October 5 – Persepolis became the first team to reach the final of this season’s Asian Champions League after defeating Al Nassr from Saudi Arabia on penalties in the last four.
October 1 – Iranian giants Persepolis will face a rejuvenated Al Nassr from Saudi Arabia in the semi-finals of the Western Zone of the Asian Champions League.
September 28 – The AFC Champions League has reached the quarter final stage in the West Zone with Al Nassr drawn against Al Ahli Saudi FC in an all-Saudi Arabia tie while Iranian giants Persepolis face Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan in the other quarter final.
September 24 – Defending champions Al Hilal have been booted out of the Asian Champions League for naming only 11 players for their final group game with Shabab Al Ahli Dubai after a massive Covid-19 outbreak struck at the heart of the playing staff.
January 22 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed it is moving two Asian Champions League preliminary matches out of Iran to neutral venues because of security concerns, a move that has infuriated Iranian authorities.
November 11 – Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal will take a one-goal advantage into the second leg of the AFC Champions League final in Japan in two weeks against Urawa Red Diamonds.
August 28 – Asian Champions League focus was in Saudi Arabia yesterday as three Saudi clubs competed in the West Asian quarter finals of the competition. The fourth club battling for a semi-final spot was from Qatar.
May 8 – The enmity of the economic blockade of Qatar by Saudi Arabia has spilled over on to the football pitch again with the AFC this time forced to intervene over the behaviour of Venezuelan striker Gelmin Rivas in an Asian Champions League group game for Qatar’s Al Rayyan SC against Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad.
February 5 – The Asian Cup may only have just finished, but there is little respite for Asia’s players as the qualifiers for this year’s AFC Asian Champions League, the continent’s premier club competition, get underway today.
October 3 – Kashima Antlers and Iranian giants Persepolis moved one step closer to an AFC Champions League title showdown after both sides earned narrow victories in the first leg of their respective semi-finals.
September 19 – Suwon Samsung Bluewings held their nerve to beat fellow South Korean side Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors on penalties and progress through to the last four of the AFC Champions League following an enthralling quarter-final victory on Wednesday.
August 29 – Al Duhail and Kashima Antlers both secured vital wins on Tuesday as the first legs of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League quarter-finals continued across the continent.
August 28 – Al Sadd took a major step towards the semi-finals of the 2018 AFC Champions League after two goals from Baghdad Bounedjah secured the Qatari side a 3-1 comeback win over Iran’s Esteghlal in the first leg of the competition’s quarter-finals on Monday.
May 23 – The quarter-final ties for this season’s Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League and the fixtures for the next phase of the AFC Cup were all confirmed on Wednesday.
March 5 – Just days after the head of Asian football, Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa, called on FIFA to lift its ban on Iraq being allowed to host competitive international matches, two Asian Champions League games have been postponed until April in the hope that FIFA heeds the request.