2025–26 AFC Champions League Two group stage

The 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two group stage was played from 16 September to 24 December 2025. The top two teams from each group qualified for the knockout stage.

The draw for the group stage took place on 15 August in 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, two losers from the AFC Champions League Elite qualifying play-offs and the three winners of the preliminary stage.

Legend

• ACLE: AFC Champions League Elite qualifying play-off losers
• PS: Preliminary stage winners

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.

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):

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.

The schedule of the group stage was as follows.

The detailed schedule was announced after the draw ceremony.

• 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite league stage

• 2025–26 AFC Challenge League group stage

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