1988 Arab Club Champions Cup

1988 Arab Club Champions Cup

بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1988
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
City	Sharjah
Dates	20 October - 4 November
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations) (from 9 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Ettifaq (2nd title)
Runners-up	Club Africain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	54 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sadoun Hamoud (5 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Mubarak Al-Dosari

The 1988 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in United Arab Emirates in the city of Sharjah. Al-Ettifaq won the championship for the first time beating in the final Club Africain.

Participants

Participants
Zone	Team	Qualifying method
	Sharjah SC	1986–87 UAE League winner and Hosts
	Al-Rasheed	Holders
Zone 1	Kazma SC	1986–87 Kuwaiti Premier League winners
	Fanja SC	1986–87 Omani League winners
Zone 2	Al-Ettifaq	1986–87 Saudi Premier League winners
	Al-Merrikh	Sudan Premier League runners-up
Zone 3	Mouloudia d'Oran	1986–87 Algerian Championship runners-up
	KAC Marrakech	1986–87 Moroccan League runners up
	Warf Nouakchott	Mauritanian representative
	Club Africain	1986–87 Tunisian Championship runners-up
Zone 4	Al-Shabab Baghdad	1986–87 Iraqi League third place
	Al-Dhifatain SC	1986–87 Jordan League winners
	Palestine SC	West Bank Premier League representative
	Jableh SC	1986–87 Syrian Premier League winners

Preliminary Round

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Kazma SC and Fanja SC advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Al-Ettifaq and Al-Merrikh advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Preliminary round tournament held in Tunis, Tunisia.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Club Africain	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	6
KAC Marrakech	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	4
Mouloudia d'Oran	3	1	0	2	9	2	+7	2
Warf Nouakchott	3	0	0	3	0	13	-13	0

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¹ Match abandoned at the 70' due to a fights between staff and players of both teams. Club Africain were declared winners.

Club Africain and KAC Marrakech advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Preliminary round tournament held in Damascus, Syria from 4 to 10 August 1988.^[1]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Shabab Baghdad	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5
Jableh SC
Al-Dhifatain SC	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	2
Palestine SC

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Al-Shabab Baghdad and Jableh SC advanced to the final tournament.

Final Tournament

Final tournament held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from 21 October to 4 November 1988.

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Club Africain	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	6
Fanja SC	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	5
Al-Rasheed	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	5
Jableh SC	4	1	1	2	3	6	-3	3
Al-Merrikh	4	0	1	3	3	6	-3	1

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ettifaq	4	2	2	0	8	5	+3	6
Al-Shabab Baghdad	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	4
KAC Marrakech	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	4
Sharjah SC	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1	4
Kazma SC	4	1	0	3	3	6	-3	2

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Knockout Stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	2 November – Sharjah
	Al-Ettifaq	3
	Fanja SC	1
					4 November – Sharjah
					Al-Ettifaq (p)	1 (4)
					Club Africain	1 (2)
					Third place
	2 November – Sharjah			4 November – Sharjah
	Club Africain (p)	2 (4)		Al-Shabab	3
	Al-Shabab	2 (2)			Fanja SC	2

Semi-finals

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Third Place Match

Final

Winners

1988 Arab Club Champions Cup winners
Al-Ettifaq Second title

References

External links

• 6th Arab Club Champions Cup 1988 - rsssf.com