ASIA’S CLUB OF THE FIRST DECADE (2001-2010)
AL-HILAL FC RIYADH (SAUDI ARABIA)
Contrary to the manner in which the top club of each continent was determined for the 20th century (1901-2000), national competitions were held in all countries over the entire first decade after the turn of the millenium. All theses national club competitions were taken as much into consideration for the CLUB WORLD RANKING as were the club competitions held by the continental Confederations and by FIFA. In doing so, each individual result of these aforementioned competitions was considered from start to finish. For each continent, chances were the same for each club during the First decade (2001-2010).
The yearly points scored by clubs in the CLUB WORLD RANKING were added from 2001 to 2010, the first placed was crowned as the Continent’s Club of the First Decade. After the move of the FFA (Australia) to the AFC at the beginning of 2006, completed with FIFA’s approval, also the Australian clubs were affiliated with AFC. Therefore the points scored by the Australian clubs since 2006 were be taken into consideration in the Asian ranking of the First Decade.
Thanks to the early elimination of Pakhtakor FK Tashkent and Al-Ittihad Jeddah from the national Cups of their respective countries and from the AFC Champions League in 2010, Al-Hilal Riyadh advanced from third place to top the ranking at the end of 2010. Because of the mentioned low point differences – there was in the last year of the 1st Decade additional changes of position among the “Top 10″ and even extremely much in the total Asian club ranking. Among the “Top 10″ were each two clubs from Saudi Arabia, Japan and the Republic of Korea.
After Al-Hilal FC Riyadh was already Asia’s Club of the Century (1901-2000), and Saudi club was also Asia’s Club of the 1st Decade of the 21st Century. The “Top 100″ of Asian club ranking for the 1st Decade (2001-2010) was composed of clubs from 25 countries. The countries with the most clubs among the “Top 100″ were: Japan (11), Republic of Korea (9), Iran (9), China (8), UAE (6), Saudi Arabia (5), Qatar (5), Kuwait (5), India (5), Uzbekistan (4), Singapore (4) and Lebanon (4). During the period 2001-2010 237 clubs achieved more than 150 points.
Al-Hilal FC Riyadh was honoured as Asia’s Club of the 1st Decade at the World Football Gala 2012 in Barcelona with a Certificate and a trophy.
Picture : team of Al Hilal FC Riyadh 2010
| Club | Country | ∑ Points | |
| 1.1.2001-31.12.2010 | |||
| 1. | Al-Hilal FC Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 813,0 |
| 2. | Pakhtakor FK Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 795,5 |
| 3. | Al-Ittihad Club Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 775,5 |
| 4. | FC Gamba Osaka | Japan | 742,0 |
| 5. | Kashima Antlers FC | Japan | 741,5 |
| 6. | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma FC | Republic of Korea | 736,0 |
