1987 Asian Club Championship

1987 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates?? – November 1987
Teams22
Final positions
ChampionsJapan Yomiuri FC (1st title)
Runners-upSaudi Arabia Al-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 1987.

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

Qualifying round

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kuwait Kazma (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: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

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 4 2 1 1 12 6 +6 5
3 Bangladesh Dhaka Mohammedan (H) 4 2 1 1 12 10 +2 5
4 Nepal Manang Marsyangdi 4 1 0 3 8 19 −11 2
5 Pakistan Pakistan Air Force 4 0 0 4 3 21 −18 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dhaka Mohammedan Bangladesh6–2Nepal Manang Marsyangdi
  • Emeka 19' (pen.)
  • Babul 75'
  • Naalchegar 40'
  • Gholamreza Borhanzadeh 41', 80'
Referee: Somporn Patcharamamukdakorn (Thailand)

Mohun Bagan India4–1Pakistan Pakistan Air Force
  • Abdul Rahman 44'
Referee: Ahmed Aziz (Bangladesh)

Al Rasheed Iraq6–1Nepal Manang Marsyangdi
  • Dheeraj Jang 55'
Referee: Abdur Rashid (Bangladesh)
Dhaka Mohammedan Bangladesh3–1Pakistan Pakistan Air Force
  • Abdul Shakoor 11'
Referee: Vangshaman (Thailand)

Al Rasheed Iraq2–0India Mohun Bagan
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Kong Tiam (Thailand)
Manang Marsyangdi Nepal4–1Pakistan Pakistan Air Force
  • Abdul Shakoor 57'
Referee: Zahirul Haque (Bangladesh)

Dhaka Mohammedan Bangladesh2–2India Mohun Bagan
  • Gholamreza Borhanzadeh 13'
  • Emeka 39'
Referee: Kong Tiam (Thailand)

Al Rasheed Iraq10–0Pakistan Pakistan Air Force
Referee: Ansarkul Islam (Bangladesh)

Mohun Bagan India6–1Nepal Manang Marsyangdi
Referee: Abdul Khalek (Bangladesh)
Al Rasheed Iraq5–1Bangladesh Dhaka Mohammedan
Referee: Somporn Patcharamamukdakorn (Thailand)

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 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 Maldives Victory (H) 2 0 1 1 1 8 −7 1
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Malé, Maldives.

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 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 3
4 Brunei Kota Ranger 3 0 0 3 4 16 −12 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Bandung, Indonesia.

Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian Indonesia5–1Brunei Kota Ranger
  • Harhara
  • Pariama
  • Fabanyo
  • Ghani
Attendance: 5.000

Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian Indonesia3–0Singapore Tiong Bahru
  • Fabanyo 14'
  • Hidayat 41', 72'

Tiong Bahru Singapore3–2Brunei Kota Ranger
  • Mata 4'
  • Ahmad 20' (pen.)
  • Mokhtar 85'
  • Samak 7'
  • Musanib 35'

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: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Dalian, China PR.

August 1 China3–0Macau Hap Kuan
April 25 North Korea2–1Macau Hap Kuan

Group 6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Japan Yomiuri 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: RSSSF

Matches were played home & away.

South China Hong Kong0–1Japan Yomiuri

Yomiuri Japan2–0Hong Kong 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 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Japan Yomiuri 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 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
4 China August 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Yomiuri Japan2–1Kuwait Kazma
  • Al-Shemmari 89'
Federal Territory Malaysia1–1China August 1

Yomiuri Japan0–1Malaysia Federal Territory
  • Aslokani 62'
Kazma Kuwait1–0China August 1

Yomiuri Japan2–0China August 1
Federal Territory Malaysia1–1Kuwait Kazma
  • Baroun 35'

Final

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

The final was scratched and Yomiuri were awarded the championship 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.

References