AFC Club Competitions Ranking

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The AFC Club Competitions Ranking is a ranking system launched by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 2014.[1] The ranking is based on the results of teams participating in the last four years of the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup. The ranking is used for determine slot allocation for the AFC member associations in its club competitions.

Calculation principle[edit]

The Club Competitions Ranking (former Member Association Ranking, or MA ranking) is used to rank associations and also used for seeding teams in the competitions. It is also used to allocate the number of entries and entry points to the competitions.[2] There are however many shifts each year with associations not meeting off field requirements.

Each team is awarded points based on their performance in AFC club competitions. Points of a country in a season consists of two parts. First is the points earned in group and knockout stages. The total of points earned by all clubs from the country will be divided by the number of participating clubs in that tournament (points from AFC Champions League teams and AFC Cup teams are counted and averaged separately, then added to each other). The second one is the points from qualifying stages. Points earned by all clubs from the country are added up. The sum of those two parts will be the country's points for the season.

The ranking consists of the total of points of member association's clubs over the past four year. The points of the leading team are made 100 points in percentage terms. All other associations are adjusted proportionally to the leading team.

Round Points
AFC Champions League AFC Cup
Play-off participation 0.3 0.1
Win in qualifying round 0.3 0.1
Draw in qualifying round 0.15 0.05
Win in group stage 4.5 (For teams who play 4 Matches in the Group Stage)
3 (For teams who play 6 Matches in the Group Stage) 		2.5 (For teams who play 4 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
2 (For teams who play 5 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
1.67 (For teams who play 6 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
1.43 (For teams who play 7 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
1.25 (For teams who play 8 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
Draw in group stage 1.5 (For teams who play 4 Matches in the Group Stage)
1 (For teams who play 6 Matches in the Group Stage) 		0.83 (For teams who play 4 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
0.67 (For teams who play 5 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
0.56 (For teams who play 6 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
0.48 (For teams who play 7 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
0.42 (For teams who play 8 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
Knockout Stage participation 1.5, plus 1.5 per round 0.5, plus 0.5 per round
Win in knockout stage 3 2.5 (For teams who play 4 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
2 (For teams who play 5 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
1.67 (For teams who play 6 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
1.43 (For teams who play 7 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
1.25 (For teams who play 8 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
Draw in knockout stage 1 0.83 (For teams who play 4 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
0.67 (For teams who play 5 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
0.56 (For teams who play 6 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
0.48 (For teams who play 7 Matches from Group Stage to Final)
0.42 (For teams who play 8 Matches from Group Stage to Final)

Source:AFC

2021 ranking[edit]

To be used for allocating slots in the 2023–24 season, which is relevant for use in determining allocations for the following cycle of the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup.

Updated on 7 December 2021.

(Source)

