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
Third place	Al-Shabab Baghdad
Fourth place	Fanja SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	54 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sadoun Hamoud (5 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Mubarak Al-Dosari
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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
	ASC Wharf	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 (H)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
KAC Marrakech	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	4
Mouloudia d'Oran	3	1	1	1	9	2	+7	3
ASC Wharf	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0
Al-Nasr Benghazi (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

19 February 1988

Club Africain	2 – 0	ASC Wharf
Touati ?

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

19 February 1988

Mouloudia d'Oran	0 – 1	KAC Marrakech
		Chaouch 82'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

21 February 1988

Club Africain	1 – 1	Mouloudia d'Oran
Yaâcoubi 4'		Amdouni 67' (c.s.c)

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

21 February 1988

KAC Marrakech	4 – 0	ASC Wharf
Kiddi ?', 18', 67'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

24 February 1988

Club Africain	2 – 1	KAC Marrakech
Bouhali 25' L. Rouissi 50'		Chaouch 34'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Referee: Omar Ali Shoqer (Saudi Arabia)

24 February 1988

Mouloudia d'Oran	8 – 0	ASC Wharf
Mezoued 3', 46' Meziane 15', 68' Sebbah 32' Chérif El-Ouazzani 33' Bouzerouata 84' Foussi 86'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al-Dhifatain SC	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	2
Palestine SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

4 August 1988

Al-Shabab Baghdad	1 – 1	Jableh SC
Gorgis –'		Ramadan –'

Damascus

4 August 1988

Al-Dhifatain SC	1 – 0	Palestine SC
وليد خاص

Damascus

7 August 1988

Al-Shabab Baghdad	1 – 0	Palestine SC
Hadi –'

Damascus

7 August 1988

Jableh SC	2 – 1	Al-Dhifatain SC
Ramadan –'		محمد المشة

Damascus

10 August 1988

Al-Shabab Baghdad	3 – 0	Al-Dhifatain SC
Abdel Reda –', –' Jassem –'

Damascus

10 August 1988

Jableh SC	–	Palestine SC

Damascus

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

21 October 1988

Fanja SC	2 – 0	Jableh SC
Khamis 85' Hamid 89'

Sharjah

22 October 1988

Club Africain	2 – 1	Al-Merrikh
Yâakoubi 3' Abdelhak 25'		Osama Suksuk 7'

Sharjah

24 October 1988

Club Africain	2 – 0	Jableh SC
Touati 30', 70'

Sharjah

24 October 1988

Al-Rasheed	2 – 1	Fanja SC
Radhi 32', 53' (pen.)		Hamoud 9'

Sharjah

27 October 1988

Club Africain	1 – 1	Al-Rasheed
Touati 55'		Radhi 45'

Sharjah

27 October 1988

Al-Merrikh	2 – 2	Jableh SC
Osama Suksuk 3' Abdelghani 79'		Shalbi 11' Shehada 81'

Sharjah

29 October 1988

Al-Rasheed	1 – 0	Al-Merrikh
Radhi 88'

Sharjah

29 October 1988

Club Africain	0 – 0	Fanja SC

Sharjah

31 October 1988

Jableh SC	1 – 0	Al-Rasheed
Ramadan 56'

Sharjah

1 November 1988

Fanja SC	1 – 0	Al-Merrikh
Hamid 37'

Sharjah

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

20 October 1988

Sharjah SC	2 – 2	Al-Ettifaq
Mohammed 26' Thani 85'		Saleh 19' Al-Shaiha 40' (pen.)

Sharjah

21 October 1988

Al-Shabab Baghdad	0 – 0	KAC Marrakech

Sharjah

23 October 1988

Sharjah SC	0 – 2	Al-Shabab Baghdad
		Mohammed 36' Hadi 69'

Sharjah

24 October 1988

KAC Marrakech	1 – 0	Kazma SC
Kadi 39'

Sharjah

26 October 1988

Sharjah SC	2 – 1	Kazma SC
Thani 7' Al-Arsour 80'		Hamza 4'

Sharjah

26 October 1988

Al-Ettifaq	2 – 2	Al-Shabab Baghdad
Hamoud 4' Al-Shaiha 15' (pen.)		Jasem 34' Rahim 44'

Sharjah

28 October 1988

Sharjah SC	0 – 0	KAC Marrakech

Sharjah

28 October 1988

Al-Ettifaq	3 – 1	Kazma SC
Hamoud 56', 63', 82'		Haji 77'

Sharjah

29 October 1988

Al-Ettifaq	1 – 0	KAC Marrakech
Al-Shaiha 70' (pen.)

Sharjah

1 November 1988

Al-Shabab Baghdad	0 – 1	Kazma SC
		Al Rahman 23'

Sharjah

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

2 November 1988

Al-Ettifaq	3 – 1	Fanja SC
Al-Dbikhi 10' Al-Shaiha 18' (pen.) S. Hamoud 31'		M. A. Hamoud 75'

Sharjah

2 November 1988

Club Africain	2 – 2	Al-Shabab Baghdad
Rasheed 25' (o.g.) Touati 55'		Almi 49' (o.g.) Hadi 83'
Penalties
	4 – 2

Sharjah

Third place match

4 November 1988

Al-Shabab Baghdad	3 – 2	Fanja SC
Alawi 28' Mohammed 58' Raheem 60'		Khamis 80' Al-Amburi 90'

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah

Final

4 November 1988

Al-Ettifaq	1 – 1	Club Africain
Al-Dbikhi 25'		Amdouni 18'
Penalties
Meflah	4 – 2

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah

Attendance: 27,500

Referee: Rachid Medjiba (Algeria)

Winners

1988 Arab Club Champions Cup winners
Al-Ettifaq Second title

References

External links

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