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The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite league stage will be played from 16 September 2024 to 19 February 2025.

Draw

The draw for the league stage took place on 16 August at the InterContinental Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Seeding

For each region, the title holder or the highest seeded team from each member association involved were allocated into Pot 1, while the remaining teams were allocated into Pot 2.

Grid Result

Each team was drawn a position in the draw grid for their region: column A-C for West and D-F for East. Teams from Pot 1 were drawn into positions 1 or 2 while teams from Pot 2 were drawn into positions 3 or 4.

Each position had pre-determined matchups as part of a pairings grid. Teams in each column play matches with the other columns in each region.

Column	A	B	C		D	E	F
Number	West Region				East Region
1	Pakhtakor	Al-Sadd	Persepolis		Ulsan HD	Shanghai Port	Johor Darul Ta'zim
2	Al-Hilal	Al-Shorta	Al Ain		Central Coast Mariners	Buriram United	Vissel Kobe
3	Al-Nassr	Al-Rayyan	Esteghlal		Pohang Steelers	Shandong Taishan	Yokohama F. Marinos
4	Al-Ahli	Al-Gharafa	Al Wasl		Gwangju	Shanghai Shenhua	Kawasaki Frontale

Schedule

The schedule of the league stage is as follows.

League stage

The detailed schedule was announced on 16 August 2024 after the draw ceremony.

West Region

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Hilal (Q)	6	5	1	0	20	6	+14	16	Advance to round of 16
2	Al-Ahli (Q)	6	5	1	0	14	5	+9	16
3	Al-Nassr (Q)	6	4	1	1	13	6	+7	13
4	Al-Sadd (Q)	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12
5	Al Wasl (Q)	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11
6	Persepolis	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6
7	Al-Rayyan	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5
8	Esteghlal	6	1	2	3	5	8	−3	5
9	Pakhtakor	6	0	4	2	2	4	−2	4
10	Al-Gharafa	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	4
11	Al Ain	6	0	2	4	10	18	−8	2
12	Al-Shorta	6	0	2	4	4	16	−12	2

Results summary

Matchday 1

Home team	Score	Away team
Al Ain	1–1	Al-Sadd
Al-Shorta	1–1	Al-Nassr
Esteghlal	3–0	Al-Gharafa
Al-Ahli	1–0	Persepolis
Pakhtakor	0–1	Al Wasl
Al-Rayyan	1–3	Al-Hilal

Matchday 2

Home team	Score	Away team
Al-Sadd	2–0	Esteghlal
Persepolis	1–1	Pakhtakor
Al Wasl	0–2	Al-Ahli
Al-Nassr	2–1	Al-Rayyan
Al-Gharafa	4–2	Al Ain
Al-Hilal	5–0	Al-Shorta

Matchday 3

Home team	Score	Away team
Al-Shorta	0–0	Pakhtakor
Al-Sadd	1–0	Persepolis
Al Ain	4–5	Al-Hilal
Al-Rayyan	1–2	Al-Ahli
Esteghlal	0–1	Al-Nassr
Al-Gharafa	1–2	Al Wasl

Matchday 4

Home team	Score	Away team
Al Wasl	1–1	Al-Sadd
Al-Ahli	5–1	Al-Shorta
Persepolis	1–1	Al-Gharafa
Al-Hilal	3–0	Esteghlal
Pakhtakor	0–1	Al-Rayyan
Al-Nassr	5–1	Al Ain

Matchday 5

Home team	Score	Away team
Al Ain	1–2	Al-Ahli
Esteghlal	0–0	Pakhtakor
Al-Gharafa	1–3	Al-Nassr
Al-Rayyan	1–1	Persepolis
Al-Shorta	1–3	Al Wasl
Al-Sadd	1–1	Al-Hilal

Matchday 6

Home team	Score	Away team
Persepolis	2–1	Al-Shorta
Al-Ahli	2–2	Esteghlal
Al Wasl	1–1	Al-Rayyan
Al-Nassr	1–2	Al-Sadd
Pakhtakor	1–1	Al Ain
Al-Hilal	3–0	Al-Gharafa

