2023 ASEAN Club Championship

The 2023 ASEAN Club Championship (simply 2023 ACC) will be the third edition of the ASEAN Club Championship, an international association football competition between domestic champion clubs sides affiliated with the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation.[1][2][3] It will be the first ACC to commence since 2005.[4]

2023 ASEAN Club Championship
Tournament details
TeamsCompetition proper: 12
Total: 15 (from 11 associations)

Vietnamese media report that the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Competition Committee has approved the staging of the Club Championship from September 2023 to May 2024. The competition will reportedly feature 12 teams, with two teams each from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam; one team each from the Philippines and Singapore; and two more teams to be determined through playoffs. The playoffs, which will be held in August 2023, will involve teams from Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar.[5][6]

Twelve clubs were planned to feature in the competition proper.

Association team allocation

Clubs from the following 11 football associations are eligible to enter the competition:

Football association Group stage Playoff
Indonesia Indonesia 2 —
Malaysia Malaysia 2 —
Thailand Thailand 2 —
Vietnam Vietnam 2 —
Philippines Philippines 1 —
Singapore Singapore 1 —
Brunei Brunei — 1
Cambodia Cambodia — 1
Laos Laos — 1
Myanmar Myanmar — 1
East Timor Timor-Leste — —

Teams

The teams to participate in the competition has not been confirmed.

Foreign players

A maximum of four foreigners are allowed per club which follows the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) '3+1 rule'; three players of any nationality and a fourth coming from an AFC member nation. A player coming from an AFF member nation will not be considered as a foreign player. This will be confirmed once the draw is confirmed.

Qualifying play-offs
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Matches
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See also

References
  1. "Asean Club Championship to launch after getting AFC and Fifa backing". 6 November 2019.
  2. "Fox Sports". Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  3. "AFC Statement on the Asean Club Championship | Football News |".
  4. "Vietnam to send two football teams to AFF Club Championship 2023".
  5. "AFF Club Championship set to return in 2023".
  6. "Vietnam to send two football teams to AFF Club Championship 2023".
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