South Korean football clubs in the AFC Champions League

This article shows results of South Korean football clubs in the AFC Champions League. South Korea's K League became the most successful league in the AFC Champions League by winning the most titles with twelve despite absenting itself from the competition for eight years from 1986 to 1993–94 season.

Statistics

Titles by club

Club	Champions	Runners-up	Seasons won	Seasons runner-up
Pohang Steelers	3	1	1996–97, 1997–98, 2009	2021
Seongnam FC	2	2	1995, 2010	1996–97, 2004
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2	1	2006, 2016	2011
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2	0	2000–01, 2001–02	—
Ulsan HD	2	0	2012, 2020	—
Busan IPark	1	0	1985–86	—
FC Seoul	0	2	—	2001–02, 2013
Yangzee	0	1	—	1969

Comprehensive results

1st: Champions
2nd: Runners-up
3rd: Third place

SF: Semi-finals
4th: Fourth place
QF: Quarter-finals

R16: Round of 16
GS: Group stage
PO: Qualifying play-offs

Asian Champion Club Tournament

Team	Part	1967	1969	1971
Korea Tungsten	1	3rd
Yangzee	1		2nd
ROK Army	1			4th

Asian Club Championship

Team	Part	1985–86	1986–1994	1994–95	1995	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02
Seongnam FC	3		Withdrew	4th	1st	2nd
Pohang Steelers	3					1st	1st	GS
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3								4th	1st	1st
Busan IPark	2	1st						GS
FC Seoul	1										2nd
Ulsan HD	1						PO

AFC Champions League

Team	Part
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	16
Ulsan HD	11
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	10
Pohang Steelers	9
FC Seoul	8
Seongnam FC	6
Jeju United	3
Daegu FC	3
Jeonnam Dragons	3
Busan IPark	1
Daejeon Hana Citizen	1
Gyeongnam FC	1
Incheon United	1

2002–03	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023–24
	SF		1st	QF			QF	2nd	GS	R16	R16	QF	1st		QF	R16	GS	QF	SF	QF
			SF			GS			1st		GS			GS	R16	R16	1st	SF	GS	SF
		GS				R16	QF	SF		GS		R16	GS	GS	SF		QF
					GS	1st	QF		GS	GS	QF		GS					RU		R16
						QF		QF		2nd	SF	R16	SF	GS			GS
GS	2nd			SF			1st		R16			R16
								GS						R16	GS
																GS		R16	R16
				GS	GS														GS
		SF
GS
																GS
																				GS

AFC Champions League Elite

Team	Part	2024–25
Ulsan HD	1	TBD
Pohang Steelers	1	TBD
Gwangju FC	1	TBD

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Season	Player	Club	Ref.
1996–97	An Ik-soo	Pohang Steelers	^[1]
2000–01	Zoltan Sabo	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	^[2]
2006	Choi Jin-cheul	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	^[3]
2009	No Byung-jun	Pohang Steelers	^[4]
2010	Sasa Ognenovski	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	^[5]
2011	Lee Dong-gook	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	^[6]
2012	Lee Keun-ho	Ulsan Hyundai	^[7]
2020	Yoon Bit-garam	Ulsan Hyundai	^[8]

Top goalscorer

Season	Player	Club	Goals	Ref.
2004	Kim Do-hoon	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	9	^[9]
2007	Mota	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	7	^[10]
2010	José Mota	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	9	^[10]
2011	Lee Dong-gook	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	9	^[6]
2016	Adriano	FC Seoul	13	^[10]

Fair Play Award

Season	Club	Ref.
2009	Pohang Steelers
2010	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2011	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2012	Ulsan Hyundai
2013	FC Seoul
2020	Ulsan Hyundai

Details by club

Busan IPark

Season	Result	Round	Aggregate	Score	Venue	Opponent
1985–86	Champions	Qualifying round	14–1	9–0	—	Wa Seng
		Qualifying round	14–1	5–1	—	Wa Seng
		Group B	Winners	3–1	—	Bangkok Bank
		Group B	Winners	1–0	—	Al-Ittihad
		Semi-finals	3–0	3–0	—	Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian
		Final	3–1	3–1 (a.e.t.)	—	Al-Ahli
1998–99	Group stage	First round	6–0	2–0	Away	Club Valencia
		First round	6–0	4–0	Home	Club Valencia
		Second round	9–1	4–1	Away	Saunders SC
		Second round	9–1	5–0	Home	Saunders SC
		Group East	Fourth place	2–2	—	Dalian Wanda
				1–1	—	Pohang Steelers
				0–2	—	Persebaya Surabaya
2005	Semi-finals	Group G	Winners	8–0	Home	Bình Định
				4–0	Away	Bình Định
				2–0	Away	Krung Thai Bank
				4–0	Home	Krung Thai Bank
				4–0	Home	Persebaya Surabaya
				3–0	Away	Persebaya Surabaya
		Quarter-finals	5–1	3–0	Home	Al-Sadd
		Quarter-finals	5–1	2–1	Away	Al-Sadd
		Semi-finals	0–7	0–5	Home	Al-Ittihad
		Semi-finals	0–7	0–2	Away	Al-Ittihad