Matchday 7

Home team	Score	Away team
Al Ain	3 Feb	Al-Rayyan
Esteghlal	3 Feb	Al-Shorta
Al-Sadd	3 Feb	Al-Ahli
Al-Nassr	3 Feb	Al Wasl
Al-Gharafa	4 Feb	Pakhtakor
Al-Hilal	4 Feb	Persepolis

Matchday 8

Home team	Score	Away team
Pakhtakor	17 Feb	Al-Sadd
Al-Shorta	17 Feb	Al Ain
Persepolis	17 Feb	Al-Nassr
Al-Ahli	17 Feb	Al-Gharafa
Al-Rayyan	18 Feb	Esteghlal
Al Wasl	18 Feb	Al-Hilal

Matches

Matchday 1

Al Ain	1–1	Al-Sadd
M. Palacios 80'	Report	Afif 45+1'

Al-Shorta	1–1	Al-Nassr
Dawood Yaseen 24'	Report	Al-Ghannam 14'

Esteghlal	3–0	Al-Gharafa
A. Yousif 4' (o.g.) Rezaeian 79' Rezavand 88'	Report

Al-Ahli	1–0	Persepolis
Kessié 2'	Report

Pakhtakor	0–1	Al Wasl
	Report	Bouftini 64'

Al-Rayyan	1–3	Al-Hilal
Guedes 47'	Report	Milinković-Savić 15' Cancelo 42' Leonardo 44'

Matchday 2

Al-Sadd	2–0	Esteghlal
H. Hosseini 40' (o.g.) Afif 68' (pen.)	Report

Persepolis	1–1	Pakhtakor
Alipour 1'	Report	D. Ćeran 59'

Al Wasl	0–2	Al-Ahli
	Report	Mahrez 3' Ibañez 38'

Al-Nassr	2–1	Al-Rayyan
Mané 45+1' C. Ronaldo 76'	Report	Guedes 87'

Al-Gharafa	4–2	Al Ain
Joselu 45+2', 48' Sano 54' Brahimi 76'	Report	Kaku 56' (pen.) Rahimi 66'

Al-Hilal	5–0	Al-Shorta
Leonardo 11' Mitrović 15' S. Al-Dawsari 47' N. Al-Dawsari 73' Kanno 90+5'	Report

Matchday 3

Al-Shorta	0–0	Pakhtakor
	Report

Al-Sadd	1–0	Persepolis
Uribe 45+2'	Report

Al Ain	4–5	Al-Hilal
Rahimi 39', 67', 90+6' (pen.) Sanabria 63'	Report	Lodi 26' Milinković-Savić 45+2' Al-Dawsari 45+5', 65', 75'

Al-Rayyan	1–2	Al-Ahli
Al-Hamad 65' (o.g.)	Report	Veiga 16' Al-Buraikan 38'

Esteghlal	0–1	Al Nassr
	Report	Laporte 81'

Al-Gharafa	1–2	Al Wasl
Sassi 44'	Report	Lima 84' Success 90+2'

Matchday 4

Al Wasl	1–1	Al-Sadd
Pérez 29'	Report	Saïss 61'

Al-Ahli	5–1	Al-Shorta
Firmino 14', 45+5' Al-Buraikan 53' Mahrez 61', 65'	Report	Jassim 29'

Persepolis	1–1	Al-Gharafa
Faraji 53'	Report	Al Ganehi 56'

Al-Hilal	3–0	Esteghlal
Mitrović 15', 33', 74'	Report

Pakhtakor	0–1	Al-Rayyan
	Report	Shehata 51'

Al-Nassr	5–1	Al Ain
Talisca 5', 90+4' C. Ronaldo 31' Cardoso 37' (o.g.) Wesley 81'	Report	Bento 56' (o.g.)

Matchday 5

Al Ain	1–2	Al-Ahli
Kaku 90+3'	Report	Toney 70', 74'

Esteghlal	0–0	Pakhtakor
	Report

Al-Gharafa	1–3	Al-Nassr
Joselu 75'	Report	Ronaldo 46', 64' Ângelo 58'

Al-Rayyan	1–1	Persepolis
Bencharki 57'	Report	Faraji 17'

Al-Shorta	1–3	Al Wasl
Youssef 50'	Report	Santos 14' Lima 64' (pen.) Giménez 90+2' (pen.)

