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The AFC Challenge League (rebranded from the AFC President's Cup in the 2024–25 season) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition is played among clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying slots to the top-tier AFC Champions League Elite or the second-tier AFC Champions League Two, based on the AFC club competitions ranking.
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Organising body | AFC |
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Founded | 2005; 19 years ago (2005) (rebranded in 2024) |
Region | Asia |
Number of teams | 20 (group stage) |
Qualifier for | AFC Champions League Two |
Related competitions | AFC Champions League Elite (1st tier) AFC Champions League Two (2nd tier) |
Current champions | FC HTTU (1st title) |
Most successful club(s) | Regar TadAZ (3 titles) |
2024–25 AFC Challenge League |
The tournament was founded in 2005 as the AFC President's Cup, the third-tier club competition in Asian football which targeted clubs from emerging football nations, and was discontinued in 2014. In 2024, the AFC re-introduced a revamped third-tier club competition under the name AFC Challenge League, with the records and statistics of the AFC President's Cup transferring to the new competition.