NB: up to date as of Feb 1, 2017 (after 2016 competitions).
Note that the AFC Cup and the AFC Presidents Cup (in which the clubs from the
strongest countries do not enter) are listed separately.
(according to number of cups won):
Cups Won Diff Winn Finals Diff Fin Semis Diff Semi SC AA
Country C1 C2 Tt C1 C2 Tt C1 C2 Tt C1 C2 Tt C1 C2 Tt C1 C2 Tt
South Korea 11 11 6 6 17 3 20 9 3 10 28 4 32 12 4 13 3 2
Japan 5 5 10 5 4 9 8 6 14 6 5 10 15 10 25 9 6 13 2
Saudi Arabia 4 6 10 2 5 5 12 7 19 5 5 6 19 11 30 6 6 8 3
Iran 3 1 4 2 1 3 7 2 9 4 1 5 15 4 19 6 2 6
China 3 3 2 2 5 1 6 3 1 3 11 3 14 5 3 7
Israel 3 3 2 2 4 4 2 2 4 4 2 2
Qatar 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 6 2 8 5 2 5
Thailand 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 4 2 6 2 2 4 1
UAE 1 1 1 1 4 1 5 2 1 3 9 2 11 5 2 6
Australia 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Iraq 2 2 4 2 2 4 6 3 9 4 2 4
Malaysia 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3
Syria 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Oman 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Bahrain 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hongkong 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Uzbekistan 6 1 7 4 1 5
Indonesia 3 1 4 3 1 4
India 1 1 1 1
Kazakhstan 1 1 1 1
Kuwait 1 1 1 1
Lebanon 1 1 1 1
North Korea 1 1 1 1
Vietnam 1 1 1 1
Jordan 1 1 1 1
Turkmenistan 1 1 1 1
Totals 35 12 47 23 10 31 70 24 94 42 18 54 139 48 187 76 36 95 7 3
NB: Starting with the 2004 season, the Champions League is only open to clubs from the
"best" countries, while "average" countries have to do with the AFC Cup and the
"weakest" AFC members try their luck in the AFC Presidents Cup; these two cups are
not included in the above summary; see below for more information.
Notes:
1.C1=Champions' Cup (Champions League from 2002/03 on),
C2=Cup Winners' Cup (up to and including 2002/03; then discontinued),
Diff Win/Final/Semi denotes the number of different clubs that won/reached the final c.q.
reached the semis.
2.SC=Super Cup, AA=Afro-Asian Club Cup.
3.There were only three semifinalists in the 1967 Champions' Cup.
4.The 1986/87 tournament was decided by a final group of four. Runners-up Al-Hilal are
considered losing finalists.
5.The C1 tournaments from 1987/88 to 1989/90 were decided in a final between the two winners
of "semifinal" groups; the groups' runners-up are counted as losing semifinalists.
Israel 3/ 4 = 0.75 Japan 10/14 = 0.71 Qatar 2/ 3 = 0.67 Thailand 2/ 3 = 0.67 South Korea 9/16 = 0.56 [2 inter-Korean finals; 11/20 = 0.55] Saudi Arabia 10/19 = 0.53 China 3/ 6 = 0.50 Australia 1/ 2 = 0.50 Iran 4/ 9 = 0.44 UAE 1/ 5 = 0.20 Bahrain 0/ 1 = 0.00 Syria 0/ 1 = 0.00 Hongkong 0/ 1 = 0.00 Malaysia 0/ 1 = 0.00 Oman 0/ 1 = 0.00 Iraq 0/ 4 = 0.00
(not adjusted for "internal meetings"): Israel 3/ 4 = 0.75 Australia 1/ 2 = 0.50 Japan 10/25 = 0.40 South Korea 11/32 = 0.34 Saudi Arabia 10/30 = 0.33 Thailand 2/ 6 = 0.33 Qatar 2/ 8 = 0.25 China 3/14 = 0.21 Iran 4/19 = 0.21 UAE 1/11 = 0.09 Bahrain 0/ 1 = 0.00 Hongkong 0/ 1 = 0.00 India 0/ 1 = 0.00 Jordan 0/ 1 = 0.00 Kazakhstan 0/ 1 = 0.00 Kuwait 0/ 1 = 0.00 Lebanon 0/ 1 = 0.00 North Korea 0/ 1 = 0.00 Oman 0/ 1 = 0.00 Turkmenistan 0/ 1 = 0.00 Vietnam 0/ 1 = 0.00 Syria 0/ 2 = 0.00 Malaysia 0/ 3 = 0.00 Indonesia 0/ 4 = 0.00 Uzbekistan 0/ 7 = 0.00 Iraq 0/ 9 = 0.00 China, the UAE, Iraq and Uzbekistan have (relatively) little to show for all their semifinal appearances.
