The 1987 Afro-Asian Club Championship, was the 2nd
Afro-Asian Club Championship 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, it was the last time were contested over a single match; from 1988 until 1998 the competition was held in a two-legged tie format.
The match took place on 5 February 1988, in
Cairo Stadium in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metr ...
, Egypt, between
Zamalek
Zamalek ( ar, الزمالك , ''al zamalek'') is an affluent district of western Cairo encompassing the northern portion of Gezira Island in the Nile River. The island is connected with the river banks through three bridges each on the east a ...
, the
1986 African Cup of Champions Clubs
The 1986 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 22nd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association footba ...
winner, and
Furukawa Electric (Now JEF United Ichihara), the
1986 Asian Club Championship winner.
Zamalek won the match 2–0 and became the first African team to win the championship.
Teams
Match details
Winners
References
* http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekAfroAsian.html#1987
* http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afras.html#87
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1987
1988 in African football
1988 in Asian football
Zamalek SC matches
JEF United Chiba matches
February 1988 sports events in Africa
1988 in Japanese football
1987–88 in Egyptian football
International club association football competitions hosted by Egypt