1988 Arab Club Champions Cup

1988 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1988
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
CitySharjah
Dates20 October – 4 November
Teams10 (from 2 confederations) (from 9 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Al-Ettifaq (2nd title)
Runners-up Club Africain
Third place Al-Shabab Baghdad
Fourth place Fanja SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored54 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sadoun Hamoud (5 goals)
Best goalkeeper Mubarak Al-Dosari
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The 1988 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in United Arab Emirates in the city of Sharjah. 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 Kazma SC 1986–87 Kuwaiti Premier League winners
Fanja SC 1986–87 Omani League winners
Zone 2 Al-Ettifaq 1986–87 Saudi Premier League winners
Al-Merrikh Sudan Premier League runners-up
Zone 3 Mouloudia d'Oran 1986–87 Algerian Championship runners-up
KAC Marrakech 1986–87 Moroccan League runners up
ASC Wharf Mauritanian representative
Club Africain 1986–87 Tunisian Championship runners-up
Zone 4 Al-Shabab Baghdad 1986–87 Iraqi League third place
Al-Dhifatain SC 1986–87 Jordan League winners
Palestine SC West Bank Premier League representative
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
Club Africain (H) 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5
KAC Marrakech 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 4
Mouloudia d'Oran 3 1 1 1 9 2 +7 3
ASC Wharf 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Al-Nasr Benghazi (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
(H) Hosts; (W) Withdrew
Club Africain 2 – 0 ASC Wharf
  • Touati
  • ?
Mouloudia d'Oran 0 – 1 KAC Marrakech
Club Africain 1 – 1 Mouloudia d'Oran
  • Amdouni 67' (c.s.c)
KAC Marrakech 4 – 0 ASC Wharf
  • Kiddi ?', 18', 67'
Club Africain 2 – 1 KAC Marrakech
Referee: Omar Ali Shoqer (Saudi Arabia)
Mouloudia d'Oran 8 – 0 ASC Wharf
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
Jableh SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al-Dhifatain SC 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 2
Palestine SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Al-Shabab Baghdad 1 – 1 Jableh SC
Gorgis –' Ramadan –'
Al-Dhifatain SC 1 – 0 Palestine SC
وليد خاص
Al-Shabab Baghdad 1 – 0 Palestine SC
Hadi –'
Jableh SC 2 – 1 Al-Dhifatain SC
Ramadan –' محمد المشة
Al-Shabab Baghdad 3 – 0 Al-Dhifatain SC
Abdel Reda –', –'
Jassem –'
Jableh SC – 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
Club Africain 4 2 2 0 5 2 +3 6
Fanja SC 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 5
Al-Rasheed 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 5
Jableh SC 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 3
Al-Merrikh 4 0 1 3 3 6 −3 1
Source:
Fanja SC 2 – 0 Jableh SC
Khamis 85'
Hamid 89'
Club Africain 2 – 1 Al-Merrikh
Yâakoubi 3'
Abdelhak 25'		 Osama Suksuk 7'
Club Africain 2 – 0 Jableh SC
Touati 30', 70'
Al-Rasheed 2 – 1 Fanja SC
Radhi 32', 53' (pen.) Hamoud 9'
Club Africain 1 – 1 Al-Rasheed
Touati 55' Radhi 45'
Al-Merrikh 2 – 2 Jableh SC
Osama Suksuk 3'
Abdelghani 79'		 Shalbi 11'
Shehada 81'
Al-Rasheed 1 – 0 Al-Merrikh
Radhi 88'
Club Africain 0 – 0 Fanja SC
Jableh SC 1 – 0 Al-Rasheed
Ramadan 56'
Fanja SC 1 – 0 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
KAC Marrakech 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 4
Sharjah SC 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 4
Kazma SC 4 1 0 3 3 6 −3 2
Source:
Sharjah SC 2 – 2 Al-Ettifaq
Mohammed 26'
Thani 85'		 Saleh 19'
Al-Shaiha 40' (pen.)
Al-Shabab Baghdad 0 – 0 KAC Marrakech
Sharjah SC 0 – 2 Al-Shabab Baghdad
Mohammed 36'
Hadi 69'
KAC Marrakech 1 – 0 Kazma SC
Kadi 39'
Sharjah SC 2 – 1 Kazma SC
Thani 7'
Al-Arsour 80'		 Hamza 4'
Al-Ettifaq 2 – 2 Al-Shabab Baghdad
Hamoud 4'
Al-Shaiha 15' (pen.)		 Jasem 34'
Rahim 44'
Sharjah SC 0 – 0 KAC Marrakech
Al-Ettifaq 3 – 1 Kazma SC
Hamoud 56', 63', 82' Haji 77'
Al-Ettifaq 1 – 0 KAC Marrakech
Al-Shaiha 70' (pen.)
Al-Shabab Baghdad 0 – 1 Kazma SC
Al Rahman 23'

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 2 November – Sharjah
 
 
 Al-Ettifaq3
 
 4 November – Sharjah
 
 Fanja SC1
 
 Al-Ettifaq (p)1 (4)
 
 2 November – Sharjah
 
 Club Africain1 (2)
 
 Club Africain (p)2 (4)
 
 
 Al-Shabab2 (2)
 
Third place
 
 
 4 November – Sharjah
 
 
 Al-Shabab3
 
 
 Fanja SC2

Semi-finals

Al-Ettifaq 3 – 1 Fanja SC
Al-Dbikhi 10'
Al-Shaiha 18' (pen.)
S. Hamoud 31'		 M. A. Hamoud 75'
Club Africain 2 – 2 Al-Shabab Baghdad
Rasheed 25' (o.g.)
Touati 55'		 Almi 49' (o.g.)
Hadi 83'
Penalties
4 – 2

Third place match

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

Final

Al-Ettifaq 1 – 1 Club Africain
Al-Dbikhi 25' Amdouni 18'
Penalties
Meflah 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.
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