1997 Arab Club Champions Cup

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 Ali 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 5'
CS Sfaxien Tunisia4 – 0Libya Aschat S.C.
Gomis 26'
Bouaziz 32'
Trabelsi 37'
Bechaouch 80'
CS Sfaxien Tunisia2 - 0Algeria WA Tlemcen
Gomis 6'
Ylyes 14'
OC Khouribga Morocco1 – 0Libya Aschat S.C.
Mohamed El-Zarkaoui
CS Sfaxien Tunisia0 – 2Morocco OC Khouribga
WA Tlemcen Algeria3 – 0Libya Aschat S.C.
Mohamed Djalti
Aissa Aidara
Aissa Aidara

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 44'
Sérgio 54' (pen.), 89'		 Mounir Lotfi 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 35' (pen.), 76'
Aissa Aidara 43', 89'
Djawed Yadel 50'
Kamel Habri 60'
Abdelmadji Kendouci 86'
Attendance: 5.000
Referee: Egypt Jamil Achour
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia1 – 3Tunisia Club Africain
Sérgio 48' Abdeljalil Hadda as Camacho 48', 84'
Rezki Amrouche 67'
Referee: United Arab Emirates Ali Abou Djassim
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia1 – 0Algeria WA Tlemcen
Hamza Salah 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
Emara
Felix
Rayyan
Koushary
Orabi
CS Sfaxien Tunisia3 – 1Kuwait Kazma
Luis Gomez 15', 35'
Abdelay N'day 67'		 Abdelhamid Al Assoussi 28'
Referee: Saudi Arabia Abdelrahman
Al-Ahly Egypt2 – 0Kuwait Kazma
H. Hassan 20'
Maher 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
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 41'
El Hadi Daa 51'		 Skander Souayah 38' (pen.)
Mohamed Salah Meftah 45'
Penalties
 4 - 1
  • soccer ball with red X 18. Nabil Chaouch
  • soccer ball with check mark 17. Ilyes Essmaili
  • soccer ball with red X 5. Gomis
Referee: Morocco Said Belqola
Al-Ahly Egypt3 – 0Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah
Khashaba 19' (pen.)
Maher 42'
Walid 81'
Referee: Syria Taj Addin Fares
Algeria Miloud Heraz
Lebanon El-Aid


Final

Club Africain Tunisia2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Egypt Al-Ahly
Rouissi 4'
Limam gold-colored soccer ball 114'		 Maher 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