Ranking Member association
(L: League, C: Cup, LC: League cup) 		Club points 100% ACL 2023–24
(GS+PO) 		AFC Cup 2023–24
(GS+PO)
2021[3] 2020[4] Mvmt Region 2018[5] 2019[6] 2020[a] 2021[7] Total
1 3 Rise +2 W 1 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (L, C) 10.000 26.350 0.000 20.950 57.300 100.000 3+1 0
2 6 Rise +4 E 1 South Korea South Korea (L, C) 18.350 13.600 0.000 22.750 54.700 95.462 3+1 0
3 2 Fall -1 E 2 Japan Japan (L, C, LC) 13.850 21.800 0.000 17.875 53.525 93.412 3 (+1 ACL) 0
4 5 Rise +1 W 2 Iran Iran (L, C) 18.850 11.500 0.000 14.225 44.575 77.792 3+1 0
5 4 Fall -1 W 3 Qatar Qatar (L, C) 19.850 15.900 0.000 7.300 43.050 75.131 2+2 0
6 10 Rise +4 W 4 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (L, C) 9.400 9.000 0.000 18.671 37.071 64.696 2+2 0
7 1 Fall -6 E 3 China China (L, C) 16.200 17.350 0.000 0.800 34.350 59.948 2+2 0
8 8 Same position — W 5 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates (L, C) 8.100 7.633 0.000 14.400 30.133 52.588 1+2 0
9 7 Fall -2 E 4 Thailand Thailand (L, C, LC) 16.200 5.050 0.000 8.500 29.750 51.920 2+2 0
10 12 Rise +2 W 6 Jordan Jordan (L, C) 7.633 7.967 0.000 10.833 26.433 46.131 1+1 1+0
11 25 Rise +14 E 5 Hong Kong Hong Kong (L, C, S, LC) 3.300 3.650 0.000 16.500 23.450 40.925 1+2 0
12 13 Rise +1 W 7 Tajikistan Tajikistan (L, C) 4.433 3.000 0.000 13.952 21.386 37.323 1+0 1+1
13 9 Fall -4 W 8 Iraq Iraq (L, C) 8.633 8.300 0.000 3.250 20.183 35.223 1+0 2+0
14 16 Rise +2 E 6 Vietnam Vietnam (L, C) 3.267 10.752 0.000 6.000 20.018 34.935 1+1 1+0
15 11 Fall -4 E 7 North Korea North Korea (L, C) 7.433 11.067 0.000 0.000 18.500 32.286 0+0 (1+0) 0 (1+1)
16 15 Fall -1 W 9 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan (L, C) 7.583 5.267 0.000 3.119 15.969 27.869 1+0 1+1
17 19 Rise +2 W 10 India India (L, L) 4.417 3.217 0.000 6.856 14.489 25.286 1+0 1+1
18 21 Rise +3 W 11 Lebanon Lebanon (L, C) 3.933 6.933 0.000 2.667 13.533 23.618 0+0 (0+1) 2+0
19 14 Fall -5 E 8 Philippines Philippines (L, C) 5.843 4.782 0.000 2.600 13.225 23.080 1+0 2+0
20 20 Same position — E 9 Malaysia Malaysia (L, C) 3.633 4.450 0.000 4.000 12.083 21.087 1+0 2+0
21 23 Rise +2 W 12 Bangladesh Bangladesh (L, C) 1.433 6.933 0.000 2.778 11.144 19.449 0+1 1+1
22 33 Rise +11 W 13 Kuwait Kuwait (L, C) 0.000 3.433 0.000 7.056 10.489 18.305 0 2+0
23 17 Fall -6 E 10 Australia Australia (L, C) 7.300 2.600 0.000 0.000 9.900 17.277 1+0 2+0
24 18 Fall -6 E 11 Singapore Singapore (L, C) 5.617 4.133 0.000 0.000 9.750 17.016 0+1 1+1
25 27 Rise +2 W 14 Bahrain Bahrain (L, C) 1.633 2.500 0.000 3.583 7.717 16.812 0 1+1
26 24 -2 E 12 Indonesia Indonesia (L, C) 4.100 5.045 0.000 0.000 9.145 15.960 0+1 1+1
27 22 Fall -5 W 15 Syria Syria (L, C) 2.000 3.133 0.000 1.778 6.911 12.061 0 1+1
28 28 Same position — E 13 Myanmar Myanmar (L, C) 4.062 1.600 0.000 0.000 5.662 9.881 0 1+1
29 26 Fall -3 W 16 Maldives Maldives (L, C) 4.300 0.000 0.000 0.200 4.500 7.853 0 1+1
30 31 Rise +1 E 14 Macau Macau (L, C) 4.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 4.000 6.981 0 1+1
31 34 Rise +3 W 17 State of Palestine Palestine (L, C) 0.150 2.967 0.000 0.833 3.950 6.894 0 1+1
32 32 Same position — W 18 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan (L) 0.150 2.433 0.000 0.833 3.417 5.963 0 1+1
33 30 Fall -3 E 15 Cambodia Cambodia (L, C) 2.250 1.000 0.000 0.000 3.250 5.672 0 0+1
34 29 Fall -5 W 19 Oman Oman (L, C) 1.583 1.433 0.000 0.000 3.017 5.265 0 (+1 AFC) 0+1
35 39 Rise +4 E 16 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei (L, C) 0.000 0.333 0.000 2.000 2.333 4.072 0 1+1
36 35 Fall -1 W 20 Nepal Nepal (L) 0.000 0.667 0.000 0.200 0.867 1.513 0 0+1
37 36 Fall -1 E 17 Laos Laos (L, C) 0.150 0.333 0.000 0.000 0.483 0.843 0 0+1
38 37 Fall -1 W 21 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (L, C) 0.000 0.350 0.000 0.100 0.450 0.785 0 0+1
39 38 Fall -1 W 22 Bhutan Bhutan (L, C, LC) 0.150 0.100 0.000 0.100 0.350 0.611 0 0+1
40 40 Same position — E 18 Mongolia Mongolia (L, C) 0.100 0.100 0.000 0.000 0.200 0.349 0 0+1
41 41 Same position — W 23 Afghanistan Afghanistan (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0+1
41 42 Rise +1 E 19 Brunei Brunei (C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0+1
41 42 Rise +1 E 19 Guam Guam (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0+1
41 42 Rise +1 E 19 Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0+1
41 42 Rise +1 W 23 Pakistan Pakistan (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0+1
41 42 Rise +1 E 19 East Timor Timor-Leste (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0+1
41 42 Rise +1 W 23 Yemen Yemen (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0+1

