2001 Arab Club Champions Cup
International football competition
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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.
| بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 2001 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Qatar |
| City | Doha |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 association) |
| Venue | 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 |  Bouchaib El Moubarki (6 goals) |
| Best player |  Karim Bagheri[1] |
| Best goalkeeper | Ahmed Khalil |
| Fair play award |  Al-Ahli Sana'a |
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Participants
| Participants | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
Preliminary stage
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)
Qualification from GCC Champions League held in Al Ain on 2001.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
| Al-Ain | 2–1 | West Riffa |
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| Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 0–1 | Al-Salmiya |
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| Al-Ain | 2–1 | Al-Salmiya |
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| West Riffa | 1–4 | Al-Ittihad Doha |
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| Al-Ain | 1–0 | Al-Ittihad Doha |
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| Al-Salmiya | 1–0 | Dhofar |
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| Al-Salmiya | 1–1 | West Riffa |
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| Al-Ittihad Doha | 0–1 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah |
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| Al-Ittihad Doha | 2–2 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah |
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| Dhofar | 3–2 | West Riffa |
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| Al-Ain | 0–2 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah |
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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.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Al-Merrikh | 2–2 | Al-Ahli Sana'a' |
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| 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
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAS Fez |
4–4 |  Al-Ahli Tripoli |
4–2 | 0–2 |
ASC Mauritel  |
– | MC Oran |
– | – |
| Al-Ahli Tripoli | 2–0 | MAS Fez |
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- Second Round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Ahli Tripoli |
w/o | 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]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Al-Faisaly | 1–0 | Hutteen |
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Al-Faisaly and Hutteen advanced to the final tournament.
Final tournament
Venues
| Doha | |
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| 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
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Al-Ahli Sana'a | 2–1 | Al Sadd SC |
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| Ahmed 67', 76' |
Bagheri 90' |
| Hutteen SC | 0–2 | MC Oran |
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| Zerrouki 7' El-Aouni 52' |
| Al-Ahli Sana'a | 0–3 | MC Oran |
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| Benzerga 28' El-Aouni 42', 58' |
| 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' |
| Al-Ahli Sana'a | 1–1 | Hutteen SC |
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| Al-Barek 85' |
Shuman 90+2' |
| 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' |
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.
| 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 |
| Al Rayyan SC | 0–5 | Al-Ahli SC |
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| Gahwji 8', 87' Al-Dosari 10'Al-Shahri 56'Suwayed 89' (pen.) |
| CS Sfaxien | 2–2 | Al-Faisaly SC |
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| Ben Younes 43' Ben Khaled 81' |
Salim 7' Al-Sheikh 74' |
| CS Sfaxien | 2–2 | Al-Ahli SC |
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| N'Diaye 53' Ben Younes 80' (pen.) |
Fallatah 3' Al-Gizani 13' |
| Al Rayyan SC | 5–1 | CS Sfaxien |
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| B. Abdullah 6', 81', 90' Al-Huwaidi 9', 46' |
Trabelsi 67' |
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
| 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' |
Final
| Al Sadd SC | 3–1 | MC Oran |
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| Khalifa 25', 53' Utaka 82' |
Haddou 61' (pen.) |
Winners
| 2001 Arab Club Champions Cup |
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 Al Sadd SC First title |