2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite

The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite was the 43rd edition of Asia's premier club football tournament, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the first since it was rebranded as the AFC Champions League Elite. The revamped format, along with the rebranding, saw 24 teams playing eight games against different opponents in the brand new league phase.

Association team allocation

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

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==

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 Jeddah. ;Notes ==Qualifying play-offs==

Qualifying play-offs

The two winners of the play-off round (one from West Region and one from East Region) advanced to the league stage to join the 22 direct entrants. The losers of the qualifying play-offs entered the group stage of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two. Preliminary round Play-off round ==League stage==

League stage

{{Location map+|AFC|width=900|float=center|caption=Location of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite league stage teams Orange: East Region; Blue: West Region|places= West Region ;Table ;Results East Region ;Table ;Results ==Knockout stage==

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, were held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 25 April to 3 May 2025. Quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- Final ==Top scorers==

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) ==See also==

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