The 1987 Asian Club Championship was the 7th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation . Several Asian clubs started the qualifying round in Fall of 1987.
1987 Asian Club Championship Dates ?? – November 1987 Teams 22 Champions Yomiuri FC (1st title) Runners-up Al-Hilal Matches played 43 Goals scored 152 (3.53 per match)
Yomiuri FC (Japan ) became the second Japanese club to win the Asian Championship.
Qualifying round
Group 1
All matches were played in Kuwait .
Match 1 Kazma SC 0–1 Al-Hilal Match 2 Muharraq 0–1 Al-Nasr Match 3 Kazma SC 3–0 Muharraq Match 4 Al-Hilal 0–0 Al-Nasr Match 5 Al-Hilal 3–0 Fanja Match 6 Kazma SC 1–0 Al-Nasr Match 7 Muharraq 2–1 Fanja Match 8 Kazma SC 2–0 Fanja Match 9 Al-Hilal 2–3 Muharraq Match 10 Al-Nasr 2–3 Fanja
Group 2
All matches were played in Dhaka , Bangladesh .
Match 1 Al Rasheed 2–0 Mohun Bagan AC Match 2 Mohammedan SC 6–2 Manang Marsyangdi Match 3 Al Rasheed 5–1 Mohammedan SC Match 4 Mohun Bagan AC 6–1 Manang Marsyangdi Match 5 Mohun Bagan AC 4–1 PAF FC Match 6 Al Rasheed 6–1 Manang Marsyangdi Match 7 Mohammedan SC 3–1 PAF FC Match 8 Al Rasheed 10–0 PAF FC Match 9 Mohun Bagan AC 2–2 Mohammedan SC Match 10 Manang Marsyangdi 4–1 PAF FC
Group 3
All matches were played in Malé , Maldives .
Match 1 Bangkok Bank 0–0 Air Force SC Match 2 Bangkok Bank 7–0 Victory SC Match 3 Air Force SC 1–1 Victory SC
Group 4
All matches were played in Bandung , Indonesia .
Group 5
All matches were played in Dalian , China PR .
Match 1 August 1 2–0 April 25 Match 2 August 1 3–0 Hap Kuan Match 3 April 25 2–1 Hap Kuan
Group 6
Matches were played home & away.
10 September 1987 South China 0–1 Yomiuri FC 8 October 1987 Yomiuri FC 2–0 South China
Group stage
Group A
All matches were played in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia .
Match 1 Al-Hilal 2–1 Al Rasheed Match 2 Al-Hilal 4–0 Bangkok Bank FC Match 3 Al Rasheed 6–1 Bangkok Bank FC
Group B
All matches were played in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia .
3 November 1987 Yomiuri FC 2–1 Kazma SC 3 November 1987 Federal Territory 1–1 August 1 5 November 1987 Yomiuri FC 0–1 Federal Territory 5 November 1987 Kazma SC 1–0 August 1 7 November 1987 Yomiuri FC 2–0 August 1 7 November 1987 Federal Territory 1–1 Kazma SC
Final The final was cancelled as Al-Hilal were unable to field a team due to nine of their starting players being chosen for the Saudi national team's preparation camp that clashed with the date fixed for the first leg.
Yomiuri FC were awarded the championship.
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