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List of AFC Cup finals
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Abolished2024; 0 years ago (2024)
RegionAsia (AFC)
Number of teams36–48 (group stage)
2 (finalists)
Last championsAustralia Central Coast Mariners (1st title)
Most successful club(s)Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Kuwait Al-Kuwait
(3 titles each)

The AFC Cup was an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition was played primarily among clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying slots to the top-tier AFC Champions League, based on the AFC Club Competitions Ranking. In the first five editions of the Cup, the final match was played in two legs. After that, the final was always held as a single game and hosted by one of the two finalist teams or in a neutral country.

Al-Jaish won the first edition of the tournament by beating Al-Wahda. The last champions were Central Coast Mariners, who beat Al-Ahed 1–0 in the 2024 edition.

Al-Kuwait SC and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were the most successful clubs in the competition's history, having won three titles each. Clubs from Kuwait won four titles, making them the most successful nation in the competition. The tournament was dominated by clubs from West Asia, with the only winners from outside that region being Uzbek side FC Nasaf in 2011, Malaysian side Johor Darul Ta'zim in 2015 and Australian side Central Coast Mariners in 2024.

The AFC Cup was discontinued at the end of the 2023–24 season, with the AFC Champions League 2 and AFC Challenge League being introduced as Asia's new second and third-tier competitions.

List of finals[edit]

List of AFC Cup finals
Year Nation Home team Score Away team Nation Venue Attendance
2004  Syria Al-Wahda 2–3 Al-Jaish  Syria Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria
 Syria Al-Jaish 0–1 Al-Wahda  Syria Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria
Aggregate 3–3, Al-Jaish won on away goals
2005  Jordan Al-Faisaly 1–0 Nejmeh  Lebanon Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan
 Lebanon Nejmeh 2–3 Al-Faisaly  Jordan Rafic El-Hariri Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon
Al-Faisaly won 4–2 on aggregate
2006  Jordan Al-Faisaly 3–0 Al-Muharraq  Bahrain Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan 7,000
 Bahrain Al-Muharraq 4–2 Al-Faisaly  Jordan Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain 3,000
Al-Faisaly won 5–4 on aggregate
2007  Jordan Al-Faisaly 0–1 Shabab Al-Ordon  Jordan Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan 5,500
 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 1–1 Al-Faisaly  Jordan Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan 7,500
Shabab Al-Ordon won 2–1 on aggregate
2008  Bahrain Al-Muharraq 5–1 Safa  Lebanon Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain 6,000
 Lebanon Safa 4–5 Al-Muharraq  Bahrain Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon 2,000
Al-Muharraq won 10–5 on aggregate
2009  Kuwait Al-Kuwait 2–1 Al-Karamah  Syria Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 17,400
2010  Syria Al-Ittihad 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p) 		Al-Qadsia  Kuwait Jaber International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 58,604
2011  Uzbekistan FC Nasaf 2–1 Al-Kuwait  Kuwait Markaziy Stadium, Qarshi, Uzbekistan 15,753
2012  Kuwait Al-Kuwait 4–0 Erbil  Iraq Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil, Iraq 30,000
2013  Kuwait Al-Kuwait 2–0 Al-Qadsia  Kuwait Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 10,000
2014  Kuwait Al-Qadsia 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p) 		Erbil  Iraq Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, UAE 5,240
2015  Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–0 Istiklol  Tajikistan Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan 18,000
2016  Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 Bengaluru  India Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 5,806
2017  Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 Istiklol  Tajikistan Tajikistan Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan 20,000
2018  Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 Altyn Asyr  Turkmenistan Basra International Stadium, Basra, Iraq 24,665
2019  Lebanon Al-Ahed 1–0 April 25  North Korea Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 500
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.[1]
2021  Bahrain Al-Muharraq 3–0 Nasaf  Uzbekistan Al-Muharraq Stadium, Arad, Bahrain 9,060
2022  Oman Al-Seeb 3–0 Kuala Lumpur City  Malaysia Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 27,722
2023–24  Australia Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Al-Ahed  Lebanon Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 1,930

Performances[edit]

By club[edit]

Club 		Winners Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
Kuwait Al-Kuwait 3 1 2009, 2012, 2013 2011
Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 0 2016, 2017, 2018
Jordan Al-Faisaly 2 1 2005, 2006 2007
Bahrain Al-Muharraq 2 1 2008, 2021 2006
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 1 2 2014 2010, 2013
Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi 1 1 2011 2021
Lebanon Al-Ahed 1 1 2019 2023–24
Syria Al-Jaish 1 0 2004
Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 1 0 2007
Syria Al-Ittihad 1 0 2010
Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim 1 0 2015
Oman Al-Seeb 1 0 2022
Australia Central Coast Mariners 1 0 2023–24
Iraq Erbil 0 2 2012, 2014
Tajikistan Istiklol 0 2 2015, 2017
Syria Al-Wahda 0 1 2004
Lebanon Nejmeh 0 1 2005
Lebanon Safa 0 1 2008
Syria Al-Karamah 0 1 2009
India Bengaluru 0 1 2016
Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr 0 1 2018
North Korea April 25 0 1 2019
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur City 0 1 2022

By nation[edit]

Nation Titles Runners-up Total
 Kuwait 4 3 7
 Iraq 3 2 5
 Jordan 3 1 4
 Syria 2 2 4
 Bahrain 2 1 3
 Lebanon 1 2 3
 Uzbekistan 1 1 2
 Malaysia 1 1 2
 Oman 1 0 1
 Australia 1 0 1
 Tajikistan 0 2 2
 India 0 1 1
 Turkmenistan 0 1 1
 North Korea 0 1 1

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "AFC Executive Committee announces updates to 2020 competitions calendar". AFC. 10 September 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
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