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1996–97 Asian Club Championship
16th edition of premier club football tournament organized by the AFC
16th edition of premier club football tournament organized by the AFC
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | Asian Club Championship |
| year | 1996–1997 |
| dates | August 1996 – March 1997 |
| venues | Shan Alam (final round) |
| num_teams | 26 |
| champion_other | KOR Pohang Steelers |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | KOR Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma |
| third_other | IRN Persepolis |
| fourth_other | IRQ Al-Zawraa |
| matches | 51 |
| goals | 155 |
| top_scorer | KOR Park Tae-Ha |
| player | KOR An Ik-Soo |
| fair_play | IRQ Al-Zawraa |
| prevseason | [1995](1995-asian-club-championship) |
| nextseason | [1997–98](1997-98-asian-club-championship) |
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
|} 1 Al-Sharjah withdrew.
East Asia
|} 1 The 2nd leg was cancelled due to political violence in Sri Lanka.
2 GD Artilheiros withdrew.
Second round
West Asia
|}
East Asia
|}
Quarterfinals
West Asia
- Al-Enazi
- Bezik
- Azizi
Mahdi
East Asia
- Dong-Gun
- Hwang Yeon-SeokYeon-Seok
- Ki-Beom
- Jung-Guk
- Stepouchkine
- Agbo
- Bogdanović
- Miura
- Konovalov
- Noda
- Yeon-Seok
- Acosta
- Terakawa
- Ueno
- Hirama
Knockout Stage
Bracket
|7 March – Shah Alam| IRN Persepolis|1|KOR Pohang Steelers |3 |7 March – Shah Alam|KOR Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma |1|IRQ Al-Zawraa |0 |9 March – Shah Alam|KOR Pohang Steelers |2|KOR Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma |1 |9 March – Shah Alam|IRN Persepolis |4|IRQ Al-Zawraa |1
Semifinals
- Golmohammadi
Third place match
- Mahdavikia
- Bagheri
Final
Source:
- Park Ji-Ho
Awards
| url=http://www.asian-football.com/comp/club/index.club.html | title=1996 ASIAN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP | publisher=Asian Football Confederation | date=7 July 1997 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970707233755/http://www.asian-football.com/comp/club/index.club.html | archive-date=7 July 1997}} | Player | Team | Sanyo Most Valuable Player | Coca-Cola Best Defender | Diadora Top Goalscorer | Snickers Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR An Ik-soo | KOR Pohang Steelers | ||||||||||
| KOR An Ik-soo | KOR Pohang Steelers | ||||||||||
| KOR Park Tae-ha | KOR Pohang Steelers | ||||||||||
| — | IRQ Al-Zawraa |
References
- Asian Club Competitions 1997 at RSSSF.com
References
- (10 March 1997). "Pohang's golden goal tilts it". New Straits Times.
- (7 July 1997). "1996 ASIAN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP". Asian Football Confederation.
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