2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Qualifying: 8–15 August 2025 Competition proper: 20 August 2025 – 27 May 2026 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 12 Total (maximum): 14 (from 9 associations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 5 |
| Goals scored | 16 (3.2 per match) |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
The 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship (2025–26 ACC), known as the 2025–26 Shopee Cup due to sponsorship reasons,[1] is the fourth edition of the ASEAN Club Championship, an international football competition between clubs affiliated with the ASEAN Football Federation.
Buriram United were the defending champions of the previous edition.[2]
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, while Indonesia withdrew due to logistic reasons.[3][4]
| Participation for 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship | |
|---|---|
| Participating | |
| Not participating | |
| Member association | Group stage | Play-off |
|---|---|---|
 Thailand
|
2 (+1 ACC) | — |
 Vietnam
|
2 | — |
 Malaysia
|
2 | — |
 Indonesia[Note IDN]
|
— | |
 Singapore
|
2 | — |
 Cambodia
|
1 | — |
 Philippines
|
— | 1 |
 Myanmar
|
— | 1 |
 Laos
|
— | 1 |
 Brunei
|
— | 1 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Australia
|
— | — |
 Timor-Leste
|
— | — |
| Total | 10 | 4 |
| 14 | ||
- Notes
- ^ Indonesia (IDN): 2024–25 Liga 1 champions and runners-up, Persib and Dewa United Banten, were initially invited by the AFF to participate in the 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship. However, both teams declined to take part due to logistical issues. Liga Indonesia Baru then proposed sending Malut United and Persebaya, the third and fourth-placed teams of the 2024–25 Liga 1, but the proposal was rejected by the AFF.[5]
Teams
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Stage | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying stage | Qualifying play-off | 4 July 2025 | 8–9 August 2025 | 15 August 2025 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 20–21 August 2025 | ||
| Matchday 2 | 24–25 September 2025 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 3–4 December 2025 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 17 December 2025 and 28 January 2026 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 29 January and 4 February 2026 | |||
| Matchday 6 (Group B only) | 5 February 2026 | |||
| Knockout stage | ||||
| Semi-finals | 6 May 2026 | 13 May 2026 | ||
| Finals | 20 May 2026 | 27 May 2026 | ||
Qualifying play-offs
The first leg was played on 8 August, and the second leg on 15 August 2025. The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasuka | 2–4 | DH Cebu | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Ezra | 1–3 | Shan United | 1–2 | 0–1 |
Group stage
At the draw on 4 July 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand, fourteen teams were drawn into two groups of seven. Teams from the same association were not placed in the same group, with the exception of Thailand, where a maximum of two Thai teams (one being the title holder) can be placed in the same group. The group stage is a single round-robin format.
Initially, the top four teams from each group advance to a quarter-final stage. However, following the withdrawal of Indonesian teams, the quarter-finals were removed; only the top two teams will qualify for the semi-finals.
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Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BGT | BGP | BRU | SEL | CAH | DHC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampines Rovers
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3 Dec | 28 Jan | — | — | — | |
| 2 | BG Pathum United
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | — | — | 24 Sep | — | 2–1 | 28 Jan | ||
| 3 | Buriram United
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | 1–1 | 3 Dec | 4 Feb | ||
| 4 | Selangor
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 Sep | 4 Feb | — | — | 28 Jan | — | ||
| 5 | Công An Hà Nội
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 4 Feb | — | — | — | — | 24 Sep | ||
| 6 | Dynamic Herb Cebu
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 | 1–3 | — | — | 3 Dec | — | — |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PKR | JDT | BKU | NDI | LCS | SUN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 4 Dec | 29 Jan | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Johor Darul Ta'zim
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | — | — | 25 Sep | — | 3–1 | 29 Jan | ||
| 3 | Bangkok United
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 Dec | 4 Dec | 5 Feb | ||
| 4 | Nam Định
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 Sep | 5 Feb | — | — | 29 Jan | — | ||
| 5 | Lion City Sailors
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 | 5 Feb | — | — | — | — | 17 Dec | ||
| 6 | Shan United
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | 0–3 | — | — | 4 Dec | — | — |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Season statistics
Top scorers
- As of 21 Aug 2025.
| Rank | Player | Team | MD1 | MD2 | MD3 | MD4 | MD5 | SF1 | SF2 | F1 | F2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chanathip Songkrasin
|
BG Pathum United
|
2 | 2 | ||||||||
 João Figueiredo
|
Johor Darul Ta'zim
|
2 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Dylan Fox
|
BG Tampines Rovers
|
1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Trent Buhagiar
|
BG Tampines Rovers
|
1 | ||||||||||
 Hide Higashikawa
|
BG Tampines Rovers
|
1 | ||||||||||
 Peter Žulj
|
Buriram United
|
1 | ||||||||||
| Alan Grafite
|
Cong An Hanoi
|
1 | ||||||||||
 Abou Sy
|
DH Cebu
|
1 | ||||||||||
| Arif Aiman
|
Johor Darul Ta'zim
|
1 | ||||||||||
| Shawal Anuar
|
Lion City Sailors
|
1 | ||||||||||
| Patrick
|
Svay Rieng
|
1 | ||||||||||
 Kwame Peprah
|
Svay Rieng
|
1 | ||||||||||
| Min Ratanak
|
Svay Rieng
|
1 | ||||||||||
| Chrigor
|
Selangor
|
1 |
Notes
See also
References
- ^ Nurikhsani, Gregah (4 April 2024). "AFF Gelar Kompetisi Antarklub Asia Tenggara Bernama Shopee Cup" [AFF Holds Southeast Asian Inter-Club Competition Called Shopee Cup]. Bola.com (in Indonesian).
- ^ "Shopee Cup™ - Final 2nd Leg Report: Buriram United 3-3 Công An Hà Nội FC (3-2 penalties)". Aseanutdfc.com (in Indonesian). 21 May 2025.
- ^ "Buriram United Juara, Jumlah Tim ASEAN Club Championship Musim Depan Bertambah" [Buriram United Champion, Number of ASEAN Club Championship Teams Increases Next Season]. Skor.id (in Indonesian). 21 May 2025.
- ^ "LIB Tolak AFF, Ogah Kirim Persib dan Dewa United ke Turnamen Antarklub ASEAN" [LIB Rejects AFF, Refuses to Send Persib and Dewa United to ASEAN Interclub Tournament]. suara.com (in Indonesian). 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Malut United dan Persebaya Ditolak AFF untuk Ikut ASEAN Club Championship 2025 / 2026: Maunya Persib dan Dewa United" [Malut United and Persebaya Rejected by AFF to Participate in ASEAN Club Championship 2025/2026: AFF wants Persib and Dewa United]. Bola.com (in Indonesian). 3 July 2025.