1987 Arab Club Champions Cup

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.

1987 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1987
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
CityRiyadh
Dates21 oct - 3 nov 1987
Teams10 (from 1 association)
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Al-Rasheed (3rd title)
Runners-up Al-Ittihad
Third place JE Tizi Ouzou
Fourth place Tersana
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored51 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer(s) Haris Mohammed (7 goals)
Best player(s) Saleh Nu'eimeh
Best goalkeeper Abdul-Fatah Nasif

Participants
Participants
Zone Team Qualifying method
Al-Ittihad Hosts
Al-Rasheed Holders
Zone 1 Al-Arabi Q-League representative
Zone 2 Tersana 1986 Egypt Cup winners
Al-Hilal 1985-86 Saudi Premier League winners
Zone 3 JE Tizi Ouzou 1985–86 Algerian Championship winners
Raja Casablanca 1986 Moroccan League runners up
ES Sahel 1985–86 Tunisian Championship winners
Zone 4 Al-Jaish Iraqi League representative
Al-Faisaly 1985–86 Jordan League winners
Nadi Al-Riyada Lebanese Premier League representative
Palestine SC West Bank Premier League representative
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
ES Sahel 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 4
JE Tizi Ouzou 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Raja Casablanca 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source:
ES Sahel 2 – 1 Raja CA
ES Sahel 3 – 1 JE Tizi Ouzou
JE Tizi Ouzou 0 – 0 Raja CA

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.

Al-Jaish 2 – 0 Palestine SC
Fahim  –'
Rasheed  –'
Al-Jaish 1 – 0 Nadi Al-Riyada
Rasheed  –'
Al-Jaish 2 – 1 Jableh SC
Ghanem  –'
Mahmoud  –'		 –  –'
Al-Faisaly 1 – 2 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
Al-Rasheed 3 3 0 0 13 2 +11 6
Al-Ittihad 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 4
ES Sahel 3 0 1 2 6 11 −5 1
Palestine SC 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1
Source:
Al-Rasheed 5 – 1 ES Sahel
Radhi  –'
Mohammed  –'
Jafar  –', –'
Hashim  –'		  –'
Al-Ittihad 2 – 0 Palestine SC
Al-Rasheed 5 – 0 Palestine SC
Mohammed  –', –'
Radhi  –'
Hussein  –'
Abdulkadhem  –'
Al-Ittihad 4 – 3 ES Sahel
Al-Rasheed 3 – 1 Al-Ittihad
Mohammed  30', 64'
Dirjal  34'		  –'
Palestine SC 2 – 2 ES Sahel

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tersana 4 2 2 0 4 1 +3 6
JE Tizi Ouzou 4 2 2 0 2 0 +2 6
Al-Hilal 4 2 1 1 2 1 +1 5
Al-Jaish 4 1 0 3 3 3 0 2
Al-Arabi 4 0 1 3 1 7 −6 1
Source:
Al-Hilal 1 – 0 Al-Arabi
Al-Jaish 0 – 1 Tersana
 90'
Tersana 0 – 0 JE Tizi Ouzou
Al-Jaish 3 – 0 Al-Arabi
Hameed  –', –'
Mahmoud  –'
Al-Jaish 0 – 1 JE Tizi Ouzou
 90'
Al-Hilal 0 – 0 Tersana
Al-Arabi 0 – 0 JE Tizi Ouzou
Al-Hilal 2 – 1 Al-Jaish
 –'
 90'		  –'
Al-Arabi 1 – 3 Tersana
Al-Hilal 0 – 1 JE Tizi Ouzou

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 november – Riyadh
 
 
 Al-Ittihad1
 
3 november – Riyadh
 
 Tersana0
 
 Al-Rasheed (aet)2
 
1 november – Riyadh
 
 Al-Ittihad1
 
 Al-Rasheed4
 
 
 JE Tizi Ouzou0
 
Third place
 
 
3 november – Riyadh
 
 
 Tersana1
 
 
 JE Tizi Ouzou2

Semi finals
Al-Ittihad 1 – 0 Tersana
Al-Rasheed 4 – 0 JE Tizi Ouzou
Hashim  –'
Mohammed  –', –'
Dirjal  67'

3rd Place Match
Tersana 1 – 2 JE Tizi Ouzou

Final
Al-Rasheed 2 – 1
(a.e.t.)		 Al-Ittihad
Jafar  99'
Allawi  103'		 Al-Muwallid  –'
Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)

Winners
 1987 Arab Club Champions Cup
Winners 

Al-Rasheed SC
3rd title

Goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Haris Mohammed Al-Rasheed 7

Awards
Player Goalkeeper Fair Play Team
Saleh Nu'eimeh Abdul-Fatah Nasif Jassim Palestine SC
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