Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Yongin: There will be several Nadeshiko regulars on show, but Masato Nagata’s Nippon TV Beleza will be out to prove they are a force all of their own when they face Chinese champions Jiangsu Suning in the AFC Women’s Club Championship opener on Tuesday.
Beleza supplied nine of Japan’s 23 players at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, and feature many more youth internationals, but while his charges form the backbone of the national team, Nagata says the club’s history is just as proud.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Yongin: Four champion clubs from some of Asia’s most successful women’s football nations are one day away from making history as participants in the inaugural AFC Women’s Club Championship in Korea Republic.
Korean champions Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels will be joined by top-flight league-winners from Australia, China PR and Japan in the ground-breaking FIFA/AFC Pilot Tournament.
The 2019 AFC Women’s Club Championship makes Asia the third Confederation to initiate a continental championship for women’s clubs, following in the footsteps of UEFA’s Women’s Champions League and CONMEBOL’s Copa Libertadores Femenina.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: History will be made on Tuesday, when four of Asia’s elite women’s clubs take to the Continental stage in the inaugural AFC Women’s Club Championship in Korea Republic.
Having proven themselves on the domestic front, Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels, Nippon TV Beleza, Melbourne Victory and Jiangsu Suning Ladies Football Club will have the chance to claim the title of Asia’s best, with six high-quality matches over three Matchdays to determine the maiden champions at the FIFA/AFC Pilot Tournament.
With the countdown to the landmark event approaching its final days, the-AFC.com shines the spotlight on the four teams competing in Yongin.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: With four of Asia’s top clubs soon to lock horns at the inaugural AFC Women’s Club Championship in Korea Republic, the competition is set to feature stars of the women’s game from Asia and beyond.
A total of 24 players from this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in France are on the books of the four participating clubs, who supplied national team stars for six different sides in the global showpiece.
Having already appeared on the biggest stage in the international game, those players will now be among the first to experience the continental spotlight in club football, with Yongin to host the landmark competition, starting with a double header on Tuesday.
With the countdown to those fixtures drawing ever closer, the-AFC.com looks at the World Cup stars at each side’s disposal in the competition ahead.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: As Asia’s elite clubs prepare to embark on a history-making AFC Women’s Club Championship in Yongin, the new competition is set to provide a platform for some of the Continent’s brightest young stars.
With a shot at a maiden Continental title at stake, the-AFC.com highlights five of the brightest talents to keep an eye on at the FIFA/AFC Pilot Tournament.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Incheon: Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels have secured another WK League Championship, claiming the title after defeating Suwon UDC 1-0 on aggregate in the 2019 final, completed on Monday.
Brazilian forward Thais Guedes scored the decisive goal 71 minutes into the second leg, steering Incheon to glory from close range after the first leg had finished goalless last Thursday.
Incheon’s title is their seventh league crown in succession, continuing a stunning run of success which began in 2013, with the club also finishing on top of the table at the end of the regular season in all seven of their championship-winning years.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Tokyo: Japan international Mina Tanaka completed a perfect domestic season, earning the Nadeshiko League’s Most Valuable Player Award for the second successive year.
The Nippon TV Beleza captain won the accolade after scoring a league-best 20 goals to lead her side to a record-breaking fifth consecutive title, three points ahead of Urawa Reds.
Tanaka - an AFC Women’s Asian Cup winner in 2018 but left out of the Nadeshiko FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 squad – has now won back to back MVP Awards and four consecutive scoring titles in Japan’s top-flight competition.