1987 Asian Club Championship

1987 Asian Club Championship

Tournament details
Dates	?? – November 1987
Teams	22
Final positions
Champions	Yomiuri FC (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	43
Goals scored	152 (3.53 per match)
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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	Kazma SC (H)	4	3	0	1	6	1	+5	6	Advance to Group stage
2	Al-Hilal	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	5
3	Muharraq	4	2	0	2	5	7	−2	4
4	Al-Nasr	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	3
5	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	Al Rasheed	4	4	0	0	23	2	+21	8	Advance to Group stage
2	Mohun Bagan AC	4	2	1	1	12	6	+6	5
3	Mohammedan SC (H)	4	2	1	1	12	10	+2	5
4	Manang Marsyangdi	4	1	0	3	8	19	−11	2
5	PAF FC	4	0	0	4	3	21	−18	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

8 June 1987

Mohammedan SC	6–2	Manang Marsyangdi
Emeka 20' (pen.) Babul Naalchegar Borhanzadeh		Thapa 10'

Dhaka Stadium

9 June 1987

Mohun Bagan AC	4–1	PAF FC
Chatterjee 16' Gosh 27', 60' Prasanta		Abdul Rahman

Dhaka Stadium

10 June 1987

Al Rasheed	6–1	Manang Marsyangdi
Saad Riyad Laith Jassim		Dheeraj

Dhaka Stadium

10 June 1987

Mohammedan SC	3–1	PAF FC
Sabbir 56' Naalchegar		Shakoor

Dhaka Stadium

12 June 1987

Al Rasheed	2–0	Mohun Bagan AC
Laith Shaker

Dhaka Stadium

12 June 1987

Manang Marsyangdi	4–1	PAF FC
Krishna 42' Mani Shah 55', 73' Thapa		Shakoor

Dhaka Stadium

13 June 1987

Mohammedan SC	2–2	Mohun Bagan AC
Borhanzadeh 13' Emeka 39'		Ghosh 87', 89'

Dhaka Stadium

14 June 1987

Al Rasheed	10–0	PAF FC
Jassim Saad Jalal Abbas Gafari Laith Karim

Dhaka Stadium

16 June 1987

Mohun Bagan AC	6–1	Manang Marsyangdi
Amalraj Chatterjee Gosh		Thapa

Dhaka Stadium

16 June 1987

Al Rasheed	5–1	Mohammedan SC
Saad Karim Laith Ahmed		Emeka

Dhaka Stadium

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bangkok Bank	2	1	1	0	7	0	+7	3	Advance to Group stage
2	Air Force SC	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	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	Federal Territory	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9	5	Advance to Group stage
2	Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian (H)	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	4
3	Tiong Bahru CSC	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	3
4	Kota Ranger FC	3	0	0	3	4	16	−12	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Bandung, Indonesia.

5 June 1987

Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian	5–1	Kota Ranger FC
Aun Harhara Samuel Pariama Syafruddin Fabanyo		Majedy Ghani

Siliwangi Stadium

Attendance: 5.000

5 June 1987

Federal Territory	0–0	Tiong Bahru CSC

Siliwangi Stadium

6 June 1987

Federal Territory	8–1	Kota Ranger FC

Siliwangi Stadium

6 June 1987

Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian	3–0	Tiong Bahru CSC
Syafruddin Fabanyo 14' Arief Hidayat 41', 72'

Siliwangi Stadium

8 June 1987

Tiong Bahru CSC	3–2	Kota Ranger FC
Saswadi Mata 4' Salleh Ahmad 20' (pen.) Sharom Mokhtar 85'		Resanan Samak 7' Rashid Musanib 35'

Siliwangi Stadium

8 June 1987

Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian	0–2	Federal Territory
		K. Kannan

Siliwangi Stadium

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	August 1 (H)	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	4	Advance to Group stage
2	April 25	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	2
3	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	Yomiuri FC	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	4	Advance to Group stage
2	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	Al-Hilal (H)	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	4	Advance to Final
2	Al Rasheed	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	2
3	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	Yomiuri FC	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	4	Advance to Final
2	Federal Territory (H)	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
3	Kazma SC	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
4	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	w/o	Yomiuri FC

Al-Hilal	Cancelled	Yomiuri FC

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

Yomiuri FC	Cancelled	Al-Hilal

Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka, Tokyo

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

• Asian Club Competitions 1988 at RSSSF