Australian clubs in the AFC Champions League

Records of the Australian clubs in the AFC Champions League. Since 2007, Australian clubs have participated in this league. For their first five competitions, the A-League was given two spots in the league- one for the champions (grand final winners) and one for the premiers (regular season winners- or the losing grand finalist if the champions and premiers were the same team). For the 2012 competition, another half a spot was added, with the highest placed team on the A-League table which has not already qualified for the AFC Champions League entering a playoff to enter the competition.

For the 2013 competition the AFC reduced the number of Aleague qualification spots to 1.5.^[1] The Premiers (regular season winners) directly qualify for the Asian Champions League. The Champions (winners of grand final) enter a play off to qualify for the competition. The AFC ruled that the A-League did not meet the criteria for full participation in the tournament. The lack of promotion and relegation within a tiered league system was a major reason. Others were that the Aleague was not run as a separate entity to the FFA and stadia issues.^[2]^[3] The FFA and the clubs strongly protested the decision and promised they would fight for more qualification spots in the future.^[4] For the 2014 AFC Champions League, the allocation of 2 spots in the group stage and one qualifying play-off spot returned.

Overview

Results

Q : Qualified, PO : Qualifying Play-Offs, GS : Group Stage, R16 : Round of 16, QF : Quarter-Finals, SF : Semi-Finals, RU : Runners-Up, W : Winners

Team	Qualified	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Adelaide United	5	GS	RU	–	R16	–	QF	–	–	–	PO
Central Coast Mariners	5	–	–	GS	–	–	GS	R16	GS	PO	–
Melbourne Victory	5	–	GS	–	GS	GS	–	–	GS	–	R16
Brisbane Roar	3	–	–	–	–	–	GS	PO	–	GS	–
Sydney FC	3	GS	–	–	–	GS	–	–	–	–	R16
Western Sydney Wanderers	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	W	GS	–
Newcastle Jets	1	–	–	R16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Statistics by club

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Best Finish
1	Adelaide United	36	17	8	11	47	31	+16	59	Runners up
2	Melbourne Victory	33	9	11	13	40	52	−12	38	Round of 16
3	Western Sydney Wanderers	20	10	4	6	28	17	+11	34	Winners
4	Sydney FC	20	6	8	6	21	23	−2	26	Round of 16
5	Central Coast Mariners	27	5	6	16	23	48	−25	21	Round of 16
6	Newcastle Jets	7	3	1	3	6	11	−5	10	Round of 16
7	Brisbane Roar	13	2	5	6	13	20	−7	8	Group stage

Statistics by season

Season	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2007	12	4	5	3	17	11	+6	17
2008	18	8	4	6	24	20	+4	28
2009	13	3	3	7	11	24	−13	12
2010	13	4	2	7	11	17	−6	14
2011	12	2	5	5	13	22	−9	11
2012	22	7	8	7	28	29	−1	29
2013	9	2	2	5	6	14	−8	8
2014	27	13	6	8	34	27	+7	45
2015	13	4	3	6	17	19	−2	15
2016	17	5	7	5	17	19	−2	22
Total	156	52	45	59	178	202	–24	201

Statistics by Australian club

Match won	Match drawn	Match lost

Adelaide United

Adelaide United Statistics
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Adelaide United	36	17	8	11	47	31	+16	59

