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The 2000–01 Asian Club Championship was the 20th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia. It was also the last edition to feature the Kazakh top division champions at the time, as the Kazakhstan Football Federation were in the process of switching to UEFA membership.

Suwon Samsung Bluewings of South Korea won the final and became Asian champions for the first time, beating 1-0 Júbilo Iwata who were playing in their third consecutive final.

First round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Karamah	2–1	0–0
Al Ramtha	2–3	Al-Salmiya	0–1	2–2
Al-Ahli	0–1	Al-Ahli	0–1	0–0
Al-Ansar	w/o	Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Al-Zawraa	2–5	Al-Ain	2–1	0–4
Al-Wakra	3–9	Persepolis	2–4	1–5
FC Irtysh	5–2	Nisa Aşgabat	3–1	2–1
Varzob Dushanbe	w/o	FC Dustlik

Al-Ansar withdrew.
FC Dustlik did not show up for the 1st leg in Dushanbe due to the civil war in Tajikistan; they were ejected from the competition and fined $10,000.

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Polícia de Segurança Pública	0–11	Home United	0–5	0–6
PSM Makassar	4–1	Sông Lam Nghệ An	0–0	4–1

Second round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Hilal	3–1	Al-Salmiya	3–1	0–0
Al-Ittihad Jeddah	8–2	Al-Ahli	2–0	6–2
Persepolis	4–2	Al-Ain	2–0	2–2(aet)
FC Irtysh	7–3	Varzob Dushanbe	4–1	3–2

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PSM Makassar	11–1	Royal Thai Air Force	6–1	5–0
South China	2–6	Júbilo Iwata	1–3	1–3
Shandong Luneng Taishan	6–1	Home United	3–0	3–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–1	Hurriyya	2–1	0–0

Quarter-finals

West Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Persepolis	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
FC Irtysh	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Al-Ittihad Jeddah	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Al-Hilal	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Al-Hilal	0–0	FC Irtysh

Persepolis	0–0	Al-Ittihad Jeddah

Persepolis	0–0	FC Irtysh

Al-Ittihad Jeddah	2–0	Al-Hilal
Al Hasan Al-Yami 23' Sergio Ricardo 85'

Al-Ittihad Jeddah	1–2	FC Irtysh
Mohammad Hwasawi 41'		Nilton Pereira Mendes 14' 25'

Persepolis	3–1	Al-Hilal
Ali Karimi 45' Ali Ansarian 65' (pen.) Hamed Kavianpour 69'		Yousuf Al-Thunayan 9'

East Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Júbilo Iwata	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3	2	0	1	14	4	+10	6
Shandong Luneng Taishan	3	1	0	2	5	13	−8	3
PSM Makassar	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–3	Júbilo Iwata
		Toshiya Fujita 14' Yang Jong-Hu 77' (og) Masashi Nakayama 90'

PSM Makassar	1–3	Shandong Luneng Taishan
Suwandi Hadi Siswoyo 90'		Sergei Nagorniak 15' (pen.) Li Xiaopeng 52' Li Ming 56'

PSM Makassar	1–8	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto 35'		Seo Jung-Won 6' 23' 25' Sandro Cardoso 11' 18' Park Kun-Ha 37' Ko Jong-Soo 45' (pen.) 79'

Júbilo Iwata	6–2	Shandong Luneng Taishan
Toshiya Fujita 29' (pen.) Masashi Nakayama 42' 43' 56' Aleksandar Živković 66' (pen.) Daisuke Oku 78'		Casiano 34' Li Xiaopeng 90'

Shandong Luneng Taishan	0–6	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
		Ko Jong-Soo 8' 38' Denis Laktionov 28' Seo Dong-Won 48' 59' Sabo Zoltan 82'

PSM Makassar	0–3	Júbilo Iwata
		Naoki Naruo 37' Tomoaki Seino 56' Takahiro Yamanishi 74'

Semi-finals

Júbilo Iwata	1–0 (a.e.t.)	FC Irtysh
Jo Kanazawa 103'

Persepolis	1–2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Hamed Kavianpour 12'		Seo Jung-Won 78' Park Kun-Ha 90'

Third place match

Persepolis	2–0	FC Irtysh
Esmael Halali 17' Hamid Reza Estili 34'

Final

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–0	Júbilo Iwata
Sandro Cardoso 15'

References

1. "수원 삼성, 아시아클럽축구 평정". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 27 May 2001. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

• Asian Club Competitions 2001 at RSSSF.com

• 2000–01 in AFC football
• Asian Club Championship seasons