Afc champion league: the 2005 season saw Syrian clubs join th

afc champion league The 2005 season saw Syrian clubs join the competition, thus increasing the number of participating countries to 15, and two years later, following their transfer into the AFC in 2006, Australian clubs were also included in the tournament. However, many blamed the low prize money at that time and expensive travel cost as some of the reasons. The Champions League was expanded to 32 clubs in 2009 with direct entry to the top ten Asian leagues. Each country received up to 4 slots, though no more than one-third of the number of teams in that country's top division, rounded downwards, depending on the strength of their league, professional league structure, marketability, financial status, as well as other criteria set by the AFC Pro-League Committee. [ 7 ] The assessment criteria and ranking for participating associations are revised by AFC every two years. [ 8 ]. lịch thi đấu afc champions league Xem AFC Champions League không chỉ là theo dõi bóng đá, mà còn để trải nghiệm bầu không khí bóng đá châu Á sôi động. thứ hạng của afc champions league The 2002–03 season saw the Asian Club Championship, Asian Cup Winners' Cup and Asian Super Cup combine to become the AFC Champions League. League champions and cup winners would qualify for the qualifying playoffs with the best eight clubs from East Asia and the eight best clubs from West Asia progressing to the group stage. The first winners under the AFC Champions League name were Al-Ain , defeating BEC Tero Sasana 2–1 on aggregate. In 2004 , 29 clubs from fourteen countries participated and the tournament schedule was changed to March–November.