2000–01 Asian Club Championship

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. It was also the last edition to feature the Kazakh top division champions at the time, as the Kazakhstan Football Federation were in the process of switching to UEFA membership.

2000–2001 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
DatesAugust 2000 – May 2001
Teams24
Final positions
ChampionsSouth Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1st title)
Runners-upJapan Júbilo Iwata
Third placeIran Persepolis
Fourth placeKazakhstan FC Irtysh
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored160 (3.33 per match)
Best player(s)Serbia and Montenegro Zoltan Sabo[1]

Suwon Samsung Bluewings of South Korea won the final and became Asian champions for the first time, beating 1-0 Júbilo Iwata who were playing in their third consecutive final.

First round

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West Asia

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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West Asia

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

Quarter-finals

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West Asia

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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
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Hilal  0–0  FC Irtysh


Persepolis  0–0  FC Irtysh

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


East Asia

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


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'



Semi-finals

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Third place match

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Final

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References

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  1. ^ "수원 삼성, 아시아클럽축구 평정". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 27 May 2001. Retrieved 16 December 2020.