Iranian football clubs in the AFC Champions League

The Persian Gulf Pro League clubs in the AFC Champions League.This details the participation and performances in the competition since its based at 2002 as a result of the merger between the Asian Club Championship, the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the Asian Super Cup.

Participations

GS : Group Stage, R16 : Round of 16, QF : Quarter-Finals, SF : Semi-Finals, RU : Runners-Up, W : Winners, TBD : To Be Decided

Team	Qualified	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023-24
Sepahan	14 times	-	GS	GS	-	RU	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	GS	GS	-	GS	-	-	-	GS	-	GS	TBD
Esteghlal	12 times	GS	-	-	-	DQ	-	GS	R16	GS	R16	SF	GS	-	-	R16	QF	GS	R16	R16	DQ	-
Persepolis	11 times	GS	-	-	-	-	-	R16	-	GS	R16	-	-	R16	-	SF	RU	GS	RU	QF	DQ	TBD
Zob Ahan	7 times	-	GS	-	-	-	-	-	RU	QF	-	-	-	-	R16	GS	R16	R16	-	-	-	-
Tractor Sazi	6 times	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	GS	GS	GS	R16	-	GS	-	-	R16	-	-
Foolad	5 times	-	-	-	GS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	R16	GS	-	-	-	-	-	GS	QF	-
Saba Battery	2 times	-	-	-	GS	-	-	GS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
PAS Tehran	1 time	-	-	QF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saipa	1 time	-	-	-	-	-	QF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mes Kerman	1 time	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	R16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Naft Tehran	1 time	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	QF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 time	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	R16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shahr Khodro	1 time	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	GS	-	-	-
Nassaji Mazandaran	1 time	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	TBD

Statistics

Statistics by club

Main page: Template:All-time AFC Champions League table

This table includes results beyond group stage of the AFC Champions League through 2002/03 season, therefore:

• It does not include the old Asian Club Championship
• It does not include Qualifying rounds

As of 26 October 2023 (After 2023-2024 week 3 Group Stage)

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Best Finish
1	Sepahan	91	40	18	33	131	116	+15	138	Runners-up
2	Persepolis	82	39	17	26	109	90	+19	134	Runners-up
3	Esteghlal	83	32	26	25	122	104	+18	122	Semi Finals
4	Zob Ahan	55	26	14	15	73	56	+17	92	Runners-up
5	Foolad	32	10	13	9	31	26	+5	43	Round of 16
6	Tractor Sazi	39	10	10	19	41	53	−12	40	Round of 16
7	Pas	8	5	3	0	16	8	+8	18	Quarter Finals
8	Saba	12	4	3	5	20	17	+3	15	Group Stage
9	Saipa	8	3	4	1	10	10	0	13	Quarter Finals
10	Naft Tehran	10	3	2	5	11	13	−2	11	Quarter Finals
11	Mes Kerman	7	3	0	4	13	14	−1	9	Round of 16
12	Esteghlal Khuzestan	8	2	3	3	8	9	−1	9	Round of 16
13	Nasaji Mazandaran	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3	TBD
14	Shahr Khodro	4	0	0	4	0	6	−6	0	Group Stage

Statistics by season

As of 1 Jan 2024 (Exclude Qualification)

#	Season	Teams	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	2003	2	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	9
2	2004	2	10	5	3	2	19	15	+4	18
3	2005	2	14	8	5	1	26	14	+12	29
4	2006	2	12	4	2	6	21	17	+4	14
5	2007	1	12	5	5	2	16	9	+7	20
6	2008	2	14	5	5	4	15	18	-3	20
7	2009	4	23	5	8	10	27	31	-4	23
8	2010	4	32	16	6	10	44	35	+9	54
9	2011	4	30	14	7	9	49	38	+11	49
10	2012	3	26	13	6	7	39	24	+15	45
11	2013	3	25	11	5	9	41	38	+3	38
12	2014	4	28	9	8	11	33	28	+5	35
13	2015	4	31	11	6	14	29	38	-9	39
14	2016	3	22	10	3	9	29	24	+5	33
15	2017	4	32	12	11	9	41	40	+1	47
16	2018	4	39	15	10	14	48	50	-2	55
17	2019	3	24	10	6	8	35	29	+6	36
18	2020	4	29	11	6	12	36	29	+7	39
19	2021	4	29	13	8	8	42	28	+14	47
20	2022	2	14	6	4	4	14	15	-1	22
21	2023	3	18	7	3	8	28	23	+5	24
#	Total	64	470	193	117	160	642	552	+90	696