| 7. | Suwon Samsung Blue-Wings FC | Republic of Korea | 685,5 |
| 8. | FM Sepahan Isfahan | Iran | 682,5 |
| 9. | Al-Ain Sports & Cultural Club | UAE | 639,0 |
| 10. | Al-Sadd FC Doha | Qatar | 632,5 |
| 11. | Al-Kuwait SC Kaifan | Kuwait | 619,0 |
| 12. | Esteghlal FC Tehran | Iran | 610,0 |
| 13. | Al-Karama Homs | Syria | 609,5 |
| 14. | Al-Shabab FC Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 604,5 |
| 15. | Al-Qadsia SC Kuwait-City | Kuwait | 604,0 |
| 16. | Al-Faysali Amman | Jordan | 597,0 |
| Urawa FC Red Diamonds | Japan | 597,0 | |
| 18. | CB Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Republic of Korea | 587,5 |
| 19. | Shandong Luneng Taishan | China | 585,5 |
| 20. | Dalian Shide FC | China | 581,5 |
| 21. | Shimizu FC S-Pulse | Japan | 580,5 |
| 22. | FC Pohang Steelers | Republic of Korea | 568,5 |
| 23. | Al-Wahda Abu Dhabi | UAE | 559,0 |
| 24. | Jubilo FC Iwata | Japan | 556,5 |
| 25. | Zobahan Isfahan | Iran | 544,0 |
| 26. | Al-Wehdat Amman | Jordan | 535,0 |
| 27. | Al-Gharrafa Club Doha | Qatar | 528,5 |
| 28. | Al-Muharraq Manama | Bahrain | 527,0 |
| 29. | FC Neftchi Fergana | Uzbekistan | 510,5 |
| 30. | Persepolis FC Tehran | Iran | 505,5 |
| 31. | Home United FC | Singapore | 505,0 |
| 32. | Al-Ahli SC Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 493,5 |
| 33. | Ulsan Hyundai Horangi FC | Republic of Korea | 487,5 |
| 34. | Shanghai Shenhua FC | China | 487,0 |
| 35. | FC Yokohama F. Marinos | Japan | 486,5 |
| 36. | Al-Nejmeh Beirut | Lebanon | 483,0 |
| 37. | Nagoya Grampus | Japan | 479,5 |
| 38. | Beijing Guo’an FC | China | 474,5 |
| 39. | Mahindra United FC Mumbai | India | 464,0 |
| 40. | Singapore Armed Forces FC | Singapore | 461,0 |
| 41. | Al-Arabi Kuwait-City | Kuwait | 459,0 |
| 42. | Al-Ahly Dubai | UAE | 456,5 |
| 43. | Al-Ittihad Aleppo | Syria | 443,0 |
| 44. | Al-Rayyan SC Doha | Qatar | 440,0 |
| 45. | Kawasaki Frontale | Japan | 436,5 |
| 46. | FK Bunyodkor Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 418,0 |
| 47. | Chunnam Dragons Gwangyang | Republic of Korea | 417,5 |
| 48. | Tampines Rovers FC | Singapore | 415,0 |
| 49. | Al-Jaish Damascus | Syria | 412,5 |
| 50. | East Bengal Kingfisher FC Kolkata | India | 409,0 |
| 51. | Qatar SC Doha | Qatar | 404,5 |
| 52. | Nasaf Qarshi FC | Uzbekistan | 401,0 |
| 53. | Al-Jazeera Abu Dhabi | UAE | 395,5 |
| 54. | Kazma SC Kuwait-City | Kuwait | 387,0 |
| 55. | Tokyo FC | Japan | 383,0 |
| 56. | Al-Ahed FC Beirut | Lebanon | 381,0 |
| 57. | Mohun Bagan AC Kolkata | India | 379,5 |
| 58. | FC Dordoy-Dinamo Naryn | Kyrgyzstan | 369,5 |
| 59. | Shabab Al-Ordon Al-Qadisiya | Jordan | 367,5 |
| 60. | Bahrain Al-Riffa Club | Bahrain | 365,5 |
| 61. | Al-Ansar Beirut | Lebanon | 365,0 |
| Shenzhen Ruby FC | China | 365,0 | |
| 63. | South China AA | Hong Kong | 364,0 |
| 64. | Al-Nasr Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 363,0 |
| Tianjin Teda FC | China | 363,0 | |
