1996–97 Asian Club Championship

1996–1997 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
DatesAugust 1996 – March 1997
Teams26
Venue(s)Shan Alam (final round)
Final positions
ChampionsSouth Korea Pohang Steelers (1st title)
Runners-upSouth Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
Third placeIran Persepolis
Fourth placeIraq Al-Zawraa
Tournament statistics
Matches played51
Goals scored155 (3.04 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Park Tae-Ha
Best player(s)South Korea An Ik-Soo
Fair play awardIraq Al-Zawraa
← 1995

The 1996–97 Asian Club Championship was the 16th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.

Pohang Steelers of South Korea won the final and became Asian champions for the first time after beating Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma in the first ever Asian top club tournament that ended in a one-country final.

First round

West Asia

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FK Neftchy Farg'ona Uzbekistan 8–2 Tajikistan Pamir Dushanbe 4–1 4–1
AiK Bishkek Kyrgyzstan 3–6 Kazakhstan Yelimay Semipalatinsk 2–4 1–2
Köpetdag Aşgabat Turkmenistan 0–1 Iran Persepolis 0–0 0–1
Kazma Kuwait 10–1 Oman Dhofar 9–0 1–1
West Riffa Bahrain 2-4 Lebanon Nejmeh 2–1 0–3
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia w/o1 United Arab Emirates Al-Sharjah
Al-Rayyan Qatar bye
Al-Zawraa Iraq bye

1 Al-Sharjah withdrew.

East Asia

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shanghai Shenhua China 9–2 Hong Kong Instant-Dict FC 7–1 2–1
Công an Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh Vietnam 1–2 Malaysia Johor F.C. 0–1 1–1(a.e.t.)
JCT FC India 2–2 (4–2p) Nepal New Road Team 1–1 1–1
PSM Makassar Indonesia 1–4 South Korea Pohang Steelers 1–0 0–4
New Radiant Maldives 1–0 Sri Lanka Pettah United SC 1–0 n/p1
Yokohama Marinos Japan w/o2 Macau GD Artilheiros
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma South Korea bye
Thai Farmers Bank FC Thailand bye

1 The 2nd leg was cancelled due to political violence in Sri Lanka.
2 GD Artilheiros withdrew.

Second round

West Asia

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Zawraa Iraq 3–1 Uzbekistan FK Neftchy Farg'ona 1–0 2–1
Yelimay Semipalatinsk Kazakhstan 3–5 Iran Persepolis 3–0 0–5
Nejmeh Lebanon 1–4 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 1–0 0–4
Al-Kazma Kuwait 1–2 Qatar Al-Rayyan 0–1 1–1

East Asia

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma South Korea 1–0 China Shanghai Shenhua 0–0 1–0
Yokohama Marinos Japan 3–1 Malaysia Johor F.C. 2–0 1–1
JCT FC India 1–2 Maldives New Radiant 1–0 0–2
Thai Farmers Bank FC Thailand 1–5 South Korea Pohang Steelers 1–3 0–2

Quarterfinals

West Asia

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iran Persepolis 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
Iraq Al-Zawraa 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
Qatar Al-Rayyan 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
Source:
Al-Rayyan Qatar2–1Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
  • Essa 55'
  • Al-Enazi 62'
 Abdullah 72'
Persepolis Iran2–1Iraq Al-Zawraa
  • Shahroudi 39'
  • Bezik 75'
 Abbas 71'
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia3–2Iran Persepolis
Kennedy 70', 87', 89'
Al-Zawraa Iraq2–0Qatar Al-Rayyan
Attiya 40'
Mahdi 55'
Al-Rayyan Qatar1–2Iran Persepolis
Mutlaq 65' Azizi 44', 89'
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia0–0Iraq Al-Zawraa
Referee: Russamee Jindamai (Thailand)

East Asia

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 3 2 1 0 12 2 +10 7
South Korea Pohang Steelers 3 1 2 0 8 2 +6 5
Japan Yokohama Marinos 3 1 1 1 14 5 +9 4
Maldives New Radiant 3 0 0 3 0 25 −25 0
Source:
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma South Korea9–0Maldives New Radiant
  • Sang-Yoon 15'
  • Dong-Gun 37', 59'
  • Hwang Yeon-SeokYeon-Seok 44'
  • Ki-Beom 51'
  • Jung-Guk 68', 73'
  • Stepouchkine 69'
  • Agbo 89'
Pohang Steelers South Korea2–2Japan Yokohama Marinos
New Radiant Maldives0–6South Korea Pohang Steelers
  • Jin-Ho 32', 49' (pen.), 83', 89'
  • Konovalov 34', 61'
Yokohama Marinos Japan2–3South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
Yokohama Marinos Japan10–0Maldives New Radiant
  • Suzuki 4'
  • Acosta 12', 28', 38', 57', 89'
  • Terakawa 13', 35'
  • Ueno 40'
  • Hirama 75'
Pohang Steelers South Korea0–0South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma

Knockout Stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 March – Shah Alam
 
 
 Iran Persepolis1
 
9 March – Shah Alam
 
South Korea Pohang Steelers 3
 
South Korea Pohang Steelers (a.s.d.e.t.) 2
 
7 March – Shah Alam
 
South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 1
 
South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 1
 
 
Iraq Al-Zawraa 0
 
Third place play-off
 
 
9 March – Shah Alam
 
 
Iran Persepolis 4
 
 
Iraq Al-Zawraa 1

Semifinals

Persepolis Iran1–3South Korea Pohang Steelers
Azizi 88'
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma South Korea1–0Iraq Al-Zawraa
Chang-Won 42'

Third place match

Persepolis Iran4–1Iraq Al-Zawraa
 Fawzi 8'

Final

Source:[1]

Pohang Steelers South Korea2–1 (a.s.d.e.t.)South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
  • Park Tae-Ha 78'
  • Park Ji-Ho gold-colored soccer ball 117' (p)
  • Hong Jong-Kyoung 79'
Referee: Nik Ahmad (Malaysia)

Awards

Award[2] Player Team
Sanyo Most Valuable Player South Korea An Ik-Soo South Korea Pohang Steelers
Coca-Cola Best Defender South Korea An Ik-Soo South Korea Pohang Steelers
Diadora Top Goalscorer South Korea Park Tae-Ha South Korea Pohang Steelers
Snickers Fair Play Award — Iraq Al-Zawraa

References

  1. ^ "Pohang's golden goal tilts it". New Straits Times. 10 March 1997. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  2. ^ "1996 ASIAN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP". Asian Football Confederation. 7 July 1997. Archived from the original on 7 July 1997.
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