Adelaide United results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
2007 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	0–1	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Adelaide, Australia
		2–0	Gach Dong Tam Long An	Tân An, Vietnam
		2–2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Adelaide, Australia
		0–1	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Seongnam, South Korea
		2–2	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Jinan, China
		3–0	Gach Dong Tam Long An	Adelaide, Australia
2008 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	2–0	Pohang Steelers	Pohang, South Korea
		0–0	Changchun Yatai	Adelaide, Australia
		2–1	Bình Dương F.C.	Thu Dao Mot, Vietnam
		4–1	Bình Dương F.C.	Adelaide, Australia
		1–0	Pohang Steelers	Adelaide, Australia
		0–0	Changchun Yatai	Changchun, China
	Quarter-final	1–1	Kashima Antlers	Kashima, Japan
	Quarter-final	1–0	Kashima Antlers	Adelaide, Australia
	Semi-final	3–0	FC Bunyodkor	Adelaide, Australia
	Semi-final	0–1	FC Bunyodkor	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
	Final	0–3	Gamba Osaka	Osaka, Japan
	Final	0–2	Gamba Osaka	Adelaide, Australia
2010 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	1–0	Pohang Steelers	Adelaide, Australia
		2–0	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Jinan, China
		3–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Adelaide, Australia
		0–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hiroshima, Japan
		0–0	Pohang Steelers	Pohang, South Korea
		0–1	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Adelaide, Australia
	Round of 16	2–3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Adelaide, Australia
2012 AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-off	3–0	Persipura Jayapura	Adelaide, Australia
	Group Stage	2–1	FC Bunyodkor	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
		2–0	Gamba Osaka	Adelaide, Australia
		0–1	Pohang Steelers	Pohang, South Korea
		1–0	Pohang Steelers	Adelaide, Australia
		0–0	FC Bunyodkor	Adelaide, Australia
		2–0	Gamba Osaka	Osaka, Japan
	Round of 16	1–0	Nagoya Grampus	Adelaide, Australia
	Quarter-final	2–2	FC Bunyodkor	Adelaide, Australia
	Quarter-final	2–3 aet	FC Bunyodkor	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2016 AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-off	1–2	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Adelaide, Australia

Brisbane Roar

Brisbane Roar
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brisbane Roar	13	2	5	6	13	20	−7	11

Brisbane Roar results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
2012 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	0–2	FC Tokyo	Brisbane, Australia
		1–1	Beijing Guoan	Beijing, China
		1–1	Ulsan Hyundai	Ulsan, South Korea
		1–2	Ulsan Hyundai	Brisbane, Australia
		2–4	FC Tokyo	Tokyo, Japan
		1–1	Beijing Guoan	Brisbane, Australia
2013 AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-off	0–0 (0–3P)	Buriram United	Buriram, Thailand
2015 AFC Champions League	Group stage	0–1	Beijing Guoan	Gold Coast, Australia
		1–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Saitama, Japan
		3–3	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Gold Coast, Australia
		1–3	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Suwon, South Korea
		1–0	Beijing Guoan	Beijing, China
		1–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Gold Coast, Australia

Central Coast Mariners

Central Coast Mariners
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Central Coast Mariners	27	5	6	16	23	48	−25	21

Central Coast Mariners results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
2009 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	0–0	Pohang Steelers	Gosford, Australia
		2–2	Tianjin Teda FC	Tianjin, China
		0–5	Kawasaki Frontale	Gosford, Australia
		1–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Kawasaki, Japan
		2–3	Pohang Steelers	Pohang, South Korea
		0–1	Tianjin Teda FC	Gosford, Australia
2012 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	0–0	Tianjin Teda FC	Tianjin, China
		1–1	Nagoya Grampus	Gosford, Australia
		1–1	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Gosford, Australia
		0–5	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Seongnam, South Korea
		5–1	Tianjin Teda FC	Gosford, Australia
		0–3	Nagoya Grampus	Nagoya, Japan
2013 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	0–0	Suwon Bluewings	Gosford, Australia
		1–3	Kashiwa Reysol	Kashiwa, Japan
		2–1	Guizhou Renhe	Gosford, Australia
		1–2	Guizhou Renhe	Guiyang, China
		1–0	Suwon Bluewings	Suwon, South Korea
		0–3	Kashiwa Reysol	Gosford, Australia
	Round of 16	1–2	Guangzhou Evergrande	Gosford, Australia
	Round of 16	0–3	Guangzhou Evergrande	Guangzhou, China
2014 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	0–2	FC Seoul	Seoul, South Korea
		2–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Gosford, Australia
		1–2	Beijing Guoan	Beijing, China
		1–0	Beijing Guoan	Gosford, Australia
		0–1	FC Seoul	Gosford, Australia
		0–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hiroshima, Japan
2015 AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-off	1–3	Guangzhou R&F	Gosford, Australia

Melbourne Victory

Melbourne Victory
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Melbourne Victory	33	9	11	13	40	52	−12	38