New ranking structure[edit]

The AFC have announced changes in the format for ACL and AFC Cup, splitting into 3 competitions from 2024/25.[8]

The structure has taken into account the results from the past 8 years (with a weighting formula).[9] The published ranking has not taken account all criteria stated in previous announcement by AFC such as:

  • The MAs' final points will be based on the average performance of all clubs in the AFC Club Competitions Group Stage onwards.[8]
  • The MAs' final points will be applied retroactively for re-calculation of the MAs' 2021 and 2022 points.[8]


Ranking Member association
(L: League, C: Cup, LC: League cup) 		Club points Total 1st Tier 2024–25
2nd Tier 2024–25
3rd Tier 2024–25
2022[9] 2021 Mvmt Region 2014
(×0.3) 		2015
(×0.4) 		2016
(×0.5) 		2017
(×0.6) 		2018
(×0.7) 		2019
(×0.8) 		2021
(×0.9) 		2022
(×1.0)
1 1 Same position — W 1 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (L, C) 19.250 15.250 9.500 18.600 10.000 26.350 20.950 19.075 93.795 3+0 1+0 0
2 3 Rise +1 E 1 Japan Japan (L, C, LC) 13.500 15.250 10.500 21.850 13.850 21.800 17.875 20.088 91.820 3+0 1+0 0
3 2 Fall -1 E 2 South Korea South Korea (L, C) 17.500 16.750 20.750 9.950 18.350 13.600 22.750 15.800 88.295 2+1 1+0 0
4 5 Rise +1 W 2 Qatar Qatar (L, C) 8.750 19.000 22.000 13.400 19.850 15.900 7.300 13.500 75.950 2+1 1+0 0
5 4 Fall -1 W 3 Iran Iran (L, C) 9.500 11.250 13.000 16.200 18.850 11.500 14.225 13.250 72.018 2+1 1+0 0
6 8 Rise +2 W 4 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates (L, C) 18.333 25.000 18.000 11.350 8.100 7.633 14.400 8.083 64.130 1+1 1+0 0
7 7 Same position — E 3 China China (L, C) 9.250 15.750 14.750 24.567 16.200 17.350 0.800 0.500 57.630 2+1 1+0 0
8 9 Rise +1 E 4 Thailand Thailand (L, C, LC) 6.000 10.000 1.000 15.050 16.200 5.050 8.500 11.110 49.470 1+1 1+0 0
9 6 Fall -3 W 5 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (L, C) 11.000 4.750 9.750 5.050 9.400 9.000 8.960 10.057 45.006 1+0 1+0 0
10 13 Rise +3 W 6 Iraq Iraq (L, C) 7.667 3.167 9.833 8.933 8.633 8.300 3.250 7.450 36.902 1+0 1+0 0
11 23 Rise +12 E 5 Australia Australia (L, C) 17.333 7.500 14.500 5.900 7.300 2.600 0.000 7.900 34.080 1+0 1+0 0
12 10 Fall -2 W 7 Jordan Jordan (L, C) 3.833 4.667 4.167 4.900 7.633 7.967 4.893 6.000 30.161 0 1+1 0
13 20 Rise +7 E 6 Malaysia Malaysia (L, C) 1.833 9.500 7.167 4.395 3.633 4.450 4.000 9.677 29.950 1+0 1+0 0
14 14 Same position — E 7 Vietnam Vietnam (L, C) 8.667 4.000 4.000 2.800 3.267 10.752 6.000 5.300 29.468 0 1+1 0
15 11 Fall -4 E 8 Hong Kong Hong Kong (L, C, S, LC) 6.000 8.167 5.833 1.750 3.300 3.650 7.333 6.587 27.450 0 1+1 0
16 12 Fall -4 W 8 Tajikistan Tajikistan (L, C) 0.000 9.000 0.333 12.900 4.433 3.000 4.970 2.493 23.976 0 1+1 0
17 17 Same position — W 9 India India (L, C) 3.167 3.333 7.667 6.250 4.417 3.217 3.677 4.797 23.637 0 1+1 0
18 25 Rise +7 W 10 Bahrain Bahrain (L, C) 5.833 2.167 5.333 3.467 1.633 2.500 5.510 5.215 20.681 0 1+1 0
19 22 Rise +3 W 11 Kuwait Kuwait (L, C) 10.000 9.500 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.433 7.070 4.160 20.070 0 0+1 1+0
20 16 Fall -4 W 12 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan (L, C) 0.000 2.000 2.000 4.483 7.583 5.267 3.125 2.640 19.464 0 0+1 1+0
21 19 Fall -2 E 9 Philippines Philippines (L, C) 0.000 1.667 4.667 8.120 5.843 4.782 2.600 0.300 18.428 0 1+1 0
22 18 Fall -4 W 13 Lebanon Lebanon (L, C) 5.333 0.667 6.333 0.833 3.933 6.933 2.670 1.525 17.761 0 0 1+0
23 27 Rise +4 W 14 Syria Syria (L, C) 0.833 6.833 5.333 5.933 2.000 3.133 1.785 2.890 17.613 0 0 0+1
24 24 Same position — E 10 Singapore Singapore (L, C) 2.667 0.500 4.500 5.138 5.617 4.133 0.000 3.253 16.825 0 1+1 0
25 15 Fall -10 E 11 North Korea North Korea (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.433 7.433 11.067 0.000 0.000 16.117 0 0+1 0+1
