In the last five years, the CSL has grown in stature and has attracted some of the biggest names in world football but now the CFA President Chen and the General Secretary Liu Yi are looking to develop more domestic talent and stronger links between clubs and communities.

The Islamic Republic of Iran sides garnered a combined total of 90% of the votes cast in the regional poll aimed at finding the Continent's most popular club.

The two now await their opponents in the final, with polling in the East section ending on Tuesday.

The polls for the ASEAN and West regions start on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively, with the final of the Search for Asia's Most Popular Football Club kicking off on December 27.

Check out the Central and South Asia nominees and results below.

Dream debuts, deadly doubles and last-minute heroics are the order of the day among this week’s nominees who have excelled all over the pitch.

Here are the nominees for performances from December 9 to 15.

In the West zone, an all-Saudi tie between Al Nassr and Al Ahli got the quarter-final action underway at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, and eventual finalists Persepolis took on Uzbekistan’s Pakhtakor later on that night, with both ties ending with the same score line.

Over the past 17 editions, the showpiece event of Asian club football has brought numerous moments that remain ingrained in the memories of fans of the beautiful game across the continent. the-AFC.com looks at five memorable moments from past finals and asks you, the reader, to vote for your best.

Winners in 2012, Ulsan have the chance to become Korea Republic’s fourth two-time Asian champions, and the second club from the nation to do so in the AFC Champions League era.

As fans of the Horangi gear up for their biggest match in the best part of a decade, join the-AFC.com as we look back on the club’s history in Asia’s premier competition.

Reaching the AFC Champions League final for the second time in three years, Persepolis are aiming to end a 27-year continental trophy drought for Iranian clubs, since the now defunct PAS Tehran lifted the 1992-93 Asian Club Championship trophy.

Wounds of losing the 2018 final to Japan’s Kashima Antlers remain fresh in the memory of the Red Army’s fans, but a largely unchanged group of players will aim to go one step further when they take on Ulsan Hyundai at Al Janoub Stadium on Saturday.