Melbourne Victory results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
2008 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	2–0	Chunnam Dragons	Melbourne, Australia
		1–3	Chonburi FC	Bangkok, Thailand
		3–4	Gamba Osaka	Melbourne, Australia
		0–2	Gamba Osaka	Suita, Japan
		1–1	Chunnam Dragons	Gwangyang, South Korea
		3–1	Chonburi FC	Melbourne, Australia
2010 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	0–1	Beijing Guoan	Beijing, China
		0–2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Melbourne, Australia
		0–4	Kawasaki Frontale	Kawasaki, Japan
		1–0	Kawasaki Frontale	Melbourne, Australia
		0–0	Beijing Guoan	Melbourne, Australia
		2–3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Seongnam, South Korea
2011 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	1–5	Gamba Osaka	Suita, Japan
		1–2	Jeju United	Melbourne, Australia
		1–1	Tianjin Teda	Tianjin, China
		2–1	Tianjin Teda	Melbourne, Australia
		1–1	Gamba Osaka	Melbourne, Australia
		1–1	Jeju United	Jeju, South Korea
2014 AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-off	2–1	Muangthong United	Geelong, Australia
	Group Stage	2–4	Guangzhou Evergrande	Guangzhou, China
		2–2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Melbourne, Australia
		1–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Melbourne, Australia
		2–3	Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama, Japan
		2–0	Guangzhou Evergrande	Melbourne, Australia
		0–0	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Jeonju, South Korea
2016 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	2–1	Shanghai SIPG	Melbourne, Australia
		1–1	Gamba Osaka	Suita, Japan
		0–0	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Melbourne, Australia
		1–1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Suwon, South Korea
		1–3	Shanghai SIPG	Shanghai, China
		2–1	Gamba Osaka	Melbourne, Australia
	Round of 16	1–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Melbourne, Australia
	Round of 16	1–2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Jeonju, South Korea

Newcastle Jets

Newcastle Jets
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Newcastle Jets	7	3	1	3	6	11	−5	10

Newcastle Jets results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
2009 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	0–2	Beijing Guoan	Beijing, China
		2–0	Ulsan Hyundai FC	Newcastle Australia
		1–1	Nagoya Grampus	Nagoya, Japan
		0–1	Nagoya Grampus	Newcastle, Australia
		2–1	Beijing Guoan	Newcastle, Australia
		1–0	Ulsan Hyundai FC	Ulsan, South Korea
	Round of 16	0–6	Pohang Steelers	Pohang, South Korea

Sydney FC

Sydney FC
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sydney FC	20	6	8	6	21	23	−2	26

Sydney FC results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
2007 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	2–1	Shanghai Shenhua	Shanghai, China
		2–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Sydney, Australia
		1–2	Persik Kediri	Surakarta, Indonesia
		3–0	Persik Kediri	Sydney, Australia
		0–0	Shanghai Shenhua	Sydney, Australia
		0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Saitama, Japan
2011 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	0–0	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Sydney, Australia
		1–1	Shanghai Shenhua	Sydney, Australia
		0–3	Kashima Antlers	Sydney, Australia
		3–2	Shanghai Shenhua	Shanghai, China
		1–3	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Suwon, South Korea
		1–2	Kashima Antlers	Tokyo, Japan
2016 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	0–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Saitama, Japan
		2–1	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Sydney, Australia
		1–0	Pohang Steelers	Pohang, South Korea
		1–0	Pohang Steelers	Sydney, Australia
		0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Sydney, Australia
		0–1	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Guangzhou, China
	Round of 16	1–1	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Jinan, China
	Round of 16	2–2	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Sydney, Australia

Western Sydney Wanderers

Western Sydney Wanderers
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Western Sydney Wanderers	20	10	4	6	28	17	+11	34

Western Sydney Wanderers results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
2014 AFC Champions League	Group Stage	1–3	Ulsan Hyundai	Sydney, Australia
		1–0	Guizhou Renhe	Guiyang, China
		1–0	Kawasaki Frontale	Sydney, Australia
		1–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Kawasaki, Japan
		2–0	Ulsan Hyundai	Ulsan, South Korea
		5–0	Guizhou Renhe	Sydney, Australia
	Round of 16	1–3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hiroshima, Japan
	Round of 16	2–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Sydney, Australia
	Quarter-final	1–0	Guangzhou Evergrande	Sydney, Australia
	Quarter-final	1–2	Guangzhou Evergrande	Guangzhou, China
	Semi-final	0–0	FC Seoul	Seoul, South Korea
	Semi-final	2–0	FC Seoul	Sydney, Australia
	Final	1–0	Al-Hilal	Sydney, Australia
	Final	0–0	Al-Hilal	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2015 AFC Champions League	Group stage	3–1	Kashima Antlers	Kashima, Japan
		2–3	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Sydney, Australia
		0–0	FC Seoul	Seoul, South Korea
		1–1	FC Seoul	Sydney, Australia
		1–2	Kashima Antlers	Sydney, Australia
		2–0	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Guangzhou, China

