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the KA Leagues & Club Rankings, set for December 26, 2022

the KA Leagues Ranking

1Q 2022 Performance ranking of Asian leagues in international matches – derived ELO method

March 26, 2022

	League (s)		Clubs	RPS	ex RPS	ex pos.	diff.	Zone/Region
1	South Korea	KOR	🇰🇷	1009,83	940,78	1	≡	Asia-Pacific
2	Saudi Arabia	KSA	🇸🇦	874,17	905,62	2	≡	AFC Middle East
3	Japan	JPN	🇯🇵	669,67	634,97	4	+1	Asia-Pacific
4	Iran	IRN	🇮🇷	658,97	641,40	3	-1	AFC Middle East
5	Qatar	QAT	🇶🇦	573,01	573,75	6	+1	AFC Middle East
6	China	CHN	🇨🇳	560,47	582,77	5	-1	Asia-Pacific
7	UAE	UAE	🇦🇪	477,30	497,80	7	≡	AFC Middle East
8	Uzbekistan	UZB	🇺🇿	374,68	364,22	8	≡	AFC Middle East
9	Philippines	PHI	🇵🇭	353,96	332,05	9	≡	Asia-Pacific
10	Thailand	THA	🇹🇭	329,63	309,93	10	≡	Asia-Pacific
11	Tajikistan	TJK	🇹🇯	313,16	309,23	11	≡	AFC Middle East
12	Jordania	JOR	🇯🇴	292,80	300,45	12	≡	AFC Middle East
13	Turkmenistan	TKM	🇹🇲	286,05	287,41	13	≡	AFC Middle East
14	Lebanon	LIB	🇱🇧	284,15	282,27	14	≡	AFC Middle East
15	Kuwait	KUW	🇰🇼	282,57	282,08	15	≡	AFC Middle East
16	Iraq	IRQ	🇮🇶	254,09	259,88	16	≡	AFC Middle East
17	Hong Kong	HKG	🇭🇰	246,12	238,65	17	≡	Asia-Pacific
18	Australia	AUS	🇦🇺🇳🇿	199,49	180,34	21	+3	Asia-Pacific
19	Singapore	SIN	🇸🇬 🇯🇵	177,32	175,67	22	+3	Asia-Pacific
20	Vietnam	VIE	🇻🇳	175,14	181,92	20	≡	Asia-Pacific
21	Indonesia	IDN	🇮🇩	174,91	183,27	19	-2	Asia-Pacific
22	Bahrain	BHR	🇧🇭	172,02	192,34	18	-4	AFC Middle East
23	Bangladesh	BAN	🇧🇩	152,52	150,11	26	+3	Asia-Pacific
24	Syria	SYR	🇸🇾	150,00	157,73	23	-1	AFC Middle East
25	Korea DPR	PRK	🇰🇵	149,38	155,97	24	-1	Asia-Pacific
26	Myanmar	MYA	🇲🇲	143,65	150,54	25	-1	Asia-Pacific
27	India / ISL	IND	🇮🇳	139,28	141,09	27	≡	Asia-Pacific
28	Malaysia	MAS	🇲🇾	117,42	115,15	28	≡	Asia-Pacific
29	Oman	OMA	🇴🇲	90,10	97,42	29	≡	AFC Middle East
30	Maldives	MDV	🇲🇻	68,63	71,51	31	+1	Asia-Pacific
31	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	🇰🇬	65,49	72,00	30	-1	AFC Middle East
32	Palestine	PLE	🇵🇸	46,44	52,91	32	≡	AFC Middle East
33	Macau	MAC	🇲🇴	45,95	51,27	33	≡	Asia-Pacific
34	Cambodia	CAM	🇰🇭	43,85	51,20	34	≡	Asia-Pacific
35	Laos	LAO	🇱🇦	17,26	21,68	35	≡	Asia-Pacific
36	Chinese Taipei	TPE	🇹🇼	15,31	21,67	36	≡	Asia-Pacific
37	Timor-Leste	TLS	🇹🇱	10,02	13,39	37	≡	Asia-Pacific
38	Nepal	NEP	🇳🇵	5,06	8,75	38	≡	Asia-Pacific
39	Mongolia	MNG	🇲🇳	2,91	7,70	39	≡	Asia-Pacific

