Asia’s top club title lineage: inaugurated in 1967 as the Asian Champion Club Tournament, continued as the Asian Club Championship from 1985–86, reformed as the AFC Champions League in 2002–03 and as the AFC Champions League Elite in 2024–25.
| Season | Asian club champion | Runner-up | Trophy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Al-Ahli SC | FC Machida Zelvia |  |
| 2024/25 | Al-Ahli SC | Kawasaki Frontale | |
| 2023/24 AFC Champions League | Al Ain FC | Yokohama F. Marinos |  |
| 2022 AFC Champions League | Urawa Red Diamonds | Al Hilal SFC | |
| 2021 AFC Champions League | Al Hilal SFC | Pohang Steelers | |
| 2020 AFC Champions League | Ulsan Hyundai | Persepolis FC | |
| 2019 AFC Champions League | Al Hilal SFC | Urawa Red Diamonds | |
| 2018 AFC Champions League | Kashima Antlers | Persepolis FC | |
| 2017 AFC Champions League | Urawa Red Diamonds | Al Hilal SFC | |
| 2016 AFC Champions League | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Al Ain FC | |
| 2015 AFC Champions League | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | Al Ahli Dubai | |
| 2014 AFC Champions League | Western Sydney Wanderers FC | Al Hilal SFC | |
| 2013 AFC Champions League | Guangzhou Evergrande | FC Seoul | |
| 2012 AFC Champions League | Ulsan Hyundai | Al-Ahli SC | |
| 2011 AFC Champions League | Al Sadd SC | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | |
| 2010 AFC Champions League | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | Zob Ahan Esfahan FC | |
| 2009 AFC Champions League | Pohang Steelers | Al-Ittihad Club | |
| 2008 AFC Champions League | Gamba Osaka | Adelaide United FC | |
| 2007 AFC Champions League | Urawa Red Diamonds | Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan | |
| 2006 AFC Champions League | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Al-Karamah SC | |
| 2005 AFC Champions League | Al-Ittihad Club | Al Ain FC | |
| 2004 AFC Champions League | Al-Ittihad Club | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | |
| 2002/03 AFC Champions League | Al Ain FC | BEC Tero Sasana | |
| 2001/02 Asian Club Championship | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Anyang LG Cheetahs |  |
| 2000/01 Asian Club Championship | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Júbilo Iwata | |
| 1999/2000 Asian Club Championship | Al Hilal SFC | Júbilo Iwata | |
| 1998/99 Asian Club Championship | Júbilo Iwata | Esteghlal FC | |
| 1997/98 Asian Club Championship | Pohang Steelers | Dalian Wanda | |
| 1996/97 Asian Club Championship | Pohang Atoms | Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma | |
| 1995 Asian Club Championship | Ilhwa Chunma | Al Nassr FC | |
| 1994/95 Asian Club Championship | Thai Farmers Bank FC | Al-Arabi SC | 1994–95 Asian Club Championship trophy not yet conclusively verified (Do you have a photo of this trophy? Please feel free to email us at info@fodb.cc.) |
| 1993/94 Asian Club Championship | Thai Farmers Bank FC | Oman Club |  |
| 1992/93 Asian Club Championship | PAS Tehran FC | Al Shabab FC | |
| 1991 Asian Club Championship | Al Hilal SFC | Esteghlal FC | |
| 1990/91 Asian Club Championship | Esteghlal FC | Liaoning Dongyao | |
| 1989/90 Asian Club Championship | Liaoning Dongyao | Nissan FC |  |
| 1988/89 Asian Club Championship | Al Sadd SC | Al-Rasheed SC | |
| 1987 Asian Club Championship | Yomiuri FC | Al Hilal SFC | 1987–88 Asian Club Championship trophy not yet visually verified (Do you have a photo of this trophy? Please feel free to email us at info@fodb.cc.) |
| 1986 Asian Club Championship | Furukawa Electric | Other final-round participants Al Hilal SFC |   |
| 1985/86 Asian Club Championship | Daewoo Royals | Al-Ahli SC | 1985–86 Asian Club Championship trophy not yet visually verified (Do you have a photo of this trophy? Please feel free to email us at info@fodb.cc.) |
| 1984 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Not held Not held. | ||
| 1983 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Not held Not held. | ||
| 1982 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Not held Not held. | ||
| 1981 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Not held Not held. | ||
| 1980 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Not held Not held. | ||
| 1979 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Not held Not held. | ||
| 1978 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Not held Not held. | ||
| 1977 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Not held Not held. | ||
| 1976 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Not held Not held. | ||
| 1975 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Not held Not held. | ||
| 1974 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Not held Not held. | ||
| 1973 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Not held Not held. | ||
| 1972 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Not held Competition abandoned. | ||
| 1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Al Shorta |  |
| 1970 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Taj Tehran | Hapoel Tel Aviv | |
| 1969 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Yangzee FC | |
| 1968 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Not held Not held. | ||
| 1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Selangor FA |  |