Al-Sadd	1–1	Al-Hilal
Otávio 71'	Report	Al-Bulaihi 10'

Matchday 6

Persepolis	2–1	Al-Shorta
Urunov 89' Gvelesiani 90+13' (pen.)	Report	Ali 19'

Al-Ahli	2–2	Esteghlal
Toney 45+8' (pen.), 86' (pen.)	Report	Raphael Silva 42' Eslami 51'

Al Wasl	1–1	Al-Rayyan
Caio 77'	Report	Al-Azizi 85' (o.g.)

Al-Nassr	1–2	Al-Sadd
Saïss 80' (o.g.)	Report	Afif 53' Ounas 90+9' (pen.)

Pakhtakor	1–1	Al Ain
Jurakuziev 6'	Report	Rahimi 49'

Al-Hilal	3–0	Al-Gharafa
Leonardo 18' Mitrović 82' Milinković-Savić 85'	Report

Matchday 7

Al Ain	v	Al-Rayyan

Esteghlal	v	Al-Shorta

Al-Sadd	v	Al-Ahli

Al-Nassr	v	Al Wasl

Al-Gharafa	v	Pakhtakor

Al-Hilal	v	Persepolis

Matchday 8

Pakhtakor	v	Al-Sadd

Al-Shorta	v	Al Ain

Persepolis	v	Al-Nassr

Al-Ahli	v	Al-Gharafa

Al-Rayyan	v	Esteghlal

Al Wasl	v	Al-Hilal

East Region

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yokohama F. Marinos	6	4	1	1	20	9	+11	13	Advance to round of 16
2	Gwangju	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	13
3	Vissel Kobe	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
4	Kawasaki Frontale	6	4	0	2	11	4	+7	12
5	Pohang Steelers	6	3	0	3	11	10	+1	9
6	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	8
7	Shanghai Port	6	2	2	2	10	12	−2	8
8	Buriram United	6	2	2	2	3	9	−6	8
9	Shanghai Shenhua	6	2	1	3	9	9	0	7
10	Shandong Taishan	6	2	1	3	9	13	−4	7
11	Ulsan HD	6	1	0	5	3	14	−11	3
12	Central Coast Mariners (E)	6	0	1	5	8	17	−9	1

Results summary

Matchday 1

Home team	Score	Away team
Gwangju	7–3	Yokohama F. Marinos
Shandong Taishan	3–1	Central Coast Mariners
Buriram United	0–0	Vissel Kobe
Shanghai Shenhua	4–1	Pohang Steelers
Ulsan HD	0–1	Kawasaki Frontale
Shanghai Port	2–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim

Matchday 2

Home team	Score	Away team
Central Coast Mariners	1–2	Buriram United
Kawasaki Frontale	0–1	Gwangju
Pohang Steelers	3–0	Shanghai Port
Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–0	Shanghai Shenhua
Vissel Kobe	2–1	Shandong Taishan
Yokohama F. Marinos	4–0	Ulsan HD

Matchday 3

Home team	Score	Away team
Gwangju	3–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Shanghai Port	3–2	Central Coast Mariners
Shandong Taishan	2–2	Yokohama F. Marinos
Buriram United	1–0	Pohang Steelers
Ulsan HD	0–2	Vissel Kobe
Shanghai Shenhua	2–0	Kawasaki Frontale

Matchday 4

Home team	Score	Away team
Central Coast Mariners	2–2	Shanghai Shenhua
Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Shanghai Port
Vissel Kobe	2–0	Gwangju
Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–0	Ulsan HD
Pohang Steelers	4–2	Shandong Taishan
Yokohama F. Marinos	5–0	Buriram United

Matchday 5

Home team	Score	Away team
Vissel Kobe	3–2	Central Coast Mariners
Ulsan HD	1–3	Shanghai Port
Shandong Taishan	1–0	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Buriram United	0–3	Kawasaki Frontale
Gwangju	1–0	Shanghai Shenhua
Yokohama F. Marinos	2–0	Pohang Steelers

