SINGAPORE (18 August 2025) – Buriram United of Thailand will open the defence of their ASEAN Club Championship Shopee Cup™ title with a tantalising home opener against Malaysia’s Selangor FC, while Malaysian treble winners Johor Darul Ta’zim FC make their tournament debut with a Causeway clash against Singapore double winners Lion City Sailors FC when the 2025/26 Group Stage kicks off this week.
The second edition of the annual competition to decide ASEAN’s top club will feature 10 national league champions and Cup winners from across Southeast Asia drawn into two groups, with each club playing five home or away matches in the Group Stage.
The line-up for the Group Stage was completed last Friday when Philippines Football League Finals Series winners DH Cebu FC beat Brunei Super League champions Kasuka FC 4-2 on aggregate, and Myanmar National League champions Shan United FC overcame Lao League 1 champions Ezra FC 3-1 on aggregate in the Qualifying Round Play-Offs to secure their places in Group A and Group B respectively.
Group A is headlined by Buriram United who made history in May when they became the first club to be crowned ASEAN Club Champions after a thrilling Shopee Cup™ final against Công An Hà Nội FC of Vietnam, which they won in a penalty shoot-out after a thrilling 5-5 aggregate draw.
After also sweeping all three Thai domestic competitions last season, Buriram kick off their defence of their title on Wednesday against Malaysian giants Selangor, who are making their debut in the competition after finishing runners-up to JDT in the Malaysia Super League and FA Cup last season.
Vietnamese National Cup winners and last season’s Shopee Cup™ runners-up Công An Hà Nội will travel to Thailand to face 2024/25 semi-finalists BG Pathum United in Group A while tournament newcomers Cebu host Tampines Rovers FC, who were runners-up to Lion City Sailors in the Singapore Premier League and Singapore Cup.
Lion City Sailors are looking for an improved performance in the Shopee Cup™ after going out in the Group Stage last season, and the Singapore double winners begin their Group B campaign with a short trip on Thursday to face JDT, who have dominated Malaysian football for over a decade.
JDT claimed the Malaysian treble for the third year in a row when they lifted the Malaysia Super League, Malaysia FA Cup and Malaysia Cup last season, and they will now look to translate their domestic dominance into regional success in the Shopee Cup™.
Thursday’s other Group B fixture will see Shan United welcome Cambodian Premier League champions PKR Svay Rieng FC to Myanmar for their second Shopee Cup™ match in six months, following Svay Rieng’s 4-2 win in Phnom Penh in last season’s Group Stage.
The other Group B clash between Thai Premier League runners-up Bangkok United FC and V.League 1 champions Nam Định FC has been postponed and will be played in Thailand on 17 December.
The Shopee Cup™ 2025/26 Matchday 1 fixtures are as follows:
| DATE | MATCH # | GROUP | MATCH | VENUE | KICK-OFF (LOCAL TIME) |
KICK-OFF (GMT) |
| 20-Aug | 1 | A | BURIRAM UNITED (THA) v SELANGOR FC (MAS) | Buriram Stadium, Buriram |
19:00 | 12:00 |
| 2 | A | BG PATHUM UNITED (THA) v CÔNG AN HÀ NỘI FC (VIE) | BG Stadium, Pathum Thani |
19:00 | 12:00 | |
| 3 | A | DH DEBU FC (PHI) v TAMPINES ROVERS FC (SIN) | Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila |
19:00 | 11:00 | |
| 21-Aug | 5 | B | JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM FC (MAS) v LION CITY SAILORS FC (SGP) | Sultan Ibrahim Stadium, Johor |
17:30 | 9:30 |
| 6 | B | SHAN UNITED FC (MYA) v PKR SVAY RIENG FC (CAM) | Thuwanna Stadium, Yangon |
18:00 | 11:30 |
All ASEAN Club Championship Shopee Cup™ Season 2025/26 matches will be broadcast LIVE on the domestic television networks and streaming platforms listed below:
| BRUNEI | @ASEANUTDFC / FACEBOOK & YOUTUBE |
| CAMBODIA | BAYON TV |
| BTV SPORT / FACEBOOK | |
| INDONESIA | MNC VISION & K-VISION – SPORTSTAR |
| OTT: VISION+ | |
| INEWS & RCTI OFFICIAL / YOUTUBE | |
| LAOS | BG SPORTS / FACEBOOK & YOUTUBE |
| @ASEANUTDFC / FACEBOOK & YOUTUBE | |
| MALAYSIA | ASTRO ARENA, ASTRO GO & SOOKA |
| MYANMAR | SKYNET |
| BG SPORTS / FACEBOOK & YOUTUBE | |
| @ASEANUTDFC / FACEBOOK & YOUTUBE | |
| PHILIPPINES | THE PHILIPPINE FOOTBALL FEDERATION SOCIAL MEDIA |
| SINGAPORE | MEDIACORP – MEWATCH |
| THAILAND | THAIRATH TV & THAIRATH SPORTS / YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAM |
| BG SPORTS / FACEBOOK & YOUTUBE | |
| TRUE VISIONS – TRUESPORT 2 | |
| AIS PLAY | |
| TIMOR-LESTE | @ASEANUTDFC / FACEBOOK & YOUTUBE |
| VIETNAM | FPT PLAY |
Shopee Cup™ matches will also be aired in South Korea on SPOTV, on @aseanutdfc / Facebook and YouTube outside ASEAN, and on OneFootball in the rest of the world excluding Asia-Pacific.
Match tickets are available for sale at each home club’s stadium box office and official websites.
For more information about the Shopee Cup™ and other ASEAN United FC events, please visit https://aseanutdfc.com/ and @aseanutdfc on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, X and LinkedIn.
