Al Ahed Football Club is a football club based in Beirut, Lebanon. The club's first ever participation in an Asian competition was in the 2005 AFC Cup, where they were drawn with Indian side Dempo and Jordanian side Al-Hussein in the group stage. After finishing second in the group, Ahed faced Sun Hei in the quarter-finals, to whom they lost 2–3 on aggregate.

Prior to winning the competition, their best spell was in 2016, when they reached the semi-finals before being knocked out by Iraqi club Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–4 on aggregate. In 2019, Ahed defeated North Korean side April 25 to win the AFC Cup: they became the first Lebanese side to do so, after Nejmeh and Safa's defeats in the 2005 and 2008 finals, respectively. They reached the final of the AFC Cup once more in 2024, finishing runners-up to Central Coast Mariners of Australia who won 1–0.

Matches SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate2005AFC CupGS Dempo3–14–12nd place in Group B Al-Hussein1–10–2QF Sun Hei1–01–32–32006AFC CupGS Mahindra United2–21–22nd place in Group B Al-Muharraq0–24–2 Brothers Union6–23–12009AFC CupGS Neftchi Fergana5–11–23rd place in Group A Busaiteen1–12–4 Al-Tilal3–01–22010AFC CupGS Nasaf Qarshi0–40–44th place in Group C Kazma1–20–1 Al-Jaish1–13–62011AFC CupGS Erbil1–22–62nd place in Group E Al-Orouba2–00–1 Al-Karamah4–12–3R16 Muangthong United0–4 (A)2012AFC CupGS VB5–30–13rd place in Group C Al-Ettifaq1–30–0 Al-Kuwait0–40–12016AFC CupGS Altyn Asyr3–00–21st place in Group A Al-Wehdat3–22–3 Al-Hidd1–05–2R16 Al-Wahda4–0 (H)QF Al-Muharraq1–02–03–0SF Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya2–31–13–42018AFC CupGS Al-Zawraa1–11–11st place in Group B Manama3–11–0 Al-Jaish1–14–1ZSF Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya2–21–33–52019AFC CupGS Al-Qadsia0–01–01st place in Group C Malkiya2–10–0 Al-Suwaiq4–21–0ZSF Al-Wehdat0–01–01–0ZF Al-Jazeera1–00–01–0F April 25 1–0 (N)2020AFC CupGS Hilal Al-Quds2–1Cancelled Manama0–1 Al-Jaish2021AFC CupGS Al-Wahda0–0 (N)1st place in Group A Al-Hidd2–1 (A)ZSF Al-Muharraq0–3 (A)2023–24AFC CupGS Al-Nahda2–1 (N)1–22nd place in Group A Al-Fotuwa2–1 (N)0–1ZSF Al-Kahrabaa0–1 (N)1–01–1 (4–2 p)ZF Al-Nahda1–0 (N)2–23–2F Central Coast Mariners 0–1 (N) Notes Goals by Ahed are listed first. GS: Group stage R16: Round of 16 QF: Quarter-final ZSF: Zonal semi-final SF: Semi-final ZF: Zonal final F: Final

See also Football in Lebanon

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