1988 Arab Club Champions Cup

1988 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1988
Tournament details
Host country United Arab Emirates
City Sharjah
Dates 20 October - 4 November
Teams 10 (from 2 confederations) (from 9 associations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq (2nd title)
Runners-up Tunisia Club Africain
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 54 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Saudi Arabia Sadoun Hamoud (5 goals)
Best goalkeeper Saudi Arabia Mubarak Al-Dosari

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
United Arab Emirates Sharjah SC 1986–87 UAE League winner and Hosts
Iraq Al-Rasheed Holders
Zone 1 Kuwait Kazma SC 1986–87 Kuwaiti Premier League winners
Oman Fanja SC 1986–87 Omani League winners
Zone 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 1986–87 Saudi Premier League winners
Sudan Al-Merrikh Sudan Premier League runners-up
Zone 3 Algeria Mouloudia d'Oran 1986–87 Algerian Championship runners-up
Morocco KAC Marrakech 1986–87 Moroccan League runners up
Mauritania Warf Nouakchott Mauritanian representative
Tunisia Club Africain 1986–87 Tunisian Championship runners-up
Zone 4 Iraq Al-Shabab Baghdad 1986–87 Iraqi League third place
Jordan Al-Dhifatain SC 1986–87 Jordan League winners
State of Palestine Palestine SC West Bank Premier League representative
Syria 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
Tunisia Club Africain 330052+36
Morocco KAC Marrakech 320162+44
Algeria Mouloudia d'Oran 310282+62
Mauritania Warf Nouakchott 3003013-130

19 February 1988
Mouloudia d'Oran Algeria 7 – 0 Mauritania Warf Nouakchott

21 February 1988
Club Africain Tunisia 1 – 11
abondonned
Algeria Mouloudia d'Oran
 –' Mecheri  –'

21 February 1988
KAC Marrakech Morocco 4 – 0 Mauritania Warf Nouakchott
 –'
Kiddi  –', 18', 22'

24 February 1988
Club Africain Tunisia 2 – 0 Mauritania Warf Nouakchott
1 Match abandoned at the 70' due to a fights between staff and players of both teams. Club Africain were declared winners.
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
Iraq Al-Shabab Baghdad 321051+45
Syria Jableh SC
Jordan Al-Dhifatain SC 310225-32
State of Palestine Palestine SC

4 August 1988
Al-Shabab Baghdad Iraq 1 – 1 Syria Jableh SC
Gorgis  –'  –'

4 August 1988
Al-Dhifatain SC Jordan 1 – 0 State of Palestine Palestine SC
وليد خاص

7 August 1988
Al-Shabab Baghdad Iraq 1 – 0 State of Palestine Palestine SC
Hadi  –'

7 August 1988
Jableh SC Syria 2 – 1 Jordan Al-Dhifatain SC
محمد المشة

10 August 1988
Al-Shabab Baghdad Iraq 3 – 0 Jordan Al-Dhifatain SC
Abdel Reda  –', –'
Jassem  –'

10 August 1988
Jableh SC Syria State of Palestine 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
Tunisia Club Africain 422052+36
Oman Fanja SC 421142+25
Iraq Al-Rasheed 421143+15
Syria Jableh SC 411236-33
Sudan Al-Merrikh 401336-31

21 October 1988
Fanja SC Oman 2 – 0 Syria Jableh SC
Khamis  85'
Hamid  89'

22 October 1988
Club Africain Tunisia 2 – 1 Sudan Al-Merrikh
Yâakoubi  3'
Abdelhak  25'
Riman  7'

24 October 1988
Club Africain Tunisia 2 – 0 Syria Jableh SC
Touati  30', 70'

24 October 1988
Al-Rasheed Iraq 2 – 1 Oman Fanja SC
Radhi  32', 53' (pen.) Hamoud  9'

27 October 1988
Club Africain Tunisia 1 – 1 Iraq Al-Rasheed
Touati  55' Radhi  45'

27 October 1988
Al-Merrikh Sudan 2 – 2 Syria Jableh SC
Riman  3'
Abdelghani  79'
Shalbi  11'
Shehada  81'

29 October 1988
Al-Rasheed Iraq 1 – 0 Sudan Al-Merrikh
Radhi  88'

31 October 1988
Jableh SC Syria 1 – 0 Iraq Al-Rasheed
Ramadan  56'

1 November 1988
Fanja SC Oman 1 – 0 Sudan Al-Merrikh
Hamid  37'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 422085+36
Iraq Al-Shabab Baghdad 412143+14
Morocco KAC Marrakech 41211104
United Arab Emirates Sharjah SC 412145-14
Kuwait Kazma SC 410336-32

20 October 1988
Sharjah SC United Arab Emirates 2 – 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
Mohammed  26'
Thani  85'
Saleh  19'
Al-Shaiha  40' (pen.)

23 October 1988
Sharjah SC United Arab Emirates 0 – 2 Iraq Al-Shabab Baghdad
Mohammed  36'
Hadi  69'

24 October 1988
KAC Marrakech Morocco 1 – 0 Kuwait Kazma SC
Kadi  39'

26 October 1988
Sharjah SC United Arab Emirates 2 – 1 Kuwait Kazma SC
Thani  7'
Al-Arsour  80'
Hamza  4'

26 October 1988
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia 2 – 2 Iraq Al-Shabab Baghdad
Hamoud  4'
Al-Shaiha  15' (pen.)
Jasem  34'
Rahim  44'

28 October 1988
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia 3 – 1 Kuwait Kazma SC
Hamoud  56', 63', 82' Haji  77'

29 October 1988
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia 1 – 0 Morocco KAC Marrakech
Al-Shaiha  70' (pen.)

1 November 1988
Al-Shabab Baghdad Iraq 0 – 1 Kuwait Kazma SC
Al Rahman  23'

Knockout Stage

Semi-finals Final
2 November – Sharjah
 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq  3  
 Oman Fanja SC  1  
 
4 November – Sharjah
     Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq (p)  1 (4)
   Tunisia Club Africain  1 (2)
Third place
2 November – Sharjah 4 November – Sharjah
 Tunisia Club Africain (p)  2 (4)  Iraq Al-Shabab  3
 Iraq Al-Shabab  2 (2)    Oman Fanja SC  2

Semi-finals

2 November 1988
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia 3 – 1 Oman Fanja SC
Al-Dbikhi  10'
Al-Shaiha  18' (pen.)
S. Hamoud  31'
M. A. Hamoud  75'

2 November 1988
Club Africain Tunisia 2 – 2 Iraq Al-Shabab Baghdad
Rasheed  25' (o.g.)
Touati  55'
Almi  49' (o.g.)
Hadi  83'
  Penalties  
4 – 2

Third Place Match

4 November 1988
Al-Shabab Baghdad Iraq 3 – 2 Oman Fanja SC
Alawi  28'
Mohammed  58'
Raheem  60'
Khamis  80'
Al-Amburi  90'

Final

4 November 1988
Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia 1 – 1 Tunisia Club Africain
Al-Dbikhi  25' Amdouni  18'
  Penalties  
4 – 2
Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Rachid Medjiba (Algeria)

Winners

1988 Arab Club Champions Cup winners
Saudi Arabia
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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