1988–89 Asian Club Championship

1988–1989 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates	March 1988 – April 1989
Teams	26
Final positions
Champions	Al-Sadd (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Rasheed
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	218 (3.46 per match)

The 1988–89 Asian Club Championship was the 8th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation.

Al-Sadd of Qatar won the final and became Asian champions for the first time.

Qualifying round

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Al-Rasheed	5	3	2	1	0	9	0	+9
Al-Sadd	5	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4
Al-Futowa	2	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5
Al-Ansar	0	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8

All matches were played in Doha, Qatar.


24 July 1988	Al-Sadd	4–1	Al-Futowa
25 July 1988	Al-Rasheed	6–0	Al-Ansar
27 July 1988	Al-Sadd	1–0	Al-Ansar
28 July 1988	Al-Rasheed	3–0	Al-Futowa
30 July 1988	Al-Futowa	1–0	Al-Ansar
31 July 1988	Al-Rasheed	0–0	Al-Sadd

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Al-Ittifaq	7	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4
Kazma SC	7	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7
Sharjah FC	4	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1
Fanja²	2	4	1	0	3	3	8	−5
West Riffa	0	4	0	0	4	1	8	−7

All matches were played in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.


25 March 1988	Sharjah FC	2–0	West Riffa
26 March 1988	Al-Ittifaq	1–0	Fanja
27 March 1988	Kazma SC	2–0	West Riffa
28 March 1988	Al-Ittifaq	1–0	Sharjah FC
29 March 1988	Kazma SC	3–1	Fanja
30 March 1988	Al-Ittifaq	3–1	West Riffa
31 March 1988	Kazma SC	3–0	Sharjah FC
2 April 1988	Fanja	1–0	West Riffa
3 April 1988	Al-Ittifaq	1–1	Kazma SC
4 April 1988	Sharjah FC	4–1	Fanja

Playoff for 1st place


5 April 1988	Al-Ittifaq	2–1	Kazma SC

¹ Group 2 was also the Gulf Cooperation Council Club Tournament.
² Fanja played only in the GCC Tournament.

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Mohun Bagan	6	3	3	0	13	2	+11
Fanja	4	3	2	1	13	3	+10
Crescent Textile	2	3	1	2	3	17	−14
Kathmandu SC	0	3	0	3	4	11	−7

All matches were played at the Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta, India.


2 July 1988	Mohun Bagan	8–0	Crescent Textile
3 July 1988	Fanja	5–1	Kathmandu SC
5 July 1988	Mohun Bagan	4–2	Kathmandu SC
6 July 1988	Fanja	8–1	Crescent Textile
8 July 1988	Crescent Textile	2–1	Kathmandu SC
9 July 1988	Mohun Bagan	1–0	Fanja

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Mohammedan SC	3	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Persepolis	2	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4
Saunders SC	1	2	0	1	1	0	5	−5

All match were played at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.


14 July 1988	Mohammedan SC	0–0	Saunders SC
16 July 1988	Persepolis	5–0	Saunders SC
18 July 1988	Mohammedan SC	2–1	Persepolis

Group 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Royal Thai Air Force	8	4	4	0	0	22	2	+20
Pahang FA	5	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4
Niac Mitra	4	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1
Geylang International	3	4	1	1	2	5	13	−8
Bandaran	0	4	0	0	4	3	20	−17

All match were played in Bangkok, Thailand.


21 July 1988	Royal Thai Air Force	2–1	Pahang FA
21 July 1988	Niac Mitra	3–1	Bandaran
23 July 1988	Royal Thai Air Force	9–0	Geylang International
23 July 1988	Pahang FA	0–0	Niac Mitra
25 July 1988	Royal Thai Air Force	2–1	Niac Mitra
25 July 1988	Geylang International	3–1	Bandaran
27 July 1988	Niac Mitra	1–1	Geylang International
27 July 1988	Pahang FA	5–1	Bandaran
29 July 1988	Royal Thai Air Force	9–0	Bandaran
29 July 1988	Pahang FA	2–1	Geylang International

Group 6

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
April 25	8	4	4	0	0	11	1	+10
Guangdong Wanbao	6	4	3	0	1	11	3	+8
Yamaha Motors	3	4	1	1	2	12	9	+3
South China AA	3	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1
Wa Seng	0	4	0	0	4	3	23	−20

All matches were played in Guangzhou, China PR.