Daegu FC

Season	Result	Round	Aggregate	Score	Venue	Opponent
2019	Group stage	Group F	Third place	3–1	Away	Melbourne Victory
				4–0	Home	Melbourne Victory
				3–1	Home	Guangzhou Evergrande
				0–1	Away	Guangzhou Evergrande
				0–2	Away	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
				0–1	Home	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2021	Round of 16	Group I	Runners-up	1–3	—	Kawasaki Frontale
				2–3	—	Kawasaki Frontale
				7–0	—	United City
				4–0	—	United City
				5–0	—	Beijing Guoan
				3–0	—	Beijing Guoan
		Round of 16	2–4	2–4	—	Nagoya Grampus
2022	Round of 16	Qualifying play-offs	1–1 (3–2 p)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	—	Buriram United
		Group F	Winners	7–0	—	Shandong Taishan
				4–0	—	Shandong Taishan
				0–3	—	Lion City Sailors
				2–1	—	Lion City Sailors
				1–0	—	Urawa Red Diamonds
				0–0	—	Urawa Red Diamonds
		Round of 16	1–2	1–2 (a.e.t.)	—	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Daejeon Citizen

Season	Result	Round	Aggregate	Score	Venue	Opponent
2002–03	Group stage	Third qualifying round	8–1	5–1	Away	Monte Carlo
		Third qualifying round	8–1	3–0	Home	Monte Carlo
		Fourth qualifying round	8–1	6–0	Home	Mohun Bagan
		Fourth qualifying round	8–1	2–1	Away	Mohun Bagan
		Group A	Runners-up	2–1	—	Shanghai Shenhua
				0–2	—	BEC Tero Sasana
				1–0	—	Kashima Antlers

FC Seoul

Season	Result	Round	Aggregate	Score	Venue	Opponent
2001–02	Runners-up	Second round	11–0	8–0	Home	Muktijoddha Sangsad
		Second round	11–0	3–0	Away	Muktijoddha Sangsad
		Group East	Runners-up	0–0	—	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
				1–1	—	Dalian Shide
				1–1	—	Kashima Antlers
		Semi-finals	2–1	2–1	—	Esteghlal
		Final	0–0 (2–4 p)	0–0 (a.e.t.)	—	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2009	Quarter-finals	Group F	Runners-up	4–2	Away	Sriwijaya
				5–1	Home	Sriwijaya
				2–4	Home	Gamba Osaka
				2–1	Away	Gamba Osaka
				0–2	Away	Shandong Luneng
				1–1	Home	Shandong Luneng
		Round of 16	2–2 (5–4 p)	2–2 (a.e.t.)	—	Kashima Antlers
		Quarter-finals	3–4	2–3	Away	Umm-Salal
		Quarter-finals	3–4	1–1	Home	Umm-Salal
2011	Quarter-finals	Group F	Winners	1–0	Away	Al-Ain
				3–0	Home	Al-Ain
				3–0	Home	Hangzhou Greentown
				1–1	Away	Hangzhou Greentown
				1–1	Away	Nagoya Grampus
				0–2	Home	Nagoya Grampus
		Round of 16	3–0	3–0	—	Kashima Antlers
		Quarter-finals	2–3	1–3	Away	Al-Ittihad
		Quarter-finals	2–3	1–0	Home	Al-Ittihad
2013	Runners-up	Group E	Winners	5–1	Home	Jiangsu Sainty
				2–0	Away	Jiangsu Sainty
				0–0	Away	Buriram United
				2–2	Home	Buriram United
				2–1	Home	Vegalta Sendai
				0–1	Away	Vegalta Sendai
		Round of 16	3–1	0–0	Away	Beijing Guoan
		Round of 16	3–1	3–1	Home	Beijing Guoan
		Quarter-finals	2–1	1–1	Away	Al-Ahli
		Quarter-finals	2–1	1–0	Home	Al-Ahli
		Semi-finals	4–2	2–0	Home	Esteghlal
		Semi-finals	4–2	2–2	Away	Esteghlal
		Final	3–3 (a)	2–2	Home	Guangzhou Evergrande
		Final	3–3 (a)	1–1	Away	Guangzhou Evergrande
2014	Semi-finals	Group F	Winners	2–0	Home	Central Coast Mariners
				1–0	Away	Central Coast Mariners
				1–1	Away	Beijing Guoan
				2–1	Home	Beijing Guoan
				1–2	Away	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
				2–2	Home	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
		Round of 16	4–4 (a)	3–2	Away	Kawasaki Frontale
		Round of 16	4–4 (a)	1–2	Home	Kawasaki Frontale
		Quarter-finals	0–0 (3–0 p)	0–0	Away	Pohang Steelers
		Quarter-finals	0–0 (3–0 p)	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Home	Pohang Steelers
		Semi-finals	0–2	0–0	Home	Western Sydney Wanderers
		Semi-finals	0–2	0–2	Away	Western Sydney Wanderers
2015	Round of 16	Qualifying play-offs	7–0	7–0	—	Hanoi
		Group H	Runners-up	0–1	Away	Guangzhou Evergrande
				0–0	Home	Guangzhou Evergrande
				1–0	Home	Kashima Antlers
				3–2	Away	Kashima Antlers
				0–0	Home	Western Sydney Wanderers
				1–1	Away	Western Sydney Wanderers
		Round of 16	3–6	1–3	Home	Gamba Osaka
		Round of 16	3–6	2–3	Away	Gamba Osaka
2016	Semi-finals	Group F	Winners	6–0	Away	Buriram United
				2–1	Home	Buriram United
				4–1	Home	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
				1–2	Away	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
				4–1	Away	Shandong Luneng
				0–0	Home	Shandong Luneng
		Round of 16	3–3 (7–6 p)	0–1	Away	Urawa Red Diamonds
		Round of 16	3–3 (7–6 p)	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Home	Urawa Red Diamonds
		Quarter-finals	4–2	3–1	Home	Shandong Luneng
		Quarter-finals	4–2	1–1	Away	Shandong Luneng
		Semi-finals	3–5	1–4	Away	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
		Semi-finals	3–5	2–1	Home	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2017	Group stage	Group F	Third place	0–1	Home	Shanghai SIPG
				2–4	Away	Shanghai SIPG
				2–5	Away	Urawa Red Diamonds
				1–0	Home	Urawa Red Diamonds
				2–3	Home	Western Sydney Wanderers
				3–2	Away	Western Sydney Wanderers
2020	Group stage	Qualifying play-offs	4–1	4–1	—	Kedah
		Group E	Third place	1–0	—	Melbourne Victory
				1–2	—	Melbourne Victory
				1–2	—	Beijing Guoan
				1–3	—	Beijing Guoan
				5–0	—	Chiangrai United
				1–2	—	Chiangrai United

Gyeongnam FC

Season	Result	Round	Aggregate	Score	Venue	Opponent
2019	Group stage	Group E	Third place	2–2	Home	Shandong Luneng
				1–2	Away	Shandong Luneng
				1–1	Away	Johor Darul Ta'zim
				2–0	Home	Johor Darul Ta'zim
				2–3	Home	Kashima Antlers
				1–0	Away	Kashima Antlers

Incheon United

Season	Result	Round	Aggregate	Score	Venue	Opponent
2023–24	Group stage	Qualifying play-offs	3–1	3–1 (a.e.t.)	—	Haiphong
		Group G	Third place	4–2	Away	Yokohama F. Marinos
				2–1	Home	Yokohama F. Marinos
				4–0	Home	Kaya–Iloilo
				3–1	Away	Kaya–Iloilo
				0–2	Home	Shandong Taishan
				1–3	Away	Shandong Taishan

Jeju United

Season	Result	Round	Aggregate	Score	Venue	Opponent
2011	Group stage	Group E	Third place	0–1	Home	Tianjin TEDA
				0–3	Away	Tianjin TEDA
				2–1	Away	Melbourne Victory
				1–1	Home	Melbourne Victory
				2–1	Home	Gamba Osaka
				1–3	Away	Gamba Osaka
2017	Round of 16	Group H	Runners-up	0–1	Home	Jiangsu Suning
				2–1	Away	Jiangsu Suning
				4–1	Away	Gamba Osaka
				2–0	Home	Gamba Osaka
				3–3	Away	Adelaide United
				1–3	Home	Adelaide United
		Round of 16	2–3	2–0	Home	Urawa Red Diamonds
		Round of 16	2–3	0–3 (a.e.t.)	Away	Urawa Red Diamonds
2018	Group stage	Group G	Fourth place	0–1	Home	Cerezo Osaka
				1–2	Away	Cerezo Osaka
				2–0	Away	Buriram United
				0–1	Home	Buriram United
				3–5	Away	Guangzhou Evergrande
				0–2	Home	Guangzhou Evergrande

