1996-97_Asian_Club_Championship
1996–97 Asian Club Championship
16th edition of premier club football tournament organized by the AFC
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.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Dates ...
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | ?? 1996 – March 1997 |
| Teams | 26 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Pohang Steelers (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma |
| Third place |  Persepolis |
| Fourth place |  Al-Zawraa |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 51 |
| Goals scored | 155 (3.04 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Park Tae-Ha |
| Best player(s) | An Ik-Soo |
| Fair play award | Al-Zawraa |
← 1995 1997–98 → | |
Close
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.
West Asia
More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
FK Neftchy Farg'ona  |
8–2 |  Pamir Dushanbe |
4–1 | 4–1 |
AiK Bishkek  |
3–6 |  Yelimay Semipalatinsk |
2–4 | 1–2 |
Köpetdag Aşgabat  |
0–1 | Persepolis |
0–0 | 0–1 |
Kazma  |
10–1 |  Dhofar |
9–0 | 1–1 |
West Riffa  |
2-4 |  Nejmeh |
2–1 | 0–3 |
Al-Nassr  |
w/o1 |  Al-Sharjah |
||
Al-Rayyan  |
bye | |||
| Al-Zawraa |
bye |
Close
1 Al-Sharjah withdrew.
East Asia
More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Shanghai Shenhua  |
9–2 |  Instant-Dict FC |
7–1 | 2–1 |
Công an Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh  |
1–2 |  Johor F.C. |
0–1 | 1–1(a.e.t.) |
JCT FC  |
2–2 (4–2p) |  New Road Team |
1–1 | 1–1 |
PSM Makassar  |
1–4 | Pohang Steelers |
1–0 | 0–4 |
New Radiant  |
1–0 |  Pettah United SC |
1–0 | n/p1 |
Yokohama Marinos  |
w/o2 |  GD Artilheiros |
||
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma  |
bye | |||
Thai Farmers Bank FC  |
bye |
Close
1 The 2nd leg was cancelled due to political violence in Sri Lanka.
2 GD Artilheiros withdrew.
West Asia
More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Zawraa |
3–1 | FK Neftchy Farg'ona |
1–0 | 2–1 |
| Yelimay Semipalatinsk |
3–5 | Persepolis |
3–0 | 0–5 |
| Nejmeh |
1–4 | Al-Nassr |
1–0 | 0–4 |
| Al-Kazma |
1–2 | Al-Rayyan |
0–1 | 1–1 |
Close
East Asia
More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma |
1–0 | Shanghai Shenhua |
0–0 | 1–0 |
| Yokohama Marinos |
3–1 | Johor F.C. |
2–0 | 1–1 |
| JCT FC |
1–2 | New Radiant |
1–0 | 0–2 |
| Thai Farmers Bank FC |
1–5 | Pohang Steelers |
1–3 | 0–2 |
Close
West Asia
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persepolis |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
| Al-Zawraa |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Al-Nassr |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Al-Rayyan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
Close
More information Al-Rayyan, 2–1 ...
| Al-Rayyan | 2–1 | Al-Nassr |
|---|---|---|
Zamel Essa  55' Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi 62' |
Majed Abdullah 72' |
Close
More information Persepolis, 2–1 ...
| Persepolis | 2–1 | Al-Zawraa |
|---|---|---|
| Reza Shahroudi 39' Edmond Bezik 75' |
Abbas 71' |
Close
More information Al-Nassr, 3–2 ...
| Al-Nassr | 3–2 | Persepolis |
|---|---|---|
| Ohene Kennedy 70' 87' 89' |
Edmond Bezik 62' Khodadad Azizi 75' |
Close
More information Al-Rayyan, 1–2 ...
| Al-Rayyan | 1–2 | Persepolis |
|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Mutlaq 65' |
Khodadad Azizi 44' 89' |
Close
Referee: Russamee Jindamai (Thailand)
East Asia
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 7 |
| Pohang Steelers |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 |
| Yokohama Marinos |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 4 |
| New Radiant |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 |
Close
More information Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma, 9–0 ...
| Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma | 9–0 | New Radiant |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Sang-Yoon 15' Kim Dong-Gun 37' 59' Hwang Yeon-Seok 44' Lee Ki-Beom 51' Han Jung-Guk 68' 73' Gennadi Stepouchkine 69' Alex Agbo 89' |
Close
More information Pohang Steelers, 2–2 ...
| Pohang Steelers | 2–2 | Yokohama Marinos |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Young-Sang 48' Rade Bogdanović 75' |
Alberto Acosta 32' Fumitake Miura 39' |
Close
More information New Radiant, 0–6 ...
| New Radiant | 0–6 | Pohang Steelers |
|---|---|---|
| Cho Jin-Ho 32' 49' (pen.) 83' 89' Serhiy Konovalov 34' 61' |
Close
More information Yokohama Marinos, 2–3 ...
| Yokohama Marinos | 2–3 | Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma |
|---|---|---|
| Alberto Acosta 34' Satoru Noda 57' |
Lee Sang-Yoon 14' 51' Hwang Yeon-Seok 60' |
Close
More information Yokohama Marinos, 10–0 ...
| Yokohama Marinos | 10–0 | New Radiant |
|---|---|---|
| Masaharu Suzuki 4' Alberto Acosta 12' 28' 38' 57' 89' Yoshito Terakawa 13' 35' Yoshiharu Ueno 40' Tomokazu Hirama 75' |
Close
More information Persepolis, 1–3 ...
| Persepolis | 1–3 | Pohang Steelers |
|---|---|---|
| Khodadad Azizi 88' |
Park Tae-Ha 9' 86' Yahya Golmohammadi 55' (o.g.) |
Close
More information Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma, 1–0 ...
| Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma | 1–0 | Al-Zawraa |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Chang-Won 42' |
Close
More information Persepolis, 4–1 ...
| Persepolis | 4–1 | Al-Zawraa |
|---|---|---|
| Edmond Bezik 20' Mehdi Mahdavikia 30' Karim Bagheri 65' 80' |
Fawzi 8' |
Close
More information Pohang Steelers, 2–1 (a.e.t.) ...
| Pohang Steelers | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma |
|---|---|---|
| Park Tae-Ha 78' Park Ji-Ho  117' (pen.) |
Hong Jong-Kyoung 79' |
Close
Referee: Nik Ahmad (Malaysia)
More information Award, Player ...
| Award[2] | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Sanyo Most Valuable Player | An Ik-Soo |
Pohang Steelers |
| Coca-Cola Best Defender | An Ik-Soo |
Pohang Steelers |
| Diadora Top Goalscorer | Park Tae-Ha |
Pohang Steelers |
| Snickers Fair Play Award | — | Al-Zawraa |
Close
- "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