2001 Arab Club Champions Cup

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2001 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 2001
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
City Doha
Teams10 (from 1 association)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Qatar.svg Al Sadd SC (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Algeria.svg MC Oran
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored53 (3.53 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Morocco.svg Bouchaib El Moubarki (6 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Iran.svg Karim Bagheri [1]
Best goalkeeper Flag of Qatar.svg Ahmed Khalil
Fair play award Flag of Yemen.svg 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.

Contents

Participants

Participants
ZoneTeamQualifying method
Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Sadd Hosts
Flag of Tunisia.svg CS Sfaxien Holders
Zone 1 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Rayyan SC Replaced Al-Ain FC
Zone 2 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ahli Jeddah 1999–2000 Saudi Premier League runners-up
Flag of Yemen.svg Al-Ahli Sana'a 1999–2000 Yemeni League winners
Zone 3 Flag of Algeria.svg MC Oran 1999–2000 Algerian Championship runners-up
Zone 4 Flag of Jordan.svg Al-Faisaly 2000 Jordan League winners
Flag of Syria.svg Hutteen 1999–2000 Syrian League runners-up

Preliminary stage

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

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

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Ain 540164+212
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ittihad Jeddah 5311101+910
Flag of Oman.svg Dhofar 531163+310
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Salmiya 51225615
Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Ittihad Doha 51136714
Flag of Bahrain.svg West Riffa 5014517121
Source: [ citation needed ]
Al-Ain Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2–1 Flag of Bahrain.svg West Riffa
  • Khater Soccerball shade.svg53'
  • Johar Soccerball shade.svg86'
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 0–1 Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Salmiya
Dhofar Flag of Oman.svg 2–0 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Ittihad Doha

Al-Ain Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2–1 Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Salmiya
West Riffa Flag of Bahrain.svg 1–4 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Ittihad Doha
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 0–0 Flag of Oman.svg Dhofar

Al-Ain Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 1–0 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Ittihad Doha
Al-Salmiya Flag of Kuwait.svg 1–0 Flag of Oman.svg Dhofar
West Riffa Flag of Bahrain.svg 0–7 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ittihad Jeddah

Al-Salmiya Flag of Kuwait.svg 1–1 Flag of Bahrain.svg West Riffa
Al-Ittihad Doha Flag of Qatar.svg 0–1 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Al-Ain Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 1–0 Flag of Oman.svg Dhofar

Al-Ittihad Doha Flag of Qatar.svg 2–2 Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Dhofar Flag of Oman.svg 3–2 Flag of Bahrain.svg West Riffa
Al-Ain Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 0–2 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 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.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ahli Jeddah 00000000
Flag of Yemen.svg Al-Ahli Sana'a' 00000000
Flag of Sudan.svg Al-Merrikh 00000000
Source: [ citation needed ]


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

Zone 3 (North Africa)

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
MAS Fez Flag of Morocco.svg 4–4 Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Al-Ahli Tripoli 4–20–2
ASC Mauritel Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg Flag of Algeria.svg MC Oran
Al-Ahli Tripoli Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg 2–0 Flag of Morocco.svg MAS Fez
Tripoli Stadium, Tripoli
Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Al-Ahli Tripoli Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg w/o Flag of Algeria.svg 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. [2]

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Jordan.svg Al-Faisaly 220060+66
Flag of Syria.svg Hutteen 210162+43
Flag of Palestine.svg Hilal Al-Quds 200221190
Flag of Lebanon.svg Nejmeh (D)00000000
Source: [ citation needed ]
(D) Disqualified


Al-Faisaly Flag of Jordan.svg 1–0 Flag of Syria.svg Hutteen
Amman International Stadium, Amman
Referee: Mohamed Risha (Egypt)

Al-Faisaly and Hutteen advanced to the final tournament.

Final tournament

Venues

Doha
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Capacity: 18,000
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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

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Qatar.svg Al Sadd SC 3201143+116
Flag of Algeria.svg MC Oran 32015726
Flag of Yemen.svg Al-Ahli Sana'a 31113524
Flag of Syria.svg Hutteen SC 30122971
Source: [ citation needed ]
Al-Ahli Sana'a Flag of Yemen.svg 2–1 Flag of Qatar.svg Al Sadd SC
Ahmed Soccerball shade.svg67', 76' Bagheri Soccerball shade.svg90'


MC Oran Flag of Algeria.svg 0–7 Flag of Qatar.svg Al Sadd SC
Khalifa Soccerball shade.svg12'
El Moubarki Soccerball shade.svg28', 32', 73'
Utaka Soccerball shade.svg44'
F. Al-Kuwari Soccerball shade.svg89'
Bagheri Soccerball shade.svg90+3'

Group B

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.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ahli SC 211072+54
Flag of Qatar.svg Al Rayyan SC 21015613
Flag of Tunisia.svg CS Sfaxien 20113741
Flag of Jordan.svg Al-Faisaly SC 00000000
Source: [ citation needed ]
Al Rayyan SC Flag of Qatar.svg 0–5 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ahli SC
Gahwji Soccerball shade.svg8', 87'
Al-Dosari Soccerball shade.svg10'
Al-Shahri Soccerball shade.svg56'
Suwayed Soccerball shade.svg89' (pen.)
CS Sfaxien Flag of Tunisia.svg 2–2 Flag of Jordan.svg Al-Faisaly SC
Ben Younes Soccerball shade.svg43'
Ben Khaled Soccerball shade.svg81'
Salim Soccerball shade.svg7'
Al-Sheikh Soccerball shade.svg74'
Referee: Abdullah Salem (Libya)


Al Rayyan SC Flag of Qatar.svg 5–1 Flag of Tunisia.svg CS Sfaxien
B. Abdullah Soccerball shade.svg6', 81', 90'
Al-Huwaidi Soccerball shade.svg9', 46'
Trabelsi Soccerball shade.svg67'

Knock-out stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 December 2001 – Doha
 
 
Flag of Qatar.svg Al Sadd SC 5
 
10 December 2001 – Doha
 
Flag of Qatar.svg Al Rayyan SC 1
 
Flag of Qatar.svg Al Sadd SC 3
 
7 December 2001 – Doha
 
Flag of Algeria.svg MC Oran 1
 
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ahli SC 2 (3)
 
 
Flag of Algeria.svg MC Oran (p) 2 (5)
 

Semifinals


Final

Al Sadd SC Flag of Qatar.svg 3–1 Flag of Algeria.svg MC Oran
Khalifa Soccerball shade.svg25', 53'
Utaka Soccerball shade.svg82'
Haddou Soccerball shade.svg61' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mahmoud Abbas (Syria)

Winners

2001 Arab Club Champions Cup
Flag of Qatar.svg
Al Sadd SC
First title

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