Al-Kuwait SC and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya are the most successful clubs in the competition's history, having won three titles each. Clubs from Kuwait have won four titles, making them the most successful nation in the competition. Ever since the inauguration of the competition in 2004, the finalists of each edition have been dominated by clubs from West Asia except for 2011 and 2015 when Uzbekistani team FC Nasaf from Central Asia and Malaysian team Johor Darul Ta'zim from Southeast Asia became champions that respective year.
Al-Seeb are the current champions after defeating Kuala Lumpur City in the 2022 final. Since 2021 season the team who won the AFC Cup are granted qualification to in the following season's AFC Champions League qualifying playoffs should they not qualify through their domestic performance.
The AFC Cup began in 2004 as a second-tier competition to relate back to the AFC Champions League as 14 countries that had developing status competed in the first competition with 18 teams being nominated. Group A, B, C had West and Central Asian teams while the other two groups had east and South East Asia. The winners and three runners-up would then head to the knock-out stage where it was a random draw in who was going to play. Al-Jaish took the first AFC Cup after they defeated fellow Syrian opponents Al-Wahda on away goals.
In 2005, 18 teams competed from nine nations with the nations still being allowed to choose from one or two teams entering. After Syrian teams left the AFC Cup to try at the Champions League for four years, Al-Faisaly defeated Nejmeh in the final. With it, Jordanian teams would win the next two AFC Cup seasons with Bahrain joining the league while Bangladesh was relegated to the AFC President's Cup until the tournament's abolition in 2014.
Al-Muharraq would break the trend in 2008 as they competed in the last two-legged final before it headed back into a one-leg system which still runs to this day.
Reform
On 23 December 2022, it was announced that the AFC competition structure would change from the established formats. Under the new plans, the second-tier club competition of Asian football will consist of 32 teams, divided into East and West regions, each with 4 groups of 4 teams, with each team in their group playing each other twice, once home and once away. The top two teams per group advance to the knockout stage, where the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals are held over two legs, with the final to be held in a neutral venue. It is currently unknown when this format will take effect or whether it will have the AFC Cup moniker.[1]
Format
Map of AFC countries whose teams reached the group stage of the AFC Cup
AFC member country that has been represented in the group stage
AFC member country that has not been represented in the group stage
Some changes were applied in terms of teams and format for the 2017 AFC Cup. A total of 36 teams participate in the group stage (12 each from West Asia and ASEAN, and 4 each from East Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia). The final will be played as a one-off match.
Teams from 27 AFC countries have reached the group stage of the AFC Cup. The allocation of those teams by member country is listed below; asterisks represent occasions where at least one team was eliminated in qualification for the group stage. 34 AFC countries have had teams participate in qualification (including Brunei and Timor-Leste who made their debuts in 2020), those who have not reached the group stage but have only played in qualification are not bolded.
This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: Prize money details for past competitions are missing. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.(May 2021)
Like the AFC Champions League, the AFC Cup is sponsored by a group of multinational corporations, in contrast to the single main sponsor typically found in national top-flight leagues.
