2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship

The 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship (or 2024–25 ACC), known as the 2024–25 Shopee Cup due to sponsorship reasons,[1] will be the third edition of the ASEAN Club Championship, an international football competition between domestic champion club sides affiliated with the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation.[2][3] It will be the first competition since 2005.[4]

2024–25 Shopee Cup
Tournament details
DatesQualifying and competition proper:
17 July 2024 – 21 May 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 12
Total (maximum): 14 (from 10 associations)

The revival of the ASEAN Club Championship was first proposed to the Asian Football Confederation in 2019,[5] but was hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] A further attempt to resurrect the competition was made in 2023,[7] but that was officially cancelled due to overlapping competition schedules from other competitions (such as the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round and 2023 AFC Asian Cup).[8]

The current tournament was launched on April 4, 2024 with games projected to be played from 17 July 2024 to 21 May 2025.[9]

Association team allocation

Clubs from all twelve member football associations of the ASEAN Football Federation were eligible to enter the competition; Australia and Timor Leste did not enter.[9]

Participation for 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship
Participating
Not participating
Football association Group stage Playoff
Indonesia 2 —
Malaysia 2 —
Thailand 2 —
Vietnam 2 —
Philippines 1 —
Singapore 1 —
Brunei — 1
Cambodia — 1
Laos — 1
Myanmar — 1
Australia — —
Timor-Leste — —

Teams
Notes
    1. ^
      Indonesia (IDN): Persija, the 2022–23 Liga 1 runners-up, qualified but declined to participate. Thus, their spot was given to Borneo, the 2023–24 Liga 1 regular series premiers.[13]
    2. ^
      Malaysia (MAS): Johor Darul Ta'zim, the 2023 Malaysia Super League champions qualified but declined to participate.[9]
    3. ^
      Singapore (SGP): Albirex Niigata (S), the 2023 Singapore Premier League champions, are a satellite team of a Japanese club and thus ineligible to represent Singapore in the ACC. As a result, Lion City Sailors, the 2023 Singapore Cup winners, qualified instead.[9]

    Prize money

    The prize money allocated is as follows:[14]

    Phase Purse (USD)
    Play-offs N/A
    Group stage TBD
    Semi Finals TBD
    Finals Champions: $500,000
    Runners-up: TBD
    Total Prize Money $3,000,000

    Schedule

    The schedule of the competition is as follows.[15]

    Stage Round Draw date First leg Second leg
    Qualifying stage Qualifying play-off 9 May 2024 17 July 2024 24 July 2024
    Group stage Matchday 1 21–22 August 2024
    Matchday 2 25–26 September 2024
    Matchday 3 8–9 January 2025
    Matchday 4 22–23 January 2025
    Matchday 5 5–6 February 2025
    Knockout stage Semi-finals 2 April 2025 30 April 2025
    Finals 14 May 2025 21 May 2025

    Foreign players

    A maximum of four foreigners are allowed per club which follows the "3+1 rule" of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC); three players of any nationality (outside of an AFF member nation) and a fourth coming from an AFC member nation.

    Qualifying play-offs
    Main article: 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship qualifying play-offs

    Four clubs from four member associations will compete for two of the twelve berths in the competition proper.[9]

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Young Elephants PO1 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 17 July '24 24 July '24
    Kasuka PO2 Shan United 17 July '24 24 July '24

    Group stage
    Main article: 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship group stage

    At the draw on 9 May 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, twelve teams were drawn into two groups of six. Teams from the same association could not be placed in the same group.[16] The group stage will be a single round-robin format, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semi-finals.[9]

    Location of the 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship group stage teams
    Red: Group A; Orange: Group B

    Group A
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BGP TNG PSM DOA PO1 PO2
    1 BG Pathum United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified to Knockout stage 5 Feb '25 8 Jan '25 25 Sep '24
    2 Terengganu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Jan '25 25 Sep '24 21 Aug '24
    3 PSM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Aug '24 5 Feb '25 25 Sep '24
    4 Dong A Thanh Hoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Jan '25 21 Aug '24
    5 Winner of Play-off 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Jan '25 5 Feb '25
    6 Winner of Play-off 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Jan '25 8 Jan '25
    First match(es) will be played: 21 August 2024. Source: ASEAN United FC
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots.

    Group B
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BUR KLC COA BOR KAY LCS
    1 Buriram United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified to Knockout stage 6 Feb '25 9 Jan '25 26 Sep '24
    2 Kuala Lumpur City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Jan '25 26 Sep '24 22 Aug '24
    3 Cong An Ha Noi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Aug '24 6 Feb '25 26 Sep '24
    4 Borneo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Jan '25 22 Aug '24
    5 Kaya—Iloilo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Jan '25 6 Feb '25
    6 Lion City Sailors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Jan '25 9 Jan '25
    First match(es) will be played: 22 August 2024. Source: ASEAN United FC
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots.

    Knockout stage

    Bracket
    Semi-finals Finals
              
    A2 Runner-up of Group A
    B1 Winner of Group B
    Winner of Semi-final 1
    Winner of Semi-final 2
    B2 Runner-up of Group B
    A1 Winner of Group A

    Semi-finals

    The top two teams from each of the two groups in the group stage will play two-legged matches in the semi-finals.[9]

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Runner-up of Group A – Winner of Group B 2 April '25 30 April '25
    Runner-up of Group B – Winner of Group A 2 April '25 30 April '25
    First leg
    Runner-up of Group AvWinner of Group B
    Runner-up of Group BvWinner of Group A
    Second leg
    Winner of Group BvRunner-up of Group A
    Winner of Group AvRunner-up of Group B

    Finals

    The final will be play as two-legged matches on a home and away basis.[9]

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Winner of Semi-final 1 – Winner of Semi-final 2 14 May '25 21 May '25
    First leg
    Winner of Semi-final 1vWinner of Semi-final 2
    Second leg
    Winner of Semi-final 2vWinner of Semi-final 1

    See also

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