2026–27 ASEAN Club Championship group stage

The 2026–27 ASEAN Club Championship group stage will begin in 7 October 2026 and end in 1 April 2027. A total of 14 teams competed in the group stage to decide eight places in the knockout stage of the 2026–27 ASEAN Club Championship.

Port, Kuching City, and Persib will make their debut appearance in the group stage.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 5 June 2026 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The 14 teams were drawn into two groups of seven.

Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, with the exception of Thailand, where a maximum of two Thai teams (one being the title holder) could be placed in the same group.

Teams and seeding

Below were the participating teams, grouped by their seeding pot. They included:

• 12 teams which entered in this stage
• 2 winners of the play-off round.

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advanced to quarter-finals

Pot 1 No. Team 1 Buriram United 2 Port	Pot 2 No. Team 3 Ratchaburi 4 Johor Darul Ta'zim	Pot 3 No. Team 5 Kuching City 6 Lion City Sailors
Pot 4 No. Team 7 Tampines Rovers 8 Công An Hà Nội	Pot 5 No. Team 9 Công An Hồ Chí Minh City 10 PKR Svay Rieng	Pot 6 No. Team 11 Borneo 12 Persib Bandung	Pot 7 No. Team 13 Play-off winner 1 14 Play-off winner 2

Notes

Format

The group stage is a single round-robin format.

The top four teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals.

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 17.2):

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. 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;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams playing each other in the last round of the group are tied;
8. 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);
9. Drawing of lots.

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRU	RBM	KUC	BGT	CHC	BOR	PO1
1	Buriram United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage		—
2	Ratchaburi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	Kuching City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	BG Tampines Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—
5	Công An Hồ Chí Minh City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0							—
6	Borneo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								—
7	Play-off winner 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0									—

First match(es) will be played: 7 October 2026. Source: ASEAN United FC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		POR	JDT	LCS	CAH	PSB	PKR	PO2
1	Port	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage		—
2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	Lion City Sailors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Công An Hà Nội	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—
5	Persib	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0							—
6	Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								—
7	Play-off winner 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0									—

First match(es) will be played: 8 October 2026. Source: ASEAN United FC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

External links

• Official website