ASEAN Club Championship
The ASEAN Club Championship or LG Cup was a biennial international association football competition between domestic champion clubs sides run by the ASEAN Football Federation and sponsored by LG Electronics. LG describe the competition as a "social marketing experiment". Qualification to the competition is to champions clubs from AFF-affiliated countries (including the invitee countries's champions clubs from India, Maldives and Australia).
Participating national football associations
Clubs from the following 12 football associations take part in the competition.
Invitee Countries
Competition format
The format of the ASEAN Club Championship is the same as that for the AFC Cup. Each national football associations in Southeast Asia sends their champions club representing the domestic league winners. The participating teams are split into two groups of four teams (depending on the actual number of participating teams in each group), with each team playing the others in the group in a round-robin format. The winners and runners-up of each group enter into the semi-finals. The semi-finals and final are played as a knockout competition in the host country.
Results
| Seasons | Hosts | Finals | 3rd place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2003 |  Indonesia |
 Kingfisher East Bengal FC |
3 - 1 |  BEC Tero Sasana |
Petrokimia Putra FC |
3 - 0 |  Perak FA | ||
| 2005 |  Brunei Darussalam |
 Tampines Rovers FC |
4 - 2 | Pahang FA |
 Hoang Anh Gia Lai |
Not Played | Brunei DPMM FC | ||
Performances by clubs
| # | Nation | Winners | Runners-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kingfisher East Bengal FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | BEC Tero Sasana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Pahang FA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DPMM FC (Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota FC) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Petrokimia Putra FC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Perak FA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Performances by nations
| # | Nation | Winners | Runners-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Singapore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Thailand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Brunei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All-Time Top scorers
| Player | Club | Year of Championship | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baichung Bhutia |
Kingfisher East Bengal FC |
2003 | 8 |
 Bernard Tchoutang |
Pahang FA |
2005 | 7 |
| Nguyen Dinh Viet |
Hoang Anh Gia Lai |
2005 | 7 |
 Frank Seator |
Perak FA |
2003 | 5 |
| Indra Putra Mahayuddin |
Perak FA Pahang FA |
2003 2005 |
4 |
| Kiatisuk Senamuang |
Hoang Anh Gia Lai |
2003 & 2005 | 4 |
| Zaenal Arif |
Persita Tangerang |
2003 | 4 |
| Therdsak Chaiman |
BEC Tero Sasana |
2003 | 4 |
| Mirko Grabovac |
Tampines Rovers FC |
2005 | 4 |
 Kyaw Thu Ra |
Finance and Revenue |
2005 | 4 |
 Rivaldo Costa |
Petrokimia Putra |
2003 | 3 |
| M Jaenal Ichwan |
Petrokimia Putra |
2003 | 3 |
| Nguyen Van Dan |
Hoang Anh Gia Lai |
2005 | 3 |
| Anderson |
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly FC |
2005 | 3 |
See also
External links
- RSSSF.com: ASEAN Club Championship 2003
- RSSSF.com: ASEAN Club Championship 2005
- AFC (Asia) Official Web Site
- AFF (ASEAN) Official Web Site
- S-LeagueFootball.Blogspot.Com website