1990–91 Asian Club Championship

1990–1991 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates	1 July 1990 – 29 July 1991
Teams	21
Venue	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	Abbas Sarkhab
Best young player	Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
Best goalkeeper	Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh
	← 1989–90 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.

Group stage

Group 1

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

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Played in Baghdad, Iraq

22 July 1990

Al-Rasheed	1–0	Al-Yarmook

24 July 1990

Al-Ramtha	3–1	Al-Yarmook

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
Namjoo-Moltagh 48'		Marfavi 4'

3 August 1990

Esteghlal	1–0	Al-Sadd
Marfavi 86'

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

15 July 1990

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

Ayub National Stadium, Quetta, Pakistan

17 July 1990

Pakistan Airlines	0–0	Al-Nasr

Ayub National Stadium, Quetta, Pakistan

Group 5

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

19 July 1990

Mohammedan SC	5–0	Club Lagoons
Mamun 41' Nakib 54', 65' Naseem 73' (o.g.) Titu 87'

Dhaka Stadium, Bangladesh

Referee: Piron Anprasar (Thailand)

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	Qualify to Quarter-finals
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

12 September 1990

Geylang International	0–0	Pelita Jaya

Toa Payoh Stadium, Singapore

Referee: Major Kamaruddin

14 September 1990

Geylang International	1–2	Bangkok Bank

Group 7

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

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Played in Pyongyang, North Korea

1 July 1990

April 25	1–0	Nissan Yokohama

3 July 1990

Liaoning FC	3–2	Nissan Yokohama

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	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Al-Nasr	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source: RSSSF

Al Rasheed (Iraq) was dissolved and Iraqi clubs were suspended from Asian competitions shortly after due to the Gulf War. They were replaced by Al Ramtha (Jordan), who were disqualified for not paying the second round entry fee.

20 July 1991

Pelita Jaya	3–0	Al-Nasr
Bambang Nurdiansyah 34', 55' Hambli 64'

Dhaka Stadium, Bangladesh

Referee: Rajamani Cham (Singapore)

22 July 1991

Liaoning FC	1–1	Al-Nasr
Gao Xu 78'		Mohammad Ali 30'

Dhaka Stadium, Bangladesh

24 July 1991

Liaoning FC	1–0	Pelita Jaya
Sun Wei 26'

Dhaka Stadium, Bangladesh

Referee: Yousef Mohammod (Bahrain)

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	Advance to Semi-finals
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

19 July 1991

Mohammedan SC	1–1	Bangkok Bank
Gauss 21'		Cheotchai 51'

Dhaka Stadium, Bangladesh

Referee: Shyam Shrestha (Nepal)

19 July 1991

Esteghlal	2–1	April 25
Sarkhab 33' Marfavi 36'		Park Moyna Hun 48'

Dhaka Stadium, Bangladesh

Referee: Salem Binhazim Saeed (UAE)

21 July 1991

Esteghlal	2–0	Bangkok Bank
Marfavi 3', 37'

Dhaka Stadium, Bangladesh

21 July 1991

Mohammedan SC	0–0	April 25

Dhaka Stadium, Bangladesh

Referee: N.Subramaniam (Malaysia)

23 July 1991

April 25	4–3	Bangkok Bank
Li Chang Tae 30', 31', 61' Choi Won Nam 49'		Cheotchai 29', 74' Anan Pansang 38'

Dhaka Stadium, Bangladesh

23 July 1991

Esteghlal	1–1	Mohammedan SC
Naalchegar 65'		Kaiser 26'

Dhaka Stadium, Bangladesh

Referee: Salem Binhazim Saeed (UAE)

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)