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Notes
Meaning of the Asian continental ranking versus global ranking
The Asian continental rankings (Asian Leagues Ranking & Asian Clubs Ranking) have a technical nature because they show a position of a league or club only from the perspective of international cups like Champions League. If you want to find more accurate ranking with relation to actual football strength and quality you must look at the KA Football Leagues Global Rating or the KA Football Club Global Rating. The global leagues ranking consider also world-wide attraction and reputability of the league, as well as of the country of league. In the case of the global club ranking we can see difference to an even greater extent. The global club ranking refers since also to a position of a club in the domestic games, as well as takes into consideration a position of the league in the word. It means that clubs playing games in high rated leagues, but rarely participate in the continental competitions they also appear in that global ranking, sometimes on decent spots.
ELO AFC – International Matches Leagues & Clubs Performance Rankings
So far, in the field of continental rankings, matrix-structural rankings with averaged historical result have been used. Due to the introduction of the third tier of games in Europe, as well as the widespread confusion that is commonly taking place in the competitions around the world due to the COVID epidemic (canceled competitions, phases or matches), it was more and more difficult to apply out the matrix-structural rankings. The answer to this problem is the ELO method, which has been evolutionarily introduced into the KA system at the level of continental rankings (rankings relating to continental competitions). Each of the continental rankings covers international matches arranged or recognized by FIFA or the continental federation. For Asia, this includes the Champions League, AFC Cup as well as the FIFA Club World Cup, and possibly also the Arab Club Champions Cup, SAFF Club Championship and J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship, if they will back to the calendar.
Multinational Leagues
Some countries have more than one flag displayed (on desktop screens: the small one in the corner of the bigger). This means that clubs from other countries can participate in the league systems of these countries, although only those countries where foreign clubs are usually present in the first or second division are marked in this way.
Australia / New Zealand
New Zealand club Wellington Phoenix competes in the Australian A-League.
Singapore / Japan
Albirex Niigata Singapore FC is a football club which compete in Singapore Premier League. The club is a satellite team of Albirex Niigata of Japan.
India
I-League shares the top spot in the Indian football system with the Indian Super League (ISL) – franchise-based league. The ISL has been granted official recognition by the AFC, meaning there are two collateral top divisions in India from 2017/18. Currently India clubs agreed to work together on league roadmap, according to it, among others, since season 2019-20, the ISL will attain the status of premiere league competition in Indian football and not later then season 2024-25, it will be implemented of a fully promotion and relegation system into the top league, and there will be an abolition of two parallel leagues.
Palestine
Palestine is a member of FIFA & AFC. Due to political reason the football division system is parted into two: the West Bank league system, with the West Bank Premier League, as the top division, and the Gaza Strip system, with the Gaza Strip Premier League as of the highest level division on this territory.

