1988–89 Asian Club Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	Asian Club Championship
Year:	1988–1989
Dates:	25 March 1988 – 8 April 1989
Num Teams:	26
Champion Other:	Al-Sadd
Count:	1
Second Other:	Al-Rasheed
Matches:	63
Goals:	218
Prevseason:	1987
Nextseason:	1989–90

The 1988–89 Asian Club Championship was the 8th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation.

Al-Sadd of Qatar won the final and became Asian champions for the first time.

Qualifying Group round

Group 1

All matches were played in Doha, Qatar.

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24 July 1988	Al-Sadd	4–1	Al-Futowa
25 July 1988	Al-Rasheed	6–0	Al-Ansar
27 July 1988	Al-Sadd	1–0	Al-Ansar
28 July 1988	Al-Rasheed	3–0	Al-Futowa
30 July 1988	Al-Futowa	1–0	Al-Ansar
31 July 1988	Al-Rasheed	0–0	Al-Sadd

Group 2

See main article: 6th GCC Club Championship.

All matches were played in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

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25 March 1988	Sharjah FC	2–0	West Riffa
26 March 1988	Al-Ittifaq	1–0	Fanja
27 March 1988	Kazma SC	2–0	West Riffa
28 March 1988	Al-Ittifaq	1–0	Sharjah FC
29 March 1988	Kazma SC	3–1	Fanja
30 March 1988	Al-Ittifaq	3–1	West Riffa
31 March 1988	Kazma SC	3–0	Sharjah FC
2 April 1988	Fanja	1–0	West Riffa
3 April 1988	Al-Ittifaq	1–1	Kazma SC
4 April 1988	Sharjah FC	4–1	Fanja

¹ Fanja played only in the GCC Tournament.

Group 3

All matches were played at the Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta, India.

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2 July 1988	Mohun Bagan	8–0	Crescent Textile
3 July 1988	Fanja	5–1	Kathmandu SC
5 July 1988	Mohun Bagan	4–2	Kathmandu SC
6 July 1988	Fanja	8–1	Crescent Textile
8 July 1988	Crescent Textile	2–1	Kathmandu SC
9 July 1988	Mohun Bagan	1–0	Fanja

Group 4

All match were played at the Mirpur Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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14 July 1988	Mohammedan SC	0–0	Saunders SC
16 July 1988	Persepolis	5–0	Saunders SC
18 July 1988	Mohammedan SC	2–1	Persepolis

Group 5

All match were played in Bangkok, Thailand.

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21 July 1988	Royal Thai Air Force	2–1	Pahang FA
21 July 1988	Niac Mitra	3–1	Bandaran KB
23 July 1988	Royal Thai Air Force	9–0	Geylang International
23 July 1988	Pahang FA	0–0	Niac Mitra
25 July 1988	Royal Thai Air Force	2–1	Niac Mitra
25 July 1988	Geylang International	3–1	Bandaran KB
27 July 1988	Niac Mitra	1–1	Geylang International
27 July 1988	Pahang FA	5–1	Bandaran KB
29 July 1988	Royal Thai Air Force	9–0	Bandaran KB
29 July 1988	Pahang FA	2–1	Geylang International

Group 6

All matches were played in Guangzhou, China PR.

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12 July 1988	Guangdong Wanbao	3–1	Yamaha Motors
12 July 1988	April 25	3–0	South China
14 July 1988	Yamaha Motors	9–2	Wa Seng
14 July 1988	Guangdong Wanbao	1–0	South China
16 July 1988	Yamaha Motors	1–1	South China
16 July 1988	April 25	4–0	Wa Seng
18 July 1988	South China	3–0	Wa Seng
18 July 1988	April 25	1–0	Guangdong Wanbao
20 July 1988	Guangdong Wanbao	7–1	Wa Seng
20 July 1988	April 25	3–1	Yamaha Motors

Semi Final Group round

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Group A

All match were played in Guangzhou, China PR.

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9 October 1988	Kazma SC	1–0	Mohun Bagan
9 October 1988	Al-Rasheed	1–1	Guangdong Wanbao
11 October 1988	Guangdong Wanbao	6–0	Mohun Bagan
11 October 1988	Al-Rasheed	2–0	Kazma SC
13 October 1988	Guangdong Wanbao	1–1	Kazma SC
13 October 1988	Al-Rasheed	4–0	Mohun Bagan

Group B

All match were played in Kuantan, Malaysia.

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5 October 1988	Al-Sadd	2–0	Pahang FA
5 October 1988	April 25	0–1	Mohammedan SC
7 October 1988	Al-Ittifaq	4–1	Pahang FA
7 October 1988	Al-Sadd	2–2	Mohammedan SC
9 October 1988	Al-Sadd	2–1	April 25
9 October 1988	Al-Ittifaq	3–1	Mohammedan SC
11 October 1988	Mohammedan SC	1–2	Pahang FA
11 October 1988	Al-Ittifaq	1–1	April 25
13 October 1988	Al-Sadd	2–1	Al-Ittifaq
13 October 1988	April 25	2–0	Pahang FA

Final

3–3 on aggregate; Al-Sadd won on away goals.

External links

• Asian Club Competitions 1989 at RSSSF.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Asian Club Competitions 1988/89.