Matchday 6

Home team	Score	Away team
Central Coast Mariners	0–4	Yokohama F. Marinos
Pohang Steelers	3–1	Vissel Kobe
Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–0	Buriram United
Shanghai Port	1–1	Gwangju
Kawasaki Frontale	4–0	Shandong Taishan
Shanghai Shenhua	1–2	Ulsan HD

Matchday 7

Home team	Score	Away team
Central Coast Mariners	11 Feb	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Vissel Kobe	11 Feb	Shanghai Port
Pohang Steelers	11 Feb	Kawasaki Frontale
Shandong Taishan	11 Feb	Gwangju
Yokohama F. Marinos	12 Feb	Shanghai Shenhua
Buriram United	12 Feb	Ulsan HD

Matchday 8

Home team	Score	Away team
Gwangju	18 Feb	Buriram United
Kawasaki Frontale	18 Feb	Central Coast Mariners
Shanghai Shenhua	18 Feb	Vissel Kobe
Johor Darul Ta'zim	18 Feb	Pohang Steelers
Ulsan HD	19 Feb	Shandong Taishan
Shanghai Port	19 Feb	Yokohama F. Marinos

Matches

Matchday 1

Gwangju	7–3	Yokohama F. Marinos
Asani 2', 55', 90+2' Oh Hu-seong 15' Mikeltadze 69' Lee Heui-kyun 72' Gabriel 75'	Report	Élber 34', 59' Nishimura 85'

Shandong Taishan	3–1	Central Coast Mariners
Bi Jinhao 8' Qazaishvili 74', 88'	Report	Doka 45+9' (pen.)

Buriram United	0–0	Vissel Kobe
	Report

Shanghai Shenhua	4–1	Pohang Steelers
André Luis 64' Malele 71', 82' (pen.) Gao Tianyi 84'	Report	Jorge Luiz 53'

Ulsan HD	0–1	Kawasaki Frontale
	Report	Marcinho 54'

Shanghai Port	2–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Gustavo 48' W. Popp 73'	Report	Arif Aiman 45', 56'

Matchday 2

Central Coast Mariners	1–2	Buriram United
Mauragis 90+5'	Report	Bissoli 30' Good 50'

Kawasaki Frontale	0–1	Gwangju
	Report	Asani 21' (pen.)

Pohang Steelers	3–0	Shanghai Port
Wanderson 52' Hong Yun-sang 65' Han Chan-hee 71'	Report

Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–0	Shanghai Shenhua
Arif Aiman 11' Obregón 26' Muñiz 80'	Report

Vissel Kobe	2–1	Shandong Taishan
Miyashiro 14' Sakai 51'	Report	Cryzan 28'

Yokohama F. Marinos	4–0	Ulsan HD
Watanabe 4' (pen.) Nishimura 44' Lopes 83' Mizunuma 90+2'	Report

Matchday 3

Gwangju	3–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Asani 3', 6' Park Jun-heong 88' (o.g.)	Report	Feroz Baharudin 28'

Shanghai Port	3–2	Central Coast Mariners
Li Ang 2' Wu Lei 41' Vargas 86'	Report	Doka 61' Duarte 90+4'

Shandong Taishan	2–2	Yokohama F. Marinos
Cryzan 43' Zheng Zheng 90+2'	Report	Lopes 54' Matheus 87'

Buriram United	1–0	Pohang Steelers
Bissoli 56'	Report

Ulsan HD	0–2	Vissel Kobe
	Report	Miyashiro 48', 73'

Shanghai Shenhua	2–0	Kawasaki Frontale
Wang Haijian 24' André Luis 90+3'	Report

Matchday 4

Central Coast Mariners	2–2	Shanghai Shenhua
Ngor 75' Brandtman 90+5'	Report	André Luis 50' Yu Hanchao 64'

Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Shanghai Port
Ienaga 12' Segawa 13' Van Wermeskerken 33'	Report	Vargas 83'

Vissel Kobe	2–0	Gwangju
Miyashiro 45+3' Sasaki 54'	Report

Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–0	Ulsan HD
Aiman 8' Arribas 67' Bérgson 88'	Report