| 66. | Adelaide United FC | Australia | 361,0 |
| Churchill Brothers SC Goa | India | 361,0 | |
| 68. | Perak FA Ipoh | Malaysia | 359,0 |
| 69. | Al-Salmiya SC Kuwait-City | Kuwait | 356,0 |
| 70. | Saipa Karaj FC | Iran | 355,0 |
| 71. | Dhofar SSC Salalah | Oman | 351,5 |
| 72. | BEC Tero Sasana Bangkok | Thailand | 350,0 |
| 73. | Becamex Bình Duong FC | Vietnam | 346,0 |
| 74. | JEF United Chiba | Japan | 341,0 |
| 75. | Bangkok Glass FC Thanyaburi | Thailand | 340,0 |
| 76. | Basij Moghavemat Shahid Sapasi Fars FC | Iran | 339,0 |
| 77. | FC Busan I’Park | Republic of Korea | 338,0 |
| 78. | Foulad Khuzestan FC Ahwaz | Iran | 337,0 |
| 79. | Al-Ahli Sana’a | Yemen | 336,5 |
| 80. | Geylang United FC | Singapore | 335,5 |
| Selangor Bukit Jalil Sha Alam | Malaysia | 335,5 | |
| 82. | Dempo Sports Club Goa | India | 334,5 |
| 83. | Daejeon Citizen FC | Republic of Korea | 334,0 |
| 84. | Al-Shabab Dubai | UAE | 332,0 |
| 85. | FC Balkan Balkanabat | Turkmenistan | 329,0 |
| 86. | Al-Urooba Sur | Oman | 328,5 |
| Shaanxi Zhongjian Chanba FC | China | 328,5 | |
| 88. | Chongqing Lifan FC Xinganjue | China | 322,5 |
| TCDK Sông Lam Nghe An Vinh | Vietnam | 322,5 | |
| 90. | Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC | Japan | 321,0 |
| 91. | Al-Wasl Dubai | UAE | 320,5 |
| Al-Zawra’a SC Baghdad | Iraq | 320,5 | |
| SHB Dà Nang FC | Vietnam | 320,5 | |
| 94. | Sun Hei SC | Hong Kong | 315,0 |
| 95. | Al-Arabi Doha | Qatar | 312,5 |
| Saba Batry Club Tehran | Iran | 312,5 | |
| 97. | Jeju United FC | Republic of Korea | 312,0 |
| 98. | Muscat FC | Oman | 311,5 |
| 99. | Al-Safa SC | Lebanon | 310,5 |
| Paas FC Tehran | Iran | 310,5 | |
| 101. | Al-Ittifaq Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 310,0 |
| 102. | Regar-Tad AZ Tursunzade | Tajikistan | 309,5 |
| 103. | Osotspha M 150 FC Bangkok | Thailand | 307,0 |
| 104. | Marshal Mubarek | Uzbekistan | 306,5 |
| 105. | Perlis FA Kangar | Malaysia | 306,0 |
| 106. | Al-Nasr Salalah | Oman | 303,0 |
| 107. | Al-Sharjah Club | UAE | 302,0 |
| 108. | Al-Ahli Manama | Bahrain | 300,5 |
| 109. | Al-Majd Damascus | Syria | 300,0 |
| 110. | Gach Dong Tam Long An Tan-An | Vietnam | 288,5 |
| 111. | Al-Wahda Damascus | Syria | 288,0 |
| FC Aboumoslem Mashad | Iran | 288,0 | |
| 113. | FC Seoul | Republic of Korea | 286,5 |
| 114. | Al-Sha’ab Ibb | Yemen | 285,5 |
| Esteghlal Ahvaz FC | Iran | 282,5 | |
| 116. | Kedah DAFA Alor Setar | Malaysia | 280,5 |
| 117. | Liaoning FC Whowin | China | 280,0 |
| Qingdao Jonoon FC | China | 280,0 | |
| 119. | Al-Wakra SC | Qatar | 278,5 |
| 120. | Al-Nahda Club Muscat | Oman | 276,0 |
| 121. | Hoang Anh Gia Lai Plei-Ku | Vietnam | 272,5 |
| 122. | Al-Seeb SC | Oman | 272,0 |
| 123. | Thai Port FC Bangkok | Thailand | 270,0 |
| 124. | Al-Talaba Baghdad | Iraq | 267,0 |
| 125. | Al-Hilal Al-Saheli Sana’a | Yemen | 265,5 |
| Melbourne Victory FC | Australia | 265,5 | |
| 127. | Sriwijaya FC Palembang | Indonesia | 264,0 |
| 128. | Al-Quwa Al Jawiya Baghdad | Iraq | 262,0 |
| 129. | Al-Hussein Irbid | Jordan | 261,5 |
| Persipura Jayapura | Indonesia | 261,5 | |
| 131. | Al-Khor SC | Qatar | 261,0 |
| Albirex Niigata FC | Japan | 261,0 | |
| 133. | Negeri Sembilan Naza Paroi | Malaysia | 260,0 |
| 134. | Al-Nasr Dubai | UAE | 259,5 |
| 135. | Chonburi FC | Thailand | 257,5 |
| JCT Mills Phagwara Punjab | India | 257,5 | |
| 137. | Vissel Kobe | Japan | 256,0 |
| 138. | Malavan Bandar Anzali FC | Iran | 255,5 |
| 139. | Persija Jakarta | Indonesia | 255,0 |
| 140. | Busaiteen Club | Bahrain | 253,0 |
| Megastar Nam Dinh | Vietnam | 253,0 | |
| 142. | A-Saqr Taizz | Yemen | 252,5 |
| 143. | Cerezo Osaka FC | Japan | 252,0 |
| 144. | Al-Najma Manama | Bahrain | 249,5 |
| 145. | FC Navbakhor Namangan | Uzbekistan | 249,0 |
| 146. | FC Zarafshan Qizilqum | Uzbekistan | 248,5 |
| 147. | Arbil Sport Club | Iraq | 248,0 |
| 148. | Vaksh Qurghonteppa | Tajikistan | 247,5 |
| 149. | Changsha Ginde FC | China | 246,5 |
| 150. | ITTU Oguz Asgabat | Turkmenistan | 245,0 |
| 151. | Kashiwa Reysol | Japan | 244,0 |
| Sur Sport Club | Oman | 244,0 | |
| 153. | Al-Najaf FC | Iraq | 239,0 |
| 154. | Al-Shorta Baghdad | Iraq | 238,0 |
| 155. | Pahang Kuantan | Malaysia | 237,0 |
| Sydney FC | Australia | 237,0 | |
| 157. | FK Merw Mery | Turkmenistan | 236,5 |
| 158. | Al-Buqa’a Amman | Jordan | 232,5 |
| 159. | TTM Phichit FC | Thailand | 230,5 |
| 160. | Incheon United FC | Republic of Korea | 229,0 |
| 161. | Šagadam Türkmenbasy | Turkmenistan | 228,5 |
| 162. | Barg Shiraz FC | Iran | 227,5 |
| Boss Bin Dinh Qui-Nhon | Vietnam | 227,5 | |
| 164. | FK Samarkand Dinamo | Uzbekistan | 227,0 |
| Kitchee SC | Hong Kong | 227,0 | |
| 166. | Al-Mabarrah | Lebanon | 226,0 |
| 167. | Arema FC Malang | Indonesia | 224,5 |
| 168. | Tishreen SC Latakia | Syria | 224,0 |
| 169. | Al-Wahdah Mekka | Saudi Arabia | 223,5 |
| 170. | Al-Sha’ab Hadramaut Mukalla | Yemen | 223,0 |
| 171. | Salgaocar Sports Club Goa | India | 221,5 |
| 172. | PSM Makassar | Indonesia | 221,0 |
| 173. | Newcastle United Jets FC | Australia | 220,5 |
| 174. | Al-Ahli Doha | Qatar | 220,0 |
| 175. | Changchun Yatai FC | China | 219,5 |
| 176. | PBS Kuala Terengganu T-FC | Malaysia | 218,5 |
| 177. | Haywards Sporting Clube Goa | India | 213,5 |
| 178. | PSI »Persik« Kediri | Indonesia | 210,5 |
| 179. | Paykan Qazvin FC | Iran | 209,5 |
| Woodlands Wellington FC | Singapore | 209,5 | |
| 181. | Omiya Ardija Saitama | Japan | 208,5 |
| 182. | Central Coast Mariners FC Gosford | Australia | 207,0 |
| 183. | Al-Sha’ab Sharjah | UAE | 206,5 |
| Provincial Electronic Authority Buriram | Thailand | 206,5 | |
| 185. | Daegu FC | Republic of Korea | 206,0 |
| 186. | Al-Nasr Jleeb Al-Shyookh | Kuwait | 205,5 |
| FK Andijon | Uzbekistan | 205,5 | |
| 188. | FK Hujand | Tajikistan | 203,5 |
| Nisa Asgabat FK | Turkmenistan | 203,5 | |
| 190. | Jashtyk AK Altyn Kara-Suu | Kyrgyzstan | 203,0 |
| 191. | Bukhoro FC | Uzbekistan | 200,5 |
| 192. | Brisbane Roar FC | Australia | 199,5 |
| 193. | Sanat MeS Kerman FC | Iran | 199,0 |
| 194. | FC Oita Trinita | Japan | 198,5 |
| Umm SC Salal | Qatar | 198,5 | |
| 196. | Bangkok United | Thailand | 197,5 |
| Happy Valley AA | Hong Kong | 197,5 | |
| 198. | PFK Metallurg Bekabad | Uzbekistan | 196,0 |
| 199. | Persib PSI Bandung | Indonesia | 195,5 |
| 200. | Khatoco Khánh Hoá Nha Trang | Vietnam | 195,0 |
| 201. | Al-Taliya Oman | Oman | 193,5 |
| 202. | Al-Taliya Hama | Syria | 192,0 |
| 203. | Al-Qadisiya Khobar | Saudi Arabia | 190,5 |
| 204. | Jableh Sporting Club | Syria | 189,5 |
| 205. | Thanh Hóa FC | Vietnam | 187,5 |
| 206. | Kopetdag Asgabat | Turkmenistan | 186,5 |
| 207. | Al-Shabab Bahrain | Bahrain | 183,0 |
| Duhok Sport Club | Iraq | 183,0 | |
| 209. | Al-Telal Aden | Yemen | 181,0 |
| 210. | Huteen SC Latakia | Syria | 180,0 |
| 211. | Al-Wahda Aden | Yemen | 179,0 |
| FC Alga Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | 179,0 | |
| 213. | Rah-Ahan FC Tehran | Iran | 176,0 |
| 214. | FK Lokomotiv Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 175,5 |
| 215. | Shurtan Guzor | Uzbekistan | 173,5 |
| 216. | East Riffa Club | Bahrain | 173,0 |
| Tokyo FC II | Japan | 173,0 | |
| 218. | Shabab Al-Sahel | Lebanon | 172,5 |
| 219. | Kyoto Sanga FC | Japan | 171,5 |
| 220. | Al-Ramtha SC Irbid | Jordan | 169,5 |
| 221. | LG-ACB Hanoi | Vietnam | 168,5 |
| 222. | Gyeong Nam FC Changwon | Republic of Korea | 163,5 |
| 223. | Anyang LG Cheetahs FC | Republic of Korea | 163,0 |
| 224. | Pelita Jaya Karawang | Indonesia | 162,0 |
| Tractor Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 162,0 | |
| 226. | Gwangju Sangmu FC | Republic of Korea | 160,5 |
| 227. | Johor FC Pasir Gudang | Malaysia | 158,5 |
| 228. | Telephone Organisation of Thailand (TOT-CAT) | Thailand | 156,0 |
| 229. | Hassan Abyan | Yemen | 155,5 |
| 230. | Al-Khaboora | Oman | 155,0 |
| Balestier Khalsa FC | Singapore | 155,0 | |
| 232. | Bangkok Bank FC | Thailand | 154,0 |
| 233. | Yarmuk Al-Rawda Sana’a | Yemen | 152,5 |
| 234. | PSMS Medan | Indonesia | 152,0 |
| 235. | Al-Shula Aden | Yemen | 151,5 |
| 236. | Gombak United FC | Singapore | 151,0 |
| 237. | Hòa Phát Hànoi | Vietnam | 150,5 |
| 238. | Muang Thong United FC | Thailand | 149,5 |
| 239. | Al-Tadamon Tyre | Lebanon | 148,5 |
| Kelantan JKR Kota Bahru | Malaysia | 148,5 | |
| 241. | Al-Minaa Basra | Iraq | 148,0 |
| FC Abdysh-Ata Kant | Kyrgyzstan | 148,0 | |
| 243. | Al-Wahda Sana’a | Yemen | 147,5 |
| 244. | Al-Jazeera Club Amman | Jordan | 147,0 |
| Sichuan Guancheng FC | China | 147,0 | |
| 246. | Albirex Niigata FC | Singapore | 145,5 |
| 247. | Al-Taee Hael | Saudi Arabia | 144,0 |
| Hangzhou Greentown FC | China | 144,0 | |
| Perth Glory FC | Australia | 144,0 | |
| 250. | Young Lions FC | Singapore | 143,0 |