AFC Cup

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AFC Champions League Two
Organiser(s)AFC
Founded2004 (2004) (as AFC Cup)
RegionAsia
Teams32 (group stage)
Qualifier forAFC Champions League Elite
Related competitionsAFC Champions League Elite (1st tier)
AFC Challenge League (3rd tier)
Current championsJapan Gamba Osaka (1st title)
Most championshipsKuwait Al-Kuwait
Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(3 titles each)
Websitewww.the-afc.com
2026–27 AFC Champions League Two

The AFC Champions League Two (abbreviated as the ACL Two or ACL2) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It is the second-tier competition of Asian club football, ranked below the AFC Champions League Elite and above the AFC Challenge League.

The competition was founded in 2004 as the AFC Cup, played primarily among clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying slots to the top-tier AFC Champions League. The competition rebranded to its current name in 2024.[1] In a bid to increase competitiveness, its format was also changed to include clubs from higher ranked AFC member associations, and the prize money was increased.

Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in national leagues and cup competitions. Participation in the competition is open to clubs from the top 12 nations in the East and the West region based on the AFC club competitions ranking. The participant from each nation ranked 1–6 in each region is the highest-placed club in that nation that did not qualify for the AFC Champions League Elite. The nations ranked 7–12 in each region enter their top club(s) directly to the AFC Champions League Two.

The winner of the AFC Champions League Two will be allocated an indirect preliminary stage slot for the next AFC Champions League Elite season, if they have not already qualified through domestic competition. The current champions of the competition is Gamba Osaka, who defeated Al-Nassr in the 2026 final. Al-Kuwait and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya are the most successful clubs in the competition's history, having won three titles each. Clubs from Kuwait have won four titles, making them the most successful nation in the competition.

History

Winners[2]
SeasonWinners
AFC Cup
2004Syria Al-Jaish
2005Jordan Al-Faisaly
2006Jordan Al-Faisaly (2)
2007Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
2008Bahrain Al-Muharraq
2009Kuwait Kuwait SC
2010Syria Al-Ittihad Aleppo
2011Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
2012Kuwait Kuwait SC (2)
2013Kuwait Kuwait SC (3)
2014Kuwait Qadsia
2015Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim
2016Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2017Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (2)
2018Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (3)
2019Lebanon Al-Ahed
2020Cancelled[a]
2021Bahrain Al-Muharraq (2)
2022Oman Al-Seeb
2023–24Australia Central Coast Mariners
AFC Champions League Two
2024–25United Arab Emirates Sharjah
2025–26Japan Gamba Osaka

The AFC Cup began in 2004 as a second-tier competition to relate back to the AFC Champions League, as 14 countries that had developing status competed in the first competition, with 18 teams being nominated. The winners and three runners-up would then head to the knock-out stage. Al-Jaish took the first AFC Cup after they defeated fellow Syrian opponents Al-Wahda on away goals.

In 2005, 18 teams competed from nine nations with the nations still being allowed to choose from one or two teams entering. After Syrian teams left the AFC Cup to try at the AFC Champions League for four years, Al-Faisaly defeated Nejmeh in the final. With it, Jordanian teams would win the next two AFC Cup seasons with Bahrain joining the league while Bangladesh was relegated to the AFC President's Cup until the tournament's abolition in 2014.

Al-Muharraq would break the trend in 2008 as they won the last two-legged final before it headed back into a one-leg system, a rule that was never changed until now.

On 23 December 2022, it was announced that the AFC competition structure would change from the established formats from the 2024–25 season. A new second-tier tournament called the AFC Champions League Two would be introduced.[3] Meanwhile, a new third-tier competition was also launched under the name AFC Challenge League.[4][5][6]

On 24 May 2024, AFC announced that the records and statistics of the preceding AFC club competitions will be recognised and integrated within the revamped club competitions, with the data from the AFC Cup transferring to the AFC Champions League Two.[7]

Format

Map of AFC countries whose teams reached the group stage of the AFC Cup/ACL Two
  AFC member country that has been represented in the group stage
  AFC member country that has not been represented in the group stage

Some changes were applied in terms of teams and format for the 2017 AFC Cup. A total of 36 teams participated in the group stage (12 each from West Asia and ASEAN, and 4 each from East Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia). The final is played as a one-off match.

Allocation

The allocation of group stage teams by member country was listed below; asterisks represent occasions where at least one team was eliminated in qualification for the group stage. Those who had not reached the group stage but had only played in qualification are not bolded.

