I know the AFC Champions League is not that well known and maybe in Asia itself it is not the main choice when there are matches from European leagues running at the same time as matches in this tournament, also the leagues in Asia are not well known except for the Saudi Pro league with lots of expensive players in the Japanese League it's also quite competitive, so many people won't know which clubs are the favorites in this tournament, because even though the Saudi Pro League is famous at the moment, there are definitely other teams that are better and favorites to win, maybe you could include a link to the list of top teams in this competition, and I really appreciate it because searching on google hasn't found it.
I understand that competitions in mainland Asia are not very well known, and perhaps not many friends here follow the news developments. However, when a big influence comes from the Saudi league which brings in several famous European players, the AFC Champions League will definitely start to be highlighted by many media. The top teams in this competition are dominated by Korean, Japanese and Saudi Arabian teams. But when it comes to winning the most AFC Champions League titles, it is led by Al-Hilal (KSA) with 4 titles, Pohang Steelers (KOR) with 3 titles, and Urawa Red Diamonds (JPN) with 3 titles too. However, there are other top teams such as Jeonbuk, Ulsan, and Al-Ittihad which are also frequent champions and strong teams in this competition.
In addition, you can find out more about the AFC Champions League through this source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Champions_LeagueAnd thank you for giving me advice.
It looks like the club representatives from each country isn't equal. Some have 4 while others have just 1 or 2 so what's the AFC CL's policy here?
Actually, I still don't really understand the existing policies, but if I quote from existing sources, this system has been in place since 2002.
Similar to Europe, Asia also has two levels of competition between clubs, the Asian Champions League and the AFC Cup. However, the relationship between the Asian Champions League and the AFC Cup is different from the relationship between the European Champions League and the Europa League.
No club was eliminated from the Asian Champions League and then continued on to the AFC Cup. The system for distributing places for country representatives sent to these two competitions is also different. Not all countries have a place in the Champions League or AFC Cup. Some countries can only send representatives to the Asian Champions League, some can only send both, while others can only go to the AFC.
This system was born in September 2002. At that time the AFC had a new chairman, Mohammed Bin Hammam. The new chairman of the AFC brought a vision for the development of Asian football which was later named, Vision Asia. This new vision became an ambitious project initiated by Bin Hammam to later become the basis for developing Asian football for 10 years.
Here's the complete article:
https://www.panditfootball.com/cerita/172476/ABI/150228/beberapa-hal-yang-jarang-diketahui-dari-sistem-kompetisi-antar-klub-asia
