| Organising body | AFF |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 |
| Region | Southeast Asia |
| Number of teams | TBA |
| Current champions |  Tampines Rovers (1st title) |
| Most successful club(s) |  East Bengal Tampines Rovers(1 title each) |
 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship | |
The ASEAN Club Championship or ACC is an international club football competition organised by the ASEAN Football Federation between domestic champion clubs.[1] The competition is backed by AFC and FIFA. The first edition was sponsored by LG Electronics, which was also known as LG Cup Asean Club Football Championship.[2] Qualification to the competition was for champions clubs from AFF-affiliated countries only, plus the champions from India in 2003.[3][4][1][5]
History
The ASEAN Club Championship was first held as biannual tournament in 2003 and 2005,[6] but failed to gain traction due to lack of sponsors and conflict with the main calendar of the Asian Football Confederation. Plans to revive the tournament started as early as 2012.[7]
The tournament was to return in 2020,[1] but the tournament was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but later postponed to 2022 and eventually cancelled.[8]
Competition format
The format of the ASEAN Club Championship was the same as that for the AFC Cup, each national football associations in Southeast Asia sending their champion club representing the domestic league winners. The participating teams were split into groups of several teams (depending on the actual number of participating teams in each group), with each team playing the others in the group in a round-robin format. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to quarter-finals or semi-finals, depending on the number of groups. These finals were played as a knockout competition in the host country.
Results
| Season | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Venue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nation | Team | Nation | Team | |||
| 2003 | IND |
Kingfisher East Bengal[9] | 3–1 |  THA |
BEC Tero Sasana |  Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta |
| 2005 | SIN |
Tampines Rovers | 4–2 |  MAS |
Pahang FA |  Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan |
| 2022 | Cancelled | |||||
| 2023 | Cancelled | |||||
| 2024–25 | ||||||
General performances
By club
| # | Nation | Winners | Runners-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kingfisher East Bengal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | BEC Tero Sasana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Pahang FA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DPMM FC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 |  Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Petrokimia Putra | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Perak FA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
By nation
| Country | Winners | Runners-up | 3rd place | 4th place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Singapore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Thailand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brunei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All-time ranking table
| Rank | Club | Years | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | FW | F | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampines Rovers | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Pahang | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | BEC Tero Sasana | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Kingfisher East Bengal | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Perak | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Petrokimia Putra | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Persita Tangerang | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | DPMM FC | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | –4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Finance and Revenue | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 |  FC Zebra | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22 | –18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Singapore Armed Forces | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Thailand Tobacco Monopoly | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 |  Samart United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | –2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 |  MCTPC | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 |  Philippine Army | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | –9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Nagacorp | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | –10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All-time top scorers
| Player | Club | Year of Championship | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baichung Bhutia |
Kingfisher East Bengal |
2003 | 9 |
 Bernard Tchoutang |
Pahang FA |
2005 | 7 |
| Nguyen Dinh Viet |
Hoang Anh Gia Lai |
2005 | 7 |
 Frank Seator |
Perak FA |
2003 | 5 |
| Indra Putra Mahayuddin |
Perak FA Pahang FA |
2003 2005 |
4 |
| Kiatisuk Senamuang |
Hoang Anh Gia Lai |
2003 2005 |
4 |
| Zaenal Arif |
Persita Tangerang |
2003 | 4 |
| Therdsak Chaiman |
BEC Tero Sasana |
2003 | 4 |
| Mirko Grabovac |
Tampines Rovers |
2005 | 4 |
| Kyaw Thu Ra |
Finance and Revenue |
2005 | 4 |
 Rivaldo Costa |
Petrokimia Putra |
2003 | 3 |
| Jaenal Ichwan |
Petrokimia Putra |
2003 | 3 |
| Nguyen Van Dan |
Hoang Anh Gia Lai |
2005 | 3 |
| Anderson |
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly |
2005 | 3 |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 McCullagh, Kevin (6 November 2019). "Asean Club Championship to launch after getting AFC and Fifa backing". SportBusiness. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ Krishnan, Raghu (3 August 2003). "Corporate sponsorships made East Bengal champions". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ↑ "AFC Statement on the Asean Club Championship | Football News |". the-AFC. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
- ↑ "Fox Sports". Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
- ↑ Ninan, Susan (1 November 2016). "Before BFC in 2016, there was East Bengal's ASEAN win in 2003". ESPN. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ↑ "AFF to launch ASEAN Club Championship in 2020 featuring top clubs from Southeast Asia". Fox Sports Asia. 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ↑ Noveanto, Eric (8 February 2012). "South-East Asia nations to organise Asean Club Championship | Goal.com". Goal. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ↑ "Asean Club Championship postponed to next year". The New Paper. 26 March 2020. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ↑ "Chronology of Important Sports Events — West Bengal". wbsportsandyouth.gov.in. Kolkata: Government of West Bengal – Department of youth services and sports. 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2023.