The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two group stage was played from 17 September to 5 December 2024. The top two teams from each group qualified for the knockout stage.

Draw

The draw for the group stage took place on 16 August at the InterContinental Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 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). 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 and the two winners of the preliminary stage.

RegionGroupsPot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4A–D SepahanACLE Tractor Al-Hussein 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-KuwaitPSE–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 Nam Định Muangthong United Persib Legend ACLE: AFC Champions League Elite qualifying play-off losers PS: Preliminary stage winners

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

Tiebreakers

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): Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; 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; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams playing each other in the last round of the group are tied; 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); Drawing of lots.

Schedule The schedule of the group stage was as follows.

RoundDates (West region)Dates (East region)Matchday 117–18 September 202418–19 September 2024Matchday 21–2 October 20242–3 October 2024Matchday 322–23 October 202423–24 October 2024Matchday 45–6 November 20246–7 November 2024Matchday 526–27 November 202427–28 November 2024Matchday 63–4 December 20244–5 December 2024

Groups The detailed schedule was announced on 16 August 2024 after the draw ceremony.

West Region Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

East Region Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

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