1987–88 Asian Club Championship

The Asian Club Championship 1987-88 was the 7th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Several Asian clubs started the qualifying round in Fall of 1987.

Yomiuri FC (Japan) became the second Japanese club to win the Asian Championship.

Contents

Qualifying round

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Kazma SC 6 4 3 0 1 6 1 +5
Al-Hilal 5 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3
Muharraq Club 4 4 2 0 2 5 7 −2
Al-Nasr 3 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1
Al-Fanja 2 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5

All matches were played in Kuwait.

Match 1 Kazma SC 0–1 Al-Hilal
Match 2 Muharraq Club 0–1 Al-Nasr
Match 3 Kazma SC 3–0 Muharraq Club
Match 4 Al-Hilal 0–0 Al-Nasr
Match 5 Al-Hilal 3–0 Al-Fanja
Match 6 Kazma SC 1–0 Al-Nasr
Match 7 Muharraq Club 2–1 Al-Fanja
Match 8 Kazma SC 2–0 Al-Fanja
Match 9 Al-Hilal 2–3 Muharraq Club
Match 10 Al-Nasr 2–3 Al-Fanja

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Al Rasheed 8 4 4 0 0 23 2 +21
Mohun Bagan AC 5 4 2 1 1 12 6 +6
Mohammedan SC 5 4 2 1 1 12 10 +2
Manang Marsyangdi 2 4 1 0 3 8 19 −11
PAF FC 0 4 0 0 4 3 21 −18

All matches were played in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Match 1 Al Rasheed 2–0 Mohun Bagan AC
Match 2 Mohammedan SC 6–2 Manang Marsyangdi
Match 3 Al Rasheed 5–1 Mohammedan SC
Match 4 Mohun Bagan AC 6–1 Manang Marsyangdi
Match 5 Mohun Bagan AC 4–1 PAF FC
Match 6 Al Rasheed 6–1 Manang Marsyangdi
Match 7 Mohammedan SC 3–1 PAF FC
Match 8 Al Rasheed 10–0 PAF FC
Match 9 Mohun Bagan AC 2–2 Mohammedan SC
Match 10 Manang Marsyangdi 4–1 PAF FC

Group 3

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Bangkok Bank FC 3 2 1 1 0 7 0 +7
Air Force SC 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
Victory SC 1 2 0 1 1 1 8 −7

All matches were played in Malé, Maldives.

Match 1 Bangkok Bank FC 0–0 Air Force SC
Match 2 Bangkok Bank FC 7–0 Victory SC
Match 3 Air Force SC 1–1 Victory SC

Group 4

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Federal Territory 5 3 2 1 0 10 1 +9
Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian 4 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5
Tiong Bahru CSC 3 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2
Kota Rangers FC 0 3 0 0 3 4 16 −12

All matches were played in Bandung, Indonesia.

Match 1 Federal Territory 2–0 Tiga Berlian
Match 2 Tiong Bahru CSC 3–2 Kota Rangers FC
Match 3 Federal Territory 0–0 Tiong Bahru CSC
Match 4 Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian 5–1 Kota Rangers FC
Match 5 Federal Territory 8–1 Kota Rangers FC
Match 6 Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian 3–0 Tiong Bahru CSC

Group 5

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
August 1st 4 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5
April 25 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1
Hap Kuan 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4

All matches were played in Dalian, China PR.

Match 1 August 1 2–0 April 25
Match 2 August 1 3–0 Hap Kuan
Match 3 April 25 2–1 Hap Kuan

Group 6

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Yomiuri FC 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
South China AA 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3

All matches were played home & away.

September 10, 1987 South China AA 0–1 Yomiuri FC
October 8, 1987 Yomiuri FC 2–0 South China AA

Semifinal

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Al-Hilal 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5
Al Rasheed 2 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4
Bangkok Bank FC 0 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9

All matches were played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Match 1 Al-Hilal 2–1 Al Rasheed
Match 2 Al-Hilal 4–0 Bangkok Bank FC
Match 3 Al Rasheed 6–1 Bangkok Bank FC

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Yomiuri FC 4 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2
Federal Territory 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1
Kazma SC 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
August 1st 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3

All matches were played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

November 3, 1987 Yomiuri FC 2–1 Kazma SC
November 3, 1987 Federal Territory 1–1 August 1
November 5, 1987 Yomiuri FC 0–1 Federal Territory
November 5, 1987 Kazma SC 1–0 August 1
November 7, 1987 Yomiuri FC 2–0 August 1
November 7, 1987 Federal Territory 1–1 Kazma SC

Final


 Yomiuri FC w/o 1 Al-Hilal

1 The final was scratched and Yomiuri FC were awarded the championship after Al-Hilal objected to the match officials that were chosen for the first leg and refused to participate in the final.

Champions

Asian Club Championship 1987-88

Yomiuri FC
First Title

References