Asia's Club of the 21st Century

In contrast to the manner in which the continental club of the century (1901-2000) was determined, national competitions have been held in almost all countries after the turn of the millennium. All these national club competitions are taken  consideration as also the club competitions held by the continental confederations and by FIFA in the monthly Club World Rankings. In doing so, every single result of the aforementioned competitions is taken into consideration from the beginning to the end. Hence, the chances are the same for all the clubs within the same football continent.

The points scored annually by the clubs in the Club World Ranking at the end of the year are added starting with the year 2001. The result of which is the each continental club ranking and the each first-placed club is therefore the leading continental club of the 21st century. If a club was particularly successful for one or more years, the addition of the annual points results in a far more realistic picture than the use of a ranking based on the reciprocal positions of the annual Club World Ranking. In this way the continental clubs of the 21st century in all the six football continents can also be determined following the same principle.

After the move of the "Football Federation Australia" (FFA) to the "Asian Football Confederation" (AFC) at the beginning of the year 2006, completed with FIFA’s approval, also the Australian clubs are now affiliated with AFC. Therefore the points scored by the Australian clubs since 2006 are to be taken into consideration in the Asian club ranking of the 21st century. Likewise, Israeli clubs only appear in the European rankings for the 21st century, since Israel is affiliated with UEFA since 1994.


Two Saudi clubs lead !

After 12 years, the Asian club ranking for the 21st century is led by two clubs from Saudi Arabia: Al-Hilal FC Riyadh ranks ahead of Al-Ittihad Club Jeddah. In the "Top 10" there were seven change of places in 2012, but no new club managed to reach the "Top 10". In comparision to 2011, apart from the two leading clubs only Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma FC (7th), Beijing Guo'an FC (37th), Nasaf Qarshi FC (38th), Al-Nejmeh Beirut (39th), Al-Rayyan SC Doha (44th) und Al-Ansar Club Beirut (60th) kept their placing in the "Top 100". All other clubs improved or lost their places in the ranking. Two clubs appear in the "Top 100" for the firsdt time - Arbil Sport Club (108th ---> 83rd) und Selangor Bukit Jalil Sha Alam (101st ---> 100th) - in comparision to 2011. The following clubs in the "Top 100" managed a two-digit inprovement in the last 12 months: Ulsan Hyundai Horangi FC (32nd ---> 15th), FC Seoul (61st ---> 51st), Adelaide United FC (71st ---> 54th), Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC (80th ---> 57th), Jeju United FC (77th ---> 62nd), Kashiwa Reysol (94th ---> 64th), Al-Ittifaq Dammam (87th ---> 65th.), Chonburi FC (98th ---> 72nd), und Al-Safa SC Beirut (80th ---> 77th).

  

"Top 300" (2001-2012): 

ClubNationalityPoints




1.Al-Hilal FC RiyadhSaudi Arabia1.040,5
2.Al-Ittihad Club JeddahSaudi Arabia980,0
3.Pakhtakor FK TashkentUzbekistan943,0
4.Suwon Samsung Blue-Wings FCRepublic of Korea934,5
5.FC Gamba OsakaJapan923,5
6.Kashima Antlers FCJapan912,5
7.Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma FCRepublic of Korea901,5
8.FM Sepahan IsfahanIran896,0
9.CB Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsRepublic of Korea867,0
10.Al-Kuwait SC KaifanKuwait825,0
11.Esteghlal FC TehranIran808,0
12.Al-Sadd SC DohaQatar800,5
13.FC Pohang SteelersRepublic of Korea796,5
14.Al-Qadisiyah SC Kuwait-CityKuwait767,5
15.Ulsan Hyundai Horangi FCRepublic of Korea750,5
16.Al-Ain Sports & Cultural ClubUAE749,5
17.Al-Faysali Club AmmanJordan731,5
18.Al-Shabab FC RiyadhSaudi Arabia727,5
19.Urawa FC Red DiamondsJapan710,0
20.Al-Wehdat Club AmmanJordan710,0
21.Nagoya GrampusJapan697,5
22.Shimizu FC S-PulseJapan696,0
23.Shandong Luneng TaishanChina688,5
24.Zobahan CSC IsfahanIran663,0
25.Al-Wahda SCC Abu DhabiUAE660,5
26.Jubilo FC IwataJapan657,0
27.Al-Karama HomsSyria650,0
28.Persepolis FC TehranIran645,5
29.Al-Ahli SC JeddahSaudi Arabia644,0
30.Al-Gharrafa SC DohaQatar642,0
31.Dalian Shide FCChina632,5
32.FC Yokohama F. MarinosJapan630,5
33.Home United FCSingapore630,0
34.FK Bunyodkor TashkentUzbekistan618,0
35.Al-Muharraq ManamaBahrain617,0
36.FC Neftchi FerganaUzbekistan603,5
37.Beijing Guo'an FCChina578,5
38.Nasaf Qarshi FCUzbekistan577,5
39.Al-Nejmeh BeirutLebanon570,0
40.Tampines Rovers FCSingapore566,5
41.Shanghai Shenhua FCChina564,5
42.Singapore Armed Forces FCSingapore558,0
43.Al-Jazeera Abu DhabiUAE558,0
44.Al-Rayyan SC DohaQatar551,0
45.Kawasaki FrontaleJapan537,0
46.Chunnam Dragons GwangyangRepublic of Korea533,5
47.Al-Arabi SC Kuwait-CityKuwait529,0
48.Al-Ittihad AleppoSyria524,5
49.Al-Ahly Club DubaiUAE515,0
50.East Bengal Kingfisher FC KolkataIndia511,5
51.FC SeoulRepublic of Korea507,5
52.Al-Ahed FC BeirutLebanon504,5
53.Tokyo FCJapan502,0
54.Adelaide United FCAustralia493,0
55.Tianjin Teda FCChina489,5
56.Al-Jaish DamascusSyria479,5
57.Sanfrecce Hiroshima FCJapan470,5
58.Al-Nasr RiyadhSaudi Arabia468,0
59.Kazma SC Kuwait-CityKuwait467,5
60.Al-Ansar Club BeirutLebanon467,0
61.Churchill Brothers SC GoaIndia465,5
62.Jeju United FCRepublic of Korea464,5
63.Mahindra United FC MumbaiIndia464,0
64.Kashiwa ReysolJapan460,5
65.Al-Ittifaq DammamSaudi Arabia457,0
66.FC Busan I'ParkRepublic of Korea455,5
67.TCDK Sông Lam Nghe An VinhVietnam454,5
68.Dempo Sports Club GoaIndia453,0
69.South China AAHong Kong452,0
70.Qatar SC DohaQatar450,5
71.Mohun Bagan AC KolkataIndia447,5
72.Chonburi FCThailand443,0
73.Bahrain Al-Riffa ClubBahrain438,5
74.Al-Urooba SurOman432,5
75.Daejeon Citizen FCRepublic of Korea429,0
76.BEC Tero Sasana BangkokThailand429,0
77.Al-Safa SC BeirutLebanon427,5
78.Shabab Al-Ordon Al-QadisiyaJordan426,5
79.Dhofar SSC SalalahOman426,5
80.Perak FA IpohMalaysia423,0
81.Saipa Karaj FCIran422,0
82.Al-Shabab Al-Arabi Club DubaiUAE421,0
83.Arbil Sport ClubIraq420,5
84.Bangkok Glass FC ThanyaburiThailand419,0
85.Foulad Khuzestan FC AhwazIran418,5
86.Cerezo Osaka FCJapan416,5
87.Becamex Bình Duong FCVietnam409,5
88.Al-Salmiya SC Kuwait-CityKuwait395,0
89.SHB Dà Nang FCVietnam394,5
90.Al-Ahli Sana'aYemen393,5
91.Al-Zawra'a SC BaghdadIraq390,5
92.FC Dordoy-Dinamo NarynKyrgyzstan390,0
93.Saba Batry Club TehranIran389,0
94.Shenzhen Ruby FCChina383,0
95.FC Balkan BalkanabatTurkmenistan381,0
96.Osotspha M 150 FC BangkokThailand380,0
