2021 ASEAN Club Championship


The 2021 ASEAN Club Championship or the 2020 ACC will be the third edition of the ASEAN Club Championship, an international association football competition between domestic champion clubs sides affiliated with the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation. It is the first ACC to commence since 2005.
The tournament was initially scheduled to take place in 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Twelve clubs will feature in the competition proper. The final prize money for the winners will be about US$500,000.

Association team allocation

Clubs from the following 11 football associations are eligible to enter the competition:
Football associationGroup stagePlayoff
Brunei—1
Cambodia—1
Indonesia2—
Laos—1
Malaysia2—
Myanmar1—
Philippines—1
Singapore1—
Thailand2—
Timor-Leste—1
Vietnam2—

Teams

The following 12 teams from 9 associations confirmed their participation in the competition. Malaysia had direct two berths to the group stage but is strongly considering not to enter a team. Reportedly only the first and second-placed teams in the first-tier domestic league and the winners of the national cup is eligible to enter. However Brunei's Indera only placed fourth in the 2018–19 Brunei Super League but they are Brunei's representative at the 2020 AFC Cup being the only club in the league which fulfills the AFC Club License requirements. Timor Leste also hasn't confirmed participation.
TeamPrevious league/cup performanceApp
Chiangrai United2019 Thai League 1 champions1st
PT Prachuap2019 Thai League Cup champions1st
Hà Nội2019 V.League 1 champions1st
Hồ Chí Minh City2019 V.League 1 runners-up1st
Bali United2019 Liga 1 champions1st
Persebaya2019 Liga 1 runners-up1st
Tampines Rovers2019 Singapore Premier League runners-up2nd
Shan United2019 Myanmar National League champions1st

TeamPrevious league/cup performanceApp
United City2019 Philippines Football League champions1st
Svay Rieng2019 C-League champions1st
Lao Toyota2019 Lao Premier League champions1st
Indera2018–19 Brunei Super League 4th place1st

Foreign players

A maximum of four foreigners are allowed per club which follows the Asian Football Confederation's '3+1 rule'; three players of any nationality and a fourth coming from an AFC member nation. A player coming from an AFF member nation will not be considered as a foreign player.