1987 Asian Club Championship

1987 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates?? – November 1987
Teams22
Final positions
ChampionsYomiuri FC (1st title)
Runners-upAl-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played43
Goals scored152 (3.53 per match)
1986

The 1987 Asian Club Championship 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.

Qualifying round

Group 1

GCC Club Championship

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kuwait Kazma SC (H) 4 3 0 1 6 1 +5 6 Advance to Group stage
2 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 5
3 Bahrain Muharraq 4 2 0 2 5 7 −2 4
4 United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 3
5 Oman Fanja 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5 2
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Kuwait.

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

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Iraq Al Rasheed 4 4 0 0 23 2 +21 8 Advance to Group stage
2 India Mohun Bagan AC 4 2 1 1 12 6 +6 5
3 Bangladesh Mohammedan SC (H) 4 2 1 1 12 10 +2 5
4 Nepal Manang Marsyangdi 4 1 0 3 8 19 −11 2
5 Pakistan PAF FC 4 0 0 4 3 21 −18 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Thailand Bangkok Bank 2 1 1 0 7 0 +7 3 Advance to Group stage
2 Sri Lanka Air Force SC 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 Maldives Victory SC (H) 2 0 1 1 1 8 −7 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Malé, Maldives.

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

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Malaysia Federal Territory 3 2 1 0 10 1 +9 5 Advance to Group stage
2 Indonesia Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian (H) 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 4
3 Singapore Tiong Bahru CSC 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 3
4 Brunei Kota Ranger FC 3 0 0 3 4 16 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Bandung, Indonesia.

Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian Indonesia5–1Brunei Kota Ranger FC
Aun Harhara
Samuel Pariama
Syafruddin Fabanyo
Majedy Ghani
Attendance: 5.000

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 China August 1 (H) 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 4 Advance to Group stage
2 North Korea April 25 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 2
3 Macau Hap Kuan 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Japan Yomiuri FC 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 4 Advance to Group stage
2 Hong Kong South China 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]

Matches were played home & away.

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

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal (H) 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 4 Advance to Final
2 Iraq Al Rasheed 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 2
3 Thailand Bangkok Bank FC 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Japan Yomiuri FC 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 4 Advance to Final
2 Malaysia Federal Territory (H) 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4
3 Kuwait Kazma SC 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
4 China August 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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

Final

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia w/o Japan Yomiuri FC

The final was cancelled as Al-Hilal were unable to field a team due to nine of their starting players being chosen for the Saudi national team's preparation camp that clashed with the date fixed for the first leg.

Yomiuri FC were awarded the championship.

References