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the KA Club Ranking

1Q 2022 Performance ranking of Asian clubs in international matches – ELO method

March 26, 2022

	Club	Country	League	RPS	IC3	prev. pos.	diff.	Zone/Region
1	Ulsan Hyundai	KOR 🇰🇷	KOR	371,141	1,574	1	≡	AFC East Asian
2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	KOR 🇰🇷	KOR	325,085	1,379	2	≡	AFC East Asian
3	Persepolis	IRN 🇮🇷	IRN	297,346	1,261	3	≡	AFC Central Asian
4	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	KSA 🇸🇦	KSA	272,777	1,160	4	≡	AFC West Asian
5	Al-Nassr Saudi FC	KSA 🇸🇦	KSA	251,641	1,067	5	≡	AFC West Asian
6	Esteghlal	IRN 🇮🇷	IRN	237,506	1,007	6	≡	AFC Central Asian
7	Al-Sadd	QAT 🇶🇦	QAT	222,197	0,948	7	≡	AFC West Asian
8	Al-Ahli Saudi FC	KSA 🇸🇦	KSA	217,649	0,923	8	≡	AFC West Asian
9	Al-Duhail	QAT 🇶🇦	QAT	202,875	0,863	9	≡	AFC West Asian
10	Kawasaki Frontale	JPN 🇯🇵	JPN	200,714	0,851	11	+1	AFC East Asian
11	Al Wahda Abu Dhabi	UAE 🇦🇪	UAE	196,149	0,832	10	-1	AFC West Asian
12	Shanghai Port	CHN 🇨🇳	CHN	175,597	0,746	12	≡	AFC East Asian
13	Istiklol	TJK 🇹🇯	TJK	173,682	0,737	13	≡	AFC Central Asian
14	Guangzhou	CHN 🇨🇳	CHN	173,326	0,735	14	≡	AFC East Asian
15	Daegu FC	KOR 🇰🇷	KOR	153,677	0,652	17	+2	AFC East Asian
16	United City F.C.	PHI 🇵🇭	PHI	152,002	0,645	19	+3	AFC Southeast Asian
17	Pohang Steelers	KOR 🇰🇷	KOR	149,679	0,635	20	+3	AFC East Asian
18	Cerezo Osaka	JPN 🇯🇵	JPN	146,330	0,621	21	+3	AFC East Asian
19	Al-Ahed	LIB 🇱🇧	LIB	145,704	0,618	16	-3	AFC West Asian
20	Pakhtakor	UZB 🇺🇿	UZB	142,373	0,604	15	-5	AFC Central Asian
21	Kashima Antlers	JPN 🇯🇵	JPN	138,574	0,588	18	-3	AFC East Asian
22	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	KOR 🇰🇷	KOR	121,170	0,514	22	≡	AFC East Asian
23	Kitchee	HKG 🇭🇰	HKG	120,882	0,513	23	≡	AFC East Asian
24	Beijing Guoan	CHN 🇨🇳	CHN	117,551	0,499	26	+2	AFC East Asian
25	Nagoya Grampus	JPN 🇯🇵	JPN	115,269	0,489	27	+2	AFC East Asian
26	Zob Ahan	IRN 🇮🇷	IRN	109,493	0,464	24	-2	AFC Central Asian
27	Al Ain	UAE 🇦🇪	UAE	109,473	0,465	25	-2	AFC West Asian
28	Sharjah FC	UAE 🇦🇪	UAE	105,532	0,448	28	≡	AFC West Asian
29	Al-Kuwait	KUW 🇰🇼	KUW	100,404	0,426	30	+1	AFC West Asian
30	Nasaf Qarshi	UZB 🇺🇿	UZB	99,103	0,420	36	+6	AFC Central Asian
31	Bangkok Glass	THA 🇹🇭	THA	98,280	0,417	34	+3	AFC Southeast Asian
32	Altyn Asyr	TKM 🇹🇲	TKM	97,442	0,413	29	-3	AFC Central Asian
33	Tractor Sazi	IRN 🇮🇷	IRN	95,435	0,405	31	-2	AFC Central Asian
34	Chiangrai United	THA 🇹🇭	THA	94,570	0,401	38	+4	AFC Southeast Asian
35	Melbourne Victory	AUS 🇦🇺	AUS	92,252	0,400	35	≡	Australia and Oceania
36	Al-Jazeera Amman	JOR 🇯🇴	JOR	91,608	0,400	32	-4	AFC West Asian
37	April 25	PRK 🇰🇵	PRK	90,186	0,400	33	-4	AFC East Asian
38	Tampines Rovers	SIN 🇸🇬	SIN	88,421	0,400	41	+3	AFC Southeast Asian
39	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	UAE 🇦🇪	UAE	85,108	0,400	37	-2	AFC West Asian
40	Al-Jaish Damascus	SYR 🇸🇾	SYR	82,843	0,400	39	-1	AFC West Asian
