2008 Gulf Club Champions Cup

2008 Gulf Club Champions Cup
Tournament details
Teams (from UAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions Al-Ahli (Jeddah) (3rd title)
Runners-up Al-Nasr
2007

The Persian Gulf Club Champions Cup is a football league tournament for the Arab Countries around the Persian Gulf, it's a tournament for clubs.

The 2008 edition was the 24th time that it has been organised.

Contents

Participating clubs

Clubs withdrawn

Group A

Final Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Qadsia 4 3 1 0 11 1 +10 10
Al-Nasr 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7
Al Muharraq 4 1 3 0 4 2 +2 6
Al Khor 4 0 2 2 3 10 -7 2
Al Nahda 4 0 1 3 2 9 -7 1

Group B

Final Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Ahli (Jeddah) 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
Al Salmiya 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
Dhofar 3 1 0 2 4 7 -3 3
Al-Najma 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 1

Semi-finals

1st Legs

October 27, 2008
Al-Nasr Promoted to final Al-Ahli (Jeddah) King Fahd Stadium

October 19, 2008
Al Salmiya 3 - 4 Al Qadsia Thamir Stadium

2nd Legs

November 3, 2008
Al-Ahli (Jeddah) Promoted to final Al-Nasr Prince Sultan bin Fahd Stadium

October 25, 2008
Al Qadsia Canceled1 Al Salmiya Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium
1 The Kuwaiti clubs' matches canceled due to FIFA's freezing of the membership of the Kuwait Football Association.[1]. Therefore the second leg clash between the Kuwaiti sides was annulled and the other semi-final involving club sides from Saudi Arabia was promoted to be played as the final.

Final

November 28, 2008
Al-Ahli (Jeddah) 1 - 0 Al-Nasr Prince Sultan bin Fahd Stadium
Al Raheb  35'

December 3, 2008
Al-Nasr 0 - 2 Al-Ahli (Jeddah) King Fahd Stadium
Al Raheb  68'
Al-Kharashi  80'

Winner

Gulf Club Champions Cup
2008 Winners
Al-Ahli
3rd Title

References

  1. ^ FIFA freezing the membership of the Kuwait Football Association (Kooora)

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