2024–25 AFC Champions League Two group stage

The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two group stage will be played from September 17th to December 5th, 2024. Top two teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.^[1]

The draw for the group stage took place on August 16th at the InterContinental Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[2] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four: four groups each in the West Region (Groups A–D) and the East Region (Groups E–H).^[3] For each region, teams were seeded into four pots and drawn into the relevant positions within each group, based on their association ranking and their seeding within their association. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

The following 32 teams entered the group-stage draw, which included the 27 direct entrants, three losers from the AFC Champions League Elite qualifying play-offs (labeled ACLE) and the two winners of the preliminary stage (labeled PS).

Region	Groups	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
West Region	A–D	SepahanACLE	Tractor	Al-Hussein Irbid	Al-Wehdat
		Shabab Al AhliACLE	Sharjah	Istiklol	Ravshan Kulob
		Al Taawoun	Nasaf	Mohun Bagan SG	Altyn AsyrPS
		Al-Wakrah	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Khaldiya	Al-KuwaitPS
East Region	E–H	Bangkok UnitedACLE	Port	Lee Man	Eastern
		Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Sydney FC	Kaya–Iloilo	DH Cebu
		Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Selangor	Lion City Sailors	Tampines Rovers
		Zhejiang	Thep Xanh Nam Định	Muangthong United	Persib

In the group stage, each group will be played in a double round-robin format on home and away basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the round of 16 of the knockout stage.

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 8.3):^[4]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams playing each other in the last round of the group are tied;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

The schedule of the group stage was as follows.^[1]

Round	Dates (West region)	Dates (East region)
Matchday 1	17–18 September 2024	18–19 September 2024
Matchday 2	1–2 October 2024	2–3 October 2024
Matchday 3	22–23 October 2024	23–24 October 2024
Matchday 4	5–6 November 2024	6–7 November 2024
Matchday 5	26–27 November 2024	27–28 November 2024
Matchday 6	3–4 December 2024	4–5 December 2024

The detailed schedule was announced on 16 August 2024 after the draw ceremony.^[5][3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WAK	TRA	AMB	RAV
1	Al-Wakrah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16		—	18 Sep	6 Nov	4 Dec
2	Tractor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			27 Nov	—	2 Oct	23 Oct
3	Mohun Bagan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			23 Oct	4 Dec	—	18 Sep
4	Ravshan Kulob	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2 Oct	6 Nov	27 Nov	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TAA	AFC	KHA	ALT
1	Al-Taawoun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16		—	2 Oct	27 Nov	23 Oct
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			4 Dec	—	23 Oct	18 Sep
3	Al-Khaldiya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18 Sep	6 Nov	—	4 Dec
4	Altyn Asyr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6 Nov	27 Nov	2 Oct	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SEP	SHJ	IST	WHD
1	Sepahan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16		—	5 Nov	1 Oct	26 Nov
2	Sharjah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			22 Oct	—	26 Nov	1 Oct
3	Istiklol	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			3 Dec	17 Sep	—	22 Oct
4	Al-Wehdat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			17 Sep	3 Dec	5 Nov	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAH	NAS	HUS	KSC
1	Shabab Al-Ahli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16		—	4 Dec	18 Sep	23 Oct
2	Nasaf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2 Oct	—	6 Nov	27 Nov
3	Al-Hussein Irbid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			27 Nov	23 Oct	—	2 Oct
4	Al-Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6 Nov	18 Sep	4 Dec	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SFR	SYD	KAY	ELL
1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16		—	24 Oct	19 Sep	5 Dec
2	Sydney FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			7 Nov	—	5 Dec	19 Sep
3	Kaya–Iloilo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			28 Nov	3 Oct	—	24 Oct
4	Eastern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			3 Oct	28 Nov	7 Nov	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZHP	POR	SGP	PSB
1	Zhejiang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16		—	7 Nov	28 Nov	3 Oct
2	Port	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24 Oct	—	3 Oct	28 Nov
3	Lion City Sailors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			19 Sep	5 Dec	—	7 Nov
4	Persib	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5 Dec	19 Sep	24 Oct	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BNY	NDI	LMC	TAM
1	Bangkok United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16		—	4 Dec	6 Nov	18 Sep
2	Thep Xanh Nam Định	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2 Oct	—	27 Nov	6 Nov
3	Lee Man	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24 Oct	18 Sep	—	4 Dec
4	Tampines Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			27 Nov	24 Oct	2 Oct	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JBH	SEL	MTU	DHC
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16		—	7 Nov	3 Oct	28 Nov
2	Selangor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			23 Oct	—	28 Nov	3 Oct
3	Muangthong United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5 Dec	19 Sep	—	23 Oct
4	DH Cebu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			19 Sep	5 Dec	7 Nov	—

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