According to Mehr News Agency, in a situation where some sports officials and Esteghlal Club had promised to solve the problem of Esteghlal to participate in the Asian Champions League, but with the announcement of the website of the Asian Football Confederation, it became clear that all those promises were empty.
According to the announcement of the website of the Asian Football Confederation, Persepolis, Sepahan, Tractor Tabriz, Gol Gohar Sirjan, Folad Khuzestan and Nasaji Mazandaran received professional licenses. In addition, the teams of Persepolis, Sepahan, Nasaji and Tractor will be Iran’s representatives in the Asian Champions League.
There will be 20 teams in the group matches of the Asian Champions League, and four teams will be added to the following teams after the playoffs:
* Persepolis, Sepahan and Nasaji (representatives of Iran)
* Al-Sad and Al-Dhail (representatives of Qatar)
* Al-Ittihad, Al-Hilal and Al-Fiha (representatives of Saudi Arabia)
* Pakhtakor and Nasef Qarshi (Uzbekistan representatives)
* Al Ain (representative of the UAE)
* Al-Faisali (Representative of Jordan)
* Esteghlal (Tajikistan representative)
* Representative of Iraq (name of the team will be announced)
* Ahal (Turkmenistan representative)
* Mumbai City (representative of India)