2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship

The 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship (or the 2025–26 ACC), known as the 2025–26 Shopee Cup due to sponsorship reasons,^[1] will be the fourth 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.

2025–26 Shopee Cup

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 8–15 August 2025 Competition proper: 20 August 2025 – 27 May 2026
Teams	Competition proper: 12 Total (maximum): 14 (from 9 associations)
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

Buriram United were the defending champions of the previous edition.^[2]

Association team allocation

Clubs from all twelve member football associations of the ASEAN Football Federation were eligible to enter the competition; Australia and Timor Leste did not enter, while Indonesia withdrew due to logistic reasons.^[3][4]

Participation for 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship
	Participating
	Not participating

Member association	Group stage	Play-off
Thailand	2 (+1 ACC)	—
Vietnam	2	—
Malaysia	2	—
Indonesia[note 1]	2	—
Singapore	2	—
Cambodia	1	—
Philippines	—	1
Myanmar	—	1
Laos	—	1
Brunei	—	1
Australia	—	—
Timor-Leste	—	—
Total	10	4
	14

Teams

Group stage direct entrants Team Qualifying method App. (last) Buriram United 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship title holder 2024–25 Thai League 1 champions 2nd (2024–25) Bangkok United 2024–25 Thai League 1 runners-up 1st BG Pathum United 2024–25 Thai League 1 third place 2nd (2024–25) Thép Xanh Nam Định 2024–25 V.League 1 champions 1st Công An Hà Nội 2024–25 Vietnamese Cup winners 2nd (2024–25) Johor Darul Ta'zim 2024–25 Malaysia Super League champions 1st Selangor 2024–25 Malaysia Super League runners-up 1st Lion City Sailors 2024–25 Singapore Premier League champions 2nd (2024–25) Tampines Rovers 2024–25 Singapore Premier League runners-up 2nd (2005) Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 2024–25 Cambodian Premier League champions 2nd (2024–25) Qualifying play-off participants Team Qualifying method App. (last) DH Cebu 2024–25 Philippines Football League Finals Series winners 1st Shan United 2024–25 Myanmar National League champions 2nd (2024–25) Ezra 2024–25 Lao League 1 champions 1st Kasuka 2024–25 Brunei Super League champions 2nd (2024–25)

Withdrawn teams

Team	Qualifying method
Persib[note 1]	2024–25 Liga 1 champions
Dewa United Banten[note 1]	2024–25 Liga 1 runners-up

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Stage	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying stage	Qualifying play-off	4 July 2025	8–9 August 2025	15 August 2025
Group stage	Matchday 1		20–21 August 2025
	Matchday 2		24–25 September 2025
	Matchday 3		3–4 December 2025
	Matchday 4		17 December 2025 and 28 January 2026
	Matchday 5		29 January and 4 February 2026
	Matchday 6 (Group B only)		5 February 2026
Knockout stage
	Semi-finals		6 May 2026	13 May 2026
	Finals		20 May 2026	27 May 2026

Qualifying play-offs

Main article: 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship qualifying play-off round

The first legs will be played on 8 August, and the second legs will be played on 15 August 2025.

The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage.

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kasuka	2–4	DH Cebu	2–1	0–3
Ezra	1–3	Shan United	1–2	0–1

Group stage

Main article: 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship group stage

At the draw on 4 July 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand, fourteen teams will drawn into two groups of six. Teams from the same association may not be placed in the same group; as there are three Thai clubs in the group stage, a maximum of two of them can be placed in the same group, with one of them must be the title holders, Buriram United. The group stage will be a single round-robin format, with each team playing three home and three away fixtures. Initially, the top four teams from each group advancing to the quarter-finals. However, following the withdrawal of Indonesian teams, the quarter-finals were removed. Instead, only the top two teams will qualify for the semi-finals.

Bangkok Metro

Buriram United

Nam Định

Công An Hà Nội

PKR Svay Rieng

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Selangor

Singapore

Bangkok Metro teams
Bangkok United
BG Pathum United

Singapore teams
Lion City Sailors
Tampines Rovers

Location of the 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship group stage teams

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Lion City Sailors

Tampines Rovers

Location of the 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship group stage teams from Singapore

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRU	BGP	SEL	CAH	BGT	DHC
1	Buriram United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	20 Aug	3 Dec	—	4 Feb
2	BG Pathum United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24 Sep	—	—	20 Aug	—	28 Jan
3	Selangor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	4 Feb	—	28 Jan	24 Sep	—
4	Công An Hà Nội	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	—	—	—	4 Feb	24 Sep
5	Tampines Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			28 Jan	3 Dec	—	—	—	—
6	Dynamic Herb Cebu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	—	3 Dec	—	20 Aug	—

First match(es) will be played: 20 August 2025. Source: ASEAN United FC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BKU	JDT	NDI	LCS	PKR	SUN
1	Bangkok United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	17 Dec	4 Dec	—	5 Feb
2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			25 Sep	—	—	21 Aug	—	29 Jan
3	Nam Định	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	5 Feb	—	29 Jan	25 Sep	—
4	Lion City Sailors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	—	—	—	5 Feb	17 Dec
5	Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			29 Jan	4 Dec	—	—	—	—
6	Shan United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	—	4 Dec	—	21 Aug	—

First match(es) will be played: 21 August 2025. Source: ASEAN United FC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Notes

1. 2024–25 Liga 1 champions and runners-up, Persib and Dewa United Banten, were initially invited by the AFF to participate in the 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship. However, both teams declined to take part due to logistical issues. Liga Indonesia Baru then proposed sending Malut United and Persebaya, the third and fourth-placed teams of the 2024–25 Liga 1, but the proposal was rejected by the AFF.^[5]

See also

• 2026 CAFA Silk Way Cup
• 2026 SAFF Club Championship