Asian Club Championship 1969
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The Asian Club Championship 1969 was the 2nd edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation
. Ten domestic league champions from ten countries competed in the tournament. The tournament was held in Bangkok
, Thailand
and ten clubs were split in two groups of five. The group winners and the runners up advanced to semifinals.
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. (ISR) defeated Korean club Yangzee FC
(KOR) and became the second Israeli club to win the competition.
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...
. Ten domestic league champions from ten countries competed in the tournament. The tournament was held in Bangkok
Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
and ten clubs were split in two groups of five. The group winners and the runners up advanced to semifinals.
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. (ISR) defeated Korean club Yangzee FC
Yangzee FC
Yangzee FC was a South Korean football club that operated between 1967 and 1970.Set up in February 1967 by the then-head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, Kim Hyung-wook, the team was charged with improving the level of football in South Korea after North Korea reached the quarter-finals...
(KOR) and became the second Israeli club to win the competition.
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Yangzee FCYangzee FC Yangzee FC was a South Korean football club that operated between 1967 and 1970.Set up in February 1967 by the then-head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, Kim Hyung-wook, the team was charged with improving the level of football in South Korea after North Korea reached the quarter-finals... |
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
 Mysore StateMysore State The Kingdom of Mysore was one of the three largest princely states within the erstwhile British Empire of India. Upon India gaining its independence in 1947, the Maharaja of Mysore merged his realm with the Union of India... |
5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 |
 Bangkok Bank FCBangkok Bank FC Bangkok Bank FC was a semi-professional Thai football club based in Bangkok. Bangkok Bank FC was founded 1955 and played in the top Thai football division, the Thai Premier League... |
4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
 Vietnam Police |
3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |
 |
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20 | −19 |
| January 15, 1969 | Bangkok Bank FC | 1–1 | Vietnam Police |
| January 15, 1969 | Yangzee FC | 5–0 | Mysore State |
| January 17, 1969 | Vietnam Police | 7–0 | Manila Lions |
| January 19, 1969 | Mysore State | 1–1 | Bangkok Bank FC |
| January 20, 1969 | Yangzee FC | 7–0 | Manila Lions |
| January 21, 1969 | Mysore State | 2–1 | Vietnam Police |
| January 22, 1969 | Yangzee FC | 1–0 | Bangkok Bank FC |
| January 23, 1969 | Mysore State | 2–1 | Manila Lions |
| January 24, 1969 | Yangzee FC | 4–1 | Vietnam Police |
| January 26, 1969 | Bangkok Bank FC | 4–0 | Manila Lions |
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Maccabi Tel Aviv |
6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
 Toyo KogyoSanfrecce Hiroshima is a Japanese association football club in the J. League Division 1.-Club name:The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'... |
6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
 Persepolis |
5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |
 Perak FAPerak FA The Football Association of Perak enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Perak. The team currently plays in the Malaysia Super League.... |
3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
 Kowloon Motor Bus Co. |
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | −14 |
| January 15, 1969 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–2 | Toyo Kogyo |
| January 16, 1969 | Perak FA | 6–2 | Kowloon Motor Bus |
| January 17, 1969 | Toyo Kogyo | 1–0 | Persepolis |
| January 19, 1969 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 5–0 | Kowloon Motor Bus |
| January 20, 1969 | Persepolis | 4–2 | Perak FA |
| January 21, 1969 | Toyo Kogyo | 1–0 | Kowloon Motor Bus |
| January 22, 1969 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–1 | Perak FA |
| January 23, 1969 | Persepolis | 4–0 | Kowloon Motor Bus |
| January 24, 1969 | Toyo Kogyo | 2–0 | Perak FA |
| January 26, 1969 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–0 | Persepolis |
Semifinal
----Third Place Match
----Final
Champions
Asian Club Championship 1969 Maccabi Tel Aviv First Title |