2015 GCC Champions League

2015 GCC Club Cup
دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية

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Tournament details
Teams 12 (from AFC/UAFA confederations)

The GCC Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية‎), is an annually organized football league tournament for club of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf.

The 2015 edition is the 30th edition and will start in February and finish with the final on 6th June.[1]


Teams

Entrants
Team Qualifying method App Last App
Group stage direct entrants (Groups A–D)
Bahrain East Riffa[2][3] 2014 Bahraini King's Cup winners
Bahrain Manama 2013–14 Bahrain First Division League runners up
Kuwait Al Jahra 2013–14 Kuwaiti Premier League 3rd place
Kuwait Kazma 2013–14 Kuwaiti Premier League 4th place
Oman Al Suwaiq 2013–14 Oman Professional League 3rd place
Oman Al Seeb 2013–14 Oman Professional League 4th place

Entrants
Team Qualifying method App Last App
Group stage direct entrants (Groups A–D)
Qatar Al Arabi 2013–14 Qatar Stars League 5th place
Qatar Al Rayyan 2013–14 Qatar Stars League 13th place
Saudi Arabia Al Taawon 2013–14 Saudi Professional League 5th place
Saudi Arabia Al Faisaly 2013–14 Saudi Professional League 7th place
United Arab Emirates Al Shabab 2013–14 Arabian Gulf League 4th place
United Arab Emirates Al Nasr 2013–14 Arabian Gulf League 5th place

Group Stage

Group stage is played as a double round-robin, thus each tem plays four matches. After that the top two teams advance to the quarter-finals.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Qatar Al Rayyan 422094+58
Saudi Arabia Al Taawon 413065+16
Oman Al Suwaiq 401339−2=61

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United Arab Emirates Al Shabab 4301102+89
Oman Al Seeb 411238−54
Qatar Al Arabi 411225−34

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United Arab Emirates Al Nasr 430186+29
Kuwait Kazma 42026606
Bahrain Manama 310245-13

4 February 2015
14:45
Kazma Kuwait 2–1 Bahrain Manama
Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Adiliya
Referee: Al-Hethlol (Saudi Arabia)

16 February 2015
15:15
Manama Bahrain 2–1 United Arab Emirates Al Nasr
Fernandes  5',  44' Report Touré  58'
Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

24 February 2015
15:00
Al Nasr United Arab Emirates 2–1 Kuwait Kazma
Hernández  57'
Touré  64' 		Report Nasser  90'
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Referee: Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

10 March 2015
Manama Bahrain 1–2 Kuwait Kazma

18 March 2015
Al Nasr United Arab Emirates – Bahrain Manama

7 April 2015
Kazma Kuwait – United Arab Emirates Al Nasr

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kuwait Al-Jahra SC 421175+27
Bahrain East Riffa Club 42116607
Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly FC 410335-23

Knockout-stage

Quarter-finals

22 April 2015
Al-Seeb Club Oman 2-0 Kuwait Al-Jahra SC
Kuwait
Referee: Sultan Al-Marzouqi (UAE)

21 April 2015
Al Rayyan SC Qatar 2-1 Kuwait Kazma Sporting Club
Qatar
Referee: Yaqoob Abdulbaki (Oman)

21 April 2015
Al-Taawon FC Saudi Arabia 1-1
(4-5 pen) 		United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr Dubai SC
UAE
Referee: Fahad Jaber Al Marri (Qatar)

22 April 2015
East Riffa Club Bahrain 1-3 United Arab Emirates Al Shabab (Dubai)
UAE
Referee: Marai Al-Awaji (Saudi Arabia)

References

  1. ↑ BFA.bh (5 June 2014). "GCC U-23 Tournament date moved to August 30". QFA. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "الحد يتهم الاتحاد البحريني بالتقصير". Kooora. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "BFA affirms adressing AFC regarding Al Hidd's participation". BFA. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

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