List of soccer Asian Cup winners
The list of soccer Asian Cup winners includes all Asian soccer clubs that have so far won at least one of the four Asian Cup competitions organized by the AFC since 1967 - the Champions League (until 1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament, from 1986 to 2002 Asian Club Championship), the Asian Cup Cup winners (integrated into the CL in 2003), the AFC Cup or the AFC President's Cup (integrated into the AFC Cup in 2015) - won. The Asian Supercup is not included in this list . All winners are listed in the first list. Another list gives all clubs with the respective total number of wins and the number of wins in the individual tournaments, and a third list shows the country ratings.
The currently most successful club is Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) with 4 victories in the Asian Cup competitions. Ittihad FC from Saudi Arabia, the Pohang Steelers from South Korea, the Yokohama F. Marinos (only cup winners) from Japan, Al Kuwait SC and al-Quwa al-Jawiya from Iraq (both only AFC Cup) have achieved three successes so far Regar TadAZ (President's Cup only) from Tajikistan. Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad are also the only clubs to have managed to win two different competitions. To date, only al-Quwa al-Jawiya from Iraq has won an Asian Cup three times in a row, including across several competitions, in the AFC Cup.
The competitions at a glance
Club ranking by title
So far 49 Asian clubs have won one of the four Asian Cups at least once.
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club | logo | country |
Asian Champion Club Tournament / Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League |
Asian Cup Winners' Cup |
AFC Presiden's Cup 2005-2014 / AFC Cup |
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| 5 | al-Hilal |
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| 3 | Pohang Steelers |
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| 3 | Ittihad FC | no logo | Saudi Arabia |
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Nissan FC (Yokohama Marinos Yokohama Wing) |
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| 3 | al Kuwait SC |
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Kuwait |
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| 3 | Regar TadAZ |
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| 3 | al-Quwa al-Jawiya | no logo | Iraq |
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| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
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Esteghlal Tehran (Taj Club) |
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| 2 | al-Sadd Sports Club |
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Qatar |
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| 2 | Thai Farmers Bank FC | no logo | Thailand |
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Seongnam FC (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma) |
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| 2 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
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| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande | no logo | China |
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| 2 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
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| 2 | Urawa Red Diamonds | no logo | Japan |
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| 2 | al-Faisaly | no logo | Jordan |
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| 2 | FK Dordoi Dynamo |
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| 1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
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| 1 | Daewoo Royals |
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| 1 | Furukawa Electric SC |
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| 1 | Yomiuri FC |
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| 1 | Liaoning Hongyun | no logo | China |
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| 1 | PAS Tehran FC | no logo | Iran |
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| 1 | Júbilo Iwata |
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| 1 | al Ain Club | no logo | UA Emirates |
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| 1 | Gamba Osaka |
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| 1 | Ulsan Hyundai | no logo | South Korea |
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| 1 | Western Sydney Wanderers |
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| 1 | Kashima Antlers |
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| 1 | al-Nasr |
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| 1 | al-Qadisiyah | no logo | Saudi Arabia |
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| 1 | al-Shabab |
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| 1 | Persepolis Tehran |
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| 1 | Bellmare Hiratsuka |
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| 1 | Shimizu S-Pulse |
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| 1 | Shabab al-Ordon | no logo | Jordan |
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| 1 | Muharraq Club | no logo | Bahrain |
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| 1 | al-Ittihad | no logo | Syria |
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| 1 | Nasaf Karschi | no logo | Uzbekistan |
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| 1 | Yadanarbon FC | no logo | Myanmar |
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| 1 | Taiwan Power Company FC | no logo |
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| 1 | FC Istiklol | no logo | Tajikistan |
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| 1 | Balkan FK | no logo | Turkmenistan |
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| 1 | FK HTTU | no logo | Turkmenistan |
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| 1 | al Qadsia Kuwait | no logo | Kuwait |
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| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim FC |
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| 1 | al Ahed |
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Country ranking by title
So far, clubs from 23 Asian countries have won an Asian Cup at least once.
| title | Football association |
Asian Champion Club Tournament / Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions-League |
Asian Cup Winners' Cup |
AFC President's / AFC Cup |
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| 12 |
 South Korea
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11 | 1 | 7th | |
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 Japan
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7th | 4th | 8th | |
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 Saudi Arabia
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5 | 6th | 5 | |
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 Iran
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 Tajikistan
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 Kuwait
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 China
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 Israel
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 Jordan
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 Iraq
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 Qatar
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 Thailand
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 Kyrgyzstan
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 Syria
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 Turkmenistan
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 Australia
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 UA Emirates
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 Bahrain
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 Chinese Taipei
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 Malaysia
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 Myanmar
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 Uzbekistan
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 Lebanon
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