Football tournament
The GCC Club Cup (Arabic : كأس الأندية الخليجية ), formerly known as the GCC Champions League (Arabic : دوري أبطال مجلس التعاون الخليجي ), was an annually organized football tournament for clubs of the six Gulf Cooperation Council nations. The tournament was first organized in 1982 as the GCC Club Championship and was last played in 2015, the 30th edition . Attempts to organize the 31st edition failed.
The tournament was organised by the Gulf Cooperation Council and was open to clubs from Bahrain , Kuwait , Oman , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , and the United Arab Emirates .
Although having much popularity in its initial decades, the tournament faced decline as the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup rendered many Gulf clubs unable to participate in the competition.
Winners [ edit ] Edition Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Top scorer GCC Club Championship 1st
Al-Arabi Al-Riffa Home \ Away format Mansour Muftah (6 goals) 2nd
Al-Ettifaq 1–0 Al-Arabi Khalifa International Stadium , Doha , Qatar 3rd
Al-Ahli 2–0 Al-Arabi Zabeel Stadium , Dubai , United Arab Emirates 4th
Al-Hilal Al-Arabi Riyadh , Saudi Arabia 5th
Kazma Al-Hilal Kuwait City , Kuwait 6th
Al-Ettifaq Kazma Sharjah , United Arab Emirates 7th
Fanja Al-Muharraq Riffa , Bahrain 8th
Al-Sadd Bahrain SC Doha , Qatar 9th
Al-Shabab Al-Hilal Oman 10th
Al-Shabab Al-Shabab Riyadh , Saudi Arabia Aissa Sangour (4 goals) 11th
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi Kuwait City , Kuwait Saeed Al-Owairan (4 goals) 12th
Kazma Al-Riffa Al Ain , United Arab Emirates Saleh almesnad (5 goals) 13th
Al-Nassr Dhofar Riffa , Bahrain 14th
Al-Nassr Kazma Doha , Qatar 15th
Al-Hilal East Riffa Sur , Oman 16th
Al-Ittihad Al-Salmiya Jeddah , Saudi Arabia Rashad Jamal Salem (7 goals) 17th
Al-Qadisiya Al-Hilal Kuwait City , Kuwait 18th
Al-Ain Al-Ittihad Al Ain , United Arab Emirates 19th
Al-Ahli Al-Muharraq Riffa , Bahrain 20th
Al-Arabi Al-Muharraq Doha , Qatar 21st
Al-Qadisiya Al-Wasl Alexandre Oliveira ,Salman Isa (4 goals) GCC Champions League Edition Year Home team Score Away team Venue Top scorer 22nd 2006 Al-Qadisiya 0–1 Al-Ettifaq Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium , Kuwait City Saleh Bashir (5 goals) Al-Ettifaq 1–1 Al-Qadisiya Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium , Dammam Al-Ettifaq won 2 – 1 on aggregate. 23rd 2007 Al-Ettifaq 2–0 Al-Jazira Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium , Dammam Antonin Koutouan (6 goals) Al-Jazira 3–1 Al-Ettifaq Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium , Abu Dhabi Al-Jazira won 7 – 6 on penalties after a 3 – 3 draw on aggregate. 24th 2008 Al-Ahli 1–0 Al-Nassr Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium , Jeddah Bader Al-Mutawa (6 goals) Al-Nassr 0–2 Al-Ahli Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium , Riyadh Al-Ahli won 3 – 0 on aggregate. 25th 2009 Qatar SC 2–2 Al-Wasl Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium , Doha Saeed Al Kass (6 goals) Al-Wasl 1–1 Qatar SC Zabeel Stadium , Dubai Al-Wasl won 3 – 3 on away goals. 26th 2011 Al-Ahli 3–2 Al-Shabab Al-Rashid Stadium , Dubai Boris Kabi ,Essa Obaid (footballer) (4 goals) Al-Shabab 2–0 Al-Ahli Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium , Dubai Al-Shabab won 4 – 3 on aggregate. 27th 2012 Al-Muharraq 1–3 Al-Wasl Khalifa Sports City Stadium , isa town Hussain Al-Musawi (8 goals) Al-Wasl 1–3 Al-Muharraq Zabeel Stadium , Dubai Al-Muharraq won 5 – 4 on penalties after a 4 – 4 draw on aggregate. 28th 2013 Al-Khor 1–1 Baniyas Al-Khor SC Stadium , Al Khor Yahia Kébé (6 goals) Baniyas 2–0 Al-Khor Baniyas Stadium , Abu Dhabi Baniyas won 3 – 1 on aggregate. GCC Club Cup Edition Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Top scorer 29th
Al-Nasr 2–1 Saham Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium , Dubai , UAE Léo Lima ,Brett Holman ,Carlos Villanueva (footballer) (3 goals) 30th
Al Shabab 1–1 (4–3 pen. ) Al-Seeb Al-Seeb Stadium , Seeb , Oman Rodrigo Tabata (5 goals)
Cancelled 31th
Performances [ edit ] Performance by nation [ edit ] The following table lists countries by number of winners and runners-up in GCC Club Cup. Saudi Arabia is the current leader by nation with 13 titles.
Performance by club [ edit ] The following table lists clubs by the number of winners and runners-up in the Cup.
Team Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years Al-Ettifaq 3 1 (1983, 1988, 2006) (2007) Al-Shabab 3 1 (1992, 2011, 2015) (1993) Al-Ahli 3 — (1985, 2002, 2008) — Al-Hilal 2 3 (1986, 1998) (1987, 1992, 2000) Al-Arabi 2 3 (1982, 2003) (1983, 1985, 1994) Kazma 2 2 (1987, 1995) (1988, 1997) Al-Nassr 2 1 (1996, 1997) (2008) Al-Qadisiya 2 1 (2000, 2005) (2006) Al-Shabab 2 — (1993, 1994) — Al-Muharraq 1 3 (2012) (1989, 2002, 2003) Al-Wasl 1 2 (2009) (2005, 2012) Al-Ittihad 1 1 (1999) (2001) Fanja 1 — (1989) — Al-Sadd 1 — (1991) — Al-Ain 1 — (2001) — Al-Jazira 1 — (2007) — Baniyas 1 — (2013) — Al-Nasr 1 — (2014) — Al-Riffa — 2 — (1982, 1995) Al-Arabi — 1 — (1986) Bahrain SC — 1 — (1991) Dhofar — 1 — (1996) East Riffa — 1 — (1998) Al-Salmiya — 1 — (1999) Qatar SC — 1 — (2009) Al-Ahli — 1 — (2011) Al-Khor — 1 — (2013) Saham — 1 — (2014) Al-Seeb — 1 — (2015)
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