Cups Won Finals Semifinals Country SC AA
Club C1 C2 Tt C1 C2 Tt C1 C2 Tt 8 3
1 [4 cups]
Al-Hilal (Riyadh) 2 2 4 5 2 7 8 3 11 Saudi Arabia 1 2
2-3 [3 cups]
Pohang Steelers 3 3 3 3 3 3 South Korea 1
Al-Ittihad (Jeddah) 2 1 3 3 1 4 5 3 8 Saudi Arabia 2
4-12 [2 cups]
Esteghlal (Tehran) [1] 2 2 4 4 7 2 9 Iran 1
Ilhwa Chunma (Seongnam) 2 2 4 4 6 6 South Korea 2 1 1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 2 3 1 4 4 1 5 South Korea 3
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2 2 2 1 3 4 1 5 South Korea 4 2
T.F.B. (Bangkok) [2] 2 2 2 2 3 3 Thailand 1 1
Al-Sadd (Doha) 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 Qatar 1
Guangzhou Evergrande 2 2 2 2 2 2 China 1
Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2 2 2 2 2 2 Israel 1
Nissan [3] 2 2 1 2 3 1 3 4 Japan 1
13-24 [1 CC]
Al-Ain (Al-Ain) 1 1 3 3 5 5 UAE 1
Jubilo Iwata 1 1 3 3 3 3 Japan 2 1
Liaoning (Shenyang) 1 1 2 2 4 4 China 2
Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1 1 2 2 2 2 Israel 2
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 South Korea 5
Verdy Kawasaki [4] 1 1 1 1 3 3 Japan 3
Gamba Osaka 1 1 1 1 2 2 Japan 4
Urawa Red Diamonds 1 1 1 1 2 2 Japan 5
Daewoo Royals (Pusan) 1 1 1 1 1 1 South Korea 6 1
Furukawa [5] 1 1 1 1 1 1 Japan 6
Paas (Tehran) 1 1 1 1 1 1 Iran 2
Western Sydney Wanderers 1 1 1 1 1 1 Australia 1
25-31 [1 CWC]
Al-Nasr (Riyadh) 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 Saudi Arabia 3 1
Al-Shabab (Riyadh) 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 Saudi Arabia 4
Perspolis (Tehran) 1 1 2 2 4 2 6 Iran 3
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 1 1 1 2 2 Japan 7
Yokohama Flügels [6] 1 1 1 1 2 2 Japan 8 1
Bellmare Hiratsuka 1 1 1 1 1 1 Japan 9
Al-Qadisiyah (Khobar) 1 1 1 1 1 1 Saudi Arabia 5
32-47 [1 CC final]
Al-Ahly (Jeddah) 2 2 2 2 Saudi Arabia 6
Dalian Shide [7] 1 1 2 3 1 4 China 3
Al-Rasheed 1 1 3 3 Iraq 1
FC Seoul 1 1 3 3 South Korea 7
Al-Arabi 1 1 1 1 2 Qatar 2
Adelaide United 1 1 1 1 Australia 2
Al-Ahli (Dubai) 1 1 1 1 UAE 2
Anyang LG Cheetahs 1 1 1 1 South Korea 8
BEC Tero Sasana 1 1 1 1 Thailand 2
Al-Karama (Homs) 1 1 1 1 Syria 1
Omani Club (Muscat) 1 1 1 1 Oman 1
Selangor 1 1 1 1 Malaysia 1
Sepahan (Isfahan) 1 1 1 1 Iran 4
Al-Shourta (Bagdad) 1 1 1 1 Iraq 2
Yangzee 1 1 1 1 South Korea 9
Zob-Ahan (Isfahan) 1 1 1 1 Iran 5
48-54 [1 CWC final]
Al-Talaba 1 1 1 2 3 Iraq 3
Nagoya Grampus Eight 1 1 1 1 2 Japan 10
Al-Zawra (Bagdad) 1 1 1 1 2 Iraq 4
South China 1 1 1 1 Hongkong 1
Chunnam Dragons 1 1 1 1 South Korea 10
Muharraq 1 1 1 1 Bahrain 1
Al-Sha'ab (Sharjah) 1 1 1 1 UAE 3
55-84 [CC semifinalists]
Bunyodkor Toshkent 2 2 Uzbekistan 1
Pakhtakor Toshkent 2 2 Uzbekistan 2
Al-Shabab (Dubai) 1 1 2 UAE 4
April 25 (Pyongyang) 1 1 North Korea 1
Busan I'Park 1 1 South Korea 11
Federal Territory 1 1 Malaysia 2
Guangdong (Guangzhou) 1 1 China 4
Homenetmen 1 1 Lebanon 1
Irtysh Pavlodar 1 1 Kazakhstan 1
Al-Ittifaq (Dammam) 1 1 Saudi Arabia 7
Al-Ittihad (Aleppo) 1 1 Syria 2
Al-Jaish (Al-Rayyan) 1 1 Qatar 3
Kashiwa Reysol 1 1 Japan 11
Kuala Lumpur 1 1 Malaysia 3
Mysore State 1 1 India 1
Nasaf Qarshi 1 1 Uzbekistan 3
