2023 AFC Women's Club Championship
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = AFC Women's Club Championship
| year = 2023
| other_titles =
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| dates = {{nowrap|Group stage: 6–12 November 2023
Final: 10 May 2024}}
| num_teams = 8
| associations = 8
| country = Thailand
| country2 = Uzbekistan
| city =
| champion_other = Urawa Red Diamonds
| count = 1
| second_other = Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
| third_other =
| fourth_other =
| matches = 13
| goals = 53
| attendance =
| top_scorer = Kiko Seike (7 goals)
| player =
| prevseason = 2022
| nextseason =
| updated =
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The 2023 AFC Women's Club Championship (also known as the AFC Women's Club Championship 2023 – Invitational Tournament) was the fourth and final edition of the AFC Women's Club Championship, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Eight clubs from AFC member associations competed.{{Cite web |date=12 July 2023 |title=Gokulam Kerala to play AFC Women's Club Championship 2023 |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37999692/gokulam-kerala-play-afc-women-club-championship-2023 |access-date=19 July 2023 |website=ESPN}}{{Cite web |title=AFC women's Champions League set to launch in 2023 |url=https://smartseries.sportspromedia.com/news/afc-womens-champions-league-2023-launch-bai-lili |access-date=19 July 2023 |website=smartseries.sportspromedia.com}}
A final between the two group winners was planned,{{Cite web |title=Draw sets stage for thrilling action |url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/club/afc_womens_club_championship/news/draw_sets_stage_for_thrilling_action.html |work=The AFC|date=7 September 2023 |access-date=20 March 2024}} but was initially cancelled by the AFC in March 2024.{{cite web|url=https://weleague.jp/news/1306/|title=AFC Women's Club Championship 2023 – Invitational Tournament 決勝について|publisher=WE League|date=22 March 2024|language=ja|access-date=25 April 2024}} However, in April 2024, the AFC reintroduced the final, which was held on 10 May 2024.{{cite web|url=https://weleague.jp/news/1343/|title=AFC Women's Club Championship 2023 – Invitational Tournament 決勝開催について|publisher=WE League|date=25 April 2024|language=ja|access-date=25 April 2024}}{{cite web |title=AFCがまた二転三転…女子ACLプレ大会決勝が急きょ中止から開催の方向へ WEリーグ高田チェアが言及 |url=https://news.goo.ne.jp/article/sponichi/sports/sponichi-spngoo-20240424-0248.html |website=news.goo.ne |access-date=24 April 2024 |language=ja |date=24 April 2024}}
Seeding
| class="wikitable" |
| width=20%| Pot 1
!width=20%| Pot 2 !width=20%| Pot 3 !width=20%| Pot 4 |
|---|
| {{fbaicon|JPN}} Urawa Red Diamonds {{fbaicon|AUS}} Sydney FC | {{fbaicon|KOR}} Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels {{fbaicon|TPE}} Hualien | {{fbaicon|THA}} Bangkok (H) {{fbaicon|UZB}} FC Nasaf (H) | {{fbaicon|IND}} Gokulam Kerala {{fbaicon|IRN}} Bam Khatoon |
Format
The tournament was held in two centralized venues, with 4 teams in 2 groups, in a round-robin format. The first-placed team in each group advanced to the finals.{{Cite web |title=Draw sets stage for thrilling action |url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/club/afc_womens_club_championship/news/draw_sets_stage_for_thrilling_action.html |access-date=7 September 2023 |work=The AFC}}
Teams
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| class="wikitable"
|+East region |
| Team
!Qualifying method !{{Tooltip|App.|Appearance}} {{small|(last)}} |
|---|
| {{fbaicon|AUS}} Sydney FC
|2022–23 A-League Women champions |1st |
| {{fbaicon|JPN}} Urawa Red Diamonds
|2022–23 WE League champions |1st |
| {{fbaicon|KOR}} Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
|2022 WK League champions |2nd {{small|(2019)}} |
| {{fbaicon|TPE}} Hualien
|2022 Taiwan Mulan Football League champions |1st |
| {{fbaicon|THA}} Bangkok
| 2023 Thai Women's League champions |1st |
{{col-2}}
| class="wikitable"
|+West region |
| Team
!Qualifying method !{{Tooltip|App.|Appearance}} {{small|(last)}} |
|---|
| {{fbaicon|UZB}} FC Nasaf
|2022 Uzbekistan Women's League champions |1st |
| {{fbaicon|IND}} Gokulam Kerala
|2022–23 Indian Women's League champions |2nd {{small|(2021)}} |
| {{fbaicon|IRN}} Bam Khatoon
|2022–23 Kowsar Women Football League champions |2nd {{small|(2022)}} |
{{col-end}}
Group stage
=Group A=
|section=Standings
|source=[https://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-womens-club-championship/fixtures/ AFC]
|team_order=URA, GOK, BAN, HUA
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|win_URA=3 |draw_URA=0 |loss_URA=0 |gf_URA=20|ga_URA=1 |status_URA=
|win_GOK=1 |draw_GOK=1 |loss_GOK=1 |gf_GOK=5 |ga_GOK=12 |status_GOK=
|win_HUA=0 |draw_HUA=1 |loss_HUA=2 |gf_HUA=1 |ga_HUA=9 |status_HUA=
|win_BAN=1 |draw_BAN=0 |loss_BAN=2 |gf_BAN=6 |ga_BAN=10 |status_BAN=H
|name_HUA={{flagicon|TPE}} Hualien
|name_GOK={{flagicon|IND}} Gokulam Kerala
|name_URA={{flagicon|JPN}} Urawa Red Diamonds
