1988 Afro-Asian Club Championship

1988 Afro-Asian Club Championship

Yomiuri Al-Ahly 1 4
First leg
Yomiuri Al-Ahly 1 3
Date	2 September 1989
Venue	Nishigaoka Stadium, Tokyo
Second leg
Al-Ahly Yomiuri 1 0
Date	22 September 1989
Venue	Cairo Stadium, Cairo

The 1988 Afro-Asian Club Championship, was the 3rd Afro-Asian Club Championship competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Asian Football Confederation (AFC), contested between the winners of the African Champions' Cup and the Asian Club Championship.

The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Japanese team Yomiuri the 1987 Asian Club Championship winner, and Egyptian team Al-Ahly, the 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs winner.

The first leg was hosted by Yomiuri at the Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium in Tokyo on 2 September 1989, while the second leg was hosted by Al-Ahly at Cairo Stadium in Cairo on 22 September 1989.

Al-Ahly won the two legs, with a score on aggregate 4–1.

Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Yomiuri	1987 Asian Club Championship winner	None
Al-Ahly	1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs winner	None

Match details

First leg

Yomiuri v Al-Ahly

2 September 1989

Yomiuri	1–3	Al-Ahly
Takeda  3'		H. Hassan  18', 77' Abdelrahman  62'

Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium, Tokyo

Second leg

Al-Ahly v Yomiuri

22 September 1989

Al-Ahly	1–0	Yomiuri
Abou Zeid  40'

Cairo Stadium, Cairo

1988 Afro-Asian Club Championship winners
Al-Ahly First title

References

• RSSSF