1986 Asian Club Championship

The 1986 Asian Club Championship was the 6th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Several Asian clubs started the qualifying round in Fall of 1986. The final round was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in December 1986.

1986 Asian Club Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	26–30 December 1986
Teams	4
Venue(s)	Riyadh (final round)
Final positions
Champions	Furukawa Electric (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Hilal
Third place	Liaoning F.C.
Fourth place	Al-Talaba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	20 (3.33 per match)
← 1985–86 1987 →

Furukawa Electric (JPN) became the first Japanese club to win the Asian Championship.

Qualifying Stage

Group 1

Al-Shorta Aden qualified to the second round by default, as they were the only team entered in Group 1.

Group 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Talaba	2–1	Al-Wehda Sana'a

Group 3

Qualification from the 1986 GCC Champions League held in Riyadh.

Participants

• Al-Hilal (hosts)
• Al Arabi
• Dhofar
• Al-Arabi
• Al-Wasl

Al-Hilal and Al-Arabi qualified to the second round

Group 4

Participants

• Malavan
• Saunders SC
• HBL FC
• Victory SC.

Known results:

	Malavan	7–0	HBL
	Malavan	1–1	Saunders
	Malavan	12–0	Victory SC

Malavan and Saunders SC qualified to the second round.

Group 5

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Selangor FA	2–0	Port Authority of Thailand	1–0	1–0

Note: both matches were played in Kuala Lumpur.

Group 6

(Played in Brunei)

Participants

• Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian
• Philippine Air Force
• Daerah Brunei

Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian qualified to the second round.

Group 7

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
4.25 Sports Team	0–1	Liaoning F.C.	0–0	0–1
Furukawa Electric	Bye

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hap Kuan (H)	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	2	Advance to Second round
2	South China	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	2
3	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0	Withdrew[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso withdrew on the morning of their match against Hap Kuan due to visa and logistical issues. Therefore, the remaining match between Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso and South China was cancelled.

Matches were played in Macau.

South China	1–0	Hap Kuan

Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	0–3	Hap Kuan

Second round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Talaba (H)	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	4	Advance to Final round
2	Al-Arabi	2	1	0	1	9	2	+7	2
3	Saunders SC	2	0	0	2	0	13	−13	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Baghdad, Iraq.

Match 1	Al-Talaba	2–0	Al-Arabi
Match 2	Al-Talaba	4–0	Saunders SC
Match 3	Al-Arabi	9–0	Saunders SC

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Hilal (H)	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	4	Advance to Final round
2	Al-Shorta Aden	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0
3	Malavan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Saudi Arabia.

Match 1	Al-Hilal	5–0	Al-Shorta Aden
Match 2	Al-Shorta Aden	0–2	Al-Hilal

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liaoning F.C.	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3	Advance to Final round
2	Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	South China (H)	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Hong Kong.

Match 1	Liaoning FC	0–0	Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian
Match 2	Liaoning FC	1–0	South China
Match 3	Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian	1–1	South China

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Furukawa Electric	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	4	Advance to Final round
2	Selangor FA (H)	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	2
3	Hap Kuan	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

All matches were played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Match 1	Furukawa Electric	2–1	Selangor FA
Match 2	Furukawa Electric	3–1	Hap Kuan
Match 3	Selangor FA	5–0	Hap Kuan

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Furukawa Electric	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	6	Champions
2	Al-Hilal (H)	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	4
3	Liaoning F.C.	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1
4	Al-Talaba	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Al-Talaba	2–2	Liaoning F.C.

26 December 1986

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Al-Hilal	3–4	Furukawa Electric

26 December 1986

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Furukawa Electric	2–0	Al-Talaba

28 December 1986

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Al-Hilal	2–1[1]	Liaoning F.C.

28 December 1986

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Furukawa Electric	1–0	Liaoning F.C.

30 December 1986

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Talaba

30 December 1986

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia