Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The 2019 AFC Cup season kicks off on Tuesday when Palestine's Hilal Al Quds Club play host to Al Nasr of Oman in their West Zone Playoff, where a place in the group stage awaits the winners.
Play-off – West Zone
February 5: Hilal Al Quds Club (PLE) v Al Nasr (OMA)
Faisal Al-Husseini Stadium, West Bank, 1700 local time
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Hanoi: V.League champions Hanoi FC have signed a strategic alliance with Bundesliga side Bayern Munich.
Hanoi, who will feature in the 2019 AFC Cup, have signed an agreement with the European giants which will see the clubs exchange ideas in developing and managing football infrastructure.
“The representatives of Bayern Munich met with the officials from T&T Group (owners of the Vietnamese club) on Monday morning,” Hanoi FC said in a statement.
“It is indeed a proud moment for our club as Bayern Munich is one of the best football clubs in the world,” it said.
“The agreement will see Bayern Munich share their expertise in development of football facilities and exchange ideas regarding the design, build and management of infrastructure like stadiums and academies,” Hanoi FC added.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Three former winners, Qadsia SC, Al Jaish and Al Ittihad will be leading a star-studded cast following the 2019 AFC Cup Group Stage official draw in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
Iraq's Air Force Club, who created history by winning a third consecutive title in 2018, will not feature as they will be playing in the 2019 AFC Champions League.
Kuwait's Qadsia SC, who won the title in 2014, will begin their continental campaign in West Asia's Group C where they have Al Ahed from Lebanon, Bahrain's Malkiya Club and Al Suwaiq of Oman for company.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) flagship club competitions – the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup – are to become more lucrative next season with participating teams to receive double the travel contribution across all stages in the upcoming 2019 season.
In the AFC Champions League – which is already one of the richest continental competitions in world football – clubs stand to earn over US$60,000 per match from the group stage to the semi-finals, with the total contribution rising from US$4.2 million last year to US$8.4 million next year.
Meanwhile, in the AFC Cup, the total travel contribution has doubled from US$2.94 million in 2018 to US$5.88 million in 2019.