1987 Arab Club Champions Cup

1987 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1987
Tournament details
Host country Saudi Arabia
City Riyadh
Dates 21 oct - 3 nov 1987
Teams 10 (from 1 association)
Venue(s)  (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iraq Al-Rasheed (3rd title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 51 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer(s) Iraq Haris Mohammed (7 goals)
Best player Saudi Arabia Saleh Nu'eimeh
Best goalkeeper Iraq Abdul-Fatah Nasif

The 1987 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in Saudi Arabia for the second time. This time in the city of Riyadh after the successful hosting of the 1984 Arab Club Champions Cup in Dammam. Al-Rasheed won the championship for the 3rd time, defending their championship once again and proving to be one of the top teams in the region at the time.

Participants

Participants
Zone Team Qualifying method
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Hosts
Iraq Al-Rasheed Holders
Zone 1 Qatar Al-Arabi Q-League representative
Zone 2 Egypt Tersana 1986 Egypt Cup winners
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 1985-86 Saudi Premier League winners
Zone 3 Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou 1985–86 Algerian Championship winners
Morocco Raja Casablanca 1986 Moroccan League runners up
Tunisia ES Sahel 1985–86 Tunisian Championship winners
Zone 4 Iraq Al-Jaish Iraqi League representative
Jordan Al-Faisaly 1985–86 Jordan League winners
Lebanon Nadi Al-Riyada Lebanese Premier League representative
State of Palestine Palestine SC West Bank Premier League representative
Syria Jableh SC 1985–86 Syrian League runners up

Preliminary Round

A preliminary stage was held for sides in Africa and Asia with the finals changing into two groups with winners and runners up advancing to the semi finals stage.

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Al-Arabi advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Tersana and Al-Hilal advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Preliminary round tournament held in Casablanca, Morocco.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tunisia ES Sahel 220072+54
Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou 201113−21
Morocco Raja Casablanca 201114−31

ES Sahel and JE Tizi Ouzou advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Preliminary round tournament held in Amman, Jordan from 18 to 26 july.

19 July 1987
Al-Jaish Iraq 2 – 0 State of Palestine Palestine SC
Fahim  –'
Rasheed  –'

21 July 1987
Al-Jaish Iraq 1 – 0 Lebanon Nadi Al-Riyada
Rasheed  –'

24 July 1987
Al-Jaish Iraq 2 – 1 Syria Jableh SC
Ghanem  –'
Mahmoud  –' 		–  –'

26 July 1987
Al-Faisaly Jordan 1 – 2 Iraq Al-Jaish
–  –' Mousa  –'
Mahmoud  –'

Al-Jaish and Palestine SC advanced to the final tournament.

Final Tournament

Group Stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iraq Al-Rasheed 3300132+116
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 320176+14
Tunisia ES Sahel 3012611-51
State of Palestine Palestine SC 301229-71

22 October 1987
Al-Rasheed Iraq 5 – 1 Tunisia ES Sahel
Radhi  –'
Mohammed  –'
Jafar  –', –'
Hashim  –' 		 –'

22 October 1987
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 2 – 0 State of Palestine Palestine SC

24 October 1987
Al-Rasheed Iraq 5 – 0 State of Palestine Palestine SC
Mohammed  –', –'
Radhi  –'
Hussein  –'
Abdulkadhem  –'

24 October 1987
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 4 – 3 Tunisia ES Sahel

28 October 1987
Al-Rasheed Iraq 3 – 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Mohammed  30', 64'
Dirjal  34' 		 –'

28 October 1987
Palestine SC State of Palestine 2 – 2 Tunisia ES Sahel

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Egypt Tersana 422041+36
Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou 422020+26
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 421121+15
Iraq Al-Jaish 41033302
Qatar Al-Arabi 401317-61

21 October 1987
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 1 – 0 Qatar Al-Arabi

21 October 1987
Al-Jaish Iraq 0 – 1 Egypt Tersana
 90'

24 October 1987
Tersana Egypt 0 – 0 Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou

24 October 1987
Al-Jaish Iraq 3 – 0 Qatar Al-Arabi
Hameed  –', –'
Mahmoud  –'

26 October 1987
Al-Jaish Iraq 0 – 1 Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou
 90'

26 October 1987
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 0 – 0 Egypt Tersana

29 October 1987
Al-Arabi Qatar 0 – 0 Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou

29 October 1987
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 2 – 1 Iraq Al-Jaish
 –'
 90' 		 –'

Knockout Stage

Semi-finals Final
1 november – Riyadh
 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad  1  
 Egypt Tersana  0  
 
3 november – Riyadh
     Iraq Al-Rasheed (aet)  2
   Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad  1
Third place
1 november – Riyadh 3 november – Riyadh
 Iraq Al-Rasheed  4  Egypt Tersana  1
 Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou  0    Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou  2

Semi Finals

3rd Place Match

Final

3 November 1987
Al-Rasheed Iraq 2 – 1
(a.e.t.) 		Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Jafar  99'
Allawi  103' 		Al-Muwallid  –'
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)

Winners

1987 Arab Club Champions Cup
Winners
Iraq
Al-Rasheed SC
3rd Title

Goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iraq Haris Mohammed Hassan Iraq Al-Rasheed 7

Awards

Player Goalkeeper Fair Play Team
Saudi Arabia Saleh Nu'eimeh Iraq Abdul-Fatah Nasif Jassim State of Palestine Palestine SC

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