Shenhua's AFC Champions League record

Shanghai Shenhua is a frequent visitor to the AFC Champions League, but its performance has not been greatly improved. In the 2002-2003 season, in the first year of AFC Champions League restructuring, Shenhua lost to the host team BEC Welissa Gonzaga in Thailand at the end of World War I, ranking third in the group. In 2004, Shanghai Shenhua team participated in the AFC Champions League for the first time after the restructuring and became the last AFC Champions League champion. As a result, Shenhua team lost three games in a row and went out early. In the 2006 season, Shanghai Shenhua, who participated again, was divided into Group G and advanced to the AFC Champions League quarter-finals for the first time. Shenhua then beat Jeonbuk at home 1-0, but was eliminated 2-4 away.

In 2007, Shenhua, with three losses and one draw, became a spectator of the AFC Champions League, with a score of 1 for four rounds, which set the earliest exit record for China team in the history of the AFC Champions League. In 2009, Shenhua Group was strong. After losing to Kashima Antlers, they defeated Samsung of Shui Yuan, but after three games, they didn't win and the group was out.