Records of the Australian A-League Men clubs in continental club football competitions organised by the Asian Football Confederation. The Western Sydney Wanderers are the only Australian side to win a competition, while Adelaide United are the only other Australian side to have made a final. Melbourne Victory have the most tournament appearances in the AFC Champions League of any Australian club, with 9 appearances, and the most matches played of any Australian club, with 54 matches played.
Overview
AFC allocation
Since 2007, Australian clubs have participated in the AFC Champions League. For their first five competitions, the A-League was given two spots in the league- one for the champions (grand final winners) and one for the premiers (regular season winners- or the losing grand finalist if the champions and premiers were the same team). For the 2012 competition, another half a spot was added, with the highest placed team on the A-League table which has not already qualified for the AFC Champions League entering a playoff to enter the competition.
For the 2013 competition the AFC reduced the number of A-League qualification spots to 1.5. The Premiers (regular season winners) directly qualified for the Asian Champions League. The Champions (winners of grand final) entered a play off to qualify for the competition. The AFC ruled that the A-League did not meet the criteria for full participation in the tournament, including the lack of promotion and relegation within a tiered league system was a major reason, and that the A-league was not run as a separate entity to the FFA.
From the 2014 AFC Champions League until the 2016 edition, the allocation of two spots in the group stage and one qualifying play-off spot returned and in 2017, the qualifying play-off spot dropped back to a place in the preliminary round 2.
For the 2023–24 AFC Champions League a single team will compete in the group stage, with two teams qualifying to the second-tier 2023–24 AFC Cup group stage.
Results
Legend
Q : Qualified
W : Withdrew
PR2 : Preliminary round 2
PO : Qualifying play-off round
GS : Group stage
R16 : Round of 16
QF : Quarter-finals
SF : Semi-finals
RU : Runners-Up
C : Champions
Finals
Statistics by club
Statistics by season
Games by club
Adelaide United
Brisbane Roar
Central Coast Mariners
Macarthur FC
Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets
Perth Glory
Sydney FC
Western Sydney Wanderers
Statistics by opponents league
Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
South Korea
Thailand
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Records
Best Finish: Western Sydney Wanderers 2014, Champions
Worst Finish: PR2 – Brisbane Roar 2018
Biggest Crowd: 26,857 Melbourne Victory vs Gamba Osaka; 29 April 2008
Best Result: Brisbane Roar 2017, 6–0 vs Global
Worst Result: Newcastle Jets 2009, 0–6 vs Pohang Steelers, Brisbane Roar 2017, 0–6 vs Ulsan Hyundai Most Appearances: 9 – Melbourne Victory (2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)
Top scorers
(not including qualifying rounds). Club lists clubs for which continental goals were scored.
See also
Individual Australian clubs in Asian football
Central Coast Mariners in Asian football
Sydney FC in international competition
Western Sydney Wanderers in Asian football
Chinese clubs in the AFC Champions League
Indian football clubs in Asian competitions
Indonesian football clubs in Asian competitions
Iranian clubs in the AFC Champions League
Iraqi clubs in the AFC Champions League
Japanese clubs in the AFC Champions League
Myanmar clubs in the AFC Champions League
Qatari clubs in the AFC Champions League
Saudi Arabian clubs in the AFC Champions League
South Korean clubs in the AFC Champions League
Thai clubs in the AFC Champions League
Vietnamese clubs in the AFC Champions League
References
External links
AFC Champions League – official website (archived) AFC Champions League on RSSSF