|name_BAN={{flagicon|THA}} Bangkok
|res_col_header=Q
|result1=Q
|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=Advance to final
}}
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2023|11|06|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|16:30|7}}
|team1 = Urawa Red Diamonds {{flagicon|JPN}}
|score = 8–0
|team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} Gokulam Kerala
|goals1 =
- Shibata {{goal|2}}
- Kurishima {{goal|16}}
- Shimada {{goal|38}}
- Ito {{goal|48||82}}
- Nishio {{goal|83}}
- Seike {{goal|87}}
- Ando {{goal|90+2}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
|attendance = 100
|referee = Yu Hong (China)
|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2023-11-06/urawa-red-diamonds-ladies-vs-gokulam-kerala-fc/3204277/
}}
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2023|11|06|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|20:30|7}}
|team1 = Hualien {{flagicon|TPE}}
|score = 0–2
|team2 = {{flagicon|THA}} Bangkok
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
|attendance = 209
|referee = Lê Thị Lý (Vietnam)
|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2023-11-06/hualien-wft-vs-bangkok-wfc/3204278/
}}
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{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2023|11|09|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|16:30|7}}
|team1 = Gokulam Kerala {{flagicon|IND}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{flagicon|TPE}} Hualien
|goals1 = Kumari {{Goal|19}}
|goals2 = Lin Jing-xuan {{Goal|42}}
|stadium = Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
|attendance = 147
|referee = Rebecca Durcau (Australia)
|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2023-11-09/gokulam-kerala-fc-vs-hualien-wft/3204279/
}}
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2023|11|09|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|20:30|7}}
|team1 = Bangkok {{flagicon|THA}}
|score = 1–6
|team2 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Urawa Red Diamonds
|goals1 = Kanyanat {{Goal|87}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
|attendance = 500
|referee = Mahnaz Zokaee (Iran)
|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2023-11-09/bangkok-wfc-vs-urawa-red-diamonds-ladies/3204280/
}}
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{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2023|11|12|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|16:30|7}}
|team1 = Urawa Red Diamonds {{flagicon|JPN}}
|score = 6–0
|team2 = {{flagicon|TPE}} Hualien
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
|attendance =
|referee =
|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2023-11-12/urawa-red-diamonds-ladies-vs-hualien-wft/3204281/
}}
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2023|11|12|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|20:30|7}}
|team1 = Bangkok {{flagicon|THA}}
|score = 3–4
|team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} Gokulam Kerala
|goals1 =
- Ploychompoo {{goal|26}}
- Kanyanat {{goal|45+1||49}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
|attendance =
|referee =
|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2023-11-12/bangkok-wfc-vs-gokulam-kerala-fc/3204282/
}}
=Group B=
|section=Standings
|source=[https://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-womens-club-championship/fixtures/ AFC]
|team_order=HYU, SYD, NAS, BAM
|update=complete
|win_SYD=2 |draw_SYD=0 |loss_SYD=1 |gf_SYD=5 |ga_SYD=4 |status_SYD=
|win_HYU=3 |draw_HYU=0 |loss_HYU=0 |gf_HYU=7 |ga_HYU=1 |status_HYU=
|win_NAS=0 |draw_NAS=1 |loss_NAS=2 |gf_NAS=3 |ga_NAS=6 |status_NAS=H
|win_BAM=0 |draw_BAM=1 |loss_BAM=2 |gf_BAM=3 |ga_BAM=7 |status_BAM=
|name_SYD={{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney FC
|name_HYU={{flagicon|KOR}} Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
|name_NAS={{flagicon|UZB}} FC Nasaf
|name_BAM={{flagicon|IRN}} Bam Khatoon
|res_col_header=Q
|result1=Q
|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=Advance to final
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{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2023|11|06|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|15:00|5}}
|team1 = Sydney FC {{flagicon|AUS}}
|score = 3–0
|team2 = {{flagicon|IRN}} Bam Khatoon
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = JAR Stadium, Tashkent
|attendance = 50
|referee = Doumouh Al Bakkar (Lebanon)
|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2023-11-06/sydney-fc-vs-bam-khatoon-fc/3204283/
}}
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2023|11|06|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|18:00|5}}
|team1 = Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels {{flagicon|KOR}}
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{flagicon|UZB}} FC Nasaf
|goals1 =
- Namgung Ye-ji {{goal|39|pen.}}
- Adams {{goal|44|o.g.}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
|attendance = 115
