2001–02 Asian Club Championship

2001–2002 Asian Club Championship
Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesSeptember 2001 – April 2002
Teams27
Final positions
Champions Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2nd title)
Runners-up Anyang LG Cheetahs
Third place Esteghlal
Fourth place Nasaf Qarshi
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored177 (3.69 per match)
2002–03 (AFC Champions League) →

The 2001–02 Asian Club Championship was the 21st and last edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.

Suwon Samsung Bluewings won their 2nd consecutive Asian Championship, beating Anyang LG Cheetahs in an all-Korean final 4–2 on penalties at Azadi stadium, Tehran.

First round

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
West Asia
Esteghlal w/o[a] Al-Hikma—[a]—[a]
Al-Ahli w/o[b] Al-Ittihad—[b]—[b]
Al-Quds 2–1 Al-Ahli0–02–1
Jableh 0–2 Al-Kuwait0–00–2
Al-Zawraa 7–1 Al-Wakra3–04–1
Köpetdag Aşgabat 0–4 Nasaf Qarshi0–10–3
East Asia
Sông Lam Nghệ An w/o[c] Saunders SC—[c]—[c]
Happy Valley 12–0 GD Lam Pak7–05–0
Selangor 0–7[d] Dalian Shide0–20–5
New Radiant 1–3 Muktijoddha Sangsad1–20–1
BEC Tero Sasana 8–1 Singapore Armed Forces3–05–1
Kashima Antlers 4–1[e] Persija4–1—[e]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Al-Hikma withdrew.
  2. ^ a b c Al-Ahli Amman withdrew.
  3. ^ a b c Sông Lam Nghệ An withdrew.
  4. ^ Selangor entered the competition after Penang withdrew due to financial problems.
  5. ^ a b The match was played over one leg in Kashima on 24 October due to the political climate in Indonesia.

Round of 16

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
West Asia
Al-Ittihad 4–4 (a) Esteghlal3–21–2
Al-Kuwait 9–3 Al-Quds3–26–1
Al-Wahda 3–3 (4–3 p) Al-Zawraa1–22–1
Nasaf Qarshi 7–3 Umed Dushanbe4–13–2
East Asia
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 21–0[a] Saunders SC18–03–0[a]
Happy Valley 1–10 Dalian Shide0–21–8
Anyang LG Cheetahs 11–0 Muktijoddha Sangsad8–03–0
Kashima Antlers 3–1 BEC Tero Sasana3–00–1
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Saunders SC withdrew after the first leg.

Quarter-finals

West Asia

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Esteghlal 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7 Advance to Semi-finals
Nasaf Qarshi 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
Al-Kuwait 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
Al-Wahda (H) 3 0 1 2 6 9 −3 1
Source:
(H) Hosts


Al-Kuwait 1–1 Nasaf Qarshi
Laheeb 74' Haydarov
Al-Wahda 3–5 Esteghlal
Rouissi 12'
Jumaa 49', 72'		 Dinmohammadi 40'
Akbarpour 64'
Fatemi 80', 83'
Hasheminasab 87'
Nasaf Qarshi 1–1 Esteghlal
Nikbakht
Al-Wahda 2–2 Al-Kuwait
Al-Kuwait 0–3 Esteghlal
Akbarpour 76'
Fatemi 80', 85'
Al-Wahda 1–2 Nasaf Qarshi
Al Enazi 1' Mohammed 41' (o.g.)
Khasanov 45'

East Asia

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7 Advance to Semi-finals
Anyang LG Cheetahs 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
Dalian Shide 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Kashima Antlers 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Source:


Dalian Shide 0–0 Kashima Antlers
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–0 Anyang LG Cheetahs
Kashima Antlers 0–2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Seo Jung-Won 55'
Son Dae-Ho 82'
Anyang LG Cheetahs 1–1 Dalian Shide
Wang Jung-Hyun 85' Yan Song 12'
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2–0 Dalian Shide
dos Santos 8', 18'
Anyang LG Cheetahs 1–1 Kashima Antlers
Santos 90' Motoyama 54'

Knock-out stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 April – Tehran
 
 
 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3
 
5 April – Tehran
 
 Nasaf Qarshi 0
 
 Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p)0 (4)
 
3 April – Tehran
 
 Anyang LG Cheetahs0 (2)
 
 Esteghlal1
 
 
 Anyang LG Cheetahs2
 
Third place play-off
 
 
5 April – Tehran
 
 
 Esteghlal 5
 
 
 Nasaf Qarshi2

Semi-finals

Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3–0 Nasaf Qarshi
Avdić 49'
Seo Jung-Won 72'
Lee Sun-Woo 90'
Esteghlal 1–2 Anyang LG Cheetahs
Akbari 62' Ivo 55'
Santos 72'

Third placed play-off

Esteghlal 5–2 Nasaf Qarshi
Navazi
Karaev (og)
Fatemi
Pashazadeh 		Usmankhojaev
Kholmurodov

Final

Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–0 (a.e.t.) Anyang LG Cheetahs
Penalties
4–2

References

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