1991 Asian Club Championship

1991 Asian Club Championship

Tournament details
Dates	August – December 1991
Teams	20
Venue	Doha (final stage)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Hilal (1st title)
Runners-up	Esteghlal
Third place	Al Rayyan
Fourth place	Al Shabab
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	104 (2.97 per match)
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The 1991 Asian Club Championship was the 11th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation.

Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia won the final and became the first Asian Championship winner from Saudi Arabia.

Qualifying Stage

First round

Summary

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Oruba	2–5	Al-Rayyan	2–4	0–1
Al-Jahra	0–4	Al-Hilal	0–2	0–2
Al-Ansar	2–4	Al-Shabab	1–3	1–1
West Riffa	1–1 (4–5 p)	Al-Tilal	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)
Mohammedan SC	5–0	WAPDA FC	5–0	0–0
April 25	3–2	Liaoning FC	0–1	3–1
Sporting de Macau	1–14	South China	1–9	0–5
Geylang International	3–4	Pelita Jaya	1–2	2–2

Matches

Al Rayyan	4–2	Al-Oruba

Al-Oruba	0–1	Al Rayyan

Al-Rayyan won 5–2 on aggregate.

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18 October 1991

Al-Hilal	2–0	Al Jahra
	Report

20 October 1991

Al Jahra	0–2	Al-Hilal
	Report

Al-Hilal won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Al Shabab	3–1	Al-Ansar

Al-Ansar	1–1	Al Shabab

Al-Shabab won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Al-Tilal	1–0	West Riffa

West Riffa	1–0	Al-Tilal
Penalties
	4–5

1-1 on aggregate. Al-Tilal won 5–4 on penalties.

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26 October 1991

Mohammedan SC	5–0	WAPDA
Nakib 11', 21' Sabbir 55' Mizan 83' Riyaz Uddin 86'

Dhaka Stadium, Bangladesh

Referee: Vichai Charupunt (Thailand)

1 November 1991

WAPDA	0–0	Mohammedan SC

Railway Stadium, Pakistan

Mohammedan SC won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Liaoning FC	1–0	April 25

April 25	3–1	Liaoning FC

April 25 won 3–2 on aggregate.

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South China	9–1	Sporting de Macau

Sporting de Macau	0–5	South China

South China won 14–1 on aggregate.

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Pelita Jaya	1–2	Geylang International

Geylang International	2–2	Pelita Jaya

Geylang International won 4–3 on aggregate.

Note: Pelita Jaya were subsequently suspended by the AFC due to crowd disturbances during the second leg, followed by a pitch invasion following the final whistle.

Second round

Summary

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Rayyan	Bye	n/a	n/a	n/a
Al-Hilal	Bye	n/a	n/a	n/a
Al-Shabab	Bye	n/a	n/a	n/a
Port Authority	Bye	n/a	n/a	n/a
Al-Tilal	0–5	Esteghlal	0–0	0–5
Mohammedan SC	5–0	New Radiant	3–0	2–0
South China	2–3	Yomiuri FC	1–0	1–3
April 25	awd.	Geylang International 1	n/a	n/a

¹ Geylang International withdrew after the draw.

Matches

Al-Tilal	0–0	Esteghlal

Esteghlal	5–0	Al-Tilal

Esteghlal won 5–0 on aggregate.

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11 November 1991

Mohammedan SC	3–0	New Radiant
Sabbir 23' Riyaz Uddin 53' Ayaz Ahmed 84'

Mirpur Stadium, Bangladesh

Referee: Ahsanul Haque (Bangladesh)

19 November 1991

New Radiant	0–2	Mohammedan SC
		Titu Nakib

Galolhu Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Maldives

Mohammedan SC won 5–0 on aggregate.

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South China AA	1–0	Yomiuri FC

Yomiuri FC	3–1	South China

Yomiuri FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter finals

• Yomiuri FC withdrew.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RYY	SHB	PAT	MOH
1	Al Rayyan	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	6	Advance to Semi-finals		—	2–1	3–1	2–1
2	Al Shabab	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4			—	—	3–1	2–1
3	Port Authority	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	2			—	—	—	4–1
4	Mohammedan SC	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0			—	—	—	—

Source: RSSSF

12 December 1991

Al Rayyan	3–1	Port Authority

12 December 1991

Al Shabab	2–1	Mohammedan SC
		Nakib

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14 December 1991

Port Authority	4–1	Mohammedan SC
		Nakib

14 December 1991

Al Rayyan	2–1	Al Shabab

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16 December 1991

Al Rayyan	3–1	Mohammedan SC
		Nakib

16 December 1991

Al Shabab	3–1	Port Authority

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HIL	EST	A25
1	Al-Hilal	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	4	Advance to Semi-finals		—	2–0	1–0
2	Esteghlal	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1			—	—	1–1
3	April 25	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1			—	—	—

Source: RSSSF

13 December 1991

Al-Hilal	2–0	April 25

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15 December 1991

Al-Hilal	1–0	Esteghlal

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17 December 1991

Esteghlal	1–1	April 25

Knockout Stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	20 December – Doha
	Al-Rayyan	1
					29 July – Doha
	Esteghlal	2
					Esteghlal	1 (2)
	20 December – Doha
					Al-Hilal (p)	1 (3)
	Al Hilal	1
	Al-Shabab	0
					Third place play-off
					28 July – Doha
					Al-Rayyan (p)	2 (7)
					Al-Shabab	2 (6)

Semi-finals

20 December 1991

Al-Hilal	1–0	Al Shabab
Jazea 55'

Doha, Qatar

Referee: Talal Saleh (Lebanon)

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20 December 1991

Al Rayyan	1–2	Esteghlal
Faisal Al Addam 28'		Abdolali Changiz 86' Abbas Sarkhab 90'

Doha, Qatar

Third Place

22 December 1991

Al Rayyan	2–2	Al Shabab
Penalties
	7–6

Doha, Qatar

Final

22 December 1991

Esteghlal	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Hilal
Hashemi-Moghaddam 58'		Al-Habashi 73'
Penalties
Reza Hasan Zadeh Sadegh Varmazyar Mehdi Fononoi Zadeh Samad Marfavi Abbas Sorkhab	2-3	Hasan al Habashi yussef al Thanyan yussef Jaze mansour al Ahmad

Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Qatar

References

• Asian Club Competitions 1992 at RSSSF.com