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2017–18 AFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	June/July – August 2017 (qualifying); September 2017 – May/June 2018 (competition proper)
Teams	32 (group stage); 77 or 78 or 79 (total) (from 56 associations)
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The 2017–18 AFC Champions League will be the 53rd season of Asia and Oceania's premier club football tournament organised by AFC, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the CONCACAF Champions League.

The winners of the 2017–18 AFC Champions League will qualify as the AFC representative at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2017–18 AFC Cup in the 2018 AFC Super Cup.

Association team allocation

Association ranking

For the 2016–17 AFC Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2015 AFC country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in Asian competitions from 2011–12 to 2015–16. In this scenario the AFC and OFC merged and affiliate members joined. This scenario also assumed Kurdistan and Tibet have recognized leagues and enter for the first time in their history.

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

(CL) – Additional berth for Champions League title holders
(AC) – Additional berth for AFC Cup title holders

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
1	South Korea	96.311	5
2	United Arab Emirates	87.555	5
3	Saudi Arabia	84.698	4
4	Iran	78.908	3
5	Qatar	78.171
6	Japan	75.807
7	China	72.719
8	Australia	72.599
9	Uzbekistan	56.876	2
10	Iraq	37.240
11	Kuwait	36.457
12	Thailand	34.753
13	Syria	34.257
14	Hong Kong	31.797	1
15	Jordan	31.213
16	Vietnam	29.273
17	Malaysia	28.865
18	India	27.930
19	Bahrain	27.353
20	New Zealand	24.555
21	Lebanon	22.077
22	Indonesia	18.275

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
23	Tajikistan	17.795	1
24	Philippines	16.005
25	Myanmar	15.617
26	Singapore	15.363
27	Oman	12.896
28	Turkmenistan	10.013
29	Vanuatu	9.822
30	Fiji	9.750
31	Maldives	9.537
32	Palestine	9.099
33	Tahiti	7.054
34	Soloman Islands	6.160
35	Korea DPR	4.921
36	Kyrgyzstan	4.759
37	Laos	4.308
38	Papua New Guinea	4.192
39	Cambodia	3.668
40	New Caledonia	3.444
41	Yemen	3.244
42	Samoa	3.000
43	Afghanistan	2.173
44	Bangladesh	2.129

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
45	Bhutan	1	1.710
46	Chinese Taipei		1.659
47	Nepal		1.366
48	Guam		1.000
49	Macau		0.939
50	Cook Islands		0.824
51	Brunei		0.793
52	East Timor		0.634
53	Sri Lanka		0.555
54	Mongolia		0.415
55	Tonga		0.383
56	Pakistan		0.293
57	American Samoa		0.247
58	Palau		0.202
59	Kiribati		0.191
60	Tuvalu		0.175
61	Niue		0.140
62	FS Micronesia		0.100
63	Northern Mariana Islands		0.065
64	Marshall Islands		0.032
65	Tibet		0.000
66	Kurdistan		0.000

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.

		Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round (20 teams)		20 champions from associations 38–56
Second qualifying round (34 teams)		24 champions from associations 14–37	10 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round	Champions Route (20 teams)	3 champions from associations 13–15	17 winners from the second qualifying round
Third qualifying round	League Route (10 teams)	9 runners-up from associations 7–15 1 third-placed team from association 6
Play-off round	Champions Route (10 teams)		10 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Route)
Play-off round	League Route (10 teams)	2 third-placed teams from associations 4–5 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3	5 winners from the third qualifying round (League Route)
Group stage (32 teams)		Champions League title holders 12 champions from associations 1–12 6 runners-up from associations 1–6 1 third-placed teams from association 3 2 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–2	5 winners from the play-off round (Champions Route) 5 winners from the play-off round (League Route)
Knockout phase (16 teams)			8 group winners from the group stage 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams

Group stage
Seoul (1st)	Al-Ahli Dubai (3rd)	Tractor Sazi (2nd)	Sydney FC (1st)
Jeju United (3rd)	Al Ain (4th)	Al-Duhail (1st)	Lokomotiv (1st)
Ulsan Hyundai (4th)	Al-Hilal (1st)	Al Sadd (2nd)	Al-Naft (1st)
Jeonnam Dragons (5th)	Ittihad (2nd)	Kashima Antlers (1st)	Bengaluru (AFC)
Al-Jazira (1st)^{[Note UAE]}	Al-Nassr (3rd)	Urawa Red Diamonds (2nd)
Al-Wasl (2nd)	Persepolis (1st)	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (1st)
Play-off round
Champions Route	League Route
	Sangju Sangmu (6th)	Al-Wahda (5th)	Al-Ahli Saudi (4th)
	Esteghlal (3rd)	Al-Rayyan (3rd)^{[Note QAT]}
Fourth qualifying round
Champions Route	League Route
Kuwait SC (1st)	Kawasaki Frontale (3rd)	Brisbane Roar (3rd)	Bangkok United (2nd)
Muangthong United (1st)	Jiangsu Suning (2nd)	Bunyodkor (2nd)	Tishreen (2nd)
Al-Jaish (1st)	Shanghai SIPG (3rd)	Al-Shorta (2nd)
	Melbourne Victory (2nd)	Qadsia (2nd)
Third qualifying round
Kitchee (1st)	Team Wellington (1st)	Tampines Rovers (1st)	Hilal Al-Quds (1st)
Al-Faisaly (1st)	Al-Ahed (1st)	Al-Shabab (1st)	Dragon (1st)
Hà Nội (1st)	Persipura (1st)	Altyn Asyr (1st)	Marist (1st)
JDT (1st)	Istiklol (1st)	Erakor Golden Star (1st)	Hwaebul (1st)
Aizawl (1st)	Global Cebu (1st)	Ba (1st)	Alay Osh (1st)
Malkiya (1st)	Yadanarbon (1st)	Maziya S&RC (1st)	Lanexang United (1st)
Second qualifying round
Boeung Ket Angkor (1st)	Lupe o le Soaga (1st)	Thimphu City (1st)	Three Star Club (1st)
Magenta (1st)	Shaheen Asmayee (1st)	Taiwan Power Company (1st)	Rovers (1st)
Al-Saqr (1st)	Abahani Limited (1st)
First qualifying round
Benfica de Macau (1st)	Erchim (1st)	MOEL 1 (1st)	Kwajalein (1st)
Puaikura (1st)	Veitongo (1st)	Nauti (1st)	Lhasa Pure Land (1st)
MS ABDB (1st)	KRL (1st)	Vaiea Sting (1st)	Zakho (Inv.)
SLB Laulara (1st)	Pago Youth (1st)	Pohnpei (1st)	Nauruans (1st)
Colombo (1st)	Kramers (1st)	Tan Holdings (1st)	Matalele (Inv.)

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2017–18 AFC Champions League qualifying phase

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Matalele	2–2 (3–5 p)	MOEL 1	1–1	1–1
Vaiea Sting	0–24	Veitongo	0–10	0–14
Pago Youth	3–2	Puaikura	3–1	0–1
Nauruans	1–3	Kwajalein	0–1	1–2
Pohnpei	5–3	Tan Holdings	5–2	0–1
Colombo	1–2	Benfica de Macau	1–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)
SLB Laulara	3–4	MS ABDB	2–1	1–3
Erchim	1–1 (a)	KRL	0–0	1–1
Lhasa Pure Land	0–6	Zakho	0–2	0–4
Nauti	3–5	Kramers	3–3	0–2

