Asian Champions League a possibility for SA state league clubs A-League chief Damien de Bohun speaks during the 2013/14 season launch. FOOTBALL Federation Australia is thinking about awarding the FFA Cup winner a spot in the lucrative AFC Champions League. Potentially all clubs entering the Cup competition - from A-League to the nation's state league outfits - have chances to face the best teams in Asia in the multi-million dollar competition. The inaugural FFA Cup kicks off for state league clubs from February with A-League clubs expected to enter the round-of-32 from July. "The FFA Cup winner over time could gain entry to the AFC Champions League," declared A-League head Damien De Bohun. It's not resolved yet but the theme of the FFA Cup is connecting to grassroots football. De Bohun was with FFA head of community football Emma Highwood in Adelaide on Thursday for discussions with Reds officials over the FFA's preferred model for Adelaide United's youth side. FFA wants all A-League clubs branded as their own identity and working towards a common goal in all state league competitions through club youth teams. De Bohun said FFA prefers all A-League sides to have its reserves playing for 10 months of the year to suit the FFA's integrated pathway plan after Adelaide last month announced a satellite club agreement with Enfield City. The move was not sanctioned by FFA when Perth Glory - after the club's attempt to enter the state league via a club partner in WA failed - was earlier this month endorsed by FFA as the new role model development club. Glory will field a side in its state league competition and the club will draw its players from the integrated pathway. Newcastle Jets is another model club fielding its youth side and other junior sides in the northern NSW state league competitions.