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Season	Result	Round	Aggregate	Score	Venue	Opponent
2004	Semi-finals	Group E	Winners	1–2	Home	Júbilo Iwata
				4–2	Away	Júbilo Iwata
				1–0	Away	Shanghai Shenhua
				0–1	Home	Shanghai Shenhua
				4–0	Home	BEC Tero Sasana
				4–0	Away	BEC Tero Sasana
		Quarter-finals	5–1	1–0	Away	Al-Ain
		Quarter-finals	5–1	4–1	Home	Al-Ain
		Semi-finals	3–4	1–2	Away	Al-Ittihad
		Semi-finals	3–4	2–2	Home	Al-Ittihad
2006	Champions	Group E	Winners	3–2	Home	Gamba Osaka
				1–1	Away	Gamba Osaka
				0–1	Away	Dalian Shide
				3–1	Home	Dalian Shide
				3–0	Home	Da Nang
				1–0	Away	Da Nang
		Quarter-finals	4–3	0–1	Away	Shanghai Shenhua
		Quarter-finals	4–3	4–2	Home	Shanghai Shenhua
		Semi-finals	6–5	2–3	Home	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
		Semi-finals	6–5	4–1	Away	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
		Final	3–2	2–0	Home	Al-Karamah
		Final	3–2	1–2	Away	Al-Karamah
2007	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	1–4	1–2	Away	Urawa Red Diamonds
2007	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	1–4	0–2	Home	Urawa Red Diamonds
2010	Quarter-finals	Group F	Runners-up	4–1	Away	Persipura Jayapura
				8–0	Home	Persipura Jayapura
				1–2	Home	Kashima Antlers
				1–2	Away	Kashima Antlers
				2–1	Away	Changchun Yatai
				1–0	Home	Changchun Yatai
		Round of 16	3–2	3–2 (a.e.t.)	—	Adelaide United
		Quarter-finals	1–2	0–2	Home	Al-Shabab
		Quarter-finals	1–2	1–0	Away	Al-Shabab
2011	Runners-up	Group G	Winners	1–0	Home	Shandong Luneng
				2–1	Away	Shandong Luneng
				4–0	Away	Arema
				6–0	Home	Arema
				0–1	Away	Cerezo Osaka
				1–0	Home	Cerezo Osaka
		Round of 16	3–0	3–0	—	Tianjin TEDA
		Quarter-finals	9–5	3–4	Away	Cerezo Osaka
		Quarter-finals	9–5	6–1	Home	Cerezo Osaka
		Semi-finals	5–3	3–2	Away	Al-Ittihad
		Semi-finals	5–3	2–1	Home	Al-Ittihad
		Final	2–2 (2–4 p)	2–2 (a.e.t.)	—	Al-Sadd
2012	Group stage	Group H	Third place	1–5	Home	Guangzhou Evergrande
				3–1	Away	Guangzhou Evergrande
				1–5	Away	Kashiwa Reysol
				0–2	Home	Kashiwa Reysol
				2–0	Away	Buriram United
				3–2	Home	Buriram United
2013	Round of 16	Group F	Runners-up	2–2	Away	Muangthong United
				2–0	Home	Muangthong United
				1–1	Home	Guangzhou Evergrande
				0–0	Away	Guangzhou Evergrande
				3–1	Away	Urawa Red Diamonds
				2–2	Home	Urawa Red Diamonds
		Round of 16	2–5	0–2	Home	Kashiwa Reysol
		Round of 16	2–5	2–3	Away	Kashiwa Reysol
2014	Round of 16	Group G	Runners-up	3–0	Home	Yokohama F. Marinos
				1–2	Away	Yokohama F. Marinos
				2–2	Away	Melbourne Victory
				0–0	Home	Melbourne Victory
				1–3	Away	Guangzhou Evergrande
				1–0	Home	Guangzhou Evergrande
		Round of 16	1–3	1–2	Home	Pohang Steelers
		Round of 16	1–3	0–1	Away	Pohang Steelers
2015	Quarter-finals	Group E	Runners-up	0–0	Home	Kashiwa Reysol
				2–3	Away	Kashiwa Reysol
				4–1	Away	Shandong Luneng
				4–1	Home	Shandong Luneng
				3–0	Home	Becamex Binh Duong
				1–1	Away	Becamex Binh Duong
		Round of 16	2–1	1–1	Home	Beijing Guoan
		Round of 16	2–1	1–0	Away	Beijing Guoan
		Quarter-finals	2–3	0–0	Home	Gamba Osaka
		Quarter-finals	2–3	2–3	Away	Gamba Osaka
2016	Champions	Group E	Winners	2–1	Home	FC Tokyo
				3–0	Away	FC Tokyo
				2–3	Away	Jiangsu Suning
				2–2	Home	Jiangsu Suning
				2–0	Home	Becamex Binh Duong
				2–3	Away	Becamex Binh Duong
		Round of 16	3–2	1–1	Away	Melbourne Victory
		Round of 16	3–2	2–1	Home	Melbourne Victory
		Quarter-finals	5–0	0–0	Away	Shanghai SIPG
		Quarter-finals	5–0	5–0	Home	Shanghai SIPG
		Semi-finals	5–3	4–1	Home	FC Seoul
		Semi-finals	5–3	1–2	Away	FC Seoul
		Final	3–2	2–1	Home	Al-Ain
		Final	3–2	1–1	Away	Al-Ain
2018	Quarter-finals	Group E	Winners	3–2	Home	Kashiwa Reysol
				2–0	Away	Kashiwa Reysol
				6–0	Away	Kitchee
				3–0	Home	Kitchee
				6–3	Home	Tianjin Quanjian
				2–4	Away	Tianjin Quanjian
		Round of 16	4–3	2–3	Away	Buriram United
		Round of 16	4–3	2–0	Home	Buriram United
		Quarter-finals	3–3 (2–4 p)	0–3	Home	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
		Quarter-finals	3–3 (2–4 p)	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Away	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2019	Round of 16	Group G	Winners	3–1	Home	Beijing Guoan
				1–0	Away	Beijing Guoan
				0–1	Away	Buriram United
				0–0	Home	Buriram United
				1–0	Away	Urawa Red Diamonds
				2–1	Home	Urawa Red Diamonds
		Round of 16	2–2 (3–5 p)	1–1	Away	Shanghai SIPG
		Round of 16	2–2 (3–5 p)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Home	Shanghai SIPG
2020	Group stage	Group H	Third place	1–2	—	Yokohama F. Marinos
				1–4	—	Yokohama F. Marinos
				1–2	—	Shanghai SIPG
				2–0	—	Shanghai SIPG
				1–0	—	Sydney FC
				2–2	—	Sydney FC
2021	Quarter-finals	Group H	Winners	2–1	—	Chiangrai United
				3–1	—	Chiangrai United
				2–2	—	Gamba Osaka
				2–1	—	Gamba Osaka
				9–0	—	Tampines Rovers
				4–0	—	Tampines Rovers
		Round of 16	1–1 (4–2 p)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	—	BG Pathum United
		Quarter-finals	2–3	2–3 (a.e.t.)	—	Ulsan Hyundai
2022	Semi-finals	Group H	Runners-up	0–0	—	Sydney FC
				3–2	—	Sydney FC
				1–0	—	Yokohama F. Marinos
				1–1	—	Yokohama F. Marinos
				1–0	—	Hoang Anh Gia Lai
				1–1	—	Hoang Anh Gia Lai
		Round of 16	2–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)	—	Daegu FC
		Quarter-finals	3–1	3–1 (a.e.t.)	—	Vissel Kobe
		Semi-finals	2–2 (1–3 p)	2–2 (a.e.t.)	—	Urawa Red Diamonds
2023–24	Quarter-finals	Group F	Runners-up	2–1	Home	Kitchee
				2–1	Away	Kitchee
				2–3	Away	Bangkok United
				3–2	Home	Bangkok United
				3–0	Home	Lion City Sailors
				0–2	Away	Lion City Sailors
		Round of 16	3–1	2–0	Home	Pohang Steelers
		Round of 16	3–1	1–1	Away	Pohang Steelers
		Quarter-finals	1–2	1–1	Home	Ulsan HD
		Quarter-finals	1–2	0–1	Away	Ulsan HD

