Records of the Australian A-League clubs in the AFC Champions League. Since 2007, Australian clubs have participated in this league. For their first five competitions, the A-League was given two spots in the league- one for the champions (grand final winners) and one for the premiers (regular season winners- or the losing grand finalist if the champions and premiers were the same team). For the 2012 competition, another half a spot was added, with the highest placed team on the A-League table which has not already qualified for the AFC Champions League entering a playoff to enter the competition.
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For the 2013 competition the AFC reduced the number of Aleague qualification spots to 1.5. The Premiers (regular season winners) directly qualified for the Asian Champions League. The Champions (winners of grand final) entered a play off to qualify for the competition. The AFC ruled that the A-League did not meet the criteria for full participation in the tournament, including the lack of promotion and relegation within a tiered league system was a major reason, and that the A-league was not run as a separate entity to the FFA.
From the 2014 AFC Champions League onwards, the allocation of 2 spots in the group stage and one qualifying play-off spot returned.
Results
Q : Qualified, PO : Qualifying Play-Offs, GS : Group Stage, R16 : Round of 16, QF : Quarter-Finals, SF : Semi-Finals, RU : Runners-Up, W : Winners
Records
Top scorers
As of 24 May 2016 (not including qualifying rounds). Club lists clubs for which Champions League goals were scored.