1987 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates ?? – November 1987
Teams 22
Final positions
Champions Japan Yomiuri FC (1st title)Tournament statistics
Matches played 43
Goals scored 152 (3.53 per match)
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The 1987 Asian Club Championship was the 7th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation . Several Asian clubs started the qualifying round in fall 1987.
Yomiuri FC (Japan ) became the second Japanese club to win the Asian Championship.
Qualifying round Group 1 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Kuwait Kazma (H)4 3 0 1 6 1 +5 6 Advance to Group stage 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 5 3 Bahrain Muharraq 4 2 0 2 5 7 −2 4 4 United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 3 5 Oman Fanja 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5 2
Group 2 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Iraq Al Rasheed 4 4 0 0 23 2 +21 8 Advance to Group stage 2 India Mohun Bagan 4 2 1 1 12 6 +6 5 3 Bangladesh Dhaka Mohammedan (H)4 2 1 1 12 10 +2 5 4 Nepal Manang Marsyangdi 4 1 0 3 8 19 −11 2 5 Pakistan Pakistan Air Force 4 0 0 4 3 21 −18 0
All matches were played in Dhaka , Bangladesh .
Al Rasheed Iraq 6–1 Nepal Manang Marsyangdi Saad 16', 37' Riyadh 72' Jassim Hassan 75' Laith 79', 80'Dheeraj Jang 55'
Al Rasheed Iraq 10–0 Pakistan Pakistan Air Force Jassim Hassan 9', 13', 63', 66' Saad 18', 36' Jalal Shakir 14' Karim 19' Riyadh 57' Laith 76'
Group 3 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Thailand Bangkok Bank 2 1 1 0 7 0 +7 3 Advance to Group stage 2 Sri Lanka Air Force 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 Maldives Victory (H)2 0 1 1 1 8 −7 1
All matches were played in Malé , Maldives .
Group 4 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Malaysia Federal Territory 3 2 1 0 10 1 +9 5 Advance to Group stage 2 Indonesia Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian (H)3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 4 3 Singapore Tiong Bahru 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 3 4 Brunei Kota Ranger 3 0 0 3 4 16 −12 0
All matches were played in Bandung , Indonesia .
Tiong Bahru Singapore 3–2 Brunei Kota Ranger Mata 4' Ahmad 20' (pen. ) Mokhtar 85' Samak 7' Musanib 35'
Group 5 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 China August 1 (H)2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 4 Advance to Group stage 2 North Korea April 25 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 2 3 Macau Hap Kuan2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
All matches were played in Dalian , China PR .
Group 6 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Japan Yomiuri 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 4 Advance to Group stage 2 Hong Kong South China 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Matches were played home & away.
Group stage Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal (H)2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 4 Advance to Final 2 Iraq Al Rasheed 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 2 3 Thailand Bangkok Bank 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9 0
All matches were played in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia .
Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Japan Yomiuri 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 4 Advance to Final 2 Malaysia Federal Territory (H)3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4 3 Kuwait Kazma 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3 4 China August 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
All matches were played in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia .
Final The final was scratched and Yomiuri were awarded the championship as Al-Hilal were unable to field a team due to nine of their starting players being chosen for the Saudi national team's preparation camp that clashed with the date fixed for the first leg.