List of Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League Elite winning managers explained

This is a list of Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League winning managers. Israeli Yosef Merimovich won the first two finals of the competition with Hapoel Tel Aviv and its rival Maccabi Tel Aviv when it was known as the Asian Champion Club Tournament. The competition became the Asian Club Championship upon its resurrection in 1985 and rebranded the AFC Champions League in 2002 after a merge between the Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup. The latest iteration of the competition is run in a single year from 2004 to 2021 (de jure 2022) before returning to double year from the 2023–24 season.

Six managers have won the tournament the most with two titles; Choi Kang-hee, Anghel Iordănescu, Kim Ho, Merimovich, Charnwit Polcheewin, and Park Seong-hwa. Only two who have won the title with two clubs: Merimovich (in 1967 with Hapoel Tel Aviv and 1969 with Maccabi Tel Aviv) and Iordănescu (with Al-Hilal in 1999–2000 and Al-Ittihad in 2005). Only one man has won the tournament both as a player and as a manager: South Korean Shin Tae-yong. He is among the nine different South Korean managers to have won the competition.

By year

FinalNationalityWinning managerCountryClub
1967Hapoel Tel Aviv
1969Maccabi Tel Aviv
1970Taj
1971Maccabi Tel Aviv
1972Cancelled
1985–86Chang Woon-sooDaewoo Royals
1986Furukawa Electric
1987Yomiuri FC
1988–89Al-Sadd
1989–90Li YingfaLiaoning FC
1990–91Esteghlal
1991Al-Hilal
1992–93PAS Tehran
1993–94Thai Farmers Bank
1994–95Thai Farmers Bank
1995Park Jong-hwanIlhwa Chunma
1996–97Park Seong-hwaPohang Steelers
1997–98Park Seong-hwaPohang Steelers
1998–99Júbilo Iwata
1999–2000Al-Hilal
2000–01Kim HoSuwon Samsung Bluewings
2001–02Kim HoSuwon Samsung Bluewings
2002–03Al Ain
2004Al-Ittihad
2005Al-Ittihad
2006Choi Kang-heeJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2007Urawa Red Diamonds
2008Gamba Osaka
2009Pohang Steelers
2010Shin Tae-yongSeongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2011Al-Sadd
2012Kim Ho-konUlsan Hyundai
2013Guangzhou Evergrande
2014Western Sydney Wanderers
2015Guangzhou Evergrande
2016Choi Kang-heeJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2017Urawa Red Diamonds
2018Kashima Antlers
2019Al-Hilal
2020Kim Do-hoonUlsan Hyundai
2021Al-Hilal
2022Urawa Red Diamonds
2023–24Al Ain

By nationality

This table lists the total number of titles won by managers of each nationality.

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Nationality Number of
wins
11
6
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1