1988–89 Asian Club Championship

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description 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

All matches were played in Doha, Qatar.

24 July 1988	Al-Sadd Template:Flagicon	4–1	Template:Flagicon Al-Futowa
25 July 1988	Al-Rasheed Template:Flagicon	6–0	Template:Flagicon Al-Ansar
27 July 1988	Al-Sadd Template:Flagicon	1–0	Template:Flagicon Al-Ansar
28 July 1988	Al-Rasheed Template:Flagicon	3–0	Template:Flagicon Al-Futowa
30 July 1988	Al-Futowa Template:Flagicon	1–0	Template:Flagicon Al-Ansar
31 July 1988	Al-Rasheed Template:Flagicon	0–0	Template:Flagicon Al-Sadd

Group 2

All matches were played in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

25 March 1988	Sharjah FC Template:Flagicon	2–0	Template:Flagicon West Riffa
26 March 1988	Al-Ettifaq Template:Flagicon	1–0	Template:Flagicon Fanja
27 March 1988	Kazma SC Template:Flagicon	2–0	Template:Flagicon West Riffa
28 March 1988	Al-Ettifaq Template:Flagicon	1–0	Template:Flagicon Sharjah FC
29 March 1988	Kazma SC Template:Flagicon	3–1	Template:Flagicon Fanja
30 March 1988	Al-Ettifaq Template:Flagicon	3–1	Template:Flagicon West Riffa
31 March 1988	Kazma SC Template:Flagicon	3–0	Template:Flagicon Sharjah FC
2 April 1988	Fanja Template:Flagicon	1–0	Template:Flagicon West Riffa
3 April 1988	Al-Ittifaq Template:Flagicon	1–1	Template:Flagicon Kazma SC
4 April 1988	Sharjah FC Template:Flagicon	4–1	Template:Flagicon Fanja

¹ Fanja played only in the GCC Tournament.

Group 3

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

2 July 1988	Mohun Bagan Template:Flagicon	8–0	Template:Flagicon Crescent Textile
3 July 1988	Fanja Template:Flagicon	5–1	Template:Flagicon Kathmandu SC
5 July 1988	Mohun Bagan Template:Flagicon	4–2	Template:Flagicon Kathmandu SC
6 July 1988	Fanja Template:Flagicon	8–1	Template:Flagicon Crescent Textile
8 July 1988	Crescent Textile Template:Flagicon	2–1	Template:Flagicon Kathmandu SC
9 July 1988	Mohun Bagan Template:Flagicon	1–0	Template:Flagicon Fanja

Group 4

All match were played in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Group 5

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

All matches were played in Guangzhou, China PR.

12 July 1988	Guangdong Wanbao Template:Flagicon	3–1	Template:Flagicon Yamaha Motors
12 July 1988	April 25 Template:Flagicon	3–0	Template:Flagicon South China
14 July 1988	Yamaha Motors Template:Flagicon	9–2	Template:Flagicon Wa Seng
14 July 1988	Guangdong Wanbao Template:Flagicon	1–0	Template:Flagicon South China
16 July 1988	Yamaha Motors Template:Flagicon	1–1	Template:Flagicon South China
16 July 1988	April 25 Template:Flagicon	4–0	Template:FlagiconWa Seng
18 July 1988	South China Template:Flagicon	3–0	Template:FlagiconWa Seng
18 July 1988	April 25 Template:Flagicon	1–0	Template:Flagicon Guangdong Wanbao
20 July 1988	Guangdong Wanbao Template:Flagicon	7–1	Template:FlagiconWa Seng
20 July 1988	April 25 Template:Flagicon	3–1	Template:Flagicon Yamaha Motors

Semi Final Group round

Group A

All match were played in Guangzhou, China PR.

9 October 1988	Kazma SC Template:Flagicon	1–0	Template:Flagicon Mohun Bagan
9 October 1988	Al-Rasheed Template:Flagicon	1–1	Template:Flagicon Guangdong Wanbao
11 October 1988	Guangdong Wanbao Template:Flagicon	6–0	Template:Flagicon Mohun Bagan
11 October 1988	Al-Rasheed Template:Flagicon	2–0	Template:Flagicon Kazma SC
13 October 1988	Guangdong Wanbao Template:Flagicon	1–1	Template:Flagicon Kazma SC
13 October 1988	Al-Rasheed Template:Flagicon	4–0	Template:Flagicon Mohun Bagan

Group B

All match were played in Kuantan, Malaysia.

5 October 1988	Al-Sadd Template:Flagicon	2–0	Template:Flagicon Pahang FA
5 October 1988	April 25 Template:Flagicon	0–1	Template:Flagicon Mohammedan SC
7 October 1988	Al-Ettifaq Template:Flagicon	4–1	Template:Flagicon Pahang FA
7 October 1988	Al-Sadd Template:Flagicon	2–2	Template:Flagicon Mohammedan SC
9 October 1988	Al-Sadd Template:Flagicon	2–1	Template:Flagicon April 25
9 October 1988	Al-Ettifaq Template:Flagicon	3–1	Template:Flagicon Mohammedan SC
11 October 1988	Mohammedan SCTemplate:Flagicon	1–2	Template:Flagicon Pahang FA
11 October 1988	Al-Ettifaq Template:Flagicon	1–1	Template:Flagicon April 25
13 October 1988	Al-Sadd Template:Flagicon	2–1	Template:Flagicon Al-Ettifaq
13 October 1988	April 25 Template:Flagicon	2–0	Template:Flagicon Pahang FA

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Sadd	3–3 (a)	Al-Rasheed	2–3	1–0

3–3 on aggregate; Al-Sadd won on away goals.

External links

• Asian Club Competitions 1989 at RSSSF.com