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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Updated on 5 December 2024[6]
| Ranking | Member association (L: League, C: Cup, LC: League cup) |
Club points | Total | Active teams | 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 | 17.000 | 102.415 | 4/4 | 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 | 15.417 | 95.110 | 4/4 | 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 | 11.500 | 87.720 | 4/4 | 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 | 24.000 | 11.233 | 69.299 | 4/4 | 2+1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 |  +1 |
W 3 |  Iran (L, C)
|
13.000 | 16.200 | 18.850 | 11.500 | 14.225 | 13.250 | 9.300 | 9.601 | 65.234 | 3/4 | 2+1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 |  –1 |
W 4 |  Qatar (L, C)
|
22.000 | 13.400 | 19.850 | 15.900 | 7.300 | 13.500 | 8.100 | 9.697 | 64.322 | 4/4 | 1+1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | — |
E 3 |  China (L, C)
|
14.750 | 24.567 | 16.200 | 17.350 | 0.800 | 0.500 | 11.900 | 9.900 | 54.332 | 3/4 | 2+1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | — |
E 4 |  Thailand (L, C, LC)
|
1.000 | 15.050 | 16.200 | 5.050 | 8.500 | 11.110 | 8.567 | 11.567 | 51.565 | 4/4 | 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 | 5.833 | 45.321 | 1/2 | 1+0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | — |
W 6 |  Iraq (L, C)
|
9.833 | 8.933 | 8.633 | 8.300 | 3.250 | 7.450 | 7.473 | 6.500 | 37.280 | 1/2 | 1+0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | 13 | +2 |
W 7 |  Jordan (L, C)
|
4.167 | 4.900 | 7.633 | 7.967 | 4.893 | 6.000 | 5.415 | 11.000 | 35.905 | 2/2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | 11 | –1 |
E 5 |  Australia (L, C)
|
14.000 | 5.900 | 7.300 | 2.600 | 0.000 | 7.900 | 10.593 | 8.000 | 35.624 | 2/2 | 1+0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | +1 |
E 6 |  Vietnam (L, C)
|
4.000 | 2.800 | 3.267 | 10.752 | 6.000 | 5.300 | 5.267 | 11.333 | 35.038 | 1/1 | 1+0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | 12 | –2 |
E 7 |  Malaysia (L, C)
|
7.167 | 4.395 | 3.633 | 4.450 | 4.000 | 9.677 | 6.000 | 9.833 | 34.361 | 1/2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | 17 | +2 |
W 8 |  Bahrain (L, C)
|
5.333 | 3.467 | 1.633 | 2.500 | 5.510 | 5.215 | 5.967 | 7.250 | 26.900 | 1/2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | 18 | +2 |
W 9 |  India (L, C)
|
7.667 | 6.250 | 4.417 | 3.217 | 3.677 | 4.797 | 2.922 | 6.500 | 24.958 | 1/1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | 19 | +2 |
W 10 |  Oman (L, C)
|
1.000 | 2.200 | 1.583 | 1.433 | 0.000 | 6.795 | 9.677 | 7.500 | 24.569 | 1/1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | 15 | –3 |
E 8 |  Hong Kong (L, C)
|
5.833 | 1.750 | 3.300 | 3.650 | 7.333 | 6.587 | 4.900 | 3.333 | 24.436 | 0/2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | 22 | +3 |
E 9 |  Singapore (L, C)
|
4.500 | 5.138 | 5.617 | 4.133 | 0.000 | 3.253 | 3.600 | 9.000 | 23.572 | 1/2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | 20 | — |
W 11 |  Turkmenistan (L, C)
|
2.000 | 4.483 | 7.583 | 5.267 | 3.125 | 2.640 | 3.078 | 4.200 | 20.961 | 1/2 | 0 | 0+1 | 1+0 |
| 21 | 21 | — |
W 12 |  Lebanon (L, C)
|
6.333 | 0.833 | 3.933 | 6.933 | 2.670 | 1.525 | 5.033 | 4.500 | 20.304 | 0/1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1+0 |
| 22 | 16 | –6 |
W 13 |  Tajikistan (L, C)
|
0.333 | 12.900 | 4.433 | 3.000 | 4.970 | 2.493 | 2.100 | 3.276 | 20.033 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 |
| 23 | 23 | — |
W 14 |  Kuwait (L, C)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 3.433 | 7.070 | 4.160 | 2.500 | 6.200 | 19.385 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 24 | 27 | +3 |
W 15 |  Kyrgyzstan (L)
|
0.000 | 1.400 | 0.150 | 2.433 | 0.835 | 0.565 | 11.167 | 4.600 | 18.378 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 25 | 28 | +3 |
E 10 |  Indonesia (L, C)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 4.100 | 5.045 | 0.000 | 3.960 | 3.333 | 5.417 | 16.866 | 1/2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | 25 | –1 |
E 11 |  Philippines (L, C)
|
4.667 | 8.120 | 5.843 | 4.782 | 2.600 | 0.300 | 0.556 | 3.667 | 16.706 | 0/2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0+1 |
| 27 | 24 | –3 |
W 16 |  Bangladesh (L, C)
|
1.000 | 1.333 | 1.433 | 6.933 | 2.790 | 3.760 | 3.833 | 1.500 | 16.428 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 28 | 26 | –2 |
W 17 |  Syria (L, C)
|
5.333 | 5.933 | 2.000 | 3.133 | 1.785 | 2.890 | 1.283 | 2.500 | 14.174 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 29 | 30 | +1 |
E 12 |  Cambodia (L, C)
|
0.000 | 1.683 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 2.070 | 5.300 | 4.950 | 14.062 | 1/1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0+1 |
