ASEAN Club Championship
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{{Infobox football tournament
| logo = ASEAN_Club_Championship_logo.png
| organiser = AFF
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2003}}
| region = Southeast Asia
| number of teams = 12
| current champions = {{flagicon|SIN}} Tampines Rovers (1st title)
| most successful club = {{flagicon|IND}} East Bengal
{{flagicon|SIN}} Tampines Rovers
(1 title each)
| current = 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship
| website =
}}
The ASEAN Club Championship or ACC, also known as the Shopee Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an international club football competition organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) between domestic champion clubs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/asean-club-championship-to-launch-after-getting-afc-and-fifa-backing/|title=Asean Club Championship to launch after getting AFC and Fifa backing|last=McCullagh|first=Kevin|date=6 November 2019|website=SportBusiness|access-date=17 November 2019|archive-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924172018/https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/asean-club-championship-to-launch-after-getting-afc-and-fifa-backing/|url-status=live}} The competition is backed by AFC and FIFA.
Qualification to the competition is for champions clubs from countries affiliated with the AFF.{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/media/afc-statement-on-the-asean-club-championship|title=AFC Statement on the Asean Club Championship | Football News ||website=the-AFC|access-date=2019-12-24|archive-date=2021-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924172018/https://www.the-afc.com/media/afc-statement-on-the-asean-club-championship|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/1195231/aff-to-launch-asean-club-championship-in-2020-featuring-top-clubs-from-southeast-asia/|title=Fox Sports|access-date=2019-11-17|archive-date=2019-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106133107/https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/1195231/aff-to-launch-asean-club-championship-in-2020-featuring-top-clubs-from-southeast-asia/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.in/football/india/story/2986201/remembering-east-bengals-2003-asean-championship-win|title=Before BFC in 2016, there was East Bengal's ASEAN win in 2003|last=Ninan|first=Susan|date=1 November 2016|website=ESPN|access-date=31 August 2022|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804105617/https://www.espn.in/football/india/story/2986201/remembering-east-bengals-2003-asean-championship-win|url-status=live}}
History
The ASEAN Club Championship was first held as biannual tournament in 2003 and 2005.{{cite news |title=AFF to launch ASEAN Club Championship in 2020 featuring top clubs from Southeast Asia |url=https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/1195231/aff-to-launch-asean-club-championship-in-2020-featuring-top-clubs-from-southeast-asia/ |access-date=29 December 2020 |work=Fox Sports Asia |date=5 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106133107/https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/1195231/aff-to-launch-asean-club-championship-in-2020-featuring-top-clubs-from-southeast-asia/ |archive-date=6 November 2019}} The first edition was sponsored by LG Electronics, which was also known as LG Cup Asean Club Football Championship.{{Cite web |last=Krishnan |first=Raghu |date=3 August 2003 |title=Corporate sponsorships made East Bengal champions |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/corporate-sponsorships-made-east-bengal-champions/articleshow/109820.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831133903/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/corporate-sponsorships-made-east-bengal-champions/articleshow/109820.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=31 August 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |website=The Economic Times}} However, the tournament failed to gain traction due to lack of sponsors and conflict with the main calendar of the Asian Football Confederation. Plans to revive the tournament started as early as 2012.{{cite news |last1=Noveanto |first1=Eric |title=South-East Asia nations to organise Asean Club Championship |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/1276/south-east-asia/2012/02/08/2893226/south-east-asia-nations-to-organise-asean-club-championship |access-date=29 December 2020 |work=Goal |date=8 February 2012 |archive-date=17 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117015500/https://www.goal.com/en/news/1276/south-east-asia/2012/02/08/2893226/south-east-asia-nations-to-organise-asean-club-championship |url-status=live }}
The tournament's revival was first proposed in 2019 but was hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |title=Asean Club Championship postponed to next year |url=https://tnp.straitstimes.com/sports/singapore-football/asean-club-championship-postponed-next-year |access-date=30 March 2020 |work=The New Paper |date=26 March 2020 |archive-date=31 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831133906/https://tnp.straitstimes.com/sports/singapore-football/asean-club-championship-postponed-next-year |url-status=live }} The tournament was revived in April 2024 for the 2024–25 edition with a new title sponsor, Shopee.{{Cite web |last=Chia |first=Han Keong |date=4 April 2024 |title=New ASEAN Club Championship launched with 14 top regional football clubs set to vie for annual honours |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/new-asean-club-championship-launched-with-14-top-regional-football-clubs-set-to-vie-for-annual-honours-100045183.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404132616/https://sg.news.yahoo.com/new-asean-club-championship-launched-with-14-top-regional-football-clubs-set-to-vie-for-annual-honours-100045183.html |archive-date=4 April 2024 |access-date=5 April 2024 |website=Yahoo News |language=}}
Competition format
The format of the ASEAN Club Championship was the same as that for the AFC Cup, each national football associations in Southeast Asia sending their champion club representing the domestic league winners. The participating teams were split into groups of several teams (depending on the actual number of participating teams in each group), with each team playing the others in the group in a round-robin format. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to quarter-finals or semi-finals, depending on the number of groups. These finals were played as a knockout competition in the host country.
