Indian football clubs in Asian competitions

AFC Champions League Elite/AFC Champions League/Asian Club Championship/Asian Champion Club Tournament

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Year	Team	Progress	Score	Opponents	Venue(s)
Asian Champion Club Tournament1
1967	Railways	Semi-finals	w/o	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Withdrew due to excessive travel costs
1969	Mysore State	Fourth Place	0–2	Toyo Kogyo	National Stadium, Bangkok
1970	Bengal	3rd in Group Stage	N/A	Hapoel Tel Aviv PSMS Medan Royal Thai Police
1971	Punjab	4th in Group Stage	N/A	Bangkok Bank Maccabi Tel Aviv Aliyat Al-Shorta
1972–84	The tournament was not held
Asian Club Championship2
1985	East Bengal	3rd in Group Semi's	N/A	Al-Ahli Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian
1986	None Entered
1987	Mohun Bagan	2nd in Group Stage	N/A	Al-Rasheed Dhaka Mohammedan Manang Marsyangdi PAF
1988–89	Mohun Bagan	4th in Group Semi's	N/A	Al-Rasheed Guangdong Wanbao Kazma
1989–90	Salgaocar	2nd in Group Stage	N/A	Fanja Punjab Kathmandu
1990–91	Salgaocar	2nd in Group Stage	N/A	Dhaka Mohammedan Club Lagoons
1991	None Entered
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95	Mohun Bagan	2nd Round	0–7	Thai Farmers Bank	0–4 in Thailand 0–3 (w/o) as Mohun Bagan refused to travel
1995	Mohun Bagan	1st Round	2–2	Club Valencia	2–1 in First Match 0–1 in Second Match
1996–97	JCT	2nd Round	1–2	New Radiant	1–0 in First Match 0–2 in Second Match
1997–98	Churchill Brothers	1st Round	1–2	Cao su Đồng Tháp	0–1 in First Match 1–1 in Second Match
1998–99	East Bengal	1st Round	0–6	Dalian Wanda	0–6 in First Match 0–0 in Second Match
1999–00	Mohun Bagan	2nd Round	0–8	Júbilo Iwata	0–8 at Yamaha Stadium, Iwata cancelled as Mohun Bagan refused to host
2000–01	None Entered
2001–02
AFC Champions League
2002–03	Churchill Brothers	Qualifying Round 3	4–7	Osotsapa	1–1 Home 3–6 Away
	Mohun Bagan	Qualifying Round 3	1–8	Daejeon Citizen	6–0 Away 1–2 Home
2004	None Entered
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009	Dempo	Play-off round	0–3	Sharjah	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
2010	Churchill Brothers	Qualifying play-off	2–5	Al-Wahda	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
2011	Dempo	Qualifying play-off	0–2	Al-Sadd	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
2012	None Entered
2013
2014	Pune	Qualifying play-off Round 1	0–3	Hà Nội T&T	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune
2015	Bengaluru	Preliminary Round 1	1–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
2016	Mohun Bagan	Preliminary Round 2	0–6	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Jinan
2017	Bengaluru	Preliminary Round 2	1–2	Al-Wehdat	King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman
2018	Aizawl	Play-off round	1–3	Zob Ahan	Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan
2019	Minerva Punjab	Preliminary Round 2	0–4	Saipa	Shahr-e Qods Stadium, Qods
2020	Chennai City	Preliminary Round 1	0–1	Al-Riffa	The Arena, Ahmedabad
2021	Goa	3rd in Group Stage	N/A	Persepolis Al-Rayyan Al-Wahda	Fatorda Stadium, Margao
2022	Mumbai City	2nd in Group Stage	N/A	Al Shabab Al Jazira Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
2023–24	Mumbai City	4th in Group Stage	N/A	Al Hilal Navbahor Nassaji Mazandaran	Various
AFC Champions League Elite
2024–25	Not Eligible
2025–26
2026–27

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¹ Santosh Trophy winners entered tournament.
² Federation Cup winners entered tournament.

