1987 Arab Club Champions Cup

1987 Arab Club Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Saudi Arabia
Teams 10 (from UAFA confederations)
Venue(s)  (in Riyadh host cities)
Final positions
Champions Al-Rasheed (3rd title)
Runners-up Al-Ittihad
1986
1988 →

The 1987 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in Saudi Arabia for the second time. This time in the city of Riyadh after the successful hosting of the 1984 Arab Club Champions Cup in Dammam.

Al-Rasheed won the championship for the 3rd time, defending there championship once again and proving to be one of the top teams in the region at the time.

This edition saw the tournament increase from 5 teams to 10 teams and a preliminary round added to the schedule.

Contents

Participants

Participants
Team Qualifying method
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Hosts
Al-Rasheed Holders
Étoile Sportive du Sahel 1986 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 winners
Raja Casablanca 1986 Moroccan League runners up
JET Tizi-Ouzou 1986 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 winners
Nadi West Bank Premier League representative
Tersana SC 1986 Egypt Cup winners
Al-Hilal Riyadh 1985-86 Saudi Premier League winners
Al-Jaish Baghdad Iraqi League representative
Al-Arabi Doha Q-League representative

Fixtures & Results

Preliminary Round

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
ES Sahel 4 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5
JET Tizi-Ouzou 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2
Raja Casablanca 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3
Étoile Sportive du Sahel 4–1 Raja Casablanca
Étoile Sportive du Sahel 3–1 JET Tizi-Ouzou
JET Tizi-Ouzou 0–0 Raja Casablanca

Final Round

Group A

Winner

1987 Arab Club Champions Cup
Winners
Al-Rasheed
3rd Title