Jeonnam Dragons

Season	Result	Round	Aggregate	Score	Venue	Opponent
2007	Group stage	Group F	Runners-up	0–0	Away	Bangkok University
				3–2	Home	Bangkok University
				2–0	Home	Arema
				1–0	Away	Arema
				1–3	Home	Kawasaki Frontale
				0–3	Away	Kawasaki Frontale
2008	Group stage	Group G	Third place	0–2	Away	Melbourne Victory
				1–1	Home	Melbourne Victory
				3–4	Home	Gamba Osaka
				1–1	Away	Gamba Osaka
				1–0	Home	Chonburi
				2–2	Away	Chonburi
2022	Group stage	Group G	Third place	1–0	—	United City
				2–0	—	United City
				0–2	—	BG Pathum United
				0–0	—	BG Pathum United
				1–2	—	Melbourne City
				1–1	—	Melbourne City

Korea Tungsten

Season	Result	Round	Aggregate	Score	Venue	Opponent
1967	Third place	Semi-finals	0–1	0–0	Home	Selangor
1967	Third place	Semi-finals	0–1	0–1	Away	Selangor

Pohang Steelers

Season	Round	Opponent	First leg	V	Second leg	V	Aggregate	Result
1996–97	First round	PSM Makassar	0–1	A	4–0	H	4–1	Champions
	Second round	Thai Farmers Bank	3–1	A	2–0	H	5–1
	Group East	Yokohama Marinos	2–2		—		Runners-up
		New Radiant	6–0		—
		Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	0–0		—
	Semi-finals	Persepolis	3–1		—		3–1
	Final	Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	2–1 (a.e.t.)		—		2–1
1997–98	First round	Mohammedan SC	11–0	H	2–0	A	13–0	Champions
	Second round	Victory SC	12–0	H	3–0	A	15–0
	Group East	Kashima Antlers	2–1		—		Winners
		Dalian Wanda	1–2		—
		Finance and Revenue	5–1		—
	Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	1–0		—		1–0
	Final	Dalian Wanda	0–0 (a.e.t.)		—		0–0 (6–5 p)
1998–99	First round	Cảng Sài Gòn	2–0	H	4–0	A	6–0	Group stage
	Second round	Selangor	6–0	H	4–1	A	10–1
	Group East	Júbilo Iwata	1–1		—		Third place
		Busan Daewoo Royals	1–1		—
		Dalian Wanda	1–1		—
2008	Group E	Adelaide United	0–2	H	0–1	A	Third place	Group stage
		Becamex Binh Duong	4–1	A	0–0	H
		Changchun Yatai	0–1	A	2–2	H
2009	Group H	Central Coast Mariners	0–0	A	3–2	H	Winners	Champions
		Kawasaki Frontale	1–1	H	2–0	A
		Tianjin TEDA	1–0	H	0–0	A
	Round of 16	Newcastle Jets	6–0		—		6–0
	Quarter-finals	Bunyodkor	1–3	A	4–1 (a.e.t.)	H	5–4
	Semi-finals	Umm-Salal	2–0	H	2–1	A	4–1
	Final	Al-Ittihad	2–1		—		2–1
2010	Group H	Adelaide United	0–1	A	0–0	H	Runners-up	Quarter-finals
		Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1	H	3–4	A
		Shandong Luneng	1–0	H	2–1	A
	Round of 16	Kashima Antlers	1–0		—		1–0
	Quarter-finals	Zob Ahan	1–2	A	1–1	H	2–3
2012	Qualifying play-offs	Chonburi	2–0		—		2–0	Group stage
	Group E	Gamba Osaka	3–0	A	2–0	H	Third place
		Bunyodkor	0–2	H	0–1	A
		Adelaide United	1–0	H	0–1	A
2013	Group G	Beijing Guoan	0–0	H	0–2	A	Third place	Group stage
		Bunyodkor	2–2	A	1–1	H
		Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	A	1–1	H
2014	Group E	Cerezo Osaka	1–1	H	2–0	A	Winners	Quarter-finals
		Buriram United	2–1	A	0–0	H
		Shandong Luneng	2–2	H	4–2	A
	Round of 16	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	A	1–0	H	3–1
	Quarter-finals	FC Seoul	0–0	H	0–0 (a.e.t.)	A	0–0 (0–3 p)
2016	Qualifying play-offs	Hanoi	3–0		—		3–0	Group stage
	Group H	Guangzhou Evergrande	0–0	A	0–2	H	Fourth place
		Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	H	1–1	A
		Sydney FC	0–1	H	0–1	A
2021	Group G	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol	2–0		0–0		Runners-up	Runners-up
		Nagoya Grampus	0–3		1–1
		Johor Darul Ta'zim	4–1		2–0
	Round of 16	Cerezo Osaka	1–0		—		1–0
	Quarter-finals	Nagoya Grampus	3–0		—		3–0
	Semi-finals	Ulsan Hyundai	1–1 (a.e.t.)		—		1–1 (5–4 p)
	Final	Al-Hilal	0–2		—		0–2
2023–24	Group J	Hanoi FC	4–2	A	2–0	H	Winners	Round of 16
		Wuhan Three Towns	3–1	H	1–1	A
		Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	A	2–1	H
	Round of 16	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–2	A	1–1	H	1–3

