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 managerCountryClub1967Hapoel Tel Aviv1969Maccabi Tel Aviv1970Taj1971Maccabi Tel Aviv1972Cancelled1985–86Chang Woon-sooDaewoo Royals1986Furukawa Electric1987Yomiuri FC1988–89Al-Sadd1989–90Li YingfaLiaoning FC1990–91Esteghlal1991Al-Hilal1992–93PAS Tehran1993–94Thai Farmers Bank1994–95Thai Farmers Bank1995Park Jong-hwanIlhwa Chunma1996–97Park Seong-hwaPohang Steelers1997–98Park Seong-hwaPohang Steelers1998–99Júbilo Iwata1999–2000Al-Hilal2000–01Kim HoSuwon Samsung Bluewings2001–02Kim HoSuwon Samsung Bluewings2002–03Al Ain2004Al-Ittihad2005Al-Ittihad2006Choi Kang-heeJeonbuk Hyundai Motors2007Urawa Red Diamonds2008Gamba Osaka2009Pohang Steelers2010Shin Tae-yongSeongnam Ilhwa Chunma2011Al-Sadd2012Kim Ho-konUlsan Hyundai2013Guangzhou Evergrande2014Western Sydney Wanderers2015Guangzhou Evergrande2016Choi Kang-heeJeonbuk Hyundai Motors2017Urawa Red Diamonds2018Kashima Antlers2019Al-Hilal2020Kim Do-hoonUlsan Hyundai2021Al-Hilal2022Urawa Red Diamonds2023–24Al Ain2024–25Al-Ahli2025–26Al-Ahli
By nationality This table lists the total number of titles won by managers of each nationality. Nationality Number ofwins 11 6 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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