The Afro-Asian Club Championship, sometimes referred to as the Afro-Asian Cup, was a football competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Asian Football Confederation (AFC), contested between the winners of the African Champions' Cup and the Asian Club Championship, the two continents' top club competitions. The championship was modelled on the Intercontinental Cup (organised by Europe's UEFA and South America's CONMEBOL football federations and now replaced by the FIFA Club World Cup) and ran from 1986 to 1998.
Eight of the eleven editions were won by African teams, with three of those from Egypt.
History The first two competitions held in 1986 and 1987 were contested over a single match; from 1988 until 1998 the competition was held in a two-legged tie format. The last winners were Moroccan side Raja Casablanca, who defeated South Korean side Pohang Steelers in 1998.
The competition was officially discontinued following a CAF decision on 30 July 2000. A rift was created when AFC representatives supported Germany in the vote for hosting the 2006 FIFA World Cup rather than South Africa.
In 2018, CAF President Ahmad Ahmad stated that CAF would consider re-introducing the competition.
A revival of Afro-Asian Club Championship was considered in 2025, when the match was originally proposed to be played at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar, between Al Ahly SC (Egypt) and Al Ain FC (UAE).
Records and statistics Finals +Key Match was won during extra time# Match was won on away goals* Match was won on a penalty shoot-out
+List of Afro-Asian Club Championship finalsSingle match formatYearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenueAttendanceRefNationClubClubNation1986Daewoo Royals2–0FAR RabatPrince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh20 0001987Zamalek2–0Furukawa ElectricCairo International Stadium, Cairo40 000Two-legged formatSeasonHome ScoreAway VenueAttendanceRefNationClubClubNation1988Yomiuri1–3Al AhlyNishigaoka Stadium, TokyoAl-Ahly1–0YomiuriCairo International Stadium, CairoAl Ahly won 4–1 on aggregate1989ES Sétif2–0Al-Sadd17 June Stadium, ConstantineAl-Sadd1–3ES SétifJassim bin Hamad Stadium, DohaES Sétif won 5–1 on aggregate1990 Raja Casablanca and Liaoning FC not held1991 JS Kabylie and Esteghlal not held1992Club Africain2–1Al-HilalStade El Menzah, TunisAl-Hilal2–2Club AfricainKing Fahd International Stadium, RiyadhClub Africain won 4–3 on aggregate1993PAS Tehran0–0Wydad CasablancaAzadi Stadium, TehranWydad Casablanca2–0PAS TehranStade Mohammed V, CasablancaWydad Casablanrca won 2–0 on aggregate1994Zamalek2–1Thai Farmers BankEl Mahalla Stadium, El-Mahalla El-KubraThai Farmers Bank1–0ZamalekKasikorn Bank Stadium, BangkokThai Farmers Bank won on away goals after 2–2 on aggregate1995Thai Farmers Bank1–1EspéranceSuphanburiEspérance3–0Thai Farmers BankStade El Menzah, TunisEspérance won 4–1 on aggregate1996Orlando Pirates0–0Cheonan Ilhwa ChunmaFNB Stadium, JohannesburgCheonan Ilhwa Chunma5–0Orlando PiratesSeoul Olympic Stadium, SeoulCheonan Ilhwa Chunma won 5–0 on aggregate1997Pohang Steelers2–1ZamalekPohang Steel Yard, PohangZamalek1–0Pohang SteelersCairo International Stadium, CairoZamalek won on away goals after 2–2 on aggregate1998Pohang Steelers2–2Raja CasablancaPohang Steel Yard, PohangRaja Casablanca1–0Pohang SteelersStade Mohamed V, CasablancaRaja Casablanca won 3–2 on aggregate
Results by club CountryClubWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runner-upZamalek211987, 1997 1994Thai Farmers Bank111994 1995Busan IPark101986 Al Ahly101988 ES Sétif101989 Club Africain101992 Wydad Casablanca101993 Espérance101995 Seongnam FC101996Raja Casablanca101998 Pohang Steelers02 1997, 1998FAR Rabat01 1986JEF United01 1987Tokyo Verdy01 1988Al-Sadd01 1989Al-Hilal01 1992PAS Tehran01 1993Orlando Pirates01 1996
Results by country Nation Winners Runners-up 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Results by continent CupWinnersRunners-upAfrican Champions' Cup / CAF Champions League 83Asian Club Championship38
Winning coaches The following table lists the winning coaches of the Afro-Asian Club Championship. YearWinning ClubCoach 1986 Busan Daewoo Royals Lee Cha-Man 1987 Zamalek SC Essam Baheeg1988 Al Ahly Dietrich Weise1989 ES Sétif Bouzid Cheniti1992 Club Africain Youssef Zouaoui1993 Wydad Casablanca Yuri Sebastianko1994 Thai Farmers Bank Charnwit Polcheewin 1995 Esperance Tunis Roberto di Baldos Amilton 1996 Ilhwa Chunma Lee Jang-soo1997 Zamalek SC Ruud Krol 1998 Raja Casablanca Oscar Fullone
See also FIFA Intercontinental Cup Afro-Asian Cup of Nations CAF Champions League AFC Champions League Elite Copa Interamericana Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004) FIFA Club World Cup
Notes A. For clarity, years given in the winners' list do not necessarily correspond to the years when matches were actually played. The finals were always held between the African Champions' Cup winners from the earlier calendar year (given year minus 1) and the Asian Champions' Cup winners who won the title in the previous season (given year minus 1/given year), e.g. the inaugural 1986 final was held between 1985 African Champions' Cup winners FAR Rabat and the 1985–86 Asian Club Championship winners Daewoo Royals. However, FIFA designates at least some of these titles according to the year when the final matches were held. B. Korean club Busan IPark were known as Daewoo Royals until 2000. C. Japanese club JEF United Ichihara Chiba were founded as Furukawa Electric Soccer Club until 1991. D. Japanese club Tokyo Verdy were called Yomiuri FC from their foundation in 1969 until 1993.
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