Seongnam FC

Season	Round	Opponent	First leg	V	Second leg	V	Aggregate	Result
1994–95	First round	Kedah	5–3	H	5–1	A	10–4	Fourth place
	Second round	Pelita Jaya	1–0	A	4–1	H	5–1
	Group East	Verdy Kawasaki	3–1		—		Winners
		Liaoning FC	3–1		—
		Thai Farmers Bank	1–0		—
	Semi-finals	Al-Arabi	0–2		—		0–2
	Third place match	FK Neftchi Farg'ona	0–1		—		0–1
1995	First round	Lam Pak	5–0	H	3–0 (awarded)	A	8–0	Champions
	Second round	Pahang	3–2	A	2–0	H	5–2
	Group East	Thai Farmers Bank	1–1		—		Winners
		Persib Bandung	5–2		—
		Verdy Kawasaki	1–0		—
	Semi-finals	Saipa	1–0 (a.e.t.)		—		1–0
	Final	Al-Nassr	1–0 (a.e.t.)		—		1–0
1996–97	Second round	Shanghai Shenhua	0–0	H	1–0	A	1–0	Runners-up
	Group East	New Radiant	9–0		—		Winners
		Yokohama Marinos	3–2		—
		Pohang Steelers	0–0		—
	Semi-finals	Al-Zawraa	1–0		—		1–0
	Final	Pohang Steelers	1–2 (a.e.t.)		—		1–2
2002–03	Group B	Osotsapa	6–0		—		Runners-up	Group stage
		Shimizu S-Pulse	2–1		—
		Dalian Shide	1–3		—
2004	Group G	Persik Kediri	2–1	A	15–0	H	Winners	Runners-up
		Bình Định	2–0	H	3–1	A
		Yokohama F. Marinos	2–1	A	0–1	H
	Quarter-finals	Sharjah	6–0	H	5–2	A	11–2
	Semi-finals	Pakhtakor	0–0	H	2–0	A	2–0
	Final	Al-Ittihad	3–1	A	0–5	H	3–6
2007	Group G	Dong Tam Long An	4–1	H	2–1	A	Winners	Semi-finals
		Shandong Luneng Taishan	1–2	A	3–0	H
		Adelaide United	2–2	A	1–0	H
	Quarter-finals	Al-Karamah	2–1	H	2–0	A	4–1
	Semi-finals	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2	H	2–2 (a.e.t.)	A	4–4 (3–5 p)
2010	Group E	Kawasaki Frontale	2–0	H	0–3	A	Winners	Champions
		Melbourne Victory	2–0	A	3–2	H
		Beijing Guoan	3–1	H	1–0	A
	Round of 16	Gamba Osaka	3–0		—		3–0
	Quarter-finals	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	4–1	H	0–2	A	4–3
	Semi-finals	Al-Shabab	3–4	A	1–0	H	4–4 (a)
	Final	Zob Ahan	3–1		—		3–1
2012	Group G	Nagoya Grampus	2–2	A	1–1	H	Winners	Round of 16
		Tianjin TEDA	1–1	H	3–0	A
		Central Coast Mariners	1–1	A	5–0	H
	Round of 16	Bunyodkor	0–1		—		0–1
2015	Group F	Buriram United	1–2	A	2–1	H	Runners-up	Round of 16
		Gamba Osaka	2–0	H	1–2	A
		Guangzhou R&F	1–0	A	0–0	H
	Round of 16	Guangzhou Evergrande	2–1	H	0–2	A	2–3

ROK Army

Season	Round	Opponent	Score	Aggregate	Result
1971	Group allocation match	Bangkok Bank	2–1	2–1	Fourth place
	Group A	Taj	1–2	Runners-up
		Perak	3–0
		Al-Arabi	1–0
	Semi-finals	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–2	0–2
	Third place match	Taj	2–3	2–3