Finals

Performance by clubs

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Persepolis	0	2		2018 ، 2020
Sepahan	0	1		2007
Zob Ahan	0	1		2010

Top scorers

Bold Active in Iranian league teams

Footballer	Club	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Total
Ali Alipour	Persepolis																5	3	2		10
Morteza Tabrizi	Zob Ahan Esteghlal														1	2	5	1			9
Mehdi Taremi	Persepolis													1		7					8
Kaveh Rezaei	Zob Ahan Esteghlal														2	6					8
Godwin Mensha	Persepolis															4	3				7
Mame Baba Thiam	Esteghlal																7				7
Issa Alekasir	Persepolis																		4	2	6
Cheick Diabate	Esteghlal																		1	5	6

Asian Club Championships (1967-2002)

1. 1969 Asian Champion Club Tournament: 2,1,1 / 8-3 +5
2. 1970 Asian Champion Club Tournament: 4,0,0 / 10-1 +9
3. 1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament: 3,1,2 / 10-8 +2
4. 1986 Asian Club Championship: 2,1,0 / 20-1 +19
5. 1988–89 Asian Club Championship: 1,0,1 / 6-4 +2
6. 1989–90 Asian Club Championship: 4,0,2 / 13-7 +6
7. 1990–91 Asian Club Championship: 5,0,2 / 11-4 +7
8. 1991 Asian Club Championship: 2,3,1 / 9-4 +5
9. 1992–93 Asian Club Championship: 3,1,2 / 8-6 +2
10. 1993–94 Asian Club Championship: 2,2,0 / 4-1 +3
11. 1994–95 Asian Club Championship: 0,2,0 / 3-3 0
12. 1995 Asian Club Championship: 3,2,2 / 6-5 +1
13. 1996–97 Asian Club Championship: 5,1,3 / 17-12 +5
14. 1997–98 Asian Club Championship: 3,2,2 / 6-7 -1
15. 1998–99 Asian Club Championship: 4,1,2 / 11-8 +3
16. 1999–2000 Asian Club Championship: 3,3,1 / 5-2 +3
17. 2000–01 Asian Club Championship: 5,3,1 / 19-8 +11
18. 2001–02 Asian Club Championship: 4,1,2 / 19-12 +7

Total: 103 M 55 W, 24 D, 24 L / 185-96 +89

Afro-Asian Club Championship

1993: 0,1,1 0-2 -2

Asian Super Cup

no match.

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

1. 1990–91 Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 4,2,0 / 15-2 +13
2. 1991–92 Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 0,2,0 / 1-1 0
3. 1992–93 Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 3,4,1 / 8-5 +3
4. 1993–94 Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 1,1,2 / 4-5 -1
5. 1994–95 Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 1,2,1 / 2-2 0
6. 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 1,2,1 / 4-4 0
7. 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 2,2,2 / 6-6 0
8. 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 0,1,1 / 2-3 -1
9. 1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 1,1,2 / 11-5 +6
10. 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 2,1,1 / 16-2 +14
11. 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 4,1,3 / 15-10 +5
12. 2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 0,2,0 / 2-2 0

Total: 54 M 19 W, 21 D, 14 L / 86-47 +39

References

• AFC Champions League Official website
• AFC Champions League on RSSSF