Bluewings** <small></small>|**0 – 0** <small>(4-2 PSO)</small>|Anyang LG Cheetahs <small></small>|||||

### AFC Champions League (2002/03–present)

|Season|Home team|Score|Away team|Venue|Attendance|||
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|rowspan=3 align=center|2002/03|**Al-Ain FC**|align=center|2–0|BEC Tero Sasana|Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium||
|**BEC Tero Sasana**|align=center|1–0|Al-Ain FC|Rajamangala Stadium||||
|colspan=5 align=center|**Al-Ain FC** won **2 – 1** on aggregate|||||||
|rowspan=3 align=center|2004|Al-Ittihad FC|align=center|1–3|**Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma**|Prince Abdullah al-Faisal stadium||
|Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma|align=center|0–5|**Al-Ittihad FC**|Tancheon Sports Complex||||
|colspan=5 align=center|**Al-Ittihad FC** won **6 – 3** on aggregate|||||||
|rowspan=3 align=center|2005|Al-Ain FC|align=center|1–1|Al-Ittihad FC|Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium||
|**Al-Ittihad FC**|align=center|4–2|Al-Ain FC|Prince Abdullah al-Faisal stadium||||
|colspan=5 align=center|**Al-Ittihad FC** won **5 – 3** on aggregate|||||||
|rowspan=3 align=center|2006|**Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors**|align=center|2–0|Al-Karamah SC|Jeonju World Cup Stadium|25,830|
|**Al-Karamah SC**|align=center|2–1|Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors|Khaled bin Walid Stadium|40,000|||
|colspan=5 align=center|**Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors** won **3 – 2** on aggregate|||||||
|rowspan=3 align=center|2007|Sepahan FC|align=center|1–1|Urawa Red Diamonds|Foolad Shahr Stadium|30,000|
|**Urawa Red Diamonds**|align=center|2–0|Sepahan FC|Saitama Stadium 2002|59,034|||
|colspan=5 align=center|**Urawa Red Diamonds** won **3 – 1** on aggregate|||||||
|rowspan=3 align=center|2008|**Gamba Osaka**|align=center|3–0|Adelaide United|Osaka Expo '70 Stadium|20,639|
|Adelaide United|align=center|0–2|**Gamba Osaka**|Hindmarsh Stadium|17,000|||
|colspan=5 align=center|**Gamba Osaka** won **5 – 0** on aggregate|||||||
|2009|**Pohang Steelers**|2–1|Al-Ittihad FC|National Stadium, Tokyo|25,743|||
|2010|**Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma**|3–1|Zob Ahan FC|National Stadium, Tokyo|27,308|||
|2011|**Al-Sadd SC**|2–2 <small>(4–2 PSO)</small>|Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors|Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju|41,805|||
|2012|**Ulsan Hyundai**|3–0|Al-Ahli SC|Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan|42,315|||
|rowspan=3 align=center|2013|FC Seoul|align=center|2–2|Guangzhou Evergrande|Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul|55,501|
|Guangzhou Evergrande|align=center|1–1|FC Seoul|Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou|55,847|||
|colspan=5 align=center|**Guangzhou Evergrande** won **3 – 3** on away goals|||||||
|rowspan=3 align=center|2014|Western Sydney Wanderers|align=center|1–0|Al-Hilal|Parramatta Stadium, Sydney|20,053|
|Al-Hilal|align=center|0–0|Western Sydney Wanderers|King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh|63,763|||
|colspan=5 align=center|**Western Sydney Wanderers** won **1 – 0** on aggregate|||||||
|rowspan=3 align=center|2015|||||||
|rowspan=3 align=center|2016|||||||
|rowspan=3 align=center|2017|||||||
|rowspan=3 align=center|2018|||||||
|rowspan=3 align=center|2019|||||||
|rowspan=3 align=center|2020|||||||
|rowspan=3 align=center|2021|||||||