Results
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of ASEAN Club Championship finals |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"|Season
!scope="col" colspan="2"|Winners !scope="col" rowspan="2"|Score !scope="col" colspan="2"|Runners-up !scope="col" rowspan="2"|Venue |
|---|
| scope="col"|Nation
!scope="col"|Team !scope="col"|Nation !scope="col"|Team |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2003
|{{fba|IND|name=IND}} |align=center|3–1 |{{fba|THA|name=THA}} |{{flagicon|IDN}} Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2005
|{{fba|SIN|name=SIN}} |align=center|4–2 |{{fba|MAS|name=MAS}} |{{flagicon|BRU}} Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2022
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |Cancelled |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2024–25
| | | | | | |
Awards
= Top scorers =
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Year | Footballer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center|2003 | {{flagicon|IND}} Baichung Bhutia | {{flagicon|IND}} East Bengal | align=center|9 |
| align=center|2005 | {{flagicon|Cameroon}} Bernard Tchoutang | {{flagicon|Malaysia}} Pahang | align=center|7 |
Statistics
= By club =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | |||||
| #
!Nation !Winners !Runners-up !3rd Place !4th Place | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left|{{flagicon|India}} East Bengal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | align=left|{{flagicon|Singapore}} Tampines Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | align=left|{{flagicon|Thailand}} BEC Tero Sasana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | align=left|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Pahang | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | align=left|{{flagicon|Brunei}} DPMM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | align=left|{{flagicon|Vietnam}} Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | align=left|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} Petrokimia Putra | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | align=left|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Perak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
= By nation =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| Country
! Winners ! Runners-up ! 3rd place ! 4th place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left| {{IND}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align=left| {{SIN}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align=left| {{MAS}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left| {{THA}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| align=left| {{IDN}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| align=left| {{BRU}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| align=left| {{VIE}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
= All-time ranking table =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||||||||
| Rank
! Club ! Years ! {{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} ! {{Tooltip|W|Won}} ! {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} ! {{Tooltip|L|Lost}} ! {{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} ! {{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} ! {{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} ! {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! {{Tooltip|FW|Final winners}} ! {{Tooltip|F|Finalists}} ! {{Tooltip|SF|Semi-finals}} | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | {{flagicon|SIN}} Tampines Rovers | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | align=left | {{flagicon|MAS}} Pahang | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | align=left | {{flagicon|THA}} BEC Tero Sasana | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | align=left | {{flagicon|VIE}} Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | align=left | {{flagicon|IND}} East Bengal | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | align=left | {{flagicon|MAS}} Perak | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | align=left | {{flagicon|IDN}} Petrokimia Putra | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | align=left | {{flagicon|IDN}} Persita Tangerang | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | align=left | {{flagicon|BRU}} DPMM | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | –4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | align=left | {{flagicon|MYA|1974}} Finance and Revenue | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | align=left | {{flagicon|TLS}} FC Zebra | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22 | –18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | align=left | {{flagicon|SIN}} Singapore Armed Forces | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | align=left | {{flagicon|THA}} Thailand Tobacco Monopoly | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | align=left | {{flagicon|CAM}} Samart United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | –2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | align=left | {{flagicon|LAO}} MCTPC | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | align=left | {{flagicon|PHI}} Philippine Army | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | –9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | align=left | {{flagicon|CAM}} Nagacorp | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | –10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
See also
References
External links
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/aseanclub03.html RSSSF.com: ASEAN Club Championship 2003]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/aseanclub05.html RSSSF.com: ASEAN Club Championship 2005]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070716101342/http://www.the-afc.com/english/index.asp AFC (Asia) Official Web Site]
- [http://www.aseanfootball.org/ AFF (ASEAN) Official Web Site]
- [http://s-leaguefootball.blogspot.com/2009/10/asian-club-championship-1985-1990.html S-LeagueFootball.Blogspot.Com website]
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