GCC Club Cup

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The GCC Club Cup (

Arabic: دوري أبطال مجلس التعاون الخليجي), was an annually organized football tournament for clubs of the six Gulf Cooperation Council nations. The tournament was first organized in 1982 as the GCC Club Championship and was last played in 2015, the 30th edition. Attempts to organize the 31st edition
failed.

The tournament was organised by the Gulf Cooperation Council and was open to clubs from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Although having much popularity in its initial decades, the tournament faced decline as the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup rendered many Gulf clubs unable to participate in the competition.

Winners

Edition Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Top scorer
GCC Club Championship
1st
Kuwait Al-Arabi
Al-Riffa
Home \ Away format Mansour Muftah (6 goals)
2nd
Al-Ettifaq
1–0 Kuwait Al-Arabi Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar
3rd
Al-Ahli
2–0 Kuwait Al-Arabi Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4th
Al-Hilal
Qatar Al-Arabi Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
5th
Kuwait Kazma
Al-Hilal
Kuwait City, Kuwait
6th
Al-Ettifaq
Kuwait Kazma Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
7th
Fanja
1–1 (4–2 pen.)
Al-Muharraq
Riffa, Bahrain
8th
Al-Sadd
Bahrain Bahrain SC Doha, Qatar
9th
Al-Shabab
Al-Hilal
Oman
10th
Al-Shabab
Al-Shabab
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Aissa Sangour (4 goals)
11th
Al-Shabab
Kuwait Al-Arabi Kuwait City, Kuwait Saeed Al-Owairan(4 goals)
12th
Kuwait Kazma
Al-Riffa
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates Saleh almesnad (5 goals)
13th
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Dhofar
Riffa, Bahrain
14th
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr Kuwait Kazma Doha, Qatar
15th
Al-Hilal
Bahrain East Riffa Sur, Oman
16th
Al-Ittihad
Al-Salmiya
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Rashad Jamal Salem(7 goals)
17th
Al-Qadisiya
Al-Hilal
Kuwait City, Kuwait
18th
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Al-Ittihad
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
19th
Al-Ahli
Al-Muharraq
Riffa, Bahrain
20th
Kuwait Al-Arabi
Al-Muharraq
Doha, Qatar
21st
Al-Qadisiya
Al-Wasl
Alexandre Oliveira,Salman Isa(4 goals)
GCC Champions League
Edition Year Home team Score Away team Venue Top scorer
22nd 2006
Al-Qadisiya
0–1
Al-Ettifaq
Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City Saleh Bashir(5 goals)
Al-Ettifaq
1–1
Al-Qadisiya
Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam
Al-Ettifaq
won 2 – 1 on aggregate.
23rd 2007
Al-Ettifaq
2–0
Al-Jazira
Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam Antonin Koutouan(6 goals)
Al-Jazira
3–1
Al-Ettifaq
Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Al-Jazira
won 7 – 6 on penalties after a 3 – 3 draw on aggregate.
24th 2008
Al-Ahli
1–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Bader Al-Mutawa(6 goals)
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 0–2
Al-Ahli
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
Al-Ahli
won 3 – 0 on aggregate.
25th 2009 Qatar Qatar SC 2–2
Al-Wasl
Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Saeed Al Kass(6 goals)
Al-Wasl
1–1 Qatar Qatar SC Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
Al-Wasl
won 3 – 3 on away goals.
26th 2011
Al-Ahli
3–2
Al-Shabab
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Boris Kabi,Essa Obaid (footballer)(4 goals)
Al-Shabab
2–0
Al-Ahli
Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Al-Shabab
won 4 – 3 on aggregate.
27th 2012 Bahrain Al-Muharraq 1–3
Al-Wasl
isa town
Hussain Al-Musawi (8 goals)
Al-Wasl
1–3 Bahrain Al-Muharraq Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
Al-Muharraq won 5 – 4 on penalties after a 4 – 4 draw on aggregate.
28th 2013
Al-Khor
1–1
Baniyas
Al-Khor SC Stadium, Al Khor Yahia Kébé (6 goals)
Baniyas
2–0
Al-Khor
Baniyas Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Baniyas
won 3 – 1 on aggregate.
GCC Club Cup
Edition Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Top scorer
29th
United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr 2–1 Oman Saham
UAE
Léo Lima,Brett Holman,Carlos Villanueva (footballer)(3 goals)
30th
Al Shabab
1–1 (4–3
pen.
)
Oman Al-Seeb
Seeb, Oman
Rodrigo Tabata (5 goals)
31st
Cancelled

Performances

Performance by nation

The following table lists countries by number of winners and runners-up in GCC Club Cup.
Saudi Arabia is the current leader by nation with 13 titles.

# Nation Winners Runners-up
1  Saudi Arabia 13 6
2  United Arab Emirates 8 4
3  Kuwait 6 7
4  Bahrain 1 7
5  Qatar 1 3
6  Oman 1 3

Performance by club

The following table lists clubs by the number of winners and runners-up in the Cup.

Team Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years
Al-Ettifaq
3 1 (1983, 1988, 2006) (2007)
Al-Shabab
3 1 (1992, 2011, 2015) (1993)
Al-Ahli
3 (1985, 2002, 2008)
Al-Hilal
2 3 (1986, 1998) (1987, 1992, 2000)
Kuwait Al-Arabi 2 3 (1982, 2003) (1983, 1985, 1994)
Kazma
2 2 (1987, 1995) (1988, 1997)
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 2 1 (1996, 1997) (2008)
Al-Qadisiya
2 1 (2000, 2005) (2006)
Al-Shabab
2 (1993, 1994)
Al-Muharraq
1 3 (2012) (1989, 2002, 2003)
Al-Wasl
1 2 (2009) (2005, 2012)
Al-Ittihad
1 1 (1999) (2001)
Fanja
1 (1989)
Al-Sadd
1 (1991)
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 1 (2001)
Al-Jazira
1 (2007)
Baniyas
1 (2013)
United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr 1 (2014)
Al-Riffa
2 (1982, 1995)
Qatar Al-Arabi 1 (1986)
Bahrain Bahrain SC 1 (1991)
Dhofar
1 (1996)
Bahrain East Riffa 1 (1998)
Al-Salmiya
1 (1999)
Qatar Qatar SC 1 (2009)
Al-Ahli
1 (2011)
Al-Khor
1 (2013)
Oman Saham 1 (2014)
Oman Al-Seeb 1 (2015)

References

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