| 30 | 33 | +3 |
E 13 |  Chinese Taipei (L)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 2.000 | 0.000 | 4.200 | 5.500 | 11.730 | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 31 | 29 | –2 |
E 14 |  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 |
| 32 | 32 | — |
E 15 |  Myanmar (L, C)
|
2.333 | 1.300 | 4.062 | 1.600 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1.533 | 5.500 | 11.187 | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 33 | 31 | –2 |
W 18 |  Maldives (L, C)
|
1.333 | 4.300 | 4.300 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 2.030 | 2.100 | 1.500 | 9.910 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 34 | 35 | +1 |
E 16 |  Mongolia (L, C)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.100 | 0.100 | 0.000 | 0.100 | 4.000 | 2.200 | 6.962 | 0/1 | 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 | 0/1 | 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 | 0/1 | 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 | 0/1 | 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 | 0.500 | 1.300 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 40 | 42 | +2 |
W 22 |  Afghanistan (L)
|
0.000 | 0.150 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.500 | 0.560 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 41 | 39 | –2 |
W 23 |  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 |
| 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 |
- Key
Indicates active associations which have some teams still competing in this season's AFC Champions League Elite.
Indicates active associations which have some teams still competing in this season's AFC Champions League Two.
Indicates active associations which have some teams still competing in this season's AFC Challenge League.
Indicates associations which have no teams remaining in this season's competitions.
2023–24 ranking
To be used for entry requirements into the 2025–26 AFC competitions.
Updated on 26 May 2024[7]
| 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 | 2+1 | 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 | 24.000 | 73.373 | 2+1 | 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+0 | 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 | 6.867 | 36.512 | 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 | 35.094 | 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 | 6.000 | 31.118 | 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 | 4.967 | 29.955 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | — |
E 7 | Vietnam (L, C)
|
4.000 | 4.000 | 2.800 | 3.267 | 10.752 | 6.000 | 5.300 | 5.267 | 28.524 | 0 | 1+1 | 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 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | — |
W 8 | Tajikistan (L, C)
|
9.000 | 0.333 | 12.900 | 4.433 | 3.000 | 4.970 | 2.493 | 2.100 | 22.363 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | 18 | +1 |
W 9 | Bahrain (L, C)
|
2.167 | 5.333 | 3.467 | 1.633 | 2.500 | 5.510 | 5.215 | 5.967 | 22.315 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | 17 | –1 |
W 10 | India (L, C)
|
3.333 | 7.667 | 6.250 | 4.417 | 3.217 | 3.677 | 4.797 | 2.922 | 22.275 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | 28 | +9 |
W 11 | Oman (L, C)
|
2.333 | 1.000 | 2.200 | 1.583 | 1.433 | 0.000 | 6.795 | 9.677 | 19.935 | 0 | 0+1 | 1+0 |
| 20 | 20 | — |
W 12 | Turkmenistan (L, C)
|
2.000 | 2.000 | 4.483 | 7.583 | 5.267 | 3.125 | 2.640 | 3.078 | 19.832 | 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 | 5.033 | 18.904 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 |
| 22 | 24 | +2 |
E 9 | Singapore (L, C)
|
0.500 | 4.500 | 5.138 | 5.617 | 4.133 | 0.000 | 3.253 | 3.600 | 17.310 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | 19 | –4 |
W 14 | Kuwait (L, C)
|
9.500 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 3.433 | 7.070 | 4.160 | 2.500 | 17.153 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 24 | 27 | +3 |
W 15 | Bangladesh (L, C)
|
0.000 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 1.433 | 6.933 | 2.790 | 3.760 | 3.833 | 16.228 | 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 | 0.556 | 16.186 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | 23 | –3 |
W 16 | Syria (L, C)
|
6.833 | 5.333 | 5.933 | 2.000 | 3.133 | 1.785 | 2.890 | 1.283 | 15.855 | 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 | 11.167 | 14.837 | 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 | 3.333 | 14.589 | 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+1 | 0+1 |
| 30 | 32 | +2 |
E 13 | Cambodia (L, C)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 1.683 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 2.070 | 5.300 | 10.055 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 31 | 29 | –2 |
