Asia's Club of the 1st Decade of the 21st Century (2001-2010)

 Contrary to the manner in which the top club of each continent was determined for the 20th century (1901-2000), national competitions were held in all countries over the entire first decade after the turn of the millennium. All these national club competitions are taken as much into consideration for the monthly Club World Rankings as are the club competitions held by the continental Confederations and by FIFA. In doing so, each individual result of these aforementioned competitions is considered from start to finish. Hence, for any given continent, chances are the same for each club during the first decade (2001-2010).

 The yearly points scored by clubs in the Club World Ranking are added from 2001 to 2010, yielding the continental club ranking. The first-placed club is that continent’s top club for the first decade. Adding the yearly points also gives a far more realistical picture of clubs that were particularly successful over one or more years than using reciprocal position of the rankings from the yearly Club World Ranking does. The top clubs can thus be determined the same way for each of the six football continents.

 Since as of 2006, the Football Federation Australia (FFA) is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Australians clubs are henceforth also affiliated with the AFC. Hence, points earned by Australian clubs during the period of 2006-2010 will count only for the Asian club rankings of the first decade. Likewise, Israeli clubs only appear in the European rankings for the first decade of the 21st century, given that Israel – and hence its clubs – joined UEFA in 1994.

 

Al-Hilal FC Riyadh - Asia’s Club of the 1st Decade

 After nine of ten years, the Asian club ranking for the first decade of the 21st century are topped by FK Pakhtakor Tashkent (Uzbekistan), 12 resp. 21 points ahead of the Saudi clubs Al-Ittihad Club Jeddah and Al-Hilal Riyadh. The three are followed at some distance by the Japanese and South Korean top clubs FC Gamba Osaka, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma FC, Kashima Antlers FC (Ibaraki) as well as FM Sepahan Isfahan (Iran), Al-Ain SCC (UAE), and Suwon Samsung Bluewings FC (Republic of Korea), all of which are 31 points within each other.

 Thanks to the early elimination of Pakhtakor FK Tashkent and Al-Ittihad Jeddah from the national Cups of their respective countries and from the AFC Champions League in 2010, Al-Hilal Riyadh advanced from third place to top the ranking. Because of the mentioned low point differences - there was in the last year of the 1st Decade additional changes of position among the "Top 10" and even extremely much in the total Asian club ranking. Among the "Top 10" are each two clubs from Saudi Arabia, Japan and the Republic of Korea.

 After Al-Hilal FC Riyadh is already Asia's Club of the Century (1901-2000), and Saudi club is now also Asia’s Club of the 1st Decade of the 21st Century. The "Top 100" of Asian club ranking for the 1st Decade (2001-2010) are composed of clubs from 25 countries. The countries with the most clubs among the "Top 100" are: Japan (11), Republic of Korea (9), Iran (9), China (8), UAE (6), Saudi Arabia (5), Qatar (5), Kuwait (5), India (5), Uzbekistan (4), Singapore (4) and Lebanon (4). During the period 2001-2010 237 clubs achieved more than 150 points.

Al-Hilal FC Riyadh will be honoured as Asia’s Club of the 1st Decade on occasion of the World Football Gala 2011 with a Certificate and a trophy.

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Asia's club ranking of the first decade ("Top 237"): 


ClubCountry∑ Points



1.1.2001-31.12.2010
1.Al-Hilal FC RiyadhSaudi Arabia813,0
2.Pakhtakor FK TashkentUzbekistan795,5
3.Al-Ittihad Club JeddahSaudi Arabia775,5
4.FC Gamba OsakaJapan742,0
5.Kashima Antlers FCJapan741,5
6.Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma FCRepublic of Korea736,0
7.Suwon Samsung Blue-Wings FCRepublic of Korea685,5
8.FM Sepahan IsfahanIran682,5
9.Al-Ain Sports & Cultural ClubUAE639,0
10.Al-Sadd FC DohaQatar632,5
11.Al-Kuwait SC KaifanKuwait619,0
12.Esteghlal FC TehranIran610,0
13.Al-Karama HomsSyria609,5
14.Al-Shabab FC RiyadhSaudi Arabia604,5
15.Al-Qadsia SC Kuwait-CityKuwait604,0
16.Al-Faysali AmmanJordan597,0

