2024–25 AFC Champions League Two
The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two was the 21st edition of the Asia's second-tier club football tournament, organized by the Asian Football Confederation and first since it was rebranded as the AFC Champions League Two.
Central Coast Mariners were the reigning champions, but they were unable to defend their title as they participated in the AFC Champions League Elite league stage instead.
This was the first season using a revised format. It featured 32 teams in the group stage. The final was played on 18 May 2025 at the Bishan Stadium in Singapore.
Sharjah won the competition for the first time. As winners, they would have qualified for the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite, but they had already qualified through their domestic performance.
Association team allocation
The associations were allocated slots according to their club competitions ranking, which was published after the 2022 competitions were completed.;Notes
Teams
The number of appearances and last appearance include the AFC Cup as the predecessor of the AFC Champions League Two.| Team | Qualifying method | |
| Shabab Al-Ahli | 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying round losers | 1st |
| Sepahan | 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying round losers | 1st |
| Al-Taawoun | 2023–24 Saudi Pro League fourth place | 1st |
| Al-Wakrah | 2023–24 Qatar Stars League fourth place | 1st |
| Tractor | 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League fourth place | 1st |
| Sharjah | 2023–24 UAE Pro League fourth place | 1st |
| Nasaf | 2023 Uzbekistan Cup winners 2023 Uzbekistan Super League runners-up | 4th |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2023–24 Iraq Stars League runners-up | 4th |
![]() ScheduleThe schedule of the competition is as follows. All matches are being played on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, apart from the final which takes place on Sunday.Qualifying play-offsThe bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region was determined based on each team's association ranking and their seeding within their association, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same tie. The two winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 30 direct entrants, while losers of the qualifying play-offs entered the group stage of the 2024–25 AFC Challenge League.---- Top scorers;Note
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