AFC club competitions ranking

The AFC club competitions ranking is a ranking system launched by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 2014.^[1][2]

Calculation principle

The club competitions ranking (former member association ranking, or MA ranking) is used to rank associations and seed teams in the competitions, allocate the number of entries and entry points to the competitions.^[3] There are, however, many shifts each year with associations not meeting off field requirements.

The ranking until 2021 consisted of the total points of member associations' clubs over the previous four years. Since the 2022 edition, the ranking has used the points over the previous eight years, with earlier editions having a decreasingly smaller contribution through an applied multiplier.

Ranking structure

Club ranking was introduced in 2014 by the AFC.^[1] It was an informative ranking and not used to seed clubs in the club competitions.^[2]

In 2024, the AFC announced changes in the format for ranking the three revamped Club competitions – AFC Champions League Elite, AFC Champions League Two, AFC Challenge League – effective from the 2024–25 season.^[4] The structure has taken into account the results from the past 8 years, with a weighting formula.^[5]

Scoring from 2024–25 onwards

Round	Score[a]
	ACLE	ACL2	ACGL
Participation Points	3	2	1.5
Participation in Qualifying Round	–	–	0.5
Win in Qualifying Round	0.3	0.2	0.15
Draw in Qualifying Round	0.15	0.1	0.075
Win in Group stage / Knock-out phase	3	2	1.5
Draw in Group stage / Knock-out phase	1	0.666	0.5
Advance to Knock-out phase	3	2	1.5
Advance to Quarter-finals	1.5	1	–
Advance to Semi-finals and Final	1.5	1	0.75

2024–25 ranking

To be used for entry requirements into the 2026–27 AFC competitions.

As of 18 May 2025^[7]

