2001 Arab Club Champions Cup

The 2001 Arab Club Champions Cup edition, was won by Qatari side Al Sadd SC, the hosts. It was the 17th tournament and was held from 28 November to 12 December 2001.

2001 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 2001
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
CityDoha
Teams10 (from 1 association)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Al Sadd SC (1st title)
Runners-up MC Oran
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored53 (3.53 per match)

Participants
Participants
Zone Team Qualifying method
Al-Sadd Hosts
CS Sfaxien Holders
Zone 1 Al-Rayyan SC Replaced Al-Ain FC
Zone 2 Al-Ahli Jeddah 1999–2000 Saudi Premier League runners-up
Al-Ahli Sana'a 1999–2000 Yemeni League winners
Zone 3 MC Oran 1999–2000 Algerian Championship runners-up
Zone 4 Al-Faisaly 2000 Jordan League winners
Hutteen 1999–2000 Syrian League runners-up

Preliminary Stage

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Qualification from GCC Champions League held in Al Ain on 2001.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Ain 5 4 0 1 6 4 +2 12
Al-Ittihad Jeddah 5 3 1 1 10 1 +9 10
Dhofar 5 3 1 1 6 3 +3 10
Al-Salmiya 5 1 2 2 5 6 −1 5
Al-Ittihad Doha 5 1 1 3 6 7 −1 4
West Riffa 5 0 1 4 5 17 −12 1
Source:
Al-Ain 2–1 West Riffa
  • Darwish  82'
Al-Ittihad Jeddah 0–1 Al-Salmiya
Dhofar 2–0 Al-Ittihad Doha
Al-Ain 2–1 Al-Salmiya
West Riffa 1–4 Al-Ittihad Doha
  • Humaida  71'
  • Al-Kaabi  11'
  • Al-Mazroa  53', 90+2'
  • Massoud  57' (o.g.)
Al-Ittihad Jeddah 0–0 Dhofar
Al-Ain 1–0 Al-Ittihad Doha
  • Al-Kuwaiti  70'
Al-Salmiya 1–0 Dhofar
  • Baalawi  34'
West Riffa 0–7 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Al-Salmiya 1–1 West Riffa
  • Massoud  88' (pen.)
Al-Ittihad Doha 0–1 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
  • Omar  90+3'
Al-Ain 1–0 Dhofar
  • Ali  9'
Al-Ittihad Doha 2–2 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Dhofar 3–2 West Riffa
  • Al-Hedhari  ?'
  • ?  ?'
  • Al-Kathiri  84'
  • Humaida  79'
  • Taleb  90+3'
Al-Ain 0–2 Al-Ittihad Jeddah

Al-Ain qualified but withdrew the tournament, Al-Rayyan replaced it

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

The qualifying tournament took place in Jeddah.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Ahli Jeddah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al-Ahli Sana'a' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al-Merrikh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Al-Ahli Jeddah 1–0 Al-Merrikh
Al-Jahani  15'
Al-Merrikh 2–2 Al-Ahli Sana'a'
  • Al-Hemy  75'
  • Abdullah  77'
Al-Ahli Jeddah 2–1 Al-Ahli Sana'a'
Valle  28', 84'
  • Al-Salemy  24' (pen.)

Al-Ahli Jeddah and Al-Ahli Sana'a' advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)
First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
MAS Fez 2–6 Al-Ahli Tripoli 2–4 0–2
ASC Mauritel – MC Oran – –
MAS Fez 2–4 Al-Ahli Tripoli
Stade Hassan II, Fes
Al-Ahli Tripoli 2–0 MAS Fez
  • Moammar
  • Al-Idrissi
Stade Hassan II, Fes
Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahli Tripoli w/o MC Oran — —

MC Oran advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

The qualifying tournament took place in Amman. Nejmeh was disqualified from the qualifying tournament because the fifa has frozen the activity of the Lebanese Football Association.[1]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Faisaly 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
Hutteen 2 1 0 1 6 2 +4 3
Hilal Al-Quds 2 0 0 2 2 11 −9 0
Nejmeh (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
(D) Disqualified.
Al-Faisaly 5–0 Hilal Al-Quds
Hutteen 6–2 Hilal Al-Quds
Al-Faisaly 1–0 Hutteen
  • Al-Hasnat  31'
Referee: Mohamed Risha (Egypt)

Al-Faisaly and Hutteen advanced to the final tournament.

