Football Federation Australia wants the FFA Cup winners to get a spot in the Asian Champions League.

Football Federation Australia want the winner of the FFA Cup to get a spot in the Asian Champions League.

"We're going to pursue making the FFA Cup winner qualify for the ACL," FFA chief David Gallop says.

"It will be very difficult to do it for 2015 but we hope to do it for 2016."

The current system awards spots in the ACL to the A-League grand final winners and the minor premiers.

A qualifying round spot goes to the team that finishes third, should a team win both like Brisbane Roar did last year.

Most other nations offer places to the league champions and the cup winners, and Gallop said the success of the FFA Cup warrants greater reward.

The FFA Cup final has been a huge success in its first season, with Tuesday's final between Adelaide United and Perth Glory at Coopers Stadium sold out.

Next year's competition will be increased to include 600 teams and Gallop said it will start earlier in the year to give smaller clubs a chance to catch A-League clubs cold.

"The FFA Cup was a few years in the pipeline but when it came to fruition it exceeded our expectations," he said.

"We've learned some lessons about the format and this year it will include 600 clubs including teams from the Northern Territory to make it truly national coverage.

"We'll play the quarter finals-and the early rounds before the A-League season starts to give maximum opportunity for the David versus Goliath-type contest we saw this year."

Gallop said the final would be played in November.

"Our view is that the status of the competition is big enough to be held on the weekend and should be just one game," he said. "It's the no-second-chances cup in Australian football and that shouldn't change.