Pohang Steelers	4–2	Shandong Taishan
Jeong Jae-hee 30' Jorge Luiz 64' Wanderson 68' Oberdan 76'	Report	Chen Pu 33' Bi Jinhao 90+4'

Yokohama F. Marinos	5–0	Buriram United
Inoue 11' Anderson Lopes 45+1' (pen.), 57' Etheridge 45+3' (o.g.) Uenaka 66'	Report

Matchday 5

Vissel Kobe	3–2	Central Coast Mariners
Kikuchi 40' Roux 49' (o.g.) Sasaki 81'	Report	Yamaguchi 54' (o.g.) Brandtman 74'

Ulsan HD	1–3	Shanghai Port
Joo Min-kyu 73'	Report	Vargas 11', 23', 83'

Shandong Taishan	1–0	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Zeca 68'	Report

Buriram United	0–3	Kawasaki Frontale
	Report	Miura 79' Tono 90+4' Kanda 90+7'

Gwangju	1–0	Shanghai Shenhua
Asani 58'	Report

Yokohama F. Marinos	2–0	Pohang Steelers
Matheus 41' Lopes 90+5'	Report

Matchday 6

Central Coast Mariners	0–4	Yokohama F. Marinos
	Report	Inoue 6', 30' Lopes 36' Amano 70'

Pohang Steelers	3–1	Vissel Kobe
Han Chan-hee 13' Kim In-Sung 20' Jeong Jae-hee 90+1'	Report	Sasaki 34'

Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–0	Buriram United
	Report

Shanghai Port	1–1	Gwangju
Oscar 76' (pen.)	Report	Heo Yool 38'

Kawasaki Frontale	4–0	Shandong Taishan
Marcinho 3' Yamamoto 41' Jesiel 65' Yamada 90'	Report

Shanghai Shenhua	1–2	Ulsan HD
André Luis 23'	Report	Cariello 58' (pen.) Kang Min-woo 66'

Matchday 7

Central Coast Mariners	v	Johor Darul Ta'zim

Vissel Kobe	v	Shanghai Port

Pohang Steelers	v	Kawasaki Frontale

Shandong Taishan	v	Gwangju

Yokohama F. Marinos	v	Shanghai Shenhua

Buriram United	v	Ulsan HD

Matchday 8

Gwangju	v	Buriram United

Kawasaki Frontale	v	Central Coast Mariners

Shanghai Shenhua	v	Vissel Kobe

Johor Darul Ta'zim	v	Pohang Steelers

Ulsan HD	v	Shandong Taishan

Shanghai Port	v	Yokohama F. Marinos

Notes

1. ^ Al-Shorta played their home matches at Al-Madina International Stadium, Baghdad, and Karbala International Stadium, Karbala, instead of their regular home stadium Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad.
2. ^ Pakhtakor played their home matches at JAR Stadium, Tashkent, instead of their regular home stadium Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent.
3. ^ Al-Gharafa played their home matches at Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, instead of their regular home stadium Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan.
4. ^ Iranian clubs are required to play their home matches at neutral venues due to security concerns relating to the October 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran.
5. Gwangju played their home matches at Yongin Mireu Stadium, Yongin, instead of their regular home stadium Gwangju World Cup Stadium or Gwangju Football Stadium, Gwangju.
6. Ulsan HD will play their home matches at Ulsan Stadium, Ulsan, instead of their regular home stadium Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan.

References

1. "AFC Competitions Calendar (Jul 2024 - Jun 2025)" (PDF). the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
2. ^ "#ACLElite League Stage hopefuls learn opponents". Asian Football Confederation. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
3. ^ "Live: AFC Champions League Elite™ 2024/25 League Stage Draw" (video). Asian Football Confederation. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024 – via YouTube.
4. "AFC Competitions Committee approves key decisions on reformatted competitions". AFC. 1 July 2023.
5. "2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite League Stage Draw Results & Match Schedule" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
6. "2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite League Stage Pairings" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
7. "AFC confirms Dubai as venue for Al Nassr upcoming match against Esteghlal". Saudi Gazette. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

External links

• Official website

• August 2024 sports events in Asia
• 2024 in Asian association football leagues