1990–91 Asian Club Championship Explained

Tourney Name:Asian Club Championship
Year:1990–1991
Dates:1 July 1990 – 29 July 1991
Venues:Dhaka (final rounds)
Num Teams:21
Champion Other: Esteghlal
Count:2
Second Other: Liaoning FC
Third Other: Pelita Jaya Jakarta
Fourth Other: April 25
Matches:30
Goals:73
Top Scorer: Samad Marfavi
(6 goals)
Player: Abbas Sarkhab
Young Player: Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
Goalkeeper: Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh
Prevseason:1989–90
Nextseason:1991

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

Group 1

Played in Baghdad, Iraq

Group 2

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

Played in Quetta, Pakistan

Group 5

Played in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Group 6

Run parallel with ASEAN Club ChampionshipPlayed in Singapore

Group 7

Played in Pyongyang, North Korea

Quarter-finals

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.

Group B

Knockout Stage

Semi-finals

----

Final

References