Liga Champions AFC 2016

Liga Champions AFC 2016 (disebut juga Liga Champions Asia 2016) yang merupakan edisi ke-35 adalah kompetisi klub level tertinggi di Asia di bawah organisasi Konfederasi Sepak Bola Asia (AFC) dan edisi ke-14 dengan nama saat ini Liga Champions AFC. Pemenangnya akan mengikuti kompetisi Piala Dunia Antarklub FIFA 2016. Liga Champions AFC 2015 (disebut juga Liga Champions Asia 2015) yang merupakan edisi ke-34 adalah kompetisi klub level tertinggi di Asia di bawah organisasi Konfederasi Sepak Bola Asia (AFC) dan edisi ke-13 dengan nama saat ini Liga Champions AFC. Pemenangnya akan mengikuti kompetisi Piala Dunia Antarklub FIFA 2015.

Alokasi per asosiasi

AFC telah mengumumkan kriteria untuk berpartisipasi di Liga Champions. Tanggal keputusan terakhir ditentukan setelah rapat Komite Eksekutif AFC pada bulan November 2013.^[1]

Pada tanggal 12 Maret 2013, Komite Kompetisi AFC mengusulkan beberapa kriteria untuk berpartisipasi di Liga Champions AFC 2014 seperti:^[2]

• Peringkat 23 besar asosiasi anggota (selanjutnya hanya disebut AA) AFC mendapat jatah slot langsung atau slot play-off.^[3] AA diberikan poin dan peringkat sesuai dengan sistem evaluasi AFC.
• Dalam kedua zona Barat dan Timur, terdapat 14 jatah slot langsung untuk babak grup dan dua sisanya diambil dari jalur play-off.
• Lima besar AA di kedua zona Barat dan Timur, jika mereka mendapat minimal 600 poin akan mendapat slot langsung ke babak grup, sementara AA tersisa mendapat slot play-off jika memenuhi persyaratan minimum. Berikut skema alokasi slot yang telah disetujui AFC untuk kompetisi 2014–16;^[4]
  • Peringkat dua terbaik AA di kedua zona Barat dan Timur masing-masing mendapat 4 slot babak grup.
  • Peringkat ketiga AA mendapat 3 slot babak grup dan 1 slot play-off.
  • Peringkat keempat AA mendapat 2 slot babak grup dan 1 slot play-off.
  • Peringkat kelima AA mendapat 1 slot babak grup dan 2 slot play-off.
  • Peringkat keenam sampai kesebelas AA masing-masing mendapat satu slot play-off.
• Jumlah maksimum slot untuk masing-masing AA adalah sepertiga dari jumlah klub di divisi utama (misalnya, Australia hanya bisa mendapatkan tiga slot dari total maksimal karena hanya ada sembilan klub yang berbasis di Australia dalam A-League).
• Finalis Piala AFC mendapat slot play-off terlepas dari peringkat AA meereka, asalkan klub memenuhi kriteria minimum. Jika mereka sudah lolos berdasrkan kinerja domestik, slot akan diberikan kepada klub yang memenuhi syarat berdasarkan peringkat AA, asalkan klub memenuhi kriteria minimum.

West Asia Zone Rank Member Association Points[5] Slots Group stage Play-off Zone All Play-off round Prelim. round 2 Prelim. round 1 1 2 Saudi Arabia 88.268 3 1 0 0 2 3 Iran 80.794 3 1 0 0 3 5 Uzbekistan 62.272 3 1 0 0 4 7 United Arab Emirates 57.792 2 1 1 0 5 9 Qatar 56.102 1 0 2 0 6 10 Iraq 47.106 0 0 2 0 7 11 Kuwait 45.225 0 0 0 1 8 12 Jordan 44.309 0 0 0 1 9 14 Oman 30.586 0 0 0 1 10 16 Bahrain 25.547 0 0 0 1 11 17 Lebanon 25.488 0 0 0 1 12 19 Syria 22.883 0 0 0 1 Total 12 4 5 6 15

East Asia Zone Rank Member Association Points[5] Slots Group stage Play-off Zone All Play-off round Prelim. round 2 Prelim. round 1 1 1 South Korea 94.866 3 1 0 0 2 4 Japan 77.107 3 1 0 0 3 6 Australia 57.940 2 1 0 0 4 8 China 57.660 2 1 1 0 5 13 Thailand 33.049 1 0 2 0 6 15 Vietnam 27.753 1 0 1 0 7 18 Indonesia 25.004 0 0 1 0 8 20 Hong Kong 20.077 0 0 1 0 9 21 Myanmar 18.282 0 0 0 1 10 22 Malaysia 18.153 0 0 0 1 11 23 India 16.756 0 0 0 1 12 24 Singapore 16.097 0 0 0 1 Total 12 4 6 4 14