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benfica de Macau	2–7	Boeung Ket Angkor	2–4	0–3
Veitongo	2–5	Magenta	2–0	0–5
Zakho	3–1	Al-Saqr	1–1	2–0
MOEL 1	0–1	Lupe o le Soaga	0–0	0–1
Erchim	0–4	Shaheen Asmayee	0–2	0–2
MS ABDB	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Abahani Limited	2–1	1–3 (a.e.t.)
Kwajalein	4–5	Pago Youth	2–3	2–2
Kramers	0–16	Taiwan Power Company	0–4	0–12
Thimphu City	1–1 (a)	Three Star Club	0–0	1–1
Pohnpei	2–15	Rovers	2–6	0–9

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tampines Rovers	3–6	Kitchee	1–2	2–4
Marist	2–8	Team Wellington	2–1	0–7
Boeung Ket Angkor	1–1 (a)	Hà Nội	1–1	0–0
Erakor Golden Star	5–13	Persipura	2–5	3–8
Al-Shabab	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Al-Ahed	1–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)
Al-Faisaly	2–0	Hilal Al-Quds	2–0	0–0
Magenta	2–3	Dragon	1–3	1–0
Zakho	0–4	Malkiya	0–1	0–3
Lupe o le Soaga	4–2	Pago Youth	2–1	2–1
Shaheen Asmayee	3–4	Istiklol	1–1	2–3
Abahani Limited	1–8	Aizawl	1–3	0–5
Taiwan Power Company	2–2 (3–4 p)	Lanexang United	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Thimphu City	2–6	Hwaebul	1–2	1–4
Rovers	1–4	Ba	1–2	0–2
Global Cebu	5–2	Yadanarbon	4–0	1–2
JDT	8–0	Maziya S&RC	6–0	2–0
Altyn Asyr	2–1	Alay Osh	2–0	0–1

Fourth qualifying round

The first legs were played on 25 July 2017 and the second legs were played on 2 August 2017.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Route
Malkiya	5–6	Aizawl	1–1	4–5
Al-Ahed	4–2	Team Wellington	3–0	1–2
Al-Faisaly	3–0	Al-Jaish	2–0	1–0
Hwaebul	5–2	Global Cebu	5–1	0–1
JDT	3–3 (a)	Muangthong United	3–2	0–1
Altyn Asyr	2–5	Persipura	0–2	2–3
Dragon	1–1 (2–3 p)	Ba	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Lupe o le Soaga	3–6	Kitchee	3–3	0–3
Istiklol	1–0	Kuwait SC	1–0	0–0
Lanexang United	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Hà Nội	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
League Route
Brisbane Roar	4–3	Kawasaki Frontale	2–1	2–2
Qadsia	3–4	Melbourne Victory	2–0	1–4
Al-Shorta	2–6	Shanghai SIPG	2–0	0–6
Tishreen	1–2	Bunyodkor	1–0	0–2
Bangkok United	0–0 (7–6 p)	Jiangsu Suning	0–0	0–0

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Route
Aizawl	0–6	Muangthong United	0–2	0–4
Al-Ahed	2–3	Al-Faisaly	1–2	1–1
Hwaebul	3–1	Hà Nội	2–0	1–1
Ba	1–7	Persipura	1–1	0–6
Istiklol	6–2	Kitchee	4–0	2–2
League Route
Brisbane Roar	2–3	Sangju Sangmu	2–1	0–2
Esteghlal	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Melbourne Victory	1–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)
Al-Wahda	0–2	Shanghai SIPG	0–1	0–1
Bunyodkor	3–1	Al-Rayyan	3–1	0–0
Bangkok United	2–1	Al-Ahli Saudi	2–0	0–1

Group stage

Main page: 2017–18 AFC Champions League group stage

The draw for the group stage was be held on 24 August 2017, at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore. The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams are seeded into four pots based on the following principles (introduced starting 2015–16 season):

Pot 1 contains the title holders and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2016 AFC country coefficients. If the title holders are one of the champions of the top seven associations, the champions of the association ranked eighth are also seeded into Pot 1.
Pot 2, 3 and 4 contain the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2016 AFC club coefficients.

