List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

List of top-division football clubs in AFC countries

This is a list of top-division association football clubs in AFC countries. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) includes all Asian countries except Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan and Turkey as members, but also includes the Oceanian countries of Australia, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands (the association of the Northern Mariana Islands is a provisional associate member of AFC but not a member of FIFA).

The football associations of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan and Turkey are members of UEFA, the European football confederation (Israel and Kazakhstan were previously AFC members but had left). Hong Kong and Macau, the special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, have their own football associations which are members of AFC. The Republic of China (called Chinese Taipei in the international sports community) and Palestine, both members of the IOC but not the UN, also have their own football associations which are members of AFC.

Each of the AFC member countries have their own football league systems. The clubs playing in each top-level league compete for the title as the country's club champions, and also for places in next season's AFC club competitions, i.e., the AFC Champions League, the AFC Cup, and the AFC President's Cup. Due to promotion and relegation, the clubs playing in the top-level league are different every season; however, some league systems (such as Australia) do not have promotion and relegation.

The champions of the previous season in each country are listed in bold.

Please note: Some clubs play in a national football league other than their own country's. Where this is the case the club is noted as such. In particular, the Australian A-League includes a team from New Zealand, whose national federation is a member of the Oceania Football Confederation.

Afghanistan

As of 2010 season:

Australia

As of 2010–11 season:

Bahrain

As of 2009–10 season:

Bangladesh

As of 2009–10 season:

Bhutan

As of 2009–10 season:

Brunei

As of 2009–10 season:

Cambodia

As of 2010 season:

People's Republic of China

As of 2010 season:

Republic of China (Chinese Taipei)

See Chinese Taipei for the naming issue.

As of 2009 season:

East Timor (Timor-Leste)

As of 2005-2006 season:

Guam

As of 2006-2007 season:

Hong Kong

As of 2010–11 season:

India

As of 2010-11 season:

Indonesia

As of 2008 season:

Iran

As of 2009–10 season:

Iraq

As of 2006–07 season:

Japan

As of 2010 J. League Division 1 season:

Jordan

As of 2009–10 season:

Korea DPR

As of 2007 season:

Korea Republic

As of 2011 season:

Kuwait

As of 2009/10season:

Kyrgyzstan

As of 2010 season:

Laos

As of 2010 season:

Lebanon

As of 2009–10 season:

Macau

As of 2010 season:

Malaysia

As of 2010 season:

Maldives

As of 2008 season:

Mongolia

As of 2009 season:

Myanmar

Nepal

As of 2006–2007 season:

Northern Mariana Islands

As of 2010 season

Oman

As of 2009–10 season:

Pakistan

As of 2010 season:

Palestinian territories

As of 2005–06 season:

Gaza Strip League

 Islamabad United Karachi Bazigar and more 

Philippines

As of 2008 season:

Qatar

As of 2009–10 season:

Saudi Arabia

As of 2010–11 season:

Singapore

As of 2010 season:

Sri Lanka

As of 2006–07 season:
Segment A

Segment B

Syria

As of 2009–10 season:

Tajikistan

As of 2010 season:

Thailand

As of 2010 season:

Turkmenistan

As of 2010 season:

United Arab Emirates

As of 2009–10 season:

Uzbekistan

As of 2010 season:

Vietnam

As of 2010 season:

Yemen

As of 2010 season:

References

• National Associations, AFC. Last accessed October 31, 2006.
• The RSSSF Archive - Domestic Results (Asia and Oceania), Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Last accessed October 30, 2006.

See also

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