Tim Yang Lolos

Zona Asia Barat Team Qualifying method App Last App Group stage direct entrants (Groups A–D) Al-Nassr 2014–15 Saudi Professional League champions 3rd 2015 Al-Hilal 2015 King Cup winners 2014–15 Saudi Professional League 3rd place 12th 2015 Al-Ahli 2014–15 Saudi Professional League runners-up 8th 2015 Sepahan 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League champions 11th 2014 Zob Ahan 2014–15 Hazfi Cup winners 5th 2012 Tractor Sazi 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League runners-up 4th 2015 Pakhtakor or Lokomotiv Tashkent 2015 Uzbek League champions 13th /4th 2015 Nasaf Qarshi 2015 Uzbekistan Cup winners 2015 Uzbek League 3rd place 4th 2015 Pakhtakor or Lokomotiv Tashkent 2015 Uzbek League runners-up 13th /4th 2015 Al-Ain 2014–15 Arabian Gulf League champions 11th 2015 Al-Nasr 2014–15 UAE President's Cup winners 3rd 2013 Lekhwiya 2014–15 Qatar Stars League champions 5th 2015 Qualifying play-off participants Entering in play-off round Al-Ittihad 2014–15 Saudi Professional League 4th place 10th 2014 Naft Tehran 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League 3rd place 2nd 2015 Bunyodkor 2015 Uzbek League 4th place 9th 2015 Al-Jazira 2014–15 Arabian Gulf League runners-up 8th 2015 Entering in preliminary round 2 Al-Shabab 2014–15 Arabian Gulf League 3rd place 4th 2013 Al-Sadd 2015 Emir of Qatar Cup winners 2014–15 Qatar Stars League runners-up 11th 2015 El Jaish 2014–15 Qatar Stars League 3rd place 4th 2015 Naft Al-Wasat 2014–15 Iraqi Premier League champions 1st none Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2014–15 Iraqi Premier League runners-up 4th 2008 Entering in preliminary round 1 Al-Kuwait 2014–15 Kuwaiti Premier League champions 6th 2014 Al-Wehdat 2014–15 Jordan League champions 3rd 2015 Al-Oruba 2014–15 Oman Professional League champions 1st none Al-Muharraq 2014–15 Bahrain First Division League champions 1st none Al-Ahed 2014–15 Lebanese Premier League champions 1st none Al-Jaish 2014–15 Syrian Premier League champions 3rd 2015

Zona Asia Timur Team Qualifying method App Last App Group stage direct entrants (Groups E–H) Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors or TBD 2015 K League Classic champions 10th /TBD 2015 /TBD FC Seoul 2015 Korean FA Cup winners 6th 2015 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors or TBD 2015 K League Classic runners-up 10th /TBD 2015 /TBD Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Urawa Red Diamonds or TBD 2015 J1 League champions 4th /5th /TBD 2014 /2015 /TBD 2015 Emperor's Cup winners Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Urawa Red Diamonds or TBD 2015 J1 League runners-up 4th /5th /TBD 2014 /2015 /TBD Melbourne Victory 2014–15 A-League premiers 2015 A-League Grand Final winners 5th 2014 Sydney FC 2014–15 A-League regular season runners-up 3rd 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande 2015 Chinese Super League champions 5th 2015 2015 Chinese FA Cup winners 2015 Thai Premier League champions Becamex Bình Dương 2015 V.League 1 champions 2015 Vietnamese Cup winners 3rd 2015 Qualifying play-off participants Entering in play-off round 2015 K League Classic 3rd place Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Urawa Red Diamonds or TBD 2015 J1 League 3rd place 4th /5th /TBD 2014 /2015 /TBD Adelaide United 2014–15 A-League regular season 3rd place 5th 2012 Shanghai SIPG 2015 Chinese Super League runners-up 1st none Entering in preliminary round 2 Shandong Luneng Taishan 2015 Chinese Super League 3rd place 8th 2015 2015 Thai FA Cup winners 2015 Thai Premier League runners-up Hà Nội T&T 2015 V.League 1 runners-up 3rd 2015 TBC[Note IDN] Kitchee 2014–15 Hong Kong Premier League champions 2nd 2015 Entering in preliminary round 1 Yangon United 2015 Myanmar National League champions 1st none Johor Darul Ta'zim 2015 Malaysia Super League champions 2nd 2015 Mohun Bagan 2014–15 I-League champions 2nd 2002–03 2015 S.League champions

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