Urawa FC Red DiamondsJapan597,0
18.CB Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsRepublic of Korea587,5
19.Shandong Luneng TaishanChina585,5
20.Dalian Shide FCChina581,5
21.Shimizu FC S-PulseJapan580,5
22.FC Pohang SteelersRepublic of Korea568,5
23.Al-Wahda Abu DhabiUAE559,0
24.Jubilo FC IwataJapan556,5
25.Zobahan IsfahanIran544,0
26.Al-Wehdat AmmanJordan535,0
27.Al-Gharrafa Club DohaQatar528,5
28.Al-Muharraq ManamaBahrain527,0
29.FC Neftchi FerganaUzbekistan510,5
30.Persepolis FC TehranIran505,5
31.Home United FCSingapore505,0
32.Al-Ahli SC JeddahSaudi Arabia493,5
33.Ulsan Hyundai Horangi FCRepublic of Korea487,5
34.Shanghai Shenhua FCChina487,0
35.FC Yokohama F. MarinosJapan486,5
36.Al-Nejmeh BeirutLebanon483,0
37.Nagoya GrampusJapan479,5
38.Beijing Guo'an FCChina474,5
39.Mahindra United FC MumbaiIndia464,0
40.Singapore Armed Forces FCSingapore461,0
41.Al-Arabi Kuwait-CityKuwait459,0
42.Al-Ahly DubaiUAE456,5
43.Al-Ittihad AleppoSyria443,0
44.Al-Rayyan SC DohaQatar440,0
45.Kawasaki FrontaleJapan436,5
46.FK Bunyodkor TashkentUzbekistan418,0
47.Chunnam Dragons GwangyangRepublic of Korea417,5
48.Tampines Rovers FCSingapore415,0
49.Al-Jaish DamascusSyria412,5
50.East Bengal Kingfisher FC KolkataIndia409,0
51.Qatar SC DohaQatar404,5
52.Nasaf Qarshi FCUzbekistan401,0
53.Al-Jazeera Abu DhabiUAE395,5
54.Kazma SC Kuwait-CityKuwait387,0
55.Tokyo FCJapan383,0
56.Al-Ahed FC BeirutLebanon381,0
57.Mohun Bagan AC KolkataIndia379,5
58.FC Dordoy-Dinamo NarynKyrgyzstan369,5
59.Shabab Al-Ordon Al-QadisiyaJordan367,5
60.Bahrain Al-Riffa ClubBahrain365,5
61.Al-Ansar BeirutLebanon365,0

Shenzhen Ruby FCChina365,0
63.South China AAHong Kong364,0
64.Al-Nasr RiyadhSaudi Arabia363,0

Tianjin Teda FCChina363,0
66.Adelaide United FCAustralia361,0

Churchill Brothers SC GoaIndia361,0
68.Perak FA IpohMalaysia359,0
69.Al-Salmiya SC Kuwait-CityKuwait356,0
70.Saipa Karaj FCIran355,0
71.Dhofar SSC SalalahOman351,5
72.BEC Tero Sasana BangkokThailand350,0
73.Becamex Bình Duong FCVietnam346,0
74.JEF United ChibaJapan341,0
75.Bangkok Glass FC ThanyaburiThailand340,0
76.Basij Moghavemat Shahid Sapasi Fars FC Iran339,0
77.FC Busan I'ParkRepublic of Korea338,0
78.Foulad Khuzestan FC AhwazIran337,0
79.Al-Ahli Sana'aYemen336,5
80.Geylang United FCSingapore335,5

Selangor Bukit Jalil Sha AlamMalaysia335,5
82.Dempo Sports Club GoaIndia334,5
83.Daejeon Citizen FCRepublic of Korea334,0
84.Al-Shabab DubaiUAE332,0
85.FC Balkan BalkanabatTurkmenistan329,0
86.Al-Urooba SurOman328,5