Neftchi Fergana 1 1 Uzbekistan 4
Pelita Jaya (Jakarta) 1 1 Indonesia 1
PSMS (Medan) 1 1 Indonesia 2
Al-Qadisiya (Kuwait) 1 1 Kuwait 1
Al-Rayyan 1 1 Qatar 4
ROK Army 1 1 South Korea 12
Saipa (Tehran) 1 1 Iran 6
Shenzhen Jianlibao 1 1 China 5
Tiga Berlian (Jakarta) 1 1 Indonesia 3
Toyo Kogyo [8] 1 1 Japan 12
Tungsten Mining 1 1 South Korea 13
Umm Salal 1 1 Qatar 5
Al-Wahda (Abu Dhabi) 1 1 UAE 5
Al-Wasl (Dubai) 1 1 UAE 6
85-95 [CWC semifinalists]
Bangkok Bank 1 1 Thailand 3
Beijing Guo'an 1 1 China 6
Chongqing Longxin 1 1 China 7
Kashima Antlers 1 1 Japan 13
Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad 1 1 Turkmenistan 1
Navbakhor Namangan 1 1 Uzbekistan 5
Pupuk Kaltim (Bontang) 1 1 Indonesia 4
Quang Nam (Danang) 1 1 Vietnam 1
Al-Ramtha 1 1 Jordan 1
Riyadh SC (Riyadh) 1 1 Saudi Arabia 8
T.O.T. (Bangkok) [9] 1 1 Thailand 4
NB: in the club list above, those clubs also appearing in the C3/C4 list below are listed in
italics.
Notes:
[ 1] Esteghlal's record includes that of Taj Club (both were the club of the
Iranian Army, Taj ("Crown") before and Esteghlal after the Islamic revolution
of 1979
[ 2] full name: Thai Farmers Bank
[ 3] Nissan are now called Yokohama F. Marinos
[ 4] Verdy Kawasaki were previously called Yomiuri
[ 5] Furukawa are now called JEF United Ichihara
[ 6] Yokohama Flügels merged with Yokohama Marinos into Yokohama F. Marinos
[ 7] Dalian Shide were previously called Dalian Wanda
[ 8] Toyo Kogyo are now called Sanfrecce Hiroshima
[ 9] full name: Telephone Organization of Thailand
(according to number of cups won):
Cups Won Diff Winn Finals Diff Fin Semis Diff Semi
Country C3 C4 Tt C3 C4 Tt C3 C4 Tt C3 C4 Tt C3 C4 Tt C3 C4 Tt
Kuwait 4 4 2 2 7 7 2 2 9 9 2 2
Tajikistan 4 4 2 2 1 5 6 1 3 3 1 7 8 1 3 3
Jordan 3 3 2 2 4 4 2 2 8 8 3 3
Syria 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Kyrgyzstan 2 2 1 1 6 6 1 1 8 8 2 2
Turkmenistan 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 3 3
Iraq 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 4 4 2 2
Bahrain 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 2
Malaysia 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
Uzbekistan 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Taiwan 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 2
Myanmar 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lebanon 2 2 2 2 5 5 3 3
India 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3
Nepal 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 3
Cambodia 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Pakistan 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Palestine 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
North Korea 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hongkong 3 3 3 3
Singapore 2 2 2 2
Thailand 2 2 2 2
Sri Lanka 2 2 2 2
Indonesia 1 1 1 1
Maldives 1 1 1 1
Oman 1 1 1 1
Saudi Arabia 1 1 1 1
Vietnam 1 1 1 1
Bangladesh 1 1 1 1
Mongolia 1 1 1 1
Totals 13 10 23 10 7 17 26 20 46 17 13 29 51 40 91 33 25 57
Notes:
1.C3=AFC Cup (from 2004 on),
C4=AFC Presidents Cup (10 editions between 2005 and 2014; then discontinued).
