1990–91 Asian Club Championship

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.

1990–1991 Asian Club Championship

Tournament details
Dates	1 July 1990 – 29 July 1991
Teams	21
Venue(s)	Dhaka (final rounds)
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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Qualifying stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Rasheed (H)	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	4	Qualify to Quarter-finals
2	Al-Ramtha	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	2
3	Al-Yarmook	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Played in Baghdad, Iraq

22 July 1990

Al-Rasheed	1–0	Al-Yarmook

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24 July 1990

Al-Ramtha	3–1	Al-Yarmook

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26 July 1990

Al-Rasheed	2–1	Al-Ramtha

Group 2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Esteghlal	2–1	Al-Sadd	1–1	1–0

27 July 1990

Al-Sadd	1–1	Esteghlal

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3 August 1990

Esteghlal	1–0	Al-Sadd

Esteghlal qualified 2–1 on aggregate.

Group 3

The Gulf Cooperation Council Club 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Nasr	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	3	Qualify to Quarter-finals
2	Pakistan Airlines (H)	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
3	Ranipokhari	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Played in Quetta, Pakistan

13 July 1990

Pakistan Airlines	1–0	Ranipokhari

Ayub National Stadium, Quetta, Pakistan

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15 July 1990

Al-Nasr	2–0	Ranipokhari
Awadh 52' Faiz Rahman 89'

Ayub National Stadium, Quetta, Pakistan

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17 July 1990

Pakistan Airlines	0–0	Al-Nasr

Ayub National Stadium, Quetta, Pakistan

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohammedan SC (H)	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	4	Qualify to Quarter-finals
2	Salgaocar SC	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	2
3	Club Lagoons	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Played in Dhaka, Bangladesh

17 July 1990

Salgaocar SC	3–0	Club Lagoons
Coutinho 34' Barreto 65', 67'

Dhaka Stadium, Bangladesh

Referee: Soum Shreshta (Nepal)

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19 July 1990

Mohammedan SC	5–0	Club Lagoons
Mamun 51' Nakib 54', 65' Naseem 73' (o.g.) Titu 87'

Dhaka Stadium, Bangladesh

Referee: Piron Anprasar (Thailand)

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21 July 1990

Mohammedan SC	2–1	Salgaocar SC
Mamun 14' Nakib 32'		Barreto 63'

Dhaka Stadium, Bangladesh

Referee: Chouchai Boyabuch (Thailand)

Group 6

Run parallel with ASEAN Club Championship

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Pelita Jaya	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3	Qualify to Quarter-finals
Bangkok Bank	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
Geylang International (H)	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Played in Singapore

10 September 1990

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

Toa Payoh Stadium, Singapore

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12 September 1990

Geylang International	0–0	Pelita Jaya

Toa Payoh Stadium, Singapore

Referee: Major Kamaruddin

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14 September 1990

Geylang International	1–2	Bangkok Bank

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	April 25 (H)	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	4	Qualify to Quarter-finals
2	Liaoning FC	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
3	Nissan Yokohama	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Played in Pyongyang, North Korea

1 July 1990

April 25	1–0	Nissan Yokohama

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3 July 1990

Liaoning FC	3–2	Nissan Yokohama

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5 July 1990

April 25	1–0	Liaoning FC

Quarter-finals

Played in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liaoning FC	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Pelita Jaya	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	2
3	Al-Nasr	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source: RSSSF

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.

19 July 1990

Pelita Jaya	3–0	Al-Nasr

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21 July 1990

Liaoning FC	1–1	Al-Nasr

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23 July 1990

Liaoning FC	1–0	Pelita Jaya

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Esteghlal	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5	Advance to Semi-finals
2	April 25	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
3	Mohammedan SC (H)	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
4	Bangkok Bank	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

20 July 1990

Mohammedan SC	1–1	Bangkok Bank

20 July 1990

Esteghlal	2–1	April 25

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22 July 1990

Esteghlal	2–0	Bangkok Bank

22 July 1990

Mohammedan SC	0–0	April 25

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24 July 1990

April 25	4–3	Bangkok Bank

24 July 1990

Esteghlal	1–1	Mohammedan SC

Knockout Stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 July – Dhaka
	Esteghlal	2
					29 July – Dhaka
	Pelita Jaya Jakarta	0
					Esteghlal	2
	27 July – Dhaka
					Liaoning FC	1
	Liaoning FC	3
	April 25	0
					Third place play-off
					28 July – Dhaka
					Pelita Jaya Jakarta (p)	2 (7)
					April 25	2 (6)

Semi-finals

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

29 July 1991

Pelita Jaya	2–2 (7–6p)	April 25

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Final

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

• Asian Club Competitions 1991 at RSSSF.com