97.Regar-Tad AZ TursunzadeTajikistan378,0
98.Al-Wasl DubaiUAE377,5
99.Geylang United FCSingapore374,5
100.Selangor Bukit Jalil Sha AlamMalaysia371,5
101.Sun Hei SCHong Kong362,0
102.Melbourne Victory FCAustralia361,5
103.Marshal MubarekUzbekistan361,5
104.PEA Buriram United FCThailand360,5
105.Liaoning FC WhowinChina360,0
106.Shaanxi Zhongjian Chanba FCChina356,5
107.Al-Arabi DohaQatar353,5
108.Albirex Niigata FCJapan349,5
109.JEF United ChibaJapan349,0
110.Vissel KobeJapan347,5
111.Incheon United FCRepublic of Korea347,0
112.Central Coast Mariners FC GosfordAustralia346,5
113.Kedah DAFA Alor SetarMalaysia344,5
114.Sriwijaya FC PalembangIndonesia341,0
115.Al-Sha'ab IbbYemen339,5
116.Al-Ahli ManamaBahrain339,0
117.Qingdao Jonoon FCChina339,0
118.Basij Moghavemat Shahid Sapasi Fars Iran339,0
119.PBS Kuala Terengganu FAMalaysia338,0
120.Al-Nasr DubaiUAE337,5
121.Al-Sharjah ClubUAE337,0
122.Persipura JayapuraIndonesia336,5
123.Hoang Anh Gia Lai Plei-KuVietnam336,5
124.Sydney FCAustralia334,5
125.Al-Nahda Club MuscatOman331,0
126.Malavan Bandar Anzali FCIran330,5
127.Kitchee SCHong Kong330,0
128.Al-Wakra SCQatar330,0
129.Al-Wahda DamascusSyria330,0
130.Thai Port FC BangkokThailand327,0
131.Arema FC MalangIndonesia326,5
132.Al-Nasr SalalahOman326,0
133.Muscat FCOman325,5
134.Chongqing Lifan FC XinganjueChina322,5
135.Al-Majd DamascusSyria322,0
136.Muang Thong United FCThailand321,5
137.Al-Talaba BaghdadIraq319,5
138.Brisbane Roar FCAustralia318,0
139.Al-Hilal Al-Saheli Sana'aYemen318,0
140.Salgaocar Sports Club GoaIndia317,0
141.Busaiteen ClubBahrain316,0
142.Omiya Ardija SaitamaJapan315,5
143.Perlis FA KangarMalaysia314,0
144.Negeri Sembilan Naza ParoiMalaysia313,5
145.Daegu FCRepublic of Korea311,0
146.Paas FC TehranIran310,5
147.Gach Dong Tam Long An Tan-AnVietnam310,5
148.Al-Quwa Al Jawiya BaghdadIraq309,5
149.Al-Khor SCQatar307,5
150.Kelantan FA Kota BahruMalaysia307,5
151.Persija JakartaIndonesia298,0
152.FC Navbakhor NamanganUzbekistan296,0
153.ITTU Oguz AsgabatTurkmenistan295,0
154.Al-Najma ManamaBahrain291,0
155.Changchun Yatai FCChina289,0
156.FC Aboumoslem MashadIran288,0
157.Sur Sport ClubOman287,5
158.FC Zarafshan QizilqumUzbekistan287,5
159.FK Merw MeryTurkmenistan286,5
160.Esteghlal Ahvaz FCIran282,5
161.Newcastle United Jets FCAustralia282,0
162.Al-Buqa'a AmmanJordan281,0
163.Gyeong Nam FC ChangwonRepublic of Korea279,5
164.Vaksh QurghonteppaTajikistan279,0
165.Al-Shorta BaghdadIraq277,0
166.TTM Phichit FCThailand276,5
167.Al-Najaf FCIraq274,0
168.A-Saqr TaizzYemen274,0
169.Al-Seeb SCOman274,0
170.FK Samarkand DinamoUzbekistan273,0
171.JCT Mills Phagwara PunjabIndia272,5
172.Al-Hussein IrbidJordan270,5
173.Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut MukallaYemen264,0
174.Pahang KuantanMalaysia264,0
175.Duhok Sport ClubIraq262,5
176.Šagadam TürkmenbasyTurkmenistan260,5
177.Bukhoro FCUzbekistan256,0
178.Al-Telal AdenYemen255,0
179.Al-MabarrahLebanon255,0
180.Shurtan GuzorUzbekistan255,0
181.Megastar Nam DinhVietnam253,0
182.Sanat MeS Kerman FCIran252,5
183.Gwangju Sangmu FCRepublic of Korea252,0
184.Al-Taliya OmanOman250,0
185.Al-Wahdah MekkaSaudi Arabia248,0
186.LS Thanh Hóa FCVietnam248,0
187.Changsha Ginde FCChina246,5
188.Tishreen SC LatakiaSyria246,0
189.Khatoco Khánh Hoá Nha TrangVietnam246,0
190.FK AndijonUzbekistan244,5
191.PSM MakassarIndonesia243,0
192.PFK Metallurg BekabadUzbekistan241,0
193.Rah-Ahan FC TehranIran239,0
194.Al-Ahli DohaQatar238,0
195.Al-Nasr Jleeb Al-ShyookhKuwait237,5
196.Umm SC SalalQatar237,0
197.Albirex Niigata FCSingapore237,0