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams enter the 2017–18 AFC Cup round of 32. The matchdays are 14 September, 28 September, 19 October, 2 November, 23 November, and 7 December 2017.

Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question; superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question; higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question; higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question; if, after having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 12 apply; superior goal difference in all group matches; higher number of goals scored in all group matches; higher number of away goals scored in all group matches; higher number of wins in all group matches; higher number of away wins in all group matches; lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points); higher club coefficient.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DHL	NAS	LOK	WAS
1	Al-Duhail	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–0	TBD	TBD
2	Al-Nassr	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage	TBD	—	1–0	TBD
3	Lokomotiv Tashkent	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3	Transfer to AFC Cup	TBD	TBD	—	3–1
4	Al-Wasl	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0		1–2	TBD	TBD	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2017. Source: AFC

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	KSH	PSP	JJU	NFT
1	Kashima Antlers	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	4	Advance to knockout stage	—	5–0	TBD	TBD
2	Persipura	2	1	0	1	2	6	−4	3	Advance to knockout stage	TBD	—	TBD	2–1
3	Jeju United	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2	Transfer to AFC Cup	1–1	TBD	—	TBD
4	Al-Naft	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1		TBD	TBD	2–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2017. Source: AFC

Group C

Pos	Team	Qualification	SYD	BYD	SJU	FAI
1	Sydney FC	Advance to knockout stage	—	TBD	TBD	TBD
2	Bunyodkor	Advance to knockout stage	TBD	—	TBD	TBD
3	Sangju Sangmu	Transfer to AFC Cup	TBD	TBD	—	TBD
4	Al-Faisaly		TBD	TBD	TBD	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2017. Source: AFC

Group D

Pos	Team	Qualification	SEO	URD	BNG	BGL
1	Seoul	Advance to knockout stage	—	TBD	TBD	TBD
2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Advance to knockout stage	TBD	—	TBD	TBD
3	Bangkok United	Transfer to AFC Cup	TBD	TBD	—	TBD
4	Bengaluru		TBD	TBD	TBD	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2017. Source: AFC

Group E

Pos	Team	Qualification	GZH	TRA	IST	AHL
1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Advance to knockout stage	—	TBD	TBD	TBD
2	Tractor Sazi	Advance to knockout stage	TBD	—	TBD	TBD
3	Istiklol	Transfer to AFC Cup	TBD	TBD	—	TBD
4	Al-Ahli Dubai		TBD	TBD	TBD	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2017. Source: AFC

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PER	USN	AIN	HWA
1	Persepolis	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1	2–1	3–0
2	Ulsan Hyundai	6	2	3	1	6	2	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage	2–0	—	3–0	0–0
3	Al Ain	6	2	0	4	6	10	−4	6	Transfer to AFC Cup	1–2	1–0	—	1–0
4	Hwaebul	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	5		0–1	0–0	3–2	—

Source: AFC

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HIL	SGH	MEL	MUG
1	Al-Hilal	6	4	2	16	4	+12	12	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	4–0	7–0
2	Shanghai SIPG	6	4	2	10	6	+4	12	Advance to knockout stage	2–0	—	2–1	2–0
3	Melbourne Victory	6	4	2	7	6	+1	12	Transfer to AFC Cup	1–0	1–0	—	3–0
4	Muangthong United	6	0	6	2	19	−17	0		0–3	2–3	0–1	—

Source: AFC

Group H

Pos	Team	Qualification	JAZ	ITT	TMC	SAD
1	Al-Jazira	Advance to knockout stage	—	TBD	TBD	TBD
2	Ittihad	Advance to knockout stage	TBD	—	TBD	TBD
3	Jeonnam Dragons	Transfer to AFC Cup	TBD	TBD	—	TBD
4	Al Sadd		TBD	TBD	TBD	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2017. Source: AFC

Association team allocation

Association ranking

Distribution

Teams

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Fourth qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

See also