Iranian football clubs in the AFC Champions League

The Persian Gulf Pro League clubs in the AFC Champions League.This details the participation and performances in the competition since its based at 2002 as a result of the merger between the Asian Club Championship, the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the Asian Super Cup.

Participations[]

GS : Group Stage, R16 : Round of 16, QF : Quarter-Finals, SF : Semi-Finals, RU : Runners-Up, W : Winners, TBD : To Be Decided

Team	Qualified	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Sepahan	12 times	-	GS	GS	-	RU	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	GS	GS	-	GS	-	-	-	GS	-
Esteghlal	12 times	GS	-	-	-	DQ	-	GS	R16	GS	R16	SF	GS	-	-	R16	QF	GS	R16	R16
Persepolis	10 times	GS	-	-	-	-	-	R16	-	GS	R16	-	-	R16	-	SF	RU	GS	RU	QF
Zob Ahan	7 times	-	GS	-	-	-	-	-	RU	QF	-	-	-	-	R16	GS	R16	R16	-	-	-
Tractor Sazi	6 times	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	GS	GS	GS	R16	-	GS	-	-	R16	-
Foolad	4 times	-	-	-	GS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	R16	GS	-	-	-	-	-	GS
Saba Battery	2 times	-	-	-	GS	-	-	GS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
PAS Tehran	1 time	-	-	QF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saipa	1 time	-	-	-	-	-	QF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mes Kerman	1 time	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	R16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Naft Tehran	1 time	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	QF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 time	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	R16	-	-	-	-	-
Shahr Khodro	1 time	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	GS	-	-

This table includes results beyond group stage of the AFC Champions League through 2002/03 season, therefore:

As of 16 October 2021 (After 2021 Quarter-finals)

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Best Finish
1	Persepolis	79	37	17	25	106	88	+18	128	Runners up
2	Sepahan	84	37	17	30	120	103	+17	128	Runners up
3	Esteghlal	83	32	26	25	122	104	+18	122	Semi Final
4	Zob Ahan	55	26	14	15	73	56	+17	92	Runners up
5	Tractor Sazi	39	10	10	19	41	53	−12	40	Round of 16
6	Foolad	26	7	10	9	26	24	+2	31	Round of 16
7	Pas	8	5	3	0	16	8	+8	18	Quarter Finals
8	Saba	12	4	3	5	20	17	+3	15	Group stage
9	Saipa	8	3	4	1	10	10	0	13	Quarter Finals
10	Naft Tehran	10	3	2	5	11	13	−2	11	Quarter Finals
11	Mes Kerman	7	3	0	4	13	14	−1	9	Round of 16
12	Esteghlal Khuzestan	8	2	3	3	8	9	−1	9	Round of 16
13	Shahr Khodro	4	0	0	4	0	6	−6	0	Group stage

As of Oct.19, 2021

Season	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2003	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	9
2004	10	5	3	2	19	15	+4	18
2005	14	8	5	1	26	14	+12	29
2006	12	4	2	6	21	17	+4	14
2007	12	5	5	2	16	9	+7	20
2008	14	5	5	4	15	18	−3	20
2009	23	5	8	10	27	31	−4	23
2010	32	16	6	10	44	35	+9	54
2011	30	14	7	9	49	38	+11	49
2012	26	13	6	7	39	24	+15	45
2013	25	11	5	9	41	38	+3	38
2014	28	9	8	11	33	28	+5	35
2015	31	11	6	14	29	38	−9	39
2016	22	10	3	9	29	24	+5	33
2017	32	12	11	9	41	40	+1	47
2018	39	15	10	14	48	50	−2	55
2019	24	10	6	8	35	29	+6	36
2020	29	11	6	12	36	29	+7	39
2021	29	13	8	8	42	28	+14	47
Total	438	180	110	148	600	514	+86	650

Performance by clubs
Club	Runners-up	Years runners-up
Persepolis	2	2018 ، 2020
Sepahan	1	2007
Zob Ahan	1	2010

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