1996–97 Asian Club Championship

1996-1997 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates ?? 1996 Mar 1997
Teams 26
Final positions
Champions South Korea Pohang Steelers (1st title)
Runners-up South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
Third place Iran Persepolis
Fourth place Iraq 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 Uzbekistan 8-2 Tajikistan Pamir Dushanbe 4-1 4-1
AiK Bishkek Kyrgyzstan 3-6 Kazakhstan Yelimay Semipalatinsk 2-4 1-2
Köpetdag Aşgabat Turkmenistan 0-1 Iran Persepolis FC 0-0 0-1
Al-Kazma Kuwait 10-1 Oman Dhofar 9-0 1-1
West Riffa Bahrain w/o3 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 2-1 0-3
Al-Nasr Saudi Arabia w/o4 United Arab Emirates Al-Sharjah
Al-Rayyan Qatar bye
Al-Zawraa Iraq bye

1 West Riffa withdrew.
2 Al-Sharjah withdrew.

East Asia

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shanghai Shenhua China 9-2 Hong Kong Instant-Dict FC 7-1 2-1
Công an Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh Vietnam 1-2 Malaysia Johor FC 0-1 1-1(aet)
JCT FC India 2-2 (4-2p) Nepal New Road Team 1-1 1-1
PSM Makassar Indonesia 1-4 South Korea Pohang Steelers 1-0 0-4
New Radiant Maldives 1-0 Sri Lanka Pettah United SC 1-0 n/p1
Yokohama Marinos Japan w/o2 Macau GD Artilheiros
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma South Korea bye
Thai Farmers Bank FC Thailand 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 Iraq 3-1 Uzbekistan FK Neftchy Farg'ona 1-0 2-1
Yelimay Semipalatinsk Kazakhstan 3-5 Iran Persepolis FC 3-0 0-5
Al-Nejmeh Lebanon 1-4 Saudi Arabia Al-Nasr 1-0 0-4
Al-Kazma Kuwait 1-2 Qatar Al-Rayyan 0-1 1-1

East Asia

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma South Korea 1-0 China Shanghai Shenhua 0-0 1-0
Yokohama Marinos Japan 3-1 Malaysia Johor FC 2-0 1-1
JCT FC India 1-2 Maldives New Radiant 1-0 0-2
Thai Farmers Bank FC Thailand 1-5 South Korea Pohang Steelers 1-3 0-2

Quarterfinals

West Asia

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Iran Persepolis FC 320165+16
Iraq Al-Zawraa 311132+14
Saudi Arabia Al-Nasr 31114404
Qatar Al-Rayyan 31023523

November 8, 1996
Al-Rayyan Qatar 21 Saudi Arabia Al-Nasr
Zamel Essa  55'
Mohd Salem Al Enazi  62'
Majed Abdullah  72'

November 8, 1996
Persepolis FC Iran 21 Iraq Al-Zawraa
Reza Shahroudi  39'
Edmond Bezik  75'
Sahib Hassan  71'

November 10, 1996
Al-Nasr Saudi Arabia 32 Iran Persepolis FC
Ohene Kennedy  70'  87'  89' Edmond Bezik  62'
Khodadad Azizi  75'

November 10, 1996
Al-Zawraa Iraq 20 Qatar Al-Rayyan
Moayad Attlya  40'
Mohamed Medhi  55'

November 12, 1996
Al-Rayyan Qatar 12 Iran Persepolis FC
Mohamed Mutlaq  65' Khodadad Azizi  44'  89'

November 12, 1996
Al-Nasr Saudi Arabia 00 Iraq Al-Zawraa

East Asia

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 3210122+107
South Korea Pohang Steelers 312082+65
Japan Yokohama Marinos 3111145+94
Maldives New Radiant 3003025250

November 24, 1996
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma South Korea 90 Maldives 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'

November 24, 1996
Pohang Steelers South Korea 22 Japan Yokohama Marinos
Lee Young-Sang  48'
Rade Bogdanovic  75'
Alberto Acosta  32'
Tunitake Miura  39'

November 26, 1996
New Radiant Maldives 06 South Korea Pohang Steelers
Cho Jin-Ho  32'  49' (pen.)  83'  89'
Serhiy Konovalov  34'  61'


November 28, 1996
Yokohama Marinos Japan 100 Maldives New Radiant
M. Suzuki  4'
Alberto Acosta  12' 28' 38' 57' 89'
Yoshito Terakawa  13'  35'
Y. Uena  40'
T. Hirama  75'

Semifinals


Third place match

Final

March 9, 1997
Pohang Steelers South Korea 21 (a.e.t.) South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
Park Tae-Ha  78'
Park Ji-Ho  117'  (pen.)
Hong Jong-Kyung  79'
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Referee: Malaysia Nik Ahmad

Champions

1996-97 Asian Club Championship
South Korea
Pohang Steelers
First Title

References

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