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

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:
(H) Hosts

Played in Baghdad, Iraq

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

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

1990-07-27

Al-Sadd	1–1	Esteghlal

1990-08-03

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	PIA FC (H)	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
3	Ranipokhari	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

Played in Quetta, Pakistan

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

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	3	+1	2
3	Club Lagoons	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

Played in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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

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:
(H) Hosts

Played in Singapore

1990-09-10

Pelita Jaya Jakarta	2–1	Bangkok Bank
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

1990-07-14

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:
(H) Hosts

Played in Pyongyang, North Korea

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

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:

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.

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

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:
(H) Hosts

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

Knockout Stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 July – Dhaka
	Esteghlal	2
					29 July – Dhaka
	Pelita Jaya Jakarta	0
					Esteghlal	2
	27 July – Dhaka
					Al-Ahli Jeddah	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

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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