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Not to be confused with AFC Asian Cup The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation AFC Under its current rules the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying slots in the top tier AFC Champions League based on the AFC Club Competitions Ranking AFC CupOrganising bodyAFCFounded2004 19 years ago 2004 RegionAsiaNumber of teams36 48 group stage 59 total Qualifier forAFC Champions LeagueRelated competitionsAFC President s CupCurrent championsAl Seeb 1st title Most successful club s Al Quwa Al Jawiya Al Kuwait 3 titles each WebsiteOfficial website2023 24 AFC CupAl Kuwait SC and Al Quwa Al Jawiya are the most successful clubs in the competition s history having won three titles each Clubs from Kuwait have won four titles making them the most successful nation in the competition Ever since the inauguration of the competition in 2004 the finalists of each edition have been dominated by clubs from West Asia except for 2011 and 2015 when Uzbekistani team FC Nasaf from Central Asia and Malaysian team Johor Darul Ta zim from Southeast Asia became champions that respective year Al Seeb are the current champions after defeating Kuala Lumpur City in the 2022 final Since 2021 season the team who won the AFC Cup are granted qualification to in the following season s AFC Champions League qualifying playoffs should they not qualify through their domestic performance Contents 1 History 1 1 Reform 2 Format 2 1 Allocation 3 Prize money 4 Marketing 4 1 Sponsorship 5 Results and statistics 5 1 Finals 5 2 Performance by clubs 5 3 Performance by nations 5 4 Top scorers 5 5 Most Valuable Player 5 6 Winning coaches 5 7 All time top goalscorers 6 See also 7 References 8 Notes 9 External linksHistory EditThe AFC Cup began in 2004 as a second tier competition to relate back to the AFC Champions League as 14 countries that had developing status competed in the first competition with 18 teams being nominated Group A B C had West and Central Asian teams while the other two groups had east and South East Asia The winners and three runners up would then head to the knock out stage where it was a random draw in who was going to play Al Jaish took the first AFC Cup after they defeated fellow Syrian opponents Al Wahda on away goals In 2005 18 teams competed from nine nations with the nations still being allowed to choose from one or two teams entering After Syrian teams left the AFC Cup to try at the Champions League for four years Al Faisaly defeated Nejmeh in the final With it Jordanian teams would win the next two AFC Cup seasons with Bahrain joining the league while Bangladesh was relegated to the AFC President s Cup until the tournament s abolition in 2014 Al Muharraq would break the trend in 2008 as they competed in the last two legged final before it headed back into a one leg system which still runs to this day Reform Edit On 23 December 2022 it was announced that the AFC competition structure would change from the established formats Under the new plans the second tier club competition of Asian football will consist of 32 teams divided into East and West regions each with 4 groups of 4 teams with each team in their group playing each other twice once home and once away The top two teams per group advance to the knockout stage where the round of 16 quarter finals and semi finals are held over two legs with the final to be held in a neutral venue It is currently unknown when this format will take effect or whether it will have the AFC Cup moniker 1 Format Edit Map of AFC countries whose teams reached the group stage of the AFC Cup AFC member country that has been represented in the group stage AFC member country that has not been represented in the group stage Some changes were applied in terms of teams and format for the 2017 AFC Cup A total of 36 teams participate in the group stage 12 each from West Asia and ASEAN and 4 each from East Asia Central Asia and South Asia The final will be played as a one off match Allocation Edit Further information AFC Club Competitions Ranking Teams from 27 AFC countries have reached the group stage of the AFC Cup The allocation of those teams by member country is listed below asterisks represent occasions where at least one team was eliminated in qualification for the group stage 34 AFC countries have had teams participate in qualification including Brunei and Timor Leste who made their debuts in 2020 those who have not reached the group stage but have only played in qualification are not bolded Associations Spots2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022East China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hong Kong 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Macau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3ASEAN Australia Part of OFC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 Laos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 Malaysia 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 Myanmar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 Singapore 