The AFC Champions League is introduced as follows:
The AFC Champions League, also known as the Asian Champions League, is an Asian club football tournament founded by the AFC in 2002, formerly known as the Asian Championship and the Asian Club Championship.
The AFC Champions League is the highest level of club football in Asia, equivalent to the European Champions League and the Libertadores Cup in South America, and higher than the AFC Champions Cup. The winning team will represent AFC in the FIFA Club World Cup.
The top 10 associations of "Asian Games Points" have places to directly participate in the group stage, and the remaining eight group stage places will be generated through the playoff stage.
The first competition (that is, the AFC Champions League in 2002/03) was held in different years, and the previous AFC Champions League competitions were all completed in the same natural year. In February 2022, the AFC officially announced that the AFC Champions League would resume the New Year's Eve system from 2023, and the number of foreign aid places would increase from "3+ 1" to "5+ 1" from the 2023/24 season.
On May 6, 2023, in the second round of the AFC Champions League final, Puhe Red Diamond Football Club defeated Saudi Crescent Football Club 1-0 with a total score of 2-/KLOC-0, and won the AFC Champions League in 2022. This is the third time in the history of Puhe Red Diamond Team to win the AFC Champions League. ?
Starting from the 2024-2025 season, AFC Champions League and AFC Champions Cup will be replaced by AFC Champions League, AFC Champions League II and AFC Champions League Challenge.