41	Johor Darul Ta'zim	MAS 🇲🇾	MAS	80,246	0,400	43	+2	AFC Southeast Asian
42	Sydney FC	AUS 🇦🇺	AUS	79,598	0,400	46	+4	Australia and Oceania
43	Yangon United	MYA 🇲🇲	MYA	78,918	0,400	40	-3	AFC Southeast Asian
44	Buriram United	THA 🇹🇭	THA	77,514	0,400	42	-2	AFC Southeast Asian
45	Gamba Osaka	JPN 🇯🇵	JPN	74,903	0,400	50	+5	AFC East Asian
46	Kaya	PHI 🇵🇭	PHI	73,876	0,400	45	-1	AFC Southeast Asian
47	Port F.C.	THA 🇹🇭	THA	73,165	0,400	51	+4	AFC Southeast Asian
48	Al-Rayyan	QAT 🇶🇦	QAT	69,483	0,400	44	-4	AFC West Asian
49	Al-Zawra'a	IRQ 🇮🇶	IRQ	67,916	0,400	49	≡	AFC West Asian
50	Urawa Red Diamonds	JPN 🇯🇵	JPN	66,192	0,400	48	-2	AFC East Asian
51	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	JPN 🇯🇵	JPN	66,169	0,400	47	-4	AFC East Asian
52	Vissel Kobe	JPN 🇯🇵	JPN	65,925	0,403	58	+6	AFC East Asian
53	Yokohama F. Marinos	JPN 🇯🇵	JPN	63,595	0,400	52	-1	AFC East Asian
54	Ahal	TKM 🇹🇲	TKM	63,405	0,400	57	+3	AFC Central Asian
55	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	IRQ 🇮🇶	IRQ	62,199	0,400	55	≡	AFC West Asian
56	Al-Ittihad	KSA 🇸🇦	KSA	62,163	0,400	54	-2	AFC West Asian
57	Al-Wehdat	JOR 🇯🇴	JOR	62,136	0,400	53	-4	AFC West Asian
58	Tianjin Tianhai F.C.	CHN 🇨🇳	CHN	61,474	0,400	56	-2	AFC East Asian
59	Lokomotiv Tashkent	UZB 🇺🇿	UZB	59,124	0,400	60	+1	AFC Central Asian
60	Al-Faisaly Amman	JOR 🇯🇴	JOR	59,111	0,400	59	-1	AFC West Asian
61	Bashundhara Kings	BAN 🇧🇩	BAN	58,814	0,400	69	+8	AFC South Asian
62	Al-Qadsia	KUW 🇰🇼	KUW	58,485	0,400	62	≡	AFC West Asian
63	Dhofar	OMA 🇴🇲	OMA	58,454	0,400	61	-2	AFC West Asian
64	FC Tokyo	JPN 🇯🇵	JPN	57,882	0,400	63	-1	AFC East Asian
65	Shanghai Shenhua	CHN 🇨🇳	CHN	57,706	0,400	64	-1	AFC East Asian
66	PSM Makassar	IDN 🇮🇩	IDN	57,396	0,400	65	-1	AFC Southeast Asian
67	Al-Taawoun	KSA 🇸🇦	KSA	57,112	0,400	68	+1	AFC West Asian
68	Home United	SIN 🇸🇬	SIN	56,869	0,400	66	-2	AFC Southeast Asian
69	Shandong Luneng Taishan	CHN 🇨🇳	CHN	56,171	0,400	67	-2	AFC East Asian
70	Al-Jazira	UAE 🇦🇪	UAE	54,609	0,400	71	+1	AFC West Asian
71	Bengaluru FC	IND 🇮🇳	IND	54,096	0,400	72	+1	AFC South Asian
72	Al-Muharraq	BHR 🇧🇭	BHR	50,895	0,400	75	+3	AFC West Asian
73	Persija Jakarta	IDN 🇮🇩	IDN	49,986	0,400	70	-3	AFC Southeast Asian
74	Dhaka Abahani	BAN 🇧🇩	BAN	47,272	0,400	73	-1	AFC South Asian
75	Al-Shorta	IRQ 🇮🇶	IRQ	47,231	0,400	74	-1	AFC West Asian
76	Al-Ansar	LIB 🇱🇧	LIB	46,142	0,400	76	≡	AFC West Asian
77	Al-Gharafa	QAT 🇶🇦	QAT	45,352	0,403	77	≡	AFC West Asian
78	Hà Nội F.C.	VIE 🇻🇳	VIE	44,611	0,400	78	≡	AFC Southeast Asian
79	Viettel	VIE 🇻🇳	VIE	40,906	0,400	85	+6	AFC Southeast Asian
80	Lee Man FC	HKG 🇨🇳	HKG	39,524	0,400	79	-1	AFC East Asian
81	Gyeongnam FC	KOR 🇰🇷	KOR	37,719	0,400	81	≡	AFC East Asian
82	Khujand	TJK 🇹🇯	TJK	37,715	0,400	80	-2	AFC Central Asian
83	Malkiya	BHR 🇧🇭	BHR	35,905	0,400	82	-1	AFC West Asian
84	Dordoi	KGZ 🇰🇬	KGZ	35,630	0,400	84	≡	AFC Central Asian
85	AGMK	UZB 🇺🇿	UZB	35,626	0,400	83	-2	AFC Central Asian
