2001–02 Asian Club Championship

2001–2002 Asian Club Championship
	File:Azadi Stadium in the final week of the 39th League.jpg Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	September 2001 – April 2002
Teams	27
Final positions
Champions	South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Korea Anyang LG Cheetahs
Third place	Iran Esteghlal
Fourth place	Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	177 (3.69 per match)
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The 2001–02 Asian Club Championship was the 21st edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.

Suwon Samsung Bluewings won their 2nd consecutive Asian Championship, beating Anyang LG Cheetahs in an all-Korean final 4–2 on penalties at Azadi stadium, Tehran.

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Asia
Esteghlal Iran	w/o^[a]	Lebanon Al-Hikma	—^[a]	—^[a]
Al-Ahli Jordan	w/o^[b]	Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad	—^[b]	—^[b]
Al-Quds Palestine	2–1	Yemen Al-Ahli	0–0	2–1
Jableh Syria	0–2	Kuwait Al-Kuwait	0–0	0–2
Al-Zawraa Iraq	7–1	Qatar Al-Wakra	3–0	4–1
Köpetdag Aşgabat Turkmenistan	0–4	Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi	0–1	0–3
East Asia
Sông Lam Nghệ An Vietnam	w/o^[c]	Sri Lanka Saunders SC	—^[c]	—^[c]
Happy Valley Hong Kong	12–0	Macau GD Lam Pak	7–0	5–0
Selangor Malaysia	0–7^[d]	China Dalian Shide	0–2	0–5
New Radiant Maldives	1–3	Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad	1–2	0–1
BEC Tero Sasana Thailand	8–1	Singapore Singapore Armed Forces	3–0	5–1
Kashima Antlers Japan	4–1^[e]	Indonesia Persija	4–1	—^[e]

Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Al-Hikma withdrew.
^ ^a ^b ^c Al-Ahli Amman withdrew.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sông Lam Nghệ An withdrew.
^ Selangor entered the competition after Penang withdrew due to financial problems.
^ ^a ^b The match was played over one leg in Kashima on 24 October due to the political climate in Indonesia.

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Asia
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia	4–4 (a)	Iran Esteghlal	3–2	1–2
Al-Kuwait Kuwait	9–3	Palestine Al-Quds	3–2	6–1
Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates	3–3 (4–3 p)	Iraq Al-Zawraa	1–2	2–1
Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan	7–3	Tajikistan Umed Dushanbe	4–1	3–2
East Asia
Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea	21–0^[a]	Sri Lanka Saunders SC	18–0	3–0^[a]
Happy Valley Hong Kong	1–10	China Dalian Shide	0–2	1–8
Anyang LG Cheetahs South Korea	11–0	Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad	8–0	3–0
Kashima Antlers Japan	3–1	Thailand BEC Tero Sasana	3–0	0–1

Notes:

^ ^a ^b Saunders SC withdrew after the first leg.

Quarter-finals

West Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Iran Esteghlal	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Advance to Semi-finals
Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to Semi-finals
Kuwait Al-Kuwait	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda (H)	3	0	1	2	6	9	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

6 February 2002

Al-Kuwait Kuwait	1–1	Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
Laheeb File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'		Haydarov File:Soccerball shade.svg

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

6 February 2002

Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates	3–5	Iran Esteghlal
Rouissi File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Jumaa File:Soccerball shade.svg 49', 72'		Dinmohammadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Akbarpour File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Fatemi File:Soccerball shade.svg 80', 83' Hasheminasab File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

8 February 2002

Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan	1–1	Iran Esteghlal
File:Soccerball shade.svg		Nikbakht File:Soccerball shade.svg

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

8 February 2002

Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates	2–2	Kuwait Al-Kuwait
Rogers File:Soccerball shade.svg Asami File:Soccerball shade.svg		Annabel Chong File:Soccerball shade.svg Elena Berkova File:Soccerball shade.svg

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

10 February 2002

Al-Kuwait Kuwait	0–3	Iran Esteghlal
		Akbarpour File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' Fatemi File:Soccerball shade.svg 80', 85'

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

10 February 2002

Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates	1–2	Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
Al Enazi File:Soccerball shade.svg 1'		Mohammed File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' (o.g.) Khasanov File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

East Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advance to Semi-finals
South Korea Anyang LG Cheetahs	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3	Advance to Semi-finals
China Dalian Shide	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
Japan Kashima Antlers	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

17 February 2002

Dalian Shide China	0–0	Japan Kashima Antlers

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

17 February 2002

Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea	0–0	South Korea Anyang LG Cheetahs

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

19 February 2002

Kashima Antlers Japan	0–2	South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
		Seo Jung-Won File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Son Dae-Ho File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

19 February 2002

Anyang LG Cheetahs South Korea	1–1	China Dalian Shide
Wang Jung-Hyun File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'		Yan Song File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

21 February 2002

Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea	2–0	China Dalian Shide
dos Santos File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 18'

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

21 February 2002

Anyang LG Cheetahs South Korea	1–1	Japan Kashima Antlers
Santos File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		Motoyama File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

3 April – Tehran

South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3
		5 April – Tehran
Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi	0
		South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p)	0 (4)
3 April – Tehran
		South Korea Anyang LG Cheetahs	0 (2)
Iran Esteghlal	1

South Korea Anyang LG Cheetahs	2
		Third place play-off

		5 April – Tehran

		Iran Esteghlal	5

		Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi	2

Semi-finals

3 April 2002

Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea	3–0	Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
Avdić File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Seo Jung-Won File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Lee Sun-Woo File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

3 April 2002

Esteghlal Iran	1–2	South Korea Anyang LG Cheetahs
Akbari File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'		Ivo File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Santos File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Third placed play-off

5 April 2002

Esteghlal Iran	5–2	Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
Navazi File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Karaev File:Soccerball shade.svg(og) Fatemi File:Soccerball shade.svg Pashazadeh File:Soccerball shade.svg		Usmankhojaev File:Soccerball shade.svg Kholmurodov File:Soccerball shade.svg

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Final

5 April 2002

Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea Anyang LG Cheetahs

Penalties
	4–2

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

References

Asian Club Competitions 2002 at RSSSF.com

[table_note_agg_1_0.86505331232448-1] Al-Hikma withdrew.

[table_note_agg_2_0.86505331232448-2] Al-Ahli Amman withdrew.

[table_note_agg_7_0.86505331232448-3] Sông Lam Nghệ An withdrew.

[table_note_agg_9_0.86505331232448-4] Selangor entered the competition after Penang withdrew due to financial problems.

[table_note_agg_12_0.86505331232448-5] The match was played over one leg in Kashima on 24 October due to the political climate in Indonesia.

[table_note_agg_5_0.3296176792726-6] Saunders SC withdrew after the first leg.

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2001–02 Asian Club Championship

Contents

First round

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

West Asia

East Asia

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Third placed play-off

Final

References

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