1995 Asian Club Championship

1995 Asian Club Championship

Tournament details
Dates	?? 1995 – December 1995
Teams	27
Venue(s)	Riyadh (final round)
Final positions
Champions	Ilhwa Chunma (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Nassr
Third place	Thai Farmers Bank
Fourth place	Saipa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	50
Goals scored	155 (3.1 per match)
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The 1995 Asian Club Championship was the 15th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.

Ilhwa Chunma of South Korea won the final and became Asian champions for the first time.

First round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FK Neftchy Farg'ona	4–5	Yelimay Semipalatinsk	3–1	1–4
Al-Seeb	0–4	Al-Salmiya	0–0	0–4
Al-Shabab	2–2 (a)	Al-Ansar	2–1	0–1
Köpetdag Aşgabat	6–2	Kant-Oil Kant	6–0	0–2
Al-Zawraa	5–2	Al-Wehdat	3–1	2–1
Al-Arabi	bye 1
Al-Nassr	bye 2
Saipa	bye 3

¹ Al-Arabi had been drawn against the champions of Bahrain, but the Bahrainian FA did not send a team.
² Al-Nasr were drawn against the champions of Palestine, but the Palestinian FA did not send a team.
³ Saipa were drawn against the champions of Tajikistan, but the Tajik FA did not send a team.

East Asia

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mohun Bagan	2–2 (a)	Club Valencia	2–1	0–1
Verdy Kawasaki	6–0	Eastern AA	3–0	3–0
Pasay	17–2	Tumon Taivon	7–0	10–2
Persib Bandung	2–1	Bangkok Bank FC	2–0	0–1
Crescent Textile	5–1	Saunders SC	2–1	3–01
Ilhwa Chunma	8–0	GD Lam Pak	5–0	3–02
Cảng Sài Gòn	w/o 3	Pahang FA
Thai Farmers Bank FC	bye 4

¹ Saunders SC withdrew after the 1st leg.
² GD Lam Pak withdrew after the 1st leg.
³ Cảng Sài Gòn withdrew.
⁴ Thai Farmers Bank FC had been drawn against the winners of a match between the champions of China and North Korea, but neither country's FA sent a team.

Second round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Saipa	4–2	Al-Salmiya	2–1	2–1
Al-Ansar	1–6	Köpetdag Aşgabat	1–1	0–5
Al-Zawraa	3–4	Al-Arabi	2–1	1–3
Yelimay Semipalatinsk	0–4	Al-Nassr	0–1	0–31

¹ Yelimay Semipalatinsk withdrew after the 1st leg.

East Asia

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Persib Bandung	5–2	Pasay	3–1	2–1
Pahang FA	2–5	Ilhwa Chunma	2–3	0–2
Thai Farmers Bank FC	7–0	Club Valencia	6–0	1–0
Verdy Kawasaki	12–1	Crescent Textile	9–1	3–01

¹ Crescent Textile withdrew after the 1st leg.

Quarterfinals

West Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Nassr	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
Saipa	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
Al-Arabi	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
Köpetdag Aşgabat	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

All matches were played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

24 November 1995

Saipa	1–0	Köpetdag Aşgabat

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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24 November 1995

Al-Nassr	2–1	Al-Arabi
Ohene Kennedy 82' Fahad Al Bishi 90+1'		Ahmed Faris 67'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

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26 November 1995

Al-Nassr	0–0	Saipa

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)

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26 November 1995

Köpetdag Aşgabat	2–2	Al-Arabi

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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28 November 1995

Saipa	0–0	Al-Arabi

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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28 November 1995

Al-Nassr	1–0	Köpetdag Aşgabat
Ibrahim Al Issa 80'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Abdullah Sayyar (Bahrain)

East Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ilhwa Chunma	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
Thai Farmers Bank FC	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Verdy Kawasaki	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Persib Bandung	3	0	0	3	5	10	−5	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

All matches were played in Bandung, Indonesia.

26 November 1995

Ilhwa Chunma	1–1	Thai Farmers Bank
Shin Tae-yong 55'

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26 November 1995

Verdy Kawasaki	3–2	Persib Bandung

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28 November 1995

Thai Farmers Bank	0–0	Verdy Kawasaki

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30 November 1995

Thai Farmers Bank	2–1	Persib Bandung

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28 November 1995

Ilhwa Chunma	5–2	Persib Bandung
Han Jung-kook 13' Shin Tae-yong 19' Ljubiša Ranković 24'?' Hwang Yeon-seok 27'

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30 November 1995

Ilhwa Chunma	1–0	Verdy Kawasaki
Park Nam-yeol 55'

Knockout Stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 December – Riyadh
	Ilhwa Chunma (a.s.d.e.t.)	1
					29 December – Riyadh
	Saipa	0
					Ilhwa Chunma (a.s.d.e.t.)	1
	27 December – Riyadh
					Al-Nassr	0
	Al-Nassr (a.s.d.e.t.)	1
	Thai Farmers Bank	0
					Third place play-off
					29 December – Riyadh
					Saipa	1
					Thai Farmers Bank	2

Semi-finals

27 December 1995

Ilhwa Chunma	1–0 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Saipa
Lee Kwang-Hyun 104'

King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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27 December 1995

Al-Nassr	1–0 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Thai Farmers Bank
Khalid Al Farhan 99'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Kiyoshi Ota (Japan)

Third placed play-off

29 December 1995

Saipa	1–2	Thai Farmers Bank

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Final

29 December 1995

Ilhwa Chunma	1–0 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Al-Nassr
Lee Tae-Hong 110'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

References

• Asian Club Competitions 1996 at RSSSF.com