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Sign Up Now!been a disaster the last 4 games in asiaGeez we're in strife in the Vietnamese team gets a win next round. We're on the verge of losing our only Champions League Elite spot!
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Six of our last seven seasons haven't been good enough, it's certainly a pattern and we need to reverse it. Only the Mariners last season got it done. Yeah, we need both teams to finish off this campaign well.been a disaster the last 4 games in asia
should pick up with ccm starting to get the occasional point and sydney getting easier games
Covid really hurt us...
That was the thread I was trying to find! It doesn't contain the word "coefficient” so it didn't show up haha!I tOlD yOu So
AFC club competitions ranking - Wikipedia
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currently ranked #11 in Asia however with the large 2016 points about to drop off next year and CCM unlikely to pick up very many points, where will it be ranked in 2025/26?
by my estimation it could be down near India's level just below Hong Kong league and lose a spot in the ACL 'elite'.
maybe some boffin experts can enlighten me if I've overlooked anything here?
Malaysia and Vietnam are the BIG worry. They are every chance to catch us, even this season! And we can say goodbye to ACLE.
So correct me if I'm wrong but we need to be fourth to get 4 spots?
Sydney FC won 4-1.A Sydney FC win tonight should sneak us back above them by a whisker.
pressure on next seasonWhile we've secured an ACLE spot for next season, as things stand we'll start that next competition behind Vietnam, and Thailand will be above China!
This means if we don't outperform Vietnam next season, we'll definitely lose that ACLE spot to them. And Thailand would have three ACLE spots (2+1) with China imploding.
1 - Japan - 84.6
2 - Korea Republic - 71.2
3 - Thailand - 45.5
4 - China PR - 44.4
5 - Malaysia - 32.6
6 - Vietnam - 29.4
7 - Australia - 28.4
perspectiveWhile we've secured an ACLE spot for next season, as things stand we'll start that next competition behind Vietnam, and Thailand will be above China!
This means if we don't outperform Vietnam next season, we'll definitely lose that ACLE spot to them. And Thailand would have three ACLE spots (2+1) with China imploding.
1 - Japan - 84.6
2 - Korea Republic - 71.2
3 - Thailand - 45.5
4 - China PR - 44.4
5 - Malaysia - 32.6
6 - Vietnam - 29.4
7 - Australia - 28.4
To be fair, only Australia and China missed out on points due to COVID. So, perspective.perspective
when the new dawn happened in 2005 did you envisage Australia falling behind Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam?
at this rate there'll be more to come
We didn't miss out from COVID. Glory & Sydney went to Qatar for that one in 2020.To be fair, only Australia and China missed out on points due to COVID. So, perspective.
We didn't miss out from COVID. Glory & Sydney went to Qatar for that one in 2020.
We missed out in 2021 because they "wanted to prioritise the finals series" and pulled out.
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Sydney FC, Brisbane Roar and Melbourne City pull out of Asian Champions League after A-League finals clash
The A-League finals schedule is finally revealed, with all three Australian sides forced to withdraw from the Asian Champions League as a result.www.abc.net.au
Due to constant COVID rescheduling, the A-League finals fixture was not set until this week
This is my take.I get that we might not have been in lockdown at the time, but COVID caused the chaos in 2021. No one got points for 2020. Still, maybe a decision APL didn't need to make, it's not like the finals are a full league schedule dragging on for the entire ACL campaign.