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Season	Round	Opponent	First leg	V	Second leg	V	Aggregate	Result
1999–2000	First round	PSIS Semarang	3–2	A	6–2	H	9–4	Fourth place
	Second round	Thể Công	1–1	A	6–0	H	7–1
	Group East	Kashima Antlers	1–1		—		Runners-up
		Sinthana FC	4–0		—
		Júbilo Iwata	0–1		—
	Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	0–1		—		0–1
	Third place match	Persepolis	0–1		—		0–1
2000–01	Second round	Hurriyya	2–1	H	0–0	A	2–1	Champions
	Group East	Júbilo Iwata	0–3		—		Runners-up
		PSM Makassar	8–1		—
		Shandong Luneng	6–0		—
	Semi-finals	Persepolis	2–1		—		2–1
	Final	Júbilo Iwata	1–0		—		1–0
2001–02	Second round	Saunders SC	18–0	H	3–0 (awarded)	A	21–0	Champions
	Group East	Anyang LG Cheetahs	0–0		—		Winners
		Kashima Antlers	2–0		—
		Dalian Shide	2–0		—
	Semi-finals	Nasaf Qarshi	3–0		—		3–0
	Final	Anyang LG Cheetahs	0–0 (a.e.t.)		—		0–0 (4–2 p)
2005	Group E	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	5–1	A	6–0	H	Runners-up	Group stage
		Shenzhen Jianlibao	0–0	H	0–1	A
		Júbilo Iwata	2–1	H	1–0	A
2009	Group G	Kashima Antlers	4–1	H	0–3	A	Runners-up	Round of 16
		Singapore Armed Forces	2–0	A	3–1	H
		Shanghai Shenhua	1–2	A	2–1	H
	Round of 16	Nagoya Grampus	1–2		—		1–2
2010	Group G	Gamba Osaka	0–0	H	1–2	A	Winners	Quarter-finals
		Singapore Armed Forces	2–0	A	6–2	H
		Henan Jianye	2–0	A	2–0	H
	Round of 16	Beijing Guoan	2–0		—		2–0
	Quarter-finals	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1–4	A	2–0	H	3–4
2011	Group H	Sydney FC	0–0	A	3–1	H	Winners	Semi-finals
		Shanghai Shenhua	4–0	H	3–0	A
		Kashima Antlers	1–1	H	1–1	A
	Round of 16	Nagoya Grampus	2–0		—		2–0
	Quarter-finals	Zob Ahan	1–1	H	2–1 (a.e.t.)	A	3–2
	Semi-finals	Al-Sadd	0–2	H	1–0	A	1–2
2013	Group H	Central Coast Mariners	0–0	A	0–1	H	Fourth place	Group stage
		Guizhou Renhe	0–0	H	2–2	A
		Kashiwa Reysol	2–6	H	0–0	A
2015	Group G	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	H	2–1	A	Runners-up	Round of 16
		Beijing Guoan	1–1	H	0–1	A
		Brisbane Roar	3–1	H	3–3	A
	Round of 16	Kashiwa Reysol	2–3	H	2–1	A	4–4 (a)
2016	Group G	Gamba Osaka	0–0	H	2–1	A	Third place	Group stage
		Shanghai SIPG	1–2	A	3–0	H
		Melbourne Victory	0–0	A	1–1	H
2017	Group G	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1	A	0–1	H	Third place	Group stage
		Guangzhou Evergrande	2–2	H	2–2	A
		Eastern	1–0	A	5–0	H
2018	Qualifying play-offs	Thanh Hóa	5–1		—		5–1	Semi-finals
	Group H	Sydney FC	2–0	A	1–4	H	Winners
		Kashima Antlers	1–2	H	1–0	A
		Shanghai Shenhua	1–1	H	2–0	A
	Round of 16	Ulsan Hyundai	0–1	A	3–0	H	3–1
	Quarter-finals	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	3–0	A	0–3 (a.e.t.)	H	3–3 (4–2 p)
	Semi-finals	Kashima Antlers	2–3	A	3–3	H	5–6
2020	Group G	Vissel Kobe	0–1		2–0		Runners-up	Quarter-finals
	Group G	Guangzhou Evergrande	0–0		1–1		Runners-up
	Round of 16	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–2		—		3–2
	Quarter-finals	Vissel Kobe	1–1 (a.e.t.)		—		1–1 (6–7 p)