2.The C4 tournaments were decided in a final between the two winners of "semifinal" groups
since 2011; the groups' runners-up are counted as losing semifinalists.
NB: in the club list below, those clubs also appearing in the C1/C2 list above are listed in
italics.
Cups Won Finals Semifinals Country
Club C3 C4 Tt C3 C4 Tt C3 C4 Tt
1-2 [3 cups]
Al-Kuwait SC 3 3 4 4 5 5 Kuwait 1
Regar-TadAZ Tursunzade 3 3 3 3 4 4 Tajikistan 1
3-4 [2 cups]
Al-Faysali (Amman) 2 2 3 3 4 4 Jordan 1
Dordoy Bishkek 2 2 6 6 7 7 Kyrgyzstan 1
5-12 [1 AFC Cup]
Al-Qadisiya (Kuwait) 1 1 3 3 4 4 Kuwait 2
Muharraq 1 1 2 2 2 2 Bahrain 1
Darul Takzim 1 1 1 1 2 2 Malaysia 1
Al-Ittihad (Aleppo) 1 1 1 1 1 1 Syria 1
Al-Jaish (Damascus) 1 1 1 1 1 1 Syria 2
Nasaf Qarshi 1 1 1 1 1 1 Uzbekistan 1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Baghd.) 1 1 1 1 1 1 Iraq 1
Shabab Al-Ordon (Amman) 1 1 1 1 1 1 Jordan 2
13-17 [1 PC]
Istiqlol Dushanbe 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 Tajikistan 2
Balkan Balkanabat 1 1 1 1 2 2 Turkmenistan 1
HTTU Ashgabat 1 1 1 1 2 2 Turkmenistan 2
Taipower 1 1 1 1 2 2 Taiwan 1
Yadanarbon 1 1 1 1 1 1 Myanmar 1
18-23 [1 AFC final]
Arbil 2 2 3 3 Iraq 2
Al-Nijmeh (Beirut) 1 1 3 3 Lebanon 1
Bengaluru FC 1 1 1 1 India 1
Al-Karama (Homs) 1 1 1 1 Syria 3
Safa (Beirut) 1 1 1 1 Lebanon 2
Al-Wahda (Damascus) 1 1 1 1 Syria 4
24-29 [1 PC final]
Nepal Police Club 1 1 2 2 Nepal 1
Vahsh Qurghonteppa 1 1 2 2 Tajikistan 3
KRL 1 1 1 1 Pakistan 1
Phnom Penh Crown 1 1 1 1 Cambodia 1
Rimyongsu 1 1 1 1 North Korea 1
Shabab Al-Am'ari 1 1 1 1 Palestine 1
30-46 [AFC semifinalists]
Al-Wahdat (Amman) 3 3 Jordan 3
Al-Ahed (Beirut) 1 1 Lebanon 3
B.Binh Duong 1 1 Vietnam 1
Chonburi 1 1 Thailand 1
Dempo SC (Goa) 1 1 India 2
East Bengal (Kolkata) 1 1 India 3
Geylang United 1 1 Singapore 1
Home United 1 1 Singapore 2
Al-Ittifaq (Dammam) 1 1 Saudi Arabia 1
Kitchee 1 1 Hongkong 1
Muang Thong United 1 1 Thailand 2
Al-Nahda 1 1 Oman 1
New Radiant 1 1 Maldives 1
Persipura (Jayapura) 1 1 Indonesia 1
Riffa 1 1 Bahrain 2
South China 1 1 Hongkong 2
Sun Hei 1 1 Hongkong 3
47-58 [1 PC semifinalists]
FK Ashgabat 2 2 Turkmenistan 3
Blue Star SC (Kalutara) 1 1 Sri Lanka 1
Erchim (Ulaanbaatar) 1 1 Mongolia 1
Hilal Al-Quds 1 1 Palestine 2
Khemera (Phnom Penh) 1 1 Cambodia 2
Manang Marsyangdi (Kathmandu) 1 1 Nepal 2
Neftchi Kochkor-Ata 1 1 Kyrgyzstan 2
Ratnam SC (Colombo) 1 1 Sri Lanka 2
Sheikh Russel KC (Dhaka) 1 1 Bangladesh 1
Tatung 1 1 Taiwan 2
Three Star Club 1 1 Nepal 3
WAPDA (Lahore) 1 1 Pakistan 2
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