2012 GCC Champions League

2012 GCC Champions League
دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية
Tournament details
Dates 16 February - 10 June
Teams 12 (from AFC/UAFA) confederations)
Final positions
Champions Bahrain Al-Muharraq (1st title)
Runners-up United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl
Tournament statistics
Matches played 34
Goals scored 102 (3 per match)

The GCC Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية), is an annually organized football league tournament for club of the Arabian peninsula.

The 2012 edition was the 27th time that it has been organized.

The Groups

Four groups of three teams.

Top two from each group qualify for the one legged quarter finals with group winners hosting the matches.

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Kuwait Al-Jahra
Bahrain Al-Muharraq
Oman Fanja

Kuwait Al-Arabi Kuwait
Qatar Al-Kharitiyat
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda

Qatar Al-Khor
Kuwait Al-Naser
Bahrain Busaiteen

Oman Al-Nahda
Bahrain Al-Riffa
United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl

Groups

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Bahrain Al-Muharraq 430171+69
Kuwait Al-Jahra 41214405
Oman Fanja 402239–62

16 February 2012
18:10
Al Jahra FC Kuwait 2 – 2 Oman Fanja SC
Alexandre Nino  28', 90' Mohammed Al-Mashari  72'
Iskandar Ahmad  90+2'
Al Shabab Mubarak Alaiar Stadium, Jahra
Referee: Khamis al-Marri (Qatar)



6 March 2012
18:25
Al Muharraq SC Bahrain 1 – 0 Kuwait Al Jahra FC
Ismail Abdullatif  90+2' André Macanga Red card
Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad
Referee: Fahad Banihammad (UAE)



20 March 2012
Fanja Oman 0 – 3 Bahrain Al-Muharraq



3 April 2012
Fanja Oman 1 – 1 Kuwait Al-Jahra



18 April 2012
Al-Jahra Kuwait 1 – 0 Bahrain Al-Muharraq



2 May 2012
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 3 – 0 Oman Fanja

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kuwait Al-Arabi Kuwait 4301114+79
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 420268-26
Qatar Al-Kharitiyat 410338–53



6 March 2012
18:20
Al Wahda SCC United Arab Emirates 1 – 2 Kuwait Al-Arabi SC
Ismail Matar  72'
Mubarak al-Mansouri Red card
Hussain Al-Moussawi  56', 63'
Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Referee: Fahad Jaber al-Marri (Qatar)





3 April 2012
Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates 2 – 1 Qatar Al-Kharitiyat





Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Qatar Al-Khor 430163+39
Kuwait Al-Naser 41126604
Bahrain Busaiteen 411258–34

21 February 2012
18:00
Al Nasr SC Kuwait 0 – 1 Qatar Al Khor SC
Júlio César  43'
Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium, Al Farwaniyah
Referee: Abdullah al-A'ajil (UAE)





20 March 2012
Busaiteen Bahrain 1 – 3 Kuwait Al-Naser



2 April 2012
Al-Khor Qatar 2 – 1 Kuwait Al-Naser



16 April 2012
Busaiteen Bahrain 2 – 1 Qatar Al-Khor



1 May 2012
Al-Naser Kuwait 2 – 2 Bahrain Busaiteen

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl 4400114+712
Bahrain Al-Riffa 411268-24
Oman Al-Nahda 4013611–51

17 February 2012
18:15
Riffa SC Bahrain 3 – 1 Oman Al-Nahda
Salman Isa  35'
Adam Abu Bakr  37', 77'
Hilal Nasr al-Khanbashi  60'
Hugues-Wilfried Da
Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa
Referee: Waleed al-Shatti (Kuwait)





20 March 2012
Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates 3 – 1 Bahrain Al-Riffa



4 April 2012
Al-Riffa Bahrain 0 – 2 United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl



18 April 2012
Al-Nahda Oman 2 – 2 Bahrain Al-Riffa



1 May 2012
Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates 4 – 3 Oman Al-Nahda

Quarter Finals

15 May 2012
Al-Khor Qatar 1 0 Kuwait Al-Jahra

15 May 2012
Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates 1 1
5:3 penalties
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda

15 May 2012
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 3 0 Kuwait Al-Naser

Semi Finals

1st Legs

23 May 2012
Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates 3 0 Qatar Al-Khor

2nd Legs

29 May 2012
Al-Khor Qatar 2 1 United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl

Al Wasl advanced to the final 4:2 on aggregate

Al Muharraq advanced to the final 3:2 on aggregate

Final

1st Leg

5 June 2012
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 1 3 United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl

2nd Leg

10 June 2012
Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates 1 3
4:5 penalties
Bahrain Al-Muharraq

Al Muharraq became champions, winning on penalties, the first team from Bahrain to be crowned champions.

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