2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship
Tournament details
TeamsTBA (from 12 associations)

The 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship (or simply 2024–25 ACC) is a proposed (third) edition of the ASEAN Club Championship, an international football competition between domestic champion club sides affiliated with the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation.[1][2][3] It will be the first ACC to commence since 2005.[4]

Vietnamese media reported that the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Competition Committee has approved 12 teams, with two from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam; one from Philippines and Singapore, and two more to be determined through playoffs. The playoffs should involve teams from Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar.[5][6]

The tournament was officially cancelled due to the overlapping competition schedules (2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round and 2023 AFC Asian Cup).[7]

Association team allocation

Clubs from the following 12 football associations are eligible to enter the competition:

Football association Group stage Playoff
Indonesia Indonesia 2 —
Malaysia Malaysia 2 —
Thailand Thailand 2 —
Vietnam Vietnam 2 —
Philippines Philippines 1 —
Singapore Singapore 1 —
Brunei Brunei — 1
Cambodia Cambodia — 1
Laos Laos — 1
Myanmar Myanmar — 1
East Timor Timor-Leste — —
Australia Australia — —

Teams (provisionally)

Foreign players

A maximum of four foreigners are allowed per club which follows the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) 3+1 rule; three players of any nationality and a fourth coming from an AFC member nation. A player coming from an AFF member nation will not be considered as a foreign player. This will be confirmed once the draw is confirmed.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Asean Club Championship to launch after getting AFC and Fifa backing". 6 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Fox Sports". Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  3. ↑ "AFC Statement on the Asean Club Championship | Football News |".
  4. ↑ "Vietnam to send two football teams to AFF Club Championship 2023".
  5. ↑ "AFF Club Championship set to return in 2024-2025".
  6. ↑ "Vietnam to send two football teams to AFF Club Championship 2024-2025".
  7. ↑ 2023 AFF Club Championship schedule, structure announced
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