W 18 | Maldives (L, C)
|
2.000 | 1.333 | 4.300 | 4.300 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 2.030 | 2.100 | 9.950 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 32 | 30 | –2 |
E 14 | Myanmar (L, C)
|
2.667 | 2.333 | 1.300 | 4.062 | 1.600 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1.533 | 7.474 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 33 | 35 | +2 |
E 15 | Chinese Taipei (L)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 2.000 | 0.000 | 4.200 | 6.033 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 34 | 31 | –3 |
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 |
| 35 | 40 | +5 |
E 16 | Mongolia (L, C)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.100 | 0.100 | 0.000 | 0.100 | 4.000 | 4.220 | 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 | 1.100 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 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+1 |
| 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+1 |
| 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+1 |
| 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+1 |
| 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+1 |
| 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+1 |
| 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+1 |
2022 ranking
Ranking currently being used for entry requirements into the current 2024–25 AFC competitions.[8]
| Ranking | Member association (L: League, C: Cup, LC: League cup) |
Club points | Total | 2024–25 competition | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022[5] | 2021 | Mvmt | Region | 2014 (×0.3) |
2015 (×0.4) |
2016 (×0.5) |
2017 (×0.6) |
2018 (×0.7) |
2019 (×0.8) |
2021 (×0.9) |
2022 (×1.0) |
ACL Elite | ACL Two | Challenge | ||
| 1 | 1 | — |
W 1 | Saudi Arabia (L, C)
|
19.250 | 15.250 | 9.500 | 18.600 | 10.000 | 26.350 | 20.950 | 19.075 | 93.795 | 3+0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | +1 |
E 1 | Japan (L, C, LC)
|
13.500 | 15.250 | 10.500 | 21.850 | 13.850 | 21.800 | 17.875 | 20.088 | 91.821 | 3+0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | –1 |
E 2 | South Korea (L, C)
|
17.500 | 16.750 | 20.750 | 9.950 | 18.350 | 13.600 | 22.750 | 15.800 | 88.295 | 2+1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | +1 |
W 2 | Qatar (L, C)
|
8.750 | 19.000 | 22.000 | 13.400 | 19.850 | 15.900 | 7.300 | 13.500 | 75.950 | 2+1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | –1 |
W 3 | Iran (L, C)
|
9.500 | 11.250 | 13.000 | 16.200 | 18.850 | 11.500 | 14.225 | 13.250 | 72.018 | 2+1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | 8 | +2 |
W 4 | United Arab Emirates (L, C)
|
18.333 | 25.000 | 18.000 | 11.350 | 8.100 | 7.633 | 14.400 | 8.083 | 64.129 | 1+1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | — |
E 3 | China (L, C)
|
9.250 | 15.750 | 14.750 | 24.567 | 16.200 | 17.350 | 0.800 | 0.500 | 57.630 | 2+1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | +1 |
E 4 | Thailand (L, C, LC)
|
6.000 | 10.000 | 1.000 | 15.050 | 16.200 | 5.050 | 8.500 | 11.110 | 49.470 | 1+1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | –3 |
W 5 | Uzbekistan (L, C)
|
11.000 | 4.750 | 9.750 | 5.050 | 9.400 | 9.000 | 8.960 | 10.057 | 45.006 | 1+0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | 13 | +3 |
W 6 | Iraq (L, C)
|
7.667 | 3.167 | 9.833 | 8.933 | 8.633 | 8.300 | 3.250 | 7.450 | 36.901 | 1+0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | 23 | +12 |
E 5 | Australia (L, C)
|
17.333 | 7.500 | 14.000 | 5.900 | 7.300 | 2.600 | 0.000 | 7.900 | 33.830 | 1+0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | 10 | –2 |
W 7 | Jordan (L, C)
|
3.833 | 4.667 | 4.167 | 4.900 | 7.633 | 7.967 | 4.893 | 6.000 | 30.161 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | 20 | +7 |
E 6 | Malaysia (L, C)
|
1.833 | 9.500 | 7.167 | 4.395 | 3.633 | 4.450 | 4.000 | 9.677 | 29.951 | 1+0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | — |
E 7 | Vietnam (L, C)
|
8.667 | 4.000 | 4.000 | 2.800 | 3.267 | 10.752 | 6.000 | 5.300 | 29.469 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | 11 | –4 |
E 8 | Hong Kong (L, C, S, LC)
|
6.000 | 8.167 | 5.833 | 1.750 | 3.300 | 3.650 | 7.333 | 6.587 | 27.450 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | 12 | –4 |
W 8 | Tajikistan (L, C)
|
0.000 | 9.000 | 0.333 | 12.900 | 4.433 | 3.000 | 4.970 | 2.493 | 23.976 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | 17 | — |
W 9 | India (L, C)
|
3.167 | 3.333 | 7.667 | 6.250 | 4.417 | 3.217 | 3.677 | 4.797 | 23.639 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | 25 | +7 |
W 10 | Bahrain (L, C)
|
5.833 | 2.167 | 5.333 | 3.467 | 1.633 | 2.500 | 5.510 | 5.215 | 20.681 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | 22 | +3 |
