AFC_Club_Competitions_Ranking

AFC club competitions ranking

AFC club competitions ranking

Ranking system used by the Asian Football Confederation


The AFC club competitions ranking is a ranking system launched by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 2014.[1] The ranking is based on the results of teams participating in the last four years of the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup. The ranking is used for determine slot allocation for the AFC member associations in its club competitions.

Calculation principle

The club competitions ranking (former member association ranking, or MA ranking) is used to rank associations and also used for seeding teams in the competitions. It is also used to allocate the number of entries and entry points to the competitions.[2][3] There are, however, many shifts each year with associations not meeting off field requirements.

Each team is awarded points based on their performance in AFC club competitions. Points earned of a country in a season consists of two parts. First, the points earned in group and knockout stages by all clubs from the country will be divided by the number of participating clubs in that tournament (points from AFC Champions League teams and AFC Cup teams are counted and averaged separately, then added to each other). Second, the points earned from qualifying stages (if any). Points earned by all clubs from the country in two parts are added up to be the country's points for the season.

The ranking until 2021 consists of the total of points of member associations' clubs over the past four years. The leading association's points earned are made 100 points in percentage terms. All other associations are adjusted proportionally to the leading team. From the 2022 edition, the ranking uses the points over the past eight years, with the former ones have lower multiplier (the latest year is fully added, each year before has its multiplier decrease by 0.1).

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2021 ranking

This was used for allocating slots in the 2023–24 AFC Champions League and 2023–24 AFC Cup.

Updated on 7 December 2021.

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New ranking structure

The AFC have announced changes in the format for ranking the three new competitions – AFC Champions League Elite, AFC Champions League 2, AFC Challenge League – effective from the 2024–25 season.[9] The structure has taken into account the results from the past 8 years, with a weighting formula.[10]

2022 ranking

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2023–24 ranking

To be used for entry requirements into the 2025–26 AFC competitions. The 2023–24 AFC season is still being played and the table won't be finalised until the end of May 2024.

Updated 14 March.[11]

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Key
  Indicates active associations which have some teams still competing in this season's AFC Champions League.
  Indicates active associations which have some teams still competing in this season's AFC Cup.
  Indicates associations which have no teams remaining in this season's competitions.

Club ranking

A club ranking was introduced in 2014 by the AFC.[12] It was an informative ranking and not used to seed clubs in the club competitions.[13]

See also

Notes

  1. The 2020 season did not award points for the ranking because of the cancellation of 2020 AFC Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. Number of teams still active from association in 2023–24 AFC Champions League or 2023–24 AFC Cup.

References

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  2. "Entry Manual: AFC Club Competitions 2017–2020" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2017.
  3. "AFC Club Competitions Ranking". Footy Rankings. 2021-02-13. Archived from the original on 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  4. "AFC Club Competitions Ranking 2021". 13 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  5. "AFC Club Competitions Ranking 2020". 13 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  6. "AFC Country Points 2018". 9 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  7. "AFC Country Points 2019". 9 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  8. "AFC Country Points 2021". 9 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  9. "AFC Competitions Committee recommends strategic reforms to elevate Asian club football". www.the-afc.com. 23 December 2022. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  10. "AFC Club Competitions Ranking 2022". www.the-afc.com. 15 May 2023. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  11. "AFC Club Competitions Ranking 2024". FootyRankings. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  12. "Al Hilal lead the way as AFC announces Club Ranking system". the-afc.com. 18 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  13. "AFC Competitions Committee recommends new AFC Cup format". Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.

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