1996–97 Asian Club Championship

1996-1997 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates	?? 1996 – Mar 1997
Teams	26
Final positions
Champions	Pohang Steelers (1st title)
Runners-up	Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
Third place	Persepolis
Fourth place	Al-Zawraa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	50
Goals scored	155 (3.1 per match)

The 1996-97 Asian Club Championship was the 16th 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.

Pohang Steelers of South Korea won the final and became Asian champions for the first time.

First round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FK Neftchy Farg'ona	8-2	Pamir Dushanbe	4-1	4-1
AiK Bishkek	3-6	Yelimay Semipalatinsk	2-4	1-2
Köpetdag Aşgabat	0-1	Persepolis FC	0-0	0-1
Al-Kazma	10-1	Dhofar	9-0	1-1
West Riffa	w/o³	Al-Nejmeh	2-1	0-3
Al-Nasr	w/o⁴	Al-Sharjah
Al-Rayyan	bye
Al-Zawraa	bye

¹ West Riffa withdrew.
² Al-Sharjah withdrew.

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shanghai Shenhua	9-2	Instant-Dict FC	7-1	2-1
Công an Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh	1-2	Johor FC	0-1	1-1(aet)
JCT FC	2-2 (4-2p)	New Road Team	1-1	1-1
PSM Makassar	1-4	Pohang Steelers	1-0	0-4
New Radiant	1-0	Pettah United SC	1-0	n/p¹
Yokohama Marinos	w/o²	GD Artilheiros
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	bye
Thai Farmers Bank FC	bye

¹ The 2nd leg was cancelled due to political violence in Sri Lanka.
² GD Artilheiros withdrew.

Second round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Zawraa	3-1	FK Neftchy Farg'ona	1-0	2-1
Yelimay Semipalatinsk	3-5	Persepolis FC	3-0	0-5
Al-Nejmeh	1-4	Al-Nasr	1-0	0-4
Al-Kazma	1-2	Al-Rayyan	0-1	1-1

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	1-0	Shanghai Shenhua	0-0	1-0
Yokohama Marinos	3-1	Johor FC	2-0	1-1
JCT FC	1-2	New Radiant	1-0	0-2
Thai Farmers Bank FC	1-5	Pohang Steelers	1-3	0-2

Quarterfinals

West Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Persepolis FC	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
Al-Zawraa	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Al-Nasr	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Al-Rayyan	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3

Al-Rayyan v Al-Nasr

November 8, 1996

Al-Rayyan	2–1	Al-Nasr
Zamel Essa 55' Mohd Salem Al Enazi 62'		Majed Abdullah 72'

Doha, Qatar

Persepolis FC v Al-Zawraa

November 8, 1996

Persepolis FC	2–1	Al-Zawraa
Reza Shahroudi 39' Edmond Bezik 75'		Sahib Hassan 71'

Doha, Qatar

Al-Nasr v Persepolis FC

November 10, 1996

Al-Nasr	3–2	Persepolis FC
Ohene Kennedy 70' 87' 89'		Edmond Bezik 62' Khodadad Azizi 75'

Doha, Qatar

Al-Zawraa v Al-Rayyan

November 10, 1996

Al-Zawraa	2–0	Al-Rayyan
Moayad Attlya 40' Mohamed Medhi 55'

Doha, Qatar

Al-Rayyan v Persepolis FC

November 12, 1996

Al-Rayyan	1–2	Persepolis FC
Mohamed Mutlaq 65'		Khodadad Azizi 44' 89'

Doha, Qatar

Al-Nasr v Al-Zawraa

November 12, 1996

Al-Nasr	0–0	Al-Zawraa

Doha, Qatar

East Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	3	2	1	0	12	2	+10	7
Pohang Steelers	3	1	2	0	8	2	+6	5
Yokohama Marinos	3	1	1	1	14	5	+9	4
New Radiant	3	0	0	3	0	25	−25	0

Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma v New Radiant

November 24, 1996

Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	9–0	New Radiant
Lee Sang-Yoon 15' Kim Dong-Gun 37' 59' Hwang Yeon-Seok 44' Lee Ki-Beom 51' Han Jung-Guk 68' 73' Gennadi Stepouchkine 69' Alex Agbo 89'

Daegu, South Korea

Pohang Steelers v Yokohama Marinos

November 24, 1996

Pohang Steelers	2–2	Yokohama Marinos
Lee Young-Sang 48' Rade Bogdanovic 75'		Alberto Acosta 32' Tunitake Miura 39'

Daegu, South Korea

New Radiant v Pohang Steelers

November 26, 1996

New Radiant	0–6	Pohang Steelers
		Cho Jin-Ho 32' 49' (pen.) 83' 89' Serhiy Konovalov 34' 61'

Daegu, South Korea

November 26, 1996

Yokohama Marinos	2–3	Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
Alberto Acosta 34' Satoru Noda 57'		Lee Sang-Yoon 14' 51' Hwang Yeon-Seok 60'

Daegu, South Korea

Yokohama Marinos v New Radiant

November 28, 1996

Yokohama Marinos	10–0	New Radiant
M. Suzuki 4' Alberto Acosta 12' 28' 38' 57' 89' Yoshito Terakawa 13' 35' Y. Uena 40' T. Hirama 75'

Daegu, South Korea

November 28, 1996

Pohang Steelers	0–0	Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma

Daegu, South Korea

Semifinals

Persepolis v Pohang Steelers

March 7, 1997

Persepolis	1–3	Pohang Steelers
Khodadad Azizi		Park Tae-Ha 9' 86' Yahya Golmohammadi 55' (o.g.)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma v Al-Zawraa

March 7, 1997

Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	1–0	Al-Zawraa

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Third place match

Persepolis FC v Al-Zawraa

March 9, 1997

Persepolis FC	4–1	Al-Zawraa
Edmond Bezik 20' Mehdi Mahdavikia 30' Karim Bagheri 65' 80'		Hussam Fawzi 8'

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Final

March 9, 1997

Pohang Steelers	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
Park Tae-Ha 78' Park Ji-Ho 117' (pen.)		Hong Jong-Kyung 79'

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Referee:

Nik Ahmad

Champions

1996-97 Asian Club Championship

Pohang Steelers
First Title

References

Asian Club Competitions 1997 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

Finals

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

Other merges with the Champions League

Asian Cup Winners' Cup, 1990–2002

Seasons	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

Asian Super Cup, 1995–2002

Seasons	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

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