1999 Arab Club Champions Cup

1999 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1999
Tournament details
Host country Egypt
City Cairo
Dates 23 September – 3 October
Teams 8 (from 2 confederations) (from 7 associations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia Al Shabab (2nd title)
Runners-up Syria Al-Jaish
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 36 (2.4 per match)

The 1999 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in Egypt in the city of Cairo. Al Shabab won the championship for the second time beating in the final Al-Jaish.[1]

Participants

Participants
Zone Team Qualifying method
Egypt Al Ahly Hosts
Algeria WA Tlemcen Holders
Zone 1 Bahrain West Riffa SC 1997–98 Bahraini Premier League winners
Kuwait Al-Salmiya 1997–98 Kuwaiti Premier League winners
Oman Oman Club 1997–98 Omani League fifth
Qatar Al-Arabi (Doha) 1997–98 Qatar Stars League fourth
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 1997–98 Saudi Premier League seventh
United Arab Emirates Sharjah SC 1997–98 UAE Football League runners-up
Zone 2 Saudi Arabia Al Shabab 1997–98 Saudi Premier League runners-up
Sudan Al-Hilal Club 1997–98 Sudan Premier League winners
Yemen Al-Wehda 1997–98 Yemeni League winners
Zone 3 Libya Al-Mahalla 1997–98 Libyan Premier League height
Mauritania ASC Sonalec 1997–98 Mauritanean Premier League runners-up
Tunisia Olympique Béja 1996–97 Tunisian Championnat National fifth
Zone 4 Jordan Al-Wehdat 1996–97 Jordan League winners
State of Palestine Khadamat Rafah Gaza Strip League representative
Syria Al-Jaish 1997–98 Syrian League winners

Preliminary round

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Qualification from GCC Champions League held in Jeddah on 1999.

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 5 5 0 0 15 2 +13 15
Kuwait Al-Salmiya 5 4 0 1 9 3 +6 12
Bahrain West Riffa SC 5 3 0 2 12 6 +6 9
Qatar Al-Arabi 5 1 1 3 4 12 −8 4
United Arab Emirates Sharjah SC 5 0 2 3 6 12 −6 2
Oman Oman Club 5 0 1 4 4 15 −11 1
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 5–1 Oman Oman Club
Sharjah SC United Arab Emirates 2–2 Qatar Al-Arabi
Al-Salmiya Kuwait 2–0 Bahrain West Riffa SC
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 3–0 Qatar Al-Arabi
Oman Club Oman 1–4 Bahrain West Riffa SC
Sharjah SC United Arab Emirates 0–3 Kuwait Al-Salmiya
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 2–0 Bahrain West Riffa SC
Al-Arabi Qatar 0–2 Kuwait Al-Salmiya
Oman Club Oman 2–2 United Arab Emirates Sharjah SC
Al-Arabi Qatar 2–0 Oman Oman Club
West Riffa SC Bahrain 3 – 1
(abandoned after 50 mn)		 United Arab Emirates Sharjah SC
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 3–0 Kuwait Al-Salmiya
West Riffa SC Bahrain 5–0 Qatar Al-Arabi
Al-Salmiya Kuwait 2–0 Oman Oman Club
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 2–1 United Arab Emirates Sharjah SC

Al-Ittihad withdrew. West Riffa SC & Al-Salmiya advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Qualifying tournament held in Abha.

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Saudi Arabia Al Shabab 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
Yemen Al-Wehda 2 1 0 1 5 7 −2 3
Sudan Al-Hilal Club 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0
Al Shabab Saudi Arabia 4–0 Yemen Al-Wehda
Al-Hilal Club Sudan 3–5 Yemen Al-Wehda
Al Shabab Saudi Arabia 2–0 Sudan Al-Hilal

Al Shabab advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Al-Mahalla disqualified by UAFA. ASC Sonalec withdrew.

Olympique Béja advanced automatically to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Qualifying tournament held in Amman.

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Syria Al-Jaish 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
Jordan Al-Wehdat 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
State of Palestine Khadamat Rafah 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Al-Wehdat Jordan 4–1 State of Palestine Khadamat Rafah
Al-Jaish Syria 1–0 State of Palestine Khadamat Rafah

Al-Wehdat & Al-Jaish advanced to the final tournament.

Final Tournament

Group stage

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. Each group was played on one leg basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Saudi Arabia Al Shabab 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 6
Kuwait Al-Salmiya 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
Jordan Al-Wehdat 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
Algeria WA Tlemcen 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
Al-Wehdat Jordan 0–1 Kuwait Al-Salmiya
Marwi  36'
Al Shabab Saudi Arabia 5–0 Algeria WA Tlemcen
Al-Owairan  23', 52' (pen.)
Al-Otaibi  60'
Al-Khathran  80'
Dissa  90'
Al-Salmiya Kuwait 1–2 Algeria WA Tlemcen
Bagyoko  77' Daoud  55'
Aidara  81'
Al Shabab Saudi Arabia 1–0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
Al-Waked  67'
Al-Wehdat Jordan 3–1 Algeria WA Tlemcen
Awaynah  60'
Shelbaieh  80', 83'		 Boudjakdji  59'
Al Shabab Saudi Arabia 0–1 Kuwait Al-Salmiya
Marwi  73'

Group B

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Syria Al-Jaish 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
Egypt Al Ahly 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
Tunisia Olympique Béja 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
Bahrain West Riffa SC 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Al Ahly Egypt 1–1 Bahrain West Riffa SC
Farouk  67' Bilal  89'
Olympique Béja Tunisia 2–0 Bahrain West Riffa SC
Missaoui  52'
Sliti  82'
Al Ahly Egypt 2–0 Syria Al-Jaish
Hanafy  8'
Mohamed  25'
Al-Jaish Syria 4–0 Bahrain West Riffa SC
Al-Sayed  27'
Azzam  28'
Mansour  59'
Kurdiyah  82'
Al Ahly Egypt 1–1 Tunisia Olympique Béja
Farouk  32' Sliti  68'

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 1 October – Cairo
 
 
Saudi Arabia Al Shabab (p)1 (3)
 
 3 October – Cairo
 
Egypt Al Ahly1 (2)
 
Saudi Arabia Al Shabab2
 
 1 October – Cairo
 
Syria Al-Jaish0
 
Syria Al-Jaish2
 
 
Kuwait Al-Salmiya1
 

Semi-Finals

Al Shabab Saudi Arabia 1–1 Egypt Al Ahly
Al-Sheehan  90' Farouk  14'
Penalties
3–2
Al-Jaish Syria 2–1 Kuwait Al-Salmiya
Afash  54', 66' Marwi  27'

Final

Al Shabab Saudi Arabia 2–0 Syria Al-Jaish
Al-Owairan  3'
Al-Sheehan  16'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Karim Daho (Algeria)

Winners

1999 Arab Club Champions Cup
Saudi Arabia
Al Shabab
Second title

References

  1. ↑ "Arab Clubs League Championship – Cairo 1999". goalzz.com.
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