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(Sports Today Lee Sang-pil) Asian Football Federation (AFC) will be the group stage of the League stage of 2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite (‘ACLE’) and 2025-26 AFC Champions League 2 (hereinafter referred to as ‘ACL2’) at the AFC House in Malaysia on the 15th (Korea time) and 2025-26 AFC Champions League 2 (‘ACL2’) It was held.
First of all, ACLE, where the top 24 clubs in Asia participate in the K -League team, will participate in the K -League 1 championship Ulsan, runner -up team Kangwon and K -League 1 Seoul.
As a result of the lottery, Ulsan meets Buriram United (Thailand), Melbourne City FC (Australia), Sanfreche Hiroshima (Japan), and Chengdu Longcheong (China) at home, and plays with Shanghai Port (China), Beach Cell Kobe (Japan), Shanghai Sunhwa (China), and Machi Daelbia (Japan).
In the five years after the 2020 season, Seoul, like Ulsan, plays with Buriram United (Thailand), Melbourne City FC (Australia), Sanfreshe Hiroshima (Japan), and Chengdu Longcheong (China), and in the expedition, Shanghai Fort (China), Visel Kobe (Japan), Shanghai Sunhwa (China), It deals with Zelvia (Japan).
In the first ACL of the season, Gangwon will face Shanghai Port (China), Visel Kobe (Japan), Shanghai Sunhwa (China), and Machi Dazelbia (Japan) at home, and meet Buriram United (Thailand), Melbourne City FC (Australia), San Precec Hiroshima (Japan) and Chengdu Longcheng (China).
2025-26 ACLE ACLE East Asian League Stage will be held for about five months from the first leg on September 17 and the eighth round of February 18 next year. League Stage will play eight games per team and four games each, and after the league stage, the top eight teams will automatically advance to the round of 16.
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Meanwhile, there are 32 clubs in the ACL2 group stage, and Pohang will participate in the K -League team as the winner of the Korea Cup last season.
As a result of the lottery, Pohang meets BG Patum United (Thailand), Kaya FC Ilroilo (Philippines), and Tampine Rovers FC (Singapore) in Group H. The ACL2 is divided into eight groups of four teams, and the group stage will be held until December 3rd, starting with the first match on September 17 with the home and away round robin method. After the group stage ends, the top two teams in each group will advance to the round of 16.
(Sports Today Lee Sang -pil reporter sports@stoo.com)