Asian Champions League (ACL)

News, interviews and coverage of Asia’s premier club competition, the Asian Champions League, with a strong focus on how A-League clubs fare. We’ll also seek to bring you information on the history of some of Asia’s most famous clubs which receive little attention in Australia, particularly those in the West Zone.

Sydney FC’s Ufuk Talay ahead of blockbuster clashes with Wanderers, Sanfrecce

Willem van DenderenOctober 17, 2024

Two away fixtures within four days present Sydney FC with the chance to make a massive early-season impact across two competitions this week, opening their A-Le...

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‘Greatest moment in the history of the Club’ – Luke Byrne from Oman as Mariners lift AFC Cup

Willem van DenderenMay 10, 2024

The Central Coast Mariners arrive at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium for tonight’s first leg of their A-League semi-final against Sydney FC as newly crowned AFC Cu...

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‘I’m loving the experience’ – Central Coast manager Mark Jackson on AFC Cup adventure

Willem van DenderenMarch 21, 2024

Mark Jackson’s maiden season as Central Coast Mariners manager stands not only a chance of emulating last season’s Championship under Nick Montgomery, but o...

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Paul Wade on Socceroos’ style vs substance debate as Asian Cup quarters loom

Willem van DenderenFebruary 2, 2024

‘The most important thing is results. There can be a lot of outside noise, ‘the team should be doing this, doing that.’ But football isn’t easy. Despite...

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Scott McIntyre on the J League, Muscat & Kewell

Willem van DenderenDecember 14, 2023

The Asian Game's Scott McIntyre joined Box2Box earlier this week and outlined Vissell Kobe’s homegrown J-League title success. Kobe won the J League without a...

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Scott McIntyre previews run-in as J1 League heats up – ‘It will go down to the wire’

Willem van DenderenSeptember 7, 2023

Kevin Muscat’s pursuit of back-to-back J1 League titles with Yokohama F. Marinos has hit a hurdle, falling two points in arrears of Vissel Kobe with eight mat...

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Paul Williams on Yokohama’s continued rise under Kevin Muscat

Willem van DenderenJuly 10, 2022

Kevin Muscat’s Yokohama F. Marinos can take another step towards what some considered an unlikely J1 League title at the season’s outset today, when they tr...

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Simon Hill on Sydney FC’s despair after forgettable Asian Champions League campaign

Willem van DenderenMay 1, 2022

Sydney FC need to win tonight’s final Asian Champions League group stage match Hoang Anh Gia Lai to avoid the ignominy of finishing last in their group, as St...

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Paul Williams sheds light on Asian Super League discussions

Willem van DenderenApril 24, 2022

It’s the concept that threatened to tear European football apart, and still lingers menacingly in the rear-view mirror of the traditional football fan's psych...

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Paul Williams Previews 2021 Asian Champions League Final

Willem van DenderenNovember 22, 2021

In the 54 years since the Asian Club Champion Tournament kicked off continental club football in Asia, no sides have been as successful as Saudi Arabia’s Al H...

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