2011 GCC Champions League

2011 GCC Champions League

دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية
Tournament details
Dates	28 February - 3 November
Teams	12 (from AFC/UAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Shabab (2nd title)
Runners-up	Al-Ahli
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	81 (2.7 per match)

The GCC Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية‎‎), was an annually organized football league tournament for club of the Arabian peninsula.

The 2011 edition was the 26th time that it has been organized.

The tournament has changed other the years, especially with the Asian Champions League taking up to four clubs from certain leagues meaning that this tournament generally no longer witnesses league winners participating but clubs invited to enter.

In this edition no clubs represent Saudi Arabia.

The Groups

Four groups of three teams.

Winners and runners up qualify for the quarter-finals.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Al-Riffa Al-Salmiya Al-Shabab	Al-Arabi Doha Saham Al-Dhafra	Dhofar Al-Kharitiyat Kazma	Al-Ahli Manama Al-Ahli Dubai Al-Arabi Kuwait

Group Stage

• Group stage games are played on a home and away basis between March and May
• Group winners enter a two legged semi-final stage

Groups

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Shabab	4	3	0	1	4	1	+3	9
Al-Riffa	4	1	1	2	3	5	-2	4
Al-Salmiya	4	1	1	2	3	4	-1	4

Al-Riffa v Al-Salmiya

February 28, 2011

Al-Riffa	1 – 0	Al-Salmiya
Dawood Saad  34'

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

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Al-Salmiya v Al-Shabab

March 15, 2011

Al-Salmiya	0 – 1	Al-Shabab
		Carlos Villanueva  52'

Kuwait

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Al-Shabab v Al-Riffa

April 6, 2011

Al-Shabab	1 – 0	Al-Riffa

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Al-Salmiya v Al-Riffa

April 18, 2011

Al-Salmiya	2 – 2	Al-Riffa

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Al-Shabab v Al-Salmiya

May 3, 2011

Al-Shabab	0 – 1	Al-Salmiya

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Al-Riffa v Al-Shabab

May 10, 2011

Al-Riffa	0 – 2	Al-Shabab

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Arabi Doha	4	3	0	1	7	6	+1	9
Al-Dhafra	4	2	1	1	12	3	+9	7
Saham	4	0	1	3	3	13	-10	1

Al-Arabi Doha v Al-Dhafra

March 1, 2011

Al-Arabi Doha	1 – 0	Al-Dhafra
Leonardo Pisculichi  76'

Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha

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Al-Dhafra v Saham

March 15, 2011

Al-Dhafra	6 – 1	Saham
Gharib Harib  21' Boris Landry Kabi  32' Boris Landry Kabi  50' Abas Mowiwa Lawal  54' Mohammad Salim  59' Abas Mowiwa Lawal  62'		Rafael  83'

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Saham v Al-Arabi Doha

April 4, 2011

Saham	0 – 1	Al-Arabi Doha

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Al-Dhafra v Al-Arabi Doha

April 19, 2011

Al-Dhafra	5 – 0	Al-Arabi Doha

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Saham v Al-Dhafra

May 5, 2011

Saham	1 – 1	Al-Dhafra

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Al-Arabi Doha v Saham

May 9, 2011

Al-Arabi Doha	5 – 1	Saham

Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kazma	4	4	0	0	5	1	+4	12
Dhofar	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	6
Al-Kharitiyat	4	0	0	4	3	7	-3	0

Al-Kharitiyat v Dhofar

February 28, 2011

Al-Kharitiyat	1 – 2	Dhofar
Alaa Al-Zahra  15'		Saleh  64' Al-Hadhri  69'

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

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Dhofar v Kazma

March 14, 2011

Dhofar	1 – 2	Kazma
Al-Hadhri  47'		Yousef Nasser  21' Fahad Al-Anezi  36'

Seeb International Stadium, Muscat

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Kazma v Al-Kharitiyat

April 5, 2011

Kazma	1 – 0	Al-Kharitiyat
Fahad Al-Enazi  8'

Kuwait

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Dhofar v Al-Kharitiyat

April 18, 2011

Dhofar	4 – 2	Al-Kharitiyat
Al-Hadhri  8' Saleh  54' Shaaban  81' Al-Dhabit  93'		Alaa Al-Zahra  37' Yahia Kébé  72'

Seeb International Stadium, Muscat

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Kazma v Dhofar

May 3, 2011

Kazma	1 – 0	Dhofar

Kuwait

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Al-Kharitiyat v Kazma

May 10, 2011

Al-Kharitiyat	0 – 1	Kazma

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ahli Dubai	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
Al-Arabi Kuwait	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	0
Al-Ahli Manama	withdrew

Al-Arabi Kuwait v Al-Ahli Dubai

March 1, 2011

Al-Arabi Kuwait	1 – 2	Al-Ahli Dubai
Ali Maqseed  83' (pen.)		Abdul-Aziz Haikal  11' Ahmed Khalil  90+2'

Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait

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Al-Ahli Dubai v Al-Arabi Kuwait

April 20, 2011

Al-Ahli Dubai	1 – 0	Al-Arabi Kuwait

Quarter-Finals

Al-Dhafra v Al-Ahli Dubai

24 May 2011 17:00

Al-Dhafra	1 – 3	Al-Ahli Dubai

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Al-Arabi Doha v Al-Arabi Kuwait

24 May 2011 16:00

Al-Arabi Doha	0 – 2	Al-Arabi Kuwait

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Al-Shabab v Dhofar

24 May 2011 14:30

Al-Shabab	4 – 0	Dhofar

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Kazma v Al-Riffa

25 May 2011 16:15

Kazma	2 – 2	Al-Riffa
	Penalties
	4 – 3

Semi-Finals

1st Legs

Kazma v Al-Ahli Dubai

27 September 2011

Kazma	0 – 1	Al-Ahli Dubai

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Al-Shabab v Al-Arabi Kuwait

29 September 2011

Al-Shabab	2 - 2	Al-Arabi Kuwait

2nd Legs

Al-Ahli Dubai v Kazma

18 October 2011

Al-Ahli Dubai	1 – 1	Kazma

Al-Ahli advance to the final 2:1 on aggregate

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Al-Arabi Kuwait v Al-Shabab

19 October 2011

Al-Arabi Kuwait	1 – 2	Al-Shabab

Al-Shabab advance to the final 4:3 on aggregate

Final

1st Leg

Al-Ahli Dubai v Al-Shabab

26 October 2011

Al-Ahli Dubai	3 – 2	Al-Shabab

2nd Leg

Al-Shabab v Al-Ahli Dubai

3 November 2011

Al-Shabab	2 – 0	Al-Ahli Dubai

Winner

Gulf Club Champions Cup 2011 Winners
Al-Shabab 2nd Title

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Hussain Al-Hadhri

2 goals

• Alaa Al-Zahra
• Fahad Al-Anezi
• Hashim Saleh

1 goal

• Leonardo Pisculichi
• Dawood Saad
• Yahia Kébé
• Ali Maqseed
• Yousef Nasser
• Hani Al-Dhabit
• Yousuf Shaaban
• Abdul-Aziz Haikal
• Ahmed Khalil

References

External links

• Gulf Clubs Championship 2011