12 July 1988	Guangdong Wanbao	3–1	Yamaha Motors
12 July 1988	April 25	3–0	South China AA
14 July 1988	Yamaha Motors	9–2	Wa Seng
14 July 1988	Guangdong Wanbao	1–0	South China AA
16 July 1988	Yamaha Motors	1–1	South China AA
16 July 1988	April 25	4–0	Wa Seng
18 July 1988	South China AA	3–0	Wa Seng
18 July 1988	April 25	1–0	Guangdong Wanbao
20 July 1988	Guangdong Wanbao	7–1	Wa Seng
20 July 1988	April 25	3–1	Yamaha Motors

Semi Final League^[1]

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Al-Rasheed	5	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6
Guangdong Wanbao	4	3	1	2	0	8	2	+6
Kazma SC	3	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1
Mohun Bagan	0	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11

All match were played in Guangzhou, China PR.


9 October 1988	Kazma SC	1–0	Mohun Bagan
9 October 1988	Al-Rasheed	1–1	Guangdong Wanbao
11 October 1988	Guangdong Wanbao	6–0	Mohun Bagan
11 October 1988	Al-Rasheed	2–0	Kazma SC
13 October 1988	Guangdong Wanbao	1–1	Kazma SC
13 October 1988	Al-Rasheed	4–0	Mohun Bagan

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Al-Sadd	7	4	3	1	0	8	4	+4
Al-Ittifaq	5	4	2	1	1	9	5	+4
April 25	3	4	1	1	2	4	4	0
Mohammedan SC	3	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2
Pahang FA	2	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6

All match were played in Kuantan, Malaysia.


5 October 1988	Al-Sadd	2–0	Pahang FA
5 October 1988	April 25	0–1	Mohammedan SC
7 October 1988	Al-Ittifaq	4–1	Pahang FA
7 October 1988	Al-Sadd	2–2	Mohammedan SC
9 October 1988	Al-Sadd	2–1	April 25
9 October 1988	Al-Ittifaq	3–1	Mohammedan SC
11 October 1988	Mohammedan SC	1–2	Pahang FA
11 October 1988	Al-Ittifaq	1–1	April 25
13 October 1988	Al-Sadd	2–1	Al-Ittifaq
13 October 1988	April 25	2–0	Pahang FA

Final

Al-Rasheed v Al-Sadd

31 March 1989

Al-Rasheed	3–2	Al-Sadd
Ahmed Radhi 20' Ali Kadhum 24', 35'		Khalid Salman 56' Moh Ghanim 85'

Baghdad, Iraq
Attendance: 10,000
Referee:

Abdullah Al-Naser

Al-Sadd v Al-Rasheed

8 April 1989

Al-Sadd	1–0	Al-Rasheed
Khalid Salman 82'

Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:

Jasim Mendi

Al-Sadd won by away goals rule (a)

Champions

1988–89 Asian Club Championship

Al-Sadd
First Title

References

↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/ascup89.html

Asian Club Competitions 1989 at RSSSF.com

Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League

Asian Champion Club Tournament era, 1967–1971

Seasons	1967 1969 1970 1971

Finals	1967 1969 1970 1971

Asian Club Championship era, 1985–2002

Seasons	1985 1986 1987 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

Finals	1985 1986 1987 1989 1990 1991 1991 1993 1994 1995 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Champions League era, 2002–present

Seasons	2002–03 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Finals	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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