Statistics by opponents league

Chinese Super League

Against Chinese clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sydney FC	8	3	4	1	10	8	+2	13
Western Sydney Wanderers	6	4	0	2	12	5	+7	12
Melbourne Victory	8	3	2	3	10	11	−1	11
Central Coast Mariners	11	3	2	6	14	17	−3	11
Adelaide United	7	1	3	3	5	6	−1	6
Brisbane Roar	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	5
Newcastle Jets	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
Total	45	15	13	17	55	53	+2	58

Liga Indonesia

Against Indonesian clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Adelaide United	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
Sydney FC	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
Total	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6

J-League

Against Japanese clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Adelaide United	9	5	1	3	10	9	+1	16
Melbourne Victory	10	3	2	5	12	21	−9	11
Western Sydney Wanderers	6	3	0	3	9	8	+1	9
Central Coast Mariners	8	1	1	6	5	19	−14	4
Brisbane Roar	4	1	0	3	4	8	−4	3
Sydney FC	6	0	3	3	3	9	−6	3
Newcastle Jets	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
Total	44	13	7	24	40	74	−34	40

Saudi Premier League

Against Saudi clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Western Sydney Wanderers	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Total	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4

K-League

Against South Korean clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Adelaide United	9	4	2	3	9	7	+2	14
Melbourne Victory	12	1	7	4	12	15	−3	10
Western Sydney Wanderers	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2	9
Sydney FC	4	2	1	1	3	3	0	7
Newcastle Jets	3	2	0	1	3	6	−3	6
Central Coast Mariners	8	1	3	4	4	12	−8	6
Brisbane Roar	4	0	2	2	6	9	−3	2
Total	46	12	18	16	43	56	−13	51

Thai Premier League

Against Thai clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Melbourne Victory	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
Brisbane Roar	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Total	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7

Uzbek League

Against Uzbek clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Adelaide United	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	8
Total	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	8

V-League

Against Vietnamese clubs
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Adelaide United	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9	12
Total	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9	12

Records

Best Finish: Western Sydney Wanderers 2014, Champions
Worst Finish: PO - Brisbane Roar 2013, Central Coast Mariners 2015, Adelaide United 2016
Biggest Crowd: Melbourne Victory vs Gamba Osaka 26,857 29 April 2008
Best Result: Western Sydney Wanderers 2014, 5–0 vs Guizhou Renhe
Worst result: Newcastle Jets 2009, 0–6 vs Pohang Steelers
Most Appearances: 5 - Adelaide United (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016), Central Coast Mariners (2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015), Melbourne Victory (2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016)

Top scorers

As of 24 May 2016 (not including qualifying rounds). Club lists clubs for which Champions League goals were scored.

Rank	Footballer	Club	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2014	2015	2016	Total
1	Travis Dodd	Adelaide United	4	3		1						8
2	Kevin Muscat	Melbourne Victory		2		1	3					6
2	Besart Berisha	Brisbane Roar Melbourne Victory						2			4	6
4	Mark Bridge	Sydney FC Western Sydney Wanderers					1		2	2		5
4	Tomi Juric	Western Sydney Wanderers							4	1		5
6	Steve Corica	Sydney FC	4									4
	Diego	Adelaide United		4
	Robert Cornthwaite	Adelaide United		2		2
	Danny Allsopp	Melbourne Victory		3			1
10	Fernando	Adelaide United	3									3
	Sasho Petrovski	Newcastle Jets			3
	Bruno Cazarine	Sydney FC					3
	Adam Kwasnik	Central Coast Mariners			2			1
	Bruce Djite	Adelaide United	1	1				1
	Sergio van Dijk	Adelaide United				2		1
	Labinot Haliti	Western Sydney Wanderers							3
	Shannon Cole	Western Sydney Wanderers							3
	Kosta Barbarouses	Melbourne Victory							2		1

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