30th GCC Club Cup explained

Tourney Name:GCC Club Cup
Year:2015
Other Titles:كأس الأندية الخليجية
Size:200px
Dates:3 February –
Num Teams:12
Confederations:AFC/UAFA
Champion Other: Al-Shabab (3rd title)
Second Other: Al-Seeb
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016

The 30th GCC Club Cup (Arabic: كأس الأندية الخليجية) was the 30th edition of the GCC Club Cup for clubs of the Gulf Cooperation Council nations, held in 2015.

The tournament started in February and finished with the final on 27 May.[1]

Teams

+Entrants
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Group stage direct entrants (Groups A–D)
East Riffa[2] [3] 2014 Bahraini King's Cup winners
Manama2013–14 Bahrain First Division League runners up
Al Jahra2013–14 Kuwaiti Premier League 3rd place
Kazma2013–14 Kuwaiti Premier League 4th place
Al Suwaiq2013–14 Oman Professional League 3rd place
Al Seeb2013–14 Oman Professional League 4th place
+Entrants
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Group stage direct entrants (Groups A–D)
Al Arabi2013–14 Qatar Stars League 5th place
Al Rayyan2013–14 Qatar Stars League 13th place
Al Taawon2013–14 Saudi Professional League 5th place
Al Faisaly2013–14 Saudi Professional League 7th place
Al Shabab2013–14 Arabian Gulf League 4th place
Al Nasr2013–14 Arabian Gulf League 5th place

Group stage

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

Group A

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Al Rayyan422094+58
Al Taawon413065+16
Al Suwaiq401339–61

Group B

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Al Shabab4301102+89
Al Seeb411238-54
Al Arabi411225-34

Group C

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Al Nasr430186+29
Kazma42026606
Manama410368–23

Group D

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Al Jahra421175+27
East Riffa42116607
Al Faisaly410335-23

Knockout-stage

Semi-finals

Second leg

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GCC U-23 Tournament date moved to August 30 . BFA.bh . 5 June 2014 . QFA . 5 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714143341/http://bfa.bh/detail/1577 . 14 July 2014 . dead. dmy-all .
  2. Web site: الحد يتهم الاتحاد البحريني بالتقصير. Kooora. 11 December 2014.
  3. Web site: BFA affirms adressing [sic] AFC regarding Al Hidd's participation. BFA. 11 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141214191558/http://bfa.bh/detail/1891. 14 December 2014. dead. dmy-all.