26 26 Same position — E 12 Indonesia Indonesia (L, C) 6.500 5.667 0.000 0.000 4.100 5.045 0.000 3.960 15.083 0 0+1 0+1
27 21 Fall -6 W 15 Bangladesh Bangladesh (L, C) 0.000 0.000 1.000 1.333 1.433 6.933 2.790 3.760 14.121 0 0 0+1
28 34 Rise +6 W 16 Oman Oman (L, C) 2.167 2.333 1.000 2.200 1.583 1.433 0.000 6.795 12.453 0 0 0+1
29 29 Same position — W 17 Maldives Maldives (L, C) 0.667 2.000 1.333 4.300 4.300 0.000 0.200 2.030 9.467 0 0 0+1
30 28 Fall -2 E 13 Myanmar Myanmar (L, C) 3.833 2.667 2.333 1.300 4.062 1.600 0.000 0.000 8.287 0 0 0+1
31 31 Same position — W 18 State of Palestine Palestine (L, C) 0.000 2.000 2.000 0.200 0.150 2.967 0.835 0.610 5.760 0 0 0+1
32 33 Rise +1 E 14 Cambodia Cambodia (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.683 2.250 1.000 0.000 2.070 5.455 0 0 0+1
33 32 Fall -1 W 19 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan (L) 0.333 0.000 0.000 1.400 0.150 2.433 0.835 0.565 4.308 0 0 0+1
34 30 Fall -4 E 15 Macau Macau (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 4.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 2.800 0 0 0+1
35 35 Rise +4 E 16 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.333 2.000 0.000 2.067 0 0 0+1
36 37 Rise +1 E 17 Laos Laos (L, C) 0.000 1.000 1.000 0.150 0.150 0.333 0.000 0.000 1.362 0 0 0+1
37 36 Fall -1 W 20 Nepal Nepal (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.667 0.200 0.100 0.813 0 0 0+1
38 38 Same position — W 21 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.100 0.000 0.350 0.100 0.200 0.630 0 0 0+1
39 39 Same position — W 22 Bhutan Bhutan (L, C, LC) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.150 0.150 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.465 0 0 0+1
40 40 Same position — E 18 Mongolia Mongolia (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.100 0.100 0.000 0.100 0.250 0 0 0+1
41 41 Same position — W 23 Afghanistan Afghanistan (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.150 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.090 0 0 0+1
42 41 Fall -1 E 19 Brunei Brunei (C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0+1
42 41 Fall -1 E 19 Guam Guam (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0+1
42 41 Fall -1 E 19 Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0+1
42 41 Fall -1 W 24 Pakistan Pakistan (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0+1
42 41 Fall -1 E 19 East Timor Timor-Leste (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0+1
42 41 Fall -1 W 24 Yemen Yemen (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0+1

Club ranking[edit]

A club ranking was introduced in 2014 by the AFC.[10] It was an informative ranking and not used to seed clubs in the club competitions.[11]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The 2020 season did not award points for the ranking because of the cancellation of 2020 AFC Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Al Hilal lead the way as AFC announces Club Ranking system". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  2. ^ "Entry Manual: AFC Club Competitions 2017-2020" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2017.
  3. ^ AFC Club Competitions Ranking 2021
  4. ^ AFC Club Competitions Ranking 2020
  5. ^ AFC Country Points 2018
  6. ^ AFC Country Points 2019
  7. ^ AFC Country Points 2021
  8. ^ a b c "AFC Competitions Committee recommends strategic reforms to elevate Asian club football". www.the-afc.com. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  9. ^ a b "AFC Club Competitions Ranking 2022". www.the-afc.com. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Al Hilal lead the way as AFC announces Club Ranking system". the-afc.com. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  11. ^ "AFC Competitions Committee recommends new AFC Cup format". Retrieved 23 November 2018.

External links[edit]

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