Ulsan HD

Season	Result	Round	Aggregate	Score	Venue	Opponent
1997–98	Second round	First round	6–2	2–1	Away	Persebaya Surabaya
		First round	6–2	4–1	Home	Persebaya Surabaya
		Second round	2–6	1–5	Home	Kashima Antlers
		Second round	2–6	1–1	Away	Kashima Antlers
2006	Semi-finals	Group F	Winners	2–0	Away	Tokyo Verdy
		Group F	Winners	1–0	Home	Tokyo Verdy
		Quarter-finals	7–0	6–0	Home	Al-Shabab
		Quarter-finals	7–0	1–0	Away	Al-Shabab
		Semi-finals	4–6	3–2	Away	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
		Semi-finals	4–6	1–4	Home	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2009	Group stage	Group E	Third place	1–3	Home	Nagoya Grampus
				1–4	Away	Nagoya Grampus
				0–2	Away	Newcastle Jets
				0–1	Home	Newcastle Jets
				1–0	Home	Beijing Guoan
				1–0	Away	Beijing Guoan
2012	Champions	Group F	Winners	2–1	Home	Beijing Guoan
				3–2	Away	Beijing Guoan
				2–2	Away	FC Tokyo
				1–0	Home	FC Tokyo
				1–1	Home	Brisbane Roar
				2–1	Away	Brisbane Roar
		Round of 16	3–2	3–2	—	Kashiwa Reysol
		Quarter-finals	5–0	1–0	Home	Al-Hilal
		Quarter-finals	5–0	4–0	Away	Al-Hilal
		Semi-finals	5–1	3–1	Away	Bunyodkor
		Semi-finals	5–1	2–0	Home	Bunyodkor
		Final	3–0	3–0	—	Al-Ahli
2014	Group stage	Group H	Third place	3–1	Away	Western Sydney Wanderers
				0–2	Home	Western Sydney Wanderers
				2–0	Home	Kawasaki Frontale
				1–3	Away	Kawasaki Frontale
				1–1	Home	Guizhou Renhe
				1–3	Away	Guizhou Renhe
2017	Group stage	Qualifying play-offs	1–1 (4–3 p)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	—	Kitchee
		Group E	Third place	0–2	Away	Kashima Antlers
				0–4	Home	Kashima Antlers
				6–0	Home	Brisbane Roar
				3–2	Away	Brisbane Roar
				0–0	Home	Muangthong United
				0–1	Away	Muangthong United
2018	Round of 16	Group F	Runners-up	3–3	Away	Melbourne Victory
				6–2	Home	Melbourne Victory
				2–1	Home	Kawasaki Frontale
				2–2	Away	Kawasaki Frontale
				2–2	Away	Shanghai SIPG
				0–1	Home	Shanghai SIPG
		Round of 16	1–3	1–0	Home	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
		Round of 16	1–3	0–3	Away	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2019	Round of 16	Qualifying play-offs	5–1	5–1	—	Perak
		Group H	Winners	0–0	Away	Sydney FC
				1–0	Home	Sydney FC
				1–0	Home	Shanghai SIPG
				0–5	Away	Shanghai SIPG
				1–0	Home	Kawasaki Frontale
				2–2	Away	Kawasaki Frontale
		Round of 16	2–4	2–1	Away	Urawa Red Diamonds
		Round of 16	2–4	0–3	Home	Urawa Red Diamonds
2020	Champions	Group F	Winners	1–1	—	FC Tokyo
				2–1	—	FC Tokyo
				3–1	—	Shanghai Shenhua
				4–1	—	Shanghai Shenhua
				2–1	—	Perth Glory
				2–0	—	Perth Glory
		Round of 16	3–0	3–0	—	Melbourne Victory
		Quarter-finals	2–0	2–0	—	Beijing Guoan
		Semi-finals	2–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)	—	Vissel Kobe
		Final	2–1	2–1	—	Persepolis
2021	Semi-finals	Group F	Winners	1–0	—	Viettel
				3–0	—	Viettel
				2–0	—	BG Pathum United
				2–0	—	BG Pathum United
				3–0	—	Kaya–Iloilo
				2–1	—	Kaya–Iloilo
		Round of 16	0–0 (3–2 p)	0–0 (a.e.t.)	—	Kawasaki Frontale
		Quarter-finals	3–2	3–2 (a.e.t.)	—	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
		Semi-finals	1–1 (4–5 p)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	—	Pohang Steelers
2022	Group stage	Qualifying play-offs	3–0	3–0	—	Port
		Group I	Third place	1–1	—	Kawasaki Frontale
				3–2	—	Kawasaki Frontale
				1–2	—	Johor Darul Ta'zim
				1–2	—	Johor Darul Ta'zim
				3–0	—	Guangzhou
				5–0	—	Guangzhou
2023–24	Semi-finals	Group I	Runners-up	3–1	Home	BG Pathum United
				3–1	Away	BG Pathum United
				0–1	Away	Kawasaki Frontale
				2–2	Home	Kawasaki Frontale
				3–1	Home	Johor Darul Ta'zim
				1–2	Away	Johor Darul Ta'zim
		Round of 16	5–1	3–0	Home	Ventforet Kofu
		Round of 16	5–1	2–1	Away	Ventforet Kofu
		Quarter-finals	2–1	1–1	Away	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
		Quarter-finals	2–1	1–0	Home	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
		Semi-finals	3–3 (4–5 p)	1–0	Home	Yokohama F. Marinos
		Semi-finals	3–3 (4–5 p)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Away	Yokohama F. Marinos

Yangzee

Season	Round	Opponent	Score	Aggregate	Result
1969	Group A	Mysore State	5–0	Winners	Runners-up
		Manila Lions	7–0
		Bangkok Bank	1–0
		Vietnam Police	4–1
	Semi-finals	Toyo Kogyo	2–0	2–0
	Final	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–1	0–1

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Pohang Steelers

Seongnam FC

ROK Army

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Ulsan HD

Yangzee

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