Final Tournament

Venues
Doha
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Capacity: 18,000

Group Stage

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. Each group was played on one leg basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Sadd SC 3 2 0 1 14 3 +11 6
MC Oran 3 2 0 1 5 7 −2 6
Al-Ahli Sana'a 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
Hutteen SC 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1
Source:
Al-Ahli Sana'a 2–1 Al Sadd SC
Ahmed  67', 76' Bagheri  90'
Hutteen SC 0–2 MC Oran
Zerrouki  7'
El-Aouni  52'
Al-Ahli Sana'a 0–3 MC Oran
Benzerga  28'
El-Aouni  42', 58'
Hutteen SC 1–6 Al Sadd SC
Jablawi  35' Bagheri  10', 45'
Mahmood  25'
El Moubarki  28'
Utaka  39'
J. Al-Kuwari  79'
Al-Ahli Sana'a 1–1 Hutteen SC
Al-Barek  85' Shuman  90+2'
MC Oran 0–7 Al Sadd SC
Khalifa  12'
El Moubarki  28', 32', 73'
Utaka  44'
F. Al-Kuwari  89'
Bagheri  90+3'

Group B

Al-Faisaly SC withdrew from the tournament after the first match after contesting the referee falsely, the result was annulled.[2]
Al Rayyan SC replaced Al Ain SC who withdrew from the tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Ahli SC 2 1 1 0 7 2 +5 4
Al Rayyan SC 2 1 0 1 5 6 −1 3
CS Sfaxien 2 0 1 1 3 7 −4 1
Al-Faisaly SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Al Rayyan SC 0–5 Al-Ahli SC
Gahwji  8', 87'
Al-Dosari  10'
Al-Shahri  56'
Suwayed  89' (pen.)
CS Sfaxien 2–2 Al-Faisaly SC
Ben Younes  43'
Ben Khaled  81'		 Salim  7'
Al-Sheikh  74'
Referee: Abdullah Salem (Libya)
CS Sfaxien 2–2 Al-Ahli SC
N'Diaye  53'
Ben Younes  80' (pen.)		 Fallatah  3'
Al-Gizani  13'
Al Rayyan SC 5–1 CS Sfaxien
B. Abdullah  6', 81', 90'
Al-Huwaidi  9', 46'		 Trabelsi  67'

Knock-out stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 7 December 2001 – Doha
 
 
 Al Sadd SC 5
 
 10 December 2001 – Doha
 
 Al Rayyan SC 1
 
 Al Sadd SC 3
 
 7 December 2001 – Doha
 
 MC Oran 1
 
 Al-Ahli SC 2 (3)
 
 
 MC Oran (p) 2 (5)
 

Semifinals
Al Sadd SC 5–1 Al Rayyan SC
El Moubarki  14', 18'
Bagheri  43' (pen.)
Khalifa  52'
F. Al-Kuwari  52'		 B. Abdullah  59'
Al-Ahli SC 2–2 MC Oran
Al-Khazami  77'
Al-Gizani  78'		 B. Daoud  5'
Haddou  58'
Penalties
3–5

Final
Al Sadd SC 3–1 MC Oran
Khalifa  25', 53'
Utaka  82'		 Haddou  61' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000

Winners
2001 Arab Club Champions Cup

Al Sadd SC
First title

References
  1. "الفيصلي يفوز على حطين ويصالح جماهيره في ختام بطولة الأندية العربية". Asharq Al-Awsat. 28 July 2001.
  2. "انسحاب الفيصلي بعد تعادله مع الصفاقسي". Al Jazeera. 2001.
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