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

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Year	Team	Progress	Score	Opponents	Venue(s)
1990–91	Mohun Bagan	First Round	0–5	Dalian	0–1 in First leg 0–4 in Second leg
1991–92	East Bengal	Quarterfinals	1–7	Nissan	1–3 in First leg 0–4 in Second leg
1992–93	Mohammedan	First Round	w/o1	Fanja	Withdrew
1993–94	East Bengal	Second Round	1–5	South China	0–1 in First leg 1–4 in Second leg
1994–95	East Bengal	First Round	w/o2	Telephone Org. Thailand	1–4 in First leg Withdrew after first leg
1995–96	East Bengal	Second Round	2–3	New Radiant	0–3 in First leg 2–0 in Second leg
1996–97	None Entered
1997–98	East Bengal	Second Round	3–5	Verdy Kawasaki	2–5 in First leg 1–0 in Second leg
1998–99	Salgaocar	First Round	1–4	Beijing Guoan	1–0 in First leg 0–4 in Second leg
1999–2000	None Entered
2000–01
2001–02

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¹ Mohammedan withdrew.
² East Bengal withdrew after first leg.

AFC Champions League Two/AFC Cup

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Year	Team	Progress	Score	Opponents	Venue(s)
AFC Cup1
2004	Mahindra United	3rd in Group Stage	N/A	Al-Wahda Dhofar
	East Bengal	Quarter finals	0–3	Al-Jaish	0–0 at Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata 0–3 at King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
2005	Dempo	3rd in Group Stage	N/A	Al-Hussein Al Ahed
	East Bengal	3rd in Group Stage	N/A	Al-Faisaly Nebitçi Balkanabat Muktijoddha Sangsad KS
2006	Dempo	2nd in Group Stage	N/A	Al-Nasr Merv Mary
	Mahindra United	3rd in Group Stage	N/A	Al-Muharraq Al Ahed Brothers Union
2007	Mohun Bagan	2nd in Group Stage	N/A	Tampines Rovers Osotspa Pahang FA
	Mahindra United	Quarter-Final	4–5	Al-Nejmeh	1–2 at Fatorda Stadium, Margao 3–3 at Sports City Stadium, Beirut
2008	East Bengal	3rd in Group Stage	N/A	Safa Al-Wehdat Al-Ahli Club Sana'a
	Dempo	Semi-Final	1–5	Safa	0–1 at Sports City Stadium, Beirut 1–4 at Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad
2009	Mohun Bagan	4th in Group Stage	N/A	Al-Kuwait Al-Karamah Al-Wehdat
	Dempo	Round of 16	1–3	Al-Kuwait	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City
2010	East Bengal	4th in Group Stage	N/A	Al-Qadsia Al-Ittihad Al-Nejmeh
	Churchill Brothers	Round of 16	1–2	Al-Qadsia	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawally
2011	East Bengal	4th in Group Stage	N/A	Chonburi Persipura Jayapura South China AA
	Dempo	Round of 16	0–1	Duhok	Duhok Stadium, Duhok
2012	East Bengal	4th in Group Stage	N/A	Arbil Kazma Al-Oruba
	Salgaocar	4th in Group Stage	N/A	Al-Wehdat Neftchi Farg'ona Al-Oruba
2013	East Bengal	Semi-Final	2–7	Al-Kuwait	2–4 at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 0–3 at Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
	Churchill Brothers	3rd in Group Stage	N/A	Kitchee Semen Padang Warriors
2014	Churchill Brothers	Round of 16	2–4	Vissai Ninh Bình
	Pune	4th in Group Stage	N/A	Kitchee Nay Pyi Taw Tampines Rovers
2015	Bengaluru	Round of 16	0–2	South China	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
	East Bengal	3rd in Group Stage	N/A	Johor Darul Ta'zim Kitchee Balestier Khalsa
2016	Mohun Bagan	Round of 16	1–2	Tampines Rovers	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
	Bengaluru	Runners-Up	0–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah
2017	Bengaluru	Inter-zone play-off final	2–3	Istiklol	0–1 at Central Stadium, Dushanbe 2–2 at Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
	Mohun Bagan	3rd in Group stage	N/A	Bengaluru Dhaka Abahani Maziya S&RC
2018	Aizawl	4th in Group stage	N/A	Bengaluru Dhaka Abahani New Radiant
	Bengaluru	Inter-zone play-off semi-final	2–5	Altyn Asyr	2–3 at Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru 0–2 at Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat
2019	Minerva Punjab	3rd in Group stage	N/A	Chennaiyin Dhaka Abahani Manang Marshyangdi Club
	Chennaiyin	2nd in Group stage	N/A	Minerva Punjab Dhaka Abahani Manang Marshyangdi Club
2020	Chennai City	Group Stage	Cancelled	Bashundhara Kings Maziya T.C. Sports Club	Season suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic
	Bengaluru	Play-off	4–4 (3–4 p)	Maziya	2–1 at National Football Stadium, Malé 3–2 at Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
2021	ATK Mohun Bagan	Inter-zone play-off semi-final	0–6	Nasaf	Markaziy Stadium, Qarshi
	Bengaluru	3rd in Group Stage	N/A	ATK Mohun Bagan Bashundhara Kings Maziya	National Football Stadium, Malé
2022	Gokulam Kerala	4th in Group Stage	N/A	Bashundhara Kings Maziya ATK Mohun Bagan	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
	ATK Mohun Bagan	Inter-zone play-off semi-final	1–3	Kuala Lumpur City	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
2023–24	Odisha	Inter-zone play-off semi-final	0–4	Central Coast Mariners	0–4 at Central Coast Stadium, Gosford 0–0 at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
	Mohun Bagan SG	3rd in Group stage	N/A	Bashundhara Kings Maziya Odisha
AFC Champions League Two
2024–25	Mohun Bagan SG	Group stage	N/A	Ravshan Kulob Al-Wakrah Tractor	Withdrawn after failing to appear for their fixture
	East Bengal	Qualifying playoff	2–3	Altyn Asyr	2–3 at Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
2025–26	Mohun Bagan SG	Group stage	N/A	Sepahan Al-Hussein Ahal	Withdrawn after failing to appear for their fixture
	Goa	4th in Group stage	N/A	Al-Nassr Al-Zawraa Istiklol
2026–27	East Bengal
	Goa

