3+1 rule for foreign players in AFC Champions League


KUALA LUMPUR: Next season’s revamped and lucrative AFC Champions League will introduce a 3+1 rule for foreign players, it was announced yesterday, while the final will be played in Japan.

The Asian Football Confederation said it had been decided to allow each ACL team to field a maximum of four foreign players, one of whom must be from an Asian country.

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