1999 Arab Club Champions Cup

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1999 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1999
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
City
Al-Jaish
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored36 (2.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saudi Arabia Saeed Al-Owairan
Kuwait Ali Marwi
Egypt Mohamed Farouk
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)Syria Ahmad Azzam
Best goalkeeperSaudi Arabia Abdulrahman Al-Hamdan[1]
1998

The 1999 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in

Al-Jaish.[2]

Participants

Participants
Zone Team Qualifying method
Egypt Al Ahly Hosts
Algeria WA Tlemcen Holders
Zone 1
West Riffa SC
1997–98 Bahraini Premier League winners
Kuwait Al-Salmiya 1997–98 Kuwaiti Premier League winners
Oman Oman Club 1997–98 Omani League fifth
Qatar Al-Arabi (Doha) 1997–98 Qatar Stars League fourth
Al-Ittihad
1997–98 Saudi Premier League seventh
Sharjah SC
1997–98 UAE Football League runners-up
Zone 2 Saudi Arabia Al Shabab 1997–98 Saudi Premier League runners-up
Sudan Al-Hilal Club 1999 Sudan Premier League winners
Al-Wehda
1997–98 Yemeni League winners
Zone 3 Libya Al-Mahalla 1997–98 Libyan Premier League height
Mauritania ASC Sonalec 1997–98
Mauritanean Premier League
runners-up
Tunisia Olympique Béja 1996–97 Tunisian Championnat National fifth
Zone 4 Jordan Al-Wehdat 1996–97
Jordan League
winners
State of Palestine Khadamat Rafah
Gaza Strip League
representative
Al-Jaish
1997–98 Syrian League winners

Preliminary round

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Qualification from

in 1999.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Ittihad
5 5 0 0 15 2 +13 15
Kuwait Al-Salmiya 5 4 0 1 9 3 +6 12
West Riffa SC
5 3 0 2 12 6 +6 9
Qatar Al-Arabi 5 1 1 3 4 12 −8 4
Sharjah SC
5 0 2 3 6 12 −6 2
Oman Oman Club 5 0 1 4 4 15 −11 1
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia
5–1Oman Oman Club
Sharjah SC United Arab Emirates
2–2Qatar Al-Arabi
West Riffa SC

Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia
3–0Qatar Al-Arabi
West Riffa SC
Sharjah SC United Arab Emirates
0–3Kuwait Al-Salmiya

West Riffa SC
Al-Arabi Qatar0–2Kuwait Al-Salmiya
Sharjah SC

Al-Arabi Qatar2–0Oman Oman Club
Sharjah SC
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia
3–0Kuwait Al-Salmiya

West Riffa SC Bahrain
5–0Qatar Al-Arabi
Al-Salmiya Kuwait2–0Oman Oman Club
Sharjah SC

West Riffa SC & Al-Salmiya
advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Qualifying tournament held in Abha.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Saudi Arabia Al Shabab 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
Al-Wehda
2 1 0 1 5 7 −2 3
Sudan Al-Hilal Club 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Wehda

Al-Wehda

Al Shabab Saudi Arabia2–0Sudan Al-Hilal

Al Shabab advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Al-Mahalla disqualified by UAFA. ASC Sonalec withdrew.

Olympique Béja advanced automatically to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Qualifying tournament held in Amman.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Jaish
2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
Jordan Al-Wehdat 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
State of Palestine Khadamat Rafah 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]

Al-Jaish

Al-Jaish Syria
1–0State of Palestine Khadamat Rafah

Al-Jaish
advanced to the final tournament.

Final tournament

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Saudi Arabia Al Shabab 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 6
Kuwait Al-Salmiya 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
Jordan Al-Wehdat 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
Algeria WA Tlemcen 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Wehdat Jordan0–1Kuwait Al-Salmiya
Marwi 36'
Arab Contractors Stadium, Cairo


Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Jaish
3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
Egypt Al Ahly 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
Tunisia Olympique Béja 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
West Riffa SC
3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Al-Jaish
Azzam 9'
Al-Sayed 84'
West Riffa SC
Farouk 67' Bilal 89'

West Riffa SC
Missaoui 52'
Sliti 82'
Al-Jaish
Hanafy 8'
Mohamed 25'

West Riffa SC
Al-Sayed 27'
Azzam 28'
Mansour 59'
Kurdiyah 82'

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 October –
p)
1 (3)
 
3 October – Cairo
 
Egypt Al Ahly1 (2)
 
Al-Jaish
0
 
Al-Jaish
2
 
 
Kuwait Al-Salmiya1
 

Semi-finals


Al-Jaish Syria
2–1Kuwait Al-Salmiya
Afash 54', 66' Marwi 27'

Final

Al-Jaish
Al-Owairan 3'
Al-Sheehan 16'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Karim Daho (Algeria)

Winners

1999 Arab Club Champions Cup
Saudi Arabia
Al Shabab
Second title

References

  1. ^ "Jazirah newspaper 1999-10-04".
  2. ^ "Arab Clubs League Championship – Cairo 1999". goalzz.com.

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