Shaanxi Zhongjian Chanba FCChina328,5
88.Chongqing Lifan FC XinganjueChina322,5

TCDK Sông Lam Nghe An VinhVietnam322,5
90.Sanfrecce Hiroshima FCJapan321,0
91.Al-Wasl DubaiUAE320,5

Al-Zawra'a SC BaghdadIraq320,5

SHB Dà Nang FCVietnam320,5
94.Sun Hei SCHong Kong315,0
95.Al-Arabi DohaQatar312,5

Saba Batry Club TehranIran312,5
97.Jeju United FCRepublic of Korea312,0
98.Muscat FCOman311,5
99.Al-Safa SCLebanon310,5

Paas FC TehranIran310,5
101.Al-Ittifaq DammamSaudi Arabia310,0
102.Regar-Tad AZ TursunzadeTajikistan309,5
103.Osotspha M 150 FC BangkokThailand307,0
104.Marshal MubarekUzbekistan306,5
105.Perlis FA KangarMalaysia306,0
106.Al-Nasr SalalahOman303,0
107.Al-Sharjah ClubUAE302,0
108.Al-Ahli ManamaBahrain300,5
109.Al-Majd DamascusSyria300,0
110.Gach Dong Tam Long An Tan-AnVietnam288,5
111.Al-Wahda DamascusSyria288,0

FC Aboumoslem MashadIran288,0
113.FC SeoulRepublic of Korea286,5
114.Al-Sha'ab IbbYemen285,5

Esteghlal Ahvaz FCIran282,5
116.Kedah DAFA Alor SetarMalaysia280,5
117.Liaoning FC WhowinChina280,0

Qingdao Jonoon FCChina280,0
119.Al-Wakra SCQatar278,5
120.Al-Nahda Club MuscatOman276,0
121.Hoang Anh Gia Lai Plei-KuVietnam272,5
122.Al-Seeb SCOman272,0
123.Thai Port FC BangkokThailand270,0
124.Al-Talaba BaghdadIraq267,0
125.Al-Hilal Al-Saheli Sana'aYemen265,5

Melbourne Victory FCAustralia265,5
127.Sriwijaya FC PalembangIndonesia264,0
128.Al-Quwa Al Jawiya BaghdadIraq262,0
129.Al-Hussein IrbidJordan261,5

Persipura JayapuraIndonesia261,5
131.Al-Khor SCQatar261,0

Albirex Niigata FCJapan261,0
133.Negeri Sembilan Naza ParoiMalaysia260,0
134.Al-Nasr DubaiUAE259,5
135.Chonburi FCThailand257,5

JCT Mills Phagwara PunjabIndia257,5
137.Vissel KobeJapan256,0
138.Malavan Bandar Anzali FCIran255,5
139.Persija JakartaIndonesia255,0
140.Busaiteen ClubBahrain253,0

Megastar Nam DinhVietnam253,0
142.A-Saqr TaizzYemen252,5
143.Cerezo Osaka FCJapan252,0
144.Al-Najma ManamaBahrain249,5
145.FC Navbakhor NamanganUzbekistan249,0
146.FC Zarafshan QizilqumUzbekistan248,5
147.Arbil Sport ClubIraq248,0
148.Vaksh QurghonteppaTajikistan247,5
149.Changsha Ginde FCChina246,5
150.ITTU Oguz AsgabatTurkmenistan245,0
151.Kashiwa ReysolJapan244,0

Sur Sport ClubOman244,0
153.Al-Najaf FCIraq239,0
154.Al-Shorta BaghdadIraq238,0
155.Pahang KuantanMalaysia237,0

Sydney FCAustralia237,0
157.FK Merw MeryTurkmenistan236,5
158.Al-Buqa'a AmmanJordan232,5
159.TTM Phichit FCThailand230,5
160.Incheon United FCRepublic of Korea229,0
161.Šagadam TürkmenbasyTurkmenistan228,5
162.Barg Shiraz FCIran227,5