|referee = Veronika Bernatskaya (Kyrgyzstan)
|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2023-11-06/incheon-hyundai-steel-red-angels-wfc-vs-pfk-nasaf-w/3204284/
}}
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{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2023|11|09|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|15:00|5}}
|team1 = Bam Khatoon {{flagicon|IRN}}
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{flagicon|KOR}} Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
|goals1 =
- Zandi {{Goal|61}}
|goals2 =
- Namgung Ye-ji {{Goal|58}}
- Jang Chang {{Goal|78}}
|stadium = JAR Stadium, Tashkent
|attendance = 48
|referee = Asaka Koizumi (Japan)
|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2023-11-09/bam-khatoon-fc-vs-incheon-hyundai-steel-red-angels-wfc/3204285/
}}
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2023|11|09|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|18:00|5}}
|team1 = FC Nasaf {{flagicon|UZB}}
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney FC
|goals1 = Kudratova {{Goal|90}}
|goals2 = Worts {{goal|33||57}}
|stadium = Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
|attendance = 85
|referee = Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2023-11-09/pfk-nasaf-w-vs-sydney-fc/3204286/
}}
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{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2023|11|12|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|15:00|5}}
|team1 = Sydney FC {{flagicon|AUS}}
|score = 0–3
|team2 = {{flagicon|KOR}} Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Nrehy {{goal|44}}
- Hong Hye-ji {{goal|54}}
- Kim Hye-ri {{goal|70}}
|stadium = JAR Stadium, Tashkent
|attendance =
|referee =Rahmonova Dilshoda (Tajikistan)
|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2023-11-12/sydney-fc-vs-incheon-hyundai-steel-red-angels-wfc/3204287/
}}
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2023|11|12|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|18:00|5}}
|team1 = FC Nasaf {{flagicon|UZB}}
|score = 2–2
|team2 = {{flagicon|IRN}} Bam Khatoon
|goals1 =
- Karachik {{goal|26||71}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
|attendance =
|referee = Nuannid Donjangreed (Thailand)
|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2023-11-12/pfk-nasaf-w-vs-bam-khatoon-fc/3204288/
}}
Final
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2024|5|10|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|18:00|9}}
|team1 = Urawa Red Diamonds {{flagicon|JPN}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{flagicon|KOR}} Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Lee So-hee {{goal|13}}
|stadium = Urawa Komaba Stadium, Saitama
|attendance = 5,271
|referee = Dong Fangyu (China)
|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2024-05-10/urawa-red-diamonds-ladies-vs-incheon-hyundai-steel-red-angels-wfc/3332188/
}}
Top goalscorers
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Rank
!Player !Club !Goals |
|---|
| 1
|align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kiko Seike |align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Urawa Red Diamonds |7 |
| rowspan=4|2
|align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Kanyanat Chetthabutr |align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Bangkok |rowspan=4|4 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Miki Ito
|align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Urawa Red Diamonds |
| align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Mei Shimada
|align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Urawa Red Diamonds |
| align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Fiona Worts
|align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney FC |
| 6
|align=left|{{flagicon|GHA}} Veronica Appiah |align=left|{{flagicon|IND}} Gokulam Kerala |3 |
| rowspan=3|7
|align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kozue Ando |align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Urawa Red Diamonds |rowspan=3|2 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|UZB}} Lyudmila Karachik
|align=left|{{flagicon|UZB}} FC Nasaf |
| align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} Namgung Ye-ji
|align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels |
| 10
|colspan=2|Multiple players |1 |
See also
; Continental Club Championship
- 2023 CAF Women's Champions League
- 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina
- 2023 OFC Women's Champions League
- 2022–23 and 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
- 2023–24 AFC Champions League
; Regional Club Championship
- WAFF Women's Clubs Championship (Western Asia)
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.the-afc.com/en/club/afc_womens_club_championship.html|name=AFC Women's Club Championship}}
{{AFC Women's Club Championship}}
{{2023–24 in Asian women's football (AFC)}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:AFC Women's Club Championship 2023}}