August 26 – Urawa Red Diamonds goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa was the hero for the Japanese side as they overcame Korea’s Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in a penalty shoot-out to qualify for the Asian Champions League final.
August 26 – The AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar generated more than $392 million in global media value and over 213.9 million impressions were generated by sponsors’ specific social media posts.
August 25 – Iranian clubs will continue to be denied entry to the AFC Champions League until the Iranian FA changes its club licensing criteria to be complaint with the regional confederation’s rules.
August 25 – The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has asked FIFA to lift the federation’s suspension after control over day-to-day affairs was returned to the ruling body.
August 24 – The AFC has rescheduled its 7th Medical Conference Qatar 2022, that was postponed due to Covid-19 challenges, to 2-6 March 2023 in Doha.
August 23 – Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds will take on Korea’s Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in the AFC Champions League 2022 (East) semi-final on Thursday (August 25) Saitama.
August 22 – On Saturday the AFC Women’s Football Committee were reinforcing their commitment to the foundations of the women’s club game at their fifth meeting held in Chonburi, Thailand.
August 21 – The AFC Champions League 2022 (East) quarter-finalist draw has pitched Japan’s Vissel Kobe against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of the Korea Republic. while Urawa Red Diamonds, also from Japan, will meet BG Pathum United of Thailand.
August 19 – Japan’s Vissel Kobe and Korea’s Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors qualified for the quarter finals of the AFC Champions League in Saitama, both winning hard fought ties against rivals from their domestic leagues.
August 16 – The AFC Champions League swings back into action on Thursday (August 18) with East zone knockout rounds centralised in in Saitama, Japan.
August 12 – The Asian Football Confederation has expanded its Women’s Club Championship 2022 to six clubs from six different nations in the first pilot of the competition that covers the whole of Asia.
August 9 – Covid-19 has once more thrown Chinese football in disarray with matches in the Chinese Super League (CSL) needing to be rescheduled in Haikou, the capital of China’s island province Hainan, due to an outbreak of the coronavirus.
August 5 – The AFC Cup 2022 enters the knockout stage early next week with 12 clubs competing for a place in the final on October 22.
August 2 – The AFC has unveiled more detail of its new club competition calendar, taking effect in full from 2023, as it transitions away from its current Spring-Autumn calendar year season to following the Autumn-Spring calendar of the European season.
The AFC Champions League 2023/24 will open with the Preliminary Stage 1 on August 8, 2023, with the Group Stage being played from September 18 to December 13, 2023, and with a return to home and away fixtures rather than playing at the centralised venues.
August 1 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has outlined a four-stage qualification format for the expanded 2026 World Cup which will see eight Asian teams qualify directly for the 48-team edition, and a further AFC nation in the inter-continental play-offs.