1988 Arab Club Champions Cup

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1988 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1988
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
City
Al-Shabab Baghdad
Fourth placeOman Fanja SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored54 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saudi Arabia Sadoun Hamoud (5 goals)
Best goalkeeperSaudi Arabia Mubarak Al-Dosari
1987

The 1988 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in

Al-Ettifaq won the championship for the first time beating in the final Club Africain
.

Participants

Participants
Zone Team Qualifying method
Sharjah SC
1986–87
UAE League
winner and Hosts
Al-Rasheed
Holders
Zone 1 Kuwait Kazma SC 1986–87
Kuwaiti Premier League
winners
Oman Fanja SC 1986–87 Omani League winners
Zone 2
Al-Ettifaq
1986–87 Saudi Premier League winners
Sudan Al-Merrikh Sudan Premier League runners-up
Zone 3 Algeria Mouloudia d'Oran 1986–87 Algerian Championship runners-up
Morocco KAC Marrakech 1986–87 Moroccan League runners up
Mauritania ASC Wharf Mauritanian representative
Tunisia Club Africain 1986–87 Tunisian Championship runners-up
Zone 4
Al-Shabab Baghdad
1986–87 Iraqi League
third place
Jordan Al-Dhifatain SC 1986–87
Jordan League
winners
State of Palestine Palestine SC West Bank Premier League representative
Syria Jableh SC 1986–87 Syrian Premier League winners

Preliminary round

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Kazma SC and Fanja SC advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Al-Ettifaq and Al-Merrikh
advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Preliminary round tournament held in Tunis, Tunisia.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tunisia Club Africain (H) 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5
Morocco KAC Marrakech 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 4
Algeria Mouloudia d'Oran 3 1 1 1 9 2 +7 3
Mauritania ASC Wharf 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Libya Al-Nasr Benghazi (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts; (W) Withdrew
Club Africain Tunisia2 – 0Mauritania ASC Wharf
  • Touati
  • ?
Stade El Menzah, Tunis


Club Africain and KAC Marrakech advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Preliminary round tournament held in Damascus, Syria from 4 to 10 August 1988.[1]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Shabab Baghdad
3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 5
Syria Jableh SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Al-Dhifatain SC 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 2
State of Palestine Palestine SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Shabab Baghdad Iraq
1 – 1Syria Jableh SC
Gorgis –' Ramadan –'
Al-Dhifatain SC Jordan1 – 0State of Palestine Palestine SC
وليد خاص

Al-Shabab Baghdad Iraq
1 – 0State of Palestine Palestine SC
Hadi –'
Jableh SC Syria2 – 1Jordan Al-Dhifatain SC
Ramadan –' محمد المشة

Al-Shabab Baghdad Iraq
3 – 0Jordan Al-Dhifatain SC
Abdel Reda –', –'
Jassem –'
Jableh SC SyriaState of Palestine Palestine SC

Al-Shabab Baghdad and Jableh SC
advanced to the final tournament.

Final tournament

Final tournament held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from 21 October to 4 November 1988.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tunisia Club Africain 4 2 2 0 5 2 +3 6
Oman Fanja SC 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 5
Iraq Al-Rasheed 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 5
Syria Jableh SC 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 3
Sudan Al-Merrikh 4 0 1 3 3 6 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Fanja SC Oman2 – 0Syria Jableh SC
Khamis 85'
Hamid 89'
Club Africain Tunisia2 – 1Sudan Al-Merrikh
Yâakoubi 3'
Abdelhak
25'
Osama Suksuk 7'

Club Africain Tunisia2 – 0Syria Jableh SC
Touati 30', 70'
Al-Rasheed Iraq2 – 1Oman Fanja SC
Radhi 32', 53' (pen.) Hamoud 9'

Club Africain Tunisia1 – 1Iraq Al-Rasheed
Touati 55' Radhi 45'
Al-Merrikh Sudan2 – 2Syria Jableh SC
Osama Suksuk 3'
Abdelghani 79'
Shalbi 11'
Shehada 81'

Al-Rasheed Iraq1 – 0Sudan Al-Merrikh
Radhi 88'
Club Africain Tunisia0 – 0Oman Fanja SC

Jableh SC Syria1 – 0Iraq Al-Rasheed
Ramadan 56'
Fanja SC Oman1 – 0Sudan Al-Merrikh
Hamid 37'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Ettifaq
4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 6
Al-Shabab Baghdad
4 1 2 1 4 3 +1 4
Morocco KAC Marrakech 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 4
Sharjah SC
4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 4
Kuwait Kazma SC 4 1 0 3 3 6 −3 2
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Ettifaq
Thani
85'
Saleh 19'
Al-Shaiha 40' (pen.)
Al-Shabab Baghdad Iraq
0 – 0Morocco KAC Marrakech

Al-Shabab Baghdad
Mohammed 36'
Hadi 69'
KAC Marrakech Morocco1 – 0Kuwait Kazma SC
Kadi 39'

Sharjah SC United Arab Emirates
2 – 1Kuwait Kazma SC
Thani 7'
Al-Arsour
80'
Hamza 4'
Al-Shabab Baghdad
Hamoud 4'
Al-Shaiha 15' (pen.)
Jasem 34'
Rahim 44'

Sharjah SC United Arab Emirates
0 – 0Morocco KAC Marrakech
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia
3 – 1Kuwait Kazma SC
Hamoud 56', 63', 82'
Haji
77'

Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia
1 – 0Morocco KAC Marrakech
Al-Shaiha 70' (pen.)
Al-Shabab Baghdad Iraq
0 – 1Kuwait Kazma SC
Al Rahman 23'

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 November –
Al-Ettifaq
3
 
4 November – Sharjah
 
Oman Fanja SC1
 
Al-Ettifaq (p)
1 (4)
 
2 November – Sharjah
 
Tunisia Club Africain1 (2)
 
Al-Shabab
2 (2)
 
Third place
 
 
4 November –
Al-Shabab
3
 
 
Oman Fanja SC2

Semi-finals

Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia
3 – 1Oman Fanja SC
Al-Dbikhi 10'
Al-Shaiha 18' (pen.)
S. Hamoud 31'
M. A. Hamoud 75'

Al-Shabab Baghdad
Rasheed 25' (o.g.)
Touati 55'
Almi 49' (o.g.)
Hadi 83'
Penalties
4 – 2

Third place match

Al-Shabab Baghdad Iraq
3 – 2Oman Fanja SC
Alawi 28'
Mohammed 58'
Raheem 60'
Khamis 80'
Al-Amburi 90'

Final

Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia
1 – 1Tunisia Club Africain
Al-Dbikhi 25' Amdouni 18'
Penalties
Meflah soccer ball with check mark 4 – 2
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Rachid Medjiba (Algeria)

Winners

1988 Arab Club Champions Cup winners
Al-Ettifaq

Second title

References

  1. ^ "Al-Shabab finish third in 1988 Arab Champions Cup". Sport & Youth Magazine. M. Benboua. September 5, 2009.[permanent dead link]

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