2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite
The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite was the 43rd edition of Asia's premier club football tournament, organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and the first since it was rebranded as the AFC Champions League Elite. The revamped format, along with the rebranding, saw 24 teams playing eight games against different opponents in the brand new league phase.
The finals was played in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 25 April to 3 May 2025. The tournament winner, Al-Ahli, qualified for the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup. Additionally, they entered the league stage of the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite, as they had not qualified through domestic performance.
Al-Ain were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the league stage.
Association team allocation
The associations were allocated slots according to their club competitions ranking which was published after the 2022 competitions were completed.Teams
In the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count since the 2002–03 season, when the competition was rebranded as the AFC Champions League.;Notes
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows. All matches were played on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, apart from the quarter-finals and final. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final were played at a centralised venue in Jeddah.;Notes
Qualifying play-offs
The two winners of the play-off round advanced to the league stage to join the 22 direct entrants. The losers of the qualifying play-offs entered the group stage of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two.League stage
West Region
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East Region
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Knockout stage
Round of 16
A total of 16 teams qualified for the knockout stage, with eight teams in each region.Finals
The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, all as single-legged ties, were held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 25 April to 3 May 2025.Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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;Note- Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs and matches voided by AFC are not counted when determining top scorer