86	Manama	BHR 🇧🇭	BHR	35,284	0,400	86	≡	AFC West Asian
87	Becamex Bình Dương	VIE 🇻🇳	VIE	35,086	0,400	87	≡	AFC Southeast Asian
88	Ho Chi Minh City FC	VIE 🇻🇳	VIE	34,757	0,400	88	≡	AFC Southeast Asian
89	Sepahan	IRN 🇮🇷	IRN	33,371	0,400	89	≡	AFC Central Asian
90	Foolad	IRN 🇮🇷	IRN	32,646	0,400	90	≡	AFC Central Asian
91	FC Seoul	KOR 🇰🇷	KOR	32,601	0,400	91	≡	AFC East Asian
92	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol	THA 🇹🇭	THA	32,515	0,400	94	+2	AFC Southeast Asian
93	Bali United	IDN 🇮🇩	IDN	32,511	0,400	92	-1	AFC Southeast Asian
94	Al-Wasl F.C.	UAE 🇦🇪	UAE	29,675	0,400	93	-1	AFC West Asian
95	Al-Salt SC	JOR 🇯🇴	JOR	29,144	0,400	96	+1	AFC West Asian
96	Chennaiyin FC	IND 🇮🇳	IND	28,122	0,400	95	-1	AFC South Asian
97	Kashiwa Reysol	JPN 🇯🇵	JPN	26,762	0,400	97	≡	AFC East Asian
98	Hilal Al-Quds	PLE 🇵🇸	PLE	24,822	0,400	98	≡	AFC West Asian
99	Tai Po	HKG 🇨🇳	HKG	24,678	0,400	99	≡	AFC East Asian
100	Jeju United	KOR 🇰🇷	KOR	24,313	0,400	100	≡	AFC East Asian
101	New Radiant	MDV 🇲🇻	MDV	24,075	0,400	101	≡	AFC South Asian
102	Sông Lam Nghệ An	VIE 🇻🇳	VIE	23,872	0,400	102	≡	AFC Southeast Asian
103	Al-Wahda Damascus	SYR 🇸🇾	SYR	23,683	0,400	103	≡	AFC West Asian
104	Benfica de Macau	MAC 🇲🇴	MAC	23,485	0,400	104	≡	AFC East Asian
105	Maziya	MDV 🇲🇻	MDV	23,462	0,400	109	+4	AFC South Asian
106	Than Quảng Ninh	VIE 🇻🇳	VIE	21,500	0,400	105	-1	AFC Southeast Asian
107	Global	PHI 🇵🇭	PHI	21,171	0,400	106	-1	AFC Southeast Asian
108	Al-Wathba	SYR 🇸🇾	SYR	20,721	0,400	107	-1	AFC West Asian
109	Al-Riffa	BHR 🇧🇭	BHR	20,239	0,400	108	-1	AFC West Asian
110	Shan United	MYA 🇲🇲	MYA	20,086	0,400	110	≡	AFC Southeast Asian
111	FC Goa	IND 🇮🇳	IND	19,375	0,400	111	≡	AFC South Asian
112	Chennai City	IND 🇮🇳	IND	19,195	0,400	112	≡	AFC South Asian
113	Eastern	HKG 🇭🇰	HKG	18,340	0,400	113	≡	AFC East Asian
114	FLC Thanh Hóa	VIE 🇻🇳	VIE	17,327	0,400	114	≡	AFC Southeast Asian
115	ATK Mohun Bagan FC	IND 🇮🇳	IND	17,012	0,400	119	+4	AFC South Asian
116	Shahr Khodro	IRN 🇮🇷	IRN	16,917	0,400	115	-1	AFC Central Asian
117	Boeung Ket Angkor	CAM 🇰🇭	CAM	16,476	0,400	116	-1	AFC Southeast Asian
118	Al-Najma Sports Club	BHR 🇧🇭	BHR	16,093	0,400	117	-1	AFC West Asian
119	Minerva Punjab	IND 🇮🇳	IND	15,940	0,400	118	-1	AFC South Asian
120	Changchun Yatai	CHN 🇨🇳	CHN	14,680	0,400	OFF	+60	AFC East Asian
121	Hougang United	SIN 🇸🇬	SIN	13,415	0,400	120	-1	AFC Southeast Asian
122	Perth Glory	AUS 🇦🇺	AUS	12,861	0,400	121	-1	Australia and Oceania
123	Al. Wehda	KSA 🇸🇦	KSA	12,857	0,400	122	-1	AFC West Asian
124	Al-Suwaiq	OMA 🇴🇲	OMA	12,821	0,400	123	-1	AFC West Asian
125	Baniyas	UAE 🇦🇪	UAE	12,208	0,400	OFF	+55	AFC West Asian
126	Hwaebul	PRK 🇰🇵	PRK	12,015	0,400	124	-2	AFC East Asian
127	Svay Rieng	CAM 🇰🇭	CAM	11,623	0,400	125	-2	AFC Southeast Asian
128	Saipa FC	IRN 🇮🇷	IRN	10,732	0,400	126	-2	AFC Central Asian
129	Tishreen	SYR 🇸🇾

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