1988–89 Asian Club Championship

1988-1989 Asian Club Championship

Tournament details
Dates	Mar 1988 – Apr 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.

July 24, 1988	Al-Sadd	4–1	Al-Futowa
July 25, 1988	Al-Rasheed	6–0	Al-Ansar
July 27, 1988	Al-Sadd	1–0	Al-Ansar
July 28, 1988	Al-Rasheed	3–0	Al-Futowa
July 30, 1988	Al-Futowa	1–0	Al-Ansar
July 31, 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
Fanja^2	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.

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

Playoff for 1st place

April 5, 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	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Mohun Bagan	6	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11
Fanja	4	3	2	0	1	13	3	+10
Crescent Textile	2	3	1	0	2	3	17	−14
Kathmandu SC	0	3	0	0	3	4	11	−7

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

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

July 14, 1988	Mohammedan SC	0–0	Saunders SC
July 16, 1988	Persepolis	5–0	Saunders SC
July 18, 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.

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

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

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

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

Final

Al-Rasheed v Al-Sadd

March 31, 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

April 8, 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

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

• Asian Club Competitions 1989 at RSSSF.com