Tournament details | |
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Dates | ?? 1996 – March 1997 |
Teams | 26 |
Venue(s) | Shan Alam (final round) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 51 |
Goals scored | 155 (3.04 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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
[edit]West Asia
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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FK Neftchy Farg'ona ![]() |
8–2 | ![]() |
4–1 | 4–1 |
AiK Bishkek ![]() |
3–6 | ![]() |
2–4 | 1–2 |
Köpetdag Aşgabat ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 |
Kazma ![]() |
10–1 | ![]() |
9–0 | 1–1 |
West Riffa ![]() |
2-4 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–3 |
Al-Nassr ![]() |
w/o1 | ![]() |
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Al-Rayyan ![]() |
bye | |||
Al-Zawraa ![]() |
bye |
1 Al-Sharjah withdrew.
East Asia
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Shanghai Shenhua ![]() |
9–2 | ![]() |
7–1 | 2–1 |
Công an Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–1(a.e.t.) |
JCT FC ![]() |
2–2 (4–2p) | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 |
PSM Makassar ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–4 |
New Radiant ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | n/p1 |
Yokohama Marinos ![]() |
w/o2 | ![]() |
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Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma ![]() |
bye | |||
Thai Farmers Bank FC ![]() |
bye |
1 The 2nd leg was cancelled due to political violence in Sri Lanka.
2 GD Artilheiros withdrew.
Second round
[edit]West Asia
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al-Zawraa ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–1 |
Yelimay Semipalatinsk ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–5 |
Nejmeh ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–4 |
Al-Kazma ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–1 |
East Asia
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–0 |
Yokohama Marinos ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–1 |
JCT FC ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–2 |
Thai Farmers Bank FC ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
1–3 | 0–2 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]West Asia
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Nassr ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Kennedy ![]() |
Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)
East Asia
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() |
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Pohang Steelers ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Knockout Stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
7 March – Shah Alam | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
9 March – Shah Alam | ||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
7 March – Shah Alam | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
Third place play-off | ||||||
9 March – Shah Alam | ||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||
![]() | 1 |
Semifinals
[edit]Persepolis ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Azizi ![]() |
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Third place match
[edit]Persepolis ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Fawzi ![]() |
Pohang Steelers ![]() | 2–1 (a.s.d.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Awards
[edit]Award[2] | Player | Team |
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Sanyo Most Valuable Player | ![]() |
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Coca-Cola Best Defender | ![]() |
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Diadora Top Goalscorer | ![]() |
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Snickers Fair Play Award | — | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Pohang's golden goal tilts it". New Straits Times. 10 March 1997. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "1996 ASIAN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP". Asian Football Confederation. 7 July 1997. Archived from the original on 7 July 1997.
- Asian Club Competitions 1997 at RSSSF.com