198.FK KhujandTajikistan235,5
199.Paykan Qazvin FCIran233,5
200.Woodlands Wellington FCSingapore233,5
201.Shabab Al-SahelLebanon231,5
202.Al-Suwaiq BatnaOman230,5
203.Barg Shiraz FCIran227,5
204.Al-Ramtha SC IrbidJordan227,5
205.Boss Bin Dinh Qui-NhonVietnam227,5
206.Hangzhou Greentown FCChina226,0
207.Gombak United FCSingapore226,0
208.PSI »Persik« KediriIndonesia225,5
209.Vegalta SendaiJapan221,5
210.Perth Glory FCAustralia220,5
211.Persib PSI BandungIndonesia219,5
212.FK Lokomotiv TashkentUzbekistan218,0
213.Al-Taliya HamaSyria217,0
214.Telephone Organisation of Thailand Thailand217,0
215.Guangzhou Evergrande FCChina216,5
216.Al-Qadisiya KhobarSaudi Arabia215,5
217.Wellington Phoenix FCAustralia214,5
218.Al-Shorta SC DamascusSyria214,5
219.Haywards Sporting Clube GoaIndia213,5
220.Al-Sha'ab SharjahUAE211,5
221.Huteen SC LatakiaSyria209,0
222.FC Alga BishkekKyrgyzstan207,5
223.Balestier Khalsa FCSingapore205,5
224.Al-Wahda AdenYemen204,0
225.Nisa Asgabat FKTurkmenistan203,5
226.Jashtyk AK Altyn Kara-SuuKyrgyzstan203,0
227.Traktor Sazie Tabriz FCIran200,5
228.FC Oita TrinitaJapan198,5
229.Al-Jazeera Club AmmanJordan198,0
230.Happy Valley AAHong Kong197,5
231.Bangkok UnitedThailand197,5
232.Hòa Phát HànoiVietnam197,5
233.Kyoto Sanga FCJapan195,5
234.The Citizen AA Hong KongHong Kong190,5
235.TWS Pegasus FCHong Kong190,0
236.Jableh Sporting ClubSyria189,5
237.East Riffa ClubBahrain189,0
238.Al-Shabab BahrainBahrain188,0
239.Kopetdag AsgabatTurkmenistan186,5
240.Johor FC Pasir GudangMalaysia186,0
241.LG-ACB HanoiVietnam185,5
242.Vasco Sport Club GoaIndia184,0
243.FC Abdysh-Ata KantKyrgyzstan183,5
244.FC Air India MumbaiIndia183,0
245.Al-Tadamon TyreLebanon182,5
246.Henan ConstructionChina182,0
247.Royal Thai Army BangkokThailand182,0
248.Pelita Jaya KarawangIndonesia181,0
249.PS Semen PadangIndonesia181,0
250.Young Lions FCSingapore180,0
251.Al-Minaa BasraIraq179,5
252.Al-Shula AdenYemen178,5
253.Al-Ittihad IbbYemen178,0
254.Bany Yas SCCUAE177,0
255.Tokyo FC IIJapan173,0
256.Al-Jahra FCKuwait173,0
257.Oman Club MuscatOman172,0
258.PSMS MedanIndonesia170,0
259.Al-Arabi IrbidJordan169,5
260.T & T HanoiVietnam169,5
261.Shabab Al-BaydaaYemen169,0
262.NTR WF Tai PoHong Kong166,0
263.Al-Wathba HomsSyria165,0
264.Hassan AbyanYemen164,5
265.Al-Nafit JanobIraq164,0
266.Anyang LG Cheetahs FCRepublic of Korea163,0
267.Tractor TashkentUzbekistan162,0
268.TD CS Dong Thàp FC Cao LanhVietnam159,0
269.Parvoz Bobojon GhafurovTajikistan157,5
270.Al-Wahda Sana'aYemen156,5
271.Al-KhabooraOman155,0
272.Al-Emirates CSC Ras Al-KhaimahUAE154,5
273.Bangkok Bank FCThailand154,0
274.Xi Mang Hai PhòngVietnam153,0
275.Yarmuk Al-Rawda Sana'aYemen152,5
276.Pattaya United FCThailand150,0
277.Samut Songkhram FCThailand149,5
278.Al-Horriya AleppoSyria149,0
279.Al-Hala MuharraqBahrain148,5
280.Alay OshKyrgyzstan148,5
281.Sichuan Guancheng FCChina147,0
282.Al-Saham ClubOman147,0
283.Al-Manama FCBahrain146,5
284.FK AsgabatTurkmenistan145,5
285.Al-Taee HaelSaudi Arabia144,0
286.Al-Dhafra S & CC Abu DhabiUAE143,0
287.PAS Hamadan FCIran142,5
288.Al-Tadamon FarwaniyaKuwait142,5
289.Persebaya SurabayaIndonesia142,0
290.Persela LamonganIndonesia140,5
291.FC DasoguzTurkmenistan140,5
292.Al-Sinaá BaghdadIraq140,0
293.Tripoly SCLebanon137,5
294.Racing BeirutLebanon137,0
295.Olmaliq FKUzbekistan136,5
296.Sogdiana Jizzah FCUzbekistan136,5
297.Gold Coast United FCAustralia132,0
298.Wuhan Optics Valley FCChina131,0
299.Al-Ittihad Sharjah Kalba'aUAE131,0
300.PSPS PekanbaruIndonesia130,0