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Thailand 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Timor Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Vietnam 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 1Total 4 4 4 6 4 8 8 7 10 10 10 10 9 11 12 12 12 11 11South Bangladesh 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Bhutan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 India 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 Maldives 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 Nepal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4Central Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 Turkmenistan 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1Total 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 7 7West Bahrain 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 Jordan 0 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 Lebanon 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Oman 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Syria 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yemen 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 6 4 6 10 10 17 16 17 16 14 14 14 14 12 12 12 12 11 12TotalFinals 18 18 20 24 20 32 31 32 32 32 32 32 32 34 36 36 39 37 37Qualifying 18 18 20 24 20 32 31 32 33 33 34 41 40 50 44 43 48 43 43Prize money EditThis section needs to be updated The reason given is Prize money details for past competitions are missing Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information May 2021 The prize money for the 2021 AFC Cup 2 Phase Purse USD Travel subsidy per match Preliminary stage N A 30 000Play offs N A 30 000Group stage N A 30 000Knockout stage Zonal champions 100 000 40 000Final Champions 1 5 million Runners up 750 000 40 000Marketing EditSponsorship Edit Like the AFC Champions League the AFC Cup is sponsored by a group of multinational corporations in contrast to the single main sponsor typically found in national top flight leagues The tournament s current main sponsors are 3 Allianz beIN Sports China Resources Beverage Emirates Karcher Nike Inc Nikon QNB Group Toyota Tsingtao Brewery SeikoResults and statistics EditFinals Edit List of AFC Cup finals Year Nation Home team Score Away team Nation Venue Attendance2004 Syria Al Wahda 2 3 Al Jaish Syria Abbasiyyin Stadium Damascus Syria Al Jaish 0 1 Al Wahda Syria Abbasiyyin Stadium DamascusAggregate 3 3 Al Jaish won on away goals2005 Jordan Al Faisaly 1 0 Nejmeh Lebanon Amman International Stadium Amman Lebanon Nejmeh 2 3 Al Faisaly Jordan Rafic El Hariri Stadium BeirutAl Faisaly won 4 2 on aggregate2006 Jordan Al Faisaly 3 0 Al Muharraq Bahrain Amman International Stadium Amman 7 000 Bahrain Al Muharraq 4 2 Al Faisaly Jordan Bahrain National Stadium Riffa 3 000Al Faisaly won 5 4 on aggregate2007 Jordan Al Faisaly 0 1 Shabab Al Ordon Jordan Amman International Stadium Amman 5 500 Jordan Shabab Al Ordon 1 1 Al Faisaly Jordan Amman International Stadium Amman 7 500Shabab Al Ordon won 2 1 on aggregate2008 Bahrain Al Muharraq 5 1 Safa Lebanon Bahrain National Stadium Riffa 6 000 Lebanon Safa 4 5 Al Muharraq Bahrain Sports City Stadium Beirut 2 000Al Muharraq won 10 5 on aggregateYear Nation Winners Score Runners up Nation Venue Attendance2009 Kuwait Al Kuwait 2 1 Al Karamah Syria Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Kuwait City 17 4002010 Syria Al Ittihad 1 1 a e t 4 2 p Al Qadsia Kuwait Jaber International Stadium Kuwait City 58 6042011 Uzbekistan FC Nasaf 2 1 Al Kuwait Kuwait Markaziy Stadium Qarshi 15 7532012 Kuwait Al Kuwait 4 0 Erbil Iraq Franso Hariri Stadium Erbil 30 0002013 Kuwait Al Kuwait 2 0 Al Qadsia Kuwait Al Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium Kuwait City 10 0002014 Kuwait Al Qadsia 0 0 a e t 4 2 p Erbil Iraq Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium Dubai 5 2402015 Malaysia Johor Darul Ta zim 1 0 Istiklol Tajikistan Pamir Stadium Dushanbe 18 0002016 Iraq Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1 0 Bengaluru India Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium Doha 5 8062017 Iraq Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1 0 Istiklol Tajikistan Hisor Central Stadium Hisor 20 0002018 Iraq Al Quwa Al Jawiya 2 0 Altyn Asyr Turkmenistan Basra International Stadium Basra 24 6652019 Lebanon Al Ahed 1 0 April 25 North Korea Kuala Lumpur Stadium Kuala Lumpur 5002020 Cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Asia 4 2021 Bahrain Al Muharraq 3 0 FC Nasaf Uzbekistan Al Muharraq Stadium