Boss Bin Dinh Qui-NhonVietnam227,5
164.FK Samarkand DinamoUzbekistan227,0

Kitchee SCHong Kong227,0
166.Al-MabarrahLebanon226,0
167.Arema FC MalangIndonesia224,5
168.Tishreen SC LatakiaSyria224,0
169.Al-Wahdah MekkaSaudi Arabia223,5
170.Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut MukallaYemen223,0
171.Salgaocar Sports Club GoaIndia221,5
172.PSM MakassarIndonesia221,0
173.Newcastle United Jets FCAustralia220,5
174.Al-Ahli DohaQatar220,0
175.Changchun Yatai FCChina219,5
176.PBS Kuala Terengganu T-FCMalaysia218,5
177.Haywards Sporting Clube GoaIndia213,5
178.PSI »Persik« KediriIndonesia210,5
179.Paykan Qazvin FCIran209,5

Woodlands Wellington FCSingapore209,5
181.Omiya Ardija SaitamaJapan208,5
182.Central Coast Mariners FC GosfordAustralia207,0
183.Al-Sha'ab SharjahUAE206,5

Provincial Electronic Authority BuriramThailand206,5
185.Daegu FCRepublic of Korea206,0
186.Al-Nasr Jleeb Al-ShyookhKuwait205,5

FK AndijonUzbekistan205,5
188.FK HujandTajikistan203,5

Nisa Asgabat FKTurkmenistan203,5
190.Jashtyk AK Altyn Kara-SuuKyrgyzstan203,0
191.Bukhoro FCUzbekistan200,5
192.Brisbane Roar FCAustralia199,5
193.Sanat MeS Kerman FCIran199,0
194.FC Oita TrinitaJapan198,5

Umm SC SalalQatar198,5
196.Bangkok UnitedThailand197,5

Happy Valley AAHong Kong197,5
198.PFK Metallurg BekabadUzbekistan196,0
199.Persib PSI BandungIndonesia195,5
200.Khatoco Khánh Hoá Nha TrangVietnam195,0
201.Al-Taliya OmanOman193,5
202.Al-Taliya HamaSyria192,0
203.Al-Qadisiya KhobarSaudi Arabia190,5
204.Jableh Sporting ClubSyria189,5
205.Thanh Hóa FCVietnam187,5
206.Kopetdag AsgabatTurkmenistan186,5
207.Al-Shabab BahrainBahrain183,0

Duhok Sport ClubIraq183,0
209.Al-Telal AdenYemen181,0
210.Huteen SC LatakiaSyria180,0
211.Al-Wahda AdenYemen179,0

FC Alga BishkekKyrgyzstan179,0
213.Rah-Ahan FC TehranIran176,0
214.FK Lokomotiv TashkentUzbekistan175,5
215.Shurtan GuzorUzbekistan173,5
216.East Riffa ClubBahrain173,0

Tokyo FC IIJapan173,0
218.Shabab Al-SahelLebanon172,5
219.Kyoto Sanga FCJapan171,5
220.Al-Ramtha SC IrbidJordan169,5
221.LG-ACB HanoiVietnam168,5
222.Gyeong Nam FC ChangwonRepublic of Korea163,5
223.Anyang LG Cheetahs FCRepublic of Korea163,0
224.Pelita Jaya KarawangIndonesia162,0

Tractor TashkentUzbekistan162,0
226.Gwangju Sangmu FCRepublic of Korea160,5
227.Johor FC Pasir GudangMalaysia158,5
228.Telephone Organisation of Thailand (TOT-CAT)Thailand156,0
229.Hassan AbyanYemen155,5
230.Al-KhabooraOman155,0

Balestier Khalsa FCSingapore155,0
232.Bangkok Bank FCThailand154,0
233.Yarmuk Al-Rawda Sana'aYemen152,5
234.PSMS MedanIndonesia152,0
235.Al-Shula AdenYemen151,5
236.Gombak United FCSingapore151,0
237.Hòa Phát HànoiVietnam150,5