1988–89 Asian Club Championship

1988–1989 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates	25 March 1988 – 8 April 1989
Teams	26
Final positions
Champions	Al-Sadd (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Rasheed
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	218 (3.46 per match)
	← 1987 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Rasheed	3	2	1	0	9	0	+9	5	Qualify to Semi-finals
2	Al-Sadd (H)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5	Qualify to Semi-finals
3	Al-Futowa	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	2
4	Al-Ansar	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Doha, Qatar.


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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Ettifaq	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Qualify to Semi-finals
2	Kazma SC	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Qualify to Semi-finals
3	Sharjah FC (H)	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	4
4	Fanja¹	4	1	0	3	3	8	−5	2
5	West Riffa	4	0	0	4	1	8	−7	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.


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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohun Bagan (H)	3	3	0	13	2	+11	6	Qualify to Semi-finals
2	Fanja	3	2	1	13	3	+10	4
3	Crescent Textile	3	1	2	3	17	−14	2
4	Kathmandu SC	3	0	3	4	11	−7	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

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


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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohammedan SC (H)	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3	Qualify to Semi-finals
2	Persepolis	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	2
3	Saunders SC	2	0	1	1	0	5	−5	1

Source:
(H) Hosts

All match were played in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

14 June 1988

Mohammedan SC	0–0	Saunders SC

Mirpur Stadium, Bangladesh

Referee: Soum Shreshta (Nepal)

16 June 1988

Persepolis	5–0	Saunders SC
Pious 7', 42' Ansarifard 33', ?' Zia 66'

Mirpur Stadium, Bangladesh

Referee: Gopal Joshi (Nepal)

18 June 1988

Mohammedan SC	2–1	Persepolis
Taheri 56' Salahuddin 80'		Morteza 48'

Mirpur Stadium, Bangladesh

Referee: Soum Shreshta (Nepal)

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Royal Thai Air Force (H)	4	4	0	0	22	2	+20	8	Qualify to Semi-finals
2	Pahang FA	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	5	Qualify to Semi-finals
3	Niac Mitra	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	4
4	Geylang International	4	1	1	2	5	13	−8	3
5	Bandaran KB	4	0	0	4	3	20	−17	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

All match were played in Bangkok, Thailand.


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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	April 25	4	4	0	0	11	1	+10	8	Qualify to Semi-finals
2	Guangdong Wanbao (H)	4	3	0	1	11	3	+8	6	Qualify to Semi-finals
3	Yamaha Motors	4	1	1	2	12	9	+3	3
4	South China	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	3
5	Wa Seng	4	0	0	4	3	23	−20	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Guangzhou, China PR.


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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Rasheed	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	5	Advance to Final
2	Guangdong Wanbao (H)	3	1	2	0	8	2	+6	4
3	Kazma SC	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	3
4	Mohun Bagan	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

All match were played in Guangzhou, China PR.


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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Sadd	4	3	1	0	8	4	+4	10	Advance to Final
2	Al-Ettifaq	4	2	1	1	9	5	+4	7
3	April 25	4	1	1	2	4	4	0	4
4	Mohammedan SC	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4
5	Pahang FA (H)	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	3

Source:
(H) Hosts

All match were played in Kuantan, Malaysia.


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