1999 Arab Club Champions Cup

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.[2]

1999 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1999
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
CityCairo
Dates23 September – 3 October
Teams8 (from 2 confederations) (from 7 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsSaudi Arabia Al Shabab (2nd title)
Runners-upSyria Al-Jaish
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored36 (2.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saudi Arabia Saeed Al-Owairan
Kuwait Ali Marwi
Egypt Mohamed Farouk
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)Syria Ahmad Azzam
Best goalkeeperSaudi Arabia Abdulrahman Al-Hamdan[1]
1998
2000

Participants

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Participants
Zone Team Qualifying method
  Al Ahly Hosts
  WA Tlemcen Holders
Zone 1   West Riffa SC 1997–98 Bahraini Premier League winners
  Al-Salmiya 1997–98 Kuwaiti Premier League winners
  Oman Club 1997–98 Omani League fifth
  Al-Arabi (Doha) 1997–98 Qatar Stars League fourth
  Al-Ittihad 1997–98 Saudi Premier League seventh
  Sharjah SC 1997–98 UAE Football League runners-up
Zone 2   Al Shabab 1997–98 Saudi Premier League runners-up
  Al-Hilal Club 1999 Sudan Premier League winners
  Al-Wehda 1997–98 Yemeni League winners
Zone 3   Al-Mahalla 1997–98 Libyan Premier League height
  ASC Sonalec 1997–98 Mauritanean Premier League runners-up
  Olympique Béja 1996–97 Tunisian Championnat National fifth
Zone 4   Al-Wehdat 1996–97 Jordan League winners
  Khadamat Rafah Gaza Strip League representative
  Al-Jaish 1997–98 Syrian League winners

Preliminary round

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Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

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Qualification from GCC Champions League held in Jeddah in 1999.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Ittihad 5 5 0 0 15 2 +13 15
  Al-Salmiya 5 4 0 1 9 3 +6 12
  West Riffa SC 5 3 0 2 12 6 +6 9
  Al-Arabi 5 1 1 3 4 12 −8 4
  Sharjah SC 5 0 2 3 6 12 −6 2
  Oman Club 5 0 1 4 4 15 −11 1
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Ittihad  5–1  Oman Club
Sharjah SC  2–2  Al-Arabi
Al-Salmiya  2–0  West Riffa SC

Al-Ittihad  3–0  Al-Arabi
Oman Club  1–4  West Riffa SC
Sharjah SC  0–3  Al-Salmiya

Al-Ittihad  2–0  West Riffa SC
Al-Arabi  0–2  Al-Salmiya
Oman Club  2–2  Sharjah SC

Al-Arabi  2–0  Oman Club
West Riffa SC  3 – 1
(abandoned after 50 mn)
  Sharjah SC
Al-Ittihad  3–0  Al-Salmiya

West Riffa SC  5–0  Al-Arabi
Al-Salmiya  2–0  Oman Club
Al-Ittihad  2–1  Sharjah SC

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

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

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Qualifying tournament held in Abha.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al Shabab 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
  Al-Wehda 2 1 0 1 5 7 −2 3
  Al-Hilal Club 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Al Shabab  4–0  Al-Wehda

Al-Hilal Club  3–5  Al-Wehda

Al Shabab  2–0  Al-Hilal

Al Shabab advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

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Al-Mahalla disqualified by UAFA. ASC Sonalec withdrew.

Olympique Béja advanced automatically to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

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Qualifying tournament held in Amman.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Jaish 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
  Al-Wehdat 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
  Khadamat Rafah 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]


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

Final tournament

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Group stage

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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

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al Shabab 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 6
  Al-Salmiya 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
  Al-Wehdat 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
  WA Tlemcen 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Wehdat  0–1  Al-Salmiya
Marwi   36'
Al Shabab  5–0  WA Tlemcen
Al-Owairan   23', 52' (pen.)
Al-Otaibi   60'
Al-Khathran   80'
Dissa   90'

Al-Salmiya  1–2  WA Tlemcen
Bagyoko   77' Daoud   55'
Aidara   81'

Al-Wehdat  3–1  WA Tlemcen
Awaynah   60'
Shelbaieh   80', 83'
Boudjakdji   59'

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Jaish 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
  Al Ahly 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
  Olympique Béja 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
  West Riffa SC 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Source: [citation needed]
Al Ahly  1–1  West Riffa SC
Farouk   67' Bilal   89'

Al Ahly  2–0  Al-Jaish
Hanafy   8'
Mohamed   25'

Al-Jaish  4–0  West Riffa SC
Al-Sayed   27'
Azzam   28'
Mansour   59'
Kurdiyah   82'

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 October – Cairo
 
 
  Al Shabab (p)1 (3)
 
3 October – Cairo
 
  Al Ahly1 (2)
 
  Al Shabab2
 
1 October – Cairo
 
  Al-Jaish0
 
  Al-Jaish2
 
 
  Al-Salmiya1
 

Semi-finals

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Al-Jaish  2–1  Al-Salmiya
Afash   54', 66' Marwi   27'

Final

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

Winners

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1999 Arab Club Champions Cup
 
Al Shabab
Second title

References

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  1. ^ "Jazirah newspaper 1999-10-04".
  2. ^ "Arab Clubs League Championship – Cairo 1999". goalzz.com.
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