1997 Arab Club Champions Cup

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1997 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1997
Tournament details
Host countryTunisia
CityTunis
Sfax
Teams10 (from 2 confederations) (from 9 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsTunisia Club Africain (1st title)
Runners-upEgypt Al-Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored53 (3.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Maher (5 goals)
Best player(s)Tunisia Faouzi Rouissi
Best goalkeeperTunisia Boubaker Zitouni
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The 1997 Arab Club Champions Cup edition, was won by Tunisian side Club Africain, the hosts. It was the 13th tournament and was held from 14 to 23 November 1997.

Preliminary round[]

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)[]

Kazma SC advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)[]

Al Ahly and Al-Ahli advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)[]

Preliminary round tournament held in Sfax, Tunisia.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
Algeria WA Tlemcen 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
Morocco OC Khouribga 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
Libya Al-Shat 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: UTC+01:00
WA Tlemcen Algeria1 - 0Morocco OC Khouribga
Ghouti Goal 5'
CS Sfaxien Tunisia4 – 0Libya Aschat S.C.
Gomis Goal 26'
Goal 32'
Trabelsi Goal 37'
Bechaouch Goal 80'
CS Sfaxien Tunisia2 - 0Algeria WA Tlemcen
Gomis Goal 6'
Goal 14'
OC Khouribga Morocco1 – 0Libya Aschat S.C.
Mohamed El-Zarkaoui Goal
CS Sfaxien Tunisia0 – 2Morocco OC Khouribga
WA Tlemcen Algeria3 – 0Libya Aschat S.C.
Mohamed Djalti Goal
Aissa Aidara Goal
Aissa Aidara Goal

CS Sfaxien and WA Tlemcen advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)[]

Al-Wehdat and Shabab Al-Am'ari advanced to the final tournament.

Final tournament[]

Group stage[]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. Each group was played on one leg basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tunisia Club Africain 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
Algeria WA Tlemcen 3 1 1 1 7 1 +6 4
Jordan Al-Wehdat 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source:[citation needed]
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia3 – 1Jordan Al-Wehdat
Ibrahim Souied Goal 44'
Sérgio Goal 54' (pen), 89'		 Mounir Lotfi Goal 86'
Referee: Morocco Saïd Belghoula
Club Africain Tunisia0 – 0Algeria WA Tlemcen
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: Kuwait Saad Kamil
WA Tlemcen Algeria7 – 0Jordan Al-Wehdat
Mohamed Djalti Goal 35' (p), 76'
Aissa Aidara Goal 43', 89'
Djawed Yadel Goal 50'
Kamel Habri Goal 60'
Abdelmadji Kendouci Goal 86'
Attendance: 5.000
Referee: Egypt Jamil Achour
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia1 – 3Tunisia Club Africain
Sérgio Goal 48' Abdeljalil Hadda as Camacho Goal 48', 84'
Rezki Amrouche Goal 67'
Referee: United Arab Emirates Ali Abou Djassim
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia1 – 0Algeria WA Tlemcen
Hamza Salah Goal 90+2'
Referee: Egypt Jamel El Ghandour
Club Africain Tunisia3 – 2Jordan Al-Wehdat

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Egypt Al-Ahly 3 2 1 0 10 1 +9 7
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
Kuwait Kazma 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
State of Palestine Shabab Al-Am'ari 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source:[citation needed]
Al-Ahly Egypt7 - 0State of Palestine Shabab Al Am'ari
Maher GoalGoal
Emara Goal
Felix Goal
Rayyan Goal
KousharyGoal
Orabi Goal
CS Sfaxien Tunisia3 – 1Kuwait Kazma
Luis Gomez Goal 15', 35'
Abdelay N'day Goal 67'		 Abdelhamid Al Assoussi Goal 28'
Referee: Saudi Arabia Abdelrahman
Al-Ahly Egypt2 – 0Kuwait Kazma
H. Hassan Goal 20'
Maher Goal 90+2'
Referee: Syria Tedj Eddine El Ferssi
CS Sfaxien Tunisia4 – 0State of Palestine Shabab Al Am'ari
Al-Ahly Egypt1 – 1Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Koushary Goal
Kazma Kuwait2 – 1State of Palestine Shabab Al Am'ari

Knockout stage[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 21 november – Tunis
 
 
Egypt Al-Ahly3
 
 23 november – Tunis
 
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah0
 
Tunisia Club Africain (aet)2
 
 21 november – Tunis
 
Egypt Al-Ahly1
 
Tunisia Club Africain (p)2 (4)
 
 
Tunisia CS Sfaxien2 (1)
 

Semi-Finals[]

Club Africain Tunisia2 – 2Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Hamdi Marzouki Goal 41'
El Hadi Daa Goal 51'		 Skander Souayah Goal 38' (pen)
Mohamed Salah Meftah Goal 45'
Penalties
 4 - 1
  • Penalty missed 18. Nabil Chaouch
  • Penalty scored 17. Ilyes Essmaili
  • Penalty missed 5. Gomis
Referee: Morocco Said Belqola
Al-Ahly Egypt3 – 0Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah
Khashaba Goal 19' (pen)
Maher Goal 42'
Walid Goal 81'
Referee: Syria Taj Addin Fares
Algeria Miloud Heraz
Lebanon El-Aid


Final[]

Club Africain Tunisia2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Egypt Al-Ahly
Rouissi Goal 4'
Limam Golden goal 114' 		Maher Goal 20'
Attendance: 35.000
Referee: United Arab Emirates Ali Bujsaim

Winners[]

1997 Arab Club Champions Cup
Tunisia
Club Africain
First title

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Egypt Maher Egypt Al-Ahly 5

Awards[]

Highest Scorer
Man of the Competition
Best Goalkeeper
Fair Play team of the tournament

External links[]

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