1996–97 Asian Club Championship

16th edition of premier club football tournament organized by the AFC May 2016 Asian Club Championship 1996–1997 August 1996 – March 1997 Shan Alam (final round) 26 KOR 1984 Pohang Steelers 1 KOR 1984 Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma IRN Persepolis IRQ 1991 Al-Zawraa 51 155 Park Tae-Ha (3 goals) An Ik-Soo IRQ 1991 Al-Zawraa 1995 1997–98 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 FK Neftchy Farg'ona UZB 8–2 Pamir Dushanbe TJK 4–1 4–1 AiK Bishkek KGZ 3–6 Yelimay Semipalatinsk KAZ 2–4 1–2 Köpetdag Aşgabat TKM 0–1 Persepolis IRN 0–0 0–1 1992 Kazma KUW 10–1 Dhofar OMA 9–0 1–1 West Riffa BHR 2-4 Nejmeh LIB 2–1 0–3 1972 Al-Nassr KSA w/o1 Al-Sharjah UAE Al-Rayyan QAT bye Al-Zawraa IRQ bye 1991 |} 1 Al-Sharjah withdrew. East Asia Shanghai Shenhua CHN 9–2 Instant-Dict FC HKG 7–1 2–1 colonial Công an Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh VIE 1–2 Johor F.C. MAS 0–1 1–1(a.e.t.) JCT FC IND 2–2 (4–2p) New Road Team NEP 1–1 1–1 PSM Makassar IDN 1–4 Pohang Steelers KOR 1–0 0–4 1984 New Radiant MDV 1–0 Pettah United SC SRI 1–0 n/p1 Yokohama Marinos JPN w/o2 GD Artilheiros MAC 1870 municipal Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma KOR bye Thai Farmers Bank FC THA bye |} 1 The 2nd leg was cancelled due to political violence in Sri Lanka. 2 GD Artilheiros withdrew. Second round West Asia Al-Zawraa IRQ 3–1 FK Neftchy Farg'ona UZB 1–0 2–1 1991 Yelimay Semipalatinsk KAZ 3–5 Persepolis IRN 3–0 0–5 Nejmeh LIB 1–4 Al-Nassr KSA 1–0 0–4 Al-Kazma KUW 1–2 Al-Rayyan QAT 0–1 1–1 |} East Asia Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma KOR 1–0 Shanghai Shenhua CHN 0–0 1–0 1984 Yokohama Marinos JPN 3–1 Johor F.C. MAS 2–0 1–1 1870 JCT FC IND 1–2 New Radiant MDV 1–0 0–2 Thai Farmers Bank FC THA 1–5 Pohang Steelers KOR 1–3 0–2 1984 |} Quarterfinals West Asia main WDL Q n PER IRN Persepolis ZWR IRQ 1991 Al-Zawraa NSR KSA Al-Nassr RAY QAT Al-Rayyan 2 0 1 6 5 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 2 3 5 #cfc A A complete 8 November 1996 Al-Rayyan QAT 2–1 KSA Al-Nassr * Essa 55 Al-Enazi 62 Majed Abdullah 72 Doha, Qatar 8 November 1996 Persepolis IRN 2–1 IRQ 1991 Al-Zawraa * Shahroudi 39 Bezik 75 Abbas 71 Doha, Qatar 10 November 1996 Al-Nassr KSA 3–2 IRN Persepolis Kennedy 71 88 90 * Bezik 62 Azizi 75 Khalifa International Stadium Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait) Doha, Qatar 10 November 1996 Al-Zawraa IRQ 1991 2–0 QAT Al-Rayyan Attiya 40 Mahdi 55 Doha, Qatar 12 November 1996 Al-Rayyan QAT 1–2 IRN Persepolis Mutlaq 65 Azizi 44 89 Doha, Qatar 12 November 1996 Al-Nassr KSA 0–0 IRQ 1991 Al-Zawraa Khalifa International Stadium Russamee Jindamai (Thailand) Doha Qatar East Asia main WDL Q n CIC KOR 1984 Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma POH KOR 1984 Pohang Steelers YOK JPN 1870 Yokohama Marinos NRA MDV New Radiant 2 1 0 12 2 1 2 0 8 2 1 1 1 14 5 0 0 3 0 25 #cfc A A complete 24 November 1996 Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma KOR 1984 9–0 MDV 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 Daegu, South Korea 24 November 1996 Pohang Steelers KOR 1984 2–2 JPN 1870 Yokohama Marinos * Young-Sang 48 Bogdanović 75 * Acosta 32 Miura 39 Daegu, South Korea 26 November 1996 New Radiant MDV 0–6 KOR 1984 Pohang Steelers * Jin-Ho 32 49 p 83 89 Konovalov 34 61 Daegu, South Korea 26 November 1996 Yokohama Marinos JPN 1870 2–3 KOR 1984 Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma * Acosta 34 Noda 57 * Sang-Yoon 14 51 Yeon-Seok 60 Daegu, South Korea 28 November 1996 Yokohama Marinos JPN 1870 10–0 MDV New Radiant * Suzuki 4 Acosta 12 28 38 57 89 Terakawa 13 35 Ueno 40 Hirama 75 Daegu, South Korea 28 November 1996 Pohang Steelers KOR 1984 0–0 KOR 1984 Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma Daegu, South Korea Knockout Stage Bracket N4 white-space:nowrap yes high yes Semi-finals Final Third place play-off 7 March – Shah Alam IRN Persepolis 1 KOR 1984 Pohang Steelers 3 7 March – Shah Alam KOR 1984 Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 1 IRQ 1991 Al-Zawraa 0 9 March – Shah Alam KOR 1984 Pohang Steelers 2 KOR 1984 Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 1 9 March – Shah Alam IRN Persepolis 4 IRQ 1991 Al-Zawraa 1 Semifinals 7 March 1997 Persepolis IRN 1–3 KOR 1984 Pohang Steelers Azizi 88 * Park Tae-Ha 9 86 Golmohammadi 55 o.g. Shah Alam Stadium Shah Alam, Malaysia 7 March 1997 Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma KOR 1984 1–0 IRQ 1991 Al-Zawraa Chang-Won 42 Shah Alam Stadium Shah Alam, Malaysia Third place match 9 March 1997 Persepolis IRN 4–1 IRQ 1991 Al-Zawraa * Bezik 20 Mahdavikia 30 Bagheri 65 80 Fawzi 8 Shah Alam Stadium Shah Alam, Malaysia Final Source:Pohang's golden goal tilts it https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-fxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MhUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6253%2C1596707 1 November 2021 New Straits Times 10 March 1997 9 March 1997 Pohang Steelers KOR 1984 2–1 KOR 1984 Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma * Park Tae-Ha 78 Park Ji-Ho 117 p * Hong Jong-Kyoung 79 Shah Alam Stadium Nik Ahmad (Malaysia) Shah Alam, Malaysia Awards Awardhttp://www.asian-football.com/comp/club/index.club.html 1996 ASIAN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Asian Football Confederation 7 July 1997 https://web.archive.org/web/19970707233755/http://www.asian-football.com/comp/club/index.club.html 7 July 1997PlayerTeamSanyo Most Valuable PlayerKOR 1984 An Ik-sooKOR 1984 Pohang SteelersCoca-Cola Best DefenderKOR 1984 An Ik-sooKOR 1984 Pohang SteelersDiadora Top GoalscorerGoals since the semi-finals were counted.KOR 1984 Park Tae-haKOR 1984 Pohang SteelersSnickers Fair Play Award—IRQ 1991 Al-Zawraa References Asian Club Competitions 1997 at RSSSF.com championsleague 1996–97 Club Championship