1986 Asian Club Championship

1986 Asian Club Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	26–30 December 1986
Teams	4
Venue(s)	Riyadh (final round)
Final positions
Champions	Furukawa Electric (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Hilal
Third place	Liaoning F.C.
Fourth place	Al-Talaba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	20 (3.33 per match)
← 1985–86 1987 →

The 1986 Asian Club Championship was the 6th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Several Asian clubs started the qualifying round in Fall of 1986. The final round was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in December 1986.

Furukawa Electric defeated Al Hilal in the final to become the first Japanese club to win the Asian Club Championship.

Defending champions Daewoo Royals were unable to defend their title as they finished third in the 1985 K League.

Qualifying Stage

Group 1

Al-Shorta Aden qualified to the second round by default, as they were the only team in Group 1.

Group 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Talaba	2–1	Al-Wehda Sana'a

Group 3

Qualification from the 1986 GCC Champions League held in Riyadh.

Participants

• Al-Hilal (hosts)
• Al Arabi
• Dhofar
• Al-Arabi
• Al-Wasl

Al-Hilal and Al-Arabi qualified to the second round

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malavan	3	2	1	0	20	1	+19	5	Advance to Second round
2	Saunders (H)	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	—	0
3	Habib Bank	3	0	1	2	3	11	−8	1
4	Victory	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	—	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Matches were played in Colombo, Sri Lanka. ^[1]

August 1986

Malavan	7–0	Habib Bank

August 1986

Malavan	1–1	Saunders

August 1986

Malavan	12–0	Victory SC

August 1986

Saunders	2–1	Habib Bank

August 1986

Habib Bank	2–2	Victory SC

August 1986

Saunders	N/A	Victory SC

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	4	Advance to Second round
2	Philippine Air Force	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	2
3	Daerah Brunei (H)	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Matches were played in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.

1 August 1986

Daerah Brunei	0–1	Philippine Air Force

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3 August 1986

Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian	1–0	Philippine Air Force
Kiswanto pen.'

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5 August 1986

Daerah Brunei	1–3	Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian
Kassim 75'		Saut Tobing 5', 59' Nere 25'

Group 6

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Selangor FA	2–0	Port Authority of Thailand	2–0	0–0

Note: both matches were played in Kuala Lumpur.

Group 7

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
4.25 Sports Team	0–1	Liaoning F.C.	0–0	0–1
Furukawa Electric	Bye

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hap Kuan (H)	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	2	Advance to Second round
2	South China	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	2
3	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0	Withdrew [a]

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso withdrew on the morning of their match against Hap Kuan due to visa and logistical issues. Therefore, the remaining match between Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso and South China was cancelled.

Matches were played in Macau.

South China	1–0	Hap Kuan

Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	0–3 Awarded	Hap Kuan

Second round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Talaba (H)	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	4	Advance to Final round
2	Al-Arabi	2	1	0	1	9	2	+7	2
3	Saunders SC	2	0	0	2	0	13	−13	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Matches were played in Baghdad, Iraq.

1986

Al-Talaba	2–0	Al-Arabi

1986

Al-Talaba	4–0	Saunders SC

1986

Al-Arabi	9–0	Saunders SC

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Hilal (H)	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	4	Advance to Final round
2	Al-Shorta Aden	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0
3	Malavan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Matches were played in Saudi Arabia.

1986

Al-Hilal	5–0	Al-Shorta Aden

1986

Al-Shorta Aden	2–0	Al-Hilal

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liaoning	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3	Advance to Final round
2	Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	South China (H)	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Matches were played in Hong Kong.

11 November 1986

South China	1–1	Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian
Denis Cronin 35'		Bambang Sunarto 26'

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13 November 1986

Liaoning	0–0	Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian

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16 November 1986

South China	0–1	Liaoning

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Furukawa Electric	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	4	Advance to Final round
2	Selangor FA (H)	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	2
3	Hap Kuan	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Matches were played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

7 December 1986

Furukawa Electric	2–1	Selangor FA

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9 December 1986

Furukawa Electric	3–1	Hap Kuan

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December 1986

Selangor FA	5–0	Hap Kuan

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Furukawa Electric	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	6	Champions
2	Al-Hilal (H)	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	4
3	Liaoning F.C.	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1
4	Al-Talaba	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

26 December 1986

Al-Talaba	2–2	Liaoning F.C.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

26 December 1986

Al-Hilal	3–4	Furukawa Electric

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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28 December 1986

Furukawa Electric	2–0	Al-Talaba

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

28 December 1986

Al-Hilal	2–1 [2]	Liaoning F.C.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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30 December 1986

Furukawa Electric	1–0	Liaoning F.C.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

30 December 1986

Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Talaba

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

References

1. Bhatti, Mukhtar (1999). Pakistan Sports: An Almanac of Pakistan Sports with Complete Records 1947-1999. Bhatti Publications. p. 246. A 20-member Habib Bank football team took part in the qualifying round of the 6th Asian Clubs Football Championship held at Colombo (S. Lanka), where it finished 3rd out of four teams and could not qualify for the finals. Iranian Club bt Habib Bank 7—0. Saunders Club, Sri Lanka bt Habib Bank 2—1. Maldives Club drew with Habib Bank 2—2
2. "第六届亚洲俱乐部男子足球冠军赛". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2013.

External links

• Asian Club Competitions 1987 at RSSSF.com