2001 Arab Club Champions Cup
| بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 2001 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Qatar |
| City | Doha |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 association) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Qatar Al Sadd SC (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Algeria MC Oran |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 53 (3.53 per match) |
| Top scorer | Morocco Bouchaib El Moubarki (6 goals) |
| Best player | Iran Karim Bagheri[1] |
| Best goalkeeper | Qatar Ahmed Khalil |
| Fair play award | Yemen Al-Ahli Sana'a |
← 2000 2002 → | |
The 2001 Arab Club Champions Cup edition, called Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup, 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.
Participants
[edit | edit source]| Participants | |||
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| Zone | Team | Qualifying method | |
| Qatar Al-Sadd | Hosts | ||
| Tunisia CS Sfaxien | Holders | ||
| Zone 1 | Qatar Al-Rayyan SC | Replaced Al-Ain FC | |
| Zone 2 | Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah | 1999–2000 Saudi Premier League runners-up | |
| Yemen Al-Ahli Sana'a | 1999–2000 Yemeni League winners | ||
| Zone 3 | Algeria MC Oran | 1999–2000 Algerian Championship runners-up | |
| Zone 4 | Jordan Al-Faisaly | 2000 Jordan League winners | |
| Syria Hutteen | 1999–2000 Syrian League runners-up | ||
Preliminary stage
[edit | edit source]Zone 1 (Gulf Area)
[edit | edit source]Qualification from GCC Champions League held in Al Ain on 2001.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| United Arab Emirates Al-Ain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 12 |
| Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 10 |
| Oman Dhofar | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 10 |
| Kuwait Al-Salmiya | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 |
| Qatar Al-Ittihad Doha | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
| Bahrain West Riffa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 1 |
| West Riffa Bahrain | 1–4 | Qatar Al-Ittihad Doha |
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| West Riffa Bahrain | 0–7 | Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah |
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| Al-Ittihad Doha Qatar | 2–2 | Kuwait Al-Ittihad Jeddah |
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| Al-Ain United Arab Emirates | 0–2 | Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah |
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Al-Ain qualified but withdrew the tournament, Al-Rayyan replaced it
Zone 2 (Red Sea)
[edit | edit source]The qualifying tournament took place in Jeddah.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yemen Al-Ahli Sana'a' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sudan Al-Merrikh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al-Ahli Jeddah and Al-Ahli Sana'a' advanced to the final tournament.
Zone 3 (North Africa)
[edit | edit source]- First Round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAS Fez Morocco | 4–4 | Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli | 4–2 | 0–2 |
| ASC Mauritel Mauritania | – | Algeria MC Oran | – | – |
| MAS Fez Morocco | 4-2 | Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli |
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| Al-Ahli Tripoli Libya | 2–0 | Morocco MAS Fez |
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- Second Round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Ahli Tripoli Libya | w/o | Algeria MC Oran | — | — |
MC Oran advanced to the final tournament.
Zone 4 (East Region)
[edit | edit source]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.[2]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Al-Faisaly | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 |
| Syria Hutteen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 |
| Palestine Hilal Al-Quds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
| Lebanon Nejmeh (D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al-Faisaly Jordan | 1–0 | Syria Hutteen |
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Al-Faisaly and Hutteen advanced to the final tournament.
Final tournament
[edit | edit source]Venues
[edit | edit source]| Doha | |
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| Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium | |
| Capacity: 18,000 | |
| File:Jassim bin Hamad Stadium.jpg |
Group stage
[edit | edit source]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
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar Al Sadd SC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 6 |
| Algeria MC Oran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 |
| Yemen Al-Ahli Sana'a | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
| Syria Hutteen SC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
| Al-Ahli Sana'a Yemen | 2–1 | Qatar Al Sadd SC |
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| Ahmed File:Soccerball shade.svg 67', 76' | Bagheri File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' |
| Hutteen SC Syria | 0–2 | Algeria MC Oran |
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| Zerrouki File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' El-Aouni File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' |
| Al-Ahli Sana'a Yemen | 0–3 | Algeria MC Oran |
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| Benzerga File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' El-Aouni File:Soccerball shade.svg 42', 58' |
| Al-Ahli Sana'a Yemen | 1–1 | Syria Hutteen SC |
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| Al-Barek File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' | Shuman File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2' |
Group B
[edit | edit source]Al-Faisaly SC withdrew from the tournament after the first match after contesting the referee falsely, the result was annulled.[3]
Al Rayyan SC replaced Al Ain SC who withdrew from the tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli SC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 |
| Qatar Al Rayyan SC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
| Tunisia CS Sfaxien | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
| Jordan Al-Faisaly SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CS Sfaxien Tunisia | 2–2 | Jordan Al-Faisaly SC |
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| Ben Younes File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Ben Khaled File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' |
Salim File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Al-Sheikh File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' |
| Al Rayyan SC Qatar | 5–1 | Tunisia CS Sfaxien |
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| B. Abdullah File:Soccerball shade.svg 6', 81', 90' Al-Huwaidi File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 46' |
Trabelsi File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' |
Knock-out stage
[edit | edit source]| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 7 December 2001 – Doha | ||||||
| Qatar Al Sadd SC | 5 | |||||
| 10 December 2001 – Doha | ||||||
| Qatar Al Rayyan SC | 1 | |||||
| Qatar Al Sadd SC | 3 | |||||
| 7 December 2001 – Doha | ||||||
| Algeria MC Oran | 1 | |||||
| Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli SC | 2 (3) | |||||
| Algeria MC Oran (p) | 2 (5) | |||||
Semifinals
[edit | edit source]Final
[edit | edit source]| Al Sadd SC Qatar | 3–1 | Algeria MC Oran |
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| Khalifa File:Soccerball shade.svg 25', 53' Utaka File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' |
Haddou File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' (pen.) |
Winners
[edit | edit source]| 2001 Arab Club Champions Cup |
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| Qatar Al Sadd SC First title |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 17th Arab Club Champions Cup 2001 – rsssf.com
- السد يحرز بطولة الأندية العربية الـ17 لأبطال الدوري Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine – Al Jazeera
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