AFC Cup Champions Year by Year
Complete champions' list of the AFC Cup ordered by year, with Information about this international soccer tournament for teams that includes the champion, runner-up and score of every final since the tournament's first edition.
The AFC Cup has had a champion in 20 editions, and a total of 14 teams have won at least one title. The first champion was Al-Jaish in 2004 and the most recent was Sharjah FC in 2025.
The last 6 editions of this international tournament were won by 6 different teams.
In the last 10 editions, 8 teams have won the title: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (3), Al-Seeb, Al Ahed, Central Coast Mariners, Johor Darul Ta'zim FC, Al-Muharraq, Qadsia SC and Sharjah FC.
Among the teams that won titles, the most successful in the AFC Cup are Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Kuwait with 3 trophies each.
| Last Champion: | |
 |  Sharjah FC (United Arab Emirates) |
| 2025 | |
AFC Cup, Champions by Year
Tournament
Champion
Runner-up
2025
Sharjah FC
(United Arab Emirates)
Lion City Sailors
(Republic of Singapore)
2-1
2024
Central Coast Mariners
(Australia)
Al Ahed
(Lebanon)
1-0
2022
Al-Seeb
(Oman)
Kuala Lumpur City
(Malasya)
3-0
2021
Al-Muharraq
(Bahrain)
Nasaf Qarshi
(Uzbekistan)
3-0
2020
cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019
Al Ahed
(Lebanon)
April 25
(North Korea)
1-0
2018
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(Iraq)
Altyn Asyr
(Turkmenistan)
2-0
2017
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(Iraq)
FC Istiklol
(Tajikistan)
1-0
Tournament
Champion
Runner-up
2016
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(Iraq)
Bengaluru FC
(India)
1-0
2015
Johor Darul Ta'zim FC
(Malasya)
FC Istiklol
(Tajikistan)
1-0
2014
Qadsia SC
(Kuwait)
Erbil SC
(Iraq)
0-0 (4-2 on penalties)
2013
Al-Kuwait
(Kuwait)
Qadsia SC
(Kuwait)
2-0
2012
Al-Kuwait
(Kuwait)
Erbil SC
(Iraq)
4-0
2011
Nasaf Qarshi
(Uzbekistan)
Al-Kuwait
(Kuwait)
2-1
2010
Al-Ittihad Aleppo
(Syria)
Qadsia SC
(Kuwait)
1-1 (4-2 on penalties)
2009
Al-Kuwait
(Kuwait)
Al-Karamah
(Syria)
2-1
Tournament
Champion
Runner-up
2008
Al-Muharraq
(Bahrain)
Safa Beirut
(Lebanon)
5-1 / 5-4
2007
Shabab Al-Ordon
(Jordan)
Al-Faysali
(Jordan)
1-0 / 1-1
2006
Al-Faysali
(Jordan)
Al-Muharraq
(Bahrain)
3-0 / 2-4
2005
Al-Faysali
(Jordan)
Al-Nijmeh
(Lebanon)
1-0 / 3-2
2004
Al-Jaish
(Syria)
Al-Wahda
(Syria)
3-2 / 0-1