Arad 9 0602022 Oman Al Seeb 3 0 Kuala Lumpur City Malaysia Bukit Jalil National Stadium Kuala Lumpur 27 722Performance by clubs Edit vte Club Winners Runners up Years won Years runners up Al Kuwait 3 1 2009 2012 2013 2011 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 3 0 2016 2017 2018 Al Faisaly 2 1 2005 2006 2007 Al Muharraq 2 1 2008 2021 2006 Al Qadsia 1 2 2014 2010 2013 Nasaf Qarshi 1 1 2011 2021 Al Jaish 1 0 2004 Shabab Al Ordon 1 0 2007 Al Ittihad 1 0 2010 Johor Darul Ta zim 1 0 2015 Al Ahed 1 0 2019 Al Seeb 1 0 2022 Erbil 0 2 2012 2014 Istiklol 0 2 2015 2017 Al Wahda 0 1 2004 Nejmeh 0 1 2005 Safa 0 1 2008 Al Karamah 0 1 2009 Bengaluru 0 1 2016 Altyn Asyr 0 1 2018 April 25 0 1 2019 Kuala Lumpur City 0 1 2022Performance by nations Edit Nation Titles Runners up Total Kuwait 4 3 7 Iraq 3 2 5 Jordan 3 1 4 Syria 2 2 4 Bahrain 2 1 3 Lebanon 1 2 3 Uzbekistan 1 1 2 Malaysia 1 1 2 Oman 1 0 1 Tajikistan 0 2 2 India 0 1 1 Turkmenistan 0 1 1 North Korea 0 1 1Top scorers Edit Year Player Club Goals2004 Indra Sahdan Daud Home United 7 Egmar Goncalves Home United2005 Mo ayyad Salim Al Faisaly 92006 Mahmoud Shelbaieh Al Wehdat 82007 Odai Al Saify Shabab Al Ordun 5 Mohammed Ghaddar Nejmeh2008 Rico Al Muharraq 192009 Robert Akaruye Busaiteen 8 Mohamad Hamwi Al Karamah Jehad Al Hussain Al Kuwait Huỳnh Kesley Alves Binh Dương2010 Afonso Alves Al Rayyan 92011 Ivan Boskovic Nasaf Qarshi 102012 Amjad Radhi Erbil 9 Raja Rafe Al Shorta2013 Issam Jemaa Al Kuwait 162014 Juan Belencoso Kitchee 112015 Daniel McBreen South China 8 Riste Naumov Ayeyawady United2016 Hammadi Ahmed Al Quwa Al Jawiya 162017 Kim Yu song April 25 92018 An Il bom April 25 122019 Bienvenido Maranon Ceres Negros 102020 Bienvenido Maranon Ceres Negros 52021 Khusayin Norchaev Nasaf Qarshi 72022 Jasur Hasanov Sogdiana Jizzakh 5 Paulo Josue Kuala Lumpur City Pedro Paulo ViettelMost Valuable Player Edit Year Player Club2011 Artur Gevorkyan Nasaf Qarshi2012 Rogerinho Al Kuwait2013 Bader Al Mutawa Al Qadsia2014 Saif Al Hashan Al Qadsia2015 Safiq Rahim Johor Darul Ta zim2016 Hammadi Ahmed Al Quwa Al Jawiya2017 Manuchekhr Dzhalilov Istiklol2018 Hammadi Ahmed Al Quwa Al Jawiya2019 Mehdi Khalil Al Ahed2020 Cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Asia2021 Abdulwahab Al Malood Al Muharraq2022 Eid Al Farsi Al SeebWinning coaches Edit Year Club Coach2004 Al Jaish Costică Ștefănescu2005 Al Faisaly Branko Smiljanic2006 Al Faisaly Adnan Hamad2007 Shabab Al Ordon Nizar Mahrous2008 Al Muharraq Salman Sharida2009 Al Kuwait Mohamad Abdulla2010 Al Ittihad Valeriu Tița2011 Nasaf Qarshi Anatoliy Demyanenko2012 Al Kuwait Marin Ion2013 Al Kuwait Marin Ion2014 Al Qadsia Antonio Puche2015 Johor Darul Ta zim Mario Gomez2016 Al Quwa Al Jawiya Basim Qasim2017 Al Quwa Al Jawiya Hussam Al Sayed2018 Al Quwa Al Jawiya Basim Qasim2019 Al Ahed Bassem Marmar2020 Cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Asia2021 Al Muharraq Isa Sadoon Al Hamdani2022 Al Seeb Rashid JaberAll time top goalscorers Edit As of 11 March 2020 5 Rank Player Club s Goals1 Bienvenido Maranon Ceres Negros 352 Mahmoud Shelbaieh Al Wehdat 343 Aleksandar Đuric Geylang United Singapore Armed Forces Tampines Rovers 32 Amjad Radhi Erbil SC Al Quwa Al Jawiya 325 Bader Al Mutawa Qadsia SC 30 Rico Al Muharraq Al Riffa Al Hidd 307 Ali Ashfaq Club Valencia New Radiant VB Sports Club 29See also EditList of association football competitions Bangladeshi clubs in the AFC Cup Indian clubs in the AFC Cup Indonesian clubs in the AFC Cup Syrian clubs in the AFC Cup Thai clubs in the AFC Cup Hong Kong clubs in the AFC Cup Vietnamese clubs in the AFC CupReferences Edit AFC Competitions Committee recommends strategic reforms to elevate Asian club football theAFC com Archived from the original on 24 December 2022 Retrieved 24 December 2022 AFC Cup 2021 Competition Regulations Asian Football Confederation p 57 Archived from the original on 26 December 2020 Retrieved 10 July 2021 AFC Cup League Archived from the original on 27 February 2013 Retrieved 26 February 2013 AFC Executive Committee announces updates to 2020 competitions calendar AFC 10 September 2020 Archived from the original on 5 October 2020 Retrieved 11 September 2020 AFC Cup Maranon leads all time top scorers the afc com Archived from the original on 11 May 2021 Retrieved 12 March 2020 Notes EditExternal links EditOfficial website AFC Cup on RSSSF AFC Cup on Twitter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title AFC Cup amp oldid 1161130502, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