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AFC Challenge League/AFC President's Cup

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Year	Team	Progress	Score	Opponents	Venue(s)
AFC President's Cup1
2005	None Entered
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
AFC Challenge League
2024–25	East Bengal	Quarterfinals	1–3	Arkadag	0–1 at Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata 1–2 at Arkadag Stadium, Arkadag
2025–26	None Entered

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AFC Women's Champions League/AFC Women's Club Championship

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Year	Team	Progress	Score	Opponents	Venue(s)
AFC Women's Club Championship1
2019	None Entered
2021	Gokulam Kerala2	Third place	N/A	Amman Shahrdari Sirjan Bunyodkor	Aqaba Development Corporate Stadium, Amman
2022	Gokulam Kerala	Group stage	N/A	Bam Khatoon Sogdiana Orthodox	Markaziy Stadium, Qarshi Could not participate due to AIFF suspension
2023	Gokulam Kerala	2nd in Group Stage	N/A	Urawa Red Diamonds Hualien Bangkok	Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
AFC Women's Champions League
2024–25	Odisha	4th in Main Group Stage	N/A	Taichung Blue Whale Urawa Red Diamonds Hồ Chí Minh City	Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City
2025–26	East Bengal	3rd in Main Group Stage	N/A	Wuhan Jiangda Nasaf Bam Khatoon	Tazihu Football Training Centre, Wuhan
2026–27	East Bengal

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SAFF Club Championship

SAFF Club Women's Championship

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Year	Team	Progress	Score	Opponents	Venue(s)
SAFF Women's Club Championship1
2025	East Bengal	1st in Group Stage & Playoffs : Champion	N/A	APF Nasrin Transport United Karachi City	Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

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Invitational competitions won by Indian clubs/teams

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Clubs/teams	Tournaments	Confederation	Countries	Years	Notes
Indian Army	Tribhuvan Challenge Shield	AFC	Nepal	1955, 1956	[3]
Mohammedan Sporting	Aga Khan Gold Cup	AFC	Bangladesh	1960	[4]
Birpur XI	Tribhuvan Challenge Shield	AFC	Nepal	1967	[3]
Brothers Club Kerala	Tribhuvan Challenge Shield	AFC	Nepal	1969	[3]
Bangalore XI	Tribhuvan Challenge Shield	AFC	Nepal	1982	[3]
Punjab Electricity Board	Tribhuvan Challenge Shield	AFC	Nepal	1984	[3]
Darjeeling United	Birthday Cup	AFC	Nepal	1985	[3]
East Bengal	Central Asia Champions' Cup	AFC	Sri Lanka	1985	[5]
East Bengal	Wai Wai Cup	AFC	Nepal	1993	[6]
Kerala SC	POMIS Cup	AFC	Maldives	1993	[7]
Belgeria SC	Budha Subba Gold Cup	AFC	Nepal	1999	[3]
East Bengal	ASEAN Club Championship	AFC	Indonesia	2003	[8]
Mahindra United	POMIS Cup	AFC	Maldives	2003	[9]
East Bengal	San Miguel International Cup	AFC	Nepal	2004	[10]

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Head to head (men's)

Head-to-head records against clubs form 35 nations whom they have played to date only in AFC Competitions.

