25th GCC Champions League explained

Tourney Name:GCC Champions League
Year:2009
Dates:15 September 2009  - 2010
Num Teams:12
Confederations:AFC/UAFA
Champion Other: Al Wasl
Count:1
Second Other: Qatar SC
Matches:30
Goals:63
Top Scorer: Saeed Al Kass (5 goals)
Player: Fadel Ahmad
Prevseason:2008
Nextseason:2011

The 25th GCC Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال مجلس التعاون الخليجي) was the 25th edition of the GCC Champions League for clubs of the Gulf Cooperation Council nations, held in 2009.

The tournament format has changed from the 2008 edition, from two groups of 5 teams to four groups of three teams.

The Groups

The draw was made on 18 July 2009 in Bahrain.[1]

Four groups of three teams.

Winners qualify for the semi-finals.

width=20%Group Awidth=20%Group Bwidth=20%Group Cwidth=20%Group D
Muharraq Club
Al Arabi Kuwait
Al Shabab
Al Khor
Sur
Al-Nassr
Al-Oruba
Qatar SC
Al-Ettifaq
Bahrain Riffa Club
Kuwait SC
Al Wasl

Fixtures And Results

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Muharraq Club430194+59
Al Arabi Kuwait421156–17
Al Shabab401337–41

Results

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22 September 2009
Al Shabab0 - 2Al Arabi
29 September 2009
Al Muharraq1 - 0Al Shabab
27 October 2009
Al Arabi1 - 0Al Muharraq
3 November 2009
Al Arabi1 - 1Al Shabab
20 November 2009
Al Shabab2 - 3Al Muharraq
8 December 2009
Al Muharraq5 - 1Al Arabi

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Al-Nassr4310114+710
Sur411245–14
Al Khor410328–63

Results

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15 September 2009
Sur1–2Al Nasr
29 September 2009
Sur1–0Al Khor
19 October 2009
Al Nasr2–2Sur
27 October 2009
Al Nasr3 - 1Al Khor
25 November 2009
Al Khor0 - 4Al Nasr
8 December 2009
Al Khor1–0Sur

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Qatar SC422086+28
Al-Ettifaq421176+17
Al-Oruba401358–31

Results

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16 September 2009
Qatar SC3 - 2Al Ettifaq
29 September 2009
Qatar SC2–0Al-Oruba
19 October 2009
Al Ettifaq1 - 1Qatar SC
27 October 2009
Al Ettifaq3–2Al-Oruba
25 November 2009
Al-Oruba0–1Al Ettifaq
8 December 2009
Al-Oruba1–2Qatar SC

Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Al Wasl422053+28
Bahrain Riffa Club41214405
Kuwait SC402224–22

Results

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22 September 2009
Al Kuwait1 - 2Al Wasl
29 September 2009
Al Wasl2 - 2Riffa Club
27 October 2009
Riffa Club2 - 1Al Kuwait
20 November 2009
Riffa Club0 - 1Al Wasl
8 December 2009
Al Kuwait0 - 0Riffa Club
16 December 2009
Al Wasl0 - 0Al Kuwait

Semi-finals

1st Legs

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2nd Legs

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Final

2nd Legs

Top goalscorers

RankPlayer NameTeamGoals
1 Saeed Al KassAl Wasl FC6
211 players2
332 players1

References

  1. News: Draw held for G.C.C. clubs event . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608141347/http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=255872 . Gulf Daily News . 19 July 2009 . 8 June 2011 . 15 September 2019 .