2001_Arab_Club_Champions_Cup
2001 Arab Club Champions Cup
International football competition
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.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
| بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 2001 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Qatar |
| City | Doha |
| Teams | 10 (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 played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 53 (3.53 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Bouchaib El Moubarki (6 goals) |
| Best player(s) |  Karim Bagheri[1] |
| Best goalkeeper | Ahmed Khalil |
| Fair play award |  Al-Ahli Sana'a |
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More information Participants, Zone ...
| Participants | |||
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| 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 | ||
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Zone 1 (Gulf Area)
Qualification from GCC Champions League held in Al Ain on 2001.
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 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 |
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More information Al-Ain, 2–1 ...
| Al-Ain | 2–1 | Al-Salmiya |
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More information West Riffa, 1–4 ...
| West Riffa | 1–4 | Al-Ittihad Doha |
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More information Al-Ittihad Doha, 2–2 ...
| Al-Ittihad Doha | 2–2 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah |
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More information Dhofar, 3–2 ...
| Dhofar | 3–2 | West Riffa |
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Al-Ain qualified but withdrew the tournament, Al-Rayyan replaced it
Zone 2 (Red Sea)
The qualifying tournament took place in Jeddah.
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 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 |
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More information Al-Ahli Jeddah, 2–1 ...
| Al-Ahli Jeddah | 2–1 | Al-Ahli Sana'a' |
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Valle  28', 84' |
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Al-Ahli Jeddah and Al-Ahli Sana'a' advanced to the final tournament.
Zone 3 (North Africa)
- First Round
More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| MAS Fez |
4–4 |  Al-Ahli Tripoli |
4–2 | 0–2 |
ASC Mauritel  |
– | MC Oran |
– | – |
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Stade Hassan II, Fes
Tripoli Stadium, Tripoli
- Second Round
More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Al-Ahli Tripoli |
w/o | MC Oran |
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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]
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 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 |
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Referee: Mohamed Risha (Egypt)
Al-Faisaly and Hutteen advanced to the final tournament.
Venues
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
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 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 |
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More information Al-Ahli Sana'a, 2–1 ...
| Al-Ahli Sana'a | 2–1 | Al Sadd SC |
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| Ahmed 67', 76' |
Bagheri 90' |
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More information Al-Ahli Sana'a, 0–3 ...
| Al-Ahli Sana'a | 0–3 | MC Oran |
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| Benzerga 28' El-Aouni 42', 58' |
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More information Hutteen SC, 1–6 ...
| Hutteen SC | 1–6 | Al Sadd SC |
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| Jablawi 35' |
Bagheri 10', 45' Mahmood 25'El Moubarki 28'Utaka 39'J. Al-Kuwari 79' |
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More information Al-Ahli Sana'a, 1–1 ...
| Al-Ahli Sana'a | 1–1 | Hutteen SC |
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| Al-Barek 85' |
Shuman 90+2' |
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More information MC Oran, 0–7 ...
| MC Oran | 0–7 | Al Sadd SC |
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| Khalifa 12' El Moubarki 28', 32', 73'Utaka 44'F. Al-Kuwari 89'Bagheri 90+3' |
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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.
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 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 |
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More information Al Rayyan SC, 0–5 ...
| Al Rayyan SC | 0–5 | Al-Ahli SC |
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| Gahwji 8', 87' Al-Dosari 10'Al-Shahri 56'Suwayed 89' (pen.) |
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More information CS Sfaxien, 2–2 ...
| CS Sfaxien | 2–2 | Al-Faisaly SC |
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| Ben Younes 43' Ben Khaled 81' |
Salim 7' Al-Sheikh 74' |
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Referee: Abdullah Salem (Libya)
More information CS Sfaxien, 2–2 ...
| CS Sfaxien | 2–2 | Al-Ahli SC |
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| N'Diaye 53' Ben Younes 80' (pen.) |
Fallatah 3' Al-Gizani 13' |
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More information Al Rayyan SC, 5–1 ...
| Al Rayyan SC | 5–1 | CS Sfaxien |
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| B. Abdullah 6', 81', 90' Al-Huwaidi 9', 46' |
Trabelsi 67' |
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Knock-out stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 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
More information Al Sadd SC, 5–1 ...
| Al Sadd SC | 5–1 | Al Rayyan SC |
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| El Moubarki 14', 18' Bagheri 43' (pen.)Khalifa 52'F. Al-Kuwari 52' |
B. Abdullah 59' |
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More information Al-Ahli SC, 2–2 (a.e.t.) ...
| Al-Ahli SC | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | MC Oran |
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| Gahwji 29' Al-Khazami 77' |
B. Daoud 5' Haddou 58' |
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| Penalties | ||
Al-Dosari  Al-Khazami Al-Shehri Al-Zahrani  |
3–5 | Haddou Gaïd Laouni Zerrouki Acimi |
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Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
Final
Main article: 2001 Arab Club Champions Cup Final
More information Al Sadd SC, 3–1 ...
| Al Sadd SC | 3–1 | MC Oran |
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| Khalifa 25', 53' Utaka 82' |
Haddou 61' (pen.) |
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| 2001 Arab Club Champions Cup |
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 Al Sadd SC First title |
- 17th Arab Club Champions Cup 2001 – rsssf.com
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