The 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship or simply 2024–25 ACC, officially 2024–25 Shopee Cup due to sponsorship reasons,[1] will be the third edition of the ASEAN Club Championship, an international football competition between domestic champion club sides affiliated with the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation.[2][3] It will be the first ACC to commence since 2005.[4]
Clubs from all 12 member football associations of the ASEAN Football Federation are eligible to enter the competition. Australia and Timor Leste did not enter any club.[8]
Indonesia (IDN):Persija, the 2022–23 Liga 1 runners-up, qualified but declined to participate. Thus, their spot was given to Borneo, the 2023–24 Liga 1 regular series premiers.[13]
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[15]
Stage
Round
Draw date
First leg
Second leg
Qualifying stage
Qualifying play-off
9 May 2024
17 July 2024
24 July 2024
Group stage
Matchday 1
21–22 August 2024
Matchday 2
25–26 September 2024
Matchday 3
8–9 January 2025
Matchday 4
22–23 January 2025
Matchday 5
5–6 February 2025
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
2 April 2025
30 April 2025
Finals
14 May 2025
21 May 2025
Foreign players
A maximum of four foreigners are allowed per club which follows the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) 3+1 rule; three players of any nationality and a fourth coming from an AFC member nation. A player coming from an AFF member nation will not be considered as a foreign player. This will be confirmed once the draw is confirmed.[citation needed]
12 teams were drawn into 2 groups of 6 for the group stage on 9 May 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Teams from the same association cannot be placed in the same group.[16] The group stage will be a single round-robin format with home-and-away matches. The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals. [8]
First match(es) will be played: 21 August 2024. Source: ASEAN United FC Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots.
First match(es) will be played: 22 August 2024. Source: ASEAN United FC Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots.
^ abMusa, Muzaffar (5 April 2024). "Shopee Cup: Terengganu, KL City dipilih sebagai wakil negara" [Shopee Cup: Terengganu, KL City selected as country representatives]. Stadium Astro (in Malay). Measat Broadcast Network Systems Sdn Bhd. Retrieved 6 April 2024.