W 11 | Kuwait (L, C)
|
10.000 | 9.500 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 3.433 | 7.070 | 4.160 | 20.069 | 0 | 0+1 | 1+0 |
| 20 | 16 | –4 |
W 12 | Turkmenistan (L, C)
|
0.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 4.483 | 7.583 | 5.267 | 3.125 | 2.640 | 19.464 | 0 | 0+1 | 1+0 |
| 21 | 19 | –2 |
E 9 | Philippines (L, C)
|
0.000 | 1.667 | 4.667 | 8.120 | 5.843 | 4.782 | 2.600 | 0.300 | 18.428 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | 18 | –4 |
W 13 | Lebanon (L, C)
|
5.333 | 0.667 | 6.333 | 0.833 | 3.933 | 6.933 | 2.670 | 1.525 | 17.761 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 |
| 23 | 27 | +4 |
W 14 | Syria (L, C)
|
0.833 | 6.833 | 5.333 | 5.933 | 2.000 | 3.133 | 1.785 | 2.890 | 17.612 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 24 | 24 | — |
E 10 | Singapore (L, C)
|
2.667 | 0.500 | 4.500 | 5.138 | 5.617 | 4.133 | 0.000 | 3.253 | 16.824 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | 15 | –10 |
E 11 | North Korea (L, C)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 3.433 | 7.433 | 11.067 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 16.117 | 0 | 0+1 | 0+1 |
| 26 | 26 | — |
E 12 | Indonesia (L, C)
|
6.500 | 5.667 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 4.100 | 5.045 | 0.000 | 3.960 | 15.083 | 0 | 0+1 | 0+1 |
| 27 | 21 | –6 |
W 15 | Bangladesh (L, C)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 1.433 | 6.933 | 2.790 | 3.760 | 14.120 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 28 | 34 | +6 |
W 16 | Oman (L, C)
|
2.167 | 2.333 | 1.000 | 2.200 | 1.583 | 1.433 | 0.000 | 6.795 | 12.453 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 29 | 29 | — |
W 17 | Maldives (L, C)
|
0.667 | 2.000 | 1.333 | 4.300 | 4.300 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 2.030 | 9.467 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 30 | 28 | –2 |
E 13 | Myanmar (L, C)
|
3.833 | 2.667 | 2.333 | 1.300 | 4.062 | 1.600 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 8.287 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 31 | 31 | — |
W 18 | Palestine (L, C)
|
0.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0.200 | 0.150 | 2.967 | 0.835 | 0.610 | 5.760 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 32 | 33 | +1 |
E 14 | Cambodia (L, C)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1.683 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 2.070 | 5.455 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 33 | 32 | –1 |
W 19 | Kyrgyzstan (L)
|
0.333 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1.400 | 0.150 | 2.433 | 0.835 | 0.565 | 4.308 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 34 | 30 | –4 |
E 15 | Macau (L, C)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 4.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2.800 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 35 | 35 | +4 |
E 16 | Chinese Taipei (L)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 2.000 | 0.000 | 2.066 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 36 | 37 | +1 |
E 17 | Laos (L, C)
|
0.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.150 | 0.150 | 0.333 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1.361 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 37 | 36 | –1 |
W 20 | Nepal (L)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.667 | 0.200 | 0.100 | 0.814 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 38 | 38 | — |
W 21 | Sri Lanka (L, C)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.100 | 0.000 | 0.350 | 0.100 | 0.200 | 0.630 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 39 | 39 | — |
W 22 | Bhutan (L, C, LC)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.150 | 0.150 | 0.100 | 0.100 | 0.100 | 0.465 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 40 | 40 | — |
E 18 | Mongolia (L, C)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.100 | 0.100 | 0.000 | 0.100 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 41 | 41 | — |
W 23 | Afghanistan (L)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.150 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.090 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 42 | 41 | –1 |
E 19 | Brunei (C)
|
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 42 | 41 | –1 |
E 19 | 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 |
| 42 | 41 | –1 |
E 19 | 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 |
| 42 | 41 | –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+1 |
| 42 | 41 | –1 |
E 19 | 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 |
| 42 | 41 | –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+1 |
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
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