2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship
Third edition of the ASEAN Club Championship
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The 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship (or the 2024–25 ACC), known as the 2024–25 Shopee Cup due to sponsorship reasons,[1] was the third edition of the ASEAN Club Championship, an international football competition between clubs affiliated with the ASEAN Football Federation.[2][3] It was the first competition since 2005.[4] The revival of the ASEAN Club Championship was proposed to the Asian Football Confederation in 2019,[5] but was hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] A further attempt to resurrect the competition was made in 2023,[7] but that was cancelled due to overlapping competition schedules from other competitions (2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round and 2023 AFC Asian Cup).[8]
Competition proper:
21 August 2024 – 21 May 2025
Total (maximum): 14 (from 10 associations)
Buriram United (1st title)
Cong An Hanoi| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Qualifying: 17 – 24 July 2024 Competition proper: 21 August 2024 – 21 May 2025 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 12 Total (maximum): 14 (from 10 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Buriram United (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Cong An Hanoi |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 36 |
| Goals scored | 115 (3.19 per match) |
| Attendance | 216,642 (6,018 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Lucas Crispim (Buriram United) Léo Artur (Cong An Hanoi) 6 goals each |
| Best player | Lucas Crispim (Buriram United) |
| Best young player | Ilhan Fandi (BG Pathum United) |
| Best goalkeeper | Chatchai Budprom (Buriram United) |
2025–26 → | |
The tournament was launched on 4 April 2024, with games played from 17 July 2024 to 21 May 2025.[9] Osmar Loss's Buriram United defeated Alexandré Pölking's Cong An Hanoi 3–2 on penalties (5–5 after extra time by aggregate) in the final, which was held at the both Hàng Đẫy Stadium, in Hanoi, Vietnam and Chang Arena, in Buriram, Thailand, to win their first ASEAN Club Championship title. As winners of the ASEAN Club Championship, Buriram United automatically qualified for the 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship group stage. Buriram United became the first Thai side to win the ASEAN Club Championship.[10][11] Tampines Rovers were the defending champions of the previous edition, but they failed to qualify after being eliminated by Lion City Sailors from the 2023 Singapore Cup.
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.[9]
| Participation for 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship | |
|---|---|
| Participating | |
| Not participating | |
Teams
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- Notes
- ^ Indonesia (IDN): Persija, the 2022–23 Liga 1 runners-up, initially qualified but declined to participate. Thus, their spot was given to Borneo, the 2023–24 Liga 1 regular series winners.[15]
- ^ Malaysia (MAS): Johor Darul Ta'zim, the 2023 Malaysia Super League champions, qualified but declined to participate.[9]
- ^ Singapore (SGP): Albirex Niigata (S), the 2023 Singapore Premier League champions, are a satellite team of a Japanese club and thus ineligible to represent Singapore in the ACC. As a result, Lion City Sailors, the 2023 Singapore Cup winners, qualified instead.[9]
Prize money
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[17]
| Stage | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying stage | Qualifying play-off | 9 May 2024 | 17 July 2024 | 24 July 2024 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 21–22 August 2024 | ||
| Matchday 2 | 25–26 September 2024 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 8–9 January 2025 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 22–23 January 2025 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 5–6 February 2025 | |||
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | 2 April 2025 | 30 April & 7 May 2025 | |
| Finals | 14 May 2025 | 21 May 2025 | ||
Qualifying play-offs
Four teams from four member associations competed for two of the twelve berths in the competition proper.[9]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Young Elephants  |
3–8 |  Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng |
2–3 | 1–5 |
Kasuka  |
2–4 |  Shan United |
1–1 | 1–3 |
Group stage
At the draw on 9 May 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, twelve teams were drawn into two groups of six. Teams from the same association could not be placed in the same group.[17] The group stage will be a single round-robin format, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semi-finals.[9]
Red: Group A; 
Yellow: Group BGroup A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BGP | PSM | PKS | TNG | DOA | SHU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BG Pathum United |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 11 | Advance to Semi-finals | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | ||||
| 2 |  PSM Makassar |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | |||||
| 3 | Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7[a] | 0–1 | 4–2 | ||||||
| 4 |  Terengganu |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 7[a] | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | |||||
| 5 | Dong A Thanh Hoa |
5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | 0–0 | 3–1 | ||||||
| 6 | Shan United |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 0 | 1–4 | 0–5 |
- Ranked on head-to-head points: Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng (3); Terengganu (0).
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CAH | BUR | KLC | BOR | LCS | KAY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cong An Hanoi |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 15 | Advance to Semi-finals | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | ||||
| 2 | Buriram United |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 10 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | |||||
| 3 | Kuala Lumpur City |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6[a] | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||||
| 4 | Borneo |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 6[a] | 3–0 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 5 |  Lion City Sailors |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 6 |  Kaya–Iloilo |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
- Ranked on head-to-head points: Kuala Lumpur City (3); Borneo (0).
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| A2 | PSM Makassar
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| B1 | Cong An Hanoi
| 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| B1 | Cong An Hanoi
| 2 | 3 | 5 (2) | |||||||||
| B2 | Buriram United (p)
| 2 | 3 | 5 (3) | |||||||||
| B2 | Buriram United
| 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| A1 | BG Pathum United
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSM Makassar |
1–2 | Cong An Hanoi |
1–0 | 0–2 |
| Buriram United |
3–1 | BG Pathum United |
3–1 | 0–0 |
Final
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cong An Hanoi |
5–5 (2–3 p) | Buriram United |
2–2 | 3–3 (a.e.t.) |
Season statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Team | MD1 | MD2 | MD3 | MD4 | MD5 | SF1 | SF2 | F1 | F2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Lucas Crispim |
Buriram United |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Léo Artur |
Cong An Hanoi |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Safawi Rasid |
Terengganu |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| 4 | Raniel |
BG Pathum United |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Lê Văn Đô |
Cong An Hanoi |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 Nermin Haljeta |
PSM Makassar |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Moussa Bakayoko |
Shan United |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Manny Ott |
Terengganu |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Akhyar Rashid |
Terengganu |
1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 10 | Guilherme Bissoli |
Buriram United |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Alan Grafite |
Cong An Hanoi |
1 | 1 | 1 |
- Note
- Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs are not counted when determining top scorer