1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament

1971 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	21 Mar – 02 Apr 1971
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Bangkok
Final positions
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv (2nd title)
Runners-up	Aliyat Al-Shorta
Third place	Taj Club
Fourth place	ROK Army
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	43 (3.07 per match)

The 1971 Asian Club Championship was the fourth edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Eight clubs from eight countries competed in the tournament. The tournament was held in Bangkok, Thailand from March 21 to April 2. Eight clubs were split in two groups of four and the group winners and the runners-up advanced to semifinals.

Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. (ISR) clinched their second Asian title after defeating Aliyat Al-Shorta (IRQ) by walkover in the final.

Result

Preliminary Round

These are the group allocation matches. Each group will consist of two winners and two losers from this round.


ROK Army	2–1	Bangkok Bank FC
Aliyat Al-Shorta	3–2	Taj Club
Al Arabi	8–1	FC Punjab Police
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	Perak FA

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Taj Club	5	3	2	1	0	5	1	4
ROK Army	4	3	2	0	1	5	2	3
Al Arabi	3	3	1	1	1	3	1	2
Perak FA	0	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9


Match 1	Al Arabi	3–0	Perak
Match 2	Taj Club	2–1	ROK Army
Match 3	ROK Army	3–0	Perak
Match 4	Taj Club	0–0	Al Arabi
Match 5	Taj Club	3–0	Perak
Match 6	ROK Army	1–0	Al Arabi

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	3	3	0	10	2	8
Aliyat Al-Shorta	4	3	2	1	8	3	5
Bangkok Bank FC	2	3	1	2	3	6	−3
FC Punjab Police	0	3	0	3	2	12	−10


Match 1	Bangkok Bank	2–0	Punjab
Match 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0¹	Aliyat Al-Shorta
Match 3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–1	Punjab
Match 4	Aliyat Al-Shorta	2–0	Bangkok Bank
Match 5	Aliyat Al-Shorta	6–1	Punjab
Match 6	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–1	Bangkok Bank

1: Aliyat Al-Shorta withdrew from this match, awarded to Maccabi.

Knockout Stage

Semifinal

Maccabi Tel Aviv v ROK Army

Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	ROK Army

Bangkok, Thailand

Aliyat Al-Shorta v Taj Club

Aliyat Al-Shorta	2–0	Taj Club

Bangkok, Thailand

Third Place Match

Taj Club v ROK Army

Taj Club	3–2	ROK Army

Bangkok, Thailand

Final

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Aliyat Al-Shorta

Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0¹	Aliyat Al-Shorta

Bangkok, Thailand

¹ The final was scratched and Maccabi Tel Aviv were awarded the championship after Aliyat Al-Shorta players entered the field waving Iraqi and Palestinian flags around the pitch before refusing to play the Israeli side for political reasons.

Champions

1971 Asian Club Championship

Maccabi Tel Aviv
Second Title

References

Asian Club Competitions 1971 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

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2010
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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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