Associations Spots
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
EAFF
China China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0* 1 1 1* 1 1 2* 0 0
Guam Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hong Kong Hong Kong 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 2
Japan Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Macau Macau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0* 0 1 0 1 0 0 1* 0 0
Mongolia Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0* 1 0* 0* 0* 1 0* 1 0 0
North Korea North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1* 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Korea South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Total 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 5
AFF
Australia Australia Part of OFC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
Brunei Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0* 0* 0 0* 0 0
Cambodia Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1* 1 1 1 2 2 1* 0 0
Indonesia Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2* 1 1*
Laos Laos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0* 0* 1 1* 0* 1 0* 0 0
Malaysia Malaysia 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 1
Myanmar Myanmar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 1* 0 0
Philippines Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1* 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 1*
Singapore Singapore 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1* 2 2
Thailand Thailand 0 0 0± 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3* 3*
Timor-Leste Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0* 1 0 0 0 0
Vietnam Vietnam 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2
Total 4 4 4 6 4 8 8 7 10 10 10 10 9 11 12 12 12 11 11 12 11 11
SAFF
Bangladesh Bangladesh 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0* 1 1* 1* 1 1* 1* 1* 1* 0 0
Bhutan Bhutan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0 0
India India 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1* 2 2 2* 1* 2*
Maldives Maldives 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1* 2 2 2 2 1* 1* 0 2 1* 1* 1* 0 0
Nepal Nepal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0* 0 0* 0 1 0 0* 0* 0* 0 0
Pakistan Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0* 0 0* 0* 0* 0* 0 0 0
Total 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2
CAFA
Afghanistan Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iran Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2* 2*
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0* 0* 2 1* 1* 2 2 2 1* 0 0
Tajikistan Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1* 1* 1* 1* 2 2 2 2 1* 2 1*
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1* 1* 1* 2 1* 2 2 2 2* 1* 2*
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
Total 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 6 6
WAFF
Bahrain Bahrain 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1* 1* 2
Iraq Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
Jordan Jordan 0 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 2 2
Kuwait Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 1* 0
Lebanon Lebanon 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0
Oman Oman 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1* 2 2 2 1* 1* 0 2 1* 0 0*
Palestine Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0* 1* 2 0* 0* 1 1 2 2 1* 0 0
Qatar Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Syria Syria 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 2 1* 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2* 0 0
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2* 1
Yemen Yemen 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0* 0* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 6 4 6 10 10 17 16 17 16 14 14 14 14 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 9 8
Total
Finals 18 18 20 24 20 32 31 32 32 32 32 32 32 34 36 36 39 37 37 36 32 32
Qualifying 18 18 20 24 20 32 31 32 33 33 34 41 40 50 44 43 48 43 43 49 34 35

Prize money

The prize money as of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two are as follows, in United States dollar (USD):[8]

Round Teams Amount
Per team Total
Final (Champions) 1 $2.5 million
Final (Runners-up) 1 $1 million
Semi-finals 4 $240,000 $960,000
Quarter-finals 8 $160,000 $1,280,000
Round of 16 16 $80,000 $1,280,000
Group stage 32 $300,000 $9,600,000
Total 32 $16,620,000

Marketing

Sponsorship

The tournament has been sponsored by a group of multinational corporations, in contrast to the single main sponsor typically found in national top-flight leagues.

