2024–25 Afghanistan Champions League

{{Infobox football league season

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| competition = Afghanistan Champions League

| season = 2024–25

| dates = 6 December 2024 – 7 January 2025

| winners = Abu Muslim
1st title

| relegated = Adalat Farah
Khadim

| continentalcup1 = AFC Challenge League playoff

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Abu Muslim

| continentalcup2 =

| continentalcup2 qualifiers =

| best player = Zelfy Nazary (Abu Muslim)

| league topscorer = Farhad Alizada (FC Sorkh Poshan)
(18 Goals)

| best goalkeeper = Faisal Hamidi (Attack Energy)
(7 Clean Sheets)

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring = Abu Muslim FC 8–0 Adalat FC
(25 December 2024)

| matches = 66 Match

| total goals =

| longest wins = Abu Muslim FC
(8 Matches)

| longest unbeaten = Abu Muslim FC
(11 Matches)

| longest winless = Adalat FC
(6 Matches)

| longest losses = Adalat FC
(6 Matches)

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 2024

| nextseason = 2025–26

}}

The 2024–25 Afghanistan Champions League season was the fourth season of the Afghanistan Champions League, the top-flight football league competition in Afghanistan.{{cite web |date=26 November 2024 |title=⚽ خبر خوش برای فوتبال دوستان افغانستان |url=https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AxWed6TxC/ |website=www.facebook.com |language=Persian}} All matches were held at Herat Football Federation Stadium in Herat.

Attack Energy were defending champions having won the 2022 and 2024 editions.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afghchamp.html, RSSSF], Afghanistan list of champions Abu Muslim dethroned Attack Energy and became the new champions and winning their first title in the process.{{Cite web |title=Afghanistan 2024/25 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afgh2025.html |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=www.rsssf.org}}{{Cite web |last=arash |date=2025-01-08 |title=the champion of the fourth round of the Afghanistan Football Champions League. |url=https://radiokunduz.com/en/?p=10597 |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Kunduz Radio |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Bariz |first=Benyamin |date=2025-01-08 |title=Abu Muslim Farah team wins ACL title in Herat |url=https://pajhwok.com/2025/01/08/abu-muslim-farah-team-wins-acl-title-in-herat/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |language=en-GB}} One of Abu Muslim last matches against Adalat Farah in a controversial 8–0 victory against Adalat Farah was marred by allegations of match-fixing.{{Cite news |last=Aarons |first=Ed |last2=Molina |first2=Romain |date=2025-02-18 |title=Afghan club disbands after alleging match-fixing in champions’ 8-0 win |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/18/afghan-club-disbands-after-alleging-match-fixing-in-champions-8-0-win |access-date=2025-03-28 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news |last=Aarons |first=Ed |date=2025-03-27 |title=‘Getting worse’: former Afghanistan captain’s anger at state of football in homeland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/27/former-afghanistan-captain-zohib-islam-amiri-anger-state-football-his-country |access-date=2025-03-28 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Teams

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!Club

!Location

Abu Muslim

|Farah

Adalat Farah

|Farah

Aino Mina

|Kandahar

Attack Energy

|Herat

Istiqlal

|Kabul

Khadim{{efn|Khadim was disqualified by the Afghanistan Football Federation on 6 January 2025, after violating the competition's regulations.}}

|Sar-e Pol

Khurasan

|Faryab

Mawj Sahel Sahet

|Takhar

Perrozi Kabul

|Kabul

Sarafan

|Herat

Sarsabz Yashlar

|Faryab

Sorkh Poshan

|Herat

Margins

Khadim Sarpol team withdrew from this competition before the end of the fourth season by filing a protest and complaint on 3 January 2025. Through an official letter to the Afghanistan Football Federation, this team complained about hosting Herat Province in the fourth season of the Afghanistan Champions League.{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-01-03 |title=خداحافظی باشگاه خدیم اف‌سی سرپل از لیگ قهرمانان افغانستان |url=https://iraf.ir/46406/sport/%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%BE%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%84%DB%8C/ |access-date=}} And further, the Attack Energy SC objected to the way the Abu Muslim FC won the championship and condemned Abu Muslim and Adalat for collusion. And he called Abu Muslim's heroism wrong and unjust.

League table

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Results

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Awards

Last Update in 16 March 2025

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!Award{{Cite web |title=Abu Muslim Farah Triumphs in Afghanistan Football Champions League |url=https://tolonews.com/sport-192505 |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=TOLOnews |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-08 |title=The competitions of the Champions League of the country ended with the championship of Abu Muslim Farah team {{!}} AVA |url=https://www.avapress.com/en/news/304143/the-competitions-of-the-champions-league-_country-ended-with-championship-abu-muslim-farah-team |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-09 |title=Abu Muslim Farah crowned champions of Herat Football League - The Kabul times, Afghanistan Trustable News Agency. |url=https://thekabultimes.com/abu-muslim-farah-crowned-champions-of-herat-football-league/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |language=en}}

!Recipient

!Club

Top Scorer

| align="center" |Farhad Alizadeh

| align="left" |Sorkh Poshan

Most Valuable Player

| align="center" |Zelfy Nazary

| align="left" |Abu Muslim

Best Goalkeeper

| align="center" |Faisal Hamidi

| align="left" |Attack Energy

Best Coach

|Yusuf Mohandezadeh

|Sorkh Poshan

Fair Play

|N/A

|Aino Mina

References