1990–91 Asian Club Championship

1990-1991 Asian Club Championship

Tournament details
Dates	Jul 1990 – Jul 1991
Teams	17
Final positions
Champions	Esteghlal F.C. (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)

The Asian Club Championship 1990-91 was the 10th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation.

Esteghlal FC from Iran won the final and became Asian champions for the second time (first under the current name).

Qualifying Tournament

Group 1

Played in Baghdad, Iraq

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

1990-07-22	Al Rasheed	1–0	Al Yarmook
1990-07-24	Al Ramtha	3–1	Al Yarmook
1990-07-26	Al Rasheed	2–1	Al Ramtha

Group 2

1990-07-27	Al-Saad	1–1	Esteghlal F.C.
1990-08-03	Esteghlal	1–0	Al-Saad

Esteghlal F.C. qualified 2-1 on aggregate.

Group 3

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

Group 4

Played in Quetta, Pakistan

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

1990-07-13	PIA	1-0	Ranipokhari
1990-07-15	Al-Nasr	2-0	Ranipokhari
1990-07-17	PIA	0-0	Al-Nasr

Group 5

Played in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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

1990-07-17	Salgaocar SC	3–1	Club Lagoons
1990-07-19	Mohammedan SC	5–0	Club Lagoons
1990-07-21	Mohammedan SC	2–1	Salgaocar SC

Group 6

(Run parallel with ASEAN Club Championship).

Played in Singapore

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

1990-07-10	Pelita Jaya	2–1	Bangkok Bank
1990-07-12	Geylang International	0–0	Pelita Jaya
1990-07-14	Geylang International	1–2	Bangkok Bank

Group 7

Played in Pyongyang, North Korea

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

1990-07-1	April 25	1–0	Nissan Yokohama
1990-07-3	Liaoning FC	3–2	Nissan Yokohama
1990-07-5	April 25	1–0	Liaoning FC

Group stage

Played in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Group A

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.

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

1991-07-19	Pelita Jaya	3-0	Al-Nasr
1991-07-21	Liaoning	1-1	Al-Nasr
1991-07-23	Liaoning	1-0	Pelita Jaya

Group B

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

1991-07-20	Mohammedan SC	1–1	Bangkok Bank
1991-07-20	Esteghlal	2–1	April 25
1991-07-22	Esteghlal	2–0	Bangkok Bank
1991-07-22	Mohammedan SC	0–0	April 25
1991-07-24	April 25	4–3	Bangkok Bank
1991-07-24	Esteghlal	1–1	Mohammedan SC

Semi-Final

Esteghlal F.C. v Pelita Jaya Jakarta

July 27, 1991

Esteghlal F.C.	2–0	Pelita Jaya Jakarta

Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Liaoning FC v April 25

July 27, 1991

Liaoning FC	3–0	April 25

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Third Place

Pelita Jaya v April 25

July 29, 1991

Pelita Jaya	2–2 (7-6p)	April 25

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Final

Esteghlal F.C. v Liaoning FC

July 29, 1991

Esteghlal F.C.	2–1	Liaoning FC
Reza Hassanzadeh Samad Marfavi		Xu Hui

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Champion

Asian Club Championship 1990–91
Esteghlal F.C. Second title
Ahmadreza Abedzadeh, Hamid Babazadeh, Shahin Bayani, Abdolali Changiz, Sadigh Varmazyar, Mehdi Fononizadeh, Reza Hassanzadeh, Mirshad Majedi, Amir Mosavinia, Shahrokh Bayani, Javad Zarincheh, Khosro Parsa, Mehdi Abtahi, Farshad Falahatzadeh, Majid Namjomotlagh, Amir Ghalenoei, Masoud Ghaforiasl, Reza Nalchegar, Jafar Mokhtarifar, Ali Eftekhari, Reza Ahadi, Amir Hashemi Moghaddam, Abbas Sarkhab, Samad Marfavi
Coach: Mansour Pourheydari

• Top Scorer
  • Abdolsamad Marfavi (6 goals)

References

• Asian Club Competitions 1991 at RSSSF.com