1995–96 Asian Club Championship

The Asian Club Championship 1995-96 was the 15th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.

Ilhwa Chunma of South Korea won the final and became Asian champions for the first time.

Contents

First round

West Asia

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
FK Neftchy Farg'ona 4-5 Yelimay Semipalatinsk 3-1 1-4
Seeb 0-4 Al-Salmiya 0-0 0-4
Al-Shabab 2-2(a) Al-Ansar 2-1 0-1
Köpetdag Aşgabat 6-2 Kant-Oil Kant 6-0 0-2
Al-Zawraa 5-2 Al-Wihdat 3-1 2-1
Al-Arabi w/o1 Champion of Bahrain
Al-Nasr w/o2 Palestine Representative
Saipa w/o3 Tajikistan representative

1 Champion of Bahrain withdrew.
2 Palestine did not send a team.
3 Tajikistan did not send a team.

East Asia

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Mohun Bagan 2-2(a) Club Valencia 2-1 0-1
Verdy Kawasaki 6-0 Eastern AA 3-0 3-0
Pasay City 17-2 Tumon Taivon 7-0 10-2
Persib Bandung 2-1 Bangkok Bank FC 2-0 0-1
Crescent Textile 5-1 Saunders SC 2-1 3-01
Ilhwa Chunma 8-0 GD Lam Pak 5-0 3-02
Cảng Sài Gòn w/o3 Pahang FA
Thai Farmers Bank FC w/o4 China representative

1 Saunders SC withdrew after the 1st leg.
2 GD Lam Pak withdrew after the 1st leg.
3 Cảng Sài Gòn withdrew.
4 China and North Korea did not send a team.

Second round

West Asia

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Saipa 4-2 Al-Salmiya 2-1 2-1
Al-Ansar 1-6 Köpetdag Aşgabat 1-1 0-5
Al-Zawraa 3-4 Al-Arabi 2-1 1-3
Yelimay Semipalatinsk 0-4 Al-Nasr 0-1 0-31

1 Yelimay Semipalatinsk withdrew after the 1st leg.

East Asia

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Persib Bandung 5-2 Pasay City 3-1 2-1
Pahang FA 2-5 Ilhwa Chunma 2-3 0-2
Thai Farmers Bank FC 7-0 Club Valencia 6-0 1-0
Verdy Kawasaki 12-1 Crescent Textile 9-1 3-01

1 Crescent Textile withdrew after the 1st leg.

Quarterfinals

West Asia

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Nasr 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
Saipa 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
Al-Arabi 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Köpetdag Aşgabat 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1

All matches were played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

November 24, 1995 Saipa 1–0 Köpetdag Aşgabat
November 24, 1995 Al-Nasr 2–1 Al-Arabi
November 26, 1995 Al-Nasr 0–0 Saipa
November 26, 1995 Köpetdag Aşgabat 2–2 Al-Arabi
November 28, 1995 Saipa 0–0 Al-Arabi
November 28, 1995 Al-Nasr 1–0 Köpetdag Aşgabat

East Asia

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ilhwa Chunma 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
Thai Farmers Bank FC 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
Verdy Kawasaki 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
Persib Bandung 3 0 0 3 5 10 −5 0

All matches were played in Bandung, Indonesia.

November 26, 1995 Ilhwa Chunma 1–1 Thai Farmers Bank
November 26, 1995 Verdy Kawasaki 3–2 Persib Bandung
November 28, 1995 Persib Bandung 2–5 Ilhwa Chunma
November 28, 1995 Thai Farmers Bank 0–0 Verdy Kawasaki
November 30, 1995 Ilhwa Chunma 1–0 Verdy Kawasaki
November 30, 1995 Thai Farmers Bank 2–1 Persib Bandung

Semifinals

December 27, 1995
 Ilhwa Chunma 1–0
(AET)		 Saipa King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Lee Kwang-Hyun  104'
December 27, 1995
 Al-Nasr 1–0 Thai Farmers Bank FC King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Third place match

December 29, 1995
 Thai Farmers Bank FC 2–1 Saipa King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Final

December 29, 1995
 Ilhwa Chunma 1–0
(AET)		 Al-Nasr King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Lee Tae-Hong  110'

Champions

Asian Club Championship 1995-96

Ilhwa Chunma
First Title

References