Ranking				Member association (L: League, C: Cup, LC: League cup)	Club points								Total	2026–27 Competition
2024–25	2023–24	Mvmt	Region		2016 (×0.3)	2017 (×0.4)	2018 (×0.5)	2019 (×0.6)	2021 (×0.7)	2022 (×0.8)	2023–24 (×0.9)	2024–25 (×1.0)		ACL Elite	ACL Two	Challenge
1	1	—	W 1	Saudi Arabia (L, C)	9.500	18.600	10.000	26.350	20.950	19.075	27.100	34.542	119.957	3+0	1+0	0
2	2	—	E 1	Japan (L, C, LC)	10.500	21.850	13.850	21.800	17.875	20.088	21.350	27.970	107.663	3+0	1+0	0
3	3	—	E 2	South Korea (L, C)	20.750	9.950	18.350	13.600	22.750	15.800	22.350	14.762	90.982	2+1	1+0	0
4	4	—	W 2	United Arab Emirates (L, C)	18.000	11.350	8.100	7.633	14.400	8.083	25.500	16.400	74.466	2+1	1+0	0
5	5	—	W 3	Qatar (L, C)	22.000	13.400	19.850	15.900	7.300	13.500	8.100	14.701	69.326	2+1	1+0	0
6	6	—	W 4	Iran (L, C)	13.000	16.200	18.850	11.500	14.225	13.250	9.300	13.274	68.907	1+1	1+0	0
7	8	+1	E 3	Thailand (L, C, LC)	1.000	15.050	16.200	5.050	8.500	11.110	8.567	14.875	54.873	2+1	1+0	0
8	7	–1	E 4	China (L, C)	14.750	24.567	16.200	17.350	0.800	0.500	11.900	10.250	54.682	1+1	1+0	0
9	9	—	W 5	Uzbekistan (L, C)	9.750	5.050	9.400	9.000	8.960	10.057	11.250	10.333	49.821	1+0	1+0	0
10	11	+1	E 5	Australia (L, C)	14.000	5.900	7.300	2.600	0.000	7.900	10.593	12.796	40.420	1+0	1+0	0
11	12	+1	E 6	Malaysia (L, C)	7.167	4.395	3.633	4.450	4.000	9.677	6.213	15.511	40.039	1+0	1+0	0
12	10	–2	W 6	Iraq (L, C)	9.833	8.933	8.633	8.300	3.250	7.450	7.473	8.500	39.280	1+0	1+0	0
13	13	—	W 7	Jordan (L, C)	4.167	4.900	7.633	7.967	4.893	6.000	5.415	12.000	36.905	0	1+1	0
14	14	—	E 7	Vietnam (L, C)	4.000	2.800	3.267	10.752	6.000	5.300	5.400	11.333	35.038	0	1+1	0
15	22	+7	E 8	Singapore (L, C)	4.500	5.138	5.617	4.133	0.000	3.253	3.640	14.833	29.405	0	1+1	0
16	17	+1	W 8	Bahrain (L, C)	5.333	3.467	1.633	2.500	5.510	5.215	7.020	7.583	27.233	0	1+1	0
17	19	+2	W 9	Oman (L, C)	1.000	2.200	1.583	1.433	0.000	6.795	9.780	9.000	26.069	0	1+1	0
18	18	—	W 10	India (L, C)	7.667	6.250	4.417	3.217	3.677	4.797	3.453	6.500	24.958	0	1+1	0
19	15	–4	E 9	Hong Kong (L, C)	5.833	1.750	3.300	3.650	7.333	6.587	4.900	3.333	24.436	0	1+1	0
20	20	—	W 11	Turkmenistan (L, C)	2.000	4.483	7.583	5.267	3.125	2.640	3.463	7.450	24.211	0	0+1	1+0
21	23	+2	W 12	Kuwait (L, C)	0.000	0.000	0.000	3.433	7.070	4.160	3.165	8.075	21.260	0	0+1	1+0
22	21	–1	W 13	Lebanon (L, C)	6.333	0.833	3.933	6.933	2.670	1.525	4.840	4.500	20.304	0	0	1+0
23	30	+7	E 10	Cambodia (L, C)	0.000	1.683	2.250	1.000	0.000	2.070	5.620	11.000	20.112	0	1+1	0
24	16	–8	W 14	Tajikistan (L, C)	0.333	12.900	4.433	3.000	4.970	2.493	2.230	3.276	20.033	0	0	0+1
25	28	+3	E 11	Indonesia (L, C)	0.000	0.000	4.100	5.045	0.000	3.960	3.560	7.204	18.653	0	0+1	0+1
26	27	+1	W 15	Kyrgyzstan (L)	0.000	1.400	0.150	2.433	0.835	0.565	11.830	4.600	18.378	0	0	0+1
27	25	–2	E 12	Philippines (L, C)	4.667	8.120	5.843	4.782	2.600	0.300	0.600	3.667	16.706	0	0+1	0+1
28	24	–4	W 16	Bangladesh (L, C)	1.000	1.333	1.433	6.933	2.790	3.760	4.730	1.500	16.428	0	0	0+1
29	26	–3	W 17	Syria (L, C)	5.333	5.933	2.000	3.133	1.785	2.890	1.400	2.500	14.174	0	0	0+1
30	32	+1	E 13	Myanmar (L, C)	2.333	1.300	4.062	1.600	0.000	0.000	1.640	7.150	12.837	0	0	0+1
31	33	+2	E 14	Chinese Taipei (L)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.333	2.000	0.000	5.145	6.050	12.280	0	0	0+1
32	29	–3	E 15	North Korea (L, C)	0.000	3.433	7.433	11.067	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	11.730	0	0	0+1
33	31	–2	W 18	Maldives (L, C)	1.333	4.300	4.300	0.000	0.200	2.030	2.640	1.500	9.910	0	0	0+1
34	35	+1	E 16	Mongolia (L, C)	0.000	0.000	0.100	0.100	0.000	0.100	5.080	2.200	6.962	0	0	0+1
35	34	–1	W 19	Palestine (L, C)	2.000	0.200	0.150	2.967	0.835	0.610	0.100	2.500	6.198	0	0	0+1
36	40	+4	W 20	Bhutan (L, C)	0.000	0.150	0.150	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.100	3.600	4.035	0	0	0+1
37	36	–1	E 17	Macau (L, C)	0.000	0.000	4.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1.370	0.000	3.233	0	0	0+1
38	37	–1	E 18	Laos (L, C)	1.000	0.150	0.150	0.333	0.000	0.000	0.100	1.650	2.375	0	0	0+1
39	38	–1	W 21	Nepal (L)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.667	0.200	0.100	0.200	0.167	0.967	0	0	0+1
40	39	–1	W 22	Sri Lanka (L, C)	0.000	0.100	0.000	0.350	0.100	0.200	0.000	0.000	0.480	0	0	0+1
41	42	+1	W 23	Afghanistan (L)	0.000	0.150	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.167	0.227	0	0	0+1
42	41	–1	E 19	Brunei (C)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.100	0.000	0.090	0	0	0+1
43	43	—	W 24	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
43	43	—	E 20	East Timor (L, C)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0	0+1
43	43	—	W 24	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
43	43	—	E 20	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
43	43	—	E 20	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

