Southeast Asian club unexpectedly defeats strong Korean team at Asian Cup

(Dan Tri) - Tampines Rovers Club (Singapore) surprisingly won 1-0 against the 3-time Asian champion Pohang Steelers (Korea) in the group stage of the 2025-2026 Asian Cup C2 season.

Results of Southeast Asian football teams last night

Group G

Bangkok United (Thailand) - Lion City Sailors (Singapore): 1-0

Persid Bandung (Indonesia) - Selangor FC (Malaysia): 2-0

Table E

Hanoi Police Club - Macarthur (Australia): 1-1

Group H

Kaya-Iloilo (Philippines) - BG Pathum United (Thailand): 0-2

Tampines Rovers (Singapore) - Pohang Steelers (Korea): 1-0

The match between Tampines Rovers and Pohang Steelers is a match within the framework of Group H, Group stage of the AFC Champions League 2 2025-2026. This match took place last night (October 23), in Singapore.

Tampines Rovers surprisingly defeated Pohang Steelers (Photo: Tampines Rovers).

Pohang Steelers is a giant of Asian football. They have won the continental football championship at club level three times, winning the Asian Cup 1 (now called AFC Champions League Elite) in 1997, 1998 and 2009.

In addition, Pohang Steelers finished 3rd in the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup and won the Korean K-League 1 five times in 1986, 1988, 1992, 2007 and 2013.

Therefore, Pohang Steelers' 0-1 defeat to Tampines Rovers last night was a huge shock to the Asian football community. The only scorer for Tampines Rovers in this match was Higashikawa, with the goal scored in the first minute of the first half.

The Singapore team created a big shock in this match (Photo: Tampines Rovers).

With this win, Tampines Rovers leads Group H with 9 absolute points after 3 matches, Pohang Steelers temporarily ranks second with 6 points. Next in Group H is BG Pathum United (Thailand) with 3 points and Kaya-Iloilo (Philippines) has no points. BG Pathum United beat Kaya-Iloilo 2-0 in the 3rd match.

Some other results, involving Southeast Asian teams, took place last night. In Group G, Bangkok United (Thailand) beat Lion City Sailors (Singapore) 1-0, Persid Bandung (Indonesia) beat Selangor FC (Malaysia) 2-0.

In Group E, Hanoi Police Club (CAHN) had a 1-1 draw with Macarthur Club (Australia) at Hang Day Stadium (Hanoi).

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/clb-dong-nam-a-bat-ngo-thang-doi-bong-manh-cua-han-quoc-tai-cup-chau-a-20251024004039034.htm