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#ACLElite - Kooshki wins best goal of MD8 (West)

Fri, 28 Feb, 2025

#ACLElite - Kooshki wins best goal of MD8 (West)

Kuala Lumpur: Alireza Kooshki emerged the winner of the AFC Champions League Elite™ 2024/25 West Zone's Matchday 8 best goals poll with 82 percent of the votes.

Kooshki's clinical finish off Ramin Rezaeian's through pass secured the Esteghlal FC player's spot in the semi-finals

Check out the results at the bottom and don't forget to cast your vote for the East Zone's best goal of Matchday 8 with polling to start on Saturday.

Saudi Arabia lead AFC Men’s Club Competitions Mid-Season Ranking 2024/25

Wed, 26 Feb, 2025

Saudi Arabia lead AFC Men’s Club Competitions Mid-Season Ranking 2024/25

Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today released the AFC Men’s Club Competitions Mid-Season Ranking 2024/25, with Saudi Arabia continuing to lead the way.

With a total of 109.054 points to their name, the chart-toppers are followed by Japan and Korea Republic in second and third place respectively.

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#ACLElite - League Stage in numbers

Sat, 22 Feb, 2025

#ACLElite - League Stage in numbers

Kuala Lumpur: The AFC Champions League Elite 2024/25 heads into the business end with the Round of 16 to be played in the first week of March.

As the remaining sides intensify their preparations for what will surely be exciting ties, the-AFC.com takes a look at the facts and figures from the thrilling League Stage.

Venues for AFC Champions League Elite™ Finals confirmed

Thu, 20 Feb, 2025

Venues for AFC Champions League Elite™ Finals confirmed

Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today confirmed the venues for the AFC Champions League Elite™ Finals 2024/25, which will see Asia’s top eight clubs battle for supremacy in a centralised format in single-leg ties from April 25 to May 3, 2025.

Following the decision to appoint the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) as the Host Association for the AFC Champions League Elite™ Finals for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons in December 2023, the King Abdullah Sports City and Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah have been selected to host the decisive battles of the most sought-after club prize in Asian football.

Muscat confident Port will turn things around

Thu, 20 Feb, 2025

Muscat confident Port will turn things around

Shanghai: Head coach Kevin Muscat retains belief that it is only a matter of time before his Shanghai Port FC side return to winning ways in the AFC Champions League Elite™ 2024/25 after ending their League Stage campaign with a defeat on Wednesday.

Port lost 2-0 to Yokohama F. Marinos, the second defeat in as many weeks after the 4-0 reverse to Vissel Kobe seven days ago.

The China PR side, however, finished in eighth place to reach the knockout stage.

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MD8: Shanghai Port FC (CHN) 0-2 Yokohama F. Marinos (JPN)

Thu, 20 Feb, 2025

MD8: Shanghai Port FC (CHN) 0-2 Yokohama F. Marinos (JPN)

Shanghai: Yokohama F. Marinos closed out the league phase of the AFC Champions League Elite™ 2024/25 with a 2-0 win over Chinese Super League side Shanghai Port at Pudong Stadium on Wednesday as new head coach Steve Holland notched up a second win in a row in the competition.

Goals from Asahi Uenaka and Jun Amano in the 64th and 69th minutes respectively sealed victory for the J1 League side although Shanghai Port will still progress to the last 16 as a result of the withdrawal of Shandong Taishan from the competition earlier in the day.

The win was the seventh in the competition for the AFC Champions League™ 2023-24 runners-up, who will go into the next phase of the competition buoyed by their impressive form since Holland arrived to replace interim boss John Hutchison during the close season.

Latest update on AFC Champions League Elite™

Wed, 19 Feb, 2025

Latest update on AFC Champions League Elite™

Kuala Lumpur: In accordance with Article 5.2 of the AFC Champions League Elite™ 2024/25 Competition Regulations (the “Competition Regulations”), the Asian Football Confederation (the “AFC”) confirms that China PR’s Shandong Taishan FC are considered to have withdrawn from the AFC Champions League Elite™ after the club confirmed that it did not intend to report for their League Stage (East) match against Korea Republic’s Ulsan HD FC on February 19, 2025.

The matter will now be referred to the relevant AFC Committee(s) as appropriate for their decision(s).