2023–24 ranking

To be used for entry requirements into the 2025–26 AFC competitions.^[8]

Ranking				Member association (L: League, C: Cup, LC: League cup)	Club points								Total	2025–26 competition
2023–24	2022 [5]	Mvmt	Region		2015 (×0.3)	2016 (×0.4)	2017 (×0.5)	2018 (×0.6)	2019 (×0.7)	2021 (×0.8)	2022 (×0.9)	2023–24 (×1.0)		ACL Elite	ACL Two	Challenge
1	1	—	W 1	Saudi Arabia (L, C)	15.250	9.500	18.600	10.000	26.350	20.950	19.075	27.100	103.148	3+0	1+0	0
2	2	—	E 1	Japan (L, C, LC)	15.250	10.500	21.850	13.850	21.800	17.875	20.088	21.350	96.999	3+0	1+0	0
3	3	—	E 2	South Korea (L, C)	16.750	20.750	9.950	18.350	13.600	22.750	15.800	22.350	93.600	3+0	1+0	0
4	6	+2	W 2	United Arab Emirates (L, C)	25.000	18.000	11.350	8.100	7.633	14.400	8.083	25.500	74.873	3+0	1+0	0
5	4	–1	W 3	Qatar (L, C)	19.000	22.000	13.400	19.850	15.900	7.300	13.500	8.100	70.330	2+1	1+0	0
6	5	–1	W 4	Iran (L, C)	11.250	13.000	16.200	18.850	11.500	14.225	13.250	9.300	68.640	1+1	1+0	0
7	7	—	E 3	China (L, C)	15.750	14.750	24.567	16.200	17.350	0.800	0.500	11.900	57.764	2+1	1+0	0
8	8	—	E 4	Thailand (L, C, LC)	10.000	1.000	15.050	16.200	5.050	8.500	11.110	8.567	49.546	1+1	1+1	0
9	9	—	W 5	Uzbekistan (L, C)	4.750	9.750	5.050	9.400	9.000	8.960	10.057	11.250	47.259	1+0	1+0	0
10	10	—	W 6	Iraq (L, C)	3.167	9.833	8.933	8.633	8.300	3.250	7.450	7.473	37.118	1+0	1+0	0
11	11	—	E 5	Australia (L, C)	7.500	14.000	5.900	7.300	2.600	0.000	7.900	10.593	34.703	1+0	1+0	0
12	13	+1	E 6	Malaysia (L, C)	9.500	7.167	4.395	3.633	4.450	4.000	9.677	6.213	31.331	1+0	1+0	0
13	12	–1	W 7	Jordan (L, C)	4.667	4.167	4.900	7.633	7.967	4.893	6.000	5.415	30.403	0	2+0	0
14	14	—	E 7	Vietnam (L, C)	4.000	4.000	2.800	3.267	10.752	6.000	5.300	5.400	28.657	0	2+0	0
15	15	—	E 8	Hong Kong (L, C)	8.167	5.833	1.750	3.300	3.650	7.333	6.587	4.900	26.888	0	2+0	0
16	18	+2	W 8	Bahrain (L, C)	2.167	5.333	3.467	1.633	2.500	5.510	5.215	7.040	23.368	0	2+0	0
17	17	—	W 9	India (L, C)	3.333	7.667	6.250	4.417	3.217	3.677	4.797	3.453	22.806	0	1+1	0
18	16	-2	W 10	Tajikistan (L, C)	9.000	0.333	12.900	4.433	3.000	4.970	2.493	2.230	22.493	0	1+1	0
19	20	+1	W 11	Turkmenistan (L, C)	2.000	2.000	4.483	7.583	5.267	3.125	2.640	3.463	20.217	0	1+1	1+0
20	28	+8	W 12	Oman (L, C)	2.333	1.000	2.200	1.583	1.433	0.000	6.795	9.780	20.048	0	0+1	1+0
21	22	+1	W 13	Lebanon (L, C)	0.667	6.333	0.833	3.933	6.933	2.670	1.525	4.840	18.711	0	0	1+0
22	19	–3	W 14	Kuwait (L, C)	9.500	0.000	0.000	0.000	3.433	7.070	4.160	3.165	17.818	0	0	0+1
23	24	+1	E 9	Singapore (L, C)	0.500	4.500	5.138	5.617	4.133	0.000	3.253	3.640	17.350	0	2+0	0
24	27	+3	W 15	Bangladesh (L, C)	0.000	1.000	1.333	1.433	6.933	2.790	3.760	4.730	17.125	0	0	0+1
25	21	–4	E 10	Philippines (L, C)	1.667	4.667	8.120	5.843	4.782	2.600	0.300	0.600	16.230	0	2+0	0
26	23	–3	W 16	Syria (L, C)	6.833	5.333	5.933	2.000	3.133	1.785	2.890	1.400	15.972	0	0	0+1
27	33	+6	W 17	Kyrgyzstan (L)	0.000	0.000	1.400	0.150	2.433	0.835	0.565	11.830	15.500	0	0	0+1
28	26	–2	E 11	Indonesia (L, C)	5.667	0.000	0.000	4.100	5.045	0.000	3.960	3.560	14.816	0	0+1	0+1
29	25	–4	E 12	North Korea (L, C)	0.000	0.000	3.433	7.433	11.067	0.000	0.000	0.000	13.923	0	0	0
30	29	–1	W 18	Maldives (L, C)	2.000	1.333	4.300	4.300	0.000	0.200	2.030	2.640	10.490	0	0	0+1
31	32	+1	E 13	Cambodia (L, C)	0.000	0.000	1.683	2.250	1.000	0.000	2.070	5.620	10.375	0	0	1+1
32	30	–2	E 14	Myanmar (L, C)	2.667	2.333	1.300	4.062	1.600	0.000	0.000	1.640	7.581	0	0	1+1
33	35	+2	E 15	Chinese Taipei (L)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.333	2.000	0.000	5.145	6.978	0	0	0+2
34	40	+6	E 16	Mongolia (L, C)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.100	0.100	0.000	0.100	5.080	5.300	0	0	0+2
35	31	–4	W 19	Palestine (L, C)	2.000	2.000	0.200	0.150	2.967	0.835	0.610	0.100	4.984	0	0	0+1
36	34	–2	E 17	Macau (L, C)	0.000	0.000	0.000	4.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1.370	3.770	0	0	0
37	36	–1	E 18	Laos (L, C)	1.000	1.000	0.150	0.150	0.333	0.000	0.000	0.100	1.198	0	0	0+1
38	37	–1	W 20	Nepal (L)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.667	0.200	0.100	0.200	0.917	0	0	0
39	38	–1	W 21	Sri Lanka (L, C)	0.000	0.000	0.100	0.000	0.350	0.100	0.200	0.000	0.555	0	0	0
40	39	–1	W 22	Bhutan (L, C, LC)	0.000	0.000	0.150	0.150	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.505	0	0	0+1
41	42	+1	E 19	Brunei (C)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.100	0.100	0	0	0+1
42	41	–1	W 23	Afghanistan (L)	0.000	0.000	0.150	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.075	0	0	0+1
43	42	–1	E 20	Guam (L, C)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0	0
43	42	–1	E 20	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
43	42	–1	W 24	Pakistan (L, C)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0	0
43	42	–1	E 20	East Timor (L, C)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0	0
43	42	–1	W 24	Yemen (L, C)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0	0

See also

• UEFA coefficient, a similar system used by UEFA
• CAF 5-year ranking, a similar system used by the Confederation of African Football
• CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores, a similar system used by CONMEBOL

Notes

1. There is a points multiplier which takes into consideration the maximum number of points that can be earned in each competition, where in 2025^[6] it is calculated as:

   • ACLE: 1
   • ACL2: 0.666 (by formula 2/3 * 49.5/49.5)
   • ACGL: 0.5 (By formula 1/3 * 49.5/33.0)