The 2024–25 AFC Challenge League will be the eleventh edition of the Asia's third-tier continental club football competition, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It will be the first edition since 2014, with the tournament being re-introduced under a new name (AFC Challenge League) and revamped format.[1] It will feature 20 teams.[2]Ýedigen FC (as HTTU Aşgabat) are the defending champions, as the AFC President's Cup records were transferred to the AFC Challenge League, but they did not qualify.
The associations are allocated slots according to their club competitions ranking,[3] which was published after the 2022 competitions were completed.[4]