1988 Arab Club Champions Cup

The 1988 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in United Arab Emirates in the city of Sharjah. Al-Ettifaq won the championship for the first time beating in the final Club Africain.

1988 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1988
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
CitySharjah
Dates20 October - 4 November
Teams10 (from 2 confederations) (from 9 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Al-Ettifaq (2nd title)
Runners-up Club Africain
Third place Al-Shabab Baghdad
Fourth place Fanja SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored54 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sadoun Hamoud (5 goals)
Best goalkeeper Mubarak Al-Dosari

Participants
Participants
Zone Team Qualifying method
Sharjah SC 1986–87 UAE League winner and Hosts
Al-Rasheed Holders
Zone 1 Kazma SC 1986–87 Kuwaiti Premier League winners
Fanja SC 1986–87 Omani League winners
Zone 2 Al-Ettifaq 1986–87 Saudi Premier League winners
Al-Merrikh Sudan Premier League runners-up
Zone 3 Mouloudia d'Oran 1986–87 Algerian Championship runners-up
KAC Marrakech 1986–87 Moroccan League runners up
Warf Nouakchott Mauritanian representative
Club Africain 1986–87 Tunisian Championship runners-up
Zone 4 Al-Shabab Baghdad 1986–87 Iraqi League third place
Al-Dhifatain SC 1986–87 Jordan League winners
Palestine SC West Bank Premier League representative
Jableh SC 1986–87 Syrian Premier League winners

Preliminary round

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Kazma SC and Fanja SC advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Al-Ettifaq and Al-Merrikh advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Preliminary round tournament held in Tunis, Tunisia.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Club Africain 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 6
KAC Marrakech 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 4
Mouloudia d'Oran 3 1 0 2 9 2 +7 2
Warf Nouakchott 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Source:
Club Africain 2 – 0 Warf Nouakchott
Mouloudia d'Oran 0 – 1 KAC Marrakech
Club Africain 1 – 11
abandoned		 Mouloudia d'Oran
  • Amdouni  67' (c.s.c)
KAC Marrakech 4 – 0 Warf Nouakchott
  • Kiddi  ?', 18', 67'
Club Africain 2 – 1 KAC Marrakech
Mouloudia d'Oran 8 – 0 Warf Nouakchott
1 Match abandoned at the 70' due to a fights between staff and players of both teams. Club Africain were declared winners.
Club Africain and KAC Marrakech advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Preliminary round tournament held in Damascus, Syria from 4 to 10 August 1988.[1]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Shabab Baghdad 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 5
Jableh SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al-Dhifatain SC 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 2
Palestine SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Al-Shabab Baghdad 1 – 1 Jableh SC
Gorgis  –' Ramadan  –'
Al-Dhifatain SC 1 – 0 Palestine SC
وليد خاص
Al-Shabab Baghdad 1 – 0 Palestine SC
Hadi  –'
Jableh SC 2 – 1 Al-Dhifatain SC
Ramadan  –' محمد المشة
Al-Shabab Baghdad 3 – 0 Al-Dhifatain SC
Abdel Reda  –', –'
Jassem  –'
Jableh SC – Palestine SC

Al-Shabab Baghdad and Jableh SC advanced to the final tournament.

Final tournament

Final tournament held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from 21 October to 4 November 1988.

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Club Africain 4 2 2 0 5 2 +3 6
Fanja SC 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 5
Al-Rasheed 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 5
Jableh SC 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 3
Al-Merrikh 4 0 1 3 3 6 −3 1
Source:
Fanja SC 2 – 0 Jableh SC
Khamis  85'
Hamid  89'
Club Africain 2 – 1 Al-Merrikh
Yâakoubi  3'
Abdelhak  25'		 Riman  7'
Club Africain 2 – 0 Jableh SC
Touati  30', 70'
Al-Rasheed 2 – 1 Fanja SC
Radhi  32', 53' (pen.) Hamoud  9'
Club Africain 1 – 1 Al-Rasheed
Touati  55' Radhi  45'
Al-Merrikh 2 – 2 Jableh SC
Riman  3'
Abdelghani  79'		 Shalbi  11'
Shehada  81'
Al-Rasheed 1 – 0 Al-Merrikh
Radhi  88'
Club Africain 0 – 0 Fanja SC
Jableh SC 1 – 0 Al-Rasheed
Ramadan  56'
Fanja SC 1 – 0 Al-Merrikh
Hamid  37'

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Ettifaq 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 6
Al-Shabab Baghdad 4 1 2 1 4 3 +1 4
KAC Marrakech 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 4
Sharjah SC 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 4
Kazma SC 4 1 0 3 3 6 −3 2
Source:
Sharjah SC 2 – 2 Al-Ettifaq
Mohammed  26'
Thani  85'		 Saleh  19'
Al-Shaiha  40' (pen.)
Al-Shabab Baghdad 0 – 0 KAC Marrakech
Sharjah SC 0 – 2 Al-Shabab Baghdad
Mohammed  36'
Hadi  69'
KAC Marrakech 1 – 0 Kazma SC
Kadi  39'
Sharjah SC 2 – 1 Kazma SC
Thani  7'
Al-Arsour  80'		 Hamza  4'
Al-Ettifaq 2 – 2 Al-Shabab Baghdad
Hamoud  4'
Al-Shaiha  15' (pen.)		 Jasem  34'
Rahim  44'
Sharjah SC 0 – 0 KAC Marrakech
Al-Ettifaq 3 – 1 Kazma SC
Hamoud  56', 63', 82' Haji  77'
Al-Ettifaq 1 – 0 KAC Marrakech
Al-Shaiha  70' (pen.)
Al-Shabab Baghdad 0 – 1 Kazma SC
Al Rahman  23'

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 2 November – Sharjah
 
 
 Al-Ettifaq3
 
 4 November – Sharjah
 
 Fanja SC1
 
 Al-Ettifaq (p)1 (4)
 
 2 November – Sharjah
 
 Club Africain1 (2)
 
 Club Africain (p)2 (4)
 
 
 Al-Shabab2 (2)
 
Third place
 
 
 4 November – Sharjah
 
 
 Al-Shabab3
 
 
 Fanja SC2

Semi-finals
Al-Ettifaq 3 – 1 Fanja SC
Al-Dbikhi  10'
Al-Shaiha  18' (pen.)
S. Hamoud  31'		 M. A. Hamoud  75'
Club Africain 2 – 2 Al-Shabab Baghdad
Rasheed  25' (o.g.)
Touati  55'		 Almi  49' (o.g.)
Hadi  83'
Penalties
4 – 2

Third place match
Al-Shabab Baghdad 3 – 2 Fanja SC
Alawi  28'
Mohammed  58'
Raheem  60'		 Khamis  80'
Al-Amburi  90'

Final
Al-Ettifaq 1 – 1 Club Africain
Al-Dbikhi  25' Amdouni  18'
Penalties
4 – 2
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Rachid Medjiba (Algeria)

Winners
1988 Arab Club Champions Cup winners

Al-Ettifaq
Second title

References
  1. "Al-Shabab finish third in 1988 Arab Champions Cup". Sport & Youth Magazine. M. Benboua. September 5, 2009.
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