Official Global Partners

Official Global Supporters

Records and statistics

Results

List of AFC Cup and AFC Champions League Two finals
Season Winners Score Runners-up Venue Attendance
AFC Cup era (2004–2024)
Two-legged format
2004 Syria Al-Jaish 3–2 Syria Al-Wahda Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria
0–1 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria
Aggregate 3–3, Al-Jaish won on away goals.
2005 Jordan Al-Faisaly 1–0 Lebanon Nejmeh Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan
3–2 Rafic Hariri Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon
Al-Faisaly won 4–2 on aggregate.
2006 Jordan Al-Faisaly 3–0 Bahrain Al-Muharraq Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan 7,000
2–4 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain 3,000
Al-Faisaly won 5–4 on aggregate.
2007 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 1–0 Jordan Al-Faisaly Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan 5,500
1–1 Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan 7,500
Shabab Al-Ordon won 2–1 on aggregate.
2008 Bahrain Al-Muharraq 5–1 Lebanon Safa Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain 6,000
5–4 Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon 2,000
Al-Muharraq won 10–5 on aggregate.
Single match format
2009 Kuwait Al-Kuwait 2–1 Syria Al-Karamah Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 17,400
2010 Syria Al-Ittihad 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Kuwait Al-Qadsia Jaber International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 58,604
2011 Uzbekistan Nasaf 2–1 Kuwait Al-Kuwait Markaziy Stadium, Qarshi, Uzbekistan 15,753
2012 Kuwait Al-Kuwait 4–0 Iraq Erbil Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil, Iraq 30,000
2013 Kuwait Al-Kuwait 2–0 Kuwait Al-Qadsia Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 10,000
2014 Kuwait Al-Qadsia 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Iraq Erbil Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, UAE 5,240
2015 Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–0 Tajikistan Istiklol Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan 18,000
2016 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 India Bengaluru Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 5,806
2017 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 Tajikistan Istiklol Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan 20,000
2018 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr Basra International Stadium, Basra, Iraq 24,665
2019 Lebanon Al-Ahed 1–0 North Korea April 25 Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 500
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.[17]
2021 Bahrain Al-Muharraq 3–0 Uzbekistan Nasaf Al-Muharraq Stadium, Arad, Bahrain 9,060
2022 Oman Al-Seeb 3–0 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur City Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 27,722
2023–24 Australia Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Lebanon Al-Ahed Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 1,930
AFC Champions League Two era (2024–present)
2024–25 United Arab Emirates Sharjah 2–1 Singapore Lion City Sailors Bishan Stadium, Singapore 9,737
2025–26 Japan Gamba Osaka 1–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh 25,207

Performance by club

Performances in the AFC Cup and AFC Champions League Two by club
Club		 Winners Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
Kuwait Al-Kuwait 3 1 2009, 2012, 2013 2011
Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 0 2016, 2017, 2018
Jordan Al-Faisaly 2 1 2005, 2006 2007
Bahrain Al-Muharraq 2 1 2008, 2021 2006
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 1 2 2014 2010, 2013
Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi 1 1 2011 2021
Lebanon Al-Ahed 1 1 2019 2023–24
Syria Al-Jaish 1 0 2004
Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 1 0 2007
Syria Al-Ittihad 1 0 2010
Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim 1 0 2015
Oman Al-Seeb 1 0 2022
Australia Central Coast Mariners 1 0 2023–24
United Arab Emirates Sharjah 1 0 2024–25
Japan Gamba Osaka 1 0 2025–26
Iraq Erbil 0 2 2012, 2014
Tajikistan Istiklol 0 2 2015, 2017
Syria Al-Wahda 0 1 2004
Lebanon Nejmeh 0 1 2005
Lebanon Safa 0 1 2008
Syria Al-Karamah 0 1 2009
India Bengaluru 0 1 2016
Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr 0 1 2018
North Korea April 25 0 1 2019
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur City 0 1 2022
Singapore Lion City Sailors 0 1 2024–25
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 0 1 2025–26

Performance by nation

Nation Titles Runners-up Total
 Kuwait 4 3 7
 Iraq 3 2 5
 Jordan 3 1 4
 Syria 2 2 4
 Bahrain 2 1 3
 Lebanon 1 3 4
 Uzbekistan 1 1 2
 Malaysia 1 1 2
 Japan 1 0 1
 Oman 1 0 1
 Australia 1 0 1
 United Arab Emirates 1 0 1
 Tajikistan 0 2 2
 India 0 1 1
 Turkmenistan 0 1 1
 North Korea 0 1 1
 Singapore 0 1 1
 Saudi Arabia 0 1 1

Most Valuable Player

Season Player Club
2011 Turkmenistan Artur Gevorkyan Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
2012 Brazil Rogerinho Kuwait Al-Kuwait
2013 Kuwait Bader Al-Mutawa Kuwait Al-Qadsia
2014 Kuwait Saif Al Hashan Kuwait Al-Qadsia
2015 Malaysia Safiq Rahim Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim
2016 Iraq Hammadi Ahmed Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2017 Tajikistan Manuchekhr Dzhalilov Tajikistan Istiklol
2018 Iraq Hammadi Ahmed Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2019 Lebanon Mehdi Khalil Lebanon Al-Ahed
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
2021 Bahrain Abdulwahab Al-Malood Bahrain Al-Muharraq
2022 Oman Eid Al-Farsi Oman Al-Seeb
2023–24 Brazil Mikael Doka Australia Central Coast Mariners
2024–25 United Arab Emirates Caio Lucas United Arab Emirates Sharjah
2025–26 Tunisia Issam Jebali Japan Gamba Osaka

Top scorers

YearPlayerClubGoals
2004 Singapore Indra Sahdan Daud Singapore Home United 7
Singapore Egmar Goncalves Singapore Home United
2005Jordan Mo'ayyad SalimJordan Al-Faisaly9
2006Jordan Mahmoud ShelbaiehJordan Al-Wehdat8
2007 Jordan Odai Al Saify Jordan Shabab Al-Ordun 5
Lebanon Mohammed Ghaddar Lebanon Nejmeh
2008 Brazil Rico Bahrain Al-Muharraq 19
2009 Nigeria Robert Akaruye Bahrain Busaiteen 8
Syria Mohamad Hamwi Syria Al-Karamah
Syria Jehad Al Hussain Kuwait Al-Kuwait
Vietnam Huỳnh Kesley Alves Vietnam Bình Dương
2010Brazil Afonso AlvesQatar Al-Rayyan9
2011 Montenegro Ivan Bošković Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi 10
2012 Iraq Amjad Radhi Iraq Erbil 9
Syria Raja Rafe Syria Al-Shorta
2013 Tunisia Issam Jemâa Kuwait Al-Kuwait 16
2014 Spain Juan Belencoso Hong Kong Kitchee 11
2015 Australia Daniel McBreen Hong Kong South China 8
North Macedonia Riste Naumov Myanmar Ayeyawady United
2016 Iraq Hammadi Ahmed Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 16
2017 North Korea Kim Yu-song North Korea April 25 9
2018 North Korea An Il-bom North Korea April 25 12
2019 Philippines Bienvenido Marañón Philippines Ceres–Negros 10
2020 Philippines Bienvenido Marañón Philippines Ceres–Negros 5
2021 Uzbekistan Khusayin Norchaev Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi 7
2022 Uzbekistan Jasur Hasanov Uzbekistan Sogdiana Jizzakh 5
Malaysia Paulo Josué Malaysia Kuala Lumpur City
Brazil Pedro Paulo Vietnam Viettel
2023–24 Brazil Marco Túlio Australia Central Coast Mariners 8
2024–25 Iran Sardar Azmoun United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli 9
2025–26 Malta Trent Buhagiar Singapore Tampines Rovers 8

Winning coaches

YearClubCoach
2004 Syria Al-Jaish Romania Costică Ștefănescu
2005 Jordan Al-Faisaly Serbia Branko Smiljanić
2006 Jordan Al-Faisaly Iraq Adnan Hamad
2007 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon Syria Nizar Mahrous
2008 Bahrain Al-Muharraq Bahrain Salman Sharida
2009 Kuwait Al-Kuwait Kuwait Mohamad Abdulla
2010 Syria Al-Ittihad Romania Valeriu Tița
2011 Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi Ukraine Anatoliy Demyanenko
2012 Kuwait Al-Kuwait Romania Marin Ion
2013 Kuwait Al-Kuwait Romania Marin Ion
2014 Kuwait Al-Qadsia Spain Antonio Puche
2015 Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim Argentina Mario Gómez
2016 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq Basim Qasim
2017 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Syria Hussam Al Sayed
2018 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq Basim Qasim
2019 Lebanon Al-Ahed Lebanon Bassem Marmar
2021 Bahrain Al-Muharraq Bahrain Isa Sadoon Al-Hamdani
2022 Oman Al-Seeb Oman Rashid Jaber
2023–24 Australia Central Coast Mariners England Mark Jackson
2024–25 United Arab Emirates Sharjah Romania Cosmin Olăroiu
2025–26 Japan Gamba Osaka Germany Jens Wissing

Top goalscorers

As of 11 March 2021[18]
Rank Player Goals Years Club(s)
1 Spain Philippines Bienvenido Marañón 35 2016–2020 Philippines Ceres–Negros
2 Jordan Mahmoud Shelbaieh 34 2006–2016 Jordan Al-Wehdat
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Singapore Aleksandar Đurić 32 2004–2014 Singapore Geylang United, Singapore Armed Forces, Tampines Rovers
Iraq Amjad Radhi 32 2011–2018 Iraq Erbil, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
5 Kuwait Bader Al-Mutawa 30 2010–2019 Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Brazil Rico 30 2006–2015 Bahrain Al-Muharraq, Al-Riffa, Al-Hidd
7 Maldives Ali Ashfaq 29 2004–2020 Maldives Club Valencia, New Radiant, VB Sports Club, TC Sports Club
8 Brazil Rogerinho 28 2009–2015 Kuwait Al-Kuwait
9 Spain Hong Kong Jordi Tarrés 25 2012–2019 Hong Kong Kitchee
10 North Korea Kim Yu-song 24 2017–2019 North Korea April 25

See also

Notes

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