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Against	Region	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	%Win
Australia	AFF	2	0	1	1	0	4	−4	000.00
Bangladesh	SAFF	35	16	11	8	57	33	+24	045.71
Bahrain	WAFF	7	1	2	4	4	10	−6	014.29
Bhutan	SAFF	6	4	2	0	19	3	+16	066.67
China	EAFF	9	1	1	7	1	29	−28	011.11
Hong Kong	EAFF	17	4	5	8	23	32	−9	023.53
Indonesia	AFF	12	1	4	7	10	23	−13	008.33
Iran	CAFA	7	1	0	6	5	18	−13	014.29
Iraq	WAFF	14	4	0	10	11	27	−16	028.57
Israel	–	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	000.00
Japan	EAFF	7	1	0	6	4	39	−35	014.29
Jordan	WAFF	14	4	0	10	16	36	−20	028.57
Kuwait	WAFF	14	0	1	13	12	49	−37	000.00
Laos	AFF	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Lebanon	WAFF	17	3	4	10	18	35	−17	017.65
Malaysia	AFF	14	5	2	7	19	23	−4	035.71
Maldives	SAFF	46	33	4	9	111	49	+62	071.74
Myanmar	AFF	7	4	3	0	20	12	+8	057.14
Nepal	SAFF	14	10	4	0	49	11	+38	071.43
Oman	WAFF	11	5	0	6	19	20	−1	045.45
North Korea	EAFF	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	050.00
Pakistan	SAFF	5	4	1	0	16	1	+15	080.00
Philippines	AFF	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Qatar	WAFF	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Saudi Arabia	WAFF	7	0	0	7	2	25	−23	000.00
Singapore	AFF	25	13	4	8	22	31	−9	052.00
Syria	WAFF	10	1	2	7	5	21	−16	010.00
South Korea	EAFF	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	000.00
Sri Lanka	SAFF	10	8	1	1	24	6	+18	080.00
Tajikistan	CAFA	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	000.00
Thailand	AFF	10	2	4	4	12	23	−11	020.00
Turkmenistan	CAFA	10	2	1	7	20	23	−3	020.00
Chinese Taipei	EAFF	1	1	0	0	0	4	−4	100.00
United Arab Emirates	WAFF	6	0	2	4	2	11	−9	000.00
Uzbekistan	CAFA	8	0	1	7	3	32	−29	000.00
Vietnam	AFF	10	3	2	5	12	15	−3	030.00
Yemen	WAFF	8	4	1	3	9	10	−1	050.00
Cambodia	AFF	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Total	36 nations	376	136	66	174	555	685	−130	036.17

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• Last Updated on 27 November 2025.

Top scorers

As of 30 June 2019

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Pos	Player	Team	ACL2/AC	ACL/ACC	ACWC	Total
1	Ranti Martins	Dempo East Bengal	22 [11] [12] [13]	—	—	22
2	Sunil Chhetri	Churchill Brothers Bengaluru FC	18 [14][15]	1	—	19
3	Bhaichung Bhutia	East Bengal JCT Mohun Bagan	4 [16] [17] [18]	2	8	14
4	Sisir Ghosh	Mohun Bagan	—	11	2	13
	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Mohun Bagan	12 [19]	1 [19]	—	13
6	Beto	Dempo	12 [11][12]	—	—	12
7	Chidi Edeh	Dempo East Bengal	9 [12] [20]	—	—	9
8	Debasish Roy	East Bengal	—	8	—	8
9	Carlton Chapman	East Bengal JCT	—	1	5	6
	Cristiano Junior	East Bengal	6 [16]	—	—	6
	Sony Norde	Mohun Bagan	6[21]	—	—	6
	Yusif Yakubu	Mahindra United East Bengal	6[11][18]	—	—	6

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