1990–91 Asian Club Championship

1990–1991 Asian Club Championship

Tournament details
Dates	1 July 1990 – 29 July 1991
Teams	21
Final positions
Champions	Esteghlal (2nd title)
Runners-up	Liaoning FC
Third place	Pelita Jaya Jakarta
Fourth place	April 25
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	73 (2.43 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Samad Marfavi (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Abbas Sarkhab
Best young player	Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
Best goalkeeper	Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh
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The 1990–91 Asian Club Championship was the 10th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Representative clubs of 30 Asian countries played games in this tournament. Esteghlal FC from Iran won the final and became Asian champions for the second time. They are championed in 1970 as Taj.

Qualifying Stage[edit]

Group 1[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Rasheed	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	4
Al Ramtha	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	2
Al Yarmook	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Played in Baghdad, Iraq

Group 2[edit]

1990-07-27

Al Sadd	1–1	Esteghlal

1990-08-03

Esteghlal	1–0	Al Sadd

Esteghlal qualified 2–1 on aggregate.

Group 3[edit]

The Gulf Cooperation Council Club Tournament was cancelled due to the crisis in the region; the participants would have been Bahrain Club, Al-Arabi, Al-Nassr and Al-Sharjah, who all withdrew.

Group 4[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Nasr	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	3
PIA FC	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
Ranipokhari	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Played in Quetta, Pakistan

Group 5[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mohammedan SC	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	4
Salgaocar SC	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	2
Club Lagoons	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Played in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Group 6[edit]

Run parallel with ASEAN Club Championship

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pelita Jaya	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
Bangkok Bank FC	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
Geylang International	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Played in Singapore

1990-09-10

Pelita Jaya Jakarta	2–1	Bangkok Bank FC
Bambang Nurdiansyah 61' Alexander Saununu 74'		Chalermwoot Sa-ngapol 26'

Toa Payoh Stadium, Singapore

1990-09-12

Geylang International	0–0	Pelita Jaya Jakarta

Toa Payoh Stadium, Singapore

Referee: Major Kamaruddin

Group 7[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
April 25	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	4
Liaoning FC	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
Nissan Yokohama	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Played in Pyongyang, North Korea

Quarter-finals[edit]

Played in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Liaoning FC	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
Pelita Jaya	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	2
Al-Nasr	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Al Rasheed (Iraq) withdrew due to the Gulf War, and were replaced by Al Ramtha (Jordan), who were disqualified for not paying the second round entry fee.

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Esteghlal	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
April 25	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
Mohammedan SC	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
Bangkok Bank FC	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

Semi-finals[edit]

27 July 1991

Esteghlal	2–0	Pelita Jaya Jakarta
Sarkhab 21' Bayani 25'

Dhaka, Bangladesh

27 July 1991

Liaoning FC	3–0	April 25

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Third Place[edit]

29 July 1991

Pelita Jaya	2–2 (7–6p)	April 25

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Final[edit]

29 July 1991

Esteghlal	2–1	Liaoning FC
Hassanzadeh 22' Marfavi 75'		Xu Hui 50'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Top scorer
  • Samad Marfavi (6 goals)

References[edit]

• Asian Club Competitions 1991 at RSSSF.com