Chinese football clubs in international competitions
Chinese football clubs has participated in Asian association football competitions (AFC Champions League/Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup) and other international competitions (FIFA Club World Cup and A3 Champions Cup) since 1985, when the Asian Club Championship returned to Asia for the first time in 14 years.
Liaoning is the first club who won the Asian champion in 1990, and Guangzhou Evergrande is the most successful club with 2 AFC Champions League titles. Defunct club Dalian Shide also got a runners-up in 1997–98 Asian Club Championship.
Qualification rules
[edit]| Competition | Who qualifies | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| AFC Champions League group stage | Chinese Super League 1st | |
| Chinese Super League 2nd | ||
| Chinese FA Cup winners | ||
| AFC Champions League play-off round | Chinese Super League 3rd | If the Chinese FA Cup winners have already qualified for AFC Champions League by a high Super League finish, then the next highest-finishing Super League club gets this place. |
Multiple Asian and worldwide competition winners from China
[edit]| Team | Number of Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 2 | 2013, 2015 |
| Liaoning | 1 | 1990 |
Full Asian record
[edit]AFC Champions League/Asian Club Championship
[edit]Chinese teams have won the competition 3 times and reached the final on 2 other occasions.
Asian Cup Winners' Cup
[edit]The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC. The winners of the Cup Winners Cup used to contest the Asian Super Cup against the winners of the Asian Champions' Cup. The most successful clubs in the competition are Al Hilal from Saudi Arabia and Nissan FC from Japan. In 2002, it merged with the Asian Clubs Championship to form the AFC Champions League.
Chinese team Dalian Shide reached the final in the season of 2000-01.
| Year | Team | Progress | Score | Opponents | Place(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-91 | Dalian | Second round | Withdrew | |||
| 1991-92 | None entered | |||||
| 1992-93 | ||||||
| 1993-94 | Dalian | First round | 1–2 |  South China
|
0–2 in Hong Kong, 1–0 in Shanghai | |
| 1994-95 | None entered | |||||
| 1995 | ||||||
| 1996-97 | ||||||
| 1997-98 | Beijing Guoan | Third place match | 4–1 |  Köpetdag Aşgabat
|
Riyadh | |
| 1998-99 | Second round | 0–4 |  Chunnam Dragons
|
0–2 in Beijing, 0–2 in Gwangyang | ||
| 1999-2000 | Shanghai Shenhua | Second round | 0–2 |  Shimizu S-Pulse
|
0–0 in Shanghai, 0–2 in Shizuoka | |
| 2000-01 | Dalian Shide | Final | 2–4 |  Al-Shabab
|
Jeddah | |
| 2001-02 | Chongqing Lifan | Third place match | 0–0 (6–7 p) |  Al-Sadd
|
Doha | |
A3 Champions Cup
[edit]A3 Champions Cup (also known as East Asian Champions Cup) was an annual football (soccer) tournament jointly organized by the China PR, Japan and Korea Republic football Association. It began in 2003, involving the league champions of China, Japan and South Korea. The host nation also invited an additional team, making this a four team tournament.
Chinese team Shanghai Shenhua won the competition in 2007.
| Year | Team | Progress | Opponents | Place(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Dalian Shide | Runners-up | Kashima Antlers, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, Júbilo Iwata
|
Tokyo |
| 2004 | Inter Shanghai | 4th place | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, Yokohama F. Marinos
|
Shanghai |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 3rd place | |||
| 2005 | Shenzhen Jianlibao | 4th place | Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Pohang Steelers, Yokohama F. Marinos
|
Jeju |
| 2006 | Dalian Shide | 4th place | Ulsan Hyundai, Gamba Osaka, JEF United Chiba
|
Tokyo |
| 2007 | Shandong Luneng | Runners-up | Urawa Red Diamonds , Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
|
Jinan |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Winners |
Full international record
[edit]FIFA Club World Cup
[edit]Chinese team Guangzhou Evergrande has won 2 AFC Champions League titles in 2013 and 2015, which made them qualifying to the FIFA Club World Cup as the representative of Asian clubs. In the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup, they entered in the quarterfinals, beating the African champions Al Ahly 2–0. In the semi-finals, they were defeated by the European champions Bayern Munich 3–0. In the third place match, the club lost against South American champions Atlético Mineiro 3–2 and finished in fourth place.[1] In the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup, Guangzhou won 2–1 against Club América in the quarterfinals before losing 3–0 against Barcelona in the semi-finals.[2] At the end, Guangzhou lost the third place match 2–1 against Hiroshima Sanfrecce, ending up in the same position as in the 2013 edition.[citation needed]
| Year | Team | Progress | Score | Opponents | Place(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Guangzhou Evergrande | Third place match | 2–3 |  Atlético Mineiro
|
Marrakesh |
| 2015 | 1–2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima
|
Yokohama |
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013 Match report" (PDF). fifa.com. 2013-12-21. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ "Luis Suárez scores first ever hat-trick in Club World Cup". Futbol Club Barcelona. 17 December 2015.