ACL, AFCC 2010 teams

Kuala Lumpur: The list of participating teams in the 2011 edition of the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup has been announced.

Thirty teams get direct entry to the AFC Champions League while two more join them via the play-offs.

In the AFC Cup there are 28 direct entries while four teams will come through the AFC Champions League play-offs.

The play-off for the ACL will involve, from the West: Dempo SC (India), Al Sadd (Qatar), Al Ittihad (Syria) and Al Ain (UAE). From the East, Sriwijaya (Indonesia) and Thailand (Muangthong United) are eligible.

A draw will be conducted to shift one club from the west to the east play-offs.

For the AFC Cup, four clubs - Arbil of Iraq, Nasaf of Uzbekistan, Persipura Jayapura of Indonesia, and Tampines Rovers of Singapore – have been invited to play in the competition.

The draw for the group stages of both competitions will take place on December 7, 2010, at the PJ Hilton Hotel here in the capital of Malaysia.

AFC Champions League 2011 teams

JAPAN 
1 NAGOYA GRAMPUS
2 2nd in league
3 3rd in league
4 Winner of knockout competition

KOREA REP
5 FC SEOUL
6 SUWON SAMSUNG BLUEWINGS
7 JEJU UNITED
8 3rd in league

CHINA
9  SHANDONG LUNENG
10 TIANJIN TEDA
11 SHANGHAI SHENHUA
12 HANGZHOU GREENTOWN

I.R. IRAN
13 FOOLAD MOBARAKEH SEPAHAN
14 PIROOZI (Persepolis)
15 ZOBAHAN ESFAHAN
16 ESTEGHLAL

SAUDI ARABIA
17 AL HILAL
18 AL ITTIHAD
19 AL NASSR
20 AL SHABAB

UAE  
21 AL WAHDA
22 EMIRATES
23 AL JAZIRA

AUSTRALIA 
24 SYDNEY FC
25 MELBOURNE VICTORY

UZBEKISTAN
26 BUNYODKOR
27 PAKHTAKOR

INDONESIA
28 AREMA INDONESIA

QATAR
29 AL GHARAFA
30  AL RAYYAN

AFC Cup 2011 teams

1) WEST

BAHRAIN
1 AL AHLI

IRAQ
2 DUHOK
3 AL TALABA
4 ARBIL

JORDAN 
5 AL FAISALY
6 AL WEHDAT

KUWAIT
7 AL QADSIA
8 KUWAIT SC
9 AL NASR

LEBANON 
10 AL AHED
11 AL ANSAR

OMAN 
12 AL SUWAIQ
13 FNJAA OR ALORUBA

SYRIA 
14 AL JAISH
15 AL KARAMAH

UZBEKISTAN 
16 NASAF QARSHI

YEMEN 
17 AL SAQR
18 AL TILAL

2) EAST

HONG KONG
19 SOUTH CHINA
20 TSW PEGASUS

INDIA
21 KINGFISHER EAST BENGAL

INDONESIA 
22 PERSIPURA JAYAPURA

MALDIVES 
23 V.B.
24 VICTORY

SINGAPORE 
25 TAMPINES ROVERS

THAILAND
26 TBC

VIETNAM
27 HANOI T&T
28 SONG LAM NGHE AN