2000–01 Asian Club Championship

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]

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.

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 Saudi Arabia 2–1 Syria Al-Karamah 2–1 0–0
Al Ramtha Jordan 2–3 Kuwait Al-Salmiya 0–1 2–2
Al-Ahli Yemen 0–1 Bahrain Al-Ahli 0–1 0–0
Al-Ansar Lebanon w/o1 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Al-Zawraa Iraq 2–5 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 2–1 0–4
Al-Wakra Qatar 3–9 Iran Persepolis 2–4 1–5
FC Irtysh Kazakhstan 5–2 Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat 3–1 2–1
Varzob Dushanbe Tajikistan w/o2 Uzbekistan 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 Macau 0–11 Singapore Home United 0–5 0–6
PSM Makassar Indonesia 4–1 Vietnam 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 Saudi Arabia 3–1 Kuwait Al-Salmiya 3–1 0–0
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia 8–2 Bahrain Al-Ahli 2–0 6–2
Persepolis Iran 4–2 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 2–0 2–2(aet)
FC Irtysh Kazakhstan 7–3 Tajikistan 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 Indonesia 11–1 Thailand Royal Thai Air Force 6–1 5–0
South China Hong Kong 2–6 Japan Júbilo Iwata 1–3 1–3
Shandong Luneng Taishan China 6–1 Singapore Home United 3–0 3–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea 2–1 Maldives 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
Iran Persepolis 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
Kazakhstan FC Irtysh 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia0–0Kazakhstan FC Irtysh
Persepolis Iran0–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Persepolis Iran0–0Kazakhstan FC Irtysh
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia2–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Al Hasan Al-Yami 23'
Sergio Ricardo 85'
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia1–2Kazakhstan FC Irtysh
Mohammad Hwasawi 41' Nilton Pereira Mendes 14' 25'
Persepolis Iran3–1Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Ali Karimi 45'
Ali Ansarian 65' (pen.)
Hamed Kavianpour 69'		 Yousuf Al-Thunayan 9'

East Asia

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Japan Júbilo Iwata 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3 2 0 1 14 4 +10 6
China Shandong Luneng Taishan 3 1 0 2 5 13 −8 3
Indonesia PSM Makassar 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea0–3Japan Júbilo Iwata
Toshiya Fujita 14'
Yang Jong-Hu 77' (og)
Masashi Nakayama 90'
PSM Makassar Indonesia1–3China Shandong Luneng Taishan
Suwandi Hadi Siswoyo 90' Sergei Nagorniak 15' (pen.)
Li Xiaopeng 52'
Li Ming 56'
PSM Makassar Indonesia1–8South Korea 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'
Júbilo Iwata Japan6–2China Shandong Luneng Taishan
Toshiya Fujita 29' (pen.)
Masashi Nakayama 42' 43' 56'
Aleksandar Živković 66' (pen.)
Daisuke Oku 78'		 Casiano 34'
Li Xiaopeng 90'
Shandong Luneng Taishan China0–6South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Ko Jong-Soo 8' 38'
Denis Laktionov 28'
Seo Dong-Won 48' 59'
Sabo Zoltan 82'
PSM Makassar Indonesia0–3Japan Júbilo Iwata
Naoki Naruo 37'
Tomoaki Seino 56'
Takahiro Yamanishi 74'

Semi-finals

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Júbilo Iwata Japan1–0 (a.e.t.)Kazakhstan FC Irtysh
Jo Kanazawa 103'
Persepolis Iran1–2South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Hamed Kavianpour 12' Seo Jung-Won 78'
Park Kun-Ha 90'

Third place match

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Persepolis Iran2–0Kazakhstan FC Irtysh
Esmael Halali 17'
Hamid Reza Estili 34'

Final

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Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea1–0Japan Júbilo Iwata
Sandro Cardoso 15'

References

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