2000–01 Asian Club Championship

2000-2001 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates	Aug 2000 – May 2001
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1st title)
Runners-up	Júbilo Iwata
Third place	Persepolis
Fourth place	FC Irtysh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	160 (3.33 per match)

The 2000-01 Asian Club Championship was the 20th 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 of South Korea won the final and became Asian champions for the first time.

First round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Hilal	2-1	Al-Karamah	2-1	0-0
Al Ramtha	2-3	Al-Salmiya	0-1	2-2
Al-Ahli	0-1	Al-Ahli	0-1	0-0
Al-Ansar	w/o¹	Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Al-Zawraa	2-5	Al-Ain	2-1	0-4
Al-Wakra	3-9	Persepolis	2-4	1-5
FC Irtysh	5-2	Nisa Aşgabat	3-1	2-1
Varzob Dushanbe	w/o²	FC Dustlik

¹ Al-Ansar withdrew.
² FC Dustlik did not show up for the 1st leg in Dushanbe due to the civil war in Tajikistan; they were ejected from the competition and fined $10,000.

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Polícia de Segurança Pública	0-11	Home United	0-5	0-6
PSM Makassar	4-1	Sông Lam Nghệ An	0-0	4-1

Second round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Hilal	3-1	Al-Salmiya	3-1	0-0
Al-Ittihad Jeddah	8-2	Al-Ahli	2-0	6-2
Persepolis	4-2	Al-Ain	2-0	2-2(aet)
FC Irtysh	7-3	Varzob Dushanbe	4-1	3-2

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PSM Makassar	11-1	Royal Thai Air Force	6-1	5-0
South China	2-6	Júbilo Iwata	1-3	1-3
Shandong Luneng Taishan	6-1	Home United	3-0	3-1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2-1	Hurriyya	2-1	0-0

Quarterfinals

West Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Persepolis	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
FC Irtysh	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Al-Ittihad Jeddah	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Al-Hilal	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Al-Hilal v FC Irtysh

March 7, 2001

Al-Hilal	0–0	FC Irtysh

Tehran, Iran

Persepolis v Al-Ittihad Jeddah

March 7, 2001

Persepolis	0–0	Al-Ittihad Jeddah

Tehran, Iran

Persepolis v FC Irtysh

March 9, 2001

Persepolis	0–0	FC Irtysh

Tehran, Iran

Al-Ittihad Jeddah v Al-Hilal

March 9, 2001

Al-Ittihad Jeddah	2–0	Al-Hilal
Al Hasan Al-Yami 23' Sergio Ricardo 85'

Tehran, Iran

Al-Ittihad Jeddah v FC Irtysh

March 11, 2001

Al-Ittihad Jeddah	1–2	FC Irtysh
Mohammad Hwasawi 41'		Nilton Pereira Mendes 14' 25'

Tehran, Iran

Persepolis v Al-Hilal

March 11, 2001

Persepolis	3–1	Al-Hilal
Ali Karimi 45' Ali Ansarian 65' (pen.) Hamed Kavianpour 69'		Yousuf Al-Thunayan 9'

Tehran, Iran

East Asia

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Júbilo Iwata	3	3	0	12	2	+10	9
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3	2	1	14	4	+10	6
Shandong Luneng Taishan	3	1	2	5	13	−8	3
PSM Makassar	3	0	3	2	14	−12	0

March 21, 2001

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–3	Júbilo Iwata
		Toshiya Fujita 14' Yang Jong-Hu 77'(og) Masashi Nakayama 90'

Makassar, Indonesia

March 21, 2001

PSM Makassar	1–3	Shandong Luneng Taishan
Suwandi Hadi Siswoyo 90'		Sergei Nagorniak 15' (pen.) Li Xiaopeng 52' Li Ming 56'

Makassar, Indonesia

March 23, 2001

PSM Makassar	1–8	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto 35'		Seo Jung-Won 6' 23' 25' Sandro Cardoso 11' 18' Park Kun-Ha 37' Ko Jong-Soo 45' (pen.) 79'

Makassar, Indonesia

March 23, 2001

Júbilo Iwata	6–2	Shandong Luneng Taishan
Toshiya Fujita 29' (pen.) Masashi Nakayama 42' 43' 56' Aleksandar Živković 66' (pen.) Daisuke Oku 78'		Casiano 34' Li Xiaopeng 90'

Makassar, Indonesia

March 25, 2001

Shandong Luneng Taishan	0–6	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
		Ko Jong-Soo 8' 38' Denis Laktionov 28' Seo Dong-Won 48' 59' Sabo Zoltan 82'

Makassar, Indonesia

PSM Makassar v Júbilo Iwata

March 25, 2001

PSM Makassar	0–3	Júbilo Iwata
		Naoki Naruo 37' Tomoaki Seino 56' Takahiro Yamanishi 74'

Makassar, Indonesia

Semifinals

Júbilo Iwata v FC Irtysh

May 24, 2001

Júbilo Iwata	1–0 ^(AET)	FC Irtysh
Jo Kanazawa 103'

Suwon, South Korea

Persepolis v Suwon Samsung Bluewings

May 24, 2001

Persepolis	1–2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Hamed Kavianpour 12'		Seo Jung-Won 78' Park Kun-Ha 90'

Suwon, South Korea

Third place match

Persepolis v FC Irtysh

May 26, 2001

Persepolis	2–0	FC Irtysh
Esmael Halali 17' Hamid Reza Estili 34'

Suwon, South Korea

Final

May 26, 2001

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–0	Júbilo Iwata
Sandro Cardoso 15'

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea

Champions

2000-01 Asian Club Championship

Suwon Samsung Bluewings
First Title

References

Asian Club Competitions 2001 at RSSSF.com

Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League

Asian Champion Club Tournament era, 1967–1971

Seasons	1967 1969 1970 1971

Finals	1967 1969 1970 1971

Asian Club Championship era, 1985–2002

Seasons	1985 1986 1987 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

Finals	1985 1986 1987 1989 1990 1991 1991 1993 1994 1995 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Champions League era, 2002–present

Seasons

Finals

2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

Other merges with the Champions League

Asian Cup Winners' Cup, 1990–2002

Seasons	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

Asian Super Cup, 1995–2002

Seasons	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

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