The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite (ACL Elite) was the 43rd edition of Asia's premier club

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tournament, organised by the

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(AFC), and the first since it was rebranded as the

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. The revamped format, along with the rebranding, saw 24 teams playing eight games against different opponents in the brand new league phase. The finals was played in

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, Saudi Arabia from 25 April to 3 May 2025. The tournament winner, Al-Ahli, qualified for the

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and the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup. Additionally, they entered the league stage of the

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, as they had not qualified through domestic performance.

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were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the league stage.

Association team allocation

The associations were allocated slots according to their club competitions ranking which was published after the 2022 competitions were completed.

Teams

''In the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count since the 2002–03 season, when the competition was rebranded as the AFC Champions League.'' ;Notes

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. All matches were played on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, apart from the quarter-finals and final. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final were played at a centralised venue in

. ;Notes

Qualifying play-offs

The two winners of the play-off round (one from West Region and one from East Region) advanced to the

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to join the 22 direct entrants. The losers of the qualifying play-offs entered the

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Preliminary round

Play-off round

League stage

West Region

;Table ;Results

East Region

;Table ;Results

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

A total of 16 teams qualified for the knockout stage, with eight teams in each region.

Finals

The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, all as single-legged ties, are being held in

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from 25 April to 3 May 2025.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Top scorers

;Note * Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs and matches voided by AFC are not counted when determining top scorer (Regulations Article 64.4)

References

External links

*, the-AFC.com
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AFC Club Competitions -- Entry RegulationsArchived1Archive2

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AFC Champions League Elite Finals Jeddah 2025 Match ScheduleArchive1Archived2Archive3

List of Licensed Clubs -- AFC Club Competitions - 2024-25Archived1Archived2Archive3

AFC Equipment Regulations (Edition 2023)Archived

Commercial Delivery Guidelines 2024-2025 (ACL Elite, ACL Two, AWCL)Archived
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