TEHRAN (Tasnim) Tractor football team of Iran will not face Saudi Arabian teams in the 2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite.
- Sports news -The draw for the Elite ACL league stage was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday.
A total of 24 teams (12 from the East and 12 from the West) will participate in the league stage.
The competition will start on September 15 and last until April 25 of next year.
Tractor will face Qatar's Al Sadd SC, champions in 2011, Al Shorta (IRQ), Sharjah (UAE), Al Duhail (QAT), Shabab Al Ahli (UAE), Nasaf (UZB), Al Gharafa (QAT) and Al Wahda (UAE), as